Overview[]
The Orca Gas Station is a location just outside Milton in the Mountain Town region. The gas station lies at a junction outside Milton, with one road leading up to Milton Park, one to the town itself, and the last leading past the Wood Lot to the Tunnel Collapse.
The station has a front and rear door, both of which are locked in Survival mode, and must be forced open with a prybar. In Story mode neither door is locked, and entering the building will introduce you to Methuselah.
Inside of the building there is a reasonable supply of food, tools, and clothes, as well as a bed and a computer that becomes active during the aurora.
Safehouse[]
The Building can serve as a safehouse for Milton, as it offers a bed and two entrances. even with the constant threat of predators Mountain Town is notorious for, this location is comfortably away from wolf patrols that center around the middle of town. However, players should beware of wolves patrolling outside in the Wood Lot.
Inside the gas station, the player can find a bed and fire barrel, potable water, several containers, processed food items, and lots of breakable wood/metal.
Additionally, there is a rabbit grove nearby (in the Milton Park area), with the occasional deer passing through, and the building is reasonably close to the climbing rope area that will take you out of Milton.
Wintermute / Story mode[]
The gas station is renamed to Convenience Store in Wintermute. Upon meeting Grey Mother she will suggest to Will Mackenzie to visit the local gas station for supplies.
The gas station also serves as a prime example of the already dire situation of the people of Great Bear prior to the First Flare. Gas prices appear to have been extremely high, and, ultimately, gasoline seems to have run out entirely based on the red X's on the gas station sign. Comments from characters and notes/signs throughout the store and other buildings in town (mostly in Story mode) also suggest cash had been depleted and that even staples such as milk were hard to come by. The island seem to have suffered some of the worst effects of the wider economic crisis in The Long Dark universe.
Previous Versions[]
Prior to the Redux Update to Wintermute, Grey Mother and Will Mackenzie had additional dialogue over a moral dilemma around raiding the gas station in order to privide food for her. This included Grey Mother saying she misjudged Will if he does not steal from the store and instead procures food for her via other means, remarking that he "might just have what it takes to survive this winter."
If the player instead chose to steal from the store, she would express her joy over how "that mainlainder store owner finally had what was coming to him", much to Mackenzie's dismay.
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