Playing on vanilla apocalypse and chose to live off the land and away from most of the Kentucky Apocalypse on the outskirts of Riverside for a chill run with the excitement of danger.
Have been surviving so far off of fishing and foraging, winter is around the corner (might need to work on trapping as well).
Spent a lot of time trying to stabilise my weight (started to worry when I hit the 60s) until my fishing skill got to a point where I could figure out a routine for it.
Still undecided about where to develop a more central base to create an animal farm as I have found sheep, chickens and pigs. The building I am squatting in, is little more than a dumping ground as I work slowly towards self-sufficiency.
Life is more a struggle to survive normally with the added danger of zomboids, but its overall its pretty quiet life with the daily patrols broken up with the occasional background gunshots or blood-curdling screams of anguish.
It ain't much, but it's an honest living ๐. Haven't even tried the new fishing yet, I should!
I enjoy it, cannot use spears anymore but with carving and some foraging you can make a fishing rod (and a nail), I think you can also use nets but haven't worked with it yet.
It is relaxing, looking for water ripples to cast a line and spend some down time waiting for lunch to bite. Something I learnt about fishing is always try to keep your line in the black for as long as possible and that the bigger fish put up a fight.
One can more easily catch big fish though - biggest I caught was like 260 hunger at 34.32 encumbrance and that was a medium fish. I personally like to build a safety platform (like a pier) with a door as a extra precaution as I have in past lives been killed by a sneaky zomboid when I am not paying attention in more dangerous areas - especially when you are reeling in a fighter, so it is something like a habit I have formed.
What's the coolest thing you could forage/carve in the recent IWBUMS builds?
Off the top of my head and not at that level yet with carving( I think carving 6), but you can make short baseball bats although carving is useful for making handles and such which can be combined with other stuff to make weapons and with the foraging I have picked up skill books, fruits and vegetables, seeds and even a plushy (was an aphid plushy)
Edit:
Had a quick look at carving, can carve various bone implements that can work like stone like a bone axe head, Other than that one can carve needles, spoons, forks, tobacco pipes or jewelry, etc. Can also carve buckets, spades and various other smaller tools used in the new crafting added.
With foraging you can find a lot of random stuff besides fruits and vegetables, was very disappointed when I found a rotten donut, but I also found sacks and even washing liquid too.