Kenshi - open-ended sandbox RPG set in a desert world

[FriendlyMerchant]

While you can debate about the benefits of hunter-gatherer lifestyle vs agricultural one, in any face to face conflict historically, farmers absolutely destroyed hunters. This is mostly due to 2 factors:

1. Population size - farming can support many degrees of magnitude larger population than hunting/gathering, which obviously leads to more soldiers, more resources, more technology, etc.

2. Specialization - because farming is so bountiful, a small portion of the populace can support everyone, leaving everyone else to pursue more specialized roles conducive to societal power: dedicated military, governmental bureaucracy, scholars and scientists, etc.

Too bad the funniest part is that Agriculturalists were always inevitably conquered by pastoralists as the ruling classes continued in their pastoral tradition by fighting on horseback and raising cattle while their subjects ate gruel.

 

[mondblut]

I'm scratching my head thinking of alternative ways to make the game more challenging (without more grind).

Well, you could make a torso start in a middle of acid lake and die.

 

[Gilius Thunderhead]

I'm scratching my head thinking of alternative ways to make the game more challenging (without more grind).

Well, you could make a torso start in a middle of acid lake and die.

Torso starts are a meme, it just means you have to spend an ungodly amount of time grinding in the beginning. Later on it becomes even easier than a normal game, as prosthetic limbs are superior.

A one arm playthrough with no prosthetics could be interesting, though.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

. I'm scratching my head thinking of alternative ways to make the game more challenging (without more grind)

Only thing tougher than a solo run is one where you add a bunch of harem women deadweight.

 

[mondblut]

it just means you have to spend an ungodly amount of time grinding in the beginning.

In a game where the asset you control becomes better over time, any demands for moar difficulty may only result in this.

 

[The_Mask]

Community Spotlight Video #3 & Advent Calendar Treats

Hello there, Kenshi fans! We hope the holiday season has been treating you well so far! Temperatures over here in the UK have dropped faster than our health in acid rain, does anyone know how well crab shoes hold up in the snow?

Before this year comes to an end, we wanted to share another Community Spotlight video, and let you know about our advent calendar!

Community Spotlight #3We are constantly blown away by the artists, modders and virtual photographers among the community and what they share with us. Here’s another round-up of what we’ve shared recently!



25 Days of Kenshi Facts and Trivia

We’re a little way into our advent calendar of daily Kenshi trivia and wallpaper giveaways. If you’ve not had the chance to have a look then head over to one of our social media website profile type thingymawotsits. If you don’t have Myspace then I guess we might be able to compile them into a post in the new year, if you behave yourselves.

We have some pretty cool people working on Kenshi 2!



Kenshi turned 4 on Tuesday 6th December, 2022!



We know a lot of veterans of the game have been playing earlier incarnations of Kenshi for much longer than that, with March 20th 2013 being the first release of Kenshi on Steam Early Access. But the official Steam release wasn’t until 6th December 2018, so we’d like to raise a glass to commemorate Kenshi’s fourth real birthday, and to say thank you to all those that have been with us before and after Kenshi 1.0.
We would love to hear in the comments what your favourite memories of Kenshi have been over the last 4 years.

Be sure you’re following us on our social media channels to see what we share over the next few weeks! That’s all from us for now folks! We wish everyone a wonderful holiday period and we look forward to seeing you all again in the new year!

 

[Zariusz]

Apparently someone tries to make a mod that recreates Morrowind in Kenshi.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2808889090&searchtext=

 

[agris]

Austim. Autism never changes.

 

[Abu Antar]

Austim. Autism never changes.

I thought you wrote Austin, and I was like "wtf"?

 

[Kruyurk]

Apparently someone tries to make a mod that recreates Morrowind in Kenshi.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2808889090&searchtext=

If someone was interested in writing, should he try to write his own stuff? Or should he rewrite The Lords of the Rings in the Star Wars setting?
Channelling one's autism in a way that makes sense if the special power that special kids need.

 

[The_Mask]

Or should he rewrite The Lords of the Rings in the Star Wars setting?

Transform "I wanna fill my hobbit hole" with "I wanna stuff my Ewok"?

Legendary.

