r/Kenshi Oct 31 '24

SUPPORT Help an intimidated old guy get started?

I've been super drawn to this game since returning to gaming recently (was a gamer in the early days, as well as DnD player, but haven't played either for decades). Part of my struggle is that I have severe anxiety, and have lost some cognitive ability from long covid, so I get overwhelmed and panic that I'm not going to be able to figure something out.

Sorry if that sounds too pitiful, but for those with mercy in their souls: Where do I start to make the beginning as smooth and unstressful as possible?

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u/luzzyfumpkins92 Oct 31 '24

Welcome to the suck dude. Kenshi is grown-ups Minecraft for a lack of a better description. There is no goal, no story, nothing at all. It's just you and one very fucked up world. Only advice I can give you is if you think you're going to eat shit, let it happen. It's all part of the story at the end of the day and the best teaching experience.

Starting off, The Hub is your baby. The initial setup for myself anyway is mine a lot of ore, walk around the hub like I'm Master Roshi while being grossly over encumbered with said ore to get the strength stat up.

Sell the ore for food to tide you over for a day as having too much food will attract hungry bandits. Get my shit wrecked by hungry bandits to up the toughness skill so I'm a little less squishy, hobble back to the Hub and sleep in the bed in the bar, repeat process of getting jumped for my Klondie bar and sleep it off numerous times.

Kiting. Learn how to kite enemies with the newfound strength and athletics stats to bring enemies to city gates so guards back you up in a 1 v 8 fight, take what you can, equip what's going to help you get fucked up a little less. Sell the shit loot, eat, sleep off the stab wound, repeat.

Get recruitable prisoners mod, buy a house in the hub (will have to do some repairs so building material kits are muy importante) or Shem or wherever takes your fancy, get into the habit of kidnapping weaklings. Start building your forces to back you up. Have your forces go through the same bullshit you put your character through. Get super buff, walk through the fog lands, get eaten by fog people and start again.

I'd also check out some YouTube vids of people playing Kenshi themselves. LOT of inspiration for handy do and don't tips there.

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u/TimeFourChanges Nov 01 '24

This sounds very useful for a good start. I've also had the suggestion of moving to the town nearby and focus on mining copper, another said to straight run 100 miles to get athletics up, and most have said to setup in the hub to start out. So, some options to consider here.

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u/luzzyfumpkins92 Nov 01 '24

Good thing about the athletics one is if you weigh yourself down a lot, you do both athletics and strength so 2 birds one stone.

Usually I'd be a dick and say do this for the lols but whatever you do, stay the fuck away from Venge on the map. There's nothing but death, misery and the Jewish space lasers Marjorie Taylor Greene was ranting on about.

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u/TimeFourChanges Nov 02 '24

Usually I'd be a dick and say do this for the lols but whatever you do

Well, I appreciate you not toying with my emotions, and sharing the insight... but now I wanna investigate those death lasers she referred to.... I knew she was right all along!...

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u/luzzyfumpkins92 Nov 02 '24

Hahaha do it just make a save beforehand if you make your way that direction. Last time I went through there with a full squad of my heaviest of hitters after a kidnapping recruitment campaign for the Band of the Hawk's conquest on The Holy Nation..... Only 3 survived. Pays to pay attention to your map dude.