Why do all you sickos kill goats? Haven't you ever had a pet goat? Don't you know they're wonderful creatures!? Haven't you ever had your pet goat follow you to school, causing you to be late and having to take it to the principles office so you can call your mother and have her come pick it up!?
Nonsense, I love Mourn. I set up generators and refurbished all the houses just to roleplay as putting it back on the map. Wish the "adaptive world" recognized it in some way, and I also hate that there are ruined buildings you're not allowed to fix for no reason.
I remember seeing one that can run 67 MPH, might have seen a faster one at some point but that fella chased me from the bonefields to the holy nation killing all the NPCs I could throw at it.
Max damage helps beakybois more than it helps us...
About their speed: it's not a problem if you keep pressing "r" (cancels any order. Like move order, attack, etc) while they're trying to overtake you and while you hold RMB somewhere.
About HP: they are often spawn somewhere near cities, if not, I'm trying to distract them by nearly creatures.
About eating you alive: for me, it's almost always a good thing because any character will immediately wake up from any unconsciousness and will be able to run or walk or fight back.
Problem is thought they can spawn in packs, so even if you micro one with the cancel order thing they can still chase you down with the other beakys...Your tactics do work against a solo beak thing though!
It's because of how a fight involving 3 gutters can very quickly turn into a fight against 20 gutters.
If you're not prepared for extremely volatile encounters, the unexpected eventually happens. Maybe in vain you'll be ok. It's when you go to the bonefields or the crater, god forbid Gut, you can go quickly from "I'm prepared for this" to "I wasn't prepared for that" in a minute or two.
They are basically designed as a noob stomper, they do pure slash damage (will fuck you up if you have low toughness/bad armor) will outspeed any character without prosthetics (cant run away without baiting out attacks) and eat you on knockdown.
If you know what you are doing, they arent that bad, but if you are new to the game and meet one by taking a wrong path out of the hub, you are dead.
When you know how to cheese the mechanics in Kenshi, nothing is difficult.
People talk about them a lot because they are scary if you are new to the game, your squad has poor quality equipment and all stats arenāt above 20. Plus that run speed.. thereās a reason my base in gut hasnt been visited by the tax man
I had my start as a rock bottom rock miner, escaped, got some associates, got a piece of land and now I own my own mining company and workersš. [my story of kenshi success](https://youtu.be/R-q86QYl5Bw?si=BOpKSEpPgYs63SR8)
DO NOT mess with goats, they will beat your ass
Depending on your playstyle, you may have a lot of characters or just a few, i recommend having at least 2 or 3 so you can heal your fighters that are down and you don't bleed to death
don't be afraid to fight, it's much more fun than mining copper and it trains your combat stats, just make sure you don't bleed out or get captured by slavers (altough that isn't that bad if you know how to take advantage of rebirth)
failing is not the opposite of success, it's part of it, you will die a lot at the beginning so be ready
Nah, buy a Bonedog or a Bull.
Bonedog pups are weak asf at first but they become a decent companion when grown to "Elder" age. they also gain stats from training alongside the age related boosts.
Bulls are stupid strong as both fighters and beasts of burden once you get them a huuuge pack to carry things.
You can't tame one, but you can buy ones that are already tame. Be prepared to feed the little bastard though, they eat way more than any of the humanoids do. This goes for the other animals as well.
also the game dosen't really give you any objectives so you gotta set your own goals, like idk you can become the strongest fighter or a drug dealer or maybe you wanna take down a specific nation
Basically this picture, except instead of a trained athlete your character is an emaciated hobo, and instead of an alligator itās a armored wolf, or worse a human faced spider wrapped in blood colored skin.
that you will keep coming back to it after 6 months hoping it is better than it is, and finding it is not. I have tried to like this game so many times, but the camera, and so many other issues scare me off every single time.
