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Game Starts: Choose from various scenarios, each with unique difficulty, starting cash, play style suggestions, and short descriptions detailing your origin, items, and faction relations.

Crew (Races): Select your character's race:

• Humans: Versatile, can enter Holy Nation territory, wear most clothing. Greenlanders have balanced stats, Scorchlanders are faster healers and better at combat/stealth.

Shek: Strong and tough, but slower and with penalties to many skills. Heal slower but have more health.

Hive: Specialized sub-races (Workers). Limited armor options, lower blood pool, and specific skill bonuses/penalties. Workers excel at labor and stealth.

Health: Kenshi features slow healing and the risk of limb loss.

Allies: Recruit new characters, hire mercenaries, or find animal companions.

Equipment: Scavenge, purchase, or steal gear to survive.

Combat Mode: Engage in tactical combat where positioning and skill matter.

Crime and Belligerence: Understand the consequences of your actions in a lawless world.

Training Skills: Develop combat, thievery, and trade skills to improve your chances.

Money Making: Earn Cats through looting, trading, selling characters to slavers, or bounty collecting.

Outposts: Establish bases within towns or build your own settlements.