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The world of Farthest Frontier is a dangerous one. Villagers are constantly at risk of starvation, disease, and exposure to the elements. If that weren't bad enough, there are vicious bands of raiders in the wilderness, plotting to take what little the townsfolk have! By constructing defenses for your town and training soldiers, you can fight back against these marauders.
Wild animals also pose a threat - while not as deadly, they are much more common than organized raids. With this guide, you'll be able to meet any foe head-on and protect your Villagers from their attacks.
Farthest Frontier is currently in early access. This guide may be updated as the game's development process continues.
How To Stop Predator Attacks
Aggressive animals like wolves, bears, and boars are a danger to your Villagers from the moment the game starts. While these territorial creatures usually stick to a single area, they will attack any human that gets too close. This makes them especially dangerous to Villagers who are exploring or gathering resources inღ the woods far from town.
Most Villagers will be able to escape an animal attack as long as they have the protection of a Hide Coat and don't have too far to run before reaching safety. However, in the worst-case scenario a bitten Villager will contract rabies, which in most cases is a death sentence even if the town has a Healer.
If an animal chases a Villager into town, ring the alarm bell at the Town Center and the garrison should make short work of the beast as long as it stays within bow range. You can also have multiple Villagers gang up on the animal to bring it down with melee attacks.
Never try to have a Villager solo an animal unless they are a Hunter, Guardᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚℱ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ, or Soldier. Normal townsfolk will lose a one-on-one fight every time.
Wolf Dens
Wolves and Dire Wolves spawn from Wolf Dens, which are scattered throughout the map at the start of the game. Wolf populations will always replenish as long as a Wolf Den exists. Hunters and Soldiers can be ordered to destroy Wolf Dens by placing their work or combat zone nearby. Doing so stops an💯y further wolves from spawning in the area.
One or two decently-equipped Soldiers can easily destroy a Wolf Den, even one guarded by a full pack. Hunters have a harder time since they tend to work alone. If a Wolf Den needs to be destroyed before you can build a Barracks, try having a Hunter pick off the wolves one by one then destroy the undefended den before the next spring. Alternately, if you have multiple Hunter's Cabins you can order all the Hunters to attack the Den individually - their combined efforts should prove sufficient.
Bears
Bears are the toughest animals in the game to kill, and bold enough that they will wander into your town unprovoked. Usually they will break into buildings to steal food, but like other predators will attack Villagers on sight. A Hunter or Lookout Tower can usually drive a bear off, as the animals retreat when they lose about half their health. Try to kill the bear before it esc🌌apes, otherwise it ✤will come back.
How To Fight Raiders
Starting in Year Seven, groups of raiders will periodically attack the town. Their goal is to take any gold, food, and weapons they can find before retreating, and they'll kill anyone who gets in their way. It's up to your Guards and Soldiers, along with any townsfolk garrisoned in the Town Center, to stop them before they makeℱ off with your precious supplies.
Raiders primarily target Storehouses, the Trading Post, and any building with food in it. Buildingꦆ (and eventually upgrading) Lookout Towers near these buildings is the first step to driving the marauders of༒f. Lookout Towers are more effective from higher elevations, so a hilltop overlooking a main road or supply hub is a great spot to build one.
Raiders always have greater numbers and better gear than they did the last time they attacked - keep improving your defenses between raids, or you'll eventually be overwhelmed!
Once the Town Center is upgraded to Tier Two, you can start constructing Barracks and train Soldiers within. Soldiers are the best fighters in the Village, and with proper weapons and armor a single Soldier can take three or four raiders. Since you won't be able to make your own weapons until the Town Center reaches Tier Three, it's vital that you purchase equipment from the Trading Post. The traveling merchant Atka Of The Iron Clan almost always has weapons, armor, and the materials to make th🦋em in stock, so check her inventory whe💞never she comes into town.
Combat Strategy
While the raiders usually have a handful of attack routes that they favor, there's no way to predict what direction they will attack from when they show up. Larger bands will even split into two groups to attack from multiple angles. Unfortunately, you'll have to expect some casualties when these bloodthirsty bandits come into town - ring the alarm bell the moment your sentries spot꧅ them to save as many lives as possible.
Walls are expensive and time-consuming, so you may not be able to encircle your entire town. Instead, build walls to funnel raiders into kill zones between two or more Lookout Towers. You can also encircle small outlying settlements to make them less a💦ttractive targets, buying the inhabitants time for your Soldiers to arrive.
Once words gets out that your town has walls, the raider may start to bring battering rams when they attack. Remember; walls can be rebuilt, but dead Villagers can't be brought back to life. As scary as the rams are, your first priority should be to send the raiders packing.
You may be tempted to send your Soldiers into battle right away, it's much better to hold off on deploying them until the raiders have been softened up by the Lookout Towers. Raiders always outnumber your soldiers, and meeting a full company of them in open battle is a bad idea. If the raiders pass by the Barracks, your Soldiers can simply shoot them safely from inside!
Once you've figured out the raiders' primary target and put arrows in a few of them, deploy your Soldiers to defend the most vital buildings. The raiders will retreat once about half of their number have been killed; while the battle is ongoing, slow down the game's speed and watch which raiders successfully loot resources from buildings. Make sure these bandits in particular don't get away so that you can recover what they stole!