upgraded portal. You have to do that first.

Also it is the way to do multiplayer, if I am thinking correctly of what you are referring to. To do it single player just set it up and don't invite players. It is a portal that leads to a seaparte world for a challenge/quest to gain more resources...

For me it is what I would use it for since resources are limited to what you have on your world, and this gives a way to get more. there is I believe a time limit, so either way you will return to the world you portaled from.

So that red looking magic thingy is what you "cast" in order to go through the portal and just make sure you set it to NO players allowed or?

The advanced portal is for
Multiplayer world OR additional single biome ?

Not for both?
Do I have to decide to expand my single player world or join a coop multiplayer world ?

How is multiplayer saved ?

Here's the basic rundown:

1. Multiplayer biomes are smaller "arena" like worlds. If you play in coop mode the objective is to find and defeat the boss of that level. If you play PVP you are trying to kill all of the dwarves on the opposing team. To defeat a level you must do all of the usual CTW things, harvest resources, craft equipment, defeat enemies.
2. The winner of a round recieves a large amount of coins as well as any coins you find digging and some special loot.
3. To start a biome in singleplayer deselect all biomes except the one you want, deselect PVP and select coop, then click the invite friend button. Close the invite window and wait, the game will eventually put you in a biome alone.
4. You can return to your main world at any time by clicking on the stockpile.
5. When returning from a biome you can take back exactly 35 of each basic resource (anything in the first tab) as well as unlimited coins and whatever rewards you win from defeating the boss.
6. Multiplayer worlds cannot be saved or sped up. However you can pause the game by tabbing out of the window when playing solo, or speed up time.

Coop matches are pretty fun and biomes are a good way to fend off resource starvation in singleplayer worlds. You can harvest a decent amount of materials to take back and the coins can be spent on anything you lack.

Couple more advanced tips related to biomes:

7. In multiplayer you control a party of up to 6 dwarves who are randomly selected. Dwarves keep all of their skills but skills do not increase in multiplayer.
8. If a dwarf dies there is a button at the top of the UI to bring another dwarf from home.
9. Dead dwarves are gone for good, however if you have a Soul Trap set up at home you can resurrect them once you leave the biome.
10. Health regeneration rates while sleeping are much higher in multiplayer.
11. Multiplayer scoring gives each player a score out of 100%, ideally each player will have a score around 50%. If you are playing alone the AI will count as the other player. Digging tiles, crafting items and defeating enemies all contribute to your score.
12. The coin reward given at the end of a coop level is divided by player score %. The player with a higher score also has a chance to recieve an extra item reward. Special items vary by biome but you can always get ressurection potions.
13. In biomes the entire tech tree is unlocked and players have access to every spell. The mana cost of spells increases the further away from the stockpile you try to cast. Horizontal distance has a much higher cost than vertical distance. This allows you to efficiently mine your side of the map but not easily jump over to your opponent's side.
14. Certain resources are very scarce in multiplayer, sheep wool for instance can only be found in loot chests scattered across the map when playing in underground biomes. You only get a set amount so spend it on the most important things like flags to build more stockpiles.
15. Because the tech tree is open things like elevators are easy to build. Use stockpiles and elevators to speed up dwarf movement around the level and save your mana for other things.
16. A good way to keep your dwarves motivated is to build some wine casks, the initial cost is high but they will spit out free wine for the rest of the game. Wine feeds, heals and buffs a dwarf's movement speed.
17. Because the maps are relatively small and you have few dwarves to work with, imps are highly efficient on biome maps. Cast the imp spell near your stockpile to reduce the cost.
18. You will always be low on mana, consider setting up an alchemy station and save all your resources for mana potions. Other spell potions are rarely used because you don't always get a mage dwarf and bosses are immune to potions.
19. Spread around the map are little rooms with a treasure chest and undead dwarves. These dwarves are very tough but the rewards are always worth it. Monsters do not regenerate so if necessary you can do hit and run attacks to wear them down before you have good equipment.
20. Remember to recycle all items you don't need, metal bars and wood are easy to get from old items and always useful.
21. In coop mode you can send items to your teammate if you have a surplus of something. Some levels are very difficult and you will likely have to share resources in order to keep both sets of dwarves in decent equipment. Another viable strategy is to have one player focus on gathering and crafting and the other player on defeating monsters.

