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Many thanks, much appreciated.

Just a by-product of trying to grind up some of the various skills likr shooting/throwing and skinning.

@@kagang8959 did not know they assisted with that. Great content keep it up.

@@1stPersonFarmer The skinning skill increases with each item taken, so to really grind that skill up need to take everything really and not just the trophies. I think the quickest way is probably picking up loads of dorados as you can get loads of them very quickly in diving trips and can then skin them safely at base, also gives lost of fish to cook to get cooking skill up too.

Other than that - love the play-through.

Sorry about that. He would be proud he scared someone though, only dog who spends half his life running away from cats.

@@kagang8959 HAHA, yeah, had a dog like that in my child hood... Oh, those where the days! :)

Love the LP though! ;)

The way I set it up the teleporter switches off as soon as you teleport out. Never seen it do otherwise. The motion sensor needs something to be there in its sensor range to keep the teleporter switched on, and once you are gone the teleporter is off. There is a glitch I´ve noticed though where power sometimes drains off in a base even though the solar power should be keeping it topped up. This isn´t related to the teleporter though as it happens too slowly, eg you can be gone for a few days and get back and power is down to 40% or so even though the solar should keep it comfortably at 100% (teleporter would have drained it ito zero in an hour or so). That might be what the threads allude to, but its not a teleporter problem.

Absolutely. I only do it as the Quiet House is so overpowered in terms of the huge loot vs a relatively mild morale penalty assuming only a single visit. You can still have a good run without the Quiet House.

@@kagang8959 Thanks!

Anton being a mathematician and therefore better at catching rats is a myth, I think someone made it up at some point and it got repeated enough to become legend.

Thanks. Haven´t played the game for a while though..has it changed much in the meantime ?

Yes I was thinking for the longest time that it was just the temp at the end of the day that mattered, but testing proved otherwise and it is indeed the temp throughout the whole day so need increase the temp first thing in the morning and keep it over 15c to minimise chance of sickness.

Thank you. Got one coming up - no trade, no killing, no stealing. Should be a challenge as it closes down a lot of otherwise OP locations like the Quiet House with the old couple.

@@kagang8959 Looking forward to it!

I don´t use guns so much, more from habit than design, so not sure of all the stats. Katia seems to be good at everything though and of course her trading skills make her OP at times.

Its why I often cut playthroughs at around the 20 day mark as by then its just routine until the ceasefire. The challenge is always in the first 10 days or so, after that not so much as long as most stations in place and morale etc managed and under control.

In the first episode I only mine the carbon substrate while running around the starter area (as its only a couple of hits per carbon substrate node) while mining the iron, copper and silicon nodes takes too long. I get all those materials later from the small mines (day 2), where, using the drone, you should be getting through the mines at the same speed I do (I cut the camera during the grind but no tricks/mods or short cuts are used). You get to upgrade to a proper drill quite quickly (day 3 or so) so its only a few mines that you have to tolerate using the slow drill, so hang in there as once you get a proper drill it is way faster.

Thanks. I tend to skip the asteroid field but didn´t think to consider whether might be more efficient to go there and pick those items up vs making them.

Not sure if a bug or not, but seems odd given no other switches I´m aware of in the game kill like that

Thanks, appreciated eh. Glad to hear they helped out.

Thanks, kind of winging it in this playthrough as haven't gone to Symos first before.

I don´t think they do, but not sure as never been there without full health. Good question.

That´s right, don´t have to kill Hellion for a skull any more and can skip the dungeon completely as it doesn´t have anything needed for progression.

@@kagang8959 I m right after mining grinfels with gold armour and the fiery draconic gold sword and another gold sword on the off hand; in terms of progress (made silver gear and a greatsword for a friend that occasionally co-ops in my world- but thats a rare thing) do you reckon I could survive that dungeon on my own at this stage?

@@Biopunked With gold gear the dungeon should be no problem. Just bear in mind that Kiffi is a spirit enemy and spirit armour might be better protection for just him (but Hellion in gold).

@@kagang8959 awesomeness, thank you!

Your most welcome - hope it is helpful getting into the game.

Happy to hear it helps. Tons to do in the game and some of it a bit tricky with the commands.

Yes it used to start on Omicron, now it has a 4 planet starter process bolted to the beginning, and when getting to Omicron, Omicron no longer has the Xirax base so we don't get the base attacks like we used to. As for the base attacks, they are WAY different too (when getting to them). Also, at the start we are neutral with the Xirax so they only start raiding once we decide to start killing them. Lots of changes over the years.

thanks, appreciated

thanks again

Yes its an alternative at the start to hit stone too and, drop a portable constructor in the starter area to convert stone to substrate to boost the amount. I only favour sticking to substrate rocks as the rocks yield less XP unless sticking with the small stones, and while running around for plants for XP reasons the substrate rocks yield enough substrate to get the job done and they cut down quickly along the way (as do the small stones). Hitting a larger rock of two, the ones that give close to a hundred stone and converting that while running around could be quite efficient in numbers terms for substrate though as its 1 for 1 in the conversion. If the starter area didn't provide enough substrate alone that would def. be the way to go.

