Guide to Dead In Vinland

Overview

Not all who wander are lostThis is a general guide to most events in Dead In Vinland. While trying to finish the game I got quite frustrated with the lack of guides for the game. So since after finishing the game I wanted to play it some more, explore the things I didn’t the first several times, I decided to write a guide to help all those travelers stuck in Vinland, confused and looking for just a little bit of help on how to survive. I’ve done my best to collect as much information possible, but I don’t have everything because even the chance of an event appearing on any given map is random.

Basics

Remember: Everything is random! Sure sometimes it will feel like all the buildings that you have the least resources to fix seem to decay faster than the ones you have plenty of resources for. Sure it seems like the gods against you when a 60% chance to succeed roll fails 4 times in a row. But remember, there was also that one time when a 30% chance succeeded twice in a row. It’s all a chance! Even on the map, there are only a couple of things which have set locations, the rest, including the list of events that will appear, are randomized.

• dry Raw Fish, cook Raw Meat
• red numbers next to actions mean that it’ll deplete the event
• a number after an action (like x1) means that you can only try the action that many times
• when choosing a character for action, remember to look at the second number, not just the skill number
• remember to check each character’s activity after every half day
• don’t do hunting or fishing events unless you can cook or dry the meat soon
• adapt to your needs

These are the tributes as much as I’ve seen them.

Fresh produce tributes have some sort of an extra way so don’t stress about those too much. “Fetch more” with +fatigue for fruit, “Eat mud” with +sickness for meat.

Giving the exact number doesn’t change the threat level. Giving more decreases threat and giving less increases threat. If your threat reaches a new notch, Björn’s people will pay a visit to you and you’ll get bullied.

1. Get beat up
2. A tough battle
3. Resources stolen
4. Get beat up + resources demanded to mitigate some damage
5. A tough battle
6. ?

Working at almost every station can give you a point or two in either innate or acquired skills, or sometimes even both at the same time. This can be useful if you are looking to develop a character’s specific skill. For that I’ve made a handy little table, based on my findings and the station’s location:

Map events A-G

• Check the small bag {Intelligence}
  • Search the bag
    +depression, +sickness, +Rotten food
  • Smell the bag first
    +Intelligence, option to leave it
• Check the big bag {Intelligence, Crafting}
  • Search the bag
    +Leather bottle, +Dried meal, -depression
  • Smell the bag first
    +Intelligence, +Leather bottle, +Dried meal, -depression
    • Take the bag’s raw materials (Crafting)
      Success: +Rope, +Fabric
• Cut some wood {Forestry}
  +Forestry, +Wood, +fatigue
  • Stop
  • Cut a little more (Forestry)
    Success: +Wood, +fatigue

• Check the bags {Courage, Crafting}
  • Search the filth (Courage +30)
    Success: +Foul smelling potion, +Worms Poultice, +Harvesting item
  • Take the empty bags (Crafting +40)
    Success: +Fabric
• Check the fire pit {Wisdom, Courage, Strength}
  • Inspect the necklace (Wisdom +25)
    Success: -depression, +Scavenging item
    Failure: option to leave it
  • Take it
    • It’s a curse (Strength +20)
      Success: -depression

• Take the wood {Scavenging, Stealth}
  +Wood
  • Take more (Stealth)
    Success: +Scavenging, +Wood
    Failure: battle
    • Fight {battle}
    • Flee {exit?}
  • That’s enough {exit}
• Search around {Scavenging, Hunting}
  • Keep searching for loot
    +Harvesting item, +Cooking item, +Stone, yarrow ointment, sage ointment
  • Follow the blood trail (Hunting)
    Success: +Bones, +Pelts, +fatigue, +depression

• Eat some
  -hunger
  • Ignore the voices…
    +Unselfish, +Cooked Meat
  • Listen to the voices and eat
    Nausea, +sickness
• Check the surroundings {Intelligence, Hunting, Wisdom}
  • No way (Intelligence)
    Success: Strong will (-fatigue, -depression 3d), +Wisdom
  • Listen to the voices (Hunting)
    Success: Dizzy (5d), +Ancient Knowledge, +Foul Smelling Potion, +Worms Poultice

1. Check the ashes {Wisdom, Scavenging}
   • Inspect the ground (Wisdom)
     Success: opens “Light the fire
   • Search the ashes (Scavenging)
     Success: +Stone
2. Light the fire
3. Perform the ritual {Cooking}
   1. Throw a stone (1 Stone)
   2. Throw some salt (1 Salt)
      +Ancient knowledge

1. Follow the ash {Strength, Crafting}
   +depression, +Arrows, +Rope
   • Open it
     • Force it open (Strength)
       Success: +Cure potion, +Fabric, +Hunting item
     • Pick the lock (Crafting)
       Success: +Cure potion, +Fabric, +Hunting item
       Failure: back a step
   • Leave it
2. Take the skins {Crafting, Agility}
   • Undo the installation (Crafting)
     Success: Pelts
     • Leave {exit}
     • Take a little more (Agility)

• Distract them {Courage, Agility, Scavenging} 58 49 50
  • Throw them fruit (1 Fresh fruit)
    +Scavenging, +Dried meal
  • Throw them fish (1 Raw fish)
  • Charge the seagulls (Courage +30)
    Success: +Dried meal, +injury, Head Injury (-Intelligence, -xp, +injury)
• Attack them
  • Throw pebbles (Strength +10)
    Success: -depression, +Hunting, +Scavenging, +Raw meat
  • Use your bow (Hunting +30, 1 Arrow)
    Success: +Hunting, -depression, +Raw meat
    Failure: +depression
    A successful attempt ends the whole event

