Livonia map am i totally confused (returning player advice please)

[Slightlymad]

Ok so I am having a huge difficulty staying alive longer that 20 minutes or so , I have watched multiple you tube guides on this game from fishing , cooking , apple trees basic crafting but nothing seems to fit with the new map for instance ......

1- I have spent about 20 respawns just looking for fruit trees , are they even on the new map near the starter locations?

2- I cannot find small stones for improvised knife as per the you tube chap Im checking streams , ponds , railway etc cannot find 1 even checking vicinity to no avail.

3- water appears to kill me whatever I find , i found a pot tried to cook it in a fire but didnt have the tripod thingy and lost it all.

4- my mate finds mushrooms on the floor everywhere for me they just dont show up.

I really want to get into this but im just super stuck and cant get out the starter area.

[etwas]

Originally posted by PsychoGuy:

1- I have spent about 20 respawns just looking for fruit trees , are they even on the new map near the starter locations?

2- I cannot find small stones for improvised knife as per the you tube chap Im checking streams , ponds , railway etc cannot find 1 even checking vicinity to no avail.

3- water appears to kill me whatever I find , i found a pot tried to cook it in a fire but didnt have the tripod thingy and lost it all.

4- my mate finds mushrooms on the floor everywhere for me they just dont show up.

1 - actually i think there spawn no fruits under the trees in livonia. different season i guess. but u can get mushrooms near haystacks or in forests.

2 - check the trail paths for small stones

3 - find a bottle/canteen/cooking pot. if u find them filled with water already - empty them, dont drink it, u dont know the source where the water comes from and u most likely get sick from it. or purify the water if u found tablets.
find a well - in each village should be one. drink til the stomach symbol shows up.
some buildings have fireplaces where u can attach the cooking pot.

4 - the ambient loot spawns in when players are nearby. just stay in an area for a couple of minutes and mushrooms might spawn in close.

[Slightlymad]

Originally posted by etwas:

Originally posted by PsychoGuy:

1- I have spent about 20 respawns just looking for fruit trees , are they even on the new map near the starter locations?

2- I cannot find small stones for improvised knife as per the you tube chap Im checking streams , ponds , railway etc cannot find 1 even checking vicinity to no avail.

3- water appears to kill me whatever I find , i found a pot tried to cook it in a fire but didnt have the tripod thingy and lost it all.

4- my mate finds mushrooms on the floor everywhere for me they just dont show up.

1 - actually i think there spawn no fruits under the trees in livonia. different season i guess. but u can get mushrooms near haystacks or in forests.

2 - check the trail paths for small stones

3 - find a bottle/canteen/cooking pot. if u find them filled with water already - empty them, dont drink it, u dont know the source where the water comes from and u most likely get sick from it. or purify the water if u found tablets.
find a well - in each village should be one. drink til the stomach symbol shows up.
some buildings have fireplaces where u can attach the cooking pot.

4 - the ambient loot spawns in when players are nearby. just stay in an area for a couple of minutes and mushrooms might spawn in close.

Thank you that helps a bunch , for your info I was getting poisoned from using the pump well in towns as well so dont know if that was intended and did not see any "blue" house or anything that resembles a medical place for the pills

[etwas]

the water from wells is good to drink. maybe u got sick before already or u had bloody hands.

[Slightlymad]

Originally posted by etwas:

the water from wells is good to drink. maybe u got sick before already or u had bloody hands.

bloody hands thats probably it , steep learning curve!!

[Hajami]

You Spawn:
- You need to locate and find a starter setlement.
- You look for Big Church or Police Station, because a Water Pump seems to be common near those Buildings. This is the most important step i believe if you dont find water bottle on the way.
- Check a few Houses on your Way for Gear but specialy a Knife or Stones primary and a hatchet secondary-
- Kill and find your first chicken or try to hatchet a cow or pig you can hear the Rooster from very wide distances.
- Use Bones to craft a fishing hook, now you are able to fish.
- Since you ate the grilled chicken and drunk much at the water pump earlier and survived so far,
you need to look for a water container: Bottle, Cooking Pod or Fuel Canister(In case you found a Backpack) or you risk going without it to the next town if to much pvp is going on in the starter area. Or you go down to the river or a Pond fishing until your tools are nearly broken.
It seems to be about time and risk management.

