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[Whales]

You can still gain stats by eating Marloss berries. Each berry gives 1 point to each attribute.

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They are found in Fungal Blooms.

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You can't.  Marloss berries do have a chance to mutate you, and mutations can grant permanent stat increase.  At present time, mutations and bionics are the only ways to increase your stats.

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Huh. That's some strong, constant mutating then. Oh well.

It's possible it was a mod I guess, but I refer you to the relevant code (spoiler city, of course).

[kulik]

I like the fact that you can't increase your stats.

You can...you just need enough mutagen...

Last time i had five mutagens and i ended up with one stat loss, three bad traits and one good trait. I drank purifier and it healed my good trait.     So yeah, i pass mutagens from now on, maybe i try it again with robust genetics, but without it its simply not worth it from my experience.

[ChairmanPoo]

I seem to have a permanent "shakes" status now

NVM, went away with sleep

It was a shame losing that int point to mutagen, but regeneration is pretty sweet.

I'll just have to increase my stats with stimulants before doing brainy stuff, I guess. Time to raid the streets for adderall and cocaine...

[L0master]

I've never played a character less than 11 intelligence.

My standard right now is 13, lets me avoid messing with stims too much.

Have you tried playing random character? It's fun. Try it. 7/8 of my characters are randomly generated.

[rhesusmacabre]

True. I haven't even tried a custom character yet.

Are beartraps too easy/quick to use? They're even better than broken windows for turning zombies into punchbags, and portable too.

[ChairmanPoo]

They weight a frigging lot. And can only affect a zombie at a time. So not that good as a portable weapon, IMO.


Having food issues atm. I started in a small town, and am beggining to run out of supplies (in general).

Regeneration is making it less necessary to use bandages and such, but still. Now that I got computers to 5, I'm going to try and hack the laboratories' system to get some augs, and a map of the region. I need to locate hardware stores in order to get materials to build a house somewhere with more food.

[Keltiknight]

Is it me, or is marijuana and cocaine extremely common now? every house I visit that is not wasp'd seems to have marijuana 4/5 times, and cocaine 2/3 of the times they have no marijuana.

[kulik]

Yes, they're pretty common. I find wood saws rare.

[BishopX]

They weight a frigging lot. And can only affect a zombie at a time. So not that good as a portable weapon, IMO.


Having food issues atm. I started in a small town, and am beggining to run out of supplies (in general).

Regeneration is making it less necessary to use bandages and such, but still. Now that I got computers to 5, I'm going to try and hack the laboratories' system to get some augs, and a map of the region. I need to locate hardware stores in order to get materials to build a house somewhere with more food.

If you have a hot plate you can hunt for food... wolves are a pretty good food source.

[ChairmanPoo]

You don't need a hot plate for that. You just need a decent weapon.

At any rate, my character was just killed by one of those annoying random-spawns that happen from time to time on top on your head. It had happened a few times during this game, but in the open field I had managed to forestall it for the most part (AKA: barring random spawns of hulks and brutes on top of my head) by running away. Unfortunatedly, this time the random spawn was in a lab, and I ran right into two turrets that weren't there the previous turn.

[TheBronzePickle]

You need a hotplate to cook the chunks of meat you get from the animals.

[FunctionZero]

please could you give me some advice on how to survive a long(ish) time? I can only do it via cheating (using the map for travel when i get in trouble)

also, how do you build yer own house?

http://whalesdev.com/forums/index.php?topic=105.0 - for survival

And to build your house - Carpentry skill. Press * to engage Minecraft mode.

[ChairmanPoo]

You need a hotplate to cook the chunks of meat you get from the animals.

You don't need to cook them in order to eat them.

[Keltiknight]

I discovered rocks make great triffid scaring devices. Those things are EVERYWHERE outside cities, not two seconds without a bunch of them nearby, and rocks are also decent makeshift zombie killing devices. So long as its not too many, and you have 20-odd rocks. Which I usually do since I like picking hoarder.

[BishopX]

please could you give me some advice on how to survive a long(ish) time? I can only do it via cheating (using the map for travel when i get in trouble)

also, how do you build yer own house?

1) Always carry a quiet gun, either a crossbow, a .22 or a silenced gun. Use this on the special zombies (Shockers, Spitters, Fast Zombies, fungal zombies, necromancers and brutes) and other mildly threatening wildlife. Stand close before shooting.

2) Always carry a big gun, such as a shotgun, high power rifle or big handgun (such are a .44 magnum). Use this gun in emergencies only. Hulks count as an emergency.

3)Always carry a molotov cocktail (or the means of constructing one). These are useful for taking out wolf-packs and setting fires to break a scent trail. A grenade is also useful.

4) Always carry a flashlight, a piece of food, some water, a lighter, a morale booster, strong painkillers(I like tramadol) and a bashing weapon (you can use your rifle/shotgun stock for this).

5) Never do anything time intensive near windows. If you're going to read or craft find a room with no windows.

6)Running is acceptable, you don't need to kill everything.

7) Sleep in basements, or remote locations.

make copious 'N'otes on your 'm'ap. I mark every clear block,every basement, any random useful stuff in the road and every ransacked pharmacy, library and gun store.

9) When in doubt, save and quit and come back later.