500 DAY STALK

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FM Day 5 - the below has been my last 4.5 days. Me either killing wolves outright or getting jumped and chasing down their corpses later. This is why i chose to bring the sweater over the 2nd Exp parka. My only problem is with cloth. There just isn't enough to sustain clothing. I did luck into a ruined bedroll which will help.

i also got somewhat lucky with my clothing loot. I found both mukluks and insulated boots in the safe as well as a firestarter, which is good because those matches that are always there on the workbench weren't there. I got a hacksaw and hammer too so i forged a knife and hatchet. Even though i might find those around, i've learned you've got to have at least one of those for wolf protection on Stalker.

 

 

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FM Day 6 - this screenshot doesn't do it justice but i 4 arrowed this fella and got the last one in him as he was charging me and all up in my personal space.

also got jumped 2 more times by wolves and my clothing is really suffering. Gonna need all the animal hide apparel i can get i think.

 

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FM Day 21 - fast forwarded a few days, not because it was a slog but that it was pretty exciting for the first time in a little while.

there are just so many wolves and they always seem to be blocking the way i want to go.

like these jerks here. i am always finding that i have to take the long way around things.

 

 

so far i have been moderately successful getting my situation in order. i already toured the map and picked up a bunch of ruined clothing that i can harvest for cloth, plus an extra bedroll that i harvested.

i did get one extra 12 pack of matches which is huge. Since i can't bring the firestick with me to the next map i have to try and conserve so i can bring the full 12 wood matches with me. Same is true with the sewing kit. I only have one and it's already down to 75%. I certainly didn't find one anywhere so i'll be making deer skin pants with fishing tackle, which is not ideal.

ran into wolf trouble all around the board but i finally crafted my moosehide cloak. I am going with the extra protection and wind bonus from the gear below as opposed to the slightly warmer temp from the Exp Parka. Also, i can't risk that losing too much condition. I have to make sure to keep any items on the "bring with me" list in proper order.

here's my current gear.

 

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FM day 28 -  spent a few days up on the marsh ridge curing some rabbit skins. Not much going on up there, certainly no deer or moose.

on the way back, i hit up poachers and this guy was too good to pass up.  i'll need to repair the bear skin bedroll before i head to the next stop for sure.

That BS Bedroll is really proving invaluable. There are a few caves on the muskeg but all the crafting is done in one spot. With some decent animal clothing and the BS bedroll you can just chill throughout most nights with no fire. This is incredibly valuable when matches are limited.

 

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FM Day/Night 30 - not sure if it shows but that's 2 sets of wolf legs and arms. Pretty good killing spot.

 

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FM Day 32 - more than a minor inconvenience but this sucks. Got jumped by a wolf who ruined my regular bedroll. it was at about 95% condition and i have a high degree of protection bc of the moose hide cloak. Now i am stuck with the bear skin bedroll and i seriously doubt i will find another normal one that isn't ruined.

derp. it's amazing how you take that kind of thing for granted.

 

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FM Day 50 - time to get moving. This time i am bringing my boots with me. There isn't really anything else worth taking at this point. sucks about the bedroll. I am also wondering if i should have brought my one pair of snow pants a while ago. They would be pretty helpful.

 

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Broken Railroad - Day 1 - had to drop a bunch of stuff plus a billion cat tails but am ready to start.

 

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Modest equipment but decent weather. i hate hate hate this long trek to the maintenance yard.

 

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BR day 1.5   Clothing jackpot!

"ruined" snowpants that were still repairable. plus a mack jack. boom.

no matches though.

 

 

 

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BR day 2 - went down the ravine and found a dead wolf and deer, some cattails and a few other items. Killed a wolf on the way back to the shed.

 

BR Day 3 - hiked up to the Lodge and found some reparable items that made the trip worth it. No extra undies or sockies though. Also, found a hunting rifle and a pocket fulla shells.

killed a few local wolves and as i was cooking, i took one more look around the lodge with a torch and was able to find an extra book of matches and a firestarter (27%). Will still have to conserve fire but a big help no doubt.

With the combat pants, snow pants and mack jacket i'm in a new position where i don't actually need to craft very much at all. I also lucked into a hunting knife and crowbar.

no hatchet though. There isn't enough coal to forge anything, plus...no hammer. I do have a hacksaw but it would sure be nice to easily break up all the crates in the shed. that might be my plan tomorrow.

