Banished: the 3 best beginner tips

In this practical tip, we show you the 3 best tips for beginners in the Banished building game.

Banished Tip 1: Choose the right starting place

Create a good starting position for the development game:

• Pick a starting point near a forest and a river. Fishing gives you a good and stable food source from the start.
• Build enough houses for your residents, a stockpile and a storage barn.

Tip 2: Make the most of food sources in Banished

• Find a piece of forest near your village and remove all stones and iron.
• Place a forest lodge centrally in this forest. At this forest lodge, however, only select the Plant option.
• This allows you to set a gatherer, a herbalist and a hunting cabin in this area, which give more yield in forest areas.

Banished Tip 3: Use visible resources

• Before you build a quarry for stone extraction and a mine for iron and coal extraction, you should first mine all surface resources. You will need a few laboratories and stone or iron resources in your area.
• Click the dismantle button. This is the second one from the right. Then select the quarry stone option and mark the desired area.

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