Tips For Beginners In Sengoku Dynasty

Building a kingdom from scratch is a lot of work. Like many survival games, Sengoku Dynasty has you doing a lot of the heavy lifting early on, and there’s a bit of a learning curve as you discover how to find the right resources and get the lay of the land.

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While this laid-back sim is a far cry from the more hardcore experiences out there, it still pays to be prepared with knowledge and forethought. If you’re just washing up on the shores of the Nata Valley for the first time, check out these tips to help you get started.

moving items between player inventory and general storage in sengoku dynasty.

If you’ve played a game like this before, you know that your gear will break at the least opportune time. Luckily, Sengoku Dynasty automatically replaces your equipped item when it breaks, as long as you have an identical one in your inventory.

Naturally, this means it’s a good idea to have a backup bow, knife, or yari so you don’t find yourself empty-handed in combat. However, it’s important to have spares in more humdrum situations. There are few things more annoying than having your axe break only to realize you’re short a single stone to craft another one. Planning ahead solves this problem.

Don’t Bother Crafting An Adze

The adze lets you debark fallen trees, turning the logs into planks and getting you some crafting materials for paper production later on. However, it turns out that this tool isn’t actually necessary if you’re smart about using the resources available to you early on.

The burnt buildings in the ruins of Sosogi can be torn down with your axe, yielding planks that you can use for construction. There are enough buildings to provide plenty of lumber for a few small houses and, eventually, a Woodcutter. Once the Woodcutter’s shop is up and running, you can take logs there to debark them without spending Stamina or using materials to craft adzes.

You can even assign a villager to the Woodcutter to handle plank production, taking one more chore off your to-do list.

Do Chiyone’s Quest First

Once you’ve built your first house, Toshichi will tell you about three locals who need assistance. You can do these quests in any order, but the best choice by far is to help Chiyone the shrine maiden first.

Chiyone lives in a house east of Sosogi, by the river. Look for cherry blossoms and bamboo, and you’ll find her easily.

Chiyone’s quest is fairly simple – find an egg, cook it, then offer it to the Shrine of Inari nearby. Once it’s done, she’ll give you a bag of Gobo Seeds, which you can use to start growing crops. The sooner you get this done – ideally before the end of the fourth day so that you can plant them in Spring – the better your harvest will be.

Chiyone sells other seeds, like Garlic, but you probably won’t be in any position to make purchases for at least the first half a year.

Watch Your Stamina In Combat

the player prepares the finishing blow against the looter leader in sengoku dynasty.

Even half-decent armor goes a long way in Sengoku Dynasty, but the thing that can really win or lose a battle for you is your Stamina. If the yellow bar is empty, you can’t do anything but move. No dodging, no parrying, and certainly no attacking.

Always try to go into a fight with your Stamina full, and fight defensively to keep it high until you have an opportunity to make repeated attacks. If you can get through an opponent’s guard once, you can usually do so again and again, so it pays to have enough Stamina to pounce when you have an opening.

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Dying Is A Nuisance, Not A Disaster

the player approaches a large gang of looters in sengoku dynasty.

Ideally, you’ll want to win every fight that you find yourself in, but that won’t always be the case. The penalty for dying isn’t particularly harsh in Sengoku Dynasty, so don’t be afraid to take a few risks. After all, if you decide to gamble on a dangerous encounter and come out on top, you’ll probably be well-rewarded for your bravery.

If you fall in battle, you’ll be sent back to your current home, wake up with extremely low Health and Food, and lose ten percent of your coins. That last part can be painful if you had a lot of cash, but if you’re at a point in the game where you’re raking them in, you should be able to recoup your losses.

You can set your home to any unoccupied bed from the Dynasty Menu.

Do Kengyo’s Quest For A Free Blueprint

Another of the three quests offered by Toshichi during the prologue has you learning how to hunt. You might be tempted to spend money on the blueprint for the Hare Box Trap to make this quest a snap, but save your coins; Kengyo gives you the blueprint for free when you complete the quest.

An easy way to get the meat for Kengyo’s apprentice is to raid the bandit camp just west of Kengyo’s outpost. The first time you go there, they’ll have a boar in a cage. You can use a yari to kill the boar, then break open the cage and butcher it with a knife.

Fight Bandits For Easy Money Early On

the player loots an enemy stash in the sosogi region looter camp in sengoku dynasty.

Without ready access to merchants besides Chiyone early in the game, and few resources that you can sell for more than a handful of coins each, the best way to make money during the early years is to fight bandits. Most of the camps in Sosogi, the Mountain region, and the Rebel region are poorly-equipped and lightly-defended; a Copper Yari and the Peasant Clothes that you get from Toshichi for completing the three quests should be more than sufficient to win fights against these criminals.

If you’re looking for a real challenge, try attacking the Looter Camp northwest of Sosogi (look for a small cluster of roads on the map). If you can bring down their Leader, you can liberate the region, getting access to Copper tools plus all the camp’s loot.

Reassign Jobs Every Season

the jobs list in sengoku dynasty, early in the game.

The resources that are available will change every season, meaning that your villagers may need to have their jobs and priorities changed as well. Making it a point to do a full audit of villager assignments with each new season not only ensures that nobody’s talents are wasted, but it also helps keep you from building up too large of a surplus while neglecting other resource needs.

As your Dynasty grows, you’ll need to do more managing than actual work, as the villagers will collectively produce a lot more than you ever could yourself, provided you ensure they all have the proper tools, resources, and assignments.