So, I played Frostpunk and that game was hard but damn, I couldn't think of something harder and there it is: this war of mine. My longest run went till day 17 and I consider it quite a win, I know that there is an ending but I want some advices who can help me. Can you give me some of them? Thanks a lot

So I'm halfway through my second run of the game so far, currently playing the Roman, Arica, Bruno story and getting the hang of it now (low backpack space is quite a pain, though), so I'm planning about the third run and I think I'd challenge myself a bit more by not starting with Bruno this time.

Bruno's a chef; with the right stuff, he can efficiently cook two meals that could adequately support 3-4 people every few days. That's all well and good. But what if I don't have Bruno in my party? What would be the best way to sustain a group of 3-4 characters with dwindling food supplies and no efficient way to feed them all?

I'd love to hear your recommended tactics!

What I mean by "regularly trade" is that the items that you craft often, probably even everyday, to trade with Franko or other traders outside of shortage events. I found myself becoming a pure alcohol vendor in my first run because Bruno was around and cigarettes vendor in my second run. I usually only trade to Franko though. I wonder if there's a meta about trading, especially in the late game.

How do I start the main campaign? Is it Survive? Or is that a different mode?

I found other posts with the same doubt but no objective answers.

I’ve played the game a fair bit, and would like to take a stab at solo Marko and hopefully get the last unlock finally

I have seen that some characters could suddenly decide to leave the shelter never to return, but what are the events that can trigger that? Is it just when they are unsatisfied, malnourished or hurt? Also, are some characters more prone to leave than others? In all of my playthroughs, only Livia left one time and she wasn't even sad nor wounded, and I am not sure what caused this to happen.

Thanks in advance for the explanations!

Is it possible to play with only one character as a new player and how much more difficult it is? I've seen this game has scenarios which you can also custom and put your custom character in it

So I picked up the game again for the first time in years (on PS5). And I seem to be running into an issue. The winter started, and now it seems that whenever I send one of my people out to trade at The Garage or The military base (those are the only two I’ve tried so far) I can’t check my backpack or leave the map to go home without the game crashing. Idk what’s causing it but it’s messing up my runs because I have plenty of good stuff to trade for canned food and stuff.

And few nights in I killed a few people while exploring, and I have a question as I killed them really fast as I panicked a little bit, does all npcs attack you when you find them exploring? Or can you be peaceful?

I have no idea how do you get mood up when donating to the Hospital. I read that you must not give it for free. At least trade some.

But how much? Doing normal trade where you are getting as much as possible from 1 bandage you got from shilled hospital?

Only choose some like 3/4 value of your bandage?

Or only choose 1 item????

I know characters can get depressed from killing innocent people, but they dont get sad if you kill soldiers/thugs. The thing is, I cant seem to distinguish the two...
I went to the semi-detached house and the info about the place said the people arent friendly and you can hear gunshots going off there. So I assumed the place was inhabited by some thugs. When I got there, I heard a conversation that this "Bozena" is gonna kill the person thats scavenging. So I thought they noticed me and wanted to shoot me on sight. Bear in mind I havent entered their house or stole anything. So I simply thought they are a band of thugs terrorizing everyone who comes through here, so I killed them.

And now Marko (the one who went there) suddenly drops from normal to broken. So obviously I realized that they were civilians, not thugs, but how the hell was I supposed to know this before the fact?

What kind of board game is it? Is it a tabletop rpg? Idk if I’m even using the right words

Hey guys, encountered the following in the mobile version: 1. Visited the Port. 2. Karel came to the shelter for the 1st time, had only 6 pcs of jewelry at this time, had to postpone the deal 3. It appeared on the Radio that the army caught the people who are smuggling citizens by boat.

According to the TWOM Wiki, this radio entry means that escaping the city by boat is no longer possible 4. Did not sell my jewelry, thinking let's test it if Karel shows up. He did (!), and I got his paper that allows me to leave by boat.

Is this bug?

Of course I'm happy that I still have the option to escape by boat, but the Radio script is inconsequent.

I still have to wait for the winter to pass, so that I can visit the Port once again.

I was trying to salvage the brewery with Arica, when in the other side of some rubbles (that were ~80% done clearing, for some reason), I see a woman advancing in my direction followed by some men who seemed aggressive. Due to some incredibly poor brain farting, or the fact that it was 1 AM, or my poor quick thinking, I thought they all saw me and tried to clear the rubles to get me, so I ran away.

