From rabbits with better reflexes than me to undead sniper ambushes, here’s the full recap of what went live this week on Survivor Incognito.
The Week in Review
Another week, another round of chaos, permadeath, and poor life choices in the name of survival. Let’s take a look at what went live:
🐇 Monday: Survivor’s Shorts – The Rabbit Which Got Up and Left Yes, I stunned a rabbit. No, I didn’t catch it. Yes, it got up, looked me dead in the eyes, and walked away like it had somewhere better to be.
🌊 Tuesday: Dark Waters: A Dredge Survival – Day Two The paranoia sets in. Fish with extra eyes, fog with extra vibes, and a to-do list that mostly reads “don’t die.” Just another day on the water.
❄ Wednesday: The Cold Chronicles – Day Six It’s cold. It’s bleak. There are wolves. So naturally, I went exploring. Because that’s never gone wrong before.
🗡 Thursday: Skyrim Survival – Day Seven Sneak, snipe, and regret. The Argonian continues the journey through frost, bandits, and the occasional vampire attack.
🧟 Friday: Day One Diary – Zombie Army Trilogy The zombies were waiting. The rifle jammed (emotionally, not mechanically). Welcome to permadeath mode, where the first day might also be the last.
What better day to fight Nazi zombies than Friday the 13th?
The first entry in my Zombie Army Trilogy experience is now live on the blog. I step into the boots of Hermann Wolf, load into “The Berlin Horror,” and quickly learn that ammo is limited, aim is important, and zombies don’t like staying dead.
Expect:
● Occult seals
● Suicidal zombies
● A lot of shotgun usage
● And the slow decline of my confidence in Marksman difficulty
All of that — and more — in Zombie Army Trilogy: Day One Diary. Read it now… if you dare.
The dead walk as Operation Z begins. My first steps into Zombie Army Trilogy involve headshots, missed shots, occult seals, suicidal zombies, and plenty of shotgun diplomacy. A new Day One Diary begins.
Welcome to Berlin. It’s… worse than usual.
Character: Hermann Wolf Difficulty: Marksman Enemy Setup: Suitable for solo play Chapter: The Berlin Horror — Village of the Dead
I load in and am immediately greeted with a very angry Hitler standing in front of a map. His mood is about as good as you’d expect from someone losing a war. After shooting one of his own soldiers in cold blood, he calmly orders the others to initiate Plan Z.
Spoiler: Plan Z involves zombies. Lots of zombies.
With the undead now walking the earth, I stick with the default loadout for the mission and head out. The early zombies are pretty easy to deal with — basic headshots handle most of them — but the game is very quick to teach me a lesson: shoot for the head or they get back up. One particular zombie helpfully demonstrates this right in front of me. Noted.
My Aim Needs Some Work
I reach the village where an occult seal blocks my path forward. Naturally, the only way to break it is to wipe out every zombie in the area. Easy enough in theory — if I could actually hit all my headshots. Apparently, Marksman difficulty still expects me to be able to aim. This might be a problem.
Shotgun Solutions
Once I break through the seal, I spot what I assume is the safe room — only to find that zombies have already moved in. The housewarming party is very much still in progress.
Plan B: Shotgun. I head upstairs, camp at the top of the staircase, and turn the whole thing into a makeshift meat grinder. Zombies may be many things, but smart isn’t one of them. They obligingly walk straight into a wall of buckshot.
Of course, this strategy does have a minor flaw: limited shotgun ammo. Once I’m reasonably confident the room has stopped moving, I make a run for the actual safe room.
Just One More Room…
With some momentum, I decide to press on to the next safe room.
Early on, I manage to score a satisfying two-for-one kill with my sniper rifle — a brief moment where I start to feel almost competent. Naturally, that confidence doesn’t last: a zombie manages to sneak up behind me and reminds me why I shouldn’t get cocky.
I soon find another occult seal and am told to investigate a mysterious skull. Since nothing good ever comes from mysterious occult skulls, I lay down some trip wires before interacting with it. My instincts prove correct: I’m immediately thrown into a siege.
Suicidal Tendencies
Midway through the siege, I meet a new type of zombie: suicidal ones, complete with grenades strapped to them as they charge at me screaming. Lovely.
