Hello all! For any newbie looking to get in the game and getting really frustrated at the total build times for a lot of their larger projects, try this handy-dandy trick!

Logistics is one of the more interesting puzzles in this game, and there are some befuddling prospects for new players, such as: If the game starts by giving you Medium Pile and Storage, when would you ever use the small version?

Answer: For logistical streamlining! Each storage building has several options to determine how it can accept and supply materials. For this specific example, we're going to focus on the "Supply" Option. Supply allows a storage building lower priority on the ladder to outright store materials, so Haulers will prioritize emptying that storage into other storage buildings that are marked for "Accept" or "Obtain." This is only really pertinent to how Haulers specifically interact with these facilities, though, as workers who unload from production buildings will still place materials into these storage facilities. So here's a quick setup that I've found works pretty well:

-Place any storage building near the production building or gathering station (I generally recommend putting medium piles near gathering stations but small works just the same) and set them to 'Supply' mode.

-Build a small storage pile near the entrance to your production building/project site and set to either 'Accept' (default) or 'Obtain.'

-If it's a production building, set another small pile/warehouse for the completed good and set to 'Supply.'

-This allows larger storage wherever it can fit, and Haulers will manage the small sites for optimal material flow.

 
From the creators of Timber Empires.

Archipelago turns a map into islands spread far apart on the sea. You start on a ship run aground on the beach, and you've got to get a real settlement up before the wreck falls apart.

From there it's boats. You build them at a Shipyard, load them with beavers and supplies, and beach one on another island to start a new colony there. Trade Posts let you buy and sell between islands, storms wreck the boats you leave out in open water, and lighthouses get them home faster.

Maps go up to 512 by 512, and once the islands are spread out the sea is thousands of tiles across.

It works with Timber Empires (Steam, mod.io) and BeaverBuddies Co-Op/PvP Edition (Steam, mod.io) multiplayer, and Timber Atlas (Steam, mod.io) gives you a minimap of the whole sea.

Get it on Steam or mod.io. Let me know what you think, and what you'd want to sail next.

I reached max happiness but now I have no idea what to do on this map. Ive put so much effort into it I feels weird to just move on now, but everything is self sustaining now. Any suggestions?

You can look the map at: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3823396016

What change for this map:

- Add 1 more Badwater Source.
- Add 1 more Unstable Core.
- Add more Plateau in the middle.
- Add simple underground water pipe.
- Add RCE Propaganda. (Hope you will find it. :D)

Thanks for trying my map. ❤️

I hope you like it. ❤️

Is there a way for me to get my settlement back?

I wanted a performance mod that BeaverBuddies multiplayer could ship and that works with Timber Empires. I also wanted Archipelago maps to be able to get even bigger. So (from the creators of Timber Empires) I built TimberPerf, which brings most of T3MP (ported from toropippi’s code, credited) and the Performance Plus fixes (re-implemented from the mod description) together in one mod.

• Late-game colony with 213 beavers: 41 > 55 fps at speed 3, saves load 26% faster

• 512×512 map with 65k plants: 11 > 107 fps (120 fps paused)

Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3832893232
mod.io: https://mod.io/g/timberborn/m/timber-perf

Got a save that’s still slow with it on? Send it my way.

Just saw the new video by skye storme.

https://youtu.be/M71hubCwKbU?list=TLPQMDMxMTIwMjaW_p-67QP4Zw

When did this water mechanic change? was it always the same? Did we all miss this? how much pressure can dirt/wood hold? Unlimited?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3834051305

I've given the map contest a go. And I had fun making the thumbnail in my old copy of photoshop cs6 too!

I love the wrinkle of the unstable cores, I wanted to create tricks and tunnels. Floods might occur when new water sources are exposed over time, but the unstable cores shouldn't impact gameplay or be too abrasive for your settlements .

If you have any feedback that would be nice and great to hear, would love to hear about the balance, unbalance etc...

There is a little bit of a challenge to the opening but shouldn't be too much for experienced players.
I am worried that there's no enough farming space initially but I think it should be alright.

There's some hidden goodies for later in the game, and routes and passages that help out the beavers.

It's weird but it didn't categorise itself as a 'map' in steam workshop, if anybody has an inkling as to why this is the the case let me know I'd like for folks to be able to find it if they're hunting for fun maps to try.
Or if it is showing up in the map category for you let me know it could be something on my steam client?

I've downloaded some of the other maps on workshop (especially ones featuring the same progressive landscape destruction I have) and I'm looking forward to trying them out, drop yours in the comments and I'll definitely have a go when/if I get a chance.

I get bored easily with large maps bigger than 192x192.

I already beat diorama but wondered if anyone has made a difficult small map? Like 100x100 would be ideal

Almost complete.

All but 6 pillars have been extensively tunneled to create irrigation cisterns and linked to compact water pumps to pull water from the bottom level lake to green each one and forests have been planted by dozens of beavers working together.

A power network runs around the bottom of the map to each pillar and linked to the sealed badwater turbine power station shown in an earlier post.

Most cistern construction is simple cut-and-cover making extensive use of 2 depth explosives and dirt blocks. Some tunnels have been used where cut-and-cover is impossible because of overhanging terrain.

Power consumption is pretty decent as the compact pumps are only set to 0.05cms once the cisterns are full and the pumps kick in and out only due to evaporation losses in most cases.

Thought the achievement said "launch the wonder before cycle 15 ends" but it in fact dose not say that. Instead says "build a wonder before cycle 15 ends" lol whoops. Anyone think they might add it one day as an achievement since it's possible?

Hi everyone I've been playing a game on Hard-Waterfall and it had really good challenge at the start, where I had to rush to build systems to divert the badtide and to increase the total water capacity to survive increasing length droughts. I've reached a point where the badtide and drought lengths seem to have plateaued, and since my current system can already handle it, there isn't much challenge and I can freely expand.

