Easy ways for colonists to get in/out of colony?

[median steeple]

There is no such way currently, so the only option is to make less of a labyrinth

[fierce gazelle]

i see, i thought maybe someone had some ingenius solution, i might just make them back in the colony then cuz they take half a day to go in/out xD, i read on a guide somewhere to put them outside to save space but its not efficient right now. thanks

[golden sage]

if you isolate the colonist from the rest of the world (bed, food shop, crate and toolbox) they can live comfortably in the unsafe zone

[fierce gazelle]

I may be not fully grasping it but wouldn’t the zombies murder them? Or are they somehow not a target anymore if outside the colony?

[golden sage]

if they are completely isolated from the flag yes

zombies only spawn in spots from which they can access the flag

[fierce gazelle]

Interesting, thank you. For now i just went with the usual tower food production blocks but it may but something I try in the future 🙂

Like a castle/city with little farms and plantations outside the city walls would be cool I think

[hallow fable]

The funny thing is, there is a door block later on that would be literally perfect for this purpose, except the dev decided no... not happening

zombies can go through doors too which peeves me

[fierce gazelle]

i havent even unlocked doors yet lol, i guess they feel it may lessen the threat/point of the game for the colonists if they can easily go outside. Another question if youd be so kind, so i dont make another post lol, for the ores and things unaccessible in your colony, are you meant to make a new one under the snow mountains etc, ive never had more than 1 colony so im confused on how it works. How can i run my own colony if im a hundred blocks away in a new one? just wondering 🙂 tin and gold are becoming very expensive, im still early game, threat level 220 i think.

[golden sage]

you make an outpost

they have shared storage with a main colony

[fierce gazelle]

Interesting, Is there a way to teleport between them?

[golden sage]

nope

you can get elevators and rails later on tho

[fierce gazelle]

I see, thanks for your info, I was thinking hopefully if I only do a small colony far away they won’t have shared threat levels and I could keep it 0 threat, and just have it for mining those ores and stuff from other biomes. No idea if it’ll work but maybe

[golden sage]

thats not how outposts work

and i doubt youre far enough to start another colony

[fierce gazelle]

Well at which point are u thinking? My main bottleneck is tin/gold, how many colonists do you count as “far enough”?

[golden sage]

far enough to start another colony?

or an outpost

for outposts its as soon as you unlock them