Hey Realmwalkers! After going through over bunch of pictures from the latest Nightingale Discord challenge, I’ve gathered some incredible base design ideas for my next project, and I thought I’d share my key takeaways with you:

• Landscape features are key – valleys, cliffs, and waterfalls can dictate the overall design of your base.

• Cardinal directions matter! Plan your build based on where the sun rises and sets to capture stunning natural lighting.

• Max out your GPU settings before taking screenshots – even if your game lags, the difference in quality is worth it!

• Small, cozy builds with detail often look better than massive, empty castles. Less gigantomania, more character!

• Keep the 30,000-point realm limit in mind when building. It’s best to focus on one project per realm to avoid hitting the cap too soon.

Interesting note: The game’s setting is a Gaslamp Victorian era (late 19th century) with its industrial, Gothic revival architecture featuring bricks, large windows, and utilitarian shapes. But our tilesets in the game are from the 12th-18th centuries, so you can’t fully recreate a Nightingale City scene yet. I’m hoping the devs add more tilesets to better match the 1840-1900s style in future updates!

Check out the full gallery for more inspiration! What do you think – do we need more tilesets, or is the current variety enough? Let's discuss it!