 

[jungl]

this game would of been better if u can give yourself goals like battle bros but also choose their difficulty. Like explore 3 new places HARD. You'll more likely to encounter enemy patrols but at the end you get a chest that spawns with loot or the enemies themselves carry stuff. Too bad its such a shell of a game.

 

[Zariusz]

I just realised why this concept art always reminded me of Morrowind

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Or should he rewrite The Lords of the Rings in the Star Wars setting?

https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/48909

 

[Zariusz]

Or should he rewrite The Lords of the Rings in the Star Wars setting?

https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/48909

Cool Starfield alpha build leak

 

[ItsChon]

Is the living world mod able to be downloaded on a platform that's not Steam?

EDIT: And any thoughts on the Universal Wasteland Expansion Mod? Worth using or?

 

[Perkel]

back to playing kenshi. vanilla only.

Everytime scorching earth hits while traveling around this world makes game fucking special. I heard they hiring for Kenshi 2 translation so maybe it is much closer to release that I thought. Usually translation is done at the end of production.

 

[ItsChon]

What are some of the best zones to settle in, especially towards the late game. Big points for an aesthetically pleasing location/zone.

 

[luj1]

I heard they hiring for Kenshi 2 translation so maybe it is much closer to release that I thought. Usually translation is done at the end of production.

I doubt Kenshi 2 will outdo the original.

It has weaker modding support as well.

 

[The_Mask]

What are some of the best zones to settle in, especially towards the late game. Big points for an aesthetically pleasing location/zone.

In my opinion, Vain is ideal. The rain being red has no gameplay consequences. Beak Things attacking means constant fresh meat. Just be a bit careful while you build the initial walls.

 

[Ironmonk]

What are some of the best zones to settle in, especially towards the late game. Big points for an aesthetically pleasing location/zone.

Imho SHEM is the best... its a beautiful place and centralized on the world map.

iirc there is beak things attacks to replenish meat, less faction attacks (= annoyance) to manage, etc.

Besides, if you have a few houses on cities to do low level production/research, by the time you hit late game, you will probably have hydroponics researched and with it, you can discard fertility from your base requirements.

 

[Perkel]

I heard they hiring for Kenshi 2 translation so maybe it is much closer to release that I thought. Usually translation is done at the end of production.

I doubt Kenshi 2 will outdo the original.

It has weaker modding support as well.

Yes. UE5 is hard to mod but Kenshi doesn't really need any mods. ATM i am playing kenshi with only dark UI mod and nothing else.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

What are some of the best zones to settle in, especially towards the late game. Big points for an aesthetically pleasing location/zone.

Imho SHEM is the best... its a beautiful place and centralized on the world map.

Yes, in my one playthrough of Kenshi, I found a good spot in eastern Shem for copper, iron, and wind. The arid environment would have limited the type of crops that could be produced, but I had already researched up to hydroponics, so it wasn't an issue for me. Also, Shem has an ample water supply, and the Venge is an effective eastern boundary.

 

[ItsChon]

At my current point in the game, I am almost done fully researching Hydroponics and I am pretty much maxing out every research I need outside of Robotics. I don't really care about fertility, I just want a great place to make my place so I can make it look as sexy as possible. I just finished my exploring parties trek to the Leviathan Coast and the Iron Trail and they look gorgeous. I am definitely considering settling down there, but I still have so much of the land to explore. Shem seems fine but the sprawling desert doesn't really do it for me. Will have to more properly check out Vain for sure though, along with the rest of the map as I still have so much to see.

As a side note, though ships don't fit the setting at all, just from a gameplay/engine PoV, would have been very cool to see. Could also imagine perhaps some sort of a raft system which could have been utilized by a people living in some sort of keys like part of the map, reminiscent of the Kenshi 2 art that has been released.

 

[mondblut]

At my current point in the game, I am almost done fully researching Hydroponics and I am pretty much maxing out every research I need outside of Robotics. I don't really care about fertility, I just want a great place to make my place so I can make it look as sexy as possible. I just finished my exploring parties trek to the Leviathan Coast and the Iron Trail and they look gorgeous. I am definitely considering settling down there, but I still have so much of the land to explore. Shem seems fine but the sprawling desert doesn't really do it for me. Will have to more properly check out Vain for sure though, along with the rest of the map as I still have so much to see.

Why settle in one place when you can settle in a dozen?