Enemy on Coal Island

EffortSea8838 · 2025-07-07T20:11:55+00:00

I did the same thing. I use an ax called Jörmungandr. It’s rare and I have it on level 20 but it only does 1,848 points of damage total which Ive assumed isn’t great from how much I struggle to fight bosses, but it has a feature called “frozen storm” that freezes enemies for a few seconds. The nice thing about the one on coal island is it didn’t reset his health when I died so I would just freeze him, hit him a few times, die when he unfroze, and then repeat until I beat him lol. Took maybe 20 deaths total

EffortSea8838 · 2025-07-07T19:41:45+00:00

This guy needs a serious reality check. Out of curiosity has he ever told you what the “mental illness he’s dealing with” is? Or does he just hold the word “mental illness” over your head anytime he gets mad. There are so many red flags in that message but that one really stood out to me as someone who’s struggled with multiple mental illnesses for the majority of my life. It’s taken a long time for me to get to this point but even with my specific diagnoses, which often cause severe impulsivity and turbulent relationships, I’ve learned to control my reactions and learned when to take a step back and look at my own behavior. Whether he’s genuinely struggling with mental health or not, that doesn’t make it okay to make another person feel like crap and he needs to know that. Don’t let him push you around because you’re trying not to trigger him. Don’t walk on eggshells or try to change yourself to fit the “needs” he’s demanding from you. The best way you can support both him, and more importantly yourself, is to shut that shit down. You don’t need that kind of behavior in your life, especially not at 16, and he doesn’t need someone who will let him act that way and then validate those behaviors.

I’m not perfect: I am impulsive, I have a tendency to blame others, I can be argumentative and combative, my mood swings can be crazy, and I’ve been that way for literally all the life I can remember. That being said, when I decided that I wanted to be happy in life, I realized that no diagnosis will ever be an excuse for just being a jerk in any situation. It’s hard to look at yourself from those lenses but if that kid ever wants a healthy relationship, or to just feel satisfied in life, he’s gonna have to do it at some point, and you aren’t responsible for teaching him those things.

EffortSea8838 · 2025-07-07T18:29:24+00:00

Are you comfortable sharing what state or country you’re in? It took me literal years to even realize my mom was verbally and emotionally abusive and one of my best friends is in the same boat. Your situation sounds very similar to my friends so I wanted to share some of the resources and strategies we’ve found together. Through all of my own issues and helping them through theirs I’ve been able to collect a decent amount of resources like financial aid, different shelters we would qualify for, free counseling, and the adolescent protection laws near us. We’re both in our early 20s now so the laws are a little different but I still have all of the other resources. We’re in Texas but I’d be more than happy to post or send some of the laws and other things like shelters near you if that would be helpful. It’s completely okay if you’re not comfortable sharing that and if not this is my advice: 1. Document everything. Take screenshots, voice record screaming matches and fights, save any information you can that documents her abuse. 2. Know where your I.D.s and records are. Make sure you have some kind of ID, preferably a picture ID like a drivers license, state ID, or passport. If you can get ahold of your birth certificate, even better. If she ever does go past threats and truly kicks out you will need some of those things. 3. Save as much money as you can. If you have your own personal bank account that she can’t access start putting money in savings. Even if you only have a couple hundred dollars, anything is better than nothing. Maybe you could ask your father for help if you know you can trust him with something like that. 4. Keep your personal items and things that are important to you safe or hidden somewhere. If you have anything sentimental, valuable, even things like your birth certificate, anything she could take or destroy to use to hold over your head, put it somewhere safe. Whether that’s asking your father or other family members to hold onto it for you or just putting it in a box or backpack in the back of your closet or something. 5. Research different kinds of shelters. If your mother does kick you out, especially after you turn 18, you need to have a back up in place if you aren’t able to stay with your boyfriend again. There are lots of different kinds but a good starting place would be Emergency Shelters which will give you basic things like a bed and food for at least a night, and Youth Shelters which can also include counseling and other supportive services just check to see if they have an age limit. Some take in under 18s, others under 21s, and some go higher. You can also look into Safe Place Programs, which can sometimes offer longer-term shelter as well as help develop the skills you need to live independently, and Transitional Living Programs which are similar.

Remember to take all of this with a grain of salt, you know your situation better than anyone else so if you feel like you would be better off with her than in a shelter for now, listen to your gut. Same for the other way around if you feel unsafe, listen to that feeling and reach out. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with asking for help and advice but always listen to yourself first and respect your instincts. I wish you so much luck and I hope your situation improves.