I normally skip Kiffi as his weapon isn´t as good as some of the other weapons that can make or get, but will take a second look at it next time. Used to be that pretty much all the drops were less good than swords that could be made (except drack´s swords that have always been top tier) but some changes were made and some of the drops are now better than can be made (eg Lycor´s sword got upgraded). Used to be a few logical inconsistencies in the weapons systems but they have been ironed out now.

Correct, that's an occassional glitch and nothing one can do about it as the guy is just stuck in place.

Thanks. I knew Roman could solo defend but always assumed he needed the door reinforced during the crime spree. Something new to try out. Also didn´t know Christo could Rambo it like Roman does. Feeding day 5 is just to delay having to come up with the food until as late as possible, which sometimes measn being able to skip makling the stove depending on the can situation. Only ones I can see that suffer from a morale perspective are Roman and Livia, so they get to eat from day 3 else Roman can get aggressive in the house and Livia just packs her bags and does an offski. For sure let me know anything else as I haven´t tried everything the game has to offer.

@@kagang8959 It depends how fast you have winter. I usually make my stove at day 3 for slow winter or day 5 for fast winter. - Just keep in mind that you’re suffering a -1 morale hit, Roman might get sad, for very hungry day 5, I think day 4 is nothing. - Katia bounces back really fast because of her +2 moral positivity from good actions. Like decrepit squat when you feed him one meat 🍖 - And yeah christo is probably A tier survivor with s tier guard. I always bring him in unless we reach 5 survivors (3+1adult+1kid).

thank you, appreciated

Just create a new character and spawn him into the world then drop off the helmey he spawns with if you need a second

@@kagang8959 off course.. I get so into my rp head-canon sometimes, that I forget such strategies and meta-options completely! ;p

Some types of rocks on second island drop the required mats, but I think you can also get them from the Ruins of Meltok on first island. Right inside the entrance there are ice columns on your left and right and I think you can get them from there. Haven´t played a while and don´t remember exactly, but if you hit enough rocks you get to recognise which drop them. There are also some nodes around the dragon tower on second island that drop them.

@@kagang8959 thank you for the reply. I got crystalline shards (the other resource, there are also nodes of it along the iron / ex fury road) from hitting those ice columns at Meltok, enough to build the first spirit armour (which you need anyway to upgrade to mithras) apart from Eks (one in five seems to drop) and those flaming nodes I havent found any other sources of radiant gem fragments yet.. but soon I will have enough for the full Mithras set. After that I will be going for Draug and the Devourer...Haven't tried tried taking on Guardian of Meltok or Kiffi yet.

They are Frostborns which Draug the Wicked drops in Oscira (got a vid up on how get them). They are pretty good and they also give warmth when held. Draug drops them maybe half the time so have to kill him a few times to get two.

@@kagang8959 perfection! I saw the other vid right after I had posted the question ;p The existence of this sword will do just nicely for me; as I prefer dual wielding longswords. Also I ve reached that place in the early game where I need something better than iron, but I find the scourges rather ugly (while very effective)

@@Biopunked Nice, happy to hear you got them - they are great midgame swords until getting up into the silver and gold level ones.

thanks, much appreciated

From what I remember the staff is quite easy to repair, main use is travel though as it really speeds you up.

Thanks. I only really stick to melee as its often the only thing available. For sure, some locations, guns and a ladder can be a lethal combo (and much quicker).

I can't remember. I remember the devs saying they had addressed it at some point and then it still happening, but it seems less frequent.

(1) Sacks all the way, but by the end I find I'm only using maybe 3 of the 8 slots to carry stuff around. (2) there have been so many changes to the game over the years that lost count, but at one time dragon attack was a risk wherever, and dragons burn down wooden structures, so I went with a stone one. But I find the single story layout of the gathering hall most convenient to store everything and all the workstations fit in nicely, plus the two entrances are nice. (3) did some co-op over the years. As with all games, some bad experiences with trolls wanting to just give others grief for whatever personal reasons, but otherwise ok.

@@kagang8959 thank you for your answer! TH-cam has been especially bad at notifications lately so I only just saw it!

I actually didn't pay attention to the crab pot lights except to notice that they turned off when the pot needed repair. If they have crab, should see the lights flashing.

i usually go to allkeyshop which lists all the places you can get games and identifies the cheapest at any particular time. Dredge was an Indie game of the year contender in 2023.

thanks, appreciated.

He usually comes about 3 days after talking to him, sometimes a day or so longer. Just to check, did you close out any day before the visitor cut-off of 11am ? If so visitors can be missed. If he comes and you don´t have the diamonds he will keep coming back until you either tell him to stop or you have the fare.