


With some lucky clear weather, I was able to start a fire with my magnifying lens, defrosting two ravaged deer and feasting on venison.įrom the river, a quick trip through Carter Hydro Dam and I was in Mystery Lake, where I planned to spend a few days recovering my health after constantly freezing during my journeys. Nevertheless, it was time to move on the next morning, and after swinging past the Hilltop Cave and lucking into a box of salty crackers, I made it to the Winding River, harvesting cattails to stay fed and catching a few more skinny rabbits. A few quick stops along the route to gather more cattails netted me some vital calories, and reaching the summit as a blizzard broke, I was amazed to discover a trove of loot! Some solid hiking boots quickly replaced my worn out sneakers, two tins of peaches, a tin of coffee and a tin of tomato soup bumped up my calorie buffer, and joy of joys, a ski jacket quickly warmed my frozen body.

I spent my day repairing my clothes, looting the house for anything of value, but with my food running out by the next morning, it was time to move onwards.Īnother day dawned, and this time it was a sprint from the farmhouse up to Signal Hill, passing several saplings but with no way to harvest them. Making it inside, I was delighted to discover a magnifying lens in the basement and a can opener in the kitchen, which I immediately used to crack open the rest of my canned food, then burnt my second match to light up the stove in the kitchen, cooking six cans of water at a time until I'd stockpiled a solid stash of purified water.īetween the rabbits and canned food, I was finally back up to full calories! My health wasn't too bad, but I'd need one more day to recover.

The next morning was a run across to Pleasant Valley Farmstead, grabbing a couple of skinny rabbits along the way and being hounded by wolves. I spent the night inside the car in the barn, staying warm enough inside to recover up to half health, but ran low on food and had to smash open a few tins I'd collected along the way to avoid starvation. With the furniture and nearby sticks, I created a fire lasting the night, then harvested all the nearby cattail stalks before resting, staying warm enough to survive my first day.Īt dawn, I ran from Timberwolf Mountain down to Pleasant Valley, making my way via Skeeter's Ridge and Draft Dodger's Cabin until I reached the barn at the Pleasant Valley Outbuildings. Undeterred, I proceeded to find matches and a heavy hammer inside the hut, and used them to smash all the furniture possible, lighting a fire and boiling some water in my tin can. My spawn put me halfway up Timberwolf Mountain, so I quickly mountain goated down to the Mountaineer's Hut, snapping both ankles in the process.