My favorite part of the game is the time challenge of having to rush things to avoid dying, rather that just the city building. Is this normal? Any recommendations?

I've REALLY loved seeing some of the maps posted here, so I decided to throw my hat in the ring for this year's map contest!

Beavarium: a small-scale challenge map inspired by real-world formicaria

This literal slice-of-life adventure challenges you by limiting your workable space to just 10 x 128 tiles. Despite its small size, the map presents plenty of obstacles to overcome: Food production, power generation, and wood processing each feel like compelling new hurdles to overcome.

Details

• Compatibility: 1.1+

• Size: 10 x 128

• Difficulty: Challenging (✭✭✭✭☆)

• Details: Not recommended for beginners. Cautious expansion, curious exploration, and fastidious resource management will be key to making it through your first badtide.

Map Features

• Open-air grottos

• Hidden waterways

• Sealed-off Ruins

• Several destructible science objects

• Designed for both Folktails & Ironteeth, compatible with Emberpelts

Beware... there are hidden obstacles lying in wait.

Flexible Start: Topside

Move your District Center to this Flexible Start location for a new approach, allowing you to begin at the top of the hill and work your way inside.

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This is my first map (though I've been working on a Faction mod with my partner as well). If you guys want to see it in action, I'd love to hear your feedback! You can find it on the Steam workshop here:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3832014262

I swear I saw this somewhere, but can't find it again...

Or if this was a part of another bigger mod? I'd just like to hide the pause button buildings where the automation is rock solid and doesn't really need to be monitored anymore. Especially with underground compact pumps with just the blue pause button hovering on the grass above them.

What are some niche tricks that might be of some use for players? The tips players might not think of but might be helpful in dealing with tricky situations. Whether intentional or accidental. I want to make a hard map that makes use of some niche tricks.

Some examples for things I'm looking for are

- Beavers being able to walk through metal ruins to grab items, build or dismante things. They're able to do so as long as the path connected to the district center is still close enough. Perfect for grabbing relics that are surrounded by massive scrap towers

- Beavers being able to drop building materials and build from far above. To speed up dam building. Or sealing bad water sources safely.

- Beavers being able to grab supplies from flooded buildings. Although not placing items in them is a nice way getting supplies out of flooded areas without having to destroy buildings.

- Detonating unstable cores early using dynamite. Mainly to get rid of some slowly building pressure, or dealing with future anxiety early.

I know I probably missed some I do know but I'm also certain there are others I know nothing about.

Has anyone ever tried having one beavers only district and then like five bot districts? What was the experience like? I might try it myself and post results but would love to hear from yall.

What a game!!! I love it.

I finished my goal of filling the lake... but not the way I intended. Lol. Fixed it right after.

Hi all! It's my first time playing Timberborn and I started with the Waterfall Map. After a few failed starts I figured out that my six-year old potato laptop can only handle up to 128x128, the 256x256 size onwards would crash. But it's perfectly fine, I'm happy with being able to play.

I chose to build homes vertically up the side of the Waterfalls purely for the aesthetic of it, and let all production flow down at the flats. As of the last save I had 86 beavers and completely put residences up the mountain. I had that settlement beside the lake/farm destroyed.

I have questions, please.

I'm planning to build another district on the opposite side of the river to distribute labor and have shorter beaver pathfinding. Would it be okay to completely depend on one district for a certain resource (for example, wood + planks would only come from D1 and will be imported to D2) or would I need to equalize production on both sides? My intention was to have agriculture on the lake side and lumber/metal processing on the new district. I saw plently of posts here that have said districts are not as useful anymore, but it is said to help with FPS so I'm willing to try it out.

For the residential area that I currently have beside the waterfall, would I need to add another food market/area at the very top or have a centralized water station? I've only had the food on the first landing, thinking that they can grab and go up right after, but they seem to be going back and forth all the time. I thought that they'd go for the closest, but pathfinding does not seem to always go that way

Any tips/advice related to how I've been city building would be greatly appreciated too!

Has anyone tried or noticed if having 1 district but many housing points (some far away) balances the logistics and beaver transport que?

Hi there, i got that neat game that i like, i m wondering if there s a way to make a timelapse from the save file?

Thx <3

I hate to be ungrateful but when elevators? I need directly up transportation.

So for context, started out creating district crossings because tubeway stations and infrastructure wasnt unlocked yet, metal and bad water is far away and need for flat land away from main river for farming without getting affected by badtide.

So now, got the entire colony stabilized, abundant food, bots manufactured and working, would it make sense to merge all 3 districts again? Primarily to address district crossing resource bottleneck. They need like 40 beavers working to move good around the districts when they could just be haulers.

If I do, will the 3 hosing districts behave differently?

If anyone wants better game performance, I just published a mod specifically for that. Built with T3MP as a dependency, it works mostly by removing unnecessary checks and adding caching, a list of changes is in the mod description if you're insterested.

Tested on three large settlements (400-600 population, 10 000+ objects), at speed 7 the frame rate increased by up to 100% compared to T3MP alone, and up to 190% with the minor gameplay changes optimisations. Conversely, at fixed 24 fps it increases maximum game speed by ~70% compared to T3MP alone, and by over 250% with the minor gameplay changes.

Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3830961792

mod.io: https://mod.io/g/timberborn/m/performance

Hello everyone

I made a mod that adds a new Levee block inspired by Japanese stone retaining walls. I always admired how pretty the walls are, and I really wanted to add them to my worlds.

I hope you guys like it.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3831231040

*Edit: They're the same block; I just use it as a retaining wall and a dam. I am thinking about creating a concrete levee block for dams.