MISERY drops you into a post nuclear wasteland with nothing but garbage in your bunker and tells you to survive. It’s tough, unforgiving, and one of the most satisfying survival games. I’ve died more times than I can count, and that’s why I’m writing this MISERY game guide, this is the playbook I wish I had when I started.
I’ve poured through all the data, from my own tragic deaths to detailed walkthroughs, to create a guide that covers everything you’re probably stuck on. We’ll cover your first 60 seconds, how to get your first gun, how to power your base for free, and how to not get vaporized by those terrifying black orbs.
What You Will Read Here:
Beginner Tips for Misery Guide
- First 60 Seconds: Your priority is grabbing the Fur Coat (for its inventory space) and any bandages or water you see.
- First Gun: You can find a free TT-33 pistol and some vodka in a stash near a white bench, located behind the satellite dish building.
- Essential Tool: Find the Sledgehammer in a house near the satellite dish, you’ll need it to break wooden barriers and, more importantly, expand your bunker.
- Free Power: Ditch the gasoline generator. Find a Wooden Wind Turbine (or craft one) and hook it up to car batteries for a constant, free source of power.
- Deadly Anomaly: Those giant Black Orbs? The ones that are moving or expanding and contracting will instantly kill you. Only the stationary orbs are safe to touch, and they will teleport you to a loot area.
Misery How to Play Your First Day
Before you even think about opening that bunker door, take a second. Your bunker is full of garbage. Pick it all up and head over to the Incinerator. You can burn the garbage to clean up, but more importantly, this is how you’ll get key resources later.
Now, open the door for the First Extraction. You have 60 seconds. Don’t panic. Your only goal is to grab items that give you the biggest advantage. I always run upstairs and grab the Fur Coat, its 10kg of inventory space is way better than the 0kg your pockets give you. After that, grab any seeds, bandages, or water bottles you see. Then, get back to the extraction point before the timer ends.
Where to Find Your First Gun in MISERY
Okay, you’re back in the bunker. You’ve got a coat and some carrot seeds. Not exactly a warrior. Your first priority is getting a weapon.
Leave your bunker and look for the giant, rusted satellite dish in the distance. Head toward it. There’s a house to the right with a blocked entrance, but I want you to go to the house at the back. Look for a white bench near this house. On the ground nearby, you’ll find a stash. Inside is your first gun: a TT-33 pistol. It’s not much, but it’s a huge upgrade from your fists.
How to Get a Sledgehammer in MISERY
While you’re in the satellite dish area, look for another house. I found mine in a building near some flower fields. You might have to use your knife or a bat to break some wooden boxes, but inside, you’ll find a Sledgehammer and usually some Plastic.
This tool is one of the most important items in the game. It lets you break the wooden planks that block doorways, opening up tons of new loot areas. But its most important use is back at home.
How to Expand Your Misery Bunker
Your bunker is tiny. Once you start bringing back furniture and storage, it gets cramped fast. Take that Sledgehammer you just found and walk up to the plain concrete walls in your bunker. Start swinging.
You can break these walls to expand your bunker and build new rooms. This is essential for organizing your base with cupboards, workbenches, and a place to sleep. A word of warning: the Sledgehammer has durability and will break after enough use. You’ll eventually need to craft a new one, but the first one is a freebie.
How to Get Electricity in MISERY
You need power for your lights and, more importantly, your crafting stations and Incinerator. You’ve got three main options for this.
The Gasoline Generator
This is your starting option. You have a generator, but it needs Gasoline (which comes in huge, inventory hogging canisters) to run. My advice is to find a Car Battery (usually found near… you guessed it, cars) and hook it up to the generator. This way, the generator charges the battery, which then provides a stable 1,200 units of power. It’s a hassle, but it works.
Wooden Wind Turbines (The Best Way)
Honestly, this is the real MISERY game guide pro tip. Forget gasoline. I found a Wooden Wind Turbine in a shack, but you can also craft one. Place this outside your bunker, hook it up to a Car Battery with a cable, and you will get 1 unit of power per second. Forever. For free. It’s the best set it and forget it solution.
The Dwarf Generator
This is the most Stalker way to get power. While exploring, you might find a Drunk Dwarf. Give him a bottle of vodka, and you can recruit him. Take him back to your bunker and craft the Dwarf Generator. The dwarf will run in a wheel, generating 5 units of power per second… as long as you keep giving him vodka to drink. It’s hilarious and surprisingly effective.
How to Get Scrap in Misery
Scrap is everywhere. It’s in boxes, on shelves, in stashes. Pick up every piece you see. It’s used in almost every crafting recipe.
