1. Always Have Spare Weapons And Tools In Your Inventory
   
   • If you've played a game like this before, you know that your gear will break at the least opportune time. Luckily, Sengoku Dynasty automatically replaces your equipped item when it breaks, as long as you have an identical one in your inventory.
     
     
   • Naturally, this means it's a good idea to have a backup bow, knife, or yari so you don't find yourself empty-handed in combat. However, it's important to have spares in more humdrum situations. There are few things more annoying than having your axe break only to realize you're short a single stone to craft another one. Planning ahead solves this problem.
   
   
2. Don't Bother Crafting An Adze
   
   • The adze lets you debark fallen trees, turning the logs into planks and getting you some crafting materials for paper production later on. However, it turns out that this tool isn't actually necessary if you're smart about using the resources available to you early on.
     
     
   • The burnt buildings in the ruins of Sosogi can be torn down with your axe, yielding planks that you can use for construction. There are enough buildings to provide plenty of lumber for a few small houses and, eventually, a Woodcutter. Once the Woodcutter's shop is up and running, you can take logs there to debark them without spending Stamina or using materials to craft adzes.
   
   
3. Do Chiyone's Quest First
   
   • Once you've built your first house, Toshichi will tell you about three locals who need assistance. You can do these quests in any order, but the best choice by far is to help Chiyone the shrine maiden first.
     
     
   • Her quest is fairly simple - find an egg, cook it, then offer it to the Shrine of Inari nearby. Once it's done, she'll give you a bag of Gobo Seeds, which you can use to start growing crops. The sooner you get this done - ideally before the end of the fourth day so that you can plant them in Spring - the better your harvest will be.
   
   
4. Watch Your Stamina In Combat
   
   • Even half-decent armor goes a long way in Sengoku Dynasty, but the thing that can really win or lose a battle for you is your Stamina. If the yellow bar is empty, you can't do anything but move. No dodging, no parrying, and certainly no attacking.
     
     
   • Always try to go into a fight with your Stamina full, and fight defensively to keep it high until you have an opportunity to make repeated attacks. If you can get through an opponent's guard once, you can usually do so again and again, so it pays to have enough Stamina to pounce when you have an opening.
   
   
5. Dying Is A Nuisance, Not A Disaster
   
   • Ideally, you'll want to win every fight that you find yourself in, but that won't always be the case. The penalty for dying isn't particularly harsh in Sengoku Dynasty, so don't be afraid to take a few risks. After all, if you decide to gamble on a dangerous encounter and come out on top, you'll probably be well-rewarded for your bravery.
     
     
   • If you fall in battle, you'll be sent back to your current home, wake up with extremely low Health and Food, and lose ten percent of your coins. That last part can be painful if you had a lot of cash, but if you're at a point in the game where you're raking them in, you should be able to recoup your losses.
   
   
6. Do Kengyo's Quest For A Free Blueprint
   
   • Another of the three quests offered by Toshichi during the prologue has you learning how to hunt. You might be tempted to spend money on the blueprint for the Hare Box Trap to make this quest a snap, but save your coins; Kengyo gives you the blueprint for free when you complete the quest.
     
     
   • An easy way to get the meat for Kengyo's apprentice is to raid the bandit camp just west of Kengyo's outpost. The first time you go there, they'll have a boar in a cage. You can use a yari to kill the boar, then break open the cage and butcher it with a knife.
   
   
7. Fight Bandits For Easy Money Early On
   
   • Without ready access to merchants besides Chiyone early in the game, and few resources that you can sell for more than a handful of coins each, the best way to make money during the early years is to fight bandits. Most of the camps in Sosogi, the Mountain region, and the Rebel region are poorly-equipped and lightly-defended; a Copper Yari and the Peasant Clothes that you get from Toshichi for completing the three quests should be more than sufficient to win fights against these criminals.
   
   
8. Reassign Jobs Every Season
   
   • The resources that are available will change every season, meaning that your villagers may need to have their jobs and priorities changed as well. Making it a point to do a full audit of villager assignments with each new season not only ensures that nobody's talents are wasted, but it also helps keep you from building up too large of a surplus while neglecting other resource needs.

1. Where Should You Place The Bell Tower?
   
   • After the opening sequence where you build a campfire for Ako, you'll proceed along the road to the ruins of Sosogi Village. Toshichi, the man standing by the torch near the entrance, will give you a bell which you can use to build your Bell Tower.
     