• Check around
  Opens “destroy the pile”
• Place a bone {1 Bones}
  Bones blessing (-hunger 5d)
• Take a bone {Courage, Constitution}
  +Bones
  • Put it back and leave
    -Bones, +hunger
  • Take another one
    ?
• Destroy the pile
  Bones curse (+hunger)

• Enter {Courage, Stealth, Constitution}
  • Make a torch (1 wood, 1 fabric, 5 fire)
    • Go right
      +Scavenging, +Crap Meal, +Foul Smelling Potion, +Beer, +Worms Poultice
    • Go left
      • Turn around
        -Courage
      • Keep going (Courage)
        Success: +raw meat, +pelts, Nausea (nasty stuff for 3d), Cave Explorer (+Exploration)
  • Move forward in darkness (Courage)
  • I won’t go without a torch {exit}
• Check the surroundings {Hunting, Crafting}
  • Examine the traces (Hunting -10)
    • Make a Trap (Crafting)
      Sucess: Raw Meat

    Failure: nothing

• Check the hole {Hunting}
  • Kill them (Hunting)
    Success: Heartless, +Raw meat, +depression
  • Leave them
    ?
• Check the surroundings {Scavenging}
  • Look for Mushrooms (Scavenging +10)
    Success: Strange mushrooms

1. Search for the owner {Stealth}
   • Search the dam (Stealth)
     Success: +Wood, +fatigue
   • Search the corpse
     +sickness, +Agility item, +Kola nuts
2. Take the clothes {Scavengning}
   • Take the clean ones only
     +Fabric, +Stealth item
   • Take everything
     +Fabric, +sickness, +depression, Stinky (-Charisma 2d)

• Go fishing {Fishing, 1 Fish bait}
  • Reel in
    +Raw fish?
  • Aim for a bigger target (Fishing)
    Success: -depression, +Raw fish, +Wisdom item
    Failure: +depression
• Handcatch some fish {Stealth}
  % +Stealth, +Raw fish, -depression?
• Dive {Intellligence}
  • Search the waterbed
    +Scavenging item or +Ancient knowledge or +Fire crystal
  • Relax
    -fatigue

• Examine closely
  opens “Bury somewhere”
• Bring back to camp {Strength}
  +Strength item, +Cooking item, +Cheese, +Mead
• Open it {Strength}
  +Strength item, ?, +fatigue, +Mead
• Bury somewhere {Strength}
  +fatigue

• Search around {Strength, Constitution, Scavenging}
  • Roll it (Strength +30)
    Success: +fatigue, +Wood, +Ointment
  • Carry it (Strength)
    Failure:
    • Ask for help
      ?
    • Try harder
      +injury, +depression
• Take the wood {Intelligence}
  -sickness, -hunger, +depression

• Open {Intelligence +30}
  +Cheese, +Dried fruit, +Dried meal, -hunger, +Harvesting item
• Look for owner
  +Fabric, +depression

• Take the fruit {Constitution, Courage, Agility}
  +Constitution, +injury, Broken ribs (-Constitution, +injury 4d), +depression
  • Clib the wall (Agility)
    Success: +fatigue, +Agility
• Check the leaves {Intelligence}
  +Intelligence
  1. Use the trap
     • Wait silently (Stealth +10)
       Success: +Raw meat, +Pelts, +Kola nuts, -depression
       Failure: nothing
  2. Disarm the trap {Intelligence, Courage, Agility}
     • Take the leaves and the fruit (Agility)
       Success: +Scavenging, +Healing plants, +Fresh fruit, +Kola nuts
     • Stay above
       +Healing plants, +Fresh fruit, +Kola nuts, Wise (+Wisdom)
     • Rappel down
       +Bones, +Raw meat, +Pelts

• Gather fruit {Stealth, Harvesting}
  +Harvesting, +Fresh fruit
  • Put your hand further in the bush (Stealth)
    Failure: +injury, +sickness, +Kola nuts, Poisoned I (-Constitution, +sickness, gets worse 4d)
  • Stop there {exit}
• Lie in wait {Hunting}
  • Hunt for birds (Hunting +35)
    Success: +Raw meat, +Fresh fruits
  • Hunt for small game (Hunting +20)
    Success: +Raw meat, +Pelts

• Scartch the pearl {Strength}
  Success: +Healing item, +Seaweed, +fatigue
• Get into the shell {Intelligence}
  Success: -fatigue, +Kola potion
• Search the shell {Intelligence}
  Success: +Raw fish, +Rotten food
  Failure: +sickness, +Rotten food

Map events H-S

• Untie the body {Strength, Hunting, Agility}
  • Shoot at the rope (Hunting)
    Success: -1 Arrow, +Dried meal, +Rope, +Ointment
    • Take his clothes
      +Fabric
    • Leave him here {exit}
  • Climb the tree (Agility)
    Success: +Dried meal, +Rope, +Ointment
    • Take his clothes
      +Fabric
    • Leave him here {exit}
  • Pull the rope (Strength)
    Success: +injury, +Dried meal, +Rope, +Ointment
    • Take his clothes
      +Fabric
    • Leave him here {exit}
• Check the boots
  • Touch it with a stick first
    +Kola nuts
  • Search inside
    +Injury, +Sickness, +1 Raw meat, +Kola nuts

• Harvest {Crafting, Harvesting, Healing}
  • Gather healing material (Healing +30)
    Success: +fatigue, +Healing plants, +Healing item
  • Gather craft material (Crafting +30)
    Success: % +Constitution, +Harvesting, +fatigue, +Hemp
    Failure: Allergies (+fatigue, +depression 3d), +Hemp
• Examine the soil {Gardening}
  • Dig (Gardening)
    Success: +Gardening item, +Scavenging item, +Harvesting, +Seeds

• Dig in {Strength, Mining, Constitution} 83 65 69
  1. Dig (Mining)
     Success: +Iron, +fatigue
  2. Dig again (Mining)
     Success: +Iron, +fatigue
     Failure: +fatigue, try again
  3. Dig again (Mining)
     Success: +injury, Superficial burn (+injury 5d)

1. Craft an harpoon (1 Wood, 1 Iron, 1 Rope)
2. Hunt the beast {Hunting, Strength, Constitution}

• Steal their food
  Before hunting: +injury
  After hunting: Scavenging, +Arrows, +depression
• Hunt some {Hunting, 1 Arrow}
  1. Shoot (Hunting +35)
  2. Skin the animal (Hunting ?)
     +Pelts, +Bones, +Raw meat, +fatigue
• Trap some {Hunting?, 1 Trap}
  ?

