Sengoku Dynasty Guide | Beginner Tips and Tricks

This Sengoku Dynasty Guide will help you understand the game's mechanics, explain the HUD, and give you a walkthrough for your first few in-game days! We'll also tell you how this Japanese-themed spinoff differs from its spiritual predecessor Medieval Dynasty.

Sengoku Dynasty is a survival game and settlement builder in the same spiritual vein as Medieval Dynasty; you'll have the opportunity to build your very own town from scratch and populate it with friendly NPCs. Read on for an explanation of the HUD; after that, we'll help you out with a walkthrough for the early game!

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Sengoku Dynasty HUD Explanation

1. Tracked Quest: Your Tracked Quest (and its objectives) will be shown on the left side of the screen.
2. Compass and Calendar: This shows you the direction you're facing and any nearby points of interest on the map. The centerpiece of the Compass shows you the current day of the season.
3. Tooltip: Hovering over an object with the appropriate tool equipped will give you some information about it.
4. Loot Pop-ups: Picking up an item will cause these pop-ups to appear, detailing what you've collected, how much you've picked up, and how much you have in total in your inventory.
5. Health: The standard health bar. If your health drops to 0, you die and you lose some stuff.
6. Hunger: This bar shows how hungry you are. If it reaches 0, you'll start to suffer bad effects.
7. Dynasty XP: This shows your progress in leveling up your Dynasty.
8. Stamina: This is your stamina meter. Stamina is needed for running, using tools, fighting, and other abilities.
9. Item Controls: This shows you the controls for whatever item you currently have equipped.
10. Active Tool and Durability: This icon shows your active tool and how much durability it has remaining.

Sengoku Dynasty Guide | Starter Guide Walkthrough

Now that we've explained the HUD, it's time to get into the main portion of our Sengoku Dynasty Guide. This Sengoku Dynasty walkthrough will help you get through your first couple of days — let's get to it!

Creating Your Character

As with most games of this style, your first step will be to create a new character. You'll start with picking your sex, and then you'll be able to make a few choices between different faces, skin tones, and hairstyles.

Once you're satisfied with your appearance, you'll have to name your character. You can then jump into the game and experience the opening cutscene (or skip it entirely).

Getting On Your Feet

You'll enter the world near a boat that has clearly suffered some serious damage. You have a Wooden Torch and a Raw Fish in your inventory. Fortunately, there are a fair few tools and supplies in the immediate area.

Pick up everything useful around you, then head south along the beach. You'll see another boat. Once again, pick up anything that seems useful; you can always drop it later if you decide that you don't need it.

Continue south along the beach, then turn southeast and head down the canyon.

Helping Ako

Your traveling companion Ako is in a similar situation. Speak with Ako and you'll then go through a basic tutorial to build a Campfire.

Ako will give you some raw Gobo. Gobo is a good early-game food that can be found in abundance in the immediate area. Pick some until you have around 25 total; it will sustain you over the next few days.

Heading to Town

It's time to head to the nearest town; it can be found southeast along the road. Unfortunately, you'll discover that it has been burned to the ground when you arrive there. Speak with Toshichi in the center of town and he'll give you a bell for the Bell Tower.

The Bell Tower serves three purposes:

1. It marks the center of your village's borders.
2. It serves as a fast travel point.
3. It allows you to advance to the next season early.

Collect the other needed resources and you can place the Bell Tower pretty much anywhere to start a town. I strongly recommend that you build within the Sosogi Region on the map (the starter region).

Furthermore, it's a good idea to build in the burned-out town. You can dismantle the buildings with an axe to clear out land, and the town of Sosogi has a lot of flat land — a perfect recipe for building your first town. You can always build another town elsewhere if you want!

Alternatively, you can build in one of the other regions on the map. The Enjiro Rebels Region is an excellent starting region that will allow your villagers to mine Copper and Tin, so there's a strong argument for avoiding the Sosogi Region altogether, too.

Playing House

Once the Town Bell is built, you'll be tasked with building a house. The building system essentially uses the exact same system as Medieval Dynasty and Wild West Dynasty. You can even customize the buildings to a small degree!

This first house will be your personal home for now. Aside from the basics, I recommend building a Tawara Bag so you can store excess items in your house. It can be found in Furniture / House Furniture / Large Containers / Tawara Bag. You can find some piles of Straw in town or you can craft fresh Straw from Grass.

When that's done, speak to Toshichi and he'll give you another quest.

Helping Out

Toshichi asks you to help out some other notable people in the area. Before you head out, go into your house and cook Gobo until you have at least 10. You'll probably be running a little low on Hunger right now and it's best to be prepared for your next tasks.

