Should I start a new game after falling through the ice?

[Pound Cake]

I've only been on Mystery Lake until now, and just transitioned over to Fornlorn Muskeg. And what do you know, the first thing I do is fall through the ice. I'm only like 10 days into the game, and seeing as there is no shelter nearby from where I'm at right now, I'm stuck beside a fire in one of the trains at the beginning of the region. Should I start over?

[IvantheFormidable]

Unless your character dies and you see the end screen, I always recommend continuing until that point. TLD has a steep learning curve, and every step you take after a disaster (like falling through the ice) helps. Warming up at the fire will help, and you can always make your way back to ML.

[Lenny Rat]

Originally posted by IvantheFormidable:

Unless your character dies and you see the end screen, I always recommend continuing until that point. TLD has a steep learning curve, and every step you take after a disaster (like falling through the ice) helps. Warming up at the fire will help, and you can always make your way back to ML.

+1 excellent advice

Dying is part of the process...extend your life as long as possible and learn from the effort.

[Pound Cake]

Originally posted by Lenny Rat:

Originally posted by IvantheFormidable:

Unless your character dies and you see the end screen, I always recommend continuing until that point. TLD has a steep learning curve, and every step you take after a disaster (like falling through the ice) helps. Warming up at the fire will help, and you can always make your way back to ML.

+1 excellent advice

Dying is part of the process...extend your life as long as possible and learn from the effort.

Thank you guys! I decided to try and live, and I actually made it back to Mystery Lake. I'm safe and healthy again. I'd say the hardest part thus far, is actually discovering more of the map and learning my way around it. I get lost rather easily when trying to find new locations. Just spent most of the night tracking through the snowy weather, trying to find shelter.

[Lenny Rat]

Originally posted by Pound Cake:

Originally posted by Lenny Rat:

+1 excellent advice

Dying is part of the process...extend your life as long as possible and learn from the effort.

Thank you guys! I decided to try and live, and I actually made it back to Mystery Lake. I'm safe and healthy again. I'd say the hardest part thus far, is actually discovering more of the map and learning my way around it. I get lost rather easily when trying to find new locations. Just spent most of the night tracking through the snowy weather, trying to find shelter.

That is just one more discovery for you...a large part of the beauty in TLD is discovering that unknown world and what hidden loot it has to offer.

As you gain health and have more ability to use charcoal to map, start to capture areas on your map so you will remember their approximate locations. Take a screenshot of your map once in a while in case you die and lose it. Over time you will no longer even need a map.

And do everything you can to avoid internet maps by other players...it just spoils the thrill of exploration. You can do it!

[PowerOn]

You are in the best part of the game, when all is new and unknown.
Next time you go to FM, walk carefully probing the ice and marking safety paths with cattail heads, stones, sticks.

[Cybagran]

If you do get in a situation like I did stuck between a tree and rocky outcrop provided you haven't died you can exit the game and load the last time saved when you slept or went into a place. I too fell through the ice and barely survived in Forlorn Muskeg but it is a great feeling when you survive the odds in this game. The second time all I could see was this bears face and teeth then I was on my back looking at the sky wondering why I was still alive then having to try and stop the bleeding while limping back to base. This game still comes up with surprises. Enjoy.

[iheartmyocd]

We've all done it... at least you might learn from your mistake lol -

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1397296687

[Astralite]

Most important thing I learned about FM is that the map is backwards. When you think you're entering from the left, you're actually coming from the right (comparing FM to the 2 connected maps in West and East). Was a hell of a time trying to nagivate thinking I was going SW when I was actually going NE. When I thought I had crossed most of the tracks to get to the train, I actually only went 1/4 the way because I was reading the map left to right instead of right to left, etc.

Forlorn Muskeg is sometimes my first goal in a new game (to even start there with no extra supplies), to reach that forge and make whatever arrows I can from the scrap around there (if there's a hammer, if not, might as well start over), as cold as it is to get through without cover from the wind and starting clothes, it's a worthy challenge. There's enough in the area in the forge building and trailing to the shed in the middle to fill you up good on supplies.

[Pound Cake]

Thank you so much for all the replies guys! You've been super helpful :D Also, I was wondering, do you usually have several shelters as bases on one map, or do you focus on one good house/shelter to serve as base?

[Helldiver Training Officer]

Are you dead?

If yes, restart a new survival mode.
If no, carry on.

[Nil Desperandum]

Originally posted by Pound Cake:

Thank you so much for all the replies guys! You've been super helpful :D Also, I was wondering, do you usually have several shelters as bases on one map, or do you focus on one good house/shelter to serve as base?

There is a thread somewhere answering this specifically Pound Cake. Personally, I usually have one main base per map, mainly because I play as a nomad and like to roam all the maps.

As for your opening question. Just dry out your char - be quicker if you drop all your wet clothes and place them around the fire - should only take an hour or so, you can pass time while you wait by popping into your bedroll and playing cards, or sleeping.

In future when playing on FM with it's ice traps, as soon as you hear ice cracking and the warning "weak ice" flashes on your screen walk backwards retracing your steps, as you 'know' that way is safe, the worse thing you can do is try to run forwards out of trouble. I've found that keeping to the snow banks and only walking on the ice if I have to is the safest route. If I do have to walk on the ice I choose the white stretches to walk on - as opposed to the blue parts - and be prepared to retrace my steps backwards, concentrating all the time - crossing the ice in FM is no place to 'chill' (scuse pun) out.

The best of luck in your future endeavours. Have fun!

[IvantheFormidable]

Originally posted by Pound Cake:

Thank you so much for all the replies guys! You've been super helpful :D Also, I was wondering, do you usually have several shelters as bases on one map, or do you focus on one good house/shelter to serve as base?

I tend to have three categories: a primary base, secondary bases, and caches. My primary base is currently in ML, and then I establish a secondary base (one for each region that I spend a decent amount of time in), and then I have multiple caches in most regions, especially those I don't have a secondary base in. What separates a base and a cache is generally the amount of supplies. A cache is generally just whatever I find in the region, then concentrated in a single area, whereas I try to stock a base with enough stuff that I could stumble in with nothing and completely re-equip. Of course, others have different playstyles, so don't take this as gospel. Hope this helps!

[Wesker's Princess]

I would say yes, unfortunately I just fell through the ice on one of my best games ... and then repeatedly spawned back onto the thin ice, the game spawning me further into the ice instead of the shore each time until I died. Seriously considering uninstalling after that, so I hope it never happens to you OP. Nothing like losing a game to that kind of awful gameplay/bug/glitch/I dont even know what to call it at this point.

[Insomniac1977]

I’d say no. One of my top two intense moments in the game (the other being my first kill shot on a charging moose) was the race to the Old Spence Farmstead after falling through the ice. By the time I made it back (having to dodge a nearby wolf) and was able to start a fire, eat, drink and sleep, I was down to 2% health. Riding each and every experience to victory (although they always seem to end in defeat in the end) or the bittersweet end makes the game great in my opinion.

[Pound Cake]

Originally posted by Jess:

I would say yes, unfortunately I just fell through the ice on one of my best games ... and then repeatedly spawned back onto the thin ice, the game spawning me further into the ice instead of the shore each time until I died. Seriously considering uninstalling after that, so I hope it never happens to you OP. Nothing like losing a game to that kind of awful gameplay/bug/glitch/I dont even know what to call it at this point.

That makes me so sad! I can't imagine what I'd be like to die like that when you've gotten so far in your playthrough. Lucikly I spawned back on the tracks, as I fell through ice just on the side of the train tracks in Forlorn Muskeg. I'm all good now, still going through the same save.