Skalisty Island Hermits

[strayshadow 81]

I've spent a little while living on the island after I swam out to it to satisfy my curiosity. Found that I can happily live there as it has a water pump/well and three buildings that seem to produce enough loot to live on.

The little hamlet creates a small amount of zombies but most of it is uninhabited and would allow a perfect overwatch of the opposing mainland beaches.

If anyone fancies taking a break from it all and becoming a hermit I'd recommend it. Though of course, you'll have to leave your belongings 'at the door' when you want to enter or exit... unless you have a boat.

Unless someone has a boat repaired and I can get a lift I'm just going to swim off of it again soon, I enjoy playing roulette in cherno too much.

You could probably have a little enclave of Survivors living there but I don't know if the loot that spawns would be enough to go round. Let the Battle Royale begin.

[malicioush 1]

I haven't ever been to the island but that place would seem to be the perfect place to hide some stash of loot for a determined group. A single person trying to solo there without a boat would be going there for mostly nothing since you can lose your stuff if you swim.

[Dr Wasteland MD 597]

I heard a rumor that you only lose your backpack when swimming if you run into the water instead of walk in. Give it a shot, maybe you can keep your stuff.

[iogc_broadsword 33]

I often thought about going out to the Island and just Picking off Bandits on the beach with a scoped weapon, but felt I needed a boat stashed round the back for quick exits and shipping loot around. Nice idea though.

[strayshadow 81]

I left everything on the beach for a friend to pick up and use later on before I swam over. I found that when I did enter the water and started swimming I dropped everything except my compass and anything in your pistol ammo slots.

While on the island I found a Winchester with 5 loads of ammunition, two tins of beans, a water bottle, a compass and a few other bits and pieces. With the three buildings that seem to produce loot (The boat house, the cabin and the shed beside the cabin) you could live quite well and just waiting around you would probably have the same chance of finding any item that would spawn on the main land.

I swam out to a boat not far off the shore but the server crashed before I got to it, joined another server and found my temp at zero so now I have a nice cough =D

[undead_clown 2]

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I'll have to test that, dropped my stuff so many times trying to refill water bottles. Its super annoying trying to get it back.

[nightmareus 0]

Im going to try this if I get killed....

[consti2tion 1]

..I think im about to become a hermit there my self.

[OrlyNorly 0]

I'll have to test that, dropped my stuff so many times trying to refill water bottles. Its super annoying trying to get it back.

wait, you can get it back after losing it in the water?

[strayshadow 81]

I left the island and I'm now holidaying at the Lumber Mill. I've come across 8 dead Survivors and only one dead Bandit - if they were all his kills thats pretty impressive as they were all very well equipped.

[Hermit (DayZ) 0]

^--- It's in my name. Tempted to.

[dallas 5195]

I heard a rumor that you only lose your backpack when swimming if you run into the water instead of walk in. Give it a shot' date=' maybe you can keep your stuff.

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I kind of started that rumor. Only thing I can say for certain is don't swim with your gear if you're out of breath, don't swim with your gear for more than 10 seconds.

[cesar10022@hotmail.com 3]

I shall make a Jim Jones character, and lead those who wish for a better life to the island. Too bad the place is rather devoid of much else besides those houses, an antenna, and some wrecked ships to the rear of it.