• Take the wood {Scavenging}
  +Scavenging, +Wood
  • That’s enough {exit}
  • Take more
    +injury, +depression, -Wood
• Search for loot {Scavenging, Exploration, Strength}
  • Search the sandbank (Exploration +20)
    Success: -depression, +Fire Crystal, +Foul smelling potion
  • Dig under the barrel (Scavenging +30)
    Success: +fatigue, -depression, +Fire Crystal, +Foul smelling potion

• Take the leaves {Scavenging, Harvesting}
  % +Harvesting, +Healing plants
  • Stop
  • Take some more (Harvesting)
    Success: +Healing plants
    Failure: +injury
• Check the bush
  -Wood, -Rope, +Raw meat

1. Pick up {Wisdom, Harvesting}
   • Listen to the voices (Wisdom +20)
     Success: -sickness, +Wisdom, +Ancient knowledge
   • Ignore the voices (Wisdom)
     Success: +Harvesting, +Strange mushrooms
2. Lie in wait {Hunting}
   +Raw meat

• Take the bones
  +bones, Grave digger (+Scavenging)
• Look for clues {Wisdom}
  • Examine the runes (Wisdom)
    Success: -fatigue, +Charisma, +depression, +Fire crystal
    Failure: +depression
• Open the grave {Agility, Crafting}
  +depression
  • Close the tomb (Crafting)
    Success: +depression, +injury
  • Take the tablets (Agility)
    Success: +fatigue?, +Ancient knowledge, Cursed (-xp)

• Open carefully {Agility -10}
  Success: +Courage item, +Celandine ointment, +Angelica ointment
• Open by force {Strength -10}
  Success: +fatigue, +Courage item
• Check surroundings {Exploration +20}
  Success: +Mead, +Pelts, +Stone whetstone, +Forestry item, +depression

1. Search for survivors {Scavenging, Courage}
   • Search the body (Scavenging +35)
     Success: +Water, +Dried fruit, +Hunting item
     Failure: +Arrows, +Pelts
   • Keep tracking
     • Not your problem {exit?}
     • Try to help (Courage +20)
       Success: battle
       Failure: +depression, +fatigue
2. Rummage through the camp {Scavenging}
   • Dismantle the camp (Scavenging +20)
     Success: +fatigue, +Fabric, +Wood, +Rope
   • Search the tent (Scavenging +30)
     Success: +Milk, +Verbena ointment, +Bandage, +Beast handling item

• Examine the head
  • Lift the head {Courage}
    • Search the filth
      Success: +Exploration item
  • Poke the head
    +Healing plants
• Collect worms {Courage, Scavenging}
  • Steel yourself (Courage)
    Success: +Worms Poultice, +sickness
    Failure: +sickness, +depression
• Search the bags {Scavenging, Courage}
  • Put your hands in the bags (Courage)
    Success: +Exploration item, +depression, Stinky (-charisma 4d)
  • Take the bags
    +Gardening item, ?, +Rotten food

• Examine the green shimmers {Constitution}
  • Relax in the water (Constitution)
    Success: +Constitution, ?, -depression
  • Drink the water
    +hunger, -sickness
• Examine the blue shimmers {Intelligence}
  • Try to reach the bottom (Intelligence +?)
    Success: +Seaweed, Smooth skin (+charisma), -depression
  • Drink the water
    +hunger, -fatigue
• Examine the red shimmers {Courage}
  • Get into the water (Courage)
    Success: -depression, +fatigue
  • Drink the water
    +hunger
• Check for salt {Harvesting}
  • Collect Salt (Harvesting)
    Success: +Fatigue, ++Salt
    Failure: ++Fatigue, +Salt

• Dig the stone {Mining, Strength}
  • Dig (Mining)
    Success: +fatigue, +Mining, +Stone
    • Stop {exit}
    • Dig (Mining)
      Success: +fatigue, +Stone
      • Stop {exit}
      • Dig (Mining)
        Success: +Stone, +Fire crystal, +Mining item, +fatigue
        Failure: redo

• Take some bones {Scavenging, Constitution}
  +bones, +seaweed, +Constitution, +sickness, +Poisoned I (+sickness, gets worse 3d)
• Take the hammer {Strength}
  • Pull with all your strength (Strength)
    Success; +Elven hammer, +fatigue

1. Gather {Harvesting}
   • Gather a bunch (Harvesting +25)
     Success: % +Harvesting, +Seaweed, +Salt or +Fish bait
     Failure: % +Harvesting, +Seaweed, +depression
2. Wait for low tide {Exploration, Scavenging, Wisdom}
   • Explore far from the shore (Exploration +10)
     Success: % +Exploration, +Raw fish, +Kola potion, +Mead
   • Search along the shore
     +Raw fish
     • Get out (Wisdom)
       Failure: ++depression, ++fatigue

