The Burrowed Word
The Burrowed Word — 2026-W41
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Weather & Events
1 item · Weather Watch: fog [50°F • Fall • 9h left] — Low fog blankets the ground — visibility drops…
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:• Everett of amaroq [2026-10-10] — Died from battle_bite_infection• Cinderbl…
Trail Report
1 item · 🗺️ Trail GuideTrail Breakers are the big world-changing moments — breakthroughs, firsts, ex…
Scouting & Dens
3 items · Scouting activity:On 2026-10-11, scouts left the den for 0 runs.
From the Scribe's Desk
2 items · 📖 Colony Lore HighlightsRecent lore pages shared by colonies this week.Things that hold bec…
Weather & Events
1 itemWeather Watch: 
fog [50°F • Fall • 9h left] — Low fog blankets the ground — visibility drops fast, so scouts should move carefully.
fog [50°F • Fall • 9h left] — Low fog blankets the ground — visibility drops fast, so scouts should move carefully.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.
47 compared resources0 quiet/tied resources6 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
6 colonies27 living pets0 youngsters0 living pregnancies51 ruined colonies
Living-only counts. Fallen pets are kept for memorial reporting, not nursery bragging.
Medical Watch
13 sick living pets1 injured living pets15 active cases1 critical3 rough quarantine rooms
Sickness, injury, quarantine pressure, and aftercare are now part of the public weekly health picture.
Death Care
511 unresolved remains114 tainted509 aged103 incidents this week
Physical remains, runoff, pests, memorial sync, and former-owner notices now matter.
Fishing + Ecology
0 casts this week0 caught9 waiting catches14 stressed waters1 pools need care
Fish art, shoreline pressure, basin care, predator warnings, and catch decisions are now newsletter-visible.
Defense + Aftermath
4 active sieges1 open aftermath reports1 ready closeout12 perimeter keeper slots
Raids, defenders, keeper rosters, recovery routes, and closeout work now have a shared public pulse.
Stores + Pulse
932 near spoilage2238 spoiled stacks27811 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.
 | Branches | 1,603 | +19 over next |
| Reeds | 1,056 | +9 over next |
| Fresh Herbs | 650 | +27 over next |
 | Bones | 14 | +5 over next |
| Wood | 10 | +1 over next |
| +3 more standout resources | |||
| Berries | 850 | +2 over next |
| Roots | 464 | +47 over next |
| Stone | 10 | +5 over next |
| Wood | 10 | +1 over next |
| Clay | 754 | +28 over next |
| Tainted Water | 2 | +2 over next |
| Fish | 259 | +26 over next |
| Shellfish | 48 | +3 over next |
| Crab Meat | 27 | +5 over next |
| Bird Meat | 5 | +5 over next |
| Fur | 2 | +1 over next |
Silver Starfall— 31 | Fertilizer | 14 | +14 over next |
| Mud | 13 | +13 over next |
| Sand | 13 | +13 over next |
| Fiber | 10 | +10 over next |
| Fresh Herbs | 8 | +8 over next |
| +26 more standout resources | |||
Living Dens Watch
27 living colony pets0 kits/apprentices27 adults0 living pregnancies6 resting now1 low thirst7 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.
Silver Starfall— 14 | Branches | 36 | 650 behind next |
| Reeds | 10 | 405 behind next |
| Berries | 23 | 686 behind next |
| Clay | 22 | 300 behind next |
| Fresh Herbs | 2 | 554 behind next |
| +9 more standout resources | |||
MistDepths (NPC)— 39 | Shellfish | 0 | 18 behind next |
| Crab Meat | 0 | 4 behind next |
| Fertilizer | 0 | 14 behind next |
| Mud | 0 | 13 behind next |
| Sand | 0 | 13 behind next |
| +34 more standout resources | |||
MossCove (NPC)— 34 | Fertilizer | 0 | 14 behind next |
| Mud | 0 | 13 behind next |
| Sand | 0 | 13 behind next |
| Fiber | 0 | 10 behind next |
| Fresh Herbs | 0 | 8 behind next |
| +29 more standout resources | |||
DuskRise (NPC)— 32 | Fertilizer | 0 | 14 behind next |
| Mud | 0 | 13 behind next |
| Sand | 0 | 13 behind next |
| Fiber | 0 | 10 behind next |
| Fresh Herbs | 0 | 8 behind next |
| +27 more standout resources | |||
| Fertilizer | 0 | 14 behind next |
| Mud | 0 | 13 behind next |
| Sand | 0 | 13 behind next |
| Fiber | 0 | 10 behind next |
| Fresh Herbs | 0 | 8 behind next |
| +30 more standout resources | |||
AshSanctum (NPC)— 34 | Fertilizer | 0 | 14 behind next |
| Mud | 0 | 13 behind next |
| Sand | 0 | 13 behind next |
| Fiber | 0 | 10 behind next |
| Stone | 0 | 4 behind next |
| +29 more standout resources | |||
Medical Watch
13 sick living pets1 injured living pets0 quarantine assignments3 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
511 unresolved remains510 tainted/runoff risk509 aged remains103 neglect incidents
- 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 pools20 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
4 active sieges1 open aftermath reports1 ready for closeout12 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
932 near spoilage2238 spoiled stacks27811 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:
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Everett of amaroq [2026-10-10] — Died from battle_bite_infection
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Cinderbloom of Faux [2026-10-10] — Died from foam_madness
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Cotton of OnceUponAPlatypus [2026-10-09] — Old age
•Cotton of OnceUponAPlatypus [2026-10-09] — Old age
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Ashfur of Faux [2026-10-09] — Died from foam_madness
•Copperflame of Faux [2026-10-07] — Died from foam_madness
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Specks of candilicious [2026-10-06] — Old age
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Abigail of PlagueBunni [2026-10-05] — Old age
•Echosparksong of Faux [2026-10-04] — Killed while scouting during the morning scout tick: exhaustion and exposure (abandoned_house / rain)
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Toby#339 of OnceUponAPlatypus [2026-10-04] — Killed while scouting during the morning scout tick: a hostile predator attack (old_barn / rain)
•Echosparksong of Faux [2026-10-04] — Killed while scouting during the morning scout tick: exhaustion and exposure (abandoned_house / rain)
•Toby#339 of OnceUponAPlatypus [2026-10-04] — Killed while scouting during the morning scout tick: a hostile predator attack (old_barn / rain)
Everett of amaroq [2026-10-10] — Died from battle_bite_infection•
Cinderbloom of Faux [2026-10-10] — Died from foam_madness•
Cotton of OnceUponAPlatypus [2026-10-09] — Old age•
Cotton of OnceUponAPlatypus [2026-10-09] — Old age•
Ashfur of Faