Survival Log Checklist Dimensions

Survival Log Dev Logs describe a Stockpile Checklist built around seven major categories and eighteen dimensions. This page is the prose deep dive for that framing: how to think in categories, how to measure dimensions, and how to stop calling a messy pile “prepared.” Pair it with the interactive Stockpile Planner, the ordered Priority Checklist, and pre-disaster gap tools covered in Loot Spotter. Midnight Workshop and Lilith Games are steering players toward honest hoarding before the August 12, 2026 release; the Steam demo is where you practice the discipline.

Seven major categories as warehouse zones

Think of seven categories as zones you could label on tape:

1. Water and hydration endurance.
2. Calories and cooking inputs.
3. Medical and hygiene minimums.
4. Building / boarding / trap materials.
5. Fuel, power, and light.
6. Heat and clothing comfort.
7. Tools, storage furniture, and workflow appliances.

Exact on-screen names can shift with patches — confirm against Demo Update — but the zone idea should not. Clerk players will feel native here (Warehouse Clerk).

Eighteen dimensions as measurable rows

Dimensions are the countable claims inside categories: days of water, days of calories at current mouth-count, bandage stacks, boardable openings covered, diesel hours, solar contingency, coat sets, heater fuel, seed-to-calorie realism, tool duplicates, and similar rows that sum toward eighteen. You do not need perfect official labels to benefit; you need numbers that survive a quiet night test.

Link rows to systems pages: food math in Food and Water, fuel in Fuel and Power Gear, furniture honesty in Furniture and Appliances, farming limits in Farming, weather shocks in Weather and Cold.

How to run a dimension review

1. Mouth-count everyone you might feed, including a possible rescue (How to Rescue Neighbor).
2. Score each dimension green only with physical stock, not shopping hopes.
3. Pick the worst red row as tomorrow’s Planning Points thesis (Time Loop and Planning Points).
4. Shop or drone-trade only toward that row (How to Stockpile, How to Drone Trade).
5. Re-score after sorting into Floor Layout zones.

Post-disaster checklist drift

After outbreak, Smart Actions may pull labor away from checklist truth (Smart Actions). Schedule a short daily rescan anyway. Cold waves can invalidate farming dimensions; power failures can invalidate fridge calories (Power Grid).

Common false greens

• Huge snack variety, two days of water.
• Generator present, no fuel hours counted.
• Seeds planted, no preserved backup.
• Pretty shelves blocking trap lanes (Traps).

Demo routine

Each morning, write three dimension numbers before unpause in Day Planner. Each week, compare against the Stockpile Planner tool page. Checklist Dimensions exist to make prep boring and survivable — the correct aesthetic for a hoarding sim.

Takeaway for Stockpile Checklist Dimensions Guide

Before you close this stockpile page (stockpile/checklist-dimensions), 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 Checklist Dimensions Guide instead of dissolving into generic prep advice.