# Questions about how to start the faction camp
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/questions-about-how-to-start-the-faction-camp/20985
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [August 2, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/questions-about-how-to-start-the-faction-camp/20985 "2019-08-02T06:09:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@OtakuSenpai](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/OtakuSenpai)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/questions-about-how-to-start-the-faction-camp/20985/1 "2019-08-02T06:09:31Z")
I got 2 NPCs from wandering through the town and a military outpost. Thought I did start a camp, and also got as much large tents as i could from a campsite. However when I ask a NPC to build a camp over a region and then look for the “first” upgrade of the northeast camp, it says I dont have a large tent even when I have like 4.
My build is like 2-3 days old, I am on experimental. I hope this helps. Please guide me how to make a faction camp.
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### Author:  [@Mantar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mantar)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/questions-about-how-to-start-the-faction-camp/20985/2 "2019-08-02T17:09:09Z")
I think you have to make an unsorted loot zone, and put the tents in there? I know you have to use zones to designate piles of objects, or they’ll assume they’re off-limits.
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### Author:  [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/questions-about-how-to-start-the-faction-camp/20985/3 "2019-08-03T02:31:30Z")
sorta like how you have you designate stockpiles in DF and Rimworld?
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### Author:  [@Mantar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mantar)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/questions-about-how-to-start-the-faction-camp/20985/4 "2019-08-03T16:30:05Z")
Yeah, sort of like that.