I can relate to the thatch base. I’m not big on building huge bases or anything like that, usually I just build a square, (9 foundations used in total) or a 3 by 3 made out of wood. Then I usually give it multiple floors for things. I recently tamed an Anky, simply because I didn’t find any good level when I got an argy at redwoods. I killed a decent amount low level creatures (three of them were Ankys, others were other creatures that were low levels.) and checked 3 to 4 mountains. I hate low levels so I kill them all. I feel like a lot of people do that too, because nobody likes weak low levels roaming on any map, we want strong high levels that will actually help us, unlike low levels.

-Lamprey