Greetings medievalists and Happy Holidays!
So, a couple of you suggested that it would be really fun to introduce bees and honey. That’s a good idea! During Europe’s Middle Ages, honey and wax became important commodities for trade, and beekeeping in skep, log, box, and tree hives flourished to meet the demand. We are going with skeps, as they look the most appealing.
To build them, you’ll have to research Beekeeping first. With skeps, your settlers will be able to produce honey and beeswax piles, which will, in-turn, open doors for creating things like mead and honey crispel pies.
Honey will be used for alcohol, meals and healing, while wax can be traded. Since wax was also used in Medieval Europe for making candles, you’ll be able to use them to refuel your own candlesticks, too!
Yes, candles in our colony sim will require refueling, but you’ll have resources to control that. One of them is the wax mentioned above,the other one is tallow.
Tallow will be added to almost all of the animals, but to get it, you will need to butcher them first. Beyond candle refueling, tallow will be used as a small medkit for wound tending. When it comes to refueling, it will have a faster burn rate than wax, but hey – whatever works, right?
That would be all for this Medieval Monday Talk. While you wait, we invite you to join our Discord server (if you haven’t done so already!), and share your settlements, game experiences, tips and tricks, partake photo challenges, show off your heraldry and give feedback on the existing feature, or even suggest a new one.
Thank you for your time, and see you next year (next Monday) with another feature that has been requested by the community. Until then…
Stay medieval!