 

 

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Broken Railroad Day 50 - I will spare you the gory details but let's just say i ran out of stuff to do around day 8. A moose never showed up but i did hunt and kill a bear at some point. Between that and all the wolves there was plenty of food. There was plenty of crates to break up, even without a hammer or hatchet so i had no problem getting water.

this is good because there was never enough coal to forge anything.

so basically, i spent a while fast forwarding time and avoiding doing something stupid like falling off a cliff or stepping on a live wire during an Aurora. the last few days have been spent repairing my clothes and crafting more arrows.

on to the next.

 

 

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Milton Town - Day 1 - i'd imagine that for anyone that's read through this, the map plan should be obvious by now. Complete all the other stuff and then end up in Hushed River to end it. The big choice for that will be what to bring since cloth will be scarce and there is no crafting table. But for now, i am going to worry about Milton.

I took the snow pants with me, because they are awesome.

so i've got handgun, bow and arrows, exp parka, bear bedroll, insulated boots and cowichan sweater.

back down  to 12 matches, a flare, some cloth and bandage, 2 food items, full stomach.

 

 

 

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Milton Day 1 - slept a night in the cave and woke up to 100% fog. can't really explore down here and don't want to waste time. I found 50 stones and made a cache in the cave but am now heading up to the little farm to get cloth and hopefully some tools.

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MT Day 2 - maybe my way up the ropes. Didn't too much useful or unexpected in the farmhouse. no matches. I did find a fisherman's sweater and fleece cowl that were repairable and a fishing tackle i can use to repair in stead of my 50% sewing kit.

do sewing kits degrade? usually i find more of them than i know what to do with but i haven't gotten one in a few maps.

Got a hunting knife and crowbar which are invaluable. Tonight i sleep in the church and tomorrow (weather permitting) i make my way to grey mother's and then the gas station. Hoping for matches and a repairable sleeping bag.

i did find a ton of ruined food though.

 

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Milton - Day 2.5

damn it. Can't say i struck out today because i found plenty of matches and a mag lens but i was seriously hoping for a bedroll i could repair. It stinks being landlocked to the bearskin and worrying about it getting destroyed by some mangy wolf.

also, all the useful clothing i found was ruined. no socks or undies for me. I found another good sweater but that's about it.

 

 

found this guy though. Huge help. Too bad i have to save it for the next map, but at least i have it.

 

 

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MT Day 4 - starting to formulate an end game plan for HRV. i would like to bring something i can repair with no workbench. My gut says the bear skin coats gives me the most bang for my buck. In order to do this, i need to two bear skins. There's only one active bear in Milton. Therefor, he has to die and die early enough so that he will respawn.

i had to head all the way back to the basic to get my bedroll but i did. Marched back up to the bridge, passing a moose at the little pond.

Emptied 3 arrows into this guy because i wanted him to fall right here where i can store the meat in a trunk. step one complete.

 

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MT Day 9 - climbed down to the plane crash hoping to find something useful. Did get a firestick but i have plenty of matches. I don't think i will bring it with me to HRV. if it was at 90% maybe i would think about it over the bearskin coat, if i can get it.

anyway, just chilling in a blizzard and finally got mending 5. that took forever.

 

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MT Day 16 - one shot for this guy. Hit him on the little pond near the transition cave. Of course, got totally jumped by two wolves heading back to my cave home. Didn't bring my bedroll with me bc too much weight so they did not have a chance to destroy it.

 

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MT Day 29 - got my second bear skin yesterday. Took about half the meat as i still have moose and bear from before.

gotta cure this one and i should have time to make my coat to bring with me. This is good. I have been hoarding wolf skins just in case i didn't get the second bear skin.

I will also be making as many arrows as i can to bring to HRV.

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MT Day 30 - got stuck in a blizzard while chopping wood. Also got lost in a blizzard. Took forever but finally made it back to home base cave. My guy has a poor sense of direction.

going to cook the remainder of my meat and then chill here for a while till it's time to prep up for the River.

 

 

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MT Day 37 - spent the last few days doing stupid stuff like killing wolves just to try and get some crow feathers for arrow crafting.

 

Didn't work here

 

or here

 

 

or here

 

 

or here. i even tried cutting out some innards to make it more delicious.

 

 

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MT Day 48 - hey big butt

 

 

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MT Day 50 - used the last few days to finish up my bear coat and more arrows. i think i have 28 of those now.

 

 

Time to dump 90% of my gear and head on into the home stretch.

 

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HRV Day 1 - found 1 flare and a bunch of coal in the transition cave. was hoping for matches. oh well.

Limited gameplan for now. I really don't know much about the cave system but i do know there's loot in it. I think for now i am going to attempt to drop left and pick up cattails to avoid starvation and then head up the one rope to the right to where the satchel might spawn. long term, i feel like my best caves for living are the one at the very top of the map on the lower level or the one up near monolith lake.