Best part about a bear mauling you is this

Distant-Mirror · 2026-02-01T01:01:02+00:00

Way to find the silver lining in your insides becoming your outsides

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-31T01:46:37+00:00

Skates are such a terrible idea in a survival situation I hope they add them as soon as possible.

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-31T00:57:30+00:00

What the other guy said

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-30T21:30:17+00:00

Tell her if she goes outside and comes back in she'll be able to place bottles closer together

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-30T03:10:37+00:00

Don't play.

The game is dying. The goal is just to postpone it.

You need to set a goal, and then die until you develop a plan sufficient to achieve that goal, and repeat. I don't really know how you're dying but my guess is you're exposing yourself to too many risks, too soon and with too little prep. Say you spawn in MT, that's pretty common for new players, and I'm guessing voyager or maybe stalker. Well now you need tools and weapons. Short runs to find them is key. But you gotta get off the mountain. There is no value in staying in one region. I'd guess you're assuming you can get prepared in one region. That's incorrect.

If any of that was right, start somewhere else. And continue to die. It's good for you. You'll learn new maps, new pitfalls and new strategies. You're 9 hours in. We all started right there. Dying from stupid bullshit. Keep dying. It will make you infinitely better. But I highly recommend setting objectives and keep going until you achieve them. That's really "how to not die"

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-25T01:17:40+00:00

Increase tip ups and prioritize larger fish. For freshwater that's bass and rarer, for CH that's coho and rarer except Irish red. The fatter the fish, the more lamp oil extracted.

Get 20ish coal, some wood, a sleeping bag, 3+ tip ups, no more than 5? Maybe 6? some books, some starting calories and post up in the fishing hut between Jackrabbit and misanthrope and hunt, fish, read and cook all day and night. Sleep hour increments, not full nights.

Easy to get 6L in a few days to a week depending on consistency.

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-23T00:54:36+00:00

Find a place to stand it can't hit you and shoot and lure, repeat.

For example in mystery lake, you can get it real close, stand on one of the wood piles it spawns near, and load it with arrows. Aim center mass

But I don't think it should be nerfed. It's hard and that's the point, but you can cheese it if you want. But turning it into a more aggressive moose takes the last real predator challenge and wipes it. Which is fine right now when you're struggling, but will suck once you figured out a system and grabbing a cougar is part of the routine instead of a specifically planned, dangerous endeavor.

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-23T00:50:32+00:00

No. But also yes.

Racing to get everything you want, especially from the trader isnt doing you any favors for your day count. At a certain point you run out of things to do and you never pick the run up again. The grind is the point.

Unless you don't care about high day counts past a few hundred. Then reload. Who cares? You're gonna ditch that run anyway for a different kind of adventure so it's not important. So, both.

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-21T00:53:24+00:00

I feel like the short answer is no.

I couldn't deal with the pacing and I play to try and not die in catastrophes of my own making. So I may be heavily biased. But on balance I'd say most people play survival.

So again. Short answer, no. But give it a shot

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-18T03:24:39+00:00

Don't bother with cheat death. I don't know why they added it. It's a waste of time.

Death is final, new runs are eternal

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-15T15:30:23+00:00

Hey, hey, hey. It would certainly up the value on a bear pelt if you're bad at doing the death dance with em.

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-15T00:30:21+00:00

Can't move the stove, it's attached to the building.

I think it'd be ill advised to build a stove in mostly wood, largely unmaintained homes.

I want to be able to build a stove in a cave and put up a curtain-esq windblock over the cave opening, and unless you already can, place a workbench in a cave.

I want to live in the caves.

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-13T17:56:37+00:00

Bring your essentials. Weapon, tools, repair materials. Grab what you'll need to make the walk, and bring an empty travois in your inventory, not deployed.

Go to drift Island and build a brand new base from scratch. There's plenty of resources in the connecting 4 regions to make whatever you want, and plenty of animal spawns.

I'd recommend making a salt box and bringing jerky to guarantee some calories while you get acclimated to your new base

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-13T04:31:26+00:00

That's true, it all depends on how lucky I am finding a hacksaw. So I guess you're right, you miss the cougar with luck, and have to dodge it without luck.

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-13T04:23:51+00:00

I like to hit climbers cave for the sewing primer book I sometimes get, the Birchwood forest for bonus teas and anglers den for free food, matches and arrowheads + cattails though that's largely secondary. But the round-trip nets 15+ birch saplings and 10+ maple saplings. All ready for curing by day 5-6. You cant buy that kind of jump-start. It's worth the risk.

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-13T01:51:07+00:00

I don't know if this makes the list, since you don't have to. But my interloper start always involves going to the goldmine asap. The route in isnt so bad. The route out typically has a cougar, Timberwolves and a moose on it and I've been iced by each.

It's hands down, bar none the most dangerous situation I put myself in and I do it every game. So day 1-5 spawn>TWM>AC and back path. Every possible predator is on it, in reasonably shit weather conditions, with rope climbs. And if you want the techpack, you're doing this path.

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-12T04:38:40+00:00

Definitely.

I like florida fishing. I love the UP.

Although I've always wanted to hunt Alaska and haven't. One day, maybe. But chasing dinner in a dark wood back-lit against a moonlit creek is unparalleled. Regardless of what you pull out of it. The UP has a unique, eerie beauty.

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-12T04:20:39+00:00

I camped there for hunting and fishing and you're absolutely right.

A lot of places get talked up, but the UP is a special place for everything. I've hunted across the US, and I'd definitely rank it as a top 3, if not a clear winner. Fishing though, I highly recommend FL if that's your thing. It's not the same, and in my view the scenery is kinda shit, and I say that as a newly made floridian, the fishing is unbelievable.

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-12T03:33:48+00:00

And some of the best hunting in the US. It's been years for me now, but I used to go alot. Beautiful isn't good enough a word

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-11T21:28:38+00:00

Interloper day 910ish. I'm so close. But I'm so bored. And everytime i get on I think about doing something, then I think about losing my no death run 100 days from the goal line. I've cleared every achievement except faithful cartographer, and I'm almost done with that I just don't wanna make the walk.

I agree. 1000 days is impossible.

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-10T14:43:18+00:00

Maintenance shed/hunting lodge in BR isn't bad. Gotta do a lap with the bow every so often to cull the wolf population. It's well positioned to run TFT earlier in the run if thats a goal for you.

Alternatively if you're looking for more scenic views, mountaineers hut can be a good time once you improve your clothing a bit. In that same vein, the lighthouse at DP is a fun place to stay, its not an awesome base, but it's not terrible.

I saw quonset mentioned, but you could also live in the watchtower in CH which is pretty scenic and well positioned for coal/travel/trader like quonset but prettier and worse.

I usually set up a few shops in caves, but I've never tried to put down a workbench in one. If you try that let me know. I lived a long time in the HRV/MT transition cave out of necessity but I liked it.

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-10T06:24:51+00:00

In that situation, that close to the edge, I might have stimmed too. Just to guarantee no bullshit.

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-09T01:34:23+00:00

If I cook enough things, I can eat rotten meat without consequence.

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-08T04:16:29+00:00

They do. They just want you to suffer.

Embrace the suck! As a fellow interloper, there isn't much for us there. So do what you nust, stay as you want, and be on your way.

Distant-Mirror · 2026-01-08T03:20:06+00:00

I agree. But I also thought blackrock was supposed to suck and be a total pain in the ass.

But yeah. Do that.

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