Ahatch

This was my second attempt first one ended at 19 days it is SO tough

Alas my run ends at 45 days as at the work bench I was getting close to finishing the wolf coat when it hit ...the final affliction with very low condition as it was I needed to eat so I had no choice go outside into the cold where there was some food. So going outside the cold hit my survivor right away. I walked to the wolf corpse and failed twice before lighting the fire. By this time I'm in the red. But I went down fighting. With 3 wolves on the lake I drew them to me and managed to kill one and hit the other missing the third. Cooking the wolf meat I could see my fatigue bar drop so I needed to rest if I was to get back to the mine. But alas I made it to the truck where I built a fire in front of it. And went inside to rest and died right there. This was a very tough challenge and I just didn't have the condition to escape this map soon enough. And with the intestinal parasites affliction added I just didn't have the stamina to escape this situation. THAT being said I could have survived a bit longer if I had done a better job earlier in my looting. I do say the forging at the Rikan is likely a much tougher journey than the Forlorn Muskeg route but that forge needs to be done earlier before the cold sets in. Regrets on this run ..... not going to Scruffy's cave earlier, maybe should have went to Signal Hill then Mystery Lake forging in Forlorn Muskeg instead. I may try this again with the same trajectory but if I could have had traveled a bit lighter and had the travois I could see coming back with a HUGE pile of coal for the late game.

Today's session was not as bad as I thought it would be, first off I picked up all my stuff including all the wolf pelts and made for the coal mine across the road. I done a small foray over to the church and found some mushrooms. When I arrived back at the mine my health was dangerously low. So I popped my last stim. After a nights sleep I made for the transition cave and safely made it through. I had a large pile of coal at the door but I left it there and proceeded through the mine dropping all my hides and saplings at the workbench. On the other side I put my excess coal in the locker by the door. Outside I built a fire and used the stink of my meat to attract a couple wolves. I killed those safely as I stood next to my fire. So after a day of boiling water I cooked up another wolf. Then I started work on the wolf jacket but had to pack it in as it was dark. Slept and then once awake I stayed in the cave close by cooking up a rabbit and warding off cabin fever. So the plan is to eek out a living here until I can finish to coat and perhaps deerskin pants. I brought my tip ups with me as well so fishing is also on the agenda.

Well I decided to visit Scruffy's cave, my strategy was simple I built fires and worked myself into the cave away and then when Scruffy stopped to growl at me I shot him with an arrow hitting him. Boiled some water while he ran about and then harvested all the meat & hides wolf/ deer. The bigger thing though was coming away with the bedroll and some more matches. BUTTT I used my last antibiotic pill now I have no choice but I have to try and leave this map. Checking my wolf hides though they are not ready so may have to forgo the wolf coat for a later time (if that ever happens) the plan should be to return to Coastal Highway and search for renshi mushrooms. But likely die before that.....

So this run is still going and I decided to move quarters to Hibernia which is warmer than the Riken. I spent todays session killing 4 wolves and cooking them and harvesting their hides. But I have been eating wolf / bear meat so I got the intestinal parasite affliction. So now things are winding down for this run as I will most certainly need to return back to Coastal Highway and onward but it's likely the death of me. I am waiting for the hides to cure for now. Just going day to day try to spend a bit of time outside by a fire . I will either run out of matches or stamina whichever comes first.

So I just made day 32 and I have not been able to leave DP as every time I wanted to make a move in the direction of Coastal Highway minor set backs prevented it. I did kill the bear and used butchering to stave off cabin fever. But went and crafted deer skin boots. Before finishing the boots though I was hit with the final 2 afflicts. Walking back to the Riken in the cold I ate a piece of bear meat and a fish. I was exhausted starving and almost thirsty all at the same time LOL but I survived long enough to make the Riken and that's where I end it tonight. Slept overnight but waking to 20ish percent condition with cabin fever risk is NOT a good thing. I will no longer attempt to leave this map but need to figure a strategy to ward off cabin fever enough to stay alive... We will see frigid bones is nasty.

So I had a session last night as I am nearing 26 days on this run but things are good but not as good as it appears. With the bow I was able to get some food and harvest hide and guts I am still in Desolation Point and got the affliction haunted mind. This is leading to condition recovery been slow and still without a jacket I just get cold right away when going outside so my health has never really recovered to full. Now in the next 6 days sour stomach and chilled to the bone are going to arrive. This is now a race against time for this run with difficult decisions. I think this map is a death trap but also death awaits if I attempt to return to Coastal Highway. I don't have a lot of teas and starting to run out of my pile of coal. So I need to clear a safe passage to the transition cave but I still have no bed roll so I will be in big trouble if I can't sleep on the way where it is warm. I have to find a bed roll and I need to find a coat or kill some wolves to make one. There is one bear here and I can kill him but he isn't respawning for 50 days so I will be long dead by the time he respawns so I could make a bed roll.

