Dalos

got enough food and probably water to get this done.

yikes

did i ever tell you about the time i had fantastic interloper run going and i got electrocuted chopping up a crate in the dam? yeah, having flashbacks of that now.

got some good luck. made it to the dam after picking up a few more rifle bullets at the good lookout. this is nice bc i left my handgun back at the camp office. duh. anyway, went to the ravine after dodging that wolf that always hangs at the dam and one shotted a dear right away. Carved him up and grabbed my two bear skins and actually made it back to the dam without freezing. now i am running on fumes after drinking cold coffee to cook up this guy. This will be food while i craft my bear coat. praying that the lights don't go on automatically, so to speak...

fast forwarding a few days. Made my way to the plane crash and stayed over night. had to keep a fire running all night though but i had two bear meats and some rabbit and deer to cook up so ok. Even with +22 temp clothes bonus a little surprising but it's like half a cave anyway. slept another night in the other cave halfway down to Mother's. then made it out of Milton and down the transition valley there and slept in the cave again. Trying to keep my cabin fever low because i'll need all of it to make my bear skin coat at the dam. one nice little bonus, i picked up a homemade knife in one of the caves and sharpened it up. This will help my crafting quite a bit actually. so score on that. picked up cooking 4 too.

got my arrows back and everything. Cut off a little bit of meat bc food supplies are running low.

one more for good measure.

i did what i call "stuck and duck". stuck i

old friend troll guarding the bridge as usual. switching off guns bc bullet supplies are now limited.

made it out of HRV and of course now i see my first moose. I don't have need of him at this moment though. later game sure of course, i could shoot him and then chill hear for a while on his 35KG moose flesh but right now i want to clear our this map, make it back to the dam and make up my bear skin coat. I have the regular knife so i think it'll take at least 50 hours there.

got rifle 4 too. not bad for only 32 days in. mm

duh - ok, much better. made it up to the easy fire without incident. got the mac jacket and some moose meat.

dammit.

ugh, or not. i thought since i didn't see anything to the right that it was at the long spot. Great.

Day 30 - made it to HRV through Milton without incident. Didn't pick up anything decent though other than food stuffs. a little foggy here but visible enough to see that the signal fire is the harder one on this run.

ok, so i've exhausted all the moose drop spots on the maps i've been too and gotten nada. plenty of bears though. a plan has started to form. trappers -> milton -> HRV i mean, the loot setting is at non zero so i think maybe maybe the moose hide satchel should be there. bc i neeeeeeeeeed it.

here's my gear. The underwear hunt continues. heading from the camp office to the trapper's cab now.

sheesh. got wolfed again heading from the ravine (safe place) to the dam. I got to the dam fine, scared one wolf away and then got hit exiting the pick up truck. sorry to be a broken record about this but the wolves on this setting are insane. anyway, he only hit me for about a 10% condition loss. Funny enough, i was already birch tea recovering when he hit me but still lame. gotta be more cautious. Fire a warning shot and run.

ok, made it out alive. got to the camp and slept like a baby after a stim. that stim + 3 birch teas got my health back up to 50%. Not great as another wolf attack could end me. but still, better than last night.

now trying to sprint/hobble to the fishing village in the pitch dark. I think that's my hut on the left?

Day 17 - well this was stupid. been living well after getting back from DP. Even killed another bear and got his skin. My plan has been to make a bear skin coat. It's heavy as heck but the protection is plus plus. so i am chilling at the log sort but got stuck in a blizzard so i go to sleep. fully rested in the middle of the night but it's clear now so i go to head back to the fishing village. But it's too dark. I got wolfed within 100 yards and now my condition sucks. stupid stupid stupid.

at the DP ship, day 12 - forging again. I figure, if i live long enough, i want to shoot things with a bow and arrow too because it is way lighter than this rifle.

Can't do much with all the meat bc i ain't risking the IPs but i need his guts and hide. Plus, i don't need him harassing me while i truck salmon back and forth to my fishing hut.

ok, if at first you don't succeed, try nine more times. made it well enough on this last run to get the well fed. I've only got wolfed twice so far and damage has been fairly minimal. I'm about 90% health now. clothing is decent although my search for a second pair of undies continues! I am at day 9. cleaned up Pleasant Valley and then made my way through the cave to Coastal Highway. Grabbed a rifle and revolver too, somewhat limited ammo. Skills are all pretty low but i am trying to find time and stamina to read every book i can. I took the book perk bc why not. coastal is looking decent now but i can't stay long bc i need more gear and if i wait too long the condition will make them inoperable. I had thought about going up TWM to hopefully bag a moose that's usually near the hut. The problem with this gear, rifle, pistol, etc. is that it is damn heavy and a moose hide satchel would cure my ills. i will do that eventually but not yet. still, there are some other little bonuses to pass the time...

btw, why it now matter how serious or insignificant a wolf attack is, the ear wrap is the first thing to go?