Recaps

Su Wei survived the blizzard, returned to his inherited cabin with Cotton Candy, and used his modules to gather valuable plants and restore the property. With supplies and a new tent, he left for the mountains to hunt and gather, ending the stretch by finding bearberries in the snowy forest.

• Su Wei escaped a young brown bear, met the blue-eyed albino red fox, and survived a worsening storm by taking shelter in a hunters’ cabin.
• Su Wei let the fox into the cabin, tamed it through the Beast Taming Module, named it Cotton Candy, and brought it home after the blizzard passed.
• Su Wei sold chaga to Old Jack but refused to sell Cotton Candy, then cleaned his cabin and unlocked the Life Module.
• Su Wei repaired his old pickup, bought supplies in Kodiak Town, and learned from Tessa that a recording might help the fishermen’s families recover insurance money.
• Su Wei prepared for a mountain trip, bought a tent, and set out with Cotton Candy after the weather cleared.
• Su Wei harvested Devil's Claw, raised the Gathering Module to LV2, and gathered enough roots to be worth an estimated $8,000 or more after drying.
• Su Wei camped in a sheltered rocky nook, cooked a meal that granted a slight Stamina Recovery buff, and warned Cotton Candy not to chase prey or take food without permission.
• Su Wei left camp with Cotton Candy and followed the Gathering Module’s lights to bearberries, gaining gathering experience after eating some.

Su Wei hunted and processed a black-tailed deer, then rescued his childhood friend Emily after she fell into a pit. Back at his cabin, he sold his Devil’s Claw and deer for $15,200 and considered his next expenses as he settled in for a hearty meal.

• Su Wei wounded a black-tailed deer with a poor shot, tracked it with Cotton Candy, and killed it beneath a rock.
• Su Wei butchered the deer, preserved its hide, and built a travois sled to carry his supplies and meat down the mountain.
• After spotting a distress flare, Su Wei found Emily trapped in a pit, treated her injured ankle, and repaired her snowmobile.
• Su Wei brought Emily to his camp, kept her warm, and drove her by snowmobile to his cabin before taking her to a clinic.
• Dr. Hansen diagnosed Emily with severe ligament damage and a bone bruise, and Su Wei paid her $730 medical bill.
• Su Wei refused Old Jack’s offer to buy Cotton Candy, then sold him Devil’s Claw, venison, and a deerskin for $15,200.
• Su Wei considered paying his debt, upgrading his equipment, buying supplies, and entering the bear-permit lottery before cooking beef brisket stew at his cabin.

Su Wei weathered a blizzard that cut off his cabin, forcing him to conserve supplies and find food on the frozen lake. After catching several fish, he spotted a herd of Roosevelt elk and returned home considering a hunt once the storm eased.

• Su Wei was caught in a blizzard after the generator ran out of fuel, then shoveled snow, cleared the roof, and learned from Emily that roads and power across town were disrupted.
• Su Wei inventoried his dwindling food and diesel, prepared ice-fishing tackle, and tried unsuccessfully to get Emily's snowmobile running by siphoning gasoline from his pickup.
• Su Wei cooked meals, exercised with Cotton Candy, gathered and split firewood, and bathed while waiting for the storm to pass.
• When the blizzard stopped, Su Wei cleared snow from the cabin and roof, checked the lake ice, and drilled a fishing hole where the Gathering Module detected algae.
• Su Wei caught an Arctic grayling, unlocked the Fishing Module, and then landed a rainbow trout, sticklebacks, a brook trout, and an elite Arctic grayling.
• Cotton Candy warned Su Wei about approaching animals, and Su Wei saw seven Roosevelt elk crossing the frozen lake.
• Su Wei judged that he could not safely hunt the lead bull without his rifle, memorized the herd's route to a U-Shaped Valley, and returned to the cabin with his fish.

Stranded by a blizzard, Su Wei found a Roosevelt elk herd and a valuable antler, then studied his father's notes to repair the snowmobile. He reached Kodiak Town with Cotton Candy, reunited with Emily, and went to take the hunter certification exam, where Aruk Kash confronted him.

• Su Wei found a herd of Roosevelt elk in a sheltered valley, but slipped on an icy rock while retreating and discovered a top-grade antler worth thousands of dollars.
• Su Wei decided that hunting the herd would require a working snowmobile and trained his repair skills by fixing a hand pump and studying his father's notebooks and engine blueprints.
• Su Wei rebuilt the old Ford engine and used its connecting rod and homemade brass bearings to repair the snowmobile, which he successfully started.
• Su Wei chose to seek hunter certification before hunting the elk and planned to visit Emily and the Fish and Game Department in Kodiak Town.
• After the blizzard passed, Su Wei fueled the snowmobile, tucked Cotton Candy inside his jacket, and rode through snowbound Kodiak Town to Emily's apartment.
• Su Wei found Emily injured and short on food, explained how he had returned, and left Cotton Candy with her before setting out for the hunter exam.
• Su Wei registered for the theory exam, then Aruk Kash arrived, recognized him, and confronted him for returning without getting in touch.