Have they finally added any options to lower the natural rate that Greydwarves spawn? Those things are so damned annoying every time I’m trying to build they are just constantly up in my shit and the various mods I hsve found claiming to fix it have done basically nothing at all.
All you gotta do is put workbenches down. They dont spawn inside the build area they create. I make a big ass fence around my base and cover the whole thing in workbenches. Benches get in the way so I hide them by digging a small hole and putting floor on top. Make sure they are inside the perimeter, greydwarves usually seek the workbenches out first. Eventually you can layer on the fence defense by adding spikes around the outside of the fence and/or digging a trench around the outside so they get stuck and you dont have to keep repairing. I just make little hanging outcroppings near the gates so its easier for me to jump across or complete a bridge temporarily to get animals across if I need to.
This also helps with some raids. The raid enemies will spawn outside the base area. Beware that advanced raids involve flying enemies, otherwise they usually shoot so if you idle too much your fence will probably get destroyed anyway. Still, it is nice to have, but tedious to set up. I usually make this huge and close to water so I can have a nearby dock for hauling metals and a portal hub tower in the main base for everything else. Workbenches have a limited height so if you make towers hide another on the upper floors too.
I haven’t tried the update yet, but based on the patch notes I skimmed through, there isn’t any new world modifiers like that and no spawn balancing for the early areas.
I am planning to test out a new game tonight, I’ll update if anything seems different.
Personally I would also love to see a boss HP slider for the world settings, some of the later bosses feel like massive sponges when playing solo.
Have they finally added any options to lower the natural rate that Greydwarves spawn? Those things are so damned annoying every time I’m trying to build they are just constantly up in my shit and the various mods I hsve found claiming to fix it have done basically nothing at all.
All you gotta do is put workbenches down. They dont spawn inside the build area they create. I make a big ass fence around my base and cover the whole thing in workbenches. Benches get in the way so I hide them by digging a small hole and putting floor on top. Make sure they are inside the perimeter, greydwarves usually seek the workbenches out first. Eventually you can layer on the fence defense by adding spikes around the outside of the fence and/or digging a trench around the outside so they get stuck and you dont have to keep repairing. I just make little hanging outcroppings near the gates so its easier for me to jump across or complete a bridge temporarily to get animals across if I need to.
This also helps with some raids. The raid enemies will spawn outside the base area. Beware that advanced raids involve flying enemies, otherwise they usually shoot so if you idle too much your fence will probably get destroyed anyway. Still, it is nice to have, but tedious to set up. I usually make this huge and close to water so I can have a nearby dock for hauling metals and a portal hub tower in the main base for everything else. Workbenches have a limited height so if you make towers hide another on the upper floors too.
I haven’t tried the update yet, but based on the patch notes I skimmed through, there isn’t any new world modifiers like that and no spawn balancing for the early areas.
I am planning to test out a new game tonight, I’ll update if anything seems different.
Personally I would also love to see a boss HP slider for the world settings, some of the later bosses feel like massive sponges when playing solo.
This video explains the mechanics of enemy spawns. https://youtu.be/i6JS5ouuJ-I