VS Field archive Preparing Survival Handbook

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Getting Started

First-day priorities, beginner mistakes, early ages and survival order.

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First Day Guide

Your first day should create momentum: tools, food, fire, shelter, map notes, and a plan for tomorrow.

Gather stones and sticks / Knapping comes first
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Common Beginner Mistakes

Most beginner failures come from treating Vintage Story like a fast survival game instead of a seasonal planning game.

Plant too late / Store food badly
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Early Game Progression

Move from stone to copper, bronze, iron and steel with deliberate resource goals.

Stone age tools / Copper prospecting
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Survival Priorities

Food, shelter, tools, storage, farming, smithing and winter stores come in that order.

Food before ambition / Shelter before nightfall