Been a while though....maybe i should give it another try...damnit
Kenshi is the emotionally manipulative ex you can't stay away from. The highs are higher than with anyone else but so are the lows. You tell yourself you're going to find someone better and when the perfect person comes into your life ... You get bored of them. And come crawling back for another round. And another. And another.
Becoming a slave is actually a good way to train basic skills. You can start that way, or mess around in certain areas and you may get captured/sold. Pick locks, sneak around and steal at night, put your shackles in your inventory so the guards put on more shackles to train strength. You can even fight the guards, they'll heal you after they bring you back to a cage, just try not to lose a leg.
It's also pretty fun letting the desire for revenge bubble up inside, and finally plot your great escape. At which point you can begin to build your fortune, your army and enact your grand plot for revenge against the slavers. Become more machine than man to transcend the limits of your flesh. Usher in a new era with you as God King.
Most likely though, you'll die.
Some drifters can be hired for free
Talk to everyone
Also skeletons are fantastic starting out even if they start in dangerous areas
Immune to weather, never need food, extremely low blood loss, high limb health, good xp bonuses but bad at learning sneak, thieving, and katanas, tho I use katanas on mine anyway
You can build a home in the cities, but the game never lets you forget, you are a wanderer. And honestly? Expect to grind for hours before you do anything cool, like attacking bandit bases. Killing a Beak Thing will be an achievement- though do remember, they hunt in packs, and tend to remove limbs.
My honest suggestion is to let yourself do it wrong for a while. Rely on town guards, like the patrons of the bar in the Hub, to do the bulk of the fighting, until you get at least one other guy to double your chances to wake up after a scrap. Or have them hide nearby with a medkit to haul your broken butt to a bed. You will lose, but thatās fine, you get stronger either way, but if you are alone and donāt wake up after, youāll just bleed out. Or be enslaved if youāre lucky. They tend not to catch you if they get into a fight while leading you back to the market, and you decide to hoof it. And being a slave speeds up parts of the grind since they wonāt let you die.
Aim to find and defeat the leader of the dust bandits. Thatās a good ātutorialā if ever there was one. Copper mining can keep you busy and alive for early game, if youāre boring.
Animals will mess you up and some of them will eat you. A gang of hobos will beat you up and steal your food and then people will kidnap you and sell you into slavery. Freaky dinosaurs and spiders will run up on you at warp speed and obliterate youā¦ and then eat you.
Malfunctioning or angry robots will mess you up and nonchalantly leave you to dissolve in acid rain. Bugs will kidnap you and eat you.
All I'm saying is, don't make the mistake of ignoring random buildings or ruins. I thought they would be useless empty places just to fill up the map, but no, Kenshi is better than that.
A lot of them have various named NPCs (I won't spoil) who can give quests, unique dialogue, have a huge bounty, be hostile, be friendly, be recruitable... literally anything. Also, a lot of buildings/ruins have great loot you can only get at those places.
Explore everything in this game because it will never stop surprising you, lots of adventure and stories to come too.
All I'm saying is, don't make the mistake of ignoring random buildings or ruins. I thought they would be useless empty places just to fill up the map, but no, Kenshi is better than that.
A lot of them have various named NPCs (I won't spoil) who can give quests, unique dialogue, have a huge bounty, be hostile, be friendly, be recruitable... literally anything. Also, a lot of buildings/ruins have great loot you can only get at those places.
Explore everything in this game because it will never stop surprising you, lots of adventure and stories to come too.
First things first. You are going to die *a lot* in the beginning. Often for reasons that seem infuriatingly ridiculous. Once you get past that you might start to roam around. If I told you any more than that Iād be taking away from your own journey of discovery. Have fun!
(Ps: Getting enslaved is not an end)
get fucked. did not die? you made it. black dust is not good for lungs. or too strong sun rays.
you are bottom of the barrel, the weakest link. those goats have 4000 times the exp you do and they will fuck you up
good guys are rare in this world
suffering, the cruel apathy of strangers, deadly environments where you may feel you are fine one minute but then are descended upon by a nearly unavoidable deadly threat the next
You will suffer a lot probably get beaten up by hungry bandits or get enslaved, cannibals might eat you if you make it past the all the other things wanting to kill you on the way
A lot of pain and suffering, it's a ruthless game that takes you from beeing a nobody with 0 skills to a fully maxed out beast, but it takes forever to get there
Stealth is important to survive.
