Originally posted by Complaintdesk:

Noice Polonius. May I suggest a mining camp on a flatish meadow with a beach with few or 0 necks. We built all our smelters in our HQ, and it was a hecuva haul to cart all that iron from boat landing to base. At first we had this very long road with switchbacks ascending up this terraced mountainside, but then we found out carts can be hauled up stone stairs very easily. Even so I wish we had built our HQ with a nearby dock.

Dock? What's a dock? My poor karve sits on the beach.

I've been making heavy use of portals. Have a central mining base close to the metal, equipped with a kiln, two portals and upgraded forge. One portal connects to HQ, the other to the current mine or crypt. Smelt the ore on site and pack the ingots to the CMB for manufacture into weapons.

It works well for me, but it surely isn't as much fun as sailing a longship. :)