Base Building vs. Outpost upgrades

Outpost upgrades are global (warehouse, stamina core, etc.). Base Building refers to the in-room furniture placement and structure customization — the actual layout of your Sanctuary.

Layout principles

• Group high-traffic rooms close to the elevator exit — you want to be able to dump loot fast.
• Keep the dining hall within one room of the warehouse so stat bonuses apply immediately.
• Reserve a corner for the Enchantment Machine added in 1.0 — it benefits from adjacency to crafting-adjacent rooms.

The furniture placement minigame

When you place a piece of furniture, you run a small placement minigame. The better your placement (alignment, spacing, balance), the faster the room’s progression bar advances. This is the most overlooked early optimization.

Common base building mistakes

• Spreading the warehouse across two floors — slows down hot-bar access.
• Blocking the elevator path with furniture — costs time on every extraction.
• Putting the Enchantment Machine in a high-traffic hallway — adjacent noise disrupts its minigame (待确认).

Mid-game pivot

Once the second floor is unlocked in 1.0, move heavy crafting upstairs and keep the ground floor for fast turnaround (warehouse, dining, elevator entry). This is the layout most successful community Outposts converged on.