Kunra9 said:
So I've made it to winter twice now.
The first time I had NO resources stocked up. No means to extend the life of food at all.
Venturing out to collect is nearly impossible due to having to stop and warm up every few minutes.
The 2nd time I made it to winter, I had some drying racks for meat but nothing else. I had stored up a bit of food to help me get by but ultimately I had to give up.
My last two games, I wasn't able to locate guys to obtain gears to create refrigerators for food storage.
I'm still having fun with this. I think my favorite character is the fire chick. Her lighter is extremely handy for lots of things. And being able to recover sanity just by standing close to fire is great.
Just a few thoughts/tips for the winter:
On my current playthrough I was able to breeze through the winter (unlike my previous attempts). I was playing as Wilson (the first guy you start with) which really seemed to help seeing that his beard will keep you from getting cold (at least while it's still light out).
1) Rabbits: Rabbit holes are a great resource that you can't move--so it's a great idea to build your base near a cluster of them. By placing traps right above, below, or next to the holes--you'll basically have a never ending supply of rabbits--and you don't even need to use bait. Rabbits take up an entire inventory slot--so it's kind of a pain to carry them around and store them--but you can catch them all winter long. The other great thing is that if you stick live rabbits in a chest, they won't spoil. So your rabbit stash is only limited by how many chests you feel like building (or how much wood you have). This has been my main food solution (I haven't found gears yet to make an icebox).
2) Carrots: During the start of the game I never picked up any of the carrots. As far as I can tell they never grow back--if you leave all the carrots at the beginning--you'll leave yourself some wiggle room (easy food) for when you want to branch out a bit during the winter.
3) The Crock Pot: This thing will really let you maximize your meals--and it's kind of fun too.
4) Beefalo: I haven't had the balls to start hunting these things yet--but they are an excellent manure source. My main use for them is as a defense system--if your base is at least somewhat near a heard of Beefalo--you can lead attacking mobs into the herd--and they'll take care of those stupid hounds (or whatever they are).
5) Touchstones: While these things are great--you really need to build a firepit and leave some emergency supplies near them. Otherwise, if you die in the winter (especially at night) you'll respawn and one of these and then probably die again right away.
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