PC 7 Days to Starve.
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pApA^LeGBa
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There is food everywhere.
A lot of meat in ovens, refigerator. Cans of food in cupboards and such.
Super early Guns make it easy also, no reason to fear a boar maybe even a bear right at start
(It´s riddiculous how fast i got a pistol and a shotgun in orange, Ammo for both(!) was in the very first car i looted right next to my spawn)
There is those small corn, blueberries and potatoe fields in cities or at POI`s. Navezgane still has the big farm afaik.
And ofc there is yucca and snowberries in the wild. Tedious but enough for days.
No clue about the new farming yet. Overall it´s not harder to get food. You need more meat, but there is more animals than in A16.
A17 is another step towards FPS away from crafting, survival, basebuilding. (wich is not only due to the food still beeing availabe everywhere tough)
A lot of meat in ovens, refigerator. Cans of food in cupboards and such.
Super early Guns make it easy also, no reason to fear a boar maybe even a bear right at start
(It´s riddiculous how fast i got a pistol and a shotgun in orange, Ammo for both(!) was in the very first car i looted right next to my spawn)
There is those small corn, blueberries and potatoe fields in cities or at POI`s. Navezgane still has the big farm afaik.
And ofc there is yucca and snowberries in the wild. Tedious but enough for days.
No clue about the new farming yet. Overall it´s not harder to get food. You need more meat, but there is more animals than in A16.
A17 is another step towards FPS away from crafting, survival, basebuilding. (wich is not only due to the food still beeing availabe everywhere tough)
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Since "Don't starve together" was taken, I came up with A17- "You WILL starve, together!"
Seriously though, it hasn't been bad, as others have said there is a lot of adapting, A17 is like a whole new game.
I've done a lot of restarts singleplayer (cause of missing trader bug) and I have noticed that 9 out of 10 there will be a boar or deer nearby spawn, keep an eye on it as you do your starter quests, make some more arrows and kill that sucker! Sneak mode 1st shot for extra dmg, can 1 shot a deer, the pig will take a few shots but they don't seem anywhere as tough as they were before. Then there's the inevitable wolf you will run into, which is a source of meat at least
I've mostly been playing on a public server now with a 4 man team, it's like a full time job for 1 person hunting meat, but we have yet to run out of bacon and eggs. Also seem to be enough random plots of corn, potatoes, berries to be found. If you aren't wounded and just need to eat for stamina, it's slow spamming down baked taters but they get the job done and save the better food for when you need it will stretch out your supplies a lot.
Barns tend to have pigs, also found a house that has pigs in cages on every floor. I came out of one of there with close to 300 meat last night.
Water should really never be a problem. Even if RNJesus ♥♥♥♥s on you for a cooking pot, just keep a tin can on you. It isn't like you need to keep your hydration at 100% anymore.
Seriously though, it hasn't been bad, as others have said there is a lot of adapting, A17 is like a whole new game.
I've done a lot of restarts singleplayer (cause of missing trader bug) and I have noticed that 9 out of 10 there will be a boar or deer nearby spawn, keep an eye on it as you do your starter quests, make some more arrows and kill that sucker! Sneak mode 1st shot for extra dmg, can 1 shot a deer, the pig will take a few shots but they don't seem anywhere as tough as they were before. Then there's the inevitable wolf you will run into, which is a source of meat at least
I've mostly been playing on a public server now with a 4 man team, it's like a full time job for 1 person hunting meat, but we have yet to run out of bacon and eggs. Also seem to be enough random plots of corn, potatoes, berries to be found. If you aren't wounded and just need to eat for stamina, it's slow spamming down baked taters but they get the job done and save the better food for when you need it will stretch out your supplies a lot.
Barns tend to have pigs, also found a house that has pigs in cages on every floor. I came out of one of there with close to 300 meat last night.
Water should really never be a problem. Even if RNJesus ♥♥♥♥s on you for a cooking pot, just keep a tin can on you. It isn't like you need to keep your hydration at 100% anymore.
SlicksGirl
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yeah, i burn through those sledges like gasoline in the bike
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exactly. food isnt an issue.. and there are crafting stations everywhere. its more like the walking dead, they were fine until they started building a community, then you've got issuesSince "Don't starve together" was taken, I came up with A17- "You WILL starve, together!"Seriously though, it hasn't been bad, as others have said there is a lot of adapting, A17 is like a whole new game.
I've done a lot of restarts singleplayer (cause of missing trader bug) and I have noticed that 9 out of 10 there will be a boar or deer nearby spawn, keep an eye on it as you do your starter quests, make some more arrows and kill that sucker! Sneak mode 1st shot for extra dmg, can 1 shot a deer, the pig will take a few shots but they don't seem anywhere as tough as they were before. Then there's the inevitable wolf you will run into, which is a source of meat at least
I've mostly been playing on a public server now with a 4 man team, it's like a full time job for 1 person hunting meat, but we have yet to run out of bacon and eggs. Also seem to be enough random plots of corn, potatoes, berries to be found. If you aren't wounded and just need to eat for stamina, it's slow spamming down baked taters but they get the job done and save the better food for when you need it will stretch out your supplies a lot.
