Place · Stronghold
McCarthy
Medium Western-town stronghold and the first Stronghold built; has physics doors and a small mine.
Facts
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McCarthy is a medium-sized Stronghold.
Steam post: Dev Update: Work in Progress (opens in a new tab)
Medium stronghold built as a classic Western town; first stronghold made, internally called Western Town.
Video: The Legend of California Dev Livestream (August) at 1:39:40 (opens in a new tab)
Its mine is two floors, one room, with a very high enemy spawn count that failed to spawn in the test.
Video: The Legend of California Dev Livestream (August) at 1:39:40 (opens in a new tab)
McCarthy was the first Stronghold built, made with level-design brushes as a scale test.
McCarthy, Grand Dominion Mine and Machine Shop were prototypes for small, medium and large Stronghold scale.
McCarthy has doors driven by physics that swing open when someone nears them.
McCarthy has a small mining room in the basement; a full procedural mine was planned originally.
In one run the McCarthy Stronghold chest was in the assay office.
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Patch history
3 versions
Every fact about McCarthy by game version, newest first.
| Version | What we know |
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| Dev build |
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| Alpha 4 |
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| March alpha |
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Sources
3
Official posts, videos and game data this page is built from.
| Source | Date | Used |
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| Alpha Weekend Livestream - Jeff & Tim Play on Dread Rock (PvP server) (opens in a new tab) Video | Sep 20, 2026 | 5 |
| The Legend of California Dev Livestream (August) (opens in a new tab) Video | Aug 15, 2026 | 2 |
| Dev Update: Work in Progress (opens in a new tab) Steam post | Apr 29, 2026 | 2 |