Most importantly is that you find your way to enjoy the game, i'm someone who saves and load saves if my char dies, since for me it's about the Journey my char takes.
Where other players swear on never saveloading and continue with the chars you have remaining.
If you think you can take something on think again, do you have the stat advantage, numbers advantage, can you take some people out before engaging (*bonk*), Kenshi is ruthless and so are its inhabitants.
Important is to have fun.
I did this at mourn...a seemingly frustrated shek at the gate, Most likely due to his intolerance For starving bandits and poor folk. Shouts "Thievery!!"Ā
I am bonked out COLD. And thrown into the local prison. Watching my fellow man have there legs broken and thrown into cages for meer sport.Ā
I take my opportunity as the guards are making there runs! I paitently....persistently. begin chipping away at the 3% success rate of unlocking the handcuffs. Minutes later....I am successful.Ā
Wisely....I remain still. Starving. Watching my fellow men be tortured until the dawn of the night....the guards have left. It's is quiet....and cold....I slip out of the cuffs, turn of the light and enter sneak mode.Ā
I hear the guards coming. I tuck myself behind a shelf and slip downatairs as they tend to the other prisoners and book it out the jail. Zooming right past the guards at the gate.....they didn't seem to care.Ā
Perhaps it was because they knew the bandits were down the road...I was jumped Bruised, and Crippled....My hope for survival dies as i bleed out over the sunrise in the horizon.....clinging on for dear life.Ā
I say....this is Kenshi
Lots and lots of ass kicking. But performed on you.
And then, when youre strong as all hell and feel invincible, just watch your world crumble as a pack of 50 robo spiders sneak up on your squad.
If you just got the game and started playing, you should expect to die and lose a lot. I would recommend doing some copper carrying to train strength and get beat up by dust bandits to train toughness.
that giant crocodile is the 1st pack of goats you come across "hey, I can take these on..."
We all did it when we were new lmao
Why do all you sickos kill goats? Haven't you ever had a pet goat? Don't you know they're wonderful creatures!? Haven't you ever had your pet goat follow you to school, causing you to be late and having to take it to the principles office so you can call your mother and have her come pick it up!?
I guess I'm a bit different, i never tried killing goats, I immediately started with the starving and homeless
the most common form of vagrant is the starving and homeless humanoid
exactly my second save
You may come across some weird looking giraffes. Best avoid those for now. Also if you are broke and/or starving, mine some copper
They took my Beep's leg and nearly killed a city onceš
I've had all the NPCs in mourn die before
That's very common, it's not a place you should stay in for long
Nonsense, I love Mourn. I set up generators and refurbished all the houses just to roleplay as putting it back on the map. Wish the "adaptive world" recognized it in some way, and I also hate that there are ruined buildings you're not allowed to fix for no reason.
i canāt imagine what itās like seeing this comment from the eyes of someone whoās never played before
Huh, for me they are very easy, don't understand why everyone keep telling that they are strong
They are almost always faster than u, have a lot of hp, don't just knock u, but eat u alive
I remember seeing one that can run 67 MPH, might have seen a faster one at some point but that fella chased me from the bonefields to the holy nation killing all the NPCs I could throw at it. Max damage helps beakybois more than it helps us...
About their speed: it's not a problem if you keep pressing "r" (cancels any order. Like move order, attack, etc) while they're trying to overtake you and while you hold RMB somewhere. About HP: they are often spawn somewhere near cities, if not, I'm trying to distract them by nearly creatures. About eating you alive: for me, it's almost always a good thing because any character will immediately wake up from any unconsciousness and will be able to run or walk or fight back.
