Beginner Guide to Beyond These Stars
A careful opening checklist for building a stable colony on Kewa.
The Home Spaceship is the starting hub. It brings the initial Peeps and basic Wood, Stone, Iron and Tools. Begin with roads, Huts, Potato Patches and a Water Pump, then add a Woodcutter and research buildings.
Opening priorities
- Keep workplaces within housing reach and connect them to roads.
- Secure food and water before expanding the workforce.
- Watch adjacency effects: nearby buildings can add bonuses or penalties.
- Use local storage and inspect the resource-flow graph when a chain stalls.
- Keep polluting industry away from housing while leaving room for forests and Cleaners.
Production and population
Buildings consume inputs and create outputs or by-products. The Ore Smelter creates Soot and the Toolsmith creates Slag; full storage or missing workers can stop a chain. Population growth depends on food, water, housing, energy and happiness. The supplied research does not establish one universal workplace radius or a fixed early-game cost, so those values are 待确认.
Kewa and expansion
Kewa's health and happiness matter alongside the colony. Clear Thorny Stems from breathable areas, preserve forest buffers and prepare food and energy before long travel. Later systems include terraforming, a Spaceport, the Galaxy Map and planetary outposts.
Next steps
Read Connect Power before industrial expansion. If a production line stops, use How to Fix an Energy Issue. For pollution construction problems, see Cleaner Placement.