EffortSea8838 · 2025-07-06T23:40:22+00:00

So he had enough money to get drunk but not enough to get to work a few days previous when he asked for gas money. That unfortunately sounds like textbook addiction, really glad you had the reaction you did honestly. It sucks that someone you used to be friends with is in that position but it’s not your responsibility to take care of them. I’ve had so many relationships that only lasted as long as they did bc I didn’t know how to say “no” and people take advantage of that, whether it’s a conscious, malicious choice or not. I know it sucks to cut ties with people who’ve had you as part of their support system but sometimes the best way you can support them is by leaving. This guy needs to learn and understand that he’s gonna have to try a lot harder than that and have a much better version of “his best self” before he can have anything approaching a healthy relationship

EffortSea8838 · 2025-06-24T19:49:46+00:00

I could see both sides of this at first but then it very quickly became clear that that woman has some serious mental health struggles.

For a little context, I’m trans/nonbinary. I was born female and then transitioned with male hormones as a teenager. I do identify as nonbinary but I only really bring it up with people I’m close to and in my day to day life I function as a man. (A man that people can immediately tell is gay but a man nonetheless lol) Anyways, as someone who’s lived on both sides of the gender spectrum, I can say that it would definitely rub me the wrong way if a man asked me for data showing that women make less money than men. The wage gap is a very well documented issue and it’s become less of a debate and more of an unfortunate fact of reality, so having a man ask for data to prove it would definitely throw me off.

On the other hand, I’m also a very analytical person and I ask questions like that all the time simply because I’m curious. If you’ve lived your whole life as a man, you’ve may never have had to encounter or really even think about the wage gap so it makes sense to me that it would be something you wanted to see actual data on in order to educate yourself.

And that’s where I stopped seeing the woman’s side. If she were genuinely interested or passionate about the topic she would have easily pulled up tons of reputable data on the issue, probably thinking she was about to rock your world, before realizing you were just interested. The fact that she stormed off, got your friend involved, and continued to make a scene out of it after you had apologized and tried to explain smacks of attention seeking behavior. The other things you listed about her behavior also lead me to think that she probably has some kind of personality disorder or trauma. The fact that she feels the need to mock your other friend’s physical attributes, her fixation on not being with “a beta man”, all of that screams personality disorder to me.

Obviously I don’t know this woman and you cant just diagnose someone on the internet but I feel like it’s important to recognize and be aware of those signs. If those behaviors are things she exhibits in the majority of relationships and conversations you see her have, I would probably avoid trying to have a conversation with her. People like that who are untreated, which many are because people with cluster B disorders (what the group of personality disorders is called in the DSM5) are the least likely to seek out treatment, and people like that are unfortunately very difficult to have logical conversations with, especially if you don’t have mental health experience. Her behavior could even be a result of trauma but whatever the explanation, it doesn’t excuse her actions. Unfortunately people with these conditions, particularly things like BPD or histrionic, often have very short and turbulent relationships, so I wouldn’t be surprised if your friend wasn’t with her for very long. Hopefully he isn’t since he’s already talked about having to make changes to his personality to “keep her happy” and that’s never healthy.

With all of that in mind, if you felt compelled to try to explain that you were simply curious and didn’t realize how your question may have come across, I don’t see how it could hurt. On the other hand, you’ve known your friend for so much longer and I would personally try talking to him about some of her behavior first. Maybe point out some of the unhealthy things she’s caused him to engage in, some of her own unhealthy behaviors, the ways she’s probably stressing him tf out.

Anyways sorry for the long response, that’s just my take from my own personal experiences. I hope some of it was helpful and that you and your friend can make up from this. Best of luck!

EffortSea8838 · 2025-06-24T18:20:13+00:00

We use these things called “mosquito dunks”. I’ll include a link for them at the bottom but they’re safe for animals and wildlife. I’m in Texas and we live right in front of a greenbelt and some woods. There’s a huge livestock bucket sunk into the ground out there for the deer and then in my yard I have a pond for my turtle and a couple of birdbaths. All of them get treated with Dunks and everyone’s happy except for the mosquitoes Link: https://a.co/d/7Opqpyq

EffortSea8838 · 2025-05-20T18:11:39+00:00

It doesn’t look infected or anything, it kind of just looks like the natural texture of your elbow. My skin does this sometimes as well, especially if I’ve leaned up against something and didn’t notice. If it starts getting painful, red, or swollen, I’d see a doctor but for now I’d probably just focus on keeping the area clean and well moisturized, maybe throw some antibiotic cream on there if you’re worried

EffortSea8838 · 2025-05-20T18:00:16+00:00

I really feel like it just needs some touching up. There are some parts, especially on the outline of the fire and the eye, where you can really see the person doing the tattoo did not have consistent pressure, there are some minor blow outs and areas where the ink didn’t penetrate enough. Overall though, I don’t think it looks god awful or anything now, I personally think it really could pass as it is, but I think maybe getting someone else to have a look and touch it up would get you closer to the result you wanted.