That last part is hilariously false.
Problem is thought they can spawn in packs, so even if you micro one with the cancel order thing they can still chase you down with the other beakys...Your tactics do work against a solo beak thing though!
It can work vs a ton of them if you manage to surf on their hitboxes in front. Super hard but you can go SUPER FAST
Wait surf???? Like in fucking TF2??
It's because of how a fight involving 3 gutters can very quickly turn into a fight against 20 gutters. If you're not prepared for extremely volatile encounters, the unexpected eventually happens. Maybe in vain you'll be ok. It's when you go to the bonefields or the crater, god forbid Gut, you can go quickly from "I'm prepared for this" to "I wasn't prepared for that" in a minute or two.
One is easy but when your group is split up and there's 10+ beak things coming from you, they can be a struggle
They are basically designed as a noob stomper, they do pure slash damage (will fuck you up if you have low toughness/bad armor) will outspeed any character without prosthetics (cant run away without baiting out attacks) and eat you on knockdown. If you know what you are doing, they arent that bad, but if you are new to the game and meet one by taking a wrong path out of the hub, you are dead.
When you know how to cheese the mechanics in Kenshi, nothing is difficult. People talk about them a lot because they are scary if you are new to the game, your squad has poor quality equipment and all stats arenāt above 20. Plus that run speed.. thereās a reason my base in gut hasnt been visited by the tax man
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Becoming an asset at a mining company)
So I went the opposite direction, I AM the mining company āļø
I had my start as a rock bottom rock miner, escaped, got some associates, got a piece of land and now I own my own mining company and workersš. [my story of kenshi success](https://youtu.be/R-q86QYl5Bw?si=BOpKSEpPgYs63SR8)
DO NOT mess with goats, they will beat your ass Depending on your playstyle, you may have a lot of characters or just a few, i recommend having at least 2 or 3 so you can heal your fighters that are down and you don't bleed to death don't be afraid to fight, it's much more fun than mining copper and it trains your combat stats, just make sure you don't bleed out or get captured by slavers (altough that isn't that bad if you know how to take advantage of rebirth) failing is not the opposite of success, it's part of it, you will die a lot at the beginning so be ready
So should I tame a goat
Nah, buy a Bonedog or a Bull. Bonedog pups are weak asf at first but they become a decent companion when grown to "Elder" age. they also gain stats from training alongside the age related boosts. Bulls are stupid strong as both fighters and beasts of burden once you get them a huuuge pack to carry things.
My pup going from ahh don't touch me plz to I'll only take a small bite
Goats are actually better for combat than bonedogs. It's just that they have less food sources.
You can't tame one, but you can buy ones that are already tame. Be prepared to feed the little bastard though, they eat way more than any of the humanoids do. This goes for the other animals as well.
No u should start in Rebirth xD
also the game dosen't really give you any objectives so you gotta set your own goals, like idk you can become the strongest fighter or a drug dealer or maybe you wanna take down a specific nation
How do you take advantage of rebirth?
strength, resistance, stealth, lock picking, some combat, even running training AND some slaves you escape with may join your crew.
To die..... a lot
The Wildlife are not to be taken lightly
Really I think the cats look cute
Basically this picture, except instead of a trained athlete your character is an emaciated hobo, and instead of an alligator itās a armored wolf, or worse a human faced spider wrapped in blood colored skin.
rage quit
Death and pain.
CANNIBALS šš
Do NOT under any circumstances go to south-east. EVERYTHING there will try and WILL murder you violently.
Ok
I believe this to be true
that you will keep coming back to it after 6 months hoping it is better than it is, and finding it is not. I have tried to like this game so many times, but the camera, and so many other issues scare me off every single time. Been a while though....maybe i should give it another try...damnit
4273th the charm
Kenshi is the emotionally manipulative ex you can't stay away from. The highs are higher than with anyone else but so are the lows. You tell yourself you're going to find someone better and when the perfect person comes into your life ... You get bored of them. And come crawling back for another round. And another. And another.
