How to build your own house and start a settlement in Bellwright

IN Bellwright gamers will embark on an exciting journey to liberate the people of Lowland and transform their camp into a powerful nation. To do this, you must gain the trust of local residents and win them over. The starting point is to create a small base outside of Heardin. As you progress, you expand the territory and install different buildings. However, the lack of an in-game tutorial can be confusing for newcomers. This guide will help you build your own house and establish a settlement.

Collecting resources is an important part of the gameplay in Bellwright. One of the first resources needed for survival is wood: you’ll need it to build your personal hut and settler tents. Wood can be obtained in a variety of ways, but at the beginning of the game, players have limited options as they begin the journey without any weapons or tools such as an ax or pickaxe.

But don’t be upset, because you can assemble sticks in the open world without any additional tools. It is enough to inspect the area under large trees and find sticks on the ground. Simply interact with them to place the branches in your inventory. This process may seem tedious, but the large forests surrounding the starting village of Herndin will provide you with a huge amount of resources you need.

There is another effective way to obtain wood: cutting down young trees. But for this you will have to make an ax, so the branches scattered on the ground will have to be collected anyway.

Fortunately, crafting an ax in Bellwright is a quick and easy process that can be done directly from your inventory. To make a tool you need 6 wood and 2 stone. We have already described above how to get branches, but ordinary stones are collected according to the same principle. Just search the ground for these items, but they usually appear on higher ground.

Once you have enough wood and stones, you can start making an axe:

Linen is a very useful and widespread resource, but at first you may simply not pay attention to it. As we already advised in the general game guide, make sure you collect similar plants and keep them on your base. They look like small blue flowers. It is difficult to find flax in dense forests; look around fields and meadows, but also other areas where no trees grow.

The largest amount of flax is found in the fields southwest of the village of Herndin. This location is ideal for establishing a base for several reasons. Firstly, it is surrounded by jungle where you can get wood. Secondly, flax and sage grow in abundance in the fields, necessary for the harvest. Finally, the proximity to the village reduces the time needed to complete the first quests, making this area particularly useful for starting the game.

To make a personal hut you will need 10 units of wood and 6 units of flax. Open the build menu by pressing the “B” key on your keyboard and go to the “Manage” section. There, select “Personal Shed” and press F to place a holographic version of this object. After all the necessary resources are installed, the hut is created.

In the future, you can upgrade your hut to the Village Hall and Town Hall using the research table. But this will take a lot of time and effort.