[Dragon Quest Builders] Five Things to Prioritise When Building a Base

As with any game that's based around gathering resources in order to keep yourself alive, there are a few things that it might be worth prioritising in Dragon Quest Builders when you first start up a base. Just so you know, I am playing this with the experience of the first two chapters only (and a tiny bit of Chapter Three), so later in the game, it might be different. This is just what I have found to be useful (and potentially life saving).

1. Fix up the Bedroom

When you first start, you find an area that is to be your base. The first, and, at least in the first two chapters, the easiest thing you should do is fix up the bedroom. Fill in the holes in the walls, and make sure there are two straw mattresses, and a light source, and then you will have somewhere to safely sleep away the night, rather than needing to brave the ghosts.

2. Build a Kitchen

Get a Crude Kitchen together as soon as possible! Walls and door, a light source, a cook fire, and a chest, and you should be good to go. That way, even when you can't find food out in the wild to either cook or eat raw, your citizens will still cook for you and drop food off into the chest. This saved me from starving in Chapter Two, as food was a little scarcer.

3. Gather Earth

This one is pretty simple. You need earth to build, so go out and gather as much as you can. From what I've found thus far, the most efficient and resource light way to build up your walls and floors is to start with earth, and then upgrade with wood/stone/other material later. You'll get your base's structure up faster, and won't need as much wood or stone to complete it!

4. Build a Workshop

In the first three chapters (and probably later- again, I haven't gotten further than the first two chapters, and a little of the third), your base will contain a table/refinery to build at. Build a room around this, with a light source, door, and a chest, and bang, you have a workshop. I find this useful because your citizens will build furniture, and occasionally put materials into the chest. And, you can use this chest to store materials until you can put together the Colossal Coffer (which should also be a priority for you, once you have access to the materials). 

5. Find White Petals

White petals are necessary to craft Healing Cream, and, well, that's good for healing. If you gather the materials you need early, then you can craft it from the get go, and be better equipped for the inevitable combat- and you won't have to return to your base as often to sleep off your wounds.

So there you have it. My personal top five priorities for building your base in Dragon Quest Builders. Do you share these priorities? Do you have your own tips to share? Feel free!