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Gameplay questions / Re: Do bears, wolves etc have a lair that they return to?

« on: February 05, 2019, 12:03:06 PM »

According to Shrek, Ogres have layers...

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Gameplay questions / Re: How exactly to make elk leather

« on: January 23, 2019, 11:08:39 PM »

Skis don't use leather, they use exclusively furs. Additionally they are hard to make (use Carpentry), and it's possible the first effort will make poor quality ones, so probably more fur is needed to make decent skis.

Ski pole yes, I would add grainflail, but both of them can be made only once and there's no need for more. Maybe they can be remade later with better quality. There's also a skin (container), but it's practically worthless, given you can buy bags and birch-boxes, or make bowls.

The real reason for acquiring of leather may be repairing stuff: it takes as much leather as is missing from the clothing, plus 3% of base weight. I use most of leather this way. Also sometimes you just can't find boots, so have to make them yourself.

Saiko- Yep. I forgot that skis require furs- AGAIN! I actually have a thread here, somewhere, where I was reminded that skis need furs to make them. (sigh) It's just that I make them so seldom. And, I saw a thread somewhere that said the quality of skis and ski sticks has no bearing on your movement speed, so, that detracts from the desire to make more of them. Likewise, the villagers will discriminate some about the quality but, overall, they think everything I make is of little value. It's kind of strange, really. I cannot make, for instance, a Masterwork Staff, but the villagers will trade me their's for a few scraps of dried meat. So, If I could make them, they'd be worthless, regardless of their quality.

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Gameplay questions / Re: How exactly to make elk leather

« on: January 21, 2019, 06:43:42 AM »

I'll reiterate the warnings of others- DO NOT lose track of the status of your furs. I'm sure that I've wasted more than I've made into leather from spending an extra day on the road and then finding my skins rotted.

Otoh- Unless you've a desire to outfit yourself with a lot of leather armor, there's really very little call for leather in the game. Skis, ski poles, that's pretty much all you'll find a use for.

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Gameplay questions / Re: ermines weasels and pine martens

« on: January 21, 2019, 06:34:15 AM »

I've caught a few of these types with pawboards. I came to the conclusion that they're not worth the effort one expends checking traps, etc. No one values the furs and there is little meat from a successful catch.

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Gameplay questions / Re: What affects watercraft speed?

« on: December 23, 2018, 02:13:35 PM »

One would expect an ungainly, or inferior, craft to require more effort to control it in the water. On rivers and rapids, the direction of currents would amplify the difficulty when going against the stream. The load-carrying ability of a poorly made craft should be lessened. 

Actual factors affecting the speed of a craft would seem to be buoyancy and resistance.

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Gameplay questions / Re: A blistering work week...heh

« on: December 21, 2018, 06:45:11 PM »

Make sure you don't let those preserved meats go to waste.  I once had a bounty like yours and my tons of meats spoiled in my cellars because I couldn't eat through them fast enough and I didn't think to do anything else. 

• Trade them.  You can but tons of stuff with sufficiently large stacks of preserved meats.  You might need to travel a while though because some villages won't keep trading in smoked/dried meat if you saturate the market.
• Give them away.  Small stacks of meat given as gifts is a great way to make friends and influence people (NPCs).

Don't waste all your meat!

Good advice! Summer has arrived and, even with 3 dogs helping, I've still got over 4K of dried elk, alone. I went through all the smoked stuff first but the cellar is still over-stocked. I guess I'll set off soon to see the Sartola for the first time.

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Gameplay questions / Herbal Blends

« on: December 21, 2018, 08:23:50 AM »

From the Sage quests, I've received an Essential Herbal blend and a Forest Force Herbal blend. My question is are they the same thing and how should I use them, how are they used?
 

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Gameplay questions / Re: Can i buy healing herbs and seeds somewhere?

« on: December 20, 2018, 04:39:40 PM »

Funny thing about those quests is that they often seem to be for herbs that are not in season yet.

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General Discussion / Re: Man, I hate wolves!

« on: December 19, 2018, 10:30:56 PM »

Smash- Cool adventure! Cool names, too! heh

Wolves scare the bejeezus out of me. I once got dragged down into a fight, as you were. Bad news! There was at least one immediately behind me that bit me once and crippled me. I had no dogs or Companions and could only just lay there, swinging fruitlessly as they kept hitting me from my blind area. It was over quickly. I never saw the one behind me.

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General Discussion / Re: Man, I hate wolves!

