Finally found the starter chest

[Chelios]

16 hours in! The sad thing is I have done more than my fair share of thieving in that city and hadn't come across it. I'm sure this was mentioned in some text I deigned unnecessary.

Oh well. I actually feel good that I had to do it with wooden tools. It's not like it took long before I started finding nice stuff out in the wild, or on aforementioned thieving runs. I bet I'm a lot more comfortable with the crafting menu.

But damn, that it even contained multiple copper spears -- that stung. I had recently found and promptly lost a couple stone spears that were absolutely precious to me. Until those, I had been hauling 6+ wooden spears around while "hunting" (read: "running around searching for my spears and ultimately waiting for deer to run straight at me or bug out entirely")...

Just figured I'd share. I found it amusing. I'm really loving this game. It took awhile before it clicked -- the first 6 hours of playtime are a lot of menu AFKs, or loading the game up and quitting after 2-20 minutes, having not really accomplished anything. But that's not unusual for me these days. I'm just glad I sensed I would get there eventually -- and that this game would be worth it!

Thanks for reading!

[Lee Enfield]

I still haven't located it but I'm deep into the Oxbow story now lol Pretty much had the same resolve, just plod on with wooden tools till all is up and running. I'm still using the odd stone pickaxe, but have unlocked the bronze one now so that's a massive improvement (I did find and buy a few along the way.) Loving Oxbow though compared to the hundreds of hours I put into the Valley story, so much more fleshed out and interesting.

[Priest]

SPOILER

The starter Box Spawns not until you have spoken to the doctor.
Its direct next to the Chicken, on the other side of the fence from the Target you shall use the spear on

[Chelios]

I'm in Oxbow too, I should have mentioned! And yeah, I've even found the odd Iron tool and they're wildly better. It's so nice. I've killed and skinned so many animals with my iron knife and it's only gone down maybe 10%. I find that the iron tools I come across -- at least the ones I have to steal -- usually have terrible durability, but my knife came with like 65%. And even 2-10% will last you a long while, compared to wood!

And thanks for the info, Priest! I thought it was next to the shack I started in. Facing the shack, outside and to the right. When I found the chest, Derwan was standing outside the house.

[Lee Enfield]

Originally posted by Priest:

SPOILER

The starter Box Spawns not until you have spoken to the doctor.
Its direct next to the Chicken, on the other side of the fence from the Target you shall use the spear on

I'll take a look the next time I'm in Plastovia and see what I missed out on. I'll probably grab the items and sell them to pay for animal feed or maybe I nice gift for my wife lol and she'll say "Aww thanks, I appreciate a gift, even this one !"

Cheers for the info.

[Lee Enfield]

Originally posted by Chelios:

I'm in Oxbow too, I should have mentioned! And yeah, I've even found the odd Iron tool and they're wildly better. It's so nice. I've killed and skinned so many animals with my iron knife and it's only gone down maybe 10%. I find that the iron tools I come across -- at least the ones I have to steal -- usually have terrible durability, but my knife came with like 65%. And even 2-10% will last you a long while, compared to wood!

And thanks for the info, Priest! I thought it was next to the shack I started in. Facing the shack, outside and to the right. When I found the chest, Derwan was standing outside the house.

The tools wearing out and breaking is a bit of a nuisance but you'll likely get better performance from some tools as you progress and unlock better skills. 10% better durability and up to 30% better.

But yeah, I hope they (the devs) revise this at some point so we can just sharpen a tool rather than having to replace it, but I doubt it. And don't get me started on arrows simply vanishing whilst out hunting. Compensation would be nice, but I guess all the free stuff we can find some what covers the losses and stops me from raging about it. Those Iron Arrows aren't cheap ! I've never lost so many copper and bronze arrows as I have in Oxbow, whether it was hunting rabbits, badgers and foxes for the quests or Wisents for meat and leather or wolves because they are just annoying, those arrows just simply vanish into the ether

[Chelios]

With rabbits, don't waste resources! Chase the little bastards down with your knife like the little budding psycho I believe is inside each of us.

[Lee Enfield]

Originally posted by Chelios:

With rabbits, don't waste resources! Chase the little bastards down with your knife like the little budding psycho I believe is inside each of us.