1. Check the scrolls {Wisdom, Intelligence}
2. Study the texts (Wisdom)
   +hunger
3. Perform the ritual {Strength, Wisdom}
   Choose a skill you want to develop, you only get one:
   • Strength
     +Strength
   • Wisdom
     +Wisdom
   • Health
     -depression, -injury, -sickness, -hunger, -fatigue

1. Take some skulls {Agility +20}
   Success: +Bones, +Rope
2. Search the tree {Courage, Agility, Harvesting}
   • Climb (Agility +20)
     Success: % +Harvesting, -hunger, +Fresh fruit
   • Get inside (Courage +20)
     Success: +depression, +fatigue

• Kill the snake {Constitution, Hunting, Courage}
  • Shoot it (Hunting)
    Success: +Raw meat, +Courage
    Failure: +sickness, +injury, +Poisoned 1 (+sickness, gets worse)
• Take the bottles {Stealth}
  Success: (3x?) + Verbena Potion/Wormwood Potion/Yarrow Potion/Celandine Potion
  Failure: +sickness, +injury

• Dive deep {Intelligence, Scavenging}
  • Admire the ladu (Intelligence)
    Success: -depression, +Blessed, +Scavenging, +Cooking item?
    Failure?: +depression, Cursed (-xp), +seaweed
• Drink water
  -fatigue, +sickness, % Chronic disease (+sickness)
• Relax
  +sickness, -depression

Map events S-W

1. Shoot the bird {Hunting}
   • Frighten it
     +injury?
   • Kill it (Hunting +10, 1 Arrow)
     Success: +Raw meat
     Failure: +depression, +sickness
2. Search the wreckage {Scavenging}
   +Rope, +Bones, +Fabric, +Beast handling item, +Stealth item
3. Scavenge the wood {Scavenging, Constitution}
   +fatigue, +Scavenging, +Wood

• Shoot the rope {Hunting}
  • Shoot (Hunting)
    Failure: -1 Arrows
• Check the surroundings {Intelligence}
  • Examine (Intelligence)
    Success:
    • Take the arrows
    • Examine the arrows (Intelligence)
      Success: Observant (+Scavenging, +Exploration), opens “Shoot the apple”
• Shoot the apple{Hunting}

• Check fungus {Harvesting}
  • Burn it all
    +Roasted meat, –depression, Pyromaniac (-Forestry, -Harvesting), end
  • Harvest Tinder {Harvesting +35}
    Success: +Tinder
• Gather wood {Forestry, Constitution}
  +Wood, +fatigue
  • Stop here {exit}
  • Gather more (Forestry -?)38
    Success: +Forestry, +Wood, +fatigue
• Check the sap {Harvesting}
  -hunger, depression
  • Gather some (Harvesting +35)
    Success: +Mead
    Failure: +depression
  • Drink more
    -fatigue, +Vomiting 2d

• Kill it {Stealth, Hunting}
  • Use a stick
  • Use the bow {1 Arrows}
    • Shoot (Hunting)
      Success: +Raw meat, +Kola potion, +Angelica potion
• Make a diversion {Beast handling}

• Search the small one {Agility, Intelligence}
  • Burn it (Intelligence +10, 1 Wood, 1 Fabric, fire)
    Success: +Roasted meat, +Bones, +Pelts
  • Open it (Agility +10)
    Success: +depression, +Bones, +Pelts
• Search the big one {Courage, Crafting}
  • Retrieve the silk (Crafting +10)
    Sucess: +fatigue, +fabric, +rope
    Failure: +injury, +depression, Arachnophobia (-Courage)
  • Open it (Courage +10)
    Success: +Rotten food

• Search the hole {Courage, Hunting}
  • Probe with a stick (Hunting +10)
    Success: +Raw meat
  • Put your hand in (Courage +10)
    Success: +injury, +Exploration item
    Failure: +depression, Arachnophobia (-Courage)
• Burn the webs (1 Fabric, 1 Wood, fire)
  Pyromaniac (-Forestry, -Harvesting), +Exploration item, +Hunting item

• Harvest {Constitution, Harvesting}
  +fatigue, +Wheat, +Seeds
• Hunt here {Hunting, Stealth}
  • Lie in wait (Stealth +30)
    Success: -fatigue, +Raw meat
  • Track animals (Hunting +30)
    Success: +Raw meat
    Failure: +injured, Poisoned 1 (-Constitution, +sickness, gets worse)

• Catch it {Constitution-10, Beast handling +10}
  Success: +Sheep
  Failure: +fatigue
• Pet it
  -depression

Map events – Runes A-H

These are map events that have a runic symbol on the map and the event itself is revolved around the meaning of it. Not all runes will appear on a single map.

All runes start pretty much the same way, with slight variations:

1. Examine the runestone {Wisdom}
2. Try to remember (Wisdom -40 to +10)
3. Try to remember (Wisdom -10)

Failure at either of these checks will increase depression and you’ll have to start over. But success can sometimes mean +Wisdom.

Rune: EHWAS – travel.

• Check inside the boat {Intelligence, Strength, Wisdom}
  • Loot the package
    ++depression, open “approach the corpse”, lose “assess the package”
  • Assess the package (Intelligence -10)
  • Finish the funeral
    • Throw the dead in the water
      +fatigue, -depression, +sickness, Orichalcum bead, Sage powder
    • Burn the dead
  • Approach the corpse
    • Honor the dead
      +depression, +Wisdom, +Healing plants
    • Loot the corpse
      +Arrows, +Charisma item, -depression
• Steak twigs {Scavenging}
  +Wood, +fatigue

Rune: ? – ?.

