The Homestead Feature in Undawn

There are a number of ways you can play Undawn: build, craft, and explore the wilderness, for instance. Today, let's take a closer look at the homestead feature of the game. Hopefully, this will help those of you who will be getting started with the game in the next beta round.

In the world of Undawn, apart from exploring the wilderness, players can also have their very own in-game sanctuary, i.e., their very own homestead. The homestead feature is unlocked once you've completed the required main missions. You should know that the homestead feature in Undawn is not just a "side" resource-accruing feature in the game—in fact, how you build up your homestead is a key factor how quickly you advance in the game!

**The Homestead: home and workshop**

The crafting or creating feature is a staple feature in open-world survival games. In Undawn, this feature is accessed through your homestead.

Once the homestead feature has been unlocked, as the player completes more and more main missions they will also be able to access more crafting equipment, such as the workbench and the grill. This crafting equipment in turn allows the player to craft the various equipment and items they need for the game.

The workbench is used to craft weapons and other equipment. It is the main way for players to acquire more advanced equipment. On the other hand, the grill is used to whip up various foods. (Remember, your character has to eat something from time to time, or a Hunger alert will be triggered!)

Secondly, advanced foods can also provide the player with various buffs, while the construction materials crafting table can be used to craft various furniture items and structures for your homestead, to process all kinds of advanced materials, and to craft equipment of even greater rarity.

**Decorating your homestead**

Of course, what would be a homestead feature without the decoration aspect? This being a player's nest and sanctuary, the homestead can be built and decorated according to your personal preferences. In the world of Undawn, broadly speaking, homestead building is performed using either structures or furniture. These items can be crafted using the construction materials workbench.

To access the Building function at the homestead, simply tap on the Build button on the screen. The following can be built: building structures, furniture and various facilities, defensive objects, and enhanced building structures. Just choose from the available modules in the list and place your selected module on an unlocked floor space. You are good to go if a green frame appears. When the module cannot be placed or set up, such as when there is already another module in place or when the player is trying to place the module outside of a floor space, a red frame will appear instead.

Furniture that has been set up may be shifted to another available floor space. However, structures that have been placed can only be rotated or otherwise deleted and then repositioned. Deleted structures will be returned to the player in the form of structure items.

Don't worry if you feel that you are not up to the task of creating a beautiful homestead by yourself, as building from blueprints is also available in Undawn. Just tap on Build from Blueprint in the upper right corner of the screen to access blueprints that have been shared by other players. Now, you can have the look that you want for your homestead without having to go through the pain of mixing and matching!

Placing items also earn points that go into the homestead's overall rating, which in turn will have an impact in the later stages of the game. For example, to level up a homestead from Level 4 to Level 5, the homestead rating will have to be at least 12,000 points.

**Want to level up?** **Then level up your homestead first!**

The homestead in Undawn can also be upgraded or leveled up. As the player upgrades their homestead, they will also be able to access more functions and features, and their player level cap is also raised. For instance, a player with a Lv. 4 homestead has a player cap of Lv. 35. They also have construction rights for an additional three building levels and access to four planters, etc.

Of course, upgrading your homestead requires you to first meet certain conditions. For example, a player wanting to upgrade their homestead from Lv. 4 to Lv. 5 will have to have a player level of at least 30 and a homestead rating of at least 12,000 points. At the same time, they will also need four kinds of advanced materials. Once their homestead has been upgraded to Lv. 5, the cap on their player level is also raised to Lv. 39.

Naturally, to raise your player level, you should complete Daily Events as much as you can. Your homestead rating can be improved by placing more decorations in your homestead. The resources needed for upgrading and leveling up can be crafted using the construction materials crafting table.

**Getting bored of the view?** **Time to relocate!**

Living in one location can get boring after a while, and it's the same in the game. Thankfully, there is the Relocate function in Undawn, where homesteads can be located in a number of zones, each with a distinctive view. Want to get a breath of fresh air? All you have to do is to use the Relocate function to move your homestead to somewhere new.

Of course, there are entry thresholds for each zone, such as homestead level requirements. The homestead with the highest homestead rating and its owner at each wilderness homestead address will also be shown. Want to move to a swankier neighborhood? Dying to show off your homestead to the other players on the same server? Then get to building your homestead right now!

That's all for my beginner's guide to the homestead feature in Undawn. Hopefully, this has given you a good idea of the importance of this feature and how to go about playing it. Make sure you take care of that homestead in the game!