Originally posted by Ptolemy:

Originally posted by Cockpuncher:

Are you aware that you can prevent spawning enemies on the shore by leveling the ground with your hoe? Just level enough outside your base, so nobody will spawn and swim to your base. You can plant grass after leveling, so the area doesn't look ugly like WWI no-mans land.

Leveling the ground doesn't affect the spawn of critters.

It works if done properly. That means not a single patch of grass left (a single grass can spawn a pack of lox). Thanks to this method my plains base is 100% peaceful.