Before your first settlement

Set up a useful first session

• Check your PC against the complete requirements profile.
• Record the build shown by the game before following numerical advice.
• Write down the first unmet household need and the producer or service that addresses it.
• Keep a short build queue with its reason, requirement and current blocker.

Learn without guessing

The official description establishes towns, production and needs. Use the first session to connect those systems in your own save. Pause a plan when an unlock or required resource is missing, then inspect that blocker before expanding the queue.

Keep a field notebook

A measured quantity and its time interval are more useful than an isolated total. Use the manual calculators only after recording both, and keep imports separate from local production.