My Story: I'm a new player. I wandered the world a bit and then, about a week ago, I started setting up a hermit camp. I got my claim and my palisade up, and I've been using key alts for my doors. It works, but it's not the most convenient system. I've heard about the crossroad system and I'd like to implement that instead. Unfortunately, the wiki says this requires 4 bear teeth. As I understand it, bear teeth mostly originate from bear mouths, and bear mouths are attached to bears. My dealings with bears have mostly ended with me respawning as a floating ball of light.
Clearly, bears aren't good neighbors. So bears aren't the subject of this thread. My human neighbors are.
I met them (the humans, not the bears) as I was boating around the local waterways. I mentioned that I was looking to trade for some bear teeth. I admitted that I didn't have much to offer in return. To my surprise, they gave me two teeth. For free. I had expected that they would name a price, and that I would spend a long time building up resources to meet that price. I'd like to thank them for their unexpected generosity.
But it doesn't end there. When I warped back to my encampment that night, I saw that a cart was moved from its usual position. Nobody was hiding in the surrounding thicket, as far as I could see in the swampy haze. Cautiously, I opened my airlock to look around. Inside the cart were a couple crates filled with goodies. Some cool wearable gear, a high quality sling, a high quality saw, curiosities, and a few wines and smokeables. Also a note welcoming me to the neighborhood.
I've already put the new gear toward the noble goal of terrorizing the local wildlife. Long story short: it turns out that ursine dentistry isn't as hard as it looks. And it looks like I'll have enough bear teeth to start up that village claim when I'm ready.
To my welcoming committee: you know who you are. I figure that today's bear kill belongs as much to you as to me. I've left you a crate filled with a sample of the meat, intestines, and bones. I feel this will help cement the friendship between our towns. Grisly innards make for the best diplomatic relations (I think Kissinger said that). Lemme know if there's ever anything I can do for you.
To everyone else: give us your best friendly neighbor stories. This forum is filled with too many raid threads. Not everyone is a pumpkinhead.