ASKA BEST START TIPS

Embark on a Viking adventure in Aska, a captivating colony-building game! In this video, I'll share my top tips to help you get started on the right foot. From establishing your first settlement to finding resources and ensuring your villagers' survival, I'll cover the essential knowledge you need to thrive in this challenging and rewarding world.

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ASKA: Lay claim to unspoiled lands and pave the way for a fierce Viking tribe. Craft the ultimate settlement solo or together with up to x3 friends. Trust in the Gods and the power of the Eye of Odin and summon intelligent NPC villagers to provide camaraderie and relief from the toils of survival.

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-- Video Contents --

00:00 Intro
00:50 Turn around
01:10 Flat land
01:33 Wisp
02:00 Viking radar
02:30 Hungry
02:50 Water
03:30 Harvest
04:14 Sleep
04:40 Combat
05:05 Flax
05:30 Stone
06:00 Eye of Odin / Shelter
06:33 Defense
06:55 Progression
07:20 Game pace
07:50 Wrap

ASKA BEST START TIPS

[dracsfantastic]

I have been playing the game and loving it! Here are some of my tips that will help at the start. Please share yours with me.

[SignThief]

I'm on my third play through... The one thing that made that first winter super easy to get through was to turn that first workshop into a leather/linen production shop. Don't forget to have a crafter constantly producing light clothes (hood, shirt, pants, gloves & cape) so that you and all your villagers can stay warm. The villagers will automatically pick up the new crafted clothing from the armor stands that come with the workshop extensions so there is no need to manage that. The 2nd thing is that linen production uses a LOT of fiber so, I recommend starting your farm out with at least one plot that is dedicated to flax plants (you can change it later when you build up a stock pile). Hope this helps anyone that is struggling through that first winter!

[chrishazzoo]

Break down bark to get fiber. If bark fills your inventory, you can process it into fiber from your inventory. If it is on the ground you can process it there too.

[OuabiGaming]

Thanks for this video, it's nice.
Of course there are sooo many other tips. I ha ve readings to do here of course, I read a little bit, very good tips in the comments.

Here are some tips. I think the first 3 made me last the winter for the first time.
1) Build on a flat area, but kind of highground, like the top of a hill. When terraforming it will create an undestructible barrier and you'll have a few points to watch.
2) Build next to a wulfur den. Having constant wulfur attack is kind of painful but it's a constant source of meat delivered at home. Usually 1 or 2 at the same time.
3) I may regret it later (I'm in the first year), but iron isn't so important the first year. I think it's better to be settled day 1 or 2. My second playthrough, it took me 4 days to find a spot with a mine close to. And that's too many days lost. But I'm not an advanced player, maybe later you can manage with these lost days. I don't like the idea to use a seed an knowing the map before playing it.
4) It's possible to grab these annoying rabbits, just crouch to them, and when you're close enough, sprint and grab. Then release them in a small pen and use your club. The first gatherer's hut also works very well.

[TheDodyDude]

Before permanently settling a village, I recommend finding a mine entrance (cave entrance building) and building your base close to it (giant rock that turns yellow in resource radar). It might take a few days to find it but it is worth it in the long run to be close to it when you get to iron tools.

[MaestroOdessit]

Hi there! For fiber U can use thatch and tree bark. Just collect it, open inventory and press LShift+LMB on it. It takes a bit of time, but U can press this quick, everything will be converted to fibers.

Good luck!

[InYourFaceday]

Just bought this game on the recent sale, and have been loving it. Your content has been extremely helpful, and has definitely earned you my sub! Thanks, and hope to see more!

[matterofrights]

First tip, you found the perfect place to build your village. The mistake is building the Eye of Odin in it. Build the Eye out far enough that the random spawns won't pop up in the middle of town. They always head for the eye. With a few walls around it, you can keep resource cost down to protect it, and when the spawns happen it is close enough to run down the road and kill them. Not nearly as many repairs to the village as you would have if you built around the Eye.

Second tip, don't think small. You are not building 'A' village, you are building an empire of many villages sharing resources by using roads, the warehouse, and market.

[alenfishman]

"food is hard to get going for winter... BYE!!!" no tip... the main reason I'm here. 😅

[Korvilon]

Restarting the game is huge, I'm about to restart my game for a 3rd time because I start to see flaws in how I approached the game. I usually get to day 20ish and restart because I can see I hit bottle necks. Like I never have enough food even early on because I prioritized wood and stone too much and didn't get the farm up early enough.
I'm thinking about building near the ocean so I can fish more and use boats. Never used those yet.

[journeywithgod-ie]

yes, a good game, but first play through of the game I made it to the end of winter, and all of my villagers died of hunger because I didn't think ahead. You really need to look up a few good tuts like this one before you start because it isn't an easy game to master right away.

[stevegee]

Offset the work hours so you give villagers (in early game) so, leisure time around time blood moon hits and they are not useless and sleeping. This way they are awake and in camp. Slip a club into the workers inventory for them also.

[headazrd]

I wouldn't move too far from the ocean, easy source of good food early game, even my second village was just a short jog from it, my other tip is aim to have a couple wells in your village, it makes cooking and supplying everyone with water so much easier, and lastly, have several different sources of food, hunter, scavenger, farm, fisher, two of either, on top of what your bring in as you do stuff should help out a lot. My gf and I just finished winter, no deaths, but we had difficulties that will change how our second playthrough will go for sure.

[christianhaude]

you can collect thatch from reef at the beginning. This one you can IN YOUR INVENTORY convert to fibers.

[foliner]

i'm really digging the concept of this game. i just couldn't get around how raw it was at parts. like the villagers and so on. giving it a year or two to cook to maturity was my call in the end.

[KennethSmith]

Will there be boats? If so, a costal build might be preferable. Also, the guide on the steam page suggests to not build until you find the rock cave and then build near that.

[krimzonghost]

Sleep. Your Stam regens SOOO much faster when you are rested.

[alphaone]

You missed the most important thing. Build close to water. Build a fishing hut. No more food problems.

[ndejohns]

Nice video. Jotan Blood is pronounced "YOH-tun Blood." Thanks for the tips.

[CoralCHeads]

All I want to know is…….since we can make “earth walls” and dig trenches……..Please tell me that I can make a moat by digging trenches from a large water source(like a lake). And connecting them.