Whiskerwood Early Game Guide

Quick Answer

Everything you need to know about the first days in Whiskerwood: setting up your export dock and warehouse, resource gathering buildings placement, mining basics, housing setup, and your first tax payment.

What This Guide Covers

• Getting Started
• Resource Gathering Buildings
• Mining Basics
• Housing Setup
• First Tax Payment

Detailed Notes

• Getting Started

  Roll crew to get at least one Apprentice (needed for certain workshops). Find island with trees, berries, and ores (copper/coal for paying rent). Place Trade Dock away from resource nodes (for mining later).
• Building Priority

  Build wood cutter first, then berry plucker, then mining camp. Use paths (press R to rotate) to connect elevated areas. Gathering camps are freely movable without cost.
• Mining Camp

  Mining camp: 2 workers per camp, assign anyone initially. Press M for mining, V to go down, F to go up. Mining camp workers only work within their sphere of influence (marked by white circle).
• Food Management

  Each Whisker consumes approximately 1 meal per day. Build log houses (higher quality than stone shelters). House placement: keep white square entrance free.
• Day 1 Strategy

  Day 1: don't worry about houses (fresh arrival bonus offsets sleep outside debuff). Day 2+: must have housing ready. The fresh arrival bonus gives +8 happiness for 2 days.
• Sawmill Setup

  Sawmill requires logs + machinery (choose small package with machinery from supply ship). Stone is worth nothing for taxes; processed materials (planks) also worth nothing. Copper ore is powerful for early game; coal worth 13 per piece.
• Supply Ship

  Supply ship: must buy something or lose Claws' trust. Small package = machinery (needed for workshops). Luxury package = building materials, food, money, no machinery.
• Housing Quality

  Log houses are higher quality than stone shelters. Place houses in neighborhoods, keeping white square entrance free. Houses should be near warehouse for efficient logistics.
• First Tax Payment

  Tax Collector arrives every 3 days. Copper ore and coal are most valuable for early tax payments. Overpaying builds trust and can unlock schematics.
• Early Game Mistakes

  Not building additional storage early grinds economy to halt. Stone fills up storage quickly but has no tax value. Build storage sheds early to avoid production stoppages.