Beavers, dams, and disaster! Ee’re starting a brand-new journey in Timberborn. This is my first time ever playing, and we’re jumping into the deep end with a Hard Mode survival run. We’ll be navigating the brand-new 1.0 release content while trying to prepare for brutal droughts. I’m learning the ropes of building dams and floodgates on the fly, and let’s just say there’s a steep learning curve! Let's see if we can make these beavers proud!
Curated by: Dregenon (10 videos)
Episode 9 of Timberborn 1.0 is a rollercoaster of bad timing, questionable decisions, and somehow things working out anyway. We're fighting through a bad tide, a drought, ANOTHER drought, and at least three moments where I'm genuinely convinced we're about to lose everything — and yet the water is flowing, the channel is expanding, and the beaver colony is actually looking incredible. We also detonate more TNT, finally figure out the contamination sensor, discover that "fluid dump" is now called "discharge" (I am not a genius), and accidentally work our beavers through 24-hour shifts way too many times. It's fine. They're fine. Probably. Timberborn is a city builder and colony survival strategy game where you manage a beaver colony trying to survive brutal droughts and toxic bad tides. If you love indie games, base building, and watching someone learn things the hard way in real time — you're going to feel very at home here. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Builders panicking, colony check-in — we need more beavers 00:40 – Fixing the contamination sensor that completely failed last episode 01:34 – Bad tide in progress — 11.5 days in, dam redesign begins 02:13 – Deleting and rebuilding the whole dam setup (again) 03:22 – Expanding the growing area — potatoes and sunflowers incoming 04:52 – Deciding against bread production (two jobs we don't have) 06:31 – 10 days left in drought, builders missing — classic 06:43 – No builders at all. That's why nothing is getting done. 07:02 – Six baby beavers incoming — maybe too many, we'll see 07:37 – Deleting old structures, building new water storage 08:12 – Planning the upper platform water storage zone 08:29 – Accidentally left beavers on 24-hour working — I'm sorry 09:07 – Storage platform design, spiral staircase dreams crushed 10:07 – 7 days left in the bad tide, 12 beavers, deaths by old age 10:41 – One day left — scrambling to demolish the last structures 11:21 – Not enough builders, bad tide ending, chaos 11:45 – IT'S DONE — dam finished just in time 12:09 – Bad tide ends, water comes back, floodgates open 12:36 – 24-hour working emergency — filling the gap before water escapes 13:17 – Builders racing through the night to seal it up — and they do it 13:50 – Drought approaching in 3 days — of course 14:11 – Max builder mode, pumping water, prepping for drought 15:05 – Drought starts — 14 days, much easier than the 18-day one 15:29 – Deciding to just wait it out and keep building 15:59 – Forgot about a TNT charge — casual detonation 16:34 – Dam gap filled — FINALLY done with this whole section 16:50 – Morning check-in — well-being at 9, need wet fur and fun 17:11 – Building a lamp post for morale (small wins) 17:26 – Dam fully complete — water will flood this whole area post-drought 17:45 – Starting to plan the path to the next water seep 18:07 – Capping off the bad tide entry point mid-drought 18:38 – Builders flying through overnight — demolition stage begins 19:17 – Ran out of water, 3 days left — briefly panic 19:38 – Spent 30 seconds looking for "fluid dump" — it's called discharge now 19:44 – Moving on. Not talking about it. 20:03 – Two days left in drought — water seep channel taking shape 20:45 – TNT plan for the next expansion route 21:20 – DROUGHT OVER — water seep flowing beautifully 21:41 – TNT detonation — beavers immediately get contaminated, obviously 22:37 – Building floodgates around the new water source 23:39 – Day 4 of the new cycle — bracing for a warning 24:13 – Planks running low — double plank production activated 24:53 – Another drought incoming — actually the best possible news 25:17 – Episode wrap-up — water is everywhere, trees are disappearing 25:34 – Episode 10 plan: finish the channel, expand lodging, more beavers 👍 If this made you feel better about your own decision-making, drop a like — it genuinely helps a small channel grow and gets this in front of more people! 🔔 Subscribe so you don't miss Episode 10 — we're finishing the big water channel, expanding beaver lodging, and trying very hard not to forget about 24-hour working shifts again. 💬 Comment below: do you know where "be fruitful and multiply" is from? 📌 Full Timberborn 1.0 Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLftxjH2zbth0aABDSGbDX9cwMAfrF8xGj&si=uuo8J_yW7Y4XlyU3 #Timberborn #Timberborn1 #ColonyBuilder #SurvivalGame #CityBuilder #Dregenon #IndieGames #StrategyGames #LetsPlay #GamingYouTube #Drought #BeaverColony #TimberborNPlaythrough #IndieGaming #BaseBuilding