Also I should have mentioned this in the beginning but to play multiplayer you need to upgrade the portal on your stockpile. The recipe is a little ways up the tech tree and requires gold ore, silver ore, and several planks. If you want to play multiplayer as soon as possible you can buy all of these ingredients for coins at a total cost of 12 gold.

Originally posted by GWJ Tamren:

Here's the basic rundown:

1. Multiplayer biomes are smaller "arena" like worlds. If you play in coop mode the objective is to find and defeat the boss of that level. If you play PVP you are trying to kill all of the dwarves on the opposing team. To defeat a level you must do all of the usual CTW things, harvest resources, craft equipment, defeat enemies.
2. The winner of a round recieves a large amount of coins as well as any coins you find digging and some special loot.
3. To start a biome in singleplayer deselect all biomes except the one you want, deselect PVP and select coop, then click the invite friend button. Close the invite window and wait, the game will eventually put you in a biome alone.
4. You can return to your main world at any time by clicking on the stockpile.
5. When returning from a biome you can take back exactly 35 of each basic resource (anything in the first tab) as well as unlimited coins and whatever rewards you win from defeating the boss.
6. Multiplayer worlds cannot be saved or sped up. However you can pause the game by tabbing out of the window when playing solo, or speed up time.

Coop matches are pretty fun and biomes are a good way to fend off resource starvation in singleplayer worlds. You can harvest a decent amount of materials to take back and the coins can be spent on anything you lack.

If only you could upvote posts like this for friendly useful information.

Wow nice Info
Ty

Thanks Guys a lot :D

I went back and added some more tips to the list.

How do you recycle items?

When you are in the crafting menu click on an item and drag it to the crafting box (where crafted items appear). The button will change and if you click it the item will be disassembled, one per click. What you get back is random but you generally get about 75% of the materials returned.

Not all items can be disassembled, usually the ones that turn into multiple products like torches and such. But all weapons, tools and armour can be broken up. This is handy because you make lots of them and they become obsolete as you move on. Furniture and beds can also be recycled as you replace them with better versions.

Originally posted by GWJ Tamren:

When you are in the crafting menu click on an item and drag it to the crafting box (where crafted items appear). The button will change and if you click it the item will be disassembled, one per click. What you get back is random but you generally get about 75% of the materials returned.

Not all items can be disassembled, usually the ones that turn into multiple products like torches and such. But all weapons, tools and armour can be broken up. This is handy because you make lots of them and they become obsolete as you move on. Furniture and beds can also be recycled as you replace them with better versions.

You sir/ma'am are a gentle(wo)man and a scholar.

Thanks for advice. Will really help me. And i never knew you could scrap items. Thanks alot for all the information

Originally posted by GWJ Tamren:

Here's the basic rundown:

Thanks for all of this. It has been a while since I played this game and was wanting to get back into it again. These tips will be extremely helpful.

I learned item scrapping after I had played +80hours and was on level4 :D it REALLY helps you at start of the game.

I've played one COOP multiplayer game which lasted like 10-15minutes and my ally left. I havent found any multiplayer game after this.

Originally posted by GWJ Tamren:

Here's the basic rundown:
5. When returning from a biome you can take back exactly 35 of each basic resource (anything in the first tab) as well as unlimited coins and whatever rewards you win from defeating the boss.

Wait, does this mean I can take 35 per resource with me, or 35 stacks total? Huge difference. If I can bring back only 35 iron ores, and not how ever many fit in one stack, then it's not really worth doing.^^