Getting Started

## First Steps

At the Beginning of Medieval Dynasty your Character Racimir finds himself in a Forest near a Village called Gostovia. Trying to find his Uncle he wanders there and finds the Castellan Uniegost. He tells you that your Uncle died to an Ambush of Robbers while transporting valuable Goods. Trying to help you he tells you that you can use the Land how you see fit and gifts you a Wooden Hammer. This is the Beginning of the Quest Starting a New Life that shows you how to build your first House.

For your first House you will need Logs, Sticks and Straw. Straw can easily be gathered by going to the River and picking Reed by Hand. Sticks can also be found on the ground nearly everywhere (especially near Forests). Gathering Logs is a little bit more complicated. For this task you will need an Axe which can be crafted from 10 Sticks and 2 Stones. Stones are like Sticks scattered all over the Ground but are little bit harder to spot. After crafting your Axe you can get to chopping down 5 Trees which most of the time produce just enough Logs for your first House. After you gather your first 6 Logs you can already lay down the foundation for your first house by accessing the Quick Menu (pressing Q with standard Keybindings). Next you will need to raise the Walls by equipping the Wooden Hammer and Hammering the Walls and the Roof of your House while you have the Materials in your Inventory.

Congratulations you've just build your first House in Medieval Dynasty!

## Surviving your first Days

Racimir arrives with food that will last him about two days, so the immediate attention should be to get the economy going. The easiest way to do that is collecting stones and sticks to craft stone knives to sell for an initial supply of currency. With meat coming in from the rabbit trap and the occasionally speared rabit, the manufacture and sales of knives providing the coins and the XP to unlock the Tavern and with it the cooking option at home, Racimir should soon have the funds to buy onions from Edwin, Dagobert or Nadar as well as wodden plates from Falibor, which enables him to cook Meat with Gravy. Due to its high nutritional value Meat with Gravy is an easy way to cater for early nutritional needs. Continue to collect stones and sticks for more funds. Since Racimir is not eactly a heavy-duty pony, a Large simple backpack and large pouch are essential early purchases. You can get them from the seamstresses in Denica, Branica or Hornica.

An easy way to get a bow for hunting is to buy one from the huntsmen or Craftsmen in Lesnica and Hornica. An alternative route is to buy linnen threads at one the seamstresses and build the Hunting Lodge early to produce your own. With a bit of luck bows or crossbows can be found in the wolf territory near Sambor's hut, the way up to Lesnica, by the wayside towards the Denica mine or in the woods near the Jezerica bridge. Since the search for loot does take a lot of time however, it is advisable to buy instead. With the most basic needs met and basic equipment secured, you can start building your village.

## Starting up your Village

One of the first buildings to build should be the Resource Storage as the small crate in Racimir's home will soon be full. If you're building in a place with few trees, for instance on the Denica side along the road between Denica and Tutki, it might be advisable to build a second small house and resource storage away from your village in a more forested area to meet the initially very high demand for logs. If you want to put the log production into the hands of a villager early on, make sure you build a second house, the Woodshed and produce enough stone axes beforehand.

The second step is to get the food production going. If at all possible, you should try to plant at least some cabbage in the first season as you can use the resulting seeds to set up another harvest in the second season. Onions do also deliver an immediate harvest in the summer, but cannot be sown again until the next spring. Food-related buildings, like the Barn and the Food Storage should have priority. From then on it is down to your preference which industries you build up next. Don't forget to build houses before you take on your first villagers.