Tonight I had a good long session, after getting up I made the journey through the mine collecting coal then I made it for the church where I built a fire in the fire barrel. Thinking I was pretty smart I went out into the graveyard outside the wall where the barrel was thinking I could build my snow shelter there but alas I wasn't able to so I built a second fire which I used to keep me warm enough to build my shelter. I microslept one hour at a time so didn't recover much condition and a blizzard blew in so had to retreat back inside where my other fire was still going. So needless to say I wasted a fair amount of the coal I collected on this adventure along with all the planks I broke down. But after all that I went back to the Riken and slept some more. After getting up and eating the last of my fish leftovers I scooted over to Hibernia for a day of crafting the bow and some arrows so after all that I was hungry went back to the Riken again. I just went back fishing for a day but got one deer on the ice which I was only able to take small chunks due to chilling and run them back to fire which was by my 2 tip ups. I am feed up to the brim and back in the Riken as I sit. Now the new problem is I used up pretty much all my coal so I have to think about what to do next as condition recovery is SLOOOOWW. So wondering if it's time to pull up stakes and return to Coastal Highway before the next afflictions strike because those are going to be BAAAD

So some continued success on this run as I have spent a couple days on the Riken. After forging I seen my cabin fever risk was up a bit so spent a day fishing and beachcombing which was a success as I have some spare fish now. Of course blizzards continue to be an issue as I am struggling a bit as I still have not found a jacket of any sort. I have just a vest and t-shirt , sweater 2 Canada toques2 jeans, work gloves and running shoes so despite being lightly clothed I am still slow with the joints affliction so cold really sinks in. I just got the third affliction haunted mind which is going to hurt further. No bed roll so really have to just stand outside by a fire. I wanted to build a snow shelter by the Riken but built my fire in the wrong spot so should have picked a better spot for that but was too windy where I could build a shelter. So thoughts now going back to a trip to the Hibernia once my gut has cured so I can make the bow and some arrows to make things MUCH better. I would love it if there was a couple bears on this map LOL but alas I have to go visit Scruffy's cave if I want to look for a bed roll.

So this run is still going after spending a couple days on Coastal I realized I had no choice but to risk the trip to Desolation Point to forge as I was running out of food. I cooked up 2 deer carcis enroute through Crumbling Highway. Arriving at the cave by the shore a blizzard rolled so weighed down I used a stim to run to the mine entrance. Once through the mine enhausted again but improved condition I used my second stim and ran to the lighthouse. I was fortunate to get some food along the way and recovered much sleeping. Tonite's session I was met with another blizzard so I used it to run to Hibernia and spent a day looting. The next day I got up and made 2 tip ups and headed to the Rikan. I harvested a deer carcus, fished and killed 2 rabbits on the island. I used this food to give me the energy to forge. So I made the knife and some arrow heads before sleeping. So thus ends this session. Thinking I may have to go sleep in the church to avoid cabin fever. So the plan is to stick around here until I have a bow and a few arrows and hopefully go back to Coastal Highway and eventually Mystery Lake but that is going to be VERY tough.

Today's session went pretty good as like the last run a blizzard rolled in when I was at the Quansit this time I went to the nearby house with the fireplace looted and cooked porridge and potatoes into the night to stave off starvation and regenerated some condition. Next morning another blizzard again so made my way to the lower mine and looted some more coal and then to the log sort where I harvested a deer and slept the night in the trailer. The next morning I awoke and crossed the bay to Misandres and was very disappointed with the loot there and now crossed back to Jackrabbit after just finding a vest and a T-shirt for clothing. So I got the second affliction and again it was the joints one which really bites. I am having the same problem as last run as food is an issue and now I need to gather my thoughts if I feel I should just go for it and go to Crumbling Highway now. Thinking of heading that way building a fire just as I enter then a snow shelter since I don't have a bed roll. Then using that to rest up and then stealth through the transition or wait for a blizzard.

So today I continued my current Misery run and it was pretty good session I safely passed through the mine and collecting a whopping 40 coal which I carried over the fish camp where I decided to drop a bunch of weight including my hammer as I made a plan to loot this region for the hacksaw before the perilous journey through the Crumbling Highway transition. So I scooted over to Jack Rabbit and found a second heavy hammer on the deck outside! Along with more matches and a crowbar I seem to have started better BUT no jacket so far so forays outside the cold really sinks into my survivor right away. So after killing a rabbit I was exhausted and decided to sleep. Waking up to a blizzard I decided to make the mad dash across the bay to the wolf nest quasit. So as I enter the back door of it I see the hacksaw right there in front of me. So everything is all set for a run to Crumbling Highway. The plan is now made. I am going to make a mad dash back to the fish camp and harvest some saplings whatever I can find and head out with the intention of forging and making weapons right away. I will not be venturing into the Ravine on the way to Mystery Lake my plan is to go back through the coal mine again and go through the dam via Signal Hill. Hoping to get a much better set up before settling down for the end game.

Hi @StoneI am following Zachnafein's run he went for Ash Canyon right off the bat. I wanted to see if it is possible to skip that route and still survive.

I am going to try it a few times but I will go back to my main run soon though as I need to finish the Tales.

Well I started my second Misery Run and this time a much better start. I went the same route on day 1 Farmhouse and then spent the night in the barn. Found matches in the car outside the farmhouse. Then at the barn I found the heavy hammer. So I slept in the truck and made for Thomson's Crossing. I was able to find 2 more boxes of matches there so the thought right now is to go for and go to Coastal Highway my plan this time is to go to the Rikan. It will all depend on my success finding a hacksaw. So the plan next session is simple go through the mine and then loot Coastal Highway for the hacksaw and head to DP without delay. Going to be a bit tricky crossing Crumbling Highway but the hope is to forge early and return here and work my way back to Mystery Lake for the end game.