Fortunately, I have grenades of my own. No matter how many I take out, more keep arriving. Eventually, the wave dies down and I make a break for the second safe room — but not before one last zombie manages to slip past my shot, forcing a bit of panicked dodging. More suicidal zombies show up as well. I get the feeling this won’t be the last time I see them.
With the coast finally clear, I dive into the second safe room and slam the door shut. That’s enough zombie nonsense for one day.
“Snow, moaning about pack weight, and mapping everything that doesn’t bite. I dodge wolves, hallucinate bears, and risk the ice for some questionable meat. All in a day’s work.”
I start the day in that familiar state of survival-induced amnesia, wondering what I did yesterday and where I put that deer hide I worked so hard for. A quick look at my freshly updated map reveals it’s just a couple of houses down the road. I retrieve it without incident and decide today’s goal is simple: push further down the highway and fill in more of the map. No drama. Just exploration.
Which, in this game, obviously means I’m about to get hit by some drama.
Weather Warnings and Weight Woes
I step outside and immediately regret everything. It’s snowing, visibility is tanking, and I’m carrying 5kg more than I should be. My guy starts wheezing like he’s dragging a lead sled through molasses, and I know I’m going to hear him grumble about it all day.
Still, I press on.
Vehicles, Wolves, and Safe Sketching
I come across an abandoned car. Nothing useful inside, but it counts as shelter, and more importantly, it’s a predator-free place to update the map. I sketch it in while occasionally glancing at the frozen coast where wolves are loitering like bored mall cops. I carry on before they get curious.
Further along, I spot a closed fishing hut—unlooted and unvisited. Jackpot. I raid it for whatever scraps I can find and add it to the map.
Warm Feet, Flashbacks, and Phantom Bears
At the nearby fishing camp, I head into the first cabin and finally find a proper pair of boots. They’re heavier, but warmer, and my frostbitten toes thank me for the upgrade. I repair them, put them on, and get ready to head back out.
The moment I step outside, I freeze. Not because of the cold—but because I think I see a bear. Instant flashback to a past run in this same region, where a moose blindsided me outside the garage like it was collecting a debt.
Turns out this time it’s just a weird shadow and my overactive paranoia. No bear. Crisis imagined.
The rest of the cabins offer very little, but I do manage to:
Score a flashlight (Aurora prep)
Find more revolver rounds (now at 23 bullets)
Still weigh 40kg because I can’t stop picking up every slightly useful item I see
Birdwatching for Survival
As the light fades, I notice birds circling another fishing hut in the distance. That means one of three things: a body, a carcass, or a trap. I roll the dice and head over.
It’s a wolf carcass, right at the edge of some very sketchy-looking ice. I brace myself for a freezing swim but manage to harvest the meat without falling through. Back in the hut, I cook up the wolf and have my first proper meal in a while. Victory tastes like questionable carnivore.
The Long Walk Home (By Torchlight)
Darkness falls fast, and while the fishing hut is cozy enough, I don’t trust it to protect me through the night. I grab a torch from the fire and make the journey back to the fishing camp.
Somehow, no wolves. No bears. No moose. Just the sound of snow crunching underfoot and the occasional “ugh” from my overencumbered survivor. I make it to the cabin, crawl into bed, and let the darkness take me.
Final Thoughts
Day 6 down. I mapped half the coastline, got some new boots, hallucinated a bear, and ate a dead wolf. Still weighed down like a junkyard collector, but alive. That counts.
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Survival, stunned rabbits, fishing horrors, and a lot of undead. Here’s what’s scheduled for this week on Survivor Incognito.
The Week Ahead
We’re keeping the survival streak alive with another full lineup of chaos, questionable decisions, and more permadeath fun. Here’s what’s coming your way:
🐇 Monday: Survivor’s Shorts — The One Involving The Stunned Rabbit
You’ll see. It involves a rabbit, a stone, and my general lack of coordination.
🌊 Tuesday: Dark Waters – Day 2
The sea grows darker, the fish get weirder, and the Madness meter keeps rising. Day 2 of Dark Waters: A Dredge Survival goes live.
❄ Wednesday: The Cold Chronicles – Day 6
The Long Dark journey continues. More cold, more danger, and probably more bad choices.
🗡 Thursday: Sneak, Snipe, Repeat – Day 7
The Argonian’s Skyrim Survival Mode adventure rolls into Day 7. Expect more sneaking, more sniping, and definitely more repeat.
