Dalos

Back to the ship. I know I need to make arrow heads but do i really have to make a knife and hatchet? crap. i do find this gem though, which is sweet because at least i'll have 2 cans instead of one. You really get used to the cooking pot when you have it.

I drop almost everything in the trunk of that last car on the way to DP, keeping my bear bedroll, handgun and satchel. Hit the crumbling basement then the cave transition. Pick up many flares and many crowbars but curiously, no tools. Got some extra clothes but i am noticing that the status for each is going down hill. I do wonder if all clothing after day 400 is ruined? No idea. I make my way up the little deer clearing and pick up a bow and a few broken arrows. Then the lighthouse for some light looting. I hit the ship, then the whale place. Get some decent clothes there, including two jacket type things. Nothing useful in the safe though. I have my handgun but i am going to need to go big so it's on to the cave. carried one of my 5 flares into the cave and make the wolf pause before shooting him with the handgun. In the cave are two deer. i take my time harvesting both and the wolf. At this time i have harvesting 5 which is useful because i have yet to find any tools other than a hacksaw at the whaling place. No simple tools so i will need to conserve that.

I don't remember this map being so cold. Then i remember my clothes are shite again. Still, good weather and plenty of cattails. I find all the clothes i need in the houses but nothing high end. Rifle and tools too. Lots of blizzards and wolves. I get bored around day 30 again. I use my extra time to drag two climbing ropes to the ravine transition for the bleak inlet trip down the road sometime. Make a bear skin bedroll since i'll have to sleep outside a bunch in Desolation Point, which is my next stop. Again, no arrowheads to be found so can't upgrade that skill at all. boo. but plenty of sun and surf though

I had to wait about 20 days for the moose to appear. By that time, i had already brought the rifle down but only found about 8 bullets on the map. Climbed up the fallen tree to get a good killing spot with no danger. It took 4 bullets but i downed him. Quartered, brought all the meat back to the hut where i had built a stone cache. Let the hide dry. At fish and moose for a long while and made my satchel. This one started to drag right after i got the satchel. I toured the map a few times and finally hit cooking 5 and fishing 4. But not archery. No arrow heads anywhere so i couldn't work on that skill at all. Clothes were high level the whole time so i just had to avoid cabin fever. Didn't even bother with a snow shelter. Time to head out. I could go Coastal or I could go Mystery. I go coastal. drop everything in the transition cave except handgun and satchel. Picking up a ton of coal on the way down to the fishing village.

TWM Mountainer's hut, weather not too bad. Killed rabbits to get stuff drying in the hut so i can make some snares. A little bit of fishing and reading before it's time to Summit. Everything i will need is up there. Killed some more bears and of course climbed many ropes.

Obviously, i am a screenshot rookie. Will work on that. in any case, i've had this going for a short while now before i started the topic so let me recap. PV Start, which i like. Feats are Blizzard Walker, The fire starter thing and Cold Fusion. 50 day recap in PV. Hiked up from the cave to the pond, got a few things then up to signal hill. Got the Exp parka, snow pants and a few other things plus the handgun. Hit up the farmhouse and fixed up my clothes then all the way up to the plane crash to get more clothes. Killed some rabbits on the way and stored the entrails at draft dodgers. Made my way down to the barn, then village. Got bullets and the arrows in the barn target. Read some books, made water. Plenty of food to eat and clothes to repair. Killed 3 or 4 bears and made the bearskin coat. Clothing was easy peezy enough that i could stay at the pond fishing for weeks, either sleeping in the Forest Cave or in the fishing hut itself. A few close calls with wolves but nothing serious. Started to drag at about 30 days. Too much food available and not enough to do. Last 10 days or so I am watching the clock. Ticked off my 50 and then headed up for the TWM climb. 1 down. What item to bring? I know there's a rifle at the summit but i am going to need stalker protection first. Handgun it is.

Hey all. New to the forum but I've been playing TLD for a while. I decided to start a thread to document my run on the 500 day achievement. It's one of the few I don't have already. I have long Loper runs going but quite honestly, late game can get pretty boring and i typically just start up a new one or do a custom challenge. So i want this achievement but I don't want the mind-numbing monotony to set in late. Here's my rules: Default stalker, random start, feats are fine You spend 50 days on each map, once you hit a map, you stay there until the 50 days are up. You can hit a transition region on the way and pick up anything you want, but you can't head back. After each map, you have to drop everything except regular starting items. It's Stalker so you get bedroll, 12 matches, flare, can, 1 hat, 1 glove, 1 pants, 1 shirt, 1 shoes, 1 sock, 1 undies, etc. it's too hard to remember what you started with and i am not going to carry around ratty jeans and a decent plaid shirt at all times, so it's ok to upgrade as long as the slots are filled as indicated above. After 1 map is done, you can take one item with you to the next map. After 2 maps are done, you can take two items, 3/3, etc. The items have to stay the same. Why? because #1 i want this achievement and I think it will be challenging enough late game since most clothing will be ruined but i don't want to freeze to death on the last map before i get it. If you are reading this, thanks.