Roasted fish,

Heated split pea soup,

Heated meatballs,

Everything requiring water, and water being ultra rare is absurd. Please, I want to cook pea soup. It's already in a can! Heat and eat! Watering it down too? Like some kinda cambels concentrate or something.

Is it just me or is hydration the most scarce resource in the game? I leave cabin empty handed (super early game) and by killing, looting and trading manage to keep up with guns, ammo, energy, bandages and splinters, but otherwise well sustaining run again ended with dying to thirst. I drank every bit of liquid available in School and didn't manage to find any on Highway or Outpost before dying. Are you guys actually able to gather extra drinks that you don't need to consume immediately?

I just picked up the game a couple nights back, and have about less than five hours in it. Never left Village yet. I have suspicions on some of the questions I have, but would like to ask them anyway for certainty's sake.

1. Do bandits have worse eyesight at night and if so, would scavenging runs be safer at night?

2. I know enemies see very well and far in the day, but how is their hearing at all times of the day? Do they react to player walking noises? Crouched footsteps? Surely they hear sprinting noises. No matter my stance, my footsteps sound quite loud in my headset and logically, it seems like a human would be able to hear me moving in reasonably close proximity.

3. Upon detecting the player, do they stay on the hunt until the player is killed, or do they sometimes disengage and leave the area too?

Thanks. I'm finding the early game here more tense than early game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. GAMMA, where I come from, though I can't say if it's just a new player's general lack of experience making me feel that way. I've died twice already, once from walking into a room and getting blasted by a strangely silent bandit camping in a room with a shotgun, and the other from getting caught out in the open and having a 32% condition G7 jam on me at the most inconvenient time.

I didn't go in far my heart couldn't take anymore 😭. But did good one legendary gun and bunch of cool stuff .. got the barrel attachment for the shotgun .. but man crossing the minefield as well .. blew my ass to shit first try while in a gun fight almost died .. watch says my heart rate got to 135 lol 🤣 geared up and going back

Accidentally I discover the use for this medication, I lit the fire barrel in one of the artillery positions in the Outpost and climbed onto the parapet of the trench, ending up "stepping" on the barrel. The burn healing requires balm; if the burn is not treated, your health will deteriorate like in bleeding.

I've played this game for like 79 hours and finally decided to risk the apartments. I even went with no armor. Left the apartments 4 hours later with a chest rig and plate, two helmets, 4 rifles, two scopes (VDU and Leopard), 2 lasers (AN-15 and the tube one I can't remember), and a shitload of ammo. Fantastic time.

Now, we desperately need a new batch of weapons, particularly SMGs chambered in 9×18 and .45 ACP. I am *drowning* in pistol ammo and wishing I had something like a Borz, a UMP, or a PM-63 RAK.

This is my second play through trying to get the black cat but day four comes around and unless I am extremely lucky I do not get a cat spawn. Is there something I’m doing wrong?

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Quick introduction:

In my last post, a lot of people thought I was using mods — but nope, no mods at all.

I played the game normally, found all the items legitimately, usually only one copy of each, and then figured out this save-file method that I’m sharing with you guys now.

Even though I enjoy tactical survival games, what really caught my attention in RTV was the whole safe house/base setup before going into Vostok.

So my personal playstyle in Road to Vostok is more about building and organizing the base than hardcore survival itself.

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This guide shows how to duplicate items by manipulating the game save files.

In this example, I’m using the Attic, but the same method works with any safe house storage location.

Step 1 — Preparing the Item

1. Launch the game.
2. Pick the item you want to duplicate.
3. Store the item inside a safe house location:

• Attic
• Cabin
• Tent
• Bunker
• Class

1. Exit back to the Main Menu.

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Step 2 — Finding the Save Files

1. On Windows, press: WIN + R
2. Type: %appdata%\Road to Vostok
3. Press Enter.

You should now see several save files used by the game.

Recommended:

Create a backup folder somewhere on your desktop and copy all the save files before editing anything.

Step 3 — Saving the Safe House State

Inside the save folder, locate the file for the safe house location where you stored the item.

Example:
Attic.tres

Copy this file somewhere safe.

At this point, the copied file contains the saved state of the safe house WITH the item still inside.

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Step 4 — Moving the Item to Your Character

1. Go back into the game.
2. Remove the item from the safe house.
3. Place it into your character inventory.
4. Exit back to the Main Menu again.

Now the game has saved:

• the item on your character
• the safe house storage as empty

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Step 5 — Restoring the Old Save

1. Return to: %appdata%\Road to Vostok
2. Take the old Attic.tres file you copied earlier.
3. Paste it back into the original save folder.
4. Replace the existing file when Windows asks.

Step 6 — The Result

Launch the game again.

Now you should have:

• one copy of the item in your inventory
• another identical copy still inside the safe house

This method should work with basically any storage location as long as you replace the correct .tres file.

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Bonus Tip:

1- You can also edit the Character.tres file to modify your character stats and health values.

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2-If you know the ID of an item, you can manually edit:

• item quantity
• durability/condition
• inventory values

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Hey folks, bought the game yesterday and am having a lot of fun. Restarted a few times only a day in but now on my actually play through I am at day 3. So far I have just spent the time farming village for weapons/ammo/food/drinks so I have a decent little stockpile. Is this a good starting tactic or should I be moving to other maps sooner?

I plan to go to school next time I play.

How do you guys usually like to do things when you start?

Is their a way to turn off permadeath or a mod? Not into that as I dont have much time to game anymore. Also how is this game in a casual gamer POV