oregonoutback

Howdy all,

I tried searching for my answers, but since all I get are keyword search results... My results were nil. 

My questions are:

1) Do birch saplings respawn (or regrow) over time, and if so, does anyone know about how many in game days that takes? I'm stocked on arrows for now, but trying to plan for the future, but also not trying to run a fool's errand going to saplings I've already harvested. 

2) In what locations have people been finding the revolver? I've scoured every structure in CH to no avail. I'm not leaving here until my supplies run out as I'm on a 500 day journey and I'm only at 194 days, so leaving the safety of my well stocked garage to find a gun I don't need ATM would be silly, but I suspect it'll be handy for when I move on to PV.

3) As I previously mentioned, I'm hanging out in CH at the garage. I have hundreds of pounds of meat, level 5 cooking, tons of canned and preserved foods (I'm on Voyager) so I'm pretty well set as far as surviving. The real challenge has been keeping myself busy. I've mapped out the entire region, brought my cooking, firestarting, and harvesting all up to level 5, archery is nearly 5, ice fishing on the verge of 4, rifle and mending halfway to 5... I've completed stone age sniper, kept a fire burning 72 hours... What I'm asking is what else does everyone do to keep themselves occupied? I'm not looking to rush through the game, but to pass time in game I'll make sure my character is fully fed and hydrated, plus has plenty of stamina, then I'll park them in the garage and walk away from the game for 20 minutes or so to do other things. I don't like doing that, but it seems the least risky and least boring thing to do to pass time... Please help me with this! 

Thanks all

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I didn't jump when these wolves started chasing me because I heard them and saw them, but when I was sprinting toward this car to take cover, out of the corner of my eye I spotted Mr. Bear standing quite close, which gave me even more of an "OH SH*T" moment. Definitely glad I made it to the car, because that would've been the end of my run. Other than that, I've been jumped multiple times in the dark by wolves and once by a bear, which startled the hell out of me. 

A quartet of Danger Doggos... I got close enough to get this screenshot, then NOPE'd out of there as fast as I could. 😬

Oregonoutback's Meat Shop is officially open for business!

"You can't beat our meat!"  😄

Went to Mountain Town. Killed everything. 😅

On 4/7/2019 at 3:39 PM, CathyElksun said:

I was up to day 93 with a lovely set of deerskin pants and boots, a wolfskin coat, a moosehide satchel and a bearskin bedroll, I could actually sleep in a blizzard and be comfortable! And then I went to Marsh Ridge in Forlorn Muskeg and met three wolves. I cried. 

Now for my new game, my new golden rule is: if there is more than one wolf, RUN AWAY! Keep a booster for it. 

I have also died at the hands... err... paws of a pack of wolves. Once it was a pack of wolves and a bear, and all were fixated on me and not each other. That ended my run REALLY fast. 

1 hour ago, TheUnknown said:

One golden rule outside what everyone has mentioned is this: If there is a deer and wolf near by dont waste arrows and scare the deer into the wolf and just kill the wolf to get meat from both the deer and wolf. Less chance of loosing arrows and if lucky can 1 shot the wolf and gather tons of meat for pretty much no effort.

I literally just accomplished this 10 seconds ago and thought I should send a nice thank you for the idea. Now I've got meat for a week! 😁

6 hours ago, Klobberthon said:

Crouch when exiting any building.

I'm curious as to the benefit of this? Does it make it less likely that wildlife will spot you? 

All great answers so far, some of which I've never even thought of... keep em coming! 🙂

As I've been playing Survival more and more, I've noticed that I have a few "rules" that I am not willing to break or compromise on when it comes to surviving:

1) I always have water, and I always make a point to make water when I have a fire going, even if that means extending the fire's life if necessary

2) I never travel at night unless it's an emergency or I spawn at night

3) I always try to stay as close to the carry weight limit as possible

4) I only sleep outside when I have no other choice

5) I always have food, even if it's only cat tail stalks

6) I try not to waste time by just letting it pass by... If I have a book to read, I'll read an hour while cooking. The food ( 2.20lbs of venison or wolf meat) gets done a few minutes before the hour is up, but it's no where near burned when I'm done. I find that this helps to minimize calorie expenditure, as I won't have to spend that hour reading the book some other time while not doing anything else... I can use that time to rest, or whatever. If I don't have anything to read, I mend my clothes, sharpen my knife or hatchet, or make repairs to equipment while I'm waiting on food or water.  

Those are the ones that come to mind for me right now... No matter what difficulty I'm playing, or even if I were role playing, these are just too ingrained in my head for me to not follow. 

I'm curious to hear if anyone else has a set of unwritten rules that they "live" by.