Misery Game How to Get Wood
You can find wood scattered around the world, especially in shacks, or you can just buy it from the Junk Dealer in the Sirzez Undergrounds.
How to Get Iron Bars in Misery
This is the big one. You get Iron Bars by taking the scrap you found and putting it into the Incinerator (the same place you burned the garbage). Turn it on, and it will smelt the scrap into usable Iron Bars.
How to Increase Inventory Space in MISERY
Your starting inventory (Pockets) is just 15kg. This is never enough. To increase your space, you need to find and equip two specific types of items:
- Jackets: The Fur Coat (10kg) or Bandit Jacket (20kg) that you find and equip.
- Backpacks: These are rarer but give you a massive boost.
Always check your equipment tab to make sure you’re wearing the gear with the most storage.
MISERY Crafting Recipes List
You start with a basic workbench, but you’ll want to craft or find the Advanced Crafting Bench as soon as possible. The most important items I recommend crafting right away are:
- Chemical Table: Lets you craft medical supplies and, crucially, purify water.
- Sewing Machine: This is essential. Your armor and clothes take damage, and this is the only way to repair them.
- Sledgehammer: Your first one will break. This recipe lets you make more.
- Small Crop: This is for farming.
How to Grow Crops in Misery
Food and water are a constant drain. The best long term solution is farming. First, find seeds (like the ones from the 60 second scramble). Next, craft a Small Crop or Large Crop pot and place it outside.
Interact with it, put the seeds in, and add water. But it still needs Fuel. And the fuel for growing crops in MISERY is… Human Poop. I’m not kidding. You can find this… well… in the zone, or after your character is full, you can produce your own. It’s a weird, hilarious, and essential survival mechanic.
Misery Game How to Cook
Eating raw food is inefficient. You need to cook. While looting, keep an eye out for a Mangal (a metal grill) and a Cooking Pot. You can pick these up and place them in your bunker.
Once you have a decent weapon, you can hunt deer for Raw Venison. Take that back to your Mangal, put it in the pot, and cook it for a massive boost to your health and hunger. You can even cook cockroaches!
Best MISERY Game Trading Strategy
You can’t craft everything. Eventually, you need to trade. From your bunker door, you can travel to the Sirzez Undergrounds. This is the main trading hub. Here’s a quick rundown of who to see:
- The Barman: Sells food, drinks, and vodka.
- The Dealer: Sels guns, ammo, and magazines.
- The Tailor: Sells armor, masks, and backpacks.
- The Junk Dealer: Sells basic materials like scrap, wood, and gasoline.
- The Hunter: Buys trophies and deer skins.
- The Medic: Sells healing items and buys Artifacts.
My trading strategy is to loot high value items I don’t need (like certain artifacts) and sell them to the Medic or Dealer to buy things I can’t find, like Gas Masks or specific ammo.
How to Remove Radiation in Misery
Radiation is a silent killer. You’ll constantly be taking rad damage. Here are the four ways to get rid of it.
- Suits: A Worker Suit or, even better, a Hazmat Suit will provide radiation resistance.
- Pills (Anti Rad): These are your emergency button. Pop one of these red pills to instantly reduce your radiation. You can buy them from the Medic.
- Artifacts: Some artifacts, like the Dosimeter, will passively remove radiation from your body.
- Masks: A Gas Mask is essential for high rad zones. You can buy one from the Tailor.
MISERY Artifacts Explained
This is a core part of the MISERY guide. To find artifacts, you first need a Busel Detector. You can craft one or find one. When you’re in an anomaly field, pull it out. It will beep faster as you get closer to an artifact.
But here is the most important warning: all artifacts have a negative side. They all give you some kind of debuff, whether it’s radiation, increased hunger, or slower healing.
I only use a couple of them. The Iron artifact, for example, heals you (stimulates tissue regeneration), but it makes you hungrier. The Dosimeter removes radiation but gives you an uneasy feeling. Check your inventory to see what each one does, and if you don’t like it, sell it to the Medic for 50 rubles.
MISERY All Weapons and Ammunition
Your pistol won’t cut it for long. You’ll soon find other weapons like the PPSH (a submachine gun with a high fire rate), the Mosin Rifle (a powerful, long range bolt action), and eventually, the AK-74.
A quick tip on loading them: it’s not like other games. You have to open your inventory, click the weapon, and take the magazine out. Then, click the magazine and put the ammo into it. Finally, put the loaded magazine back into the gun. It’s clunky, but it’s realistic.
The Zone is a nightmare, but you’re ready now. This MISERY guide has given you the knowledge to build a safe, powered bunker, get geared up with weapons and armor, and start your own farm. It’s still not going to be easy, but at least now you have a fighting chance.
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