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A wrecked Holy Nation post in the Border Zone, sitting between the Tiny Settlement and The Hub. No guards, no treasure, just twenty-one rusted weapons lying on the ground — the easiest free money a new player will find.

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The Ruined Holy Outpost is a small ruin in the Border Zone, located between the Tiny Settlement and The Hub.

There is no door, no lock and no garrison. Everything worth taking is lying on the ground.

What it used to be

The Border Zone today is a dry stretch that none of the three great powers will claim and none will truly let go of. It was not always like that — the Ruined Holy Outpost, the Tiny Settlement and the ruins of The Hub are all leftovers of Holy Nation rule.

Given where it stands, this was very likely a military post, destroyed in the war between the Shek Kingdom and the Holy Nation.

TipThe game splits the Map of the Border Zone and the Glorious Holy Map into two separate items, and that is a hint in itself — the Border Zone was at most a frontier development area for the Holy Nation, never core territory.

What is here

A pile of lootable weapons spawns on the ground. That is the entire content of the location, and the reason it exists.

ItemQuantityPrice each
Iron Plates2135 Cats

Weapons, listed by manufacturing grade:

WeaponGradeQuantityPrice each
Long CleaverRusted Junk2791 Cats
Flesh CleaverRusted Junk1339 Cats
Horse ChopperRusted Junk1452 Cats
Iron StickRusted Junk290 Cats
Mercenary ClubRusted Junk2339 Cats
Long CleaverRusting Blade1868 Cats
Ninja BladeRusting Blade1496 Cats
Horse ChopperRusting Blade1496 Cats
Iron StickRusting Blade299 Cats
Flesh CleaverRusting Blade2372 Cats
Long CleaverMid-Grade Salvage12,610 Cats
Iron StickMid-Grade Salvage1298 Cats
Ninja BladeOld Refitted Blade11,731 Cats
Iron StickOld Refitted Blade1346 Cats
Mercenary ClubRefitted Blade11,549 Cats
Flesh CleaverRefitted Blade11,549 Cats
NoteRusted Junk, Rusting Blade, Mid-Grade Salvage, Old Refitted Blade and Refitted Blade are manufacturing grade names, not adjectives. They are five rungs on the same ladder, and the price gap is large — the same Long Cleaver goes from about 791 Cats at Rusted Junk to 2,610 Cats at Mid-Grade Salvage.

What it means for the player

The value here for an opening squad is very concrete: strip the ground, haul it to The Hub or a Waystation, and that is your starting capital.

Cleared out completely, the pile is worth roughly 15,000 Cats. Weight is the only obstacle — twenty-one melee weapons are not light, so this is usually two trips, or one trip after buying a backpack.

Incidentally, this is also where most new players finally understand the weapon grade system. The same Long Cleaver appears at three different prices in the same heap, and once you have seen that, the lesson lands: judging a weapon by its type is wrong in Kenshi. Look at the manufacturer.

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