cairns

[junglegreen]

 

What are the purpose of the stone cairns found my first one today.

[EricTheGreat12]

Each one represents a backer from Kickstarter

[Quarbani 79]

I think they are a really cool addition. I wonder if they are in the same place each game?

[EricTheGreat12]

11 hours ago, Quarbani 79 said:

I think they are a really cool addition. I wonder if they are in the same place each game?

Exactly, most likely similar to how the player can find collectable notes across the map

[Nervous Pete]

On 8/2/2017 at 6:23 PM, EricTheGreat12 said:

Each one represents a backer from Kickstarter

Sorry.

[EricTheGreat12]

35 minutes ago, Nervous Pete said:

Sorry.

 

it's okay 

[Titusmamet]

SPOILER!? ----  I've convinced myself that I've thoroughly mapped Mystery Lake. I have found 10 cairns. Anybody got a higher number than that? 

[Titusmamet]

On 9/7/2017 at 4:27 AM, Titusmamet said:

SPOILER!? ----  I've convinced myself that I've thoroughly mapped Mystery Lake. I have found 10 cairns. Anybody got a higher number than that? 

6 in Ravine

[Samsonguy920]

A number of them felt like trail markers to me. Others seemed to mark a site of importance either aesthetic or other.

Would be cool with us collecting stones now if we could craft one or two ingame. Like next to those who passed on or places we find special.  Just do it the same as campfires, even in the same pie menu.

[Ruruwawa]

I love the cairns, but I wish more of them had personal text (all of them, if I'm honest).  It's amazing how a scrap of paper or a little pile of rocks can add such a powerful human dimension to this lonely game. 

1 hour ago, Samsonguy920 said:

Would be cool with us collecting stones now if we could craft one or two ingame. Like next to those who passed on or places we find special.  Just do it the same as campfires, even in the same pie menu.

This would be wonderful addition to the game. 

[Mroz4k]

15 hours ago, Samsonguy920 said:

A number of them felt like trail markers to me. Others seemed to mark a site of importance either aesthetic or other.

Would be cool with us collecting stones now if we could craft one or two ingame. Like next to those who passed on or places we find special.  Just do it the same as campfires, even in the same pie menu.

This is a cool idea, but I feel like it should be distinquishable from the "backer cairns" ingame, so maybe the crafted ones would look somewhat differently?
This would be one of a few ways to mark a location that is important to you, rather than having "signs" like people suggested, this seems to be more "natural" way to make a personal mark on the TLD world.

[Kaiservadin]

You need to find them for some kind of unlock but i forget if it gives you anything.

[cullam]

I've been REALLY impressed with some of the backer composed notes. They can add an incredibly human element that really adds to the lonesome feeling of the game.

[JAFO]

5 hours ago, cullam said:

I've been REALLY impressed with some of the backer composed notes.

So have I.. on the other hand, I've been really unimpressed by others.. like they were tripping on acid when they wrote it.

[cekivi]

Welcome to the forums @Titusmamet 

[Mocha]

I have found 119 stone cairns in Survival Mode after a very thorough search of all areas, and many sprained ankles and wrists.  May have missed one or two but there is no way to get to 165 (has anyone found more?), so I presume the rest are in the locked Mountain Town area.  Waiting for it to be unlocked...

[cekivi]

I have no idea but welcome to the forums regardless @Mocha 

[Mocha]

Thanks; nice to participate.  I can advise that I re-visited the Broken Railroad area and have now reached 125 cairns.  I still think the remainder of the 165 are in the locked Mountain Town area.

[Blinkin]

Yes this is indeed a lovely addition!

I agree that some of the cairns probably will be in hidden in the currently locked mountain town area and the roads leading towards it. I've already found some in the Broken Railroad section in a area which seems to be 'empty' compared to the rest of the map. There's a small wooden bridge across a ravine, but it's a dead end with a invisible wall and a locked gate, I assume this will be used in the future to access this mountain town map. But you can find number 28 'The Golten' and number 106 'Lost Cairn' in this area.

There's also a hidden cairn below that area. It's locate straight below the ravine where the wooden bridge lays on top. It's hidden in a rock blockage on the river which goes through the ravine and it can't be reached. At least, I couldn't reach it. I've attached two screenshots with location details (on the map/cart you can see this area in the visible section at the right, there's a huge rock drawn ontop of the river).

I love find these cairns, really adds something to the game. Like some one was there before.

[Mocha]

I found 14 cairns in the Broken Railroad area, including the ones you have mentioned, and a total of 126 so far in Survival Mode.  I know the system says there are 165 but I can only conclude that there are a bunch in the currently "locked" Mountain Town area.  Also, I've had over 150 sprained ankles and wrists in the search process.  I sure would like to know if anyone has found more than 126 so far... 

[Mocha]

o.k., I have found 131 out of the 165 stone cairns now.  I'm also at 1415 days in Survivor Mode and use the Quonset Hut in the Coastal Highway area as my base.