Embark on your Kenshi adventure with the Path A guide. Learn about game starts, character races, combat, skills, and making money in this unforgiving world.
Walkthrough
- 1Game Starts: Choose from various scenarios, each with unique difficulty, starting cash, play style suggestions, and short descriptions detailing your origin, items, and faction relations.
- 2Crew (Races): Select your character's race:
- Humans: Versatile, can enter Holy Nation territory, wear most clothing. Greenlanders have balanced stats, Scorchlanders are faster healers and better at combat/stealth.
- 3Shek: Strong and tough, but slower and with penalties to many skills. Heal slower but have more health.
- 4Hive: Specialized sub-races (Workers). Limited armor options, lower blood pool, and specific skill bonuses/penalties. Workers excel at labor and stealth.
- 5Health: Kenshi features slow healing and the risk of limb loss.
- 6Allies: Recruit new characters, hire mercenaries, or find animal companions.
- 7Equipment: Scavenge, purchase, or steal gear to survive.
- 8Combat Mode: Engage in tactical combat where positioning and skill matter.
- 9Crime and Belligerence: Understand the consequences of your actions in a lawless world.
- 10Training Skills: Develop combat, thievery, and trade skills to improve your chances.
- 11Money Making: Earn Cats through looting, trading, selling characters to slavers, or bounty collecting.
- 12Outposts: Establish bases within towns or build your own settlements.
Tips
- Difficulty settings affect starting conditions, not skill gain rate.
- All trade is conducted in 'Cats'.
- Play Styles are suggestions, not enforced paths.
- Pay attention to race-specific bonuses and penalties for skills and combat.
- Shek have higher base health but slower healing.
- Hive Workers have specific armor restrictions and skill focuses.
- Be mindful of your character's blood pool and hunger rates.
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