The Burrowed Word
The Burrowed Word — 2026-W37
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Weather & Events
1 item · Weather Watch: clear [87°F • Summer • 9h left] — Clear skies and easy travel — visibility i…
Colony Stateboard & Resources
11 items · 🥕 Pantry standouts:The Burrowed Word now reads the newer stack pantry. It only reports reso…
Deaths & Departures
1 item · 🕯️ In memoriam:• Firbranch of EbonyNightblade [2026-09-12] — Old age• Bramble#937 of Witchh…
Trail Report
1 item · 🗺️ Trail GuideTrail Breakers are the big world-changing moments — breakthroughs, firsts, ex…
Scouting & Dens
3 items · Scouting activity:On 2026-09-13, scouts left the den for 0 runs.
From the Scribe's Desk
3 items · 📖 Colony Lore HighlightsRecent lore pages shared by colonies this week.What the den remembe…
Weather & Events
1 itemWeather Watch: 
clear [87°F • Summer • 9h left] — Clear skies and easy travel — visibility is high and the trails stay dry.
clear [87°F • Summer • 9h left] — Clear skies and easy travel — visibility is high and the trails stay dry.Giveaways: Pride bandanas (no end date) • Bun clothes set by FRAGMENTIOUS (no end date)
Seasonal adopts:
Fall leaves Fox
Fall leaves FoxColony Stateboard & Resources
11 items🥕 Pantry standouts:
The Burrowed Word now reads the newer stack pantry. It only reports resources where one living colony has more or less than another; tied resources and old retired buckets stay quiet.
40 compared resources0 quiet/tied resources9 living colonies checked
📋 Colony Stateboard:
A living snapshot of the newer overhaul systems: medical rooms, remains care, fishing ecology, siege recovery, Pulse, and storage pressure.
Living Dens
9 colonies43 living pets2 youngsters0 living pregnancies50 ruined colonies
Living-only counts. Fallen pets are kept for memorial reporting, not nursery bragging.
Medical Watch
13 sick living pets2 injured living pets13 active cases2 rough quarantine rooms
Sickness, injury, quarantine pressure, and aftercare are now part of the public weekly health picture.
Death Care
489 unresolved remains107 tainted487 aged
Physical remains, runoff, pests, memorial sync, and former-owner notices now matter.
Fishing + Ecology
0 casts this week0 caught9 waiting catches12 stressed waters1 pools need care
Fish art, shoreline pressure, basin care, predator warnings, and catch decisions are now newsletter-visible.
Defense + Aftermath
0 active sieges21 perimeter keeper slots
Raids, defenders, keeper rosters, recovery routes, and closeout work now have a shared public pulse.
Stores + Pulse
1017 near spoilage32472 spoiled stacks1 ready compost27439 active saved notices
The new Pulse lifecycle, spoilage, compost, and storage pressure are part of the weekly stateboard.
📦 Hoard Watch:
Shows only resources where a colony currently leads at least one other colony.
 | Berries | 6,972 | +183 over next |
| Branches | 5,431 | +11 over next |
| Reeds | 3,607 | +10 over next |
 | Bones | 12 | +1 over next |
| Fur | 5 | +1 over next |
| Fresh Herbs | 6,515 | +219 over next |
| Roots | 4,375 | +160 over next |
| Clay | 3,474 | +50 over next |
| Fresh Meat | 473 | +9 over next |
| Crab Meat | 10 | +1 over next |
| +1 more standout resource | |||
| Dried Meat | 1,554 | +58 over next |
| Dried Herbs | 1,290 | +132 over next |
| Crab Meat | 10 | +1 over next |
| Fish | 742 | +547 over next |
| Shellfish | 125 | +88 over next |
| Bones | 12 | +1 over next |
| Crab Meat | 10 | +1 over next |
| Small Game Meat | 8 | +7 over next |
| +1 more standout resource | |||
Lupine Ridge— 12 | Clean Water | 41 | +11 over next |
| Medicinal Leaves | 32 | +27 over next |
| Filtered Water | 24 | +24 over next |
| Bark | 21 | +21 over next |
| Vines | 10 | +9 over next |
| +7 more standout resources | |||
| Wood | 33 | +23 over next |
| Stone | 26 | +16 over next |
| Snowmelt | 9 | +9 over next |
| Hardy Herb Seeds | 3 | +3 over next |
| Rabbit Meat | 13 | +3 over next |
| Gravel | 5 | +3 over next |
| Moss | 4 | +4 over next |
| Fertilizer | 3 | +3 over next |
| Worms | 1 | +1 over next |
| Mushrooms | 4 | +2 over next |
| Rat Meat | 4 | +4 over next |
| Mushroom Spores | 2 | +2 over next |
Living Dens Watch
43 living colony pets2 kits/apprentices41 adults0 living pregnancies11 resting now1 low thirst17 training incidents this week
- This block only counts living pets. Fallen pets, including pets who were pregnant when they died, are reserved for the memorial section.
