Once Human Health situation

[Jahix]

Hi. I understand the concept of survival in the cold and having your water and food supply go down quicker than usual. But having to be stuck at your base because you can't get proper resources without dying outside your territory is getting ridiculous. I've died numerous times just inches away from my territory while gathering food cause we need food constantly. Its not playable anymore... and i REALLY love this game.

[ChoeChoeTrain]

As long as you use the all weather stew and are using some of the materials in your gear that provide heat/cold resist you should be fine. Theres also specializations that provide even more weather resist like the snowshoes, ac, heater, etc. Theres also the chaos lantern although that takes up a lot of chaoism. If you're really struggling that badly I suggest you watch a guide video or move your base at the very least to a lower/higher climate until you get a better understanding on how to survive.

[Monarch]

Have you tried... I don't know, ask for help? It is an MMO after all.
Plenty of players aren't struggling, and plenty more are thriving, and even plenty more are so bored, they're generous enough to just give out stuff and help others.

[SteelAceBae]

Ask for help, but if you just joined a dead server then it's gonna be bad and also there is an event page that you can buy food and drink.

[marshmallow justice]

yeah wotw is tedious aids but it is what it is

[Dark Savior]

Advice regarding food and water.
Neither is needed to survive.
Water is needed for sprint speed.
I have been ignoring food for the last 2-3 scenarios.

Dont build your base near chaosweaver spawn points.
They will increase or decrease the temperature by alot.

[~KeNnEtH~]

1. Base location:

Don't chase the meta. I have a friend who chose to build on top of a lava pool just because it is near a thermal tower and in pollution area. His rationale was just to power his generators to make acid. The issue was teleporting back to base often spawn the character in lava and the character can't get full hp in base. He had to sleep in other people's base.

So, if you are picking a location where the temperature is just not what you can currently deal with, consider moving.

2. Do the necessary:

A lot of people jump into Way of Winter with the exact same expectation of playing Manibus. In Manibus, making food is optional, but All Weather Stew is a must in Way of Winter in later phases. Farming also become somewhat mandatory if you want a steady supply of ingredients unless you build at the right places.

Similarly, a lot of people just straight up ignore the skins. Your top and pants need to have the right skins to survive. You can see which skins give cold and hot resist but generally, bear (cold) and crocodile (hot) are good. Both animals can be found in Wishland Amusement Park's zoo and river safari.

Don't forget heatium and coldium as well if you are just starting out. Chaosium lantern also helps a bit.

3. UI confusion:

The UI for temperature mechanic is not very well designed but in general, there are 3 UIs:

(a) Ambient temperature meter (under mini map): your resistance will increase the size of the white zone. You want to keep the arrow in the white zone. The arrow reflects the ambient temperature.

(b) Thermometer (above HP bar): It will basically give indication of whether your body temperature is going up or down. Ideally, if you are always in the white zone, you should not see this.

(c) Body shape (above HP bar): If you see this, you are either too cold or too hot. There is a slight problem with this UI and it is that when you are in base, you can be in a too cold or too hot state and you will not take damage. However, if you leave your territory, it takes time for the body temperature to adjust and/or the area you are in could be outside the white zone.

This is potentially one reason why you suddenly lose hp and die after leaving base. So, double-check if the body shape is appearing. If your character has healthy body temperature, it should not appear. Again, this ties back to point 1 on your base location.

[Jahix]

I did ask for help with friends that play with me and no one really gave a straight answer nor knew. Ive been trying to escape the area im in which is un whalebone at the far north beach area and still.. i die. So ill try to gather as much even when i die and try to run out to another location. Thank you everyone for the tips and tricks.

[Zoltan]

literally everyone on my server hated the winter scenario and chose manibus again for the 5th time last wipe

[-Tr¡Ρ-]

Way of Winter has a pretty high learning curve in the beginning tbf. You need to be aware of your starting location as well as the skins of the animals that you use to craft your gear. Have a look around nearby shorelines for Seals, these will give you excellent cold resist that only improves if you get wet (for your torso and legs only). Remember to carry a torch, this will increase your ambient temperature by +5 while you've got it out. Place multiple campfires around your base, especially next to your bed (they stack if their AoE overlaps). Craft thermal stones to keep you warmer or colder for an hour at a time. And most importantly -- get your memetics up to "cooking 3" so you can craft all-weather stew (very easily made, no deviated ingredients required). This will take care of all your temperature problems unless you fall into lava or something.

I'm not sure of the exact figures but 50 cold/heat resist allowed me to run around in -35C or +85C without worries respectively. There are areas where you will need to stack your resistances to survive.

[BurlsoL]

The problem is simply...

Being anywhere other than keeping temperature firmly in the white zone is pretty much death. The timer is just too short to do anything meaningful like running outside to collect resources and causes negative effects similar to corruption which compounds the issue. Early game heat sources are inconsistent and unreliable so most of early game is spent hugging your campsite and doing brief 5 minute excursions as anything longer than this leads to debuffs that can lead to unpreventable (early game) death. This makes things just not fun for anyone.

Temperature swings (even without CW effects) are too severe. Instead of making certain areas of the map require higher resistance, it was made where everywhere just simply sucks until you have enough stuff to make temperature no longer matter. This discourages exploration so the game map feels less interesting since people only go to the large POIs instead of realizing that some of those minor and unmarked structures have stuff too.

It's not that the temperature system is hard once you have gear and buffs to negate it... It's that none of it is fun. It doesn't add anything to the playing experience while adding an additional layer of hindrance to players wanting to do things in the game.

[~KeNnEtH~]

One more tip for the early start in case it helps.

The campsite (placed with T) helps.

So, carry some logs and gravel, and if you are too cold, being at the campsite helps.

Ultimately, best option is head to the zoo in Wishland East and get some bear skin. Make top and pants with it and your problem will be solved until later phase.

[Spyro]

We had trouble in beginning too. Use a torch it will help!