Vexxvididu

Thanks everyone! I didn't realize drifters could spawn in what still LOOKS like enough light. I actually do have some zinc so I may make a couple torch holders.

Attached is a room in my base. It's always lit by a lamp and a torch. I confirmed with the /debug rooms hi command that it is counted as a room. I've had it for several in game days but just now a surface drifter spawned in there. I killed the drifter before thinking to screen shot it. Is there something else I can do to prevent drifter spawns or is this likely a bug or a freak incident? I have no mods. I think rift activity was medium at that time.

Thanks for the explanation! I was just thinking about power loss and I haven't tested much with speed and torque variances.

Forgive me if this is a dumb question because I'm still new to this game, but why do you have the large gear up at the top? Can't you just have the angled gear go straight into an axle pointing down? The large gear obviously helps when splitting power but just for a pivot it gives more resistance than just going from angled to axle down. Large gears have a much higher resistance value than axles or angled gears according to the wiki, so you'd only want to use them when you need them.

I know it's weird.... and as I said, this was not an issue in some of the experimental worlds I made, so I think it's just freaky RNG. No mods at all yet. So yeah... doing what I can to try to get some food in the cellar before winter! I may also try to find some salt to preserve meat at least.

Yeah.... I have seen ZERO grain in my main survival world. And I know that's weird since my experimental creative world has grain and turnips everywhere! haha. I think it's just funky RNG. I had iron semi close to my base, but I know I have a huge shortage of food to store for the winter. I will try to fix that.

Thank you for the thoughtful replies so far! I will look into a beehive kiln and maybe also a windmill? I will also try to find a finding a treasure hunter to start the main story. I am playing in mostly default survival, so the story should be active. I just hadn't figured out how to start it yet.

HI! New to these forms and pretty new to Vintage story still. I just last night mined a ton of iron and have the ability to smelt it soon. Of course I'll make better tools with it but I'm at a bit of a loss about what else to do that sounds exciting. I'm of course aware that steel making exists, and will likely do that eventually, but was looking for suggestions about what to do just for fun. I should also mention I know it will be winter eventually (it's mid August at the moment) so I suspect socking away food for the winter should probably take priority over further progression at the moment. I'm also looking for tips about how to do that best in the first year. I've had horrible luck finding grain or vegetables in my world so far. I do have a decent cellar.