what in the longdark spitting-pit is that

[inourhead]

This was a bad idea this was a bad idea this was a bad idea.

Holly runs as fast as she can but the demon's faster. She has no idea where Lightning's gotten to; maybe he found a tree to climb. She on the other hand has been diverted into a treeless hill and she's careening down a slope, trying very hard not to trip.

And the demon's gaining on her.

She's never seen anything like it and neither has Crystal; maybe Book knows what it is but Book's asleep. It's mostly mouth - it looks like a cross between a floorlength mirror of a mouth and a snake to propel the mouth along.

And Holly's not fast enough.

The mouth catches her.





But it doesn't hurt.

Where are we?

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with Minus (kappa)

with Mark (kappa)

with Max (Benedict)

in Terraria (kappa)

with Emma (Marri)

with Erin (Rockeye)

Comments

[aestrix]

"Anvils can be crafted out of iron, or purchased from a merchant."

[inourhead]

"But to get iron we need to go underground, where there are skeletons, versus whom the wooden sword isn't good enough?"

[aestrix]

"There is treasure hidden all over the world. If you see a pot, be sure to smash it open. They contain all sorts of useful supplies."

[inourhead]

Ugh.

Well, Holly comes forth and gets the correct tool and finds a place to dig and starts digging.

[aestrix]

She gets little blocks of dirt for her trouble! Digging a hole in the ground is surprisingly easy.

[inourhead]

Great. Dirt blocks. Maybe those are even useful for something, who knows.

Dig dig.

[aestrix]

Diggy diggy hole.

It isn't long until she hits some kind of metal.

[inourhead]

Yoink?

[aestrix]

Yoink! Little metal cubes.

Interestingly enough the metal's vein is very cubic. And there are very clear borders between it and the dirt.

[inourhead]

Holly collects as much as she easily can and then turns her wooden sword into the metal with one of its bits.

[aestrix]

It is a much better sword now! Goodness, look at that.

[inourhead]

Hurray.

She goes to the guide. "How do I make an anvil?"

[aestrix]

"Now that you have some ore, you will need to turn it into a bar in order to make items with it. This requires a furnace!"

[inourhead]

"How do I make a furnace," she sighs.

[aestrix]

"You can create a furnace out of torches, wood, and stone. Make sure you are standing near a work bench."

[inourhead]

"Where do I get stone."

[aestrix]

"You should do some mining to find metal ore. You can craft very useful things with it."

[inourhead]

"Is stone underground too?" asks Crystal.

[aestrix]

"Some amazing things can be found deep underground!"

[inourhead]

...They go back to the mine and keep digging.

[aestrix]

They find stone pretty quickly! Just have to keep going down.

[inourhead]

Okay. And no skeletons. Good, good.

She has torches, she has wood, she has stone, she has a workbench to go stand near. Aaaand...?

[aestrix]

Furnace! She can now make a furnace.

[inourhead]

Grand. She makes a furnace. Can she do things with her remaining metal blocks now...?

[aestrix]

Yep! She can smelt those into - tin bars, apparently.