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11 Romestead opens with the player arriving among the ruins of fallen Rome with nothing but a need to rebuild. The early hours focus on gathering, building a first camp, and learning to survive the night. Early Access improved onboarding with clearer quests, more detailed journal entries, and better progression guidance, so new players are pointed toward the next step.
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34 The Tutorial Chain
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66 Six tutorial quests guide the first hour:
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88 StepQuestObjectiveReward1Acquiring MaterialsCollect 6 Flint Shards and 3 Wood SticksRecipes for Flint Pickaxe, Flint Axe, Flint Gladius, Flint Hasta2Weapons and ToolsEquip a pickaxe, lumber axe, and main-hand weaponRecipes for Wooden Shield, Wooden Bow, Wooden Arcuballista, Flint Arrow3Obtain Wood PlanksChop trees with a Lumber Axe to collect 4 Wood PlanksRecipes for Workbench and Wood Stick4The WorkbenchCraft a Workbench and place it on the groundRecipes for Barricade and Campfire5Town Core and AltarInteract with both the Town Core and AltarUnlocks the Altar quest hub6Populating Your Town IBuild a Leatherworker and interact with Food StorageBarricade recipe
99 First Priorities
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1111 Gather Flint Shards and Wood Sticks first; they are everywhere in the Plains starter biome.Craft the Flint Pickaxe and Flint Axe so you can mine and chop in the same trip.Build a Workbench and then the Altar (3 Stone) before nightfall.Place a Storage Box near the Workbench so loot does not pile up on the ground.Light a Campfire: torch statues in the Plains point toward the Guardian of Minerva nest once lit.Recruit the first survivor by completing a nearby challenge dungeon or finding one sheltering in the wilds.Follow the journal entries that mark the next required action.
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1313 Surviving the Night
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1515 The day and night cycle defines the early game. Use daylight for exploration and gathering, then return to defend your settlement at night. The reanimated citizens of Rome hunt the living after dark, so a defensible, well-lit base is essential. Heavy resources double as improvised weapons if an enemy gets close. See Combat.
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1717 Building Toward Progression
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1919 Once a settlement is established, the loop opens up: craft better gear, recruit more artisans, restore the gods for buffs, and prepare to clear a biome's boss to unlock the next crafting tier. See Crafting and Progression and The Gods and Worship. Note that demo saves are not compatible with Early Access, so all players begin fresh.
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2121 One thing to decide before you settle in: the whole world, dungeons and bosses included, is generated when a world is created, so dungeons added in later updates only appear in worlds made after that update. The Autumn Update (0.26.1, released 31 August 2026) added over 20 new unique dungeons and recommended a new world to see them, while stressing that older worlds are not lost and that nearly everything else in the update works in an existing world.
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2323 Playing With Friends
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2625 Romestead can be played solo or with up to eight players, and difficulty scales to the group size. Co-op groups can divide roles to progress faster. Dedicated server software is available for hosting persistent worlds, and hosts can set a password. Full controller support through Steam Input arrived with 0.26.1, and the game has been Steam Deck Verified since 18 September 2026. See Multiplayer and Co-Op.
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2827 Useful Early Keybinds
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3029 N: open the World Map 2.0.E: empty a Bucket onto farmland.Right-click on a citizen: open the gifting menu.Scroll wheel in build mode: swap construction subcategories.Chat command }worldseed: view your current world seed.
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3231 Common First-Hour Mistakes
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3433 Building far from storage. Keep your Workbench, Storage Box, and Food Storage tight together at first.Skipping the Altar. The free 3-Stone Altar is your quest hub from minute one.Wandering too far. Stay within sight of your campfire until you have a Wooden Shield and the Bronze tier of tools at least.Ignoring food. Cook anything you find at the Campfire to head off hunger penalties.