     
   • Toshichi suggests that you can scout around and place the tower anywhere, but frankly, the best spot is right where you're standing. Use your axe to tear down the ruined Bell Tower next to Toshichi and build the new one in its place. Building your town on the ruins of Sosogi has too many advantages to ignore:
     
     • You can salvage the burnt trees and buildings for extra resources, including planks and charcoal.
       
     • It's close enough to the shore to allow fishing.
       
     • There are ample resources a short distance in all directions.
       
     • There is plenty of space to build once the ruins are cleared.
       It's close to the early-game quests.
   
   
2. How Many Houses To Build
   
   • Toshichi's quest only requires that you build one house, but you're going to need more if people are to move in. At first, aim to have three beds available: one for yourself, one for Ako, and one for Yonaisuke, the refugee wandering nearby who will join your village if you ask.
   
   
3. Key Buildings
   
   • Once Ako and Yonaisuke move in, you should split your time between doing quests, gathering resources, and building.
     
     • Build a General Storage right away, so that you have somewhere to put excess inventory and your villagers can access materials for their jobs.
       
     • Next, set up a Workshop. This will give you an extra bed and a workbench that lets you craft several important items, including a Copper Yari and Shortbow.
     
     
   • You'll probably have to make several trips into the nearby wilds for materials. While you're doing that, visit Chiyone in the cherry grove east of the ruins. Doing her quest will get you Gobo Seeds, which you can use to create a crop field. It doesn't need to be big; 2x2 is plenty. Assign a villager to work the field and make sure they have a the seeds and a hoe available in storage, and they'll have the first harvest in by the end of Summer.
     
     
   • Once the Workshop is done, build a Woodcutter's Hut. This is for your use, as it will let you easily and efficiently produce planks to make larger buildings. By now you're probably running out of burned buildings to salvage.
     
     
   • With your lumber production set up, build a Forager's Hut near Mata's tent by the river. Assign your remaining villager to collect easy-to-find materials, especially Grass. You'll need Grass to produce Straw, which is critical for later buildings.
   
   
4. Rebuilding The Bridge
   
   • At this point, your growth will be limited by money and workforce. If you haven't already, complete Kengyo and Matsumaru's quests. Kengyo's quest is much easier with a Shortbow, and hunting deer can get you some XP in Way of the Warrior that will be useful later.
     
     
   • Once you've completed the quests, Toshichi will ask you to talk to his sister Sayuri; she asks you to rebuild the bridge near Chiyone's house. Get the materials ready and prepare the construction site, then reassign your Forager to the bridge. It will be done the following season.
   
   
5. Liberating Sosogi
   
   • When the bridge is finished, talk to Sayuri again and she'll join your village. If you have the Drying Rack, assign her to it; you'll need a lot of Straw for later projects, so it's good to produce it now.
     
     
   • Talk to Toshichi and equip the Peasant Clothes he gives you. They offer much better protection than your starting Refugee Rags. Craft an extra Copper Yari and Shortbow, and plenty of arrows - it's time to defeat the Looters in the northwest.
     
     
   • Follow the road north from the ruins and make your way to the beach in the northwest, past where you first washed up. There are a lot of Looters here, but for the most part you can pick them off one at a time. You need to kill at least five, plus the Leader in the main camp by the shore. If you didn't have enough money to unlock the Drying Rack before, you will by the end of this raid.
     
     
   • Once the Leader and his minions are beaten, the Sosogi Region will be fully under your Dynasty's control. You'll now be able to craft Copper tools at the Workshop - no more relying on wood and stone!
   
   
6. Next Steps
   
   • What you do next is really up to you, but a good idea is to build a Fisherman's Hut by the shore before heading off to explore. If you were lucky enough to rescue a refugee while hunting bandits by the river, they can use Straw to make Rope and then Fishing Nets and bring in a lot of food for the village this way.

While all of the skills available to you are certainly useful, some of the Perk trees - particularly Way Of The Warrior - have a lot of options to choose from. If you aren't sure how best to spend your points, these tried-and-true picks will serve you well. I won’t give a description of them here, as to not make the guide too long, but if you want to read more about them and plan your build, here’s the link to the Wiki[sengoku-dynasty.fandom.com]

1. Skillful Constructor / Skillful Lumberjack
   
2. Hard Worker
   
3. Ebisu's Boon
   
4. Warrior Apprentice
   
5. Quick Attacker
   
6. Animal Trophy Hunter
   
7. Ranged Attacker
   
8. Trained Toughness