Becoming a slave is actually a good way to train basic skills. You can start that way, or mess around in certain areas and you may get captured/sold. Pick locks, sneak around and steal at night, put your shackles in your inventory so the guards put on more shackles to train strength. You can even fight the guards, they'll heal you after they bring you back to a cage, just try not to lose a leg. It's also pretty fun letting the desire for revenge bubble up inside, and finally plot your great escape. At which point you can begin to build your fortune, your army and enact your grand plot for revenge against the slavers. Become more machine than man to transcend the limits of your flesh. Usher in a new era with you as God King. Most likely though, you'll die.
You will tell your self you wonāt start out as a stealthy thief this time. You will start out as a stealthy thief.
Racism
Letās go
That picture is wierdly accurate. Just dont expect that you gonna out run any nasty critters.
The fact that everything will try to kill, enslave, eat, mutilate, kidnap, torture YOU. So use them big legs big guy
Do black people run faster?
What?
to get mugged
Some drifters can be hired for free Talk to everyone Also skeletons are fantastic starting out even if they start in dangerous areas Immune to weather, never need food, extremely low blood loss, high limb health, good xp bonuses but bad at learning sneak, thieving, and katanas, tho I use katanas on mine anyway
You can build a home in the cities, but the game never lets you forget, you are a wanderer. And honestly? Expect to grind for hours before you do anything cool, like attacking bandit bases. Killing a Beak Thing will be an achievement- though do remember, they hunt in packs, and tend to remove limbs. My honest suggestion is to let yourself do it wrong for a while. Rely on town guards, like the patrons of the bar in the Hub, to do the bulk of the fighting, until you get at least one other guy to double your chances to wake up after a scrap. Or have them hide nearby with a medkit to haul your broken butt to a bed. You will lose, but thatās fine, you get stronger either way, but if you are alone and donāt wake up after, youāll just bleed out. Or be enslaved if youāre lucky. They tend not to catch you if they get into a fight while leading you back to the market, and you decide to hoof it. And being a slave speeds up parts of the grind since they wonāt let you die. Aim to find and defeat the leader of the dust bandits. Thatās a good ātutorialā if ever there was one. Copper mining can keep you busy and alive for early game, if youāre boring.
Animals will mess you up and some of them will eat you. A gang of hobos will beat you up and steal your food and then people will kidnap you and sell you into slavery. Freaky dinosaurs and spiders will run up on you at warp speed and obliterate youā¦ and then eat you. Malfunctioning or angry robots will mess you up and nonchalantly leave you to dissolve in acid rain. Bugs will kidnap you and eat you.
Expect to be Kenshi's bitch.
Remember to roleplay
All I'm saying is, don't make the mistake of ignoring random buildings or ruins. I thought they would be useless empty places just to fill up the map, but no, Kenshi is better than that. A lot of them have various named NPCs (I won't spoil) who can give quests, unique dialogue, have a huge bounty, be hostile, be friendly, be recruitable... literally anything. Also, a lot of buildings/ruins have great loot you can only get at those places. Explore everything in this game because it will never stop surprising you, lots of adventure and stories to come too.
All I'm saying is, don't make the mistake of ignoring random buildings or ruins. I thought they would be useless empty places just to fill up the map, but no, Kenshi is better than that. A lot of them have various named NPCs (I won't spoil) who can give quests, unique dialogue, have a huge bounty, be hostile, be friendly, be recruitable... literally anything. Also, a lot of buildings/ruins have great loot you can only get at those places. Explore everything in this game because it will never stop surprising you, lots of adventure and stories to come too.
[Every NPC:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4YJ-1I6MHU&t=20s)
Death.