1. Use a fire crystal
2. Drink {Courage, Constitution, Wisdom}
   • Drink some black liquid
     • Try to focus (Courage -10)
       Success: ?
   • Step back {exit}
3. Drink {Courage, Constitution, Wisdom}
   • Drink some white liquid
     • Try to focus (Constitution -10)
       Success: -sickness
   • Step back {exit}
4. Drink {Courage, Constitution, Wisdom}
   • Drink some golden liquid
     • Try to focus (Wisdom -10)
       Success: nothing
       Failure: +sickness
   • Step back {exit}
5. Breathe the red fumes {Intelligence}
   • Try to focus (Intelligence -10)
     Success: -injury, Awakened mind (+xp), -depression, Orichalcum bead, Sage powder

Rune: KAUNAN – disease and the fire that will purify it, the flames of hope or a fatal wound.

• Try to get near
  +injury
• Cook some meat (1 Raw meat)
  +Rotten food

1. Examine the candles {Constitution}
   • Blow on the candles
     +fatigue
   • Remove the candles (Constitution -?)
     Success: opens next step
2. Get near {Constitution, Courage, Wisdom}
   • Throw something in the fire
     • Reconsider {exit}
     • Throw a healing herb (5 Healing plants)
       nothing
     • Throw one of each healing powder (1 Yarrow powder, 1 Wormwood powder, 1 Angelica powder, 1 Verbena powder, 1 Celandine powder)
       +Orichalcum bead, +Sage powder, +Healing item
     • Feed the fire with wood (5 wood)
       Torturer (-Charisma, -depression, 8d)
   • Grab the girl’s arm (Constitution -10)
     Success: +injury, Superficial burn (-Charisma, +injury, 6d)
     Failure: +injury, Thick burn (–Charisma, ++injury, 8d)

Rune: ÕTHALAN – spiritual heirloom, sacred enclosure, and heartland. (+Wisdom)

• Tear the matress open {Courage}
  +depression, +bones
  • Stay calm (Courage 85%)
    Success: ?
    Failure: +injury, afraid (-courage 4d), nightmares (-courage, +fatigue 4d)
• Lie on the bed {Strength, Wisdom, Charisma}
  +sickness
  1. Close your eyes
     +fatigue
  2. Don’t resist
  3. Listen to them (Wisdom 100%)
  4. Let them judge you (Charisma 80%)
     -depression, Ancestor’s blessing (12d), Orichalcum bead, Sage powder

Rune: FEHU – property, wealth, power, abundance.

• Check the carving {Courage, Wisdom, Intelligence}
  • Finish him off softly beforehand (Intelligence)
    Success: Orichalcum bead, Sage powder
    • Butcher the beast
      +Hunting, +Raw meat
  • Open the belly right away (Courage)
    ?
• Approach the ox {Strength}
  • Leave it alone {exit
  • Open its mouth
    ++depression, +Fire Crystal
  • Lift the animal (Strength)
    Success: +Strength (+5), +fatigue
    Failure: +fatigue

Rune: INGWAZ – male fertility, seed and self-sacrifice

1. Search the dead trees {Agility}
   • Look up
     ?
   • Jump aside (Agility +10)
     Success: +Wood, +Seeds
2. Dig {Strength}
   +fatigue
   • Keep digging
     • Keep digging (Strength -10)
       Success: +fatigue, opens next step
       Failure: +fatigue, +depression
   • Give up {exit}
3. Examine the tiny hole {Wisdom}
   • Look closer (Wisdom +10)
     Success: opens next step
     Failure: Annoyed (7d)
4. Plat a seed {1 Seeds, Gardening}
   • Think (Gardening -10)
     Failure: +depression
     Success:
     • Slit both your wrists open
       ++injury, Bleeding (+injury 7d), –depression, Bones blessing (-hunger 8d), Orichalcum bead, Sage powder

Rune: GEBO – generosity, sharing and gifts.

1. Light the fire {Courage, 1 Tinder}
   +Coughing
   • Deal with it (Courage -10)
2. Add some raw ingredient (1 Raw meat)
   -1 Raw meat, +hunger
3. Eat from the pot {Courage, constitution}
   1. Try it (Courage +10)
   2. Swallow (Constitution -10)
      Orichalcum bead, Sage powder

Rune: PERTHO – luck, fate and destiny.

1. Take the die {Wisdom, Agility, Charisma}
   • Roll the die
     • Embrace your fate (Wisdom +10?)
2. Take the die {Wisdom, Agility, Charisma}
   • Roll the die
     • Embrace your fate (Agility -10)
3. Take the die {Wisdom, Agility, Charisma}
   • Roll the die
     • Embrace your fate (Charisma -10)
4. Take the die {Courage, Constitution, Wisdom}
   • Roll the die
     • Embrace your fate (Constitution -10)
5. Take the die {Courage, Constitution, Wisdom}
   • Roll the die
     • Embrace your fate (Courage -30)
6. Open the box {Strength}
   • Open the lid
     Orichalcum bead, Sage powder, +Wood

Rune: – .

1. Touch the ice {Constitution, Strength}
   • Remove your hand {exit}
   • Get your feet out
     Scared (-Courage 2d)
   • Wait and assess the situation
     +sickness
     1. Stay still (Constitution)
        Success: Sneezing (-Hunting, -Stealth, +sickness, 2d)
     2. Extract the horn (Strength)
        Success: +sickness, +fatigue, Orichalcum bead, Sage powder, Cold (+sickness, 5d), +Courage item

Map events – Runes J-R

Rune: NAUDIZ – need, constraint, sacrifice and misery.

• Examine the coffer {Strength, Agility, Scavenging}
• Give something {Courage, Intelligence}
  • Nah, it’s silly {exit}
  • Mercy (1 Iron)
    Afraid (-Courage 5d)
    • Turn back (Courage -10?)
      Success: +depression
      • Retrieve the dagger (Intelligence ?)
      • Open the coffer
        Orichalcum bead, Sage powder
  • Water (1 Leather bottle)
  • Food (1 Crap meal)

Rune: ALGIZ – protection and higher self.

