Sleep and fire for interloper

[Semple Fi]

So I’m not great at interloper, and it seems the difference between Stalker and Interloper is…. Pronounced.  
I’ve restarted upwards of 10-12 times just to get one useable run, maybe that’s normal but;

Why can’t we just sleep on the ground? That would’ve made a huge difference.  The sitting dead do it (but I guess that’s why they’re dead??🙃)
Also, a craftable bow drill for fire starting would’ve made a difference as well.  

Maybe it’s a technique thing, but if I spawn in HrV, it’s pretty much guaranteed death.  Mostly because there is no lighting to make it through the caves, and the lighting in the ice caves is….. near impossible also.  

[Dr. S.]

Yes,HRV starts can be tricky if you don’t find a light source. 
 

But it is possible to navigate the cave to Milton without a light source, at least during the day. I did it by walking backwards in order to keep my orientation. You can see from one lit spot to the next, and there aren’t too many legs. 
 

The last leg is hardest, but once you get onto the ramp and make it halfway up, you can turn and see the exit. 
 

Good luck!

 

[Semple Fi]

46 minutes ago, Dr. S. said:

Yes,HRV starts can be tricky if you don’t find a light source. 
 

But it is possible to navigate the cave to Milton without a light source, at least during the day. I did it by walking backwards in order to keep my orientation. You can see from one lit spot to the next, and there aren’t too many legs. 
 

The last leg is hardest, but once you get onto the ramp and make it halfway up, you can turn and see the exit. 
 

Good luck!

 

That’s exactly what I tried and got frustrated and turned around 3 times 🤣🤣

 Good to know i’m on the right track

[Semple Fi]

I’ve recently found a new tactic.  Drop an item then select as if to place it somewhere else, but keep it in front of me and walk;  it creates navigable silhouettes…..

 

Helps save matches and fuel in interior locations in general.

[UpUpAway95]

2 hours ago, Semple Fi said:

I’ve recently found a new tactic.  Drop an item then select as if to place it somewhere else, but keep it in front of me and walk;  it creates navigable silhouettes…..

 

Helps save matches and fuel in interior locations in general.

I use this technique all the time, even in the small houses to avoid getting stuck on furnishings.  The reason is my vision IRL is very poor and navigating the dark areas of the maps without a light source is nigh impossible for me.  Selecting an item to place right out of the radial menu, however, is easier than actually dropping it.  Water is probably the most obvious one that you'll always have keyed into your radial menu (before you get a bedroll, that is).

HRV is a brutal start in interloper if you don't know where to beeline for the guaranteed matches in that zone.  Learning that, getting there as fast as possible and then booking it out of the zone is the most reliable way to get the run going.

As for your wish, neither would do much good getting a run started.  Without a fire, you would clearly freeze to death if you tried to sleep on the ground out in the open.  A bow drill would require a improvised knife to make, which you can't make until you can light a forge - which you can't do until you find your guaranteed matches and also find a hammer.  Really, overall there are enough guaranteed matches in the world on interloper to last a long time if you find them all plus a number of purely random ones.  There are also numerous places and ways to sleep without a bedroll. 

Sleeping out on the ground is almost the same as sleeping in a snow shelter without a fire,   HRV has a couple of those as well - you just got to get to them if that's really the way you want to end your HRV starts.

Another alternative is to go into the custom menu, pick the interloper template and then change your starting gear allocation only from "low" to "medium."  This will start you with slightly better clothing, matches, and a bedroll in your inventory, eliminating the mad dash for matches while keeping the other settings essentially at interloper levels (with a few other minro differences that we're not sure why they exist).  Then, if you want the challenge of finding your way without the bedroll, just toss it or rip it up at the first opportunity.

Edited June 24 by UpUpAway95