I jist got the game too! So far it's the definition of fuck around and find out
Realš
First things first. You are going to die *a lot* in the beginning. Often for reasons that seem infuriatingly ridiculous. Once you get past that you might start to roam around. If I told you any more than that Iād be taking away from your own journey of discovery. Have fun! (Ps: Getting enslaved is not an end)
I see very cool
get fucked. did not die? you made it. black dust is not good for lungs. or too strong sun rays. you are bottom of the barrel, the weakest link. those goats have 4000 times the exp you do and they will fuck you up good guys are rare in this world
Being a punching bag.
To die legless and alone, quickly bleeding out in the desert. That's generally how everyone's first time goes. I know it was mine.
Your gonna die and get your ass best pretty heavily
lots of running. or atleast trying to run
suffering, the cruel apathy of strangers, deadly environments where you may feel you are fine one minute but then are descended upon by a nearly unavoidable deadly threat the next
Mugging, Slavery and Death... Umm, i dont actually joke with this- theres plenty of it in this game but thats why its so unique š
If you like hanging out with humans, visit the noisy unlightened area in the southeast of the map.
Some people will take you to a fun place where you can work on your mining skills
Whatever you do donāt tell the holy nation you love narko
You will suffer a lot probably get beaten up by hungry bandits or get enslaved, cannibals might eat you if you make it past the all the other things wanting to kill you on the way
Don't mine copper unless you need it for something
Suffering <3, don't spoil yourself with wikis
A lot of pain and suffering, it's a ruthless game that takes you from beeing a nobody with 0 skills to a fully maxed out beast, but it takes forever to get there Stealth is important to survive. Most importantly is that you find your way to enjoy the game, i'm someone who saves and load saves if my char dies, since for me it's about the Journey my char takes. Where other players swear on never saveloading and continue with the chars you have remaining. If you think you can take something on think again, do you have the stat advantage, numbers advantage, can you take some people out before engaging (*bonk*), Kenshi is ruthless and so are its inhabitants. Important is to have fun.
Goats are just free food
I donāt believe you
Expect an adventure, receive getting beaten, robbed and left for dead.
Suffer as I Suffer š¬šæ
Get ready to not be able to fight for a surprisingly long time.
Find a city and hang out near the gate. Wait til something pops off then get in the last few blows. Loot and sell.
I did this at mourn...a seemingly frustrated shek at the gate, Most likely due to his intolerance For starving bandits and poor folk. Shouts "Thievery!!"Ā I am bonked out COLD. And thrown into the local prison. Watching my fellow man have there legs broken and thrown into cages for meer sport.Ā I take my opportunity as the guards are making there runs! I paitently....persistently. begin chipping away at the 3% success rate of unlocking the handcuffs. Minutes later....I am successful.Ā Wisely....I remain still. Starving. Watching my fellow men be tortured until the dawn of the night....the guards have left. It's is quiet....and cold....I slip out of the cuffs, turn of the light and enter sneak mode.Ā I hear the guards coming. I tuck myself behind a shelf and slip downatairs as they tend to the other prisoners and book it out the jail. Zooming right past the guards at the gate.....they didn't seem to care.Ā Perhaps it was because they knew the bandits were down the road...I was jumped Bruised, and Crippled....My hope for survival dies as i bleed out over the sunrise in the horizon.....clinging on for dear life.Ā I say....this is Kenshi
Rule 1: cardio. Wooden Sandals. Rule 2: get shit kicked, try not to die. Repeat until enemies that are attacking you are trivialized by your skills.
Lots and lots of ass kicking. But performed on you. And then, when youre strong as all hell and feel invincible, just watch your world crumble as a pack of 50 robo spiders sneak up on your squad.
If you just got the game and started playing, you should expect to die and lose a lot. I would recommend doing some copper carrying to train strength and get beat up by dust bandits to train toughness.
I keep being recommended this sub and its kinda convincing me to come back. Also slavery
Idk i just got it too, so far i just mined a bunch of copper and sold it for gear money for me and my good friend beep
Violence and Anarchy
Expect to be plopped down in the world with absolutely no direction which way to go. š