I think this is quite recognizable for a lot of those playing the game:

The plan:
- Find myself a nice seed with an island offering at least 2 (Meadows + one other) biomes for a temporary base
- Finding a larger island with a Draugr village at a hill top to become my main base; preferable with 4-5 biomes. Reason I want a Draugr village: because it does have defences and because I want to contain their spawner so I can "harvest" intestines.
- Set up a small base, while l work at getting the first two bosses defeated.

- How things really go:

- Found a nice seed with an island large enough to hold 3 villages, meadows, creeks - so lots of Neck hunting - some Black Forest - but no copper - and one village is close to water and on a hilltop.
To make things better; there's another island not that far sailing away having 4 biomes and a Draugr village close to the coast.
- Build a workshop in the coastal village and repaired one house.
- Decided the house is too small and demolished it to build higher walls and another roof type.
- Build a Dirt-wall around the first area and dug out a moat. Build a palisade wall at the dirt wall.
- Decided the house is not big enough, so build a bigger one with enough room for the workbench, forge and their upgrades. Added 2x3 fire places to make sure I won't get cold.
- Set up 5 beehives to harvest the honey;
- Build a smelter, a Coal maker and - after I got Bronze - a Karve and a cart
- Expanded the house even more so I could get a "seperate" bedroom;
- Set up a farm field around the beehives to start growing and harvesting carrots.
- Sails to the starting island to mine copper and wonders if it would be a good idea to cut down some pine and use the core wood to build some guard towers near the gates and at the corners.

- Starts to realise the temperary base is becoming more and more permanent.
- Wonders if it's still a good idea to conquer the Draugr village and turn it into a permanent base; other as harvesting the intestines and knowing it's on an island having Meadows, Black Forest, Plains and Swamp,,,,,,,,

Thorin :)