Over the next few days we're going to be showcasing the first five seeds we've chosen for the upcoming Obsidian Worlds release. These aren't random finds. We've carefully curated them with the help of talented seed hunters, tested them properly, and imagined what kind of communities they'd create.
This one’s for anyone who likes room to breathe. We call it Wandering Plains.
Some seeds drop you into a tight little corner and dare you to make it work. This one does the opposite.
You spawn into a proper savanna settlement; not a handful of houses, but a quad-village that climbs the hills, fills the valley, and keeps going. Acacia roofs. Terraced farms. Dirt paths that wander wherever the terrain lets them. From above it looks less like a starter village and more like a town that’s been growing for years.
And then you notice what’s around it. There's a small sea to the west, which opens into a gigantic ocean via a narrow strait to the north. A wide river cuts through the savanna near the village. Build a boat and you can follow it south for thousands of blocks. Lastly, golden hills roll gently outwards in every direction. You’re not boxed in. You’re invited to wander.
The thing that sold us on this seed wasn’t just the village size. It was how easy it is to keep exploring.
That wide river we mentioned opens up into a gigantic network of interconnected rivers. It starts off calmly winding through the savanna, with soft banks, and acacia trees leaning over the bends. You can walk it for ages and it still feels like there’s something worth finding around the next corner: another plateau, another cliff and another perfect spot for a bridge or a riverside farm.
It’s the kind of landscape that rewards slow play. Take your time to enjoy golden grass of the savanna, with its long shadows at sunset. Or row lazily down the river, taking in the varied scenery until you find somewhere you want to pitch your tent for the night.
We're not sure if we're expecting a wild west homestead or a fantasy cavalry parade to sweep over the hill. Maybe someone could build both and let us know which worked best?
Usually the first thing players do is tear a village apart for wood. Here, you might want to leave it alone for a bit.
The farms are already stepped into the hillside. Houses sit at different heights like someone actually planned around the terrain. There’s a river right through the middle, hay bales stacked by the water, and enough unused slope that expanding feels natural instead of forced.
You could turn this into a trading capital. A ranching town. A cliff-side city that keeps climbing until it hits the plateaus. Or keep the original houses and build around them - new districts, harbour docks, watchtowers on the ridges; so the starter village still feels like the heart of something bigger.
What we’d build first
If you’re looking at all that open space and don’t know where to start:
Expand the existing village up the hills, and try to protect the villagers from the mobs at night!
Put a harbour on the ocean side and a ferry route inland along the river
Claim one of the high plateaus for an 18th century manor house overlooking the town
Run a road network between the valley floor and the ridges so the place feels connected, not just pretty
Build shipping infrastructure around the river network, using the natural terrain to your advantage
This is a seed for builders who like settlement projects; the long ones, where you come back weeks later and the map finally looks lived-in.
We’d love to see what you build here.
The next seed takes us somewhere completely different.
