As The Dead Sleep Challenge

[Duck1098]

I have gotten 3 of the 5 so far with 50% health remaining and lots of food. Any one else having as much fun as I am with this beast of a challenge? Any one finished it yet?

[Paya, Destroyer of Dr. Pepper]

Recommendations for my run of it? I've already beaten it but know I can do much better than the 30 days I did, I want to get around 10-15.

[Duck1098]

Impressive lads !

[Foxen]

Tried it three times yesterday...got killed every time I went from the destroyed lighthouse to the can factory....by those monsters who won't leave at any time if you manage to get in a car soon enough.
They just won't let you get out again.
My three blue torches were abolutely useless like they were just wooden sticks!
And building fires don't bother them at all...so no way for me to get away from there.

[spree_rider]

this is the most fun i have had on this game yet, i failed more than a few times so far but this run i am getting somewhere, it evens out into regular loper feeling after you get started, my advice run out of BI as fast as you can there isnt enough to bother with there at the start.

[Redshifted]

Originally posted by micah6vs8:

> Any one finished it yet?

17 days, 4 hours of a great gaming experience. Ty Hinterland

I saw a 9 days, 3 hours. Less then 10 days is pro. I summited on my run which cost me 30 hours. I'll give another run a go and totally speed run it.

I cant find the TWM grave so im curious if my save file is bugged. Could you spoil the location for me?

[pickupsticks]

Really enjoying this challenge (even though I am not very good at it).

Third attempt currently in progress. Route so far: away from BI pretty damn sharpish, and into FM. Stopped at Poachers and found some good stuff, including an improvised hatchet!! Then down to Mystery Lake camp office. Too many wolves to try looting the lakeside cabins, so up to the lookout, then down to the railway and along to the dam. Went through the dam and out and back in again, stopping to cook some meat outside the broken window. Looted the dam on the way back to the trailers outside, which is where we sleep. Then, through to Signal Hill, where I got tracked for a long way by a very persistent wolf (which was quite frightening). Down to the cave under the hill - by this point, I am very, very cold. Even hot coffee isn't enough to stop me going into audible-heartbeat approach to death. Warmed up a bit in the cave and drank more coffee, then staggered my way to Molly's barn, and on to the farmhouse. Looted the farmhouse whilst staggering about like a drunk man. Headed over to the big barn and managed to give a wolf the slip, despite not being able to see or walk straight. Stim #1 found in the truck, woohoo! Decided to set out for the crossroads town, and poked myself with the stim while I was just cresting the bridge. So, arrived at the community hall shortly before the steroids wore off and my exhaustion crashed. Time for a quick nap, then start searching the kitchen... health is back in the white again, although not very far - and I've found a few hats and other clothes, so things are looking up.
Oh, here's some sardines.
Should I?

I did.

Bad idea.

So, I don't have any antibiotics to treat this food poisoning - and I've drunk all the reishi tea that I'd managed to make, to keep warm. This could be trouble. So, off out down to the river to look for mushrooms. Found some! That was lucky. Back to the community hall and time to prepare, boil, and drink some tea. Then time to sleep like the dead.
When I wake up, my health is still in the white, just about. Pesky sardines.

Graves visited so far: none. But I am still alive, which is the best I've managed so far.
Of the deer that I stopped to eat from, I haven't skinned or gutted any of them... which probably isn't great for long term survival. But I'm just living minute to minute right now, which is enormous fun.

Next up, looting the houses here at the crossroads. Then to decide whether to try for the grave on TWM. I think I have one cup of coffee, to help me up the rope along the way, but my health is shot and the weather sucks. Doesn't give me a lot of leeway for being daft :)

[Delvideki]

https://clips.twitch.tv/SpunkyReliableGnatDoritosChip this is how some of the streamers finish the challenge , with ease!

[Kynslagh]

6 days 6 hours on my first finished one after doing some practice runs to optimize first 2 zones. I wasted almost an entire day fixing up clothes so I'd say under 5 days is doable with heavier use of teas.

This was also a safe run that I just wanted to finish so I didn't take any advantage of my health bar (finished at 100%). Ideally I should have yoloed enough to finish at 10% health to waste the least time possible on making teas and sitting indoors.

[Ka Faraq Gatri]

I've had around 7 attempts so far, my current one is the first time I've made any real progress. Found the one on TWM first. Down to about 15% condition by the time I got back to PV, but I've found a couple of stims since then. Heading for the DP one now. Hoping to find a hammer on the way and get some arrowheads before going for the rest of the locations.

So impressed by you guys who are already planning speed runs!

[H34VY_R41N]

3rd attempt. 2 graves. 25 days. Still alive.

[coze]

Whats the optimum path for this challenge ? I imagine something like, BI-FM-BR-FM-MT-HRV-MT-ML-RVN-CH-DP-CH-PV-TWM ? (Maybe could swap the last two TWM-DP)

Also, what is the difficulty setting ? Stalker ? Interloper ? I saw some YT videos and at least loot was not Interloper.

[Redshifted]

Originally posted by micah6vs8:

> I cant find the TWM grave so im curious if my save file is bugged. Could you spoil the location for me?

Two hints first.

Did you hit the M key and bring the map location up?

If that doesn't work >

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1935062822 [/quote]
Thanks. I knew it was at the lake because i looked at the map. I just had walked all around the lake and surrounding areas for a couple days and couldn't find it.

I had to be within 15 meters of it in order for the cross to load, so i walked pasted it a bunch, just not close enough.

[mf187doubleg]

Originally posted by H34VY R41N:

3rd attempt. 2 graves. 25 days. Still alive.

Very nice! The challenge is real fun! I am at day 3 at the crossroads that means in the Carter's Hydrodam. Go to BR to TWM summit or to DP? :) I will probably choose TWM as this is early game :)

[H34VY_R41N]

I settled down in DP to up cooking, make tools and weapons, craft decent gear.

[Alaqella]

I'm also having fun with this. I went BI-FM-ML-RAV-CH-DP-CH. About 75% condition. I'm at the the CH Lookout, wondering what to do next. Unfortunately I've manged to find not one, but two hacksaws and maybe 15 cups of coffee, so I'm highly intrigued to go to the summit now, but I'm worried.