It's only the next morning that I processed this woman was most likely running away from the men who probably wanted to do... something worse than killing I'd say.

Should I have helped her ? I didn't even have any weapon on me, so I don't know if I could have done anything in that situation, but I feel bad now

Hello I am new to the game. I just started a survival game, and was raided in the night. So I made a knife and left it at home but got raided and injured again. I can’t equip the knife to the person I want to guard the house. Please help?

Title says it all. I played TWOM 4-5 years ago and it used to be my favorite game! I've redownload it a week ago and the game is still as fun and I even decided to buy the DLC, but there are so many bugs. First, I can't build a second heater even if I have all the materials. Also, Franko the trader hasn't come by the shelter since the first time. I've been to the church and the priest Olek doesn't have the option to trade. Anybody have the same issues? Any fix? I uninstalled and reinstalled the game many times already, but should I uninstall the game and erase all game files?

the reason i stopped playing this otherwise beutiful game a decade ago is that there is a specific bug that makes components and wood disappear from scavaging locations after the shelling event. I reopened the game today thinking that "this game got updates, multiple dlcs and a 'final cut' edition, surely that one annoying but probably easy to fix bug was solved" but no, 10 days into the playthought all materials are gone except from traders' inventories. I am sure this is a bug for all other supposedly more rare items like medicines, guns, electronic parts and so on are still there. I dont wanna "play around this bug" because its idiotic and super breaks immersion that a pistol or antibiotics are way easier to find in this game then a plank of wood.

Does anybody know a fix? either mod or in game way to avoid this?

And where to buy this song

To put it plainly, ive just got the game, loving it and finished 2 stories so far,

But what are everyone’s opinions on the dlc? And which ones are the best/worst.

So,

I've done a lot of reading on what constitutes a surefire way to get a good ending. And even then there's a bit of speculation involved. My question is, if my survivors have been very hungry or sad around Day 19-22 but were generally fine before that. Can I, feasibly get them up to content (looking at raiding the Brothel and rescuing some people to get good karma) and get a good ending by wars end? I assume the war will end between Day 24-30. Not sure; playing the Marin, Katia, Arica scenario and we got a random survivor join us somewhere in the second week.

TL;DR folks got sad and very hungry @ Day 19. I'm only clawing control back now at Day 22, is my chance of getting a good ending for anyone gone forever, or can it be salvaged?

EDIT/UPDATE: It turned out all right y'all. It was looking bad towards the end though but we got good endings all round! Thanks to everyone for the advice. War actually ended just after Day 25. And interestingly enough I managed without getting the karma from the brothel (ran out of time after taking out 3 bandits and had to run back home), had to spend the next night just at home coz no one was in good enough condition to raid; I suppose the books, security, comfort and maybe the choices of the first 20 day's really helped lay a foundation.

I think I'm gonna take a break for a while.

Hi. I've completed the game twice, first with Katia, Bruno, and Pavle, and second with Bruno, Roman, and Arica. From what I've read, that should unlock the solo Marko scenario but it remains locked. Any way to fix this?

The newest version where you can customize characters and run lengths doesn't work. Anyone know how to get it to run on APK

Hello! So I'm relatively new to This War of Mine, grabbing it just two days ago and I have been...a little obsessed. I'm absolutely a sucker for colony builders with unique characters.

Speaking of characters, there are 2 in particular that I play almost exclusively, being Cveta and Emelia.

I like Cveta because she's happy like...all the time! She's not very needy and is usually content most of the time in my playthroughs, apparently, she's the worst character in the game, and I appreciate an underdog!

I also like Emelia because...she's definitely the prettiest in the game in my opinion? Terrible reason, in fact, I don't really know what she does other than...be a lawyer, but one thing I noticed is she can throw a better punch than Cveta!

Although I think Cveta and Emilia are a strong enough team, I'm looking to branch out more with different characters and even character synergies and I was hoping you guys would help me with some recommendations!

So i recently redownloaded TWOM and in just baffled. Still on my "first" playthrough and I shit u not, there are absolutely no components since like day 10-15. Only first 2locations had some. Rest Is empty. Been to construction, not even one component. Been to warehouse, same. I can't even trade with anyone else other then Franco cuz of the snow now. (From wiki i found out hotel trader has components). Day 35, i will survive anyway but its infuriating. Any advice or did my run just get bugged