Farm with Pals, not your hands
Assign miners, lumberjacks, and gatherers and let the base produce while you explore.
Ore and stone
Point miners at nodes near the base. Blazamut and Astegon clear ore fast; Digtoise is a steady specialist.
Wood
Lumbering Pals feed every build. Keep at least one on wood so walls and benches never stall.
Fiber and herbs
Gathering Pals pull fiber and berries. Route them to a spot near your crafting stations.
Food for the crew
Planting and watering Pals grow crops. Hungry Pals work slower, so keep farms running.
Cakes for breeding
Cakes need a mix of farmed ingredients. Dedicate a farm line to cake parts before you breed in volume. See the breeding guide.
Power the line
Refineries and production need electricity. Place generators near the stations they feed.
Stock, do not hoard
Keep a buffer of ore and wood, but breed and build with it. Idle stock is wasted work.
Scout rich nodes
Some regions hold denser ore. Move a mining base there once travel is safe. Plan it in the base building guide.
Farm where it is dense
Ore and wood clusters vary by biome; a forward mining base on a rich vein out-produces a central base by hours. Unlock fast travel near the node so you can bank and return. Once travel is safe, move production to the resource, not the resource to you.