Barns tend to have pigs, also found a house that has pigs in cages on every floor. I came out of one of there with close to 300 meat last night.
Water should really never be a problem. Even if RNJesus ♥♥♥♥s on you for a cooking pot, just keep a tin can on you. It isn't like you need to keep your hydration at 100% anymore.
LuckyStar
New member
That's exactly it though isn't Roland?
We have to change our tried and true routines and habits.
Hey I'm no exception. I'm an OG and new things are scary to old people.
Changing has been a rough go but if us old guys can do it, so can anyone.
I feel like if people just give it a chance, maybe play a trial game [or two] they'll be fine.
Wigbert
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If you try the map seed
DemonSpawn666
The town at 0.0 has sooooo many planted crops it would be impossible to starve.
As for missing trader. All you have to do is start walking toward 0.0 and it will eventually show up on your radar.
Boil the murky water in the jar it is in. Who needs a can anymore. Cans are for melting snow.
DemonSpawn666
The town at 0.0 has sooooo many planted crops it would be impossible to starve.
As for missing trader. All you have to do is start walking toward 0.0 and it will eventually show up on your radar.
Boil the murky water in the jar it is in. Who needs a can anymore. Cans are for melting snow.
RestInPieces
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canadianbluebeer
New member
I've tried worse names as seeds.... for science, yeah, that's it. :angel:
Yes, Navezgane still has the super cornfields, there are some taters/bluebeers about too.
On random, food plots are still everywhere, but don't show up the same way in the previewer.
Navezgane, corn easy, eggs easy, snow means snowballs means water without going to river.
Bags of cement in POI means sand for jars. (the blue things are full pallet of cement, use the shovel)
Food is sourced differently in A17 early game vs A16 and before. I wouldn't say it's any more difficult, just different. You need to rely more on nests, animals, traders and vending machines and less on canned food, which used to be abundant due to zombie loot drops.
If you are playing Nav, I would suggest burning forest biome, as you get a lot of destroyed and easily accessed buildings with kitchens to loot and you can see nests far away.
You can't count on animals. You're lucky if you see one a week unless you find a POI with "boar sleepers". Rabbits are 20-times more likely to be spawned in, and only one such spawn seems allowed to exist at any one time.. with a one-week respawn timer. Good luck spotting rabbits.
Animals are far, far too rare. You get more meat raiding kitchens than you'll ever get from wild animal spawns. You can blow entire days "Hunting" and not find anything except eggs, rocks, and zombies. A17 hunting is done in towns, in refrigerators.
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Feycat
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We have not changed any animal spawn chances and we're rolling in meat every time we go out. Are you doing trader quests? They make you travel quite far. I'm our dedicated huntsman and after going around doing a quest or two, I've got at least an inventory slot or even two full of meat from killing and butchering animals.
A point or two in huntsman also makes a world of difference. I can get 60 meat from a wolf.
SylenThunder
Community Moderator / IT Guru
I often wonder how some people are having these issues.
I see rabbits all the time, and they've been one of my primary food sources.
Every single new game I've started, I've run into at least one boar within the first 10-15 minutes of gameplay. They aren't difficult to kill. (Rabbits are easier though.)
If you aren't over-hunting the same area, you're soon swimming in meat. I travelled 2km to a trader, and when I got back to my base I had over 150 meat, and a couple dozen eggs. I got a nice variety of canned foods as well.
Jugginator
Moderator
Yeah, same here. I think people are missing them, mainly. The deer don't prance around like cocaine-fueled crazies anymore, they're a little more discrete. But I always have 150-200 + meat in my storage box and 20 or so bacon and eggs.
"7 Days of Grocery Shopping". I'm sorry but a post apocalyptic world should not have vending machines and traders loaded with infinite loot and food. It's so immersion breaking. I just go to the trader for that initial quest then forget about them. The good loot should be player crafted and/or found!
canadianbluebeer
New member
rabbits will stop and sit up, basically saying "SHOOT ME NOW".
Deer are still skittish, but not on crack.
Boars... listen for their grunting sounds.
Bears: good eatin.... for one of you.
spawn on animals seems to come in spurts. I'll go days seeing nothing, then it's buffet time and I'll get a ton of meat.
eggs, corn, taters, blueberres? easy to find.
Deer are still skittish, but not on crack.
Boars... listen for their grunting sounds.
Bears: good eatin.... for one of you.
spawn on animals seems to come in spurts. I'll go days seeing nothing, then it's buffet time and I'll get a ton of meat.
eggs, corn, taters, blueberres? easy to find.
If you read the xml it's 1 spawn per week per biome, so you will really need to be ranging far to have a consistent meat supply. Yes you will see it almost immediately when you enter the biome for the first time, but after its dead you're going to be searching in vain for another unless you move to a completely different area.