Kenshi
Sho-Battai, a town in Kenshi
Town· United Cities

Where is Sho-Battai in Kenshi?

Sho-Battai is a town in The Great Desert zone, held by the United Cities. On our map it sits at 53,832, -94,597 — north-west of Heft and north-east of Stoat. Here you will find 10 shops, 1 unique resident, 1 possible recruit, a police station, a Shinobi Thieves tower and a game start (“Empire Citizen”).

A United Cities town at the heart of the Great Desert, ruled by Lord Nagata and fed by supplies from Port North. Its backyard holds the UC's sole headgear shop.

Type
Town
Faction
United Cities
Zone
The Great Desert
Coordinates
53,832, -94,597
Shops
10
Uniques
Lord Nagata
On your map via
Map of the United Cities (Central Territories) or Map of the United Cities (Extended Territories)
Show on the mapKenshi Wiki
Map of the area around Sho-Battai in KenshiStone CampFort MiragePort NorthHeftStoatDistant Hive Village #2 — Fort SimionPort SouthBarkSho-Battai
In-game 53,832, -94,597 Show on the map

Shops in Sho-Battai

What each shop can stock, from the wiki's vendor tables — commonest items first. Weapons open their own page, armour opens the armour database.

Also here: Bar ×2, Slave Shop — the wiki has no stock table for these.

Who lives in Sho-Battai

Recruit here: Ells. Spawns are not guaranteed — see the recruit locator for costs and conditions.

Buildings & special places

  • Police station

    Where you hand in bounties: carry a wanted character to the chief inside and collect the reward (how it works).

  • Shinobi Thieves tower

    A thieves' watchtower. Pay the Thief Boss c.10,000 to join the Shinobi Thieves and you get its fence, training gear and beds.

  • Game start

    A new game begins here if you pick “Empire Citizen” on the start screen (every start).

Other buildings: Barracks, Corpse Furnace, General Storage, Noble House, Power Station ×2.

Buildings you can buy

BuildingStatePrice
Longhouse ×3Intactc.19,200
Small Shack ×2Intactc.4,000

The Great Desert: resources for a base

Sho-Battai is in The Great Desert zone. These are the zone's base-building numbers from the game data — the same row as on the base-locations zone table.

Water20%
Fertility75%
Iron100%
Stone110%
Copper70%

How to find Sho-Battai

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Position, owner and resident characters from the official game extract (Kenshi v1.0.68) via the Kenshi Interactive Map. Buildings, shops, stock, map items and the notes above from the Kenshi Wiki — Sho-Battai and its vendor pages (CC BY-SA). Text on this page is written for PinDrop, not copied. Game imagery © Lo-Fi Games; files from the Kenshi Wiki (Fandom), CC BY-SA. The mini map is a crop of our own base map. PinDrop is fan-made and not affiliated with Lo-Fi Games.