Forbidden IsleReport
English：Forbidden Isle · Locations
Offshore island. Unclaimed.
A small island you can only reach by swimming, with a spider factory at its heart that is still shipping. Acid rain comes down at random overhead, Iron Spiders move in formation below, and a party of Tech Hunters have decided the secret here belongs to them alone.
Terrain
The terrain is Offshore island.
Who holds it
Unclaimed
- Tech Hunters Hostile
Settlements
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Spider Factory | Ancient site |
| Ancient Labs | Ancient site |
Wildlife
Notable units
| Name | Type | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spider Foreman | Hostile boss | Spider Factory | A skeleton with a Meitou-grade staff, leading some 15 Security Spiders and Iron Spiders; the staff's reach is wide enough to sweep a whole line down at once. Kill him and the island's Iron Spider legions vanish, replaced by wild goats and garru. |
History
- The Spider Factory is thought to have been built during the ancient war, and is taken to be the source of every Iron Spider on the continent; only when the foreman is dead does the island's supply dry up and wild goats and garru start walking in.
Building a base here
The channel's verdict: Recommended with caveats
- Hazards Acid rain falls on the island; Paul Rogers takes that as a sign of a certain degree of pollution, though its actual effect is to water your crops for you.[V1 0:00:33]
- Hazards Acid rain falls on the island; Paul Rogers takes that as a sign of a certain degree of pollution, though its actual effect is to water your crops for you.[V1 0:00:33]
- Hazards Acid rain falls on the island; Paul Rogers takes that as a sign of a certain degree of pollution, though its actual effect is to water your crops for you.[V1 0:00:33]
- Hazards Acid rain falls on the island; Paul Rogers takes that as a sign of a certain degree of pollution, though its actual effect is to water your crops for you.[V1 0:00:33]
- Raids While the Spider Foreman is still alive, Iron Spiders keep spawning in droves — the most persistent local threat here.[V1 0:01:06]
- Raids While the Spider Foreman is still alive, Iron Spiders keep spawning in droves — the most persistent local threat here.[V1 0:01:06]
- Raids While the Spider Foreman is still alive, Iron Spiders keep spawning in droves — the most persistent local threat here.[V1 0:01:06]
- Raids While the Spider Foreman is still alive, Iron Spiders keep spawning in droves — the most persistent local threat here.[V1 0:01:06]
- Raids Once the Foreman is put down the spawns switch to Garru and Goats, which will not attack your characters of their own accord — meaning complete quiet between base raids.[V1 0:02:14]
- Defensible terrain Ground on the waterside forces raiders to wade towards your gate, which Paul Rogers rates as the easiest impenetrable defence there is to build.[V1 0:02:47]
- Defensible terrain Ground on the waterside forces raiders to wade towards your gate, which Paul Rogers rates as the easiest impenetrable defence there is to build.[V1 0:02:47]
- Defensible terrain Ground on the waterside forces raiders to wade towards your gate, which Paul Rogers rates as the easiest impenetrable defence there is to build.[V1 0:02:47]
- Defensible terrain The blue recommended spots Paul Rogers marks on the map are all relatively flat, and each has at least one copper and one iron deposit nearby.[V1 0:04:26]
- Distance to supplies Remoteness is the only price you pay, but Black Scratch is not all that far off, and there is a United Cities village nearby with a few shops of its own; set against the Leviathan Coast or Fishman Island, that distance is nothing.[V1 0:05:32]
NoteDrawn from Paul Rogers Gaming's location-guide videos. This is the video author's judgement, not an official ruling from the game.
Getting there
There is no settlement in this region. Check that your food and bandages will last the whole crossing before you enter.
The nearest city is Brink (Stormgap Coast), just across the border.
This region borders only 2 others, so a wrong turn means backtracking the whole way.
Regions you can walk into directly from here:
| Region |
|---|
| Islands of None |
| Stormgap Coast |
NoteThis article is assembled from the region dossier; facts come from the Kenshi Fandom Wiki and in-game data, and the navigation section is computed from the 72-region adjacency graph.
Video citations
- Why You Should Settle the Forbidden Isle | Kenshi Location GuidePaul Rogers Gaming