Talk:Guides/Self-sustaining Settlement Guide/@comment-80.90.128.170-20130505124118

From my experience I would try to make a guide that is divided into several parts depending on what BIOMES do you live next to / in. For exemple you don't need to make a grass farm if you've settled in a step biome with lots of grass, but you will probably need to make a spider farm, tree farm, a sapling and  a bush farm. On the other hand surviving in a region that has no bufalos will maybe force you whether to try find a pig settlement for manure harvest or make a decent tree farm etc...You can't apply a general formula on every game because they change BUT you can give a guide on what to do when you are near biomes with "X" and "Y" resources nearby. If anyone can't figure this out I think that you can very easily understand this while playing the adventure mod (just roam the world leaving to stone unturned till you find Maxwell door). The adventure mod actually gives you a scenario with some biomes being too far than others or missing. (SPOILER ALERT) Good exemple is Archipelagio chapter where you spawn next to marshes with a lot of reed. When you jump through the wormhole you will probably get to a meadow biome with an excessive amount  of bees. Cut reed + honey = a recipe to quick healing + in marshes you will find many spider nests which means an infinite supply of monster meat. Make a cage for a bird and exchange monster meat for eggs = decent way to replenish your hunger.

The fun is that you never know what biomes you will spawn next to when playing sandbox mod and you have no idea what resources you're going to get from them which results in a problem that is in my opinion the most crucial in this game : what is a good spot to settle and how to find it? You can't really have a guide on this since every map is random, you just have to know how to react on particular biomes combinations that you will find / spawn at. That is what the "guide on self-suistaning settlement" should be.

Hope it's not untrue, I really enjoy this game and is after a few years the only game that I actually bought (the last being Oblivion and Company of Heroes including all datadiscs for both)

Richie