# Any tips for thriving when playing with pk's rebalance?
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [December 15, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659 "2017-12-15T00:15:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Sneaky\_Potato](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sneaky_Potato)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/1 "2017-12-15T00:15:48Z")
I just keep dying after three or five days, i have lost 34 characters today and i don’t know what to do.
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### Author:  [@Creeperus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Creeperus)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/2 "2017-12-15T04:22:34Z")
You die because zombies, weather or food? And with hordes or no?
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### Author:  [@DeWolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeWolf)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 6:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/3 "2017-12-15T06:36:26Z")
git gud. But yeah what in particular are you dying from.
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### Author:  [@pisskop](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pisskop)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 9:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/4 "2017-12-15T09:35:08Z")
preparation.
i start as a hobo in the city. i usually die on the first night. but then as easily die on the second.
my priorities are:
- get weapon that blocks
- get lighter
- find warmth
- craft armor and a backpack
- get a car
- get food
- get booze and morale items
I’ve been playing recently as well. the woods are always fun
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### Author:  [@Sneaky\_Potato](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sneaky_Potato)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/5 "2017-12-15T15:44:58Z")
I die because a pig bleeded me to death (13 times), acid rain induced pain, incredibly huge spawnrate of zombies (static spawns) and lack of a stationary/mobile base.
Also roaming demons 😈😈😈!!!
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### Author:  [@Sneaky\_Potato](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sneaky_Potato)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/6 "2017-12-15T15:56:52Z")
My loadout is:
**_Scenario:_** Challenge FEMA death camp
_ **Profession** _: Soldier Recruit
_ **Traits:** _
_Positive:_
- Light Step
- Light Eater
- Less Sleep
- Night Vision
- Packmule
- Robust Genetics
_Negative:_
- Animal Discord
- Glass Jaw
- Heavy Sleeper
- Lactose Intolerance
- Lightweight
- Poor Hearing
- Truth Teller
- Weak Stomach
**_Stats:_**
STR 12
DEX 12
INT 10
PER 12
_ **Skills:** _
1 point melee
2 point dodge
I also heard that pk’s rebalance makes dodge succ.
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### Author:  [@pisskop](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pisskop)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/7 "2017-12-15T18:02:36Z")
Boars hate fire.
Acidic rain is annoying. I can tune it down a little, but I’d like to actually have it rewritten. Ive tried before.
Static spawns are your own fault 😛
Roaming demons are a thing.
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### Author:  [@Sneaky\_Potato](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sneaky_Potato)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/8 "2017-12-15T18:11:28Z")
This is my average pk’s rebalance experience 100% legit.
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### Author:  [@DeWolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeWolf)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/9 "2017-12-15T18:11:37Z")
If you plan to keep doing that scenario. Run like hell to the woods and try to find a place outside of any towns to hole up and train up.
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### Author:  [@DeWolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeWolf)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/10 "2017-12-15T18:12:09Z")
For me only when dealing with demons.
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### Author:  [@Sneaky\_Potato](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sneaky_Potato)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/11 "2017-12-15T18:12:17Z")
what about the damn infection huh?
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### Author:  [@pisskop](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pisskop)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/12 "2017-12-15T18:13:09Z")
Infections?
They can be cauterized. You can make a homebrewed antiseptic with a little survival skills.
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### Author:  [@DeWolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeWolf)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/13 "2017-12-15T18:14:32Z")
I did not know you get an infection from that scenario. (Probably didn’t read it all the way) Stay at the edges of towns and try to avoid big trouble if possible and hope you find a first aid kit or antibiotics from either a house or ambulance.
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### Author:  [@DeWolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeWolf)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/14 "2017-12-15T18:14:52Z")
Cauterizing only works with bites.
But I forgot about the home brew although it’s only for being if options 1-3 are unavailable.
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### Author:  [@Sneaky\_Potato](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sneaky_Potato)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/15 "2017-12-15T18:16:31Z")
Yes i generally pray to RNGesus for that sweet medkit/antibiotics and i double pray so i won’t get noticed by some random shady douche nor a shocker whatever.
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### Author:  [@pisskop](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pisskop)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/16 "2017-12-15T18:16:32Z")
I just uploaded a reduction in wildlife spawns. Give it a go.
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### Author:  [@DeWolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeWolf)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/17 "2017-12-15T18:18:22Z")
Just remember that just because you have an infection doesn’t mean you can’t sprint.
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### Author:  [@pisskop](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pisskop)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/18 "2017-12-15T18:20:55Z")
Fire is how you kill things you can’t fight.
Light a fire under a small tree and lead zeds onto it.
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### Author:  [@DeWolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeWolf)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/19 "2017-12-15T18:21:51Z")
Or a bush but you need the means to make a fire first although lighters can be found fairly often in cars.
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### Author:  [@Sneaky\_Potato](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sneaky_Potato)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-tips-for-thriving-when-playing-with-pks-rebalance/14659/20 "2017-12-15T18:22:17Z")
also the instant bloated wounds status you get logically because you have an nearly severed arm/leg that gives dex debuff makes me run slower + infection debuff + dehydration and hunger turns me into a boulder.
I end exactly at 34 speed.
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