White Wolf Fur/Strategies

## Introduction

So, you want to become the master farmer? Or you just want to try hard by making a farm in winter and you need more cold protection? Or you're just tired of getting your stuff stolen by players using a Winter Hood? Well, no worries, because the Winter Peasant's Tunic is here to help you!

Considering the fact that the White Wolf Fur quest is arguably one of the hardest, if not the hardest quest in starve.io, I felt obliged to make a guide on this subject. This guide walks through every step from spawning until the completion of the quest. At the end of this guide, there are some extra tips on what to do when you accomplish the quest, like how to craft the winter peasant’s tunic.

**DISCLAIMER**: This guide illustrates the way I finished the quest. There are most probably many more ways of completing this challenge, but today, I'm only illustrating one of them. Also, in this guide, I assume that you have enough knowledge of the game to know the basic crafting recipes and strategies to monitor your hunger, cold and water. Therefore, I will not be talking too much about crafting recipes and I will not remind you to stay warm and to eat, as I assume that you already know when and how to do this.

## From spawning to crafting

This part will cover what you would normally get in the forest. The next part called “Preparing for winter” will go over what you need to survive the winter, and what you will need for this specific quest.

### Spawning

For this specific quest, I would highly recommend spawning at night. Here’s the logic: You have 4 days to complete the quest. If you spawn during the night, then you can make a sword (or spear) and stone pickaxe during the night so you can hunt the next day. Because you need about one and a half days to prepare (if you are decent at the game), then you will prepare for 2 nights and 1 day, and you will be able to leave and go to the winter biome during the start 2nd day. If you spawned during the day, however, you would have to leave to go to the winter biome during the night, or you would have to stay and leave during the next day, wasting half of a day. So, in conclusion, if you think that you can finish all preparations in one and a half days, then spawn during the night. If not, spawn during the day. Anyways, enough “bla bla bla”, let's get into the guide!

### Starting Out

You only have 4 days to complete this quest, so don't waste time. As soon as you spawn, collect 10 wood and make a Wooden Pickaxe. If you spawn during the night, then you should just chill next to a campfire and a lake and craft a Stone Sword (or Stone Spear) and a Stone Pickaxe. If you spawned during the day, however, don't waste time on upgrading to a Stone Pickaxe (you’ll just do that during the night) as you have no time to lose because you have to hunt during the day. You will need a shovel for later, but I would recommend not crafting it yet and just wait until you get a bag for more space.

### Hunting and crafting

As soon as you get a weapon, and assuming it at day, you should go out and hunt. By the end of the day, you should have 5 Wolf Fur and 8 Thread. With 5 Wolf Fur and 6 Thread, you should make a bag so you can have more slots for your agricultural structures. You should have 2 thread remaining, as this will help you for making a windmill later. Obviously, keep the Raw Meat that you get from the wolves for food. Talking about food, I recommend you feed mostly on berries that you can find randomly in the forest, and keep your meat for until you go to the Winter. Finally, now that you have more slots, you can craft a Stone Shovel, which is required to get Ground, Sand and Ice Cubes. I will explain the different items that you need for the winter biome and for the quest in the section “preparing for winter”.

## Quick Q&A

So because half of the people who read this guide will have tons on questions on “why should I do this” and “why not this”, I'm forced to make a Q&A to clear up all of your doubts. So, here it goes!

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## Preparing For Winter

In this section, I will cover everything that you will need to survive in winter and to clear the quest. Let’s get right into it!

### Agricultural structures

To clear this quest, you will need quite some Agricultural Structures. To start out, I recommend gathering 60 Ground and making 4 Plant Plots. After that, you should spend your two last Thread that you have to make a Windmill so you don't have to craft it in winter. It is not necessary that you make a Bread Oven yet, as you can just wait when you’ll be in the winter biome to make it. Finally, you should remember to always collect Wheat Seeds wherever you go, until you have 4 of them.

### Extra things for winter

You’re not ready yet! You still need some things to be completely prepared. First, go to the beach and collect 25 Sand and make a Bottle. You could get more than one, but it’s not necessary. You should also stock up on Raw Meat (ONLY IF YOU HAVE TIME), but try not to eat it, save it for winter. While you are in the forest, you should feed on berries that you found, so you can eat the meat in winter while you wait for your bread to bake. Don't spend too much time collecting meat though, you will only need like 5 meat. Also remember to stock up on Campfires, as you will need them as soon as you go into the winter biome. You should make a Watering Can and fill it near a water source, as you will not be able to fill it with Ice Cubes. Finally, I would craft a workbench so you can be ready to craft as soon as you settle in winter.

## Setting up in winter

Now you’re ready to go to winter! In your inventory, you should have:

Stone Pickaxe, Stone Shovel, Stone Sword (or Stone Spear), Wood, Stone, Raw Meat, Windmill, Wheat Seeds, Workbench, Campfires, Plant Plots, Filled Bottle(s) and Filled Watering Can.

You will have some extra slots, so you can bring anything else you would find useful. This list above is only the irreplaceable items that you will need to survive. Now that you have everything, you should leave to winter during the day, whenever possible. You should aim to a good spot where you can find a tree border and a stone node standing together.

Those places will ensure that you have the border of the world for protection and wood, and that you will have stone to mine. Once you arrive, you should quickly put a campfire down to reset you cold. After that, you should start setting up. Put down your workbench and start placing your structures. Remember to craft a bread oven if you haven't already. This is how I would set up:

P/S: For this, I had to use my super bad photoshop skills. Please excuse me… :(

This setup will ensure that you have everything you need in range of your fire, and will also body block you from winter mobs.

## Surviving and gathering your bread

Once you set up, start collecting your wheat and bake bread. When you run out of meat, DO NOT waste your time on hunting, but instead you should eat the bread that you produce, as it will still count towards the challenge. Actually gathering the wheat and baking the bread should take you about half a day, so it’s pretty quick. Remember to always put down fireplaces when they run out, and do not leave your base.

## Congratulations, you finished!

As soon as you create your 100 bread, which shouldn't take too long, you will finish your challenge! Do not claim the white winter fur yet, as it will take a space in your inventory, but instead go back to the forest to finish maxing out. Well, off, that was tiring. But what now?

## What's next? (Post-Guide)

So, what should you do next? You have multiple things that you can do after you complete the challenge:

* Go back to the forest and get the book and gold tools.
* You still need 10 Winter Fur to craft the Winter Peasant's Tunic, so you can kill winter mobs on your way back, or wait until you have a better weapon.
* You will also need 5 Blue Thread. You can go and get Diamond, or you can just use the market system.
* Obviously craft a Peasant's Tunic.
* Whenever you are ready, collect the winter fur and craft the winter peasants tunic!

P/S: Thank You for reading! Hopefully you learnt something new. Don't be disappointed if you die: it took me like 9 tries to actually complete this challenge. I think the quest isn't that hard, but savages make it super hard... Again, the whole point of starve.io is to bring together players that like a new challenge, so if you find it hard, remember, that’s what makes it fun!