- The weekly den watch now reflects hunger, thirst, rest, training safety, living pregnancy, and kit/adult pressure instead of only old adoption/growth notes.
🧊 Lean Larders:
Shows only resources where a colony trails at least one other colony, including true zeroes when another colony has that resource.
Hartlit Heath— 25 | Berries | 0 | 1 behind next |
| Roots | 0 | 1 behind next |
| Dried Meat | 0 | 17 behind next |
| Fish | 0 | 3 behind next |
| Fresh Meat | 0 | 344 behind next |
| +20 more standout resources | |||
Eclipsed Moon— 28 | Berries | 0 | 1 behind next |
| Fresh Herbs | 0 | 1 behind next |
| Fish | 0 | 3 behind next |
| Fresh Meat | 0 | 344 behind next |
| Shellfish | 0 | 22 behind next |
| +23 more standout resources | |||
The Bright Paw— 32 | Berries | 0 | 1 behind next |
| Fresh Herbs | 0 | 1 behind next |
| Branches | 0 | 2 behind next |
| Roots | 0 | 1 behind next |
| Reeds | 0 | 64 behind next |
| +27 more standout resources | |||
Lupine Ridge— 18 | Reeds | 0 | 64 behind next |
| Dried Meat | 0 | 17 behind next |
| Dried Herbs | 0 | 1 behind next |
| Fresh Meat | 0 | 344 behind next |
| Shellfish | 0 | 22 behind next |
| +13 more standout resources | |||
| Fish | 0 | 3 behind next |
| Shellfish | 0 | 22 behind next |
| Medicinal Leaves | 0 | 5 behind next |
| Wood | 4 | 1 behind next |
| Filtered Water | 0 | 24 behind next |
| +23 more standout resources | |||
ThornDen (NPC)— 22 | Fresh Meat | 0 | 344 behind next |
| Clean Water | 0 | 1 behind next |
| Medicinal Leaves | 0 | 5 behind next |
| Filtered Water | 0 | 24 behind next |
| Bark | 0 | 21 behind next |
| +17 more standout resources | |||
DuskRise (NPC)— 24 | Fresh Meat | 0 | 344 behind next |
| Clean Water | 0 | 1 behind next |
| Medicinal Leaves | 0 | 5 behind next |
| Filtered Water | 0 | 24 behind next |
| Bark | 0 | 21 behind next |
| +19 more standout resources | |||
MossCove (NPC)— 26 | Clean Water | 0 | 1 behind next |
| Medicinal Leaves | 0 | 5 behind next |
| Wood | 4 | 1 behind next |
| Filtered Water | 0 | 24 behind next |
| Stone | 4 | 1 behind next |
| +21 more standout resources | |||
| Medicinal Leaves | 0 | 5 behind next |
| Wood | 4 | 1 behind next |
| Filtered Water | 0 | 24 behind next |
| Stone | 4 | 1 behind next |
| Bark | 0 | 21 behind next |
| +17 more standout resources | |||
Medical Watch
13 sick living pets2 injured living pets0 quarantine assignments2 rooms needing care0 herbs on shelves
- One or more quarantine rooms have sanitation, bedding, dryness, containment, or lingering outbreak pressure to clean up.
- Medical Watch now reflects the overhauled healer hub, quarantine room state, herb supplies, active cases, and borrowed-healer request pressure.
