Best Base Locations

A bad base location is a slow defeat. You will fix water, raids and resources for the rest of the run.

Where you settle decides which problems you fight forever. Choose the location before you choose the walls.

What Makes A Location Good

The best base sites combine usable resources (ore, water, fertile ground), a defensible shape, and a raid profile your squad can actually survive. No site has everything — you are choosing which compromise you can live with.

Resources

You want stone and iron or copper nearby, plus ground green or wet enough to farm or water you can pump. A site rich in ore but barren of water trades one chore for another.

Defensibility

Hills, narrow approaches and natural chokepoints let a small squad hold against larger raids. Open flat ground means longer walls and more turrets.

Raid Profile

Every region raids you with its local power — Holy Nation, dust bandits, Fogmen, Beak Things. Pick a region whose raids your squad can beat before you pick the exact tile.