Getting StartedProgression
Surviving Your First 10 Nights
Updated Jul 14, 2026
The route
Stage 1Night 1–2: fire above all
Chop with the Old Axe until you can keep the campfire fed through the whole night. Cold is the first killer, wolves are the second — the fire fights both.
Stage 2Night 3–5: tools then food
Upgrade the axe, cook everything raw at the fire, and build a Bear Trap on the treeline where you hear howls.
Stage 3Night 6–9: scout by day
Range farther each morning — mark the cultist camp when you find it, don't fight it yet. Stock bandages.
Stage 4Night 10: the forest changes
Deeper howls, stranger shadows. If you have a Revolver by now, you're on pace. If you've seen a deer standing very still… we don't have a guide for that.
Quick answer
The forest kills new players on schedule. Break the schedule.
Night 1–2: fire above all
Chop with the Old Axe until you can keep the campfire fed through the whole night. Cold is the first killer, wolves are the second — the fire fights both.
Night 3–5: tools then food
Upgrade the axe, cook everything raw at the fire, and build a Bear Trap on the treeline where you hear howls.
Night 6–9: scout by day
Range farther each morning — mark the cultist camp when you find it, don't fight it yet. Stock bandages.
Night 10: the forest changes
Deeper howls, stranger shadows. If you have a Revolver by now, you're on pace. If you've seen a deer standing very still… we don't have a guide for that.