Death Care Watch
489 unresolved remains472 tainted/runoff risk487 aged remains1 handled this week
- Deceased Care reports unresolved bodies, taint/runoff pressure, cleanup relief, and incident follow-up without treating dead pets as living den members.
- Memorial reporting uses death/remains records so former-owner context survives even when the pet record becomes system-owned.
Fishing + Ecology Watch
0 casts this week0 caught this week1 basins needing care1 predator scent at pools17 stressed waters
- Fishing Watch now reports shoreline use, catch handling backlog, pool care, predator scent, and ecology-rest signals.
- The fish art/gallery work stays connected to live catch handling instead of hiding catches as plain inventory text.
Defense + Aftermath Watch
0 active sieges0 open aftermath reports21 assigned keepers
- Defense Watch now reflects keeper coverage, active raid pressure, wall damage signals, and aftermath closeout work.
- Perimeter Keeper eligibility still belongs to the battle/defense pages; the newsletter only reports the weekly state.
Stores + Pulse Watch
1017 near spoilage32472 spoiled stacks1 ready compost27439 active Pulse notices
- Stores Watch now knows about spoilage windows, dried stacks, compost readiness, and the active/resolved Pulse lifecycle.
- Players who hide Pulse for themselves do not erase the colony-wide problem; the newsletter watches the underlying saved notice state.
Deaths & Departures
1 item🕯️ In memoriam:
• 
Firbranch of EbonyNightblade [2026-09-12] — Old age
•
Bramble#937 of Witchhare [2026-09-12] — Old age
•Firbranch of EbonyNightblade [2026-09-12] — Old age
•Bramble#937 of Witchhare [2026-09-12] — Old age
•
Arcturus of amaroq [2026-09-07] — Killed while scouting river
•Arcturus of amaroq [2026-09-06] — Killed while scouting river
Firbranch of EbonyNightblade [2026-09-12] — Old age•
Bramble#937 of Witchhare [2026-09-12] — Old age•
Firbranch of EbonyNightblade [2026-09-12] — Old age•
Bramble#937 of Witchhare [2026-09-12] — Old age•
Arcturus of amaroq [2026-09-07] — Killed while scouting river•
Arcturus of amaroq [2026-09-06] — Killed while scouting riverTrail Report
1 item🗺️ Trail Guide
Trail Breakers are the big world-changing moments — breakthroughs, firsts, expansion, and events that push the story forward.
Trail Tails are the personal legends — bonds, losses, lore, and the little moments colonies share along the way.
Scouting & Dens
3 itemsScouting activity:
On 2026-09-13, scouts left the den for 0 runs.
💊 Healing Den notes:
Living foxes in dens: 185 / total ever known: 1,423.
Currently under the healer’s eye: 13 (7% of living foxes).
Average health across living foxes hovers around 98.
Currently under the healer’s eye: 13 (7% of living foxes).
Average health across living foxes hovers around 98.
Paths most trodden:
Top explorers (players, last 7 days):
1. amaroq — 16 excursions
2. Ittermat — 3 excursions
2. Ittermat — 3 excursions
From the Scribe's Desk
3 items📖 Colony Lore Highlights
Recent lore pages shared by colonies this week.
What the den remembers in small ways
MossCove (NPC) — by Faux
What the den remembers in small ways
RiverSanctum (NPC) — by Faux
A note from the den mouth
ShadowGrove (NPC) — by Faux
📚 New wiki pages:
Colony Aides (by Ittermat)
🛠️ Recent site updates:
• 9-5-26 to 9-9-26
-fixed an issue with the Herb shelf not showing herbs correctly
--fixed an issue with the storage and showing certain items right
--fixed the garden and cracking/showing seeds.
-- Still trying to get the main Den area how I like it.
--always tryin…
• Site updates- 8-26-26 to 9-3-26
--added Pinecones- these are a new progression currency that you can earn through different things around the site and use toward upgrades and other progression stuff.
--added the new progression system with Pinecones- so doing things around the site can a…
🃏 Rarest Card Pulls This Week
A quick shoutout to the rarest pulls recorded this week (no images — just pure brag rights).
★ amaroq pulled a ULTRA — Template #63
★ amaroq pulled a ULTRA — Template #16
★ amaroq pulled a ULTRA — Template #16