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I saw Geyer's old painting that you took up at the Auctions, someone nab it from you or did ya die?

Also, to the person who has traveled throughout the north section to enter the bottom section. You are the first person to do that.

Well, just so you don't feel too bad, most of the paths you see are passable. But some were closed off. There are red herrings everywhere, it all depends on the vault location.

The improvements I wanted to make were brute force issues, which MMaster was able to use to get to the vault. I knew the problem was there but didn't want to update. He got in there just before I was about to update!

The 100 kill thing was a milestone, but the real reason, I wanted the change was from Pumarona getting deep enough (with some high budget visits) to warrant a change. Not necessarilly the pathing, but just the amount of tools needed if you don't figure stuff out.

Here's the beginning. More people have figured it out by now, but for those of you who haven't:

The solution here only requires the cat. You manipulate the cat by opening the wooden door from the right side, and running around so the cat doesn't go running off to the dog. Then you turn on the trap door for it (it turns it off when it runs away from you).

At this point you can step down onto the power source. Or step left. If you go left the dog will show up, if you go down, the dog wont. In either case, you just head for the trapdoor and it will be powered. You'll have to knowingly walk onto the electrified grate, trusting the cat to turn it off.

After that, when you cross the button, make sure you turn it to the on position then make another leap south. The cat will move up as you move down, thus powering the trapdoor.

Welcome to the rest of the house. I'll be back to add another 5x5 tile picture after the amount of deaths have been gathered.

Edit: Solution from the welcome mat -
R, U12, R, U, L, R, U, L, D2, R2, D, U, R4, D, U, D2

Even if we had a larger player base, I'm sure you'd still see people enjoying the game doing $2k runs on houses where they can actually get to the vault.

If the seed money you started on wasn't enough to build a $2k proof house. Maybe it would have been better to throw that money into chain robbing a higher target for more of a starting base.

I think the proper play would be to not build a place that can be brute forced with $2k.

I imagine a neighborhood where every house shuns away 2k runners and gives those robbers a choice of either getting better or quitting. I also imagine a world where all houses under $4k would not get any visitors. It would be a place where everyone took time to learn and break the bigger vaults (or feed them) and then after breaking would create a medium house themselves to try to grow into a big house.

The entrance change you are referring to was very early in construction and was initiated due to some vandalism by Kieth Anthony Weaver. The beautiful wood-grain framed "Dog through the Looking Glass" had to be removed. Here is was the earlier exhibition:

That entrance was renovated into the exhibit you are now very familiar with. This one is titled: "Fee (line) required, Kay (nine) optional."

The next section that you have visited is more than a binary choice. It's titled "3 Pits to Cat-i-cide"

The planned renovations are very minor, however I will hold off on the entrance change. I figure it was getting stale and out of fashion, but we'll leave it up for a little bit longer.

Ok, when you are done editing the clubbed to death idea, can you share the footage so someone else can have the vids to pull screenshots from?

I just sent you an email with the zip of recordedgame files.

Sorry, I was hoping I wouldn't have to do any of the recording or editing . The longest one will probably be the build file. But you'll want to turn that into a montage by speeding up the scene as well.

The Tool Collection files, you might not have to record them as videos. Just grab a screenshot of the backpack tools, so that you can show it's growth.

After you understand how to go north (a lot of people haven't yet), there's 2 50/50 flips that you got right there. The first is the when you see the cat on the left, if you don't move straight up, he'll lock the door on you. The second is after the leap, whether you head north or east.

You are actually the only person who has gone in that direction since I've taken over the house. That's why I moved it there. It had 70 kills before someone even checked that route. I knew someone was gonna go there, just a mater of when. I'm surprised it lasted so long.

We'll see how long this new location lasts.

Congrats to Robert Thomas Morris. He found north west vault location, and got a cool $28k.

The vault has now moved again, and there is still a house value of 12k.

No real structural changes for those who have been visiting regularly, just a vault move.

10 water, 6 saws, 1 drugged meat, 6 explosives, 2 ladders, 7 guns

That's all that's left, almost there. I should just make another account soon.

Well, if a person to chooses to spend their wealth on wrecking you, there's not much you can do about it besides make them spend more than they wanted to with your design.

You'd be surprised at the amount of houses that don't change when you scout. And you don't need 2 accounts to suicide scout. If you had a larger starting capital, you could make it harder for the same robber to break your house. But you can only do that if you put time and effort into robbing. Have you tried it at all? You may find it rewarding in terms of discovery and knowledge. Plus you don't have to worry about losing a house until you make that big score.

If you are afraid of scouting houses that may change, don't forget there are also broken houses out there that won't change, which still gather money for those who have taken the time to map it out. You can have these mapped out during your suicide lives before you start on a house. It will provide an alternate source of income if you can notice the increases in value.

If you really must build a house on the starting $2k and don't want to go robbing at all, then I would suggest a dog wife shotgun pincer trap and a vigilant watch. They can net some decent bounties but are easily cracked with a gun when discovered. So you have to be there when your house value jumps.

Hi Banakai,

Don't forget to valuate the cost of the tools at half the value. He could have been using harvested tools which he has collected from robbers. At that point he might break even.

And really, saws, meat and water are harvested so easily that they aren't worth as much, and it would be worth the entertainment.

I really suggest that when you start a fresh life, that you use it to suicide scout and eventually rob a house which will give you enough money to build a stronger house with at least $3-4k leftover (to entice other robbers).

There are a couple guides in my signature, and I highly recommend that you go through the robbery one first.