Been there, done that haha I don't normally hunt them but there's lots of quests on the notice board to kill the little critters, rabbits, badgers and foxes and being the archer sniper maestro, I let the arrows do the work 😜 It's quicker

[Chelios]

Fair enough! Just in case you or anyone wasn't aware: they're fast, but not fast enough.

Alright, Lee -- how do I hunt fish? Do I need the fishing hut? I'm working on that but it's not up and running yet. However, I've found a few fishing spears along the way, but I've yet to see a fish...

[Lee Enfield]

Originally posted by Chelios:

Fair enough! Just in case you or anyone wasn't aware: they're fast, but not fast enough.

Alright, Lee -- how do I hunt fish? Do I need the fishing hut? I'm working on that but it's not up and running yet. However, I've found a few fishing spears along the way, but I've yet to see a fish...

🤣 They are quick and have a habit of going through undergrowth making you go left, when they went right and you scratch your head 😜

You wont need the fishing hut to hunt them, but if you want to dry or salt fish then you will, or if you want someone to fish for you. Best way is to use the map and select the animals layover, there you can see the locations of fish habitats. Pike are the easiest, you can use a regular spear for them and bring the best yield of meat and once roasted, can get you some decent coinage. Fish spears are handy for the taddies, Roach and Perch, but for me, they are a waste of time and effort for the return.
Once you've unlocked the fishing net traps, you'll have it easier catching them if you prefer Roach and Perch.
Shame there's no slippery eels though, if you like chasing wabbits, imagine how much fun you could have trying to catch an eel.

"Spike a Pike, what's not to like" is my motto

[Lee Enfield]

Originally posted by Chelios:

Fair enough! Just in case you or anyone wasn't aware: they're fast, but not fast enough.

Alright, Lee -- how do I hunt fish? Do I need the fishing hut? I'm working on that but it's not up and running yet. However, I've found a few fishing spears along the way, but I've yet to see a fish...

PS If you unlock the inspector mode you'll find it a bit easier to hunt fish, but it's still tricky at times, the glow doesn't stand out so much until your close. and in gloomy weather it can be an ordeal.

[Lee Enfield]

I located the chest by the way and good grief, that would have made life easier at the start of my Oxbow game

[Chelios]

No kidding! I have to imagine I'm still a long way from actually producing my own copper tools. The chest seems like a weird choice, frankly... And thanks a ton for all the help! I'm starting to drool at the prospect of the most horrific fish massacre the Oxbow's ever seen. Like, if Ted Nugent were a fisherman.

[kyew]

Originally posted by Chelios:

No kidding! I have to imagine I'm still a long way from actually producing my own copper tools.

Not as far as you might think. All you need is a cave with ore deposits, and the tech comes pretty quickly.

Best cave I've found is: down in the south part of the map, right of center. Just follow the river and you'll see it. If I remember right, there wasn't even a bear there when I found it, though there are a couple bears near the small lake to the northwest. A lot of nice level ground for building and plenty of resources. it's a bit out of the way, but still pretty close to the main city.

[Priest]

If we speak about the starter chest it has only a few ressources to make a torch and a Wood spear.

I suggest to make asap orchyards.
They cause not much work
they give food, that can be sold or later turn into fertilizer
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3313809084

And you need anyway to make some fields to unlock the food storage, what is much nicer than checking all the houses

And i spend the first day of each season in my mine and the mine in the other town. When i could start with iron tools i had 800 Iron ingots on storage
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3313808989

Specially if you have restricted carryweight i suggest to build several storage buildings


(The main town for a complete example)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3313809049

Or as a complete tip
1: Start game make startquest
2: Build 3 small houses next to a mine you can later expand (the mine will need 6 worker)
3: Plant tons of Fruit trees (slows you down in the beginning but speed you up after year 2)
4: Most important Ressource your settler can produce in the first 2 Years are Woodlogs, worst buildings are Hunter and Fisher. (They Produce literally less food as you can Hunt in a few minutes)

[Tinkamara]

Originally posted by Priest:

If we speak about the starter chest it has only a few ressources to make a torch and a Wood spear.

Yes and no, the quartermaster is a pretty nice guy, you should listen to what he has to say.