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Blue sand wastes. Unclaimed. Main settlements: Strange Camp.

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Sky-blue sand, trees that grow iron into their wood, and the densest Beak Thing nesting ground on the continent. No faction keeps a post here — not because nobody wants the land, but because nobody can stay on it.

Terrain

The terrain is Blue sand wastes.

Who holds it

Unclaimed

Settlements

Inhabitants

Races: Scorchlander

Wildlife

Beak Thing

Notable units

History

• The iron concentration here is high enough that the trees evolved to metabolise it, and you can mine iron straight off them — often taken as circumstantial evidence that the Second Empire poisoned the soil downstream, though the game never says so.

Building a base here

The channel's verdict: Recommended

• Copper　Copper is spread across the zone just like iron; the author says you will not have any trouble finding it.^{[V1 0:02:50]}
• Other　Aridity 50.^{[V1 0:01:42]}
• Other　Aridity 50.^{[V1 0:01:42]}
• Other　Aridity 50.^{[V1 0:01:42]}
• Stone　Stone is plentiful — there are a good number of green and yellow deposits in the zone, so your building-material needs are covered.^{[V1 0:03:23]}
• Copper　Copper is spread across the zone just like iron; the author says you will not have any trouble finding it.^{[V1 0:02:50]}
• Stone　Stone is plentiful — there are a good number of green and yellow deposits in the zone, so your building-material needs are covered.^{[V1 0:03:23]}
• Raids　The main threat is the Beak Thing: there are nests in the zone, and coming anywhere near it you often run into patrols of two or three — but you will not meet the big packs you get in the Bonefields.^{[V1 0:04:30]}
• Defensible terrain　The author suggests building at the zone's edge: the flat ground is a little larger than in the middle or along the coast, and one direction is guaranteed free of Beak Things, which gives your walls and gates a clear order of priority.^{[V1 0:05:39]}
• Defensible terrain　The broken terrain can also be turned around and used: the author built an inner keep on the small hill at the centre of his base and mounted harpoon turrets on it, for an enormous height advantage.^{[V1 0:06:13]}
• Raids　The main threat is the Beak Thing: there are nests in the zone, and coming anywhere near it you often run into patrols of two or three — but you will not meet the big packs you get in the Bonefields.^{[V1 0:04:30]}
• Raids　The author's own base has actually taken an Eyegore raid (the captions render it "iGo" / "Igor") and a Reaver attack, and the high-ground harpoon turrets held both off.^{[V1 0:06:47]}
• Raids　A Beak Thing nest can be treated as a defensive asset: just lead the incoming squad into it. That will absorb anything short of the largest incursions, such as the Wrath of God or an Eyegore raid.^{[V1 0:07:22]}
• Distance to supplies　Places to sell include Black Scratch to the south, the Waystation in the Grey Desert, and the Deadlands two zones west; several United Cities holdings are only a short trip away.^{[V1 0:01:09]}
• Distance to supplies　There is a Slave Farm to the north where crops and bread come at a steep discount — good for an early food shortage, or for restocking while you get a farm going in Gut.^{[V1 0:03:55]}
• Other　The base turrets keep pulling in Beak Thing patrols and the bodies pile up at the gate, which amounts to a near-unlimited source of leather and raw meat.^{[V1 0:07:57]}

Getting there

Resupply inside the region: Strange Camp.

The nearest city is Heng, just across the border.

Regions you can walk into directly from here:

Video citations

1. Why You Should Settle Gut | Kenshi Location GuidePaul Rogers Gaming