Ashlands Arrival Stories
Hello, first time poster. I am curious to hear some of your stories on how your arrival in the Ashlands went.
Short version for me: landing in the Ashlands was a nightmarish shitshow with many enemies. In contrast, the video guide I watched arrived to mostly peaceful conditions
Long version: My arrival in the Ashlands went terribly. I recently picked the game back up after a break to play Death Stranding 2. I left off on Queen since she was beating me up, but to my surprise I had most of the resources to finish upgrading my gear. So I not-so-quickly offed her and was happy to see I had the resources to build the new ship and shield generator.
High on gamer pride, I loaded a bunch of resources into a Drakkar and set sail from my most southern portal. I knew about the red water, the serpents and the jagged rocks, so I deftly avoid them all. And then I hit land… and it was a shit show.
I managed to take out some of the birds but then jumped to shore into the waiting arms of charred warriors and archers and I got ganked. I realized I didn’t use my forsaken powers or meads, so again high in gamer pride, I used the last of my resources to build another ship and sail back. I’d didn’t even make it to shore the second time.
My computer is in my living room, where my family was watching TV. I let out a loud and audible “NOOOOOOOooooo” and groaned hard. I was distraught. Unsure of what to do next, I watched a video guide and the person landed somewhere almost serene without any enemies nearby. “WTF?!” I thought. Curious, and completely unenthused at the notion of farming more resources, I swallowed my gamer pride and use cheats to become invincible and build a new ship.
Upon arriving buck naked but invulnerable at my original landing point, I finally got a sense of the absolute nightmare landing situation I got myself in. There were: - 4 vultures - 6 charred dudes - 2 asksvins And a Mallory Oh and a charred dude spawner.
Literally a dozen enemies swarming my position. I tried to kill them with my Mistwalker but their sheer numbers meant I was getting hit too often to get a swing off. Desperate, I climbed a spire and tried firing my arrows, but they were barely doing anything. Finally, drained of all hope, I typed “killall” into the console and obliterated everything.
I built a portal and shield generator and collected all the resources into a few chests. That said, I was done. I tuned the game off.
Fast forward a few days and I am ready to try again. I am calling a mulligan on my first attempt to get to the Ashlands. I’m going to collect my ship resources and a few other things and try to make it back to the Ashlands and land safely without cheats. I am definitely landing somewhere else and I am not going to bring a bunch of resources, just enough for a crafting table and a portal. Worst case I end up having to farm some iron for nails, but otherwise I can keep building ships until I find a safe landing spot.
Wish me luck! Thanks for reading and I invite you to share your Ashlands arrival story.