🧟♂️ Friday: Day One Diary – Zombie Army Trilogy
The undead rise just in time for Friday. It’s a Day One Diary entry for Zombie Army Trilogy, and let’s just say the welcome committee was enthusiastic.
See You in the Wild
As always, stay tuned across the week as each new post goes live — and feel free to place bets on which run falls apart first.
Catch up on this week’s survival chaos: bears, zombies, Customloper runs, permadeath hubs, and one very questionable Interloper experience.
This Week in Review
Another week of survival, panic, and the occasional questionable decision. Here’s what went live across the blog:
🐻 Monday: Bear Meets Panic Rifle
Sometimes you bring a rifle to a bear encounter. Sometimes the rifle just brings panic. This week kicked off with a new Survivor’s Shorts entry where I learned that even with a firearm, bears remain terrifying.
🌊 Tuesday: Dark Waters: A Dredge Survival – Day One
The boat launched, the paranoia began. My permadeath Dredge run officially set sail with the start of Dark Waters. The ocean may look calm, but we both know it isn’t.
The Customloper experiment is underway. A bit Interloper, a bit Voyageur, a lot of me desperately hoping I don’t freeze to death before leaving Mountain Town. So far, so… technically alive.
Side note, The Cold Chronicles and Customloper Diaries will be alternating weeks for the foreseeable. Until one of them ends of course. So next week will be the next entry The Cold Chronicles
🗡 Thursday: Skyrim Survival – Sneak, Snipe, Repeat – Day Six
The Argonian saga continues. Day Six saw more stealth, more arrows, and the usual healthy amount of questionable life choices while wandering Skyrim’s frozen wilderness.
The hub page for The Backyard Trials: Grounded Permadeath is officially up and running! Rules, info, and upcoming entries are all ready for you. I also teased what’s coming next Friday: a special Day One Diary for Zombie Army Trilogy—fittingly set for Friday the 13th.
The backlog grows stronger. Next week, expect more from Dark Waters, Customloper, Skyrim Survival, and our first look at Zombie Army Trilogy. More danger, more chaos, more very avoidable mistakes.
What better day to dive headfirst into Nazi zombies than Friday the 13th?
The latest Day One Diary arrives this Friday as I take my first steps into Zombie Army Trilogy. Expect undead soldiers, occult seals, suicidal zombies, and my usual mixture of panic, bad aim, and questionable survival instincts.
Character: Hermann Wolf Chapter: The Berlin Horror – Village of the Dead Difficulty: Marksman
Safe rooms reached? Yes. Ammo well managed? Debatable. Mental stability? Slipping.
Zombie Army Trilogy – Day One Diary goes live Friday the 13th. Consider it a very fitting start.
The backyard is officially open for business — and survival!
I’m excited to announce that both The Backyard Trials hub page and the full Grounded Rules of Survival are now live on Survivor Incognito.
In this permadeath run through Grounded, I’ll be taking on the full backyard, one day at a time, where every ant, spider, and angry bug can bring the entire run crashing down. One life. No second chances.
The first day of the run will be launching soon — and from there, we’ll see just how far I can make it before something inevitably goes horribly wrong.
As always: survival is optional. Panic is guaranteed.
It starts with a bear. It ends with panic. Somewhere in between, a rifle is involved. You can probably guess how well that goes.
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🌊 Tuesday – Dark Waters: A Dredge Survival – Day 1
We set sail on our brand new permadeath adventure through Dredge. The waters may look calm… but don’t let them fool you.
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❄️ Wednesday – Customloper: Day 1 – Mountain Town Start
The Customloper run officially kicks off! I spawn in Mountain Town and try my very best not to freeze, starve, or get eaten before I even leave Milton.
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⚔ Thursday – Skyrim Survival: Day 6
The trek through Skyrim’s frozen wilderness continues. More frostbite, more danger, and almost certainly another regrettable encounter with something that bites.
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🔥 Friday – A Voyageur’s Tale (The Long Dark): Day 6
Back to the familiar cold of The Long Dark as the Voyageur run marches on into day six. Wolves, weather, and the never-ending quest for coffee.
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🦌 Saturday – Survivor’s Shorts: The Interloper Moose Incident
I try Interloper mode in The Long Dark. I spawn. I panic. The moose arrives. That’s pretty much the plot summary.
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