How do you travel light?

[Glowth]

Day 17,
my gear I go outside with is almost 25kg out of 30... any tips? I bring tools, some water and a few meds and best clothing

[DsnowMan]

25kg is pretty light. Get the well fed bonus by avoiding starving, that gives you an extra 5kg.

My favourite trick is that cooked teas are lighter than water, so I travel with lots of teas and very little water.

A pot is heavy, I try not to travel with one. 2 cans is usually enough.

You don't need a can opener if you have a knife. If you have a knife and hacksaw, you probably don't need a hatchet.

The pry bar is up to personal preference. On loper, I find most locked lockers are empty, so I've just stopped carrying a pry bar around. Instead I carry a hammer. Great anti wolf weapon.

Coal is the best firewood. And a few sticks to start fires

[Glowth]

Originally posted by DsnowMan:

25kg is pretty light. Get the well fed bonus by avoiding starving, that gives you an extra 5kg.

My favourite trick is that cooked teas are lighter than water, so I travel with lots of teas and very little water.

A pot is heavy, I try not to travel with one. 2 cans is usually enough.

You don't need a can opener if you have a knife. If you have a knife and hacksaw, you probably don't need a hatchet.

The pry bar is up to personal preference. On loper, I find most locked lockers are empty, so I've just stopped carrying a pry bar around. Instead I carry a hammer. Great anti wolf weapon.

Coal is the best firewood. And a few sticks to start fires

Thanks for the great advice. Just played and figured out match quality affects fire start chance and realized books and research leaflets are worth their weight in gold from the super high firestart chance, tried using reclaimed wood to start before.

I heard theres some trickery involving torches, but how do you use them really? I have 2 unlit ones but you need matches to light them again?

Also how do you make that tea? You just put the tea in a can at a fire and it cooks up water?

Sorry for 1 more dumb question, how do you get well fed buff? I never saw 35kg weight limit and I dont try to starve myself when possible?

[DsnowMan]

Once you have a lit torch, you can throw it on the ground before it runs out and light another one by holding it to the lit torch on the grind. We call this torch chaining, good to save matches and give you a small warmth bonus as you travel.

Books are great for fire starting but heavy. In the early game I'll carry a few but I stop carrying them by midgame.

[Glowth]

Originally posted by DsnowMan:

Once you have a lit torch, you can throw it on the ground before it runs out and light another one by holding it to the lit torch on the grind. We call this torch chaining, good to save matches and give you a small warmth bonus as you travel.

Books are great for fire starting but heavy. In the early game I'll carry a few but I stop carrying them by midgame.

Sorry to ask but what exactly is chain torching good for expect carrying a flame for lighting fires or a little warmth on travel? You can only get torches by finding them and using up flame duration from other fires right? Seems like a waste of torches.

[rhwilson1953]

You can craft a torch with a piece of recycled wood + cloth + lantern fuel. The torch will be 100%. I have only been able to craft them while at a workbench.

[DsnowMan]

Originally posted by Glowth:

Originally posted by DsnowMan:

Once you have a lit torch, you can throw it on the ground before it runs out and light another one by holding it to the lit torch on the grind. We call this torch chaining, good to save matches and give you a small warmth bonus as you travel.

Books are great for fire starting but heavy. In the early game I'll carry a few but I stop carrying them by midgame.

Sorry to ask but what exactly is chain torching good for expect carrying a flame for lighting fires or a little warmth on travel? You can only get torches by finding them and using up flame duration from other fires right? Seems like a waste of torches.

Torches are also wolf repellent. They often will hold ground if you have a lit torch, and once you get a fire started with the torch, you can throw it at them.

At higher difficulty you often have to make a longer fire than you need because you want a HOT fire. Then once you are warm and ready to move on, you grab the torches to store the leftover fire duration.

[rocthehut]

The bedroll is quite heavy, often I travel without it.