Getting Started

A practical first-day guide to staying alive without turning the game into a rigid quest line.

Your first hour

There is no compulsory tutorial route, but your first priorities are usually water, shelter, local knowledge and a way to avoid being caught unprepared.

1. Check your survivor. Health, hydration, nutrition, cleanliness, fatigue and current statuses matter separately.
2. Survey the area. Spend Action Points to reveal information your survivor can plausibly observe.
3. Open Nearby. You can play without relying on map interaction.
4. Find containers and water. Water becomes critical far sooner than food.
5. Find shelter or establish a camp. Weather and wet sleeping gear can turn a mediocre situation into a dangerous one.
6. Scavenge intelligently. A pharmacy, hardware store and supermarket should have different survival value.

There are no character levels

Your survivor stays human. An experienced survivor is dangerous because they have useful equipment, a secure base, practical skills and local knowledge — not because their health has scaled into the thousands.

Map optional, knowledge essential

The map visualises information already known to the survivor. Nearby and discovery lists remain first-class interfaces and reveal only server-approved knowledge.