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English：Shem　·　Locations

Desert oasis. No man's land. Main settlements: Smugglers Bar, Settled Nomads.

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Seventy percent water, full marks for fertility, and no state anywhere to collect the tax — Shem looks like the best place on the map to settle down. The price is that the thing spawning hardest here is the Beak Thing, and the nomads who did settle never even put up a wall.

Terrain

The terrain is Desert oasis.

Who holds it

No man's land

• Grayflayers Present
• Nomads Present
• Dust Bandits Hostile
• Hungry Bandits Hostile
• Band of Bones Roaming
• Tech Hunters Present

Settlements

Inhabitants

Races: Greenlander, Scorchlander, Shek

Wildlife

Beak Thing, Blood Spider, Garru

Notable units

History

• The Grayflayers, a Swamp gang, set up their smuggling post outside the Swamp itself. The bar prices by Swamp trading custom and takes stolen goods around the clock — it never shuts, and it never closes the door.
• A band of Nomads stopped here and put up four houses and an animal shop. No wall, no guards, and no guarantee they will still be there next time.
• In the world state where Tinfist falls and Longen is still alive, the slaver caravan routes run all the way into Shem.

Building a base here

The channel's verdict: Recommended

• Stone　There are plenty of good spots to mine stone.^{[V1 0:01:40]}
• Distance to supplies　Build in eastern Shem and both Smugglers Bar and Flats Lagoon are within acceptable reach.^{[V1 0:01:07]}
• Stone　There are plenty of good spots to mine stone.^{[V1 0:01:40]}
• Copper　Copper is just as abundant; this is one of the easier zones on the map for finding copper nodes.^{[V1 0:02:13]}
• Copper　Copper is just as abundant; this is one of the easier zones on the map for finding copper nodes.^{[V1 0:02:13]}
• Raids　At the weak end are the Starving Bandits and the Dust Bandits — numerous, but with very poor combat stats; a step up from them is the Band of Bones, stronger but in smaller groups. The author rates the overall danger as moderate.^{[V1 0:02:47]}
• Raids　The real threat is the Beak Thing, especially when they pick you off right after a fight with another faction; the good news is that Beak Thing packs in Shem run to three at most.^{[V1 0:03:53]}
• Hazards　Eastern Shem gets swept by Venge's beams, so you cannot build too tight against the eastern border.^{[V1 0:04:59]}
• Defensible terrain　The pools work as a moat: put the gate on the far side of one and attackers have to swim across first. The author's own base held with nothing but a row of mounted crossbows.^{[V1 0:05:32]}
• Other　Shem sits almost dead centre of the whole map: any destination is a short trip for you, while hostile factions have a long way to march to get at you.^{[V1 0:00:33]}
• Distance to supplies　Build in eastern Shem and both Smugglers Bar and Flats Lagoon are within acceptable reach.^{[V1 0:01:07]}
• Other　Shem sits almost dead centre of the whole map: any destination is a short trip for you, while hostile factions have a long way to march to get at you.^{[V1 0:00:33]}
• Other　The author says he has "heard" that where Shem's western edge meets the start of The Swamp you may pick up both arid and swamp fertility, but he has not confirmed it himself.^{[V1 0:06:38]}

Getting there

Resupply inside the region: Smugglers Bar, Settled Nomads.

The nearest city is Catun (Bonefields), just across the border.

Regions you can walk into directly from here:

Video citations

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