« on: December 19, 2018, 02:57:50 PM »

Privateer- I'd bet that I've seen that episode. It used to be on every weekend when I was a kid. Yeah, I'm that old...heh

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General Discussion / Re: Man, I hate wolves!

« on: December 19, 2018, 02:54:27 PM »

Palu- Woohoo! There was a thread that explained how to read the location in the msgtxt file. I found my stuff! I recovered 29 furs, 15 elk and 5 bear furs among them, my Perfect fishing pole, Masterwork knife and punt. Found no sign of the Companion but there were fresh wolf tracks so I didn't look very hard for him. Perhaps he survived?

For the record, the zoom out line was right where I cut off the text, so, there was nothing said about anyone fighting. And, yes, I was panicked because it was a wolf pack, not a lone wolf..lol.

Thanks again for your good advice. Btw, I've never again hired a Companion with a bow..hehe.

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General Discussion / Re: Man, I hate wolves!

« on: December 19, 2018, 03:23:31 AM »

Wow! Getting wrecked! Stumble on a Njerp while wearing skis, holding stick and a javelin. Before I get close, he nails me with a broadhead in the guts. I loose my two dogs and move closer. I throw my javelin and bury it in his guts. THEN he kills one of my dogs with it!

Finally he dies. I collect his gear and start to skin my dead dog. Out of nowhere a lynx pops up, which then attacks and kills my cow! I get off two arrows which my 'Expert' misses with...meh. NOW it runs away. Unbelievable luck.

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General Discussion / Re: Man, I hate wolves!

« on: December 18, 2018, 11:58:25 PM »

You didn't happen to be too panicky to miss a warning about your companion and bull being unable to reach you when trying to zoom out?

And yes, wolves are bad news. I do what I can to stay away from them.

Palu- Here is the text log. It says I unleashed my bull. Is that what it does when an animal is killed because I certainly didn't scroll down and choose to unleash it? As you see, there's no word of the Companion, unless it's those bellows of pain. Lastly, is there any way I can locate the corpses? I'm really disheartened to have lost so much of my first year's success.

You encounter an animal. You think it's a Wolf...
(143270):24hd:

• {054704EF}      | Zooming in ...

(000000):24hd:[T]{054704EF}      | There is coniferous forest here and you encounter something.
(A80000):24hd:[!]{054704EF}      | You can't run while skiing!
(3C5A98):24hd:[:]{054704EF}      | You ski.
(A80000):24hd:[!]{054704EF}      | There's a spruce blocking your way!
(3C5A98):24hd:[:]{054704EF}      | You ski.
(000000):24hd:[Y]{054704F0}      | You hear a bellow of pain from the north-east.
(000000):24hd:[Y]{054704F0}      | You hear something running away in the north-east.
(000000):24hd:[Y]{054704F0}      | You hear a creature barking in alarm in the north.
(000000):24hd:[Y]{054704F0}      | You hear a creature barking in alarm in the north-east.
(3C5A98):24hd:[:]{054704F0}      | You ski.
(000000):24hd:[Y]{054704F0}      | You hear a bellow of pain from the north.
(3C5A98):24hd:[:]{054704F0}      | You ski.
(143270):24hd:

• {054704F0}      | You see a rock here.

(3C5A98):24hd:[:]{054704F0}      | You ski.
(3C5A98):24hd:[:]{054704F0}      | You unleash Bellow.
(3C5A98):24hd:[:]{054704F0}      | You ski.
(000000):24hd:[Y]{054704F0}      | You hear something running away in the north-west.

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General Discussion / Man, I hate wolves!

« on: December 18, 2018, 11:14:17 AM »

I'm traveling with almost my entire year's haul of furs, mostly winter, almost all Fine condition. I'm looking for a foreign trader, to fulfill the quest. I run into wolves, far from home. So, I immediately turn around and run! I successfully evaded them, although I did hear one of my bulls bellowing as we ran. Thus, I continued on in my travels. Not until I was settling in for the evening did I notice that my Companion AND one of my bulls was missing! 

I was traveling with two bulls, a cow, 3 dogs, and a Companion. The bull carrying ALL the furs was missing. Elk, bear, reindeer, wolf, fox, all gone and there was no way for me to retrace my steps. This is crushing...

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Gameplay questions / Re: Can i buy healing herbs and seeds somewhere?

« on: December 18, 2018, 05:36:11 AM »

Do the villages ever trade for seeds? My experience says 'no'. You'd think sages would be in the market for some herbs, too. Instead, they ask me to find 50-60 of something I can't even identify yet...heh.