Timberborn Factions Guide

🦫 Two Factions, Two Philosophies

Timberborn's two playable factions — Folktails and Iron Teeth — represent fundamentally different answers to the same problem: how do beavers survive and thrive in a post-human wasteland? Folktails look to nature, building windmills and irrigation networks, breeding naturally, and living in wooden lodges nestled into hillsides. Iron Teeth look to industry, powering factories with wood-burning Engines, mass-producing beavers in Breeding Pods, and housing their workers in military-style Barracks.

These philosophical differences are reflected in every system: food production, energy infrastructure, population management, and even the 1.0 transport system. Choosing a faction is choosing a different game experience, not just a different skin.

📊 Faction Comparison — Timberborn 1.0

📖 Detailed Faction Guides

🧠 Faction Strategy Tips

Regardless of faction, some strategic principles apply universally to Timberborn. First: never let your water reserve run dry. The moment a drought begins with empty tanks, you are on a countdown to colony death. Always build dams before you need them, not after.

For Folktails specifically: use the Irrigation Tower's large coverage radius aggressively. One Tower can water a 10×10 field radius. Design your farmland in concentric squares around Towers to maximize efficiency. Your early Windmills are cheap — spam them. Wind power scales surprisingly well into mid-game before you need to consider Gravity Batteries.

For Iron Teeth: your Breeding Pod advantage means you can aggressively grow population early — but only if your food and water infrastructure scales with it. Build Efficient Mines early to secure a steady metal supply. Your Engines burn wood constantly, so keep Foresters ahead of your Lumberjacks at all times. The Tubeway transport system becomes invaluable on large maps with spread-out districts.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions