Necesse Build Guide — Settlement & Base Design

Your settlement is the heart of Necesse. A well-designed base keeps NPCs happy, defends against raids, and makes crafting efficient. Here's how to plan and build your settlement.

Getting Started with Building

Your first structure should be a small house (at least 5×5 tiles) with:

Wood Walls on all sides
A Wood Door for entry
Wood Floor to complete the room
Torches to prevent enemy spawns

Basic Building Materials

Material	How to Get	Use
Wood	Chop trees	Walls, floors, doors, basic furniture
Stone	Mine surface rocks	Stone walls, stronger structures
Fiber	Cut grass/bushes	Crafting component

Room Requirements

NPCs need specific room types to function. Each room should have:

Enclosed walls on all sides (doors count as walls)
A floor (not bare ground)
Appropriate size (typically 5×5 minimum)
Specific furniture or crafting stations for the NPC's role

NPC Housing & Management

Your settlement will attract 16 recruitable NPCs (settlers), each with a specific role:

NPC	Role	Required Room/Station
Elder	Quest giver, starting NPC	Basic house
Blacksmith	Weapon/armor crafting	Anvil, Forge
Farmer	Crop planting/harvesting	Farmland, seeds
Hunter	Hunting, combat	Armor, weapons
Alchemist	Potion crafting	Alchemy Table
Angler	Fishing	Water nearby
Animal Keeper	Animal breeding, apiary	Fenced area, apiary

(Additional NPC roles: Explorer, Miner, Mage, Guard, Gunsmith, Stylist, Trader, Broken Pirate, Villager)

Defense Against Raids

As you defeat bosses, raiders attack your settlement with increasing strength:

Build walls around your settlement perimeter
Place traps at entry points (spike traps, wiring traps)
Assign Guards to defend key areas
Keep crafting stations and NPC beds away from outer walls

Advanced Building Tips

Build near water — fishing provides easy food and the Angler NPC needs water access
Leave room to expand — you'll unlock more NPCs and crafting stations over time
Use wiring and logic gates — Necesse has a circuit system for automated doors, traps, and lights
Room size matters — check each NPC's specific room requirements before finalizing layout

For more on specific NPCs and recruiting, see our NPC guide (coming soon). For farming, check the Farming Guide.