# Banished build guides

> Character builds: which stats, gear, and skills to put together, and why they work. Player-made Banished guides on QnA.GG.

The page: https://qna.gg/games/banished/builds. Every guide as JSON: https://qna.gg/api/guides?q=build&game=Banished.

## Guides, most read first

- [Banished: Survival and City-Building Guide](https://qna.gg/g/banished-survival-and-city-building-guide-280e8936.md), by Qloud: How to keep a town of exiles alive through the first brutal winters of Banished and grow it into a thriving settlement: starting choices, a proven opening, food and firewood math, population control, trade, disasters,…