Overview
Basic defense tactics in timber and stone, their pros and cons.
Intro
There are 3 main basic tactics for defense in timber and stone
- Walls
- Trenches
- Moats
Walls
Basic wall knowlage:
Most mobs can’t climb 2 blocks high walls. Except spiders.
Avoid building walls out of wood, in case of a necromancer, He can burn them down with his randomn fireballs.
It’s always a good idea to have only one way to enter your base
At least 2 blocks high walls
Defense level: moderate
At least 2 block high walls with an owerhang
Defense level: moderate
Trenches
Basic wall knowlage:
Most mobs can’t climb 2 blocks high walls. Except spiders.
It’s always a good idea to have only one way to enter your base
At leat 2 blocks deep tench
Defense level: moderate
Trench/Moat tip:
You can use scafolding as an improvised drawbridge.
If a horde too big to mele fight is coming to your town you can do the fallowing:
Select the dig tool. And select the scafolding with it.
Use it on the scafolding (scadfolding doesn’t need to be dug out by miners)
No more bridge. Take note that by doing so there is no way in or out for your migrants or enemies. On the bright side you can take your time to snipe out enemies one by one without having to loose any migrants
Defense level: moderate +
Note: you can’t design roads on scafolding. so if you are using this trick it is vise to have your hall just outside of your base by the bridge
Moats
Basic wall knowlage:
Mobs can’t climb 1 block higher than water.
Skeletons can’t swim.
It’s always a good idea to have only one way to enter your base
Not sure if spiders can swim. Needs testing
1 block deep moat
Defense level: low
Atleast 2 block deep moat
Defense level: low
Note: you can use the scafolding drawbridge trick with moats too
Mixed tactics
Trench with an at least 2 blocks high wall
Defense level: high
Trench with at least 2 blocks high wall with an owerhang
Defense level: high +
Moat with an at least 2 blocks high wall
Defense level: high
Moat with at least 2 blocks high wall with an owerhang
Defense level: high +
Personal favorite:
Building on water with atleast one block high walls
Defense level: high +
Note: you can use the scafolding trick to boost your defenses
Thanks for reading
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