Kenshi Wiki
“Survive the wasteland. Lose limbs. Become stronger.”
Kenshi is not about becoming the chosen hero. It is about surviving long enough to matter.
Field Categories
Getting Started
Survival Guides
Factions
Regions & Map
Cities
Skills & Stats
Weapons
Armor
Races
Base Building
Creatures
Mods
Lore
Featured Field Guides
Best Beginner Starts
Pick a start that teaches the game instead of punishing you.
Faction Tier List
Who to befriend, who to avoid, and who will enslave you.
Best Base Locations
Where to settle so the location is not a slow defeat.
How To Survive Beak Things
The apex predator that teaches you to check the horizon.
Best Money Methods
From copper mining to Leviathan pearls — income by game stage.
Toughness Training
How to grow strong by losing fights on purpose.
Major Factions
Why Kenshi Is Different
Most games hand you a destiny. Kenshi hands you a body, a harsh world, and complete indifference about whether you live. There is no chosen hero, no story railroad, no enemy scaling politely to your level.
Defeat is not a game over screen — it is how characters grow. A squad beaten unconscious by bandits wakes up, heals, and comes back tougher. You learn the map, the factions and your own limits the hard way, and that is exactly the point.
Latest News — Kenshi 2 — In Development
- Kenshi 2 is the announced prequel/sequel from Lo-Fi Games, set roughly a thousand years before the original.
- Built on Unreal Engine, a major shift from the original Kenshi engine, targeting better performance and visuals.
- Promises a more vibrant, less collapsed world that players will see fall toward the wasteland of Kenshi 1.
- No confirmed release date — treat all Kenshi 2 details as subject to change until Lo-Fi Games confirms them.