Pogoren Survival Guide

Welcome to the **Pogoren Survival Guide**, scavenger!
This guide will provide you with the necessary information for basic survival among the ruins in Pogoren. Enjoy, and remember; Don't trust anyone on the outside!

## Basic Rules Of Survival

*"It's the survival of the fittest!"*

To help you survive in Pogoren, Fort and Viper have compiled a list of rules. These rules carry great wisdom, following them will help you ensure the survival of you and your fellow survivors.

* Rule 1: Don't trust the soldiers, even those who wish to trade will kill you without the shadow of a doubt. In fact, they are worth more dead as you can loot them for armor and weaponry. Use Stealth for that.
* Rule 2: Franko is a 'effing scammer, even if you offer him everything you have he will most likely end up scamming you for even more... Should you choose to trade with him, bring a good Bargainer.
* Rule 3: Trust your gut, to survive you will need to make a lot of tough decisions, some of which you'll regret. Trusting your gut is not one of those choices.
* Rule 4: Do not steal from the living, i know it's the survival of the fittest but pissing people off does not help you achieve that goal.
* Rule 5: Do not come armed to a trading location, these locations are neutral and regardless if you brought a gun or a tiny knife the guards will be all over you and the worst part is that they will never forget your face...

Note: Trading locations include Central Square, Hospital, Military Outpost, Garage and the School. (The Garage and the School Locations are 50/50 chance of either trade or danger.)
* Rule 6: Don't be greedy, backstabbing friendly looters just to get that shiny assault rifle isn't always worth it. It could cost you your life.
* Rule 7: Have a heart, you're not the only one who's struggling. Make sure that you help people in need from time to time, sometimes the reward is worth it...

## We're all human...

*Some of us are tough, some of us are less tough and some of us aren't tough at all...*

It is important to take care of your people, the whole lone-wolf thing might work in those tasteless and overly-dramatic Hollywood movies but it doesn't work in Pogoren. Your band of survivors is your family and a family looks after one another, never forget this.

* To ensure everyone's happiness, make sure to delegate guard-duty and sleep-time to different people frequently during the night.
* Do take into account that if a guard is tired you leap a higher chance of losing food and meds to looters, having two guards means more security at the cost of having two tired persons instead of one.
* It's not a bad idea to have a designated night guard, looter and day worker, the two sleeping off the night while the third labors at the shelter. Still, if the guard is wounded or sick, it might be wise to rotate him out, possibly even skipping a scavenging raid or two while he recovers.

In Pogoren it won't make people happy, but at least they will not isolate themselves before committing suicide. (Trust me, if people suffer alone they will eventually want to end it all...)

Helping the neighbors can also make your people happy, i mean, what's better than helping a neighbor who gives you food in return?

## Your Shelter

*Your shelter is your home, your shield and your hope.*

Some people claim that they will survive on the street. They're wrong. Your shelter is where you live, whether you like it or not, it's your home and it will be until the war ends.

Without a Shelter you would've probably not made it this far. That is a fact. Even though it's not perfect, it's very big and well, it has walls and lots of room for all kinds of things.

Survival in Pogoren isn't just about scavenging, if you don't have a place to stay at, how do you expect to survive at all? Your shelter can be configured to your own liking, with the materials you scavenge from around the city you can construct makeshift Beds, Chairs, Armchairs, Stoves, metal Workshops, etc.

With these items you can improve your shelter, you won't freeze to death and you won't have to sleep on the floor. Good, isn't it?

You should note, however, that it's not a five-star hotel; you will need to board up the holes to prevent looters, Bandits and cold itself from creeping in...

## The Holy Radio

The Radio is your friend, it can do all sorts of things if you tune it right. A smart person should tune the radio frequently, different channels will give you different types of info. You can also even play music which helps The Survivors relax a little bit.

* Tune the radio by spinning the tuner, you can listen on weather, music, local news and and even military broadcasts.

## Mother Nature

*"Day 25: We have snow."*

Mother Nature never really cared what people thought, the weather always has to change and Pogoren is no exception. The longer the time goes, the colder it will get, those are the rules of nature. To survive the cold you will need a fireplace, or more depending on how many people you're looking after. Boarding up the holes will also help, especially when the snow comes...

However, the cold and the Winter isn't all hostile towards you. Snow can be cooked into water, meaning you won't have to scavenge or trade for Clean Water.

## Methods of Survival

Viper and Fort will share their methods of surviving Pogoren, mainly some basic tutorials that will give you a good start in the beginning of the game...

### Viper's Thoughts

During the first day It's recommended to clear as much of the Shelter as possible, try to clear the second floor first before moving down to the basement floors. At least one or two piles of junk should contain lockpicks, use both to open up lockers on the bottom floor.

* Tip: Make sure that everyone is healthy, if someone is slightly wounded/sick they can sleep it off.

These lockers usually contain materials and basic meds like Pills and herbs, and I always construct one Bed before the end of Day 1. During the night of Day 1 I usually travel to one of the few places that is empty of humans (Abandoned Cottage) where i will gather as much materials and parts as possible.

* Note: Should you find food, fill one slot with food and fill the rest with materials and parts.
* Protip: Always use Marko or Pavle for Scavenging, if you have none of them make sure that the scavenger have a backpack with at least 10-12 slots.

If you do all this Day 2 will be a piece of cake, so then construct a additional Bed and if you can upgrade The Workshop. At the end of Day 2, go back to the same location as before and gather more resources.
On Day 3 I recommend that you begin building a Stove, a Heater and a Radio. If there are any left-over resources you should either hoard or build an armchair to provide some more comfort.

### Fort's Thoughts

Spend the first few days clearing as much of the debris in the Shelter and gathering the items provided in the various locations found inside the Shelter. Additionally if you have the correct items needed, construct a Bed on the first day in addition to a workbench.

For the first night, use someone with a large amount of slots for scavenging such as Marko or Boris. If you don't have them use whoever has the next largest slots. In addition some characters have traits that are better used for only scavenging, such as speed, stealth and strength. For Locations to search, use the map to get a general idea of what items you'll find at each location in addition to what kind of resistance you might find there. Choose a location based on what you need the most, but empty locations are generally good to grind for resources.

The first night that the supermarket opens, when it says "new"- if you kill the soldier that is abusing the woman you will get all of the materials in the supermarket to yourself for several visits AND your teams morale will increase. Also when they neighbor comes knocking asking if you want to rob some rich people, say no, and your morale will also increase. Compassion and kindness go a very long way in most scenarios.

## Good Luck!

We hope that the contents of this guide will help you better survive the harsh city of Pogoren.