Use a trophy on a ward stone to summon a guardian (of the selected trophy type) to patrol and defend your base.
If a trophy drops from a 'starred' creature, the trophy can summon a guardian of the same level.
The summoned guardian will patrol within the ward's area of protection and attack all enemies.
If you configure restrictions by biome or boss progression and want to add custom creatures, please read Custom Biome Restriction first.
Limit by biome: If enabled, restricts summoned creatures to those that can spawn in the selected ward's biome, or 'higher' biomes, e.g. a Troll can be summoned to a ward in the Plains, but a Seeker cannot.@
Limit by Progression: If enabled, allows creatures to be summoned in 'lower' biomes once a boss is defeated, e.g. Once Bonemass is defeated, a Draugr can be summoned to a ward in the Meadows and Black Forest.@
Minimum Base Pieces: The minimum number of build pieces that must be in proximity to the ward to be considered a 'base' (based on the Piece Check Radius)@
Base Check Radius: The radius from the ward to check for a 'base' that allows the ward to be used for summoning a guard.@
Minimum Base Crafting Stations: The minimum number of crafting stations that must be in proximity to the ward to be considered a 'base' (based on the Piece Check Radius)@
Minimum Base Beds: The minimum number of beds that must be in proximity to the ward to be considered a 'base' (based on the Piece Check Radius)@
Allow Guardian Levels: If enabled, allows trophies from 'starred' creatures to summon guardians of the same level, i.e. a trophy from a 2-star will summon a 2-star guardian.@
LogLevel: Controls the level of information contained in the log
You can use Configuration Manager (or similar) mod to change the configuration or modify the config file direclty without exiting the game.
Beginning with version 0.1.2, you can configure DefendYourBase to restrict the summoned guardians to biomes and/or boss progression.
To support trophies that may drop from custom creatures, you can add these trophies and the minimum biome level in which they can be summoned by adding their trophy name and biome level to the CreatureBiomeMap.txt file found in the mod's root folder.
Each custom trophy should appear on it's own line with the trophy piece name and minimum biome 'value' (an integer) separated by a comma, e.g.:
$item_trophy_mycustomtrophy,4
This would allow the creature that dropped this trophy to be summoned in the Mountains (or above), but not the Swamp, Black Forest, or Meadows. If you have Limit by Progression enabled, this creature could be summoned to those 'lower' biomes after Moder is defeated.
You can edit the CreatureBiomeMap.txt file to limit the available guardians to summon or change their minimum.
You may need to get the custom trophy item name from the custom mod's author.
The biome values are as follows:
If you add custom trophies, remember to save a copy of your file, or mark it "read-only" before updating DefendYourBase.
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