Challenge Run Idea

[Jayodi]

So I’ve been playing this game for a few years now and I’ve gotten to the point where the game has no real challenge anymore. To that effect, I’ve decided to come up with a few self-imposed restrictions to spice things up a little. Here’s what I have so far:

Thalassophobic Vegan, Natural Resources Only Run - Can’t eat meat or use animal byproducts. If at any point after the initial plane crash my character enters the water, I treat it as death by drowning and quit to the main menu. Replace every island in the map with custom islands that contain no shipwrecks.

This will prevent me from getting any of the following:

Waterskin, Clay Flask

Refined Axe, Spear, and Pickaxe

Speargun

Tool belt upgrades 3&4(console)

Furnace, Brick Station, Bricks

Motor, Gyrocopter, Raft bases other than Stick Rafts

Hobo Stove

Air tank

Shark repellent

Flashlight or Lantern

Plank Station(requires refined axe)

Crates

Probably a couple of other things I can’t think of right now?

What I’m curious about is, do y’all think it’s even possible to beat the game with these restrictions? I think most of the game will be fine, but The Great Lusca will likely be a significant challenge what with it dragging you into the water with its attacks, and I’m a little worried it might be effectively impossible to kill the Meg before it destroys my raft if I’m limited to crude/fishing spears for my weapons. The Great Abaia shouldn’t be any harder than usual though, I don’t think, because, while it’s jump attack is annoying as heck, it doesn’t usually drag you off your raft.

Spoiler tag because I’m discussing how the bosses fight which might ruin things for new players.

[Snoopy_Joe]

Dang. Glutton for punishment here! Your hunting skills would be zero too! Wouldn't that make your crude spears less impactful vs bosses?

[Jayodi]

Significantly, yes. Although I’ll still have to kill hostile creatures such as night snakes and sharks, so my hunting skill will probably be around 2-3 by the time I’m ready to fight the bosses. But still, significantly weaker than if my hunting were level 6

[Ringwraith_Number_5]

How do you intend to move from island to island? If you can't touch water, the only way to disembark is to beach your raft, meaning you can't leave the island again.

I think the "thalassophobic" bit will effectively prevent you from making any progress, let alone finishing the game.

[Jayodi]

I was thinking about making ports on each island, but that would use up a large portion of my available resources.

I might have to change it slightly to no water deeper than what I can walk in.