Looks Like Fluffy Got A New Job [[Spoiler Alert]]

[ccwylde70]

So having come back to the game after a couple of years away, one thing I noticed right off the bat was no Fluffy inside the Dam anymore. While part of me breathed a sigh of relief about that, part of me missed the ol' throat ripper. So you might say I was in for one helluva surprise when I unlocked The Cannery door code and then went indoors ... I must have opened the door right on it, b/c the first thing I saw and heard was a rather p.o.'ed furry thing with teeth trying to chomp the life out of me. Thankfully I had my one and only hatchet with me, and a Forester's Revolver to finish the job. I suppose this is welcome to your new home, Fluffy!

[IFIYGD]

Fluffy was removed from Carter Hydro Dam when Bleak Inlet was added to the game. This happened quite some time ago.

[ccwylde70]

Originally posted by IFIYGD:

Fluffy was removed from Carter Hydro Dam when Bleak Inlet was added to the game. This happened quite some time ago.

I'm thinking she quit the dam job, polished up her resume, and then took the open job position of Watch Wolf there at the cannery, with room & board plus all the sardines she cared to eat, and a fully functioning toilet full of delicious toilet water.

[alastairkendall]

Sorry to spoil the party but I can confirm that Fluffy is very much alive and well. I play on Stalker level. She might not appear on lower levels?

[alastairkendall]

I can also confirm that her sister lives in a cave in BI!

[zeus]

I must have looted at her old job a dozen times since the patch as well as in the lowest and highest difficulty settings and i can confirm that she resigned.
She loves her new job though!

[ccwylde70]

Originally posted by alastairkendall:

Sorry to spoil the party but I can confirm that Fluffy is very much alive and well. I play on Stalker level. She might not appear on lower levels?

Maybe she's burning the candle at both ends and working two jobs? I've been on 2 Stalker runs recently and didn't find her at the Dam on either of those, though admittedly, that isn't saying a lot.

[ccwylde70]

Originally posted by zeus:

I must have looted at her old job a dozen times since the patch as well as in the lowest and highest difficulty settings and i can confirm that she resigned.
She loves her new job though!

It's good to find enjoyment in your work ... even if that means munching on screaming things ...

[IFIYGD]

Originally posted by ccwylde70:

Originally posted by alastairkendall:

Sorry to spoil the party but I can confirm that Fluffy is very much alive and well. I play on Stalker level. She might not appear on lower levels?

Maybe she's burning the candle at both ends and working two jobs? I've been on 2 Stalker runs recently and didn't find her at the Dam on either of those, though admittedly, that isn't saying a lot.

Yeah, no. Unless you play a Time Capsule version of the game from 2018 (before Vigilant Flame, I think?) or before, Fluffy does not live in the Dam. When HL redid the turbine room, her pathing got so borked there that they removed her and teased her comeback. When HRV was added to the game and the wolf in the Ice Caves was added, a number of us thought that was Fluffy 2.0, but HL kept teasing "The Return Of Fluffy". So the wolf in the Ice Caves exists, and has been named "Sketchy" by a number of people on the forums.
Then BI was added, and the actual "Return Of Fluffy" location became apparent. And it was evil. Very, very evil. After dealing with bloodthirsty Timberwolves during an Aurora to get to the parkour run to get to the Cannery to unlock the door during said Aurora, only to be met by an even more ticked off wolf who escaped her previous jail only to be locked in another one... evil. Pure evil.

There are wolves outside of the Dam, in front and out back on the way to Winding River, but there is no wolf inside the Dam in the current version of the game. But there are lots of live wires that can zappy fry you if you are silly enough to explore at night and miss the onset of an Aurora.

And this is also incorrect:

Originally posted by alastairkendall:

I can also confirm that her sister lives in a cave in BI!

Fluffy's sister (or second cousin thrice removed) lives in the Ice Caves in HRV.

Scruffy still hangs out in his lonely cave in DP.
Maybe someday he will make his escape and take up cleaning up Hibernia or the mines leading to the Old Island Connector...

[PowerOn]

Originally posted by IFIYGD:

Fluffy was removed from Carter Hydro Dam when Bleak Inlet was added to the game. This happened quite some time ago.

Fluffy was removed from the Dam when the first "incarnation" of Wintermute was released - probable the wolf there was considered too difficult for the "casual player" that they want try catch with the Story Mode. BI map came latter.

[IFIYGD]

Originally posted by PowerOn:

Originally posted by IFIYGD:

Fluffy was removed from Carter Hydro Dam when Bleak Inlet was added to the game. This happened quite some time ago.

Fluffy was removed from the Dam when the first "incarnation" of Wintermute was released - probable the wolf there was considered too difficult for the "casual player" that they want try catch with the Story Mode. BI map came latter.

Ah, you are right. My bad. She was removed when HRV was added, I think, not BI.

[alastairkendall]

Originally posted by IFIYGD:

Originally posted by ccwylde70:

Maybe she's burning the candle at both ends and working two jobs? I've been on 2 Stalker runs recently and didn't find her at the Dam on either of those, though admittedly, that isn't saying a lot.

Yeah, no. Unless you play a Time Capsule version of the game from 2018 (before Vigilant Flame, I think?) or before, Fluffy does not live in the Dam. When HL redid the turbine room, her pathing got so borked there that they removed her and teased her comeback. When HRV was added to the game and the wolf in the Ice Caves was added, a number of us thought that was Fluffy 2.0, but HL kept teasing "The Return Of Fluffy". So the wolf in the Ice Caves exists, and has been named "Sketchy" by a number of people on the forums.
Then BI was added, and the actual "Return Of Fluffy" location became apparent. And it was evil. Very, very evil. After dealing with bloodthirsty Timberwolves during an Aurora to get to the parkour run to get to the Cannery to unlock the door during said Aurora, only to be met by an even more ticked off wolf who escaped her previous jail only to be locked in another one... evil. Pure evil.

There are wolves outside of the Dam, in front and out back on the way to Winding River, but there is no wolf inside the Dam in the current version of the game. But there are lots of live wires that can zappy fry you if you are silly enough to explore at night and miss the onset of an Aurora. :chuchelsmile:

And this is also incorrect:

Originally posted by alastairkendall:

I can also confirm that her sister lives in a cave in BI!

Fluffy's sister (or second cousin thrice removed) lives in the Ice Caves in HRV.

Scruffy still hangs out in his lonely cave in DP.
Maybe someday he will make his escape and take up cleaning up Hibernia or the mines leading to the Old Island Connector...

My posts were meant as a small nod to the general topic. Sometimes it's best to keep newbies guessing! LOL

[Jaspo]

Originally posted by alastairkendall:

My posts were meant as a small nod to the general topic. Sometimes it's best to keep newbies guessing! LOL

No wolves to be seen in the BI cave, just a few vorpal bunnies.