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Easy "Diary: Back from the brink" Achievement

Bring the character back to normal from the broken state. Do this by talking to the person, giving him food, and playing guitar for him. Do not use alcohol. To make the character broken. steal a lot from the civilians or kill them.

Easy "Note: Helping children" Achievement

Purchase the War Child Charity DLC then start the game. Note: There are three prices for this DLC on the store page, however they all feature the same content.

Easy start

Each a game is started, you will receive new characters as well as new items in your house. Explore your house quickly and begin reconstruction as well as heal anyone that is sick. Build as much as possible with your available resources to avoid losing them during the first raid. Balance your time between fixing the house and building new things. It must be repaired before winter starts.

Fights

Optimally you will avoid fights, but you will eventually end up in one. Use a combination of stealth and melee weapons. Hide and wait for an enemy to pass. When the icon becomes yellow, take them out with stealth or sneak up on them before killing them. If you are not outnumbered, consider luring them into better areas for a kill. Run around to make some noise to bring them to your position. Hide in the shadows then use stealth to kill them.

Resources

When sending a survivor to scavenge, have them equipped with the largest backpack available. If there are multiple people with the same backpack space, send the best runner or the soldier if available. You must leave before 5 a.m. or you will risk losing your survivor. Consider leaving at 4 a.m. if the exit is close or at 3 a.m. if there is a lot of distance to cover. Carry equipment that is useful for scavenging. Although it will occupy space, it will save time. Food is your most important resource. Always carry it with you. Return with components, wood, and medicine. Take items and explore with them, then replace them if you find rarer and better items. Never return with empty space in the backpack. Explore for resources by starting at the safest areas first. Check the description and ignore those that do not have any food. Search everything when an eye symbol appears to get a chance to find hidden items. Because the CPU also scavenges, begin with less risky areas to avoid losing your gains. Consider building stockpiles of items closer to the exit. This usually works, but carries the risk of someone stealing all your resources. Use stealth while scavenging but be ready to kill enemies. For example, send Roman if he is available, do a clean wipe of an area, then get as much as you can during the first night. Follow up by sending somebody with a larger backpack during the other night.

Survivors

Feed survivors only just enough to keep them alive due to the scarcity of food. Only feed them every other day. Save your extra food for times when it becomes scarce. Because survivors do not sleep overnight, when things are dangerous, put them on guard duty during that time and rest them during the day. The more people you have defending, the better. If possible, give them weapons to increase their stats. As day breaks, send tired survivors to sleep and send one of them to craft. Switch jobs as soon as one is up to always have rested survivors. The characters and items you are given affect your chance at survival. If you have characters with no vices, try the items used for vices to get some deals. Build your base at the bottom of the house and try to place as many survivors in one place as possible to reduce the distance that has to be covered by them during the day.

Various Steam Achievements

Complete the indicated task to unlock the achievement.

Achievement	How to unlock
Diary: Back from the brink	With just kind words and deeds, we helped one of us survive the darkest depression that can kill just as dead as a bullet.
Diary: Day 7	It's been seven days since we holed up here. Death is all around, but we've been lucky to keep everyone alive - so far...
Diary: Effing Snow	Fucking snow. It buried half of the city so deep that we can't get there. No point waiting for the snow plows...
Diary: Finished ransacking	We've explored every nook and cranny of our abode and there's nothing useful left to find. We must venture outside.
Diary: First blood	One of us survived our first brush with violent death. We hope against all odds there will be no more encounters like that.
Diary: Hostel's open!	We have now enough beds for everybody - that is, everybody but the one that has to go out and search for stuff.
Diary: Miraculous recovery	This recovery from a grave illness proves that medicines work miracles. Or perhaps some of us have really robust immune systems.
Diary: Patched up and ready to go	What good fortune, not only we managed to dress these critical wounds, but they are healing nicely. Someone must be praying for us.
Diary: Shooting for five stars	For the first time since we wound up here all of us ate a hot meal. Let's not get accustomed yet.
Diary: Traces of lives	Every building we visit has a story to tell. I'm wondering sometimes what kind of story we'll leave behind...
Diary: We Have Wintered	The winter's gone. The freeze is over. We made it through... everyone made it! Amazing.
Diary: We Made A Stand	The bandits came in packs like dogs driven mad with hunger. We beat them back every night. And everyone survived. A miracle.
Diary: We've been everywhere	We've combed through all the neighborhood, it's harder and harder to find anything useful. This war can't end soon enough.
Epilogue: War is over	The dogs of war have been raging insanely all around for so long. Too long for many. But I survived and I hope I am not the only one.
Epilogue: We made it!	In the beginning, we didn't hope we'll all make it. So many died. And yet we're still here. This surely means something... right?
Note: A bit of indulgence	For the first time we all indulged our addictions. It keeps the spirits up, and damn the health issues, we can die tonight anyway.
Note: Bless the radio	The radio is useful beyond expectations. We get the news and it's so good to be reminded of normal life and the wide world.
Note: Creature comforts	Our place is starting to resemble a proper home. Let's furnish it so we can live in a relative comfort, it keeps the spirits up.
Note: Distilled gold	We finally managed to distill some moonshine. In a city under siege food and alcohol are always in high demand.
Note: Doubled the watch	It's crucial to secure our place against night intruders. Two persons watching out for thieves can also watch out for each other.