You'll get three side quests which can be completed in any order.

• The Impure Man: Speak with the "impure" Matsumaru near town and help him tend to a dying man.
• The Tranquil Tribute: Talk to Chiyome the Miko and help her make an offering to the gods.
• Territorial Defense: Speak with Kengyo the warrior and help him train his new recruit.

Completing these quests will teach you additional skills and give you some Dynasty XP; you should aim to complete all three of these ASAP. If it's late in the day, sleep on the mat in your house.

Expanding the Town

There is a lot of land to explore, but it's time to make your town a little more useful. You're going to want to erect some more buildings. Clear out the burned-out buildings wherever you need space to build.

Start with building a General Storage; this is a prerequisite for many other buildings and it gives you a space to stockpile non-food items.

Next, you'll want to build a Workshop. This will allow you to craft a wide variety of items such as the Shovel, a tool that will allow you to remove plants and tree stumps from the ground.

Unfortunately, most of the crafting recipes in the Workshop must be unlocked with money or by increasing your Dynasty Level. On the upside, you can use the recipes you do have to craft items and sell them at another town.

The next step is to build a Woodcutter's Hut. This will let you make planks and other complex materials that are used for future projects.

You'll then want to build a couple more houses. You can stick with Small Houses for now, but you can also invest in something better if you'd like to. You'll want at least 2 new houses so people can move into town. Don't acquire any villagers just yet.

Finally, you should head east of town until you encounter the Sosogi Small Bridge. Build a Special Project Construction Workshop nearby; it can be found in Basic Structures / Special Project Construction Workshop. This building is used to store resources so you can hire workers to complete a construction project over time.

Again, do not move anyone into your village just yet — we need one more building to properly take care of them.

Liberating Your First Area and Earning Money

Now that your town is in somewhat better shape, it's time to earn a little money. Look to the northwest of the burned-out town of Sosogi on the map and you'll see a bandit camp. Craft a Wooden Yari and you'll be ready to fight.

There are around a dozen bandits (and one boss) spread out through this camp. You can craft multiple Wooden Yaris and throw them; if you sneak up on an enemy and hit them with a thrown Wooden Yari, it's an instant stealth kill.

Each dead bandit will give you a few coins and some small items. The real treasure, though, is the chest guarded by the boss; smaller camps have similar chests. You can clear this entire camp on normal difficulty with a few Wooden Yaris and your starting equipment as long as you're careful about fighting.

The chest for this first bandit camp will have a few hundred gold in it. You can then use this to purchase some more crafting or building recipes.

Use some of your money to purchase the Food Storage building in Buildings / Storage Buildings / Food Storage. Harvest some Gobo and cook it on the hearth in your house, then put it into the Food Storage; your villagers should be able to take it as needed to sustain themselves. It's not much, but it's a good start.

Once you have adequate housing and food storage set up, you can start moving villagers in. Start with Ako and Sayuri so you can progress the "Road to Renewal" quest; assign any new villagers to the Sosogi Small Bridge construction project.

Exploring the Land and Preparing for Winter

You now have a bit of food, some villagers, and a few buildings in your town. You're far from safe, though — you have no meaningful supply of food and you have nowhere to buy equipment.

Your first priority should be to seek out a town that hasn't been burned down. Towns have merchants, and you can buy seeds for a farm and other useful equipment at these settlements. You can also craft goods and sell them there.

There are some decisions to make in the coming days — should you rely on foraging, farming, or both? Should you try to take on more bandits? Which quests should you tackle next? It's up to you to explore the map and figure out what you want to do next. In the meantime, check out our other guides below!

How is Sengoku Dynasty different from Medieval Dynasty?

Sengoku Dynasty has some notable differences from the Medieval Dynasty:

• Dying does not immediately end your lineage and force you to load a save.
• There is no Thirst meter.
• It is much more difficult to avoid building a village and focus on being a solo settler.
• Human enemies are much more common right from the beginning.
• Combat is more complex with the addition of different attacks and the ability to parry and dodge.

These are just some of the biggest differences between Sengoku Dynasty and Medieval Dynasty.

What Happens When You Die in Sengoku Dynasty?

If you die in Sengoku Dynasty, you'll lose approximately 10% of your money and 50% of your food. Some of these penalties can be reduced by unlocking perks in the "Legend" menu.

Where is the Sengoku Dynasty Save File?

You can find the Sengoku Dynasty save file in:

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\SengokuDynasty\Saved

Where "USERNAME" is your Windows username.

Is Sengoku Dynasty Multiplayer?

Yes, Sengoku Dynasty has online multiplayer. It supports co-op play with up to a total of 4 people.

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