My current survivor started out on a horse ranch. Being still pretty new to this game, I’m a little bit proud of myself at how long she’s lasted so far. There were no horses at the ranch, but there were a pair of chickens, which she befriended and are now giving out the occasional egg.
Initially she was trapped at the ranch with a missile silo & gun turrets south, on the only road leading away from the propery and an abundance of ants N/NW between her and a lake & who knew what else beyond. So she cautiously began exploring E/NE in search of food and other goodies to help better her situation - Am I glad she did!
A little ways past the stand of woods east of her horse ranch was another type of ranch! There were some helpful supplies, but the BEST discovery was the livestock. There was a horse and a cow in the barn & several pigs roaming around the fields behind the house. Was able to befriend the cow & horse and take them back to the original ranch, but I can’t seem to figure iut what I need to befriend the pigs. All that bacon is making her drool just thinking about it.
Fast forward a week or so and she has a charcoal kiln & 2 smokers built to preserve food. She’s made a bug mutant friend who is a little weak but crazy fast. Together and with a sling she made to give some range, they’ve been hunting ants back near the original ranch and are FINALLY beginning to stock up their food stores. It’s just slow with only a stone handaxe to cut down trees with. She really needs to find or figure out how to make something better.
Just this morning she made possibly her best discovery yet! Past the ants and beyond the lake was a cabin out in a field. Oh good, some more supplies and maybe a new tool. Nope. Well yes, but that seemed really minor after finding 3 different magic books, 2 different magic wands, mana crystals and crystallized mana. She brought it all back to her ranch & hasn’t studied or used any of it yet, but once she stocks up more firewood it’s next on her list. One wand is fireball, the other is magic missile (I think). The spell books are for earth mage, battle mage and one I think was introduction to the divine?
Any tips on the magic stuff or how to befriend pigs from that other ranch would be awesome!
