Best Hideouts in Games

Normandy - Mass Effect Series

Players love the Normandy from Mass Effect

. It’s where they can feel like a starship captain, chatting with their crew and enjoying moments of peace between missions. And while it changes appearance across installations, the place always feels like home.

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Apart from being a surprisingly cozy location, the Normandy provides many handy features. One of these is the female AI, EDI.

The spaceship also has several rooms, including the captain’s quarters, the combat information center, and the engineering deck. In the captain’s quarters, players can use the wardrobe, discover details about crew members, and even enjoy the company of various pets.

The combat information center provides slightly different functions focusing on starship management. It’s the place where Shepard can chat with the pilot Joker, allocate resources to develop upgrades for the ship and browse war assets. If you ever want to play Mass Effect, you’ll be well taken care of by the Normandy.

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Frostcrag Spire - The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

Oblivion has many safe houses, but Frotcrag Spire is one of the most impressive.

It’s a massive tower located east of Bruma, high in the mountains. Players can only access it by owning the Wizards Tower DLC.

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Frostcrag Spire is a fully detailed tower to explore, offering a breathtaking view of Cyrodill from the highest point on the map. Initially, the location may feel a bit empty, but furnishing it with upgradable furniture allows you to transform the interior into the coziest place in this digital world.

The place offers features like The Altar of Alchemy, Vault Area, Alchemy Garden, and portals to all Mages Guilds except Kvatch. Players can upgrade and decorate it however they please. But ultimately, the best idea is to overhaul it with mods like Frostcrag Revisited Redux or Frostcrag Spire Revisited (available on Nexus Mods).

The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

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Corvo Bianco - The Witcher 3

Set in Toussaint as part of the Blood and Wine expansion.

Corvo Bianco is a massive villa with a vineyard where Geralt can hang out and complete renovations. Players receive this location from Duchess Anna Henrietta as payment for a contract.

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Corvo Bianco is a stunningly beautiful home to enjoy between missions. The place is equipped with a majordomo and initially requires a few upgrades. Completing the “No Place Like Home” quest offers a fun alternative to the classic gameplay in The Witcher 3.

Once renovated, Corvo Bianco features a mutagen lab, stables restoring Roach’s stamina, a royal bed increasing Geralt’s Vitality by 1000 points for 120 minutes, a trophy stand, spots for paintings, and more. It’s also where, depending on the decisions made earlier, encounters with key characters in the game take place.

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Settlements - Fallout 4

Fallout 4 players can design and build their hideout and an entire settlement in any location equipped with a workshop.

It’s a dream come true for those who want a bit of customization and a moment of rest from this dangerous world!

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Settlements allow you to use functions like crafting devices, food and resource production, shelter-building, and warehouse construction.

They are also ideal for equipping your private shelter with decorative elements, including rugs, lamps, a magazine rack, and figurines. Another settlement’s feature is the population and robots – the best for defense, food production, or processing resources. It’s like The Sims but in the post-apocalyptic reality of Fallout.

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The Base - Don't Starve Together

This multiplayer Dont Starve alternative focuses on hideaway-building and surviving in a dangerous environment.

Players can use upgrades and extras to create a cozy and highly functional haven.

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You can build a shelter anywhere you want, but the best place is the one rich in essential resources for your character. Unfortunately, a place is unsafe without proper security since monsters are everywhere.

Players start with a simple campfire and can gradually equip the base with better features like a refrigerator, crock pot, science machine, alchemy engine, lightning rod, birdcage, dock kit, or boat. Sky is the limit!

Don't Starve Together

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