The Wandering Village
17 Achievements
1,000
PC
Xbox One
Xbox Series
The Wandering Metropolis
You reached a population of 500 villagers
100
0.09%
How to unlock the The Wandering Metropolis achievement in The Wandering Village - Definitive Guide
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500 villagers is going to take you a while, but it is possible.
Id suggest working toward making wheat & bread to feed your people as soon as possible, as this seems to feed the most people. That with some berries & mushroom or beet soup should do it.
Also fish can be a good source of food if you have a few fish catchers & a fish breeding farm.
As for housing the huts are fine, your ppl will complain about housing quality, but it was never an issue & that little 4 square hut fits 6 people.
Build several Scavenger huts early on & always send people out to ruined settlements & such on the hopes of picking up more people.
Use the hornblower & keep an eye on the map for villagers on the road.
Have plenty of doctors on hand to fight poison clouds & cure people, along with some Decontaminators.
Set the autosave for every 10 minutes & if you have a mass death incident, reload & correct the issue before it happens... Store enough water to keep your people AND crops going when passing through the desert to prevent mass starvations.
This is what my Onbu looked like after gathering 500 villagers.
Id suggest working toward making wheat & bread to feed your people as soon as possible, as this seems to feed the most people. That with some berries & mushroom or beet soup should do it.
Also fish can be a good source of food if you have a few fish catchers & a fish breeding farm.
As for housing the huts are fine, your ppl will complain about housing quality, but it was never an issue & that little 4 square hut fits 6 people.
Build several Scavenger huts early on & always send people out to ruined settlements & such on the hopes of picking up more people.
Use the hornblower & keep an eye on the map for villagers on the road.
Have plenty of doctors on hand to fight poison clouds & cure people, along with some Decontaminators.
Set the autosave for every 10 minutes & if you have a mass death incident, reload & correct the issue before it happens... Store enough water to keep your people AND crops going when passing through the desert to prevent mass starvations.
This is what my Onbu looked like after gathering 500 villagers.
For anybody interested in how long this took based on the most recent version (v.0.7.10). -
185 days for 200 villagers
292 days for 300 villagers
462 days for 450 villages
509 days for 500 villagers
when starting a game there are sandbox settings called "villagers don't die" and "villagers don't leave" that I'm guessing would make this easier
The game menu says: "Achievements & Hostility Progression Disabled" when you toggle on the sandbox settings when starting a game. Think it's safe to assume you can't use the positive modifiers.
Posted by Sir Lumbo on 08 Jul at 04:49
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185 days for 200 villagers
292 days for 300 villagers
462 days for 450 villages
509 days for 500 villagers
when starting a game there are sandbox settings called "villagers don't die" and "villagers don't leave" that I'm guessing would make this easier
The game menu says: "Achievements & Hostility Progression Disabled" when you toggle on the sandbox settings when starting a game. Think it's safe to assume you can't use the positive modifiers.
Posted by Sir Lumbo on 08 Jul at 04:49
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The guide above is great but I thought I’d add a couple of tips…
-Expand your map FOV asap. There is a building (can’t remember it’s name) that expands your FOV making it much easier to find Settlements
-Don’t worry about Kitchens. Fill your map with bakeries, windmills, and most importantly, Granaries. Seriously, I ended with like 50 granaries and 18,000 bread. Every other crop has to be changed out biome to biome except wheat. Have 2-3 farms growing wheat, 2-3 herbalists, 1-2 mycologists, and then everywhere else put everything you need for breadmaking.
-Quick biome rundown:
Jungle- avoid at all costs. in the jungle biome you automatically have a “low” poison rating, meaning your villagers will constantly get poisoned. in late game they also like to spawn back to back toxic forests in the jungle biome, which can be devestating.
Desert- honestly your best friend. wheat doesn’t take up too much water and you don’t have to worry about toxicity at all. this wound up being my favorite biome.
Mountain- pretty decent biome. Toxicity can be annoying but if you have 4-5 village doctor buildings (15 doctors total) it’s not bad.
Ocean- this biome also sucks. it’s pretty decent early game, but it seems that late game 9/10 islands are poisoned and your Onbu seems to insist on resting there. if you make him move he simply lays back down 3 steps later. get an Onbu punisher just in case, but generally avoid ocean biome.
Good luck everybody! I can’t speak for other difficulties but on novice this achievement is not difficult, just annoyingly long. I got to 500 on day 798, but it really depends on your luck.
-Expand your map FOV asap. There is a building (can’t remember it’s name) that expands your FOV making it much easier to find Settlements
-Don’t worry about Kitchens. Fill your map with bakeries, windmills, and most importantly, Granaries. Seriously, I ended with like 50 granaries and 18,000 bread. Every other crop has to be changed out biome to biome except wheat. Have 2-3 farms growing wheat, 2-3 herbalists, 1-2 mycologists, and then everywhere else put everything you need for breadmaking.
-Quick biome rundown:
Jungle- avoid at all costs. in the jungle biome you automatically have a “low” poison rating, meaning your villagers will constantly get poisoned. in late game they also like to spawn back to back toxic forests in the jungle biome, which can be devestating.
Desert- honestly your best friend. wheat doesn’t take up too much water and you don’t have to worry about toxicity at all. this wound up being my favorite biome.
Mountain- pretty decent biome. Toxicity can be annoying but if you have 4-5 village doctor buildings (15 doctors total) it’s not bad.
Ocean- this biome also sucks. it’s pretty decent early game, but it seems that late game 9/10 islands are poisoned and your Onbu seems to insist on resting there. if you make him move he simply lays back down 3 steps later. get an Onbu punisher just in case, but generally avoid ocean biome.
Good luck everybody! I can’t speak for other difficulties but on novice this achievement is not difficult, just annoyingly long. I got to 500 on day 798, but it really depends on your luck.
By Mario04253101 on 29 Aug 2023 23:24
This achievement just sucked. Took all the joy out of the game for me. Wasn't hard to get, just time consuming. Haven't wanted to play the game again after, so I suggest saving this one for last.
By Crazy1 For Life on 31 Aug 2023 02:36
