Survival Log Stockpile Priority Checklist

This priority checklist is the pocket version of Survival Log stockpiling. Use it before every shopping day in the Steam demo. If an item is not on the current tier, it waits. That discipline is how Midnight Workshop’s hoarding sim becomes fair instead of chaotic.

Tier 0 — Survival floor

• Drinkable water capacity
• Shelf-stable calories
• A way to eat today (see Food and Water and Cooking)

Failing Tier 0 voids clever plans in How to Explore.

Tier 1 — Seal and energy

• Boards and basic fortify tools (Fortify Doors and Windows)
• Fuel buffer and failover gear (Fuel and Power Gear)
• Generator placement honesty (Basement Generator)

Without Tier 1, nights teach How to Defend the hard way.

Tier 2 — Throughput

• Storage furniture on real paths (Furniture and Appliances)
• Kitchen lane completeness (Farming and Cooking Space)
• Trap materials after pathing exists (Traps)

Tier 3 — Growth

• Farming start kit (Farming)
• Spare room readiness for rescue (Characters Overview)
• Solar expansion if diesel math is stable (Power Grid)

Tier 4 — Morale polish

• Comfort furniture
• Aesthetic lighting that does not break power policy
• Nice-to-have appliances with prerequisites met

How to use the checklist in a day

1. Open Day Planner and name one tier to advance.
2. Mark gaps in Stockpile Planner.
3. Route via City Locations.
4. Return with stamina reserve per Exploration Risk.
5. Spend a home block organizing with Floor Layout.

Role modifiers

Worker may clear Tier 2 storage faster. College Student may need more trips but can still obey tiers. Warehouse clerk energy is basically Tier 2 religion: label, stack, refuse chaos.

Anti-patterns

• Buying Tier 4 during Tier 0 deficits
• Rescue during Tier 0 lies
• Fuel theater without basement pathing
• Trap spam before boards

Patch agility

When Demo Update notes number changes, keep tiers; adjust counts. The 2026-08-12 release may add items that still slot into these tiers. Checklist language ages better than exact SKUs.

Sibling reading

For narrative coaching use How to Stockpile. For first loop context use Getting Started and Demo Walkthrough. For review context after competence, visit Review Hub.

Takeaway for Stockpile Priority Checklist

Before you close this stockpile page (stockpile/priority-checklist), write one Steam-demo action that only this article justifies. Spend Planning Points on that action alone, then score dusk by meters and doors. If Midnight Workshop or Lilith Games patch the related system, re-open this URL first — not a random sibling — so the lesson stays attached to Stockpile Priority Checklist instead of dissolving into generic prep advice.

Depth pass for Stockpile Priority Checklist

Players open Stockpile Priority Checklist when a specific failure shows up in the Steam demo — not when they want another generic pep talk. Name the failure in one sentence tied to stockpile/priority-checklist: empty water, dark fridge, broken door, late dusk return, or a Planning Points day with no thesis. Midnight Workshop and Lilith Games will keep tuning the stockpile layer toward the 2026-08-12 release; your job is to re-test the same failure after each patch instead of hopping guides. Use sibling hubs only after you can describe what this page already asked you to do. If you cannot, reread the sections above and run a half-day lab before spending a full Planning Points budget.

Session card: stockpile/priority-checklist

1. Write the Stockpile Priority Checklist outcome before unpause.
2. Protect Tier 0 water and calorie buffers even when this page tempts a specialty chore.
3. Keep one path clear for traps and boarding even while rearranging storage.
4. At dusk, score meters and door integrity, then decide whether stockpile/priority-checklist needs a second lab day.
5. Bookmark Demo Update if a patch touched the systems named here.

Why Stockpile Priority Checklist is not interchangeable

Other wiki pages can mention the same nouns — safehouse, power, stockpile — yet Stockpile Priority Checklist owns a different decision order. Stealing a thesis from a sibling page mid-day is how quiet runs die. Stay inside this article’s order until the demo proves the failure mode is gone. Then graduate to a linked guide with a new thesis, not a pile of half-finished chores. That discipline travels from the live demo into the full Survival Log release window without depending on spoilers.

Final check for Stockpile Priority Checklist (stockpile/priority-checklist): if today’s note does not mention a concrete stockpile action, you skimmed instead of practiced.