Altenrativly:
- You Locate the Town where you are in.
- You search for a Barell or Tent or Nails and Hacksaw for Wooden Container and Place it somewhere. Now you start putting usefull items into it. Maybe your friends help, now you got your first secret starter camp/stash or open fun camp to get the Basics.
- You use it to gain control over the town you are in, or to have enough stuff to travel further with less risk of dieing if something went wrong, because you got Gear and Food and specialy Water.
- You and youre friends maybe die a few times but at some point it should sustain you for some Time.
- The Sun rises in the east and sunset in the West. You can use it to find correct direction without compass, but its not always easy nor very precise but it helps.
- Animals Spawn very much Food at the Moment, try to find a Cow or other animals and your Group will be able to camp and pvp for hours without worrying about food.
Meat also contains a little bit fluid, but will not be enough on the long run.


Tips:
Clothing + Hatchet or something else (dont ruin your knife with this) = Rags
6Rags + 6Rags = Rope
Rope + Long Stick = Fishing Rod
Bone + Saw or Knife = Fishing Hook
Many tools + ground = Earthworm + Fishing Hook = Fish Bait + Rod = Happy Fishing
Rope + Burlap = Smal Bag + 3Sticks = Improvised Backpack
If Bottle or Container in Hands, look on the Ground to get the Empty Container Option

Bottle can be infected and need desinfection in that case.
Glooves can be infected while cutting animals and can make you ill at water pumps, so put em off or use a bottle or desinfect them or just wear new ones.

[Wizzerd]

From what I have seen in Livonia
-Chlorine pills are usually in hunting / deer stands
-Fruit trees are not present
-The south region of the map is harsh, has few sources of water and more animals including bears.
-Livonia rains like crazy and water-resistant gear is not effective enough causing easy hypothermia

Basically Livonia is a lot harder than Chernarus and because most of the servers are high population there is less loot.

[Slightlymad]

Awesome responses , Haj thnx for the rope trick , was doing my head in trying to find it . I can easily get bone rags and a stick for a rod + make fire so guess im set now.

Does a tent provide a respawn btw?

[Wizzerd]

Tents provide huge storage but not respawn. I haven't tested if they provide shelter from rain yet but I doubt it.

[Slightlymad]

Originally posted by wizzerd695:

Tents provide huge storage but not respawn. I haven't tested if they provide shelter from rain yet but I doubt it.

Sorry to keep badgering you for questions , is there a way to create a respawn in game yet?

[us271934-Слава Україн]

Originally posted by PsychoGuy:

Originally posted by wizzerd695:

Tents provide huge storage but not respawn. I haven't tested if they provide shelter from rain yet but I doubt it.

Sorry to keep badgering you for questions , is there a way to create a respawn in game yet?

When you die you will always respawn as a freshie in a random location.

If you log out then come back in to the same server then you will spawn where you logged out. You will still have the gear you had when you logged out.

If you log out then come back in to a different server you will spawn in a new random location.
You will still have the gear you had when you logged out.

There is no method to create a spawn point like many other survival games. That's part of DayZ's charm.

[bkmartel]

When you start and you cant find food or water try killing some zombies they sometimes have food or pop

[GodZilla]

It takes a while to get going I've died at least a dozen times.
now I just got the hang of it all, log off next day log back in Kick off due to PBO problem i cant win.
What I found was no fruit, lack of food, lack of tools, well lack of everything but I'm not on a mod server.
It might be time for a change of server, but being in Australia we have a lack of choice.

[Deaths]

Man, just murder every Zed you find when you first start out. They have an inventory and you find good loot/food.

[Wizzerd]

Zombie item drops are a lot lower than they were. It still can be done but its not as effective. Livonia really pushes the hunting, fishing, crafting and farming part of the game.

[us271934-Слава Україн]

Originally posted by wizzerd695:

Zombie item drops are a lot lower than they were. It still can be done but its not as effective. Livonia really pushes the hunting, fishing, crafting and farming part of the game.

Farming is way easier since there's plenty of rain and greenhouses all have loot in the form of seeds for the most part. I don't think you can grow anything in greenhouses thought (thanks devs). Ultimately hunting is the 'bomb' as you can max the calorie content for the most efficient feeding. A pickaxe is a one-hit-one-kill for anything but deer and maybe bear. Sneak approach is needed and then your keto diet is possible.