So as Oscar, our Game Director said in the PC Gamer interview You will not have to defend your base, and the main justification for this is again, the map is huge and traversing it can take some time and you definitely don't want creatures destroying your base, your perfectly optimised base while you're ages away and you're unable to come back and defend it basically. So while you're exploring you're gonna be running into hostile creatures, so let's not forget about that! It's kind of dangerous out there! And what about turrets to defend your base ... shhhh... if you want turrets ... play Sanctum 2... Will there be Lizard Doggo Plushies? I really hope so. That's a fantastic idea. In the past