Woods and Roads
The first hours: nodes, hemp, barrels, and a bag that is not next to your only door.
Every wipe starts in the trees. You naked-spawn, grab wood and stone, and you do not bow-fight every other naked you see — the third party is holding a gun. Roads print barrels and scrap. Build near nodes and hemp, not on the snow cliff because it looked cinematic. Place two sleeping bags apart from the base. A bag next to the only airlock is not a respawn plan. Low-pop or beginner-tagged servers exist so this loop is a game, not a dissertation in door camping.
- Farm first
- Wood, stone, cloth, then metal. Sulfur when you can use it
- Fight
- Avoid. A bow war on the road is a loot pinata
- Server
- Low-pop / beginner for wipe one
Key spots
Nodes
Stone and metal near home. Do not roam twenty grids for one sulfur rock on night one.
Hemp / cloth
Bags, bows, armor. Pick it on the walk, not as a sightseeing tour.
Barrels / road
Scrap and components. Headphones — footsteps on gravel are the real PvP.
Beach
Easy farm, easy doorcampers. Move inland once you have a bag.
Your grid
Know who lives next door. Cute neighbors still raid.
Play notes
- Time-to-stone matters more than roof shooting floors. A 2x1 that exists beats a mansion on twig.
- Allies are temporary. Do not hand codes to a random who helped you bow a wolf.
- Mute, pick better servers, and do not voice-chat your base location.
Setups for Woods and Roads
Woods and Roads · First 30–90 minutes
First 2x1
2x1, airlock, stone, two bags. Cute castles come after the cupboard has upkeep.
Best for: Wipes that start with a mansion sketch and end on twig
Any base · Until the next expansion
Airlock and Honeycomb
No airlock means people walk in behind you for the rest of the wipe. Honeycomb is the raid tax.
Best for: Bases people walk into behind you all wipe
Your base · Every time you come home
Spread Loot
Expect to get raided. One box should not be the wipe. Spread sulfur, comps, and kits.
Best for: Everyone who put all sulfur next to the TC
Target base · Until boom or extract
Raid You Can Finish
Count the sulfur. Pick a weak side. Extract. Logging off at 4am with boom on the roof is how you get raided back.
Best for: Forty rockets into honeycomb and a walk home