The first base you build on a fresh server should be cheap, quick and hidden. These houses are sized for that: a beach hut, a bunkhouse with a greenhouse, a forest hut you can put up before your first real farm run.
They are also the builds most people keep. A starter house that snaps cleanly can be extended into a full base later without demolishing the core, which is why the layouts here favour regular grids over decorative shapes.
Themed lodges and starter houses in this category range from a few hundred structures up to a full Viking lodge. Sort by size if you want the cheapest thing that gets you off the beach tonight.
A substantial forest starter hut combining residential space, storage and everyday crafting in one build.
Two complete variants of a large Viking-inspired lodge with extensive interior and exterior building detail.
A large classical starter residence with layered rooms, terraces and decorative structure pieces.
A roomy beach starter hut with multiple levels and enough space for early crafting, storage and basic creatures.
A practical bunkhouse combining sheltered living space with an attached greenhouse for a small PvE tribe.
A compact starter home with practical interior space and steampunk decorative pieces for an early PvE settlement.
Sort this page by smallest and check the resource breakdown. The smaller wood and thatch builds are placeable within your first evening on a fresh server, before you have stone infrastructure.
Not automatically — Template Hammer places what the file contains. In practice most players place a cheap house first and then import a stone or metal build once they have the resources.
Base greenhouse pieces are vanilla, but some cosmetic greenhouse skins come from mods. The requirements block on each template lists exactly what a build needs, and validation checks that list against the file.
As a first night shelter, yes. As anything you keep valuables in, no — a wood or stone house is a delay, not a defence. Move to the PvP base and turret tower collections once you are established.
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