Coming Out of Our First Winter

[Nathan Flaminio]

Just a few aerial night shots of our compound. Two of us playing, 30 day months, time set to double standard.

Winter was very long, but we made it through. Managed to build just about everything that can be built (we've been holding off on the Lazaret, so no tech further than the Glider yet). We have Chickens (gen 5), Rabbits (gen 10), Pigs (gen 4), Goats (gen 2), and Sheep (gen 3). Pulled every berry bush and fruit tree that was outside of the radius of our base, and brought those back, surrounding each pond with a different type of berry. Our original farmland (and the reason I settled in this area to begin with) was loaded with High Fertility Soil, and that was surrounded by Medium. We now have four Greenhouses, as well. Two Apiaries, the first not built ideally, but the second is perfect. It took a lot of work, but we now have 50 skeps going. Beehive Kiln, Cementation Furnace, Coke Ovens, an enclosure for our Elks, built the Sailboat out of Redwood (not pictured) thanks to an Agricultural Trader that sold seeds. Made a barrel of each type of berry wine, and looking forward to adding the various cold weather fruit tree wines this year. We spent a lot of the winter hunting down the various ores to stock up, and now have trunks loaded with everything we might need. Managed to find almost every type of rare ore too, save for Uranium, which I have not gotten any readings for anywhere yet. 

I was worried we wouldn't have enough food to make it through winter, but we had one final harvest in October that really helped. Now we have enough food for 8 people, lol. We've done a massive amount of exploration, found teleporters all over the place, and are starting to plan a build for a second base in the South. (I really want to grow all of those crops and fruit trees in addition to what we already have, even though we don't need them). I have a series of teleporters marked that take us far enough south to a great location beside the ocean (not sure if those are from Vanilla or Better Ruins, or a combination, but it's great!)

Also, my monstrosity of a windmill will get one more level yet, once the first Flax harvest of the year comes in. Don't need it, but going to do it anyway, lol.

We're both loving the game, and can't wait to see what else gets added in the future! 

(And yes, I did put a smiley face on the side of a mountain. There's a door under there with a room loaded with barrels that will soon be filled with many types of Brandy, lol)

[Micah Holmes]

That's a really cool mega windmill.