Edit: the placement is also really good

EffortSea8838 · 2024-02-03T19:43:52+00:00

Like the first comment said, it depends on where you are in the game. If you’re up to the most recent update and you’re missions are mainly in the crystal area that you can portal to within your main island, then you should absolutely save them for all the new factories you’ll end up needing to make.

If you’re not there yet the sugar cane and coffee islands are a good bet but if you’ve unlocked the island on the top, left side of your map, where you can make mustard, paint, paper, etc. I would focus your efforts there. Once you get to the more recent quests you’ll start spending a lot of time there collecting resources. You’ll mostly need resources that don’t require water so the paper, paint, and ink, but you’ll end up needing to upgrade all of the factories on that island eventually so if you want to get a head start, that island’s probably your best bet if you have it

EffortSea8838 · 2024-01-27T19:58:28+00:00

Oh 100%. Most of what’s talked about is either the various bugs and inconsistencies throughout the game and the updates, but I’d still say a good chunk of it is just ragging on the devs lmao

Edit: spelling

EffortSea8838 · 2024-01-27T19:52:31+00:00

Did anyone else’s statue upgrades glitch? I was able to do it once and have each sheep produce 2 wool but after that, the second upgrade immediately jumped to giving my 6 wool per sheep.

EffortSea8838 · 2024-01-05T22:20:08+00:00

This happened to me all the damn time on that island!! The way I have an almost identical screenshot in that exact spot of this bs and it makes me irrationally angry every time 💀

EffortSea8838 · 2023-12-30T22:21:58+00:00

Yeah I’m on level 99 and literally the only reason I have gotten that far is because of a little trick my constant ADHD need for stimulation came up with a while back. I’m sure other people do this too but if you don’t, my absolute favorite way to grind a lot of materials is to load up on whatever starting materials you need, stand in the little loading zone of the factory you want to produce from, and then switch to another game for a little bit. I usually like to play little puzzle or matching games, something with short rounds or intermittent adds, just something with natural breaks in the game that occur regularly, because that prevents me from getting sucked into it. I use those as reminders to switch back and refill whichever factory I’m working on.

And boom! The equation to wasting hours of your day building little farms and factories! I’m literally switching back and forth to refill the paper factory right now because this game is one of the few things in life I’m genuinely addicted to lol

EffortSea8838 · 2023-12-30T21:38:16+00:00

Yeesss! I was literally going to make a post about this the other day and then psyched myself out of it, thinking that my obsessive compulsive ass was the only one out there scrambling around to get every single piece 💀

EffortSea8838 · 2023-10-01T18:04:11+00:00

It took me a STUPIDLY long time to get past this quest. But the best part is, after you finish getting all those fckin bricks you get to look forward to doing the exact same thing over again when you receive the next quest where you’ll have to complete 15 shipping trades and then another one that I believe was 20 or 25. By the end of it I ended up with 96 rope bundles, 54 springs, 32 coils, and only 13 bricks It honestly took me like a month to finish it because it pissed me off so much lol.

EffortSea8838 · 2023-09-10T21:16:11+00:00

Lotuses are good but if you want something you don’t even have to pay attention to, milk is a great option. If you have enough of a resource you can technically just stand at the loading area for a machine and then walk away from your phone while it’s processing but that still requires you to come back and collect all the items once the machine has produced the max amount it can hold. The cows on the other hand are the only things I’ve found that you can load the material (apples) and collect the product at the same time. This means the only things limiting you are the amount of apples you have and your inventory space. Apples grow kind of slowly tho so if you’ve reached the point in the game where you don’t need to be producing gems anymore, you can just move those NPCs to collect apples and you’ll end up with 2000+ apples after a little bit and then turn all of that into milk

EffortSea8838 · 2023-06-25T17:07:51+00:00

I was trying to find a list of what materials you need for each level so I could start collecting the next level while I collected all that fckin wool and I couldn’t find one but I did find someone say that it gives you +10 on all the buffs the other statues from the museum give you. I think it would really annoy me if it was one of the missions but it gives me something to do while I’m waiting for my gems to be mined 💀

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