Beginner Tips

New to Havendock? Get started with essential beginner tips covering the basics, islands, buildings, and common questions to help you build a thriving settlement.

Welcome to Havendock! This wiki is a work in progress, so bear with us as we build it out. Here are some tips to get you started on your island-building adventure.

The Basics

Before you dive too deep, get familiar with these core mechanics:

• Getting Started: Learn the fundamental gameplay loop.
• Hunger and Thirst: Keep your settlers fed and hydrated to maintain their happiness.
• Happiness: Happy settlers are productive settlers! Manage their needs to keep them content.
• Research: Unlock new technologies and buildings to expand your capabilities.
• Meals: Cooking provides buffs and can improve settler happiness.
• Settlers: Manage your population, assign jobs, and ensure their well-being.
• Animals: Domesticate animals for resources like milk and wool.
• Traders: Trade with traveling merchants for goods you can't produce yourself.

Islands

Explore the different islands to gather resources and expand your territory:

• Astro Island
• Bird Island
• Cow Island
• Fishing Island
• Moon Island
• Wizard Island (DLC)
• Boats: Essential for traveling between islands.

Buildings

Construct various buildings to support your growing settlement:

• Animal Buildings: Houses for your livestock.
• Base: Core structures for your settlement.
• Crafting: Buildings where you'll produce essential items.
• Decor: Buildings to improve the aesthetics and happiness of your settlement.
• Food: Structures related to food production and storage.
• Magic: Buildings related to mystical elements or research.
• Oil and Energy: Structures for power generation.
• People: Buildings related to managing your settlers.
• Underwater: Structures that can be built beneath the waves.

Q&A

Here are some common questions and their answers:

• How do I obtain cotton?
  You can get cotton by setting up scavenging tents for your settlers to collect. Alternatively, once your boat is upgraded, you can visit Moon Island and buy cotton seeds from the trader near the dock. These seeds can be farmed like other crops, but you'll need to keep buying them as there's no other way to get more seeds.
• How do I insert materials/obtain output from farms, cookhouses etc. without opening the GUI?
  Use Shift + right-click to insert materials into a building, and Ctrl + right-click to extract outputs (like milk from barns).
• How do I get milk?
  Purchase cows from the farmer on Cow Island. Then, build Barns for them; these buildings serve as both input and output points for milk.
• What is the desert island with the person stuck in the smelter?
  This island is currently a work-in-progress and can be ignored for now.