Talk:Starter Guide/@comment-67.253.31.146-20110531220801/@comment-70.59.67.115-20110531221708

From what I've seen, a bed needs to be placed in a room that would otherwise work for an NPC, though you do not need the other furniture (in fact, I'd recommend against having a table and chair or an NPC might move in to 'your' room). If it's good, you should be able to right-click the bed and see a message in the lower left that says your spawn point was set.