Getting Started
You begin with a little founding treasure and an empty riverbank. Here's the path from a single beaver to a thriving town.
1. Pick a job
Open the Village tab and pick a job. Barkley performs it automatically, gaining a resource every few seconds plus XP. Jobs unlock with level — see Jobs & Gathering.
2. Build housing, then workers
Every extraction or production building needs a free bed, so build housing first (a Burrow, then Cabins and Lodges). Then commission worker buildings — a Lumberjack Camp keeps logs flowing even while you're offline.
3. Refine with crafting
Raw logs build crooked dams — mill them into Planks at a Sawmill. Crafting happens in your one active slot: pick a recipe and a quantity and Barkley crafts the batch. See Crafting & Stations.
4. Level up & follow the quests
XP comes from every action, production cycle, craft, and find. Each level pays Gold (and a BeaverCoin every 5th level). The Quests tab walks you through each activity step by step — follow it and you'll never be lost.
5. Unlock the adventures
- Cave Delving unlocks at level 30 — a grid-based treasure hunt for ore and rare materials.
- Fishing opens once you build a Fishing Dock — cast for fish worth big XP and gold.
- Mountain Expedition unlocks at level 40 — climb for a fortune and a permanent luck buff.