• Take the pendant {Courage, Strength, Constitution}
  • Pull the pendant (Courage)
    Failure: +depression, Nightmares (-Courage, +depression, +fatigue 4d)
    Success:
    • Pull harder (Strength +10)
      Success: +fatigue, new “remove the helmet”
    • Kick the corpse
      +injury
      • Try to break free
        +injury
        • Wait
          +hunger
          • Keep waiting (Constitution)
            Success: nothing
            Failure: +hunger
        • Release the pendant {exit}
      • Wait
        +hunger
        • Keep waiting (Constitution)
          Success: nothing
          Failure: +hunger
      • Release the pendant {exit}
    • Release the pendant {exit}
• Remove the helmet (first time) {Agility -10}
  Success: -depression
  Failure: +injury
• Remove the helmet (second time) {Courage, Strength}
  1. User your muscles (Strength -10)
  2. Reflect on the futility of life (Courage -10)
     Success: Courageous I (+Courage), +Forestry item, Orichalcum bead, Sage powder

Rune: TÎWAZ – justice, rationality and self-sacrifice for the greater good of society.

1. Attack the beast {Courage, Constitution}
   1. Charge (Courage +10)
   2. Try to resist (Constitution)
      Healthy (-sickness)
2. Free the beast {Agility, Strength}
   1. Graf and recoil (Agility)
   2. Use your muscles (Strength +?)
      +fatigue, next step
3. Put a hand in its mouth {Courage, Agility, Strength}
   1. Wait (Courage +10)
   2. Try to reach it (Agility -10)
   3. Keep pulling (Strength +?)
      Crap meal, +Charisma item, Orichalcum bead, Sage powder

Rune: URUZ – sudden strength, prowess, wildness and creativity.

1. Blow the horn {Constitution, Wisdom}
   • Blow (Constitution)
     • It’s no use, give up {exit}
     • Check the skull
       • Back out {exit}
       • Blow again (Wisdom)
         +injury
         • Stop it {exit}
         • Ignore the pain, keep blowing (Constitution -25)
           -depression, Orichalcum bead, Sage powder
2. Empty the horn {Scavenging}
   ?

Rune: LAGUZ – water, great unifier of life and portal to the collective unconsicious.

• Talk to the head {Agility, Constitution, Wisdom}
  • Introduce yourself
    • Try to dodge (Agility -10)
      Success: +Wood
      Failure: ?
  • Ask who he is
    • Try to resist (Constitution -10)
      Success: nothing
      Failure: +sickness, Vomiting (1d)
  • Search the beard {Strength}
    • Try to break free (Strength -10)
      Success: nothing
      Failure: ?

1. Ask about the future
   1. Try to focus (Wisdom -10)
   2. Try to focus (Intelligence -10?)
      next step
2. Climb down the beard {Agility, Wisdom}
   1. Grab the beard (Agility -10)
      +fatigue
   2. Jump down (Wisdom -30)
      Success: Mimir’s blessing (+xp), +Wisdom item, Orichalcum bead, Sage powder
      Failure: ++fatigue, exit

Rune: EIHWAZ – yew, omen of death and rebirth.

• Approach the gate {Courage}
  • check the chains (Courage)
    Success: +depression, opens “cross the gate”
• Check the rune {Wisdom} (86 = 61%)
  Success: +1 Wisdom
  Failure: +deppresion?
• Check the stone {Wisdom}
  +injury
• Cross the gate {Courage}
  • Give up for now {exit}
  • Cross from backside (Courage -25)
    Success: -depression, +injury, Orichalcum bead, Sage powder, %Nightmares (-Courage, +depression, +fatigue 3d)
    Failure: +depression
  • Cross from frontside (Courage -25)
    Success: +depression, Blinded (-Exploration, -Scavenging 2d), Nightmares (-Courage, +depression, +fatigue 4d)
    Failure: +depression, Paranoia (-Intelligence, +Stealth, +depression)

Rune: DAGAZ – dawn, spiritual awakening and higher consciousness.

1. Put a sphere in a scale
   • One of the night scales
     • The first night scale
     • The second night scale
   • The middle scale
   • One of the day scales
     • The first day scale
     • The second day scale
2. Touch an empty scale {Constitution, Wisdom}
   1. Touch the day scale
      +fatigue
      • Try to focus (Constitution -10)
   2. Touch the night scale
      +fatigue
      • Try to focus (Constitution -10)
        +depression
   3. Touch the central scale
      • Try to focus (Wisdom -30)
        Success: Dawn’s blessing (20d), Orichalcum bead, Sage powder
        Failure: +hunger

Rune: SÕWILÕ – the Sun, guidance, success, honor, and fire.

• Throw a stone {Agility +10}
  Success: +depression
• Enter the water {Courage, Constitution, Agility}
  • Swim (Constitution +10)
    Success: +fatigue
    • Try to catch it (Agility +20)
      Failure: +fatigue, reset
      Success:
      • Hold it (Courage +20)
        Success: +injury
        • Hold it (Courage +10)
          Failure: +injury, reset
          Success: +injury
        • Hold it (Courage)
          Success: +injury, –fatigue, Sowilo’s Blessing (-injury, -fatigue, +sickness 10d), Orichalcum bead, Sage powder
          Failure: +injury, reset
        • Let it go
      • Let it go
  • Keep swimming
  • Turn back {exit?}

Rune: JERA – good years of harvest and thriving crops.

1. Manipulate the skeleton {Strength}
   • Poke the skeleton
     +depression
   • Remove the skeleton
     • Use your muscles (Strength)
       Success: nothing
2. Probe the windmill {Agility, Crafting}
   1. Unblock the sails (Agility -10)
   2. Repair the sails (Crafting)
      Builder (+Crafting)
3. Mimick the skeleton’s pose {Strength}
   • (Strength -10)
     +bones, –depression, Orichalcum bead, Sage powder

Map events – Runes S-W

Rune: RAIDO – movement, journey.

• Examine the mechanism {Intelligence}
  • Check the markings (Intelligence +10)
    Success: figure out the solution
• Turn the wheel {Strength, Agility}
  1. Think about the rune
  2. Push clockwise (Strength +10)
     +fatigue
  3. Push anticlockwise (Strength +10)
     +fatigue
  4. Push clockwise (Strength -10)
     +fatigue
  5. Push down
     +Mead, Riddle solver (+Wisdom, +Intelligence, -depression 3d), Orichalcum bead, Sage powder, +Rope, +Wood, -depression

Rune: THURISAZ – like Thor, use both brain and muscles to overcome any hardship.
Use one Wisdom solution and one “muscles” solution on the traps or else the last step fails.

1. Check the outer circle traps {Wisdom, Strength, Agility}
   • Walk between traps (Agility -30)
   • Throw something on the traps (Strength -10)
   • Try to understand the traps (Wisdom +10)
     • Throw something on the traps (Strength +10)
       next step
     • Deactivate the traps (Intelligence +10)
       next step?
     • Walk between traps (Agility -10)
       next step?
2. Check inner circle traps {Constitution, Wisdom, Agility}
   • Break the traps (Constitution -10)
     +injury, Stoneskin (+Constitution), next step
   • Try to understand the traps (Wisdom +10)
     • Break the traps (Constitution +10)
       +injury, Stoneskin (+Constitution), next step
     • Deactivate the weighted mechanism (Intelligence +10)
       next step?
     • Dodge the traps (Agility -20)
       next step?
   • Dodge the traps (Agility -30)
3. Get the shield {Constitution}
   • Cut the ropes and retrieve the shield
     Orichalcum bead, Sage powder

Rune: BERKANAN – fertility, union and growth.

• Climb the tree {Agility, Strength}
  +fatigue
  • Carry on (Agility +10)
    Success: +sickness
    • Carry on (Strength -10)
      Success: Explorer, +injury
    • Climb down {exit}
      +fatigue
  • Climb down {exit}
    +fatigue
• Hug the tree {Constitution}
  Success: +injury
  • Stay (Constitution +10)
    Success: +injury
    Failure: ++injury, restart
    • Stay (Constitution -10)
      Success: +injury, ?, ?, ?, Orichalcum bead, Sage powder
      Failure: ++injury, restart
    • Leave {exit}
      +injury
  • Leave {exit}
    +injury

Rune: WUNJO – joy, success, bliss, comfort, glory, luck, pleasure.

• Smile at her {Charisma}
  • Keep smiling (Charisma -10)
    Success: -depression
• Lie down {Wisdom, Agility, Constitution}
  1. Lie down beside her
  2. Don’t move (Wisdom -10)
  3. Take her hand (Agility -10)
     +injury
  4. Don’t move (Constitution -10)
     Wunjo blessing (-depression), Orichalcum bead, Sage powder

Rune: HAGALAZ – hail, the natural force that destroys everything, but also makes way for a new beginning.

• Climb the wall {Constitution, Agility}
• Destroy the wall {Constitution, Strength}
  • Abandon work {exit}
  • Strip the wall of its stones (Constitution +10)
    +fatigue
    • Strip the wall of its stones (Constitution +10)
      +fatigue, +depression
      • Fight your rage (Wisdom -30)
        Failure: +depression {back 1 step}
      • Abandon work {exit}
      • Channel your rage on the wall (Strength -10)
    • Abandon work {exit}
    • Let your anger out (Strength +?)
  • Break the wall (Strength +?)
    Success: -depression, +fatigue
    • Abandon work {exit}
    • Let your anger out (Strength +?)
      +fatigue
      • Channel your rage on the wall (Strength -10)
        Success: +injury, +Stone, Orichalcum bead, Sage powder
      • Abandon work {exit}

Rune: ANSUZ – poetry.

• Examine the ravens {Constitution, Charisma}
  • Feed the ravens (1 Fresh fruit)
  • Frighten the birds
    • Throw pebbles
      +depression, Smelly (-Charisma 2d)
    • Leave the birds alone
  • Attack the birds
• Examine the pendants {Wisdom}
  -fatigue
• Examine the wolf {Wisdom, Charisma, Courage}
  -depression
  • Part from the statue
    +depression
  • Put your hand in the maw
    +depression, +sickness
    • Leave the meat
      +hunger
    • Keep the meat
      +Scavenging, +Raw meat, +injury, +Deaf (-Stealth, -Hunting 8d)
  • Wonder about its purpose (Wisdom +20)
    • the first 3
      +depression
    • The god of poetry
      • Offer poetry
        • Think of it more => restart
        • Try an eddic poem (Charisma -10)
          • Success: ++depression, Orichalcum bead, Sage powder, Odin’s raven
          • Failure: +depression
        • Try a skaldic poem (Charisma -30)
          Success: +depression, Poet (+Wisdom, +Charisma), Orichalcum bead, Sage powder, Odin’s raven
          Failure: +depression
      • Offer mead (1 Mead)
        • Bragi’s Blessing (8d)
          Go to => “Offer poetry options”

Blue people

The island is also inhabited by a few very interesting blue people.

She makes armor to solve the second problem. With each piece she makes, the price gets more expensive. Also she offers some background story on what’s going on. To get the beads you must complete all rune events on the map.

1. 1 raw milk
2. 3 orichalcum beads
3. 4 orichalcum beads
4. 5 orichalcum beads
5. 8 orichalcum beads

You can trade him for some items you might need during your survival, the number of trades seems unlimited. The full list of items offered and their prices:

He offers to halve the prices if you’ll deliver a package to Muscular Blue (accept this after you’ve done his trials), which also gives the giver -Intelligence and -Wisdom. Afterwards you can return to Blue Man and get the trait Avenger (+Courage, -depression, battle stats).

He gives you a series of challenges, each of them at -50 of your skill (minimum 5%) and penalizing failure, but he won’t roll over to the next task unless you either win or tell him NEVER. And the win bonuses are pretty nice, especially for your fighters. SO WIN!

This area is best to travel only after you have all four pieces of the orichalcum armor set. Once at the bottom, failure resets the whole scene.

1. Enter {Strength, Agility}
   Continue
2. Take a step (Strength -10)
3. Be strong (Courage)
4. Hang in there (Strength -10)
   • Dodge (Agility -20)
   • Endure (Constitution -?)

   Volcano killer (+Courage)

Minions

Before you attack Björn you’ll want to convince his best warriors to help you. Most of them will require a battle at some point so make sure you have a pretty strong trio before you step up. The warriors are:

• Giant sword wielding woman aka Gwendolen
• Silent hunter aka Grim
• Small angry dude aka Egill
• Scrawny smug warrior aka Njäll

And then there’s Elof, but his cooperation is optional.

Needed for one of Gwendolen’s tasks.

1. Talk
2. Challenge him {Constitution} (1 beer)
   • Nevermind
   • Here (1 beer)
     1. Resist! (Constitution -0) +injury
     2. Resist! (Constitution -20) +injury
     3. Resist! (Constitution -40) +injury, Dizzy (8d), Megingjord

Needed for one of Gwendolen’s tasks.

1. Throw food
   • Throw meat (1 Raw meat)
2. Try to tame it {Agility, Stealth, Courage}
   • Approach from the front (Courage +20)
     1. Jump on it (Agility +10)
     2. Resist (Agilty)
     3. Resist (Agilty -10)
        +fatigue, Svadilfari’s Hair, -depression, Agility Master (+Agility)
   • Sneak from the back (Stealth +20)
     ?

Needed for convincing Egill.

• Take the book {Courage, Wisdom, Agility}
  • Leave
    Afraid (-Courage 3d)
  • Get closer (Courage -2)
    Success:
    • Escape
      +depression
      1. Remember the ritual (Wisdom +10)
      2. Steal the book (Agility +10?)
      3. Hide (Stealth +20)
      4. Read it now (Courage +10?)
         Ominous book, Book curse (+injury +depression 9d), +Courage
    • Help her
      Savior (+Courage, +Charisma), +hunger, Cannibal curse (+hunger 6d)

Needed for convincing Egill.

• Touch the head {Courage, Strength, Agility}

Has a part of Grim’s quest.

1. Distract the guards {Strength, Intelligence, Stealth, Agility}
   1. Devise a plan (Intelligence)
   2. Place the traps (3 traps)
   3. Lure a guard (Stealth)
   4. Kick him out (Agility)
   5. Hide (Stealth)
   6. Fight (Strength)
      Tactical fighter (?)
2. Attack the guards {battle}
3. Enter the cave {Courage, Scavenging}
   • Search the room (Scavenging)
     Success: +Angelica ointment, ?, +Dried meal, +Rope, +Wood, +Fabric
   • Inspect the collection (Courage, Grim’s story)
     Determined (8d), +depression

Needed for convincing Njäll.

1. Check the device {Scavenging, Intelligence}
   1. Check the heads
      • Search (Scavenging)
        Failure: exit
   2. Check the box
      • Put dirt in it
   3. Check the lever
      • Pull the lever
   4. I think I get it… (Intelligence)
      Success: opens “Use the device”
2. Use the device {3 Stone, 4 Fresh fruit, 2 Wood}
   • Stone, Stone, Fruit
   • Fruit, Fruit, Wood
   • Wood, Fruit, Stone
3. Use the device
   +Stone, +Wood, +Rope

You’ll get 3 from the Weird Device event, 1 from approaching Björn and then the last one from a night scene.

1. You look like a dog… => The only way…
2. May your ears turn… => I’ll use small words…
3. Does your ass ever… => Lick my…
4. I don’t argue with… => I swear, talking…
5. Piss of and eat my… => Shut yer…

Once you find him, he promises to help you if you recruit the other 4 minions. Once you’ve recruited the other 4, wait 1 night scene and then approach him. There are a couple of ways this could turn out depending on your choices:

1. Bring him 20 Wood, 20 Stone, 20 Rope
   • Murder Elof and then attack Björn
   • Spare Elof and find another way
     1. Enter the Mysterious Cave and go to Björn
     2. Confront Elof
        • Murder Elof and attack Björn
        • Spare Elof, bring him 1 Tasty Cooked Meal and attack a weakened Björn
2. Attack Björn

This is part of the alternative path to Björn, if Elof’s deal doesn’t suit you. There are skill checks, but failure only means damage, you still get to move.

Enter {Constitution, Agility, Wisdom} (But there are more checks)

1. Right (Agilty)
2. Right (Strength)
3. Right
   Blue key
4. Back
5. Back
6. Left (Constitution)
7. Left (Agility)
8. Right
   Red key
9. Back
10. Forward (Intelligence)
11. Right
    Green key
12. Back
13. Right
14. Forward
    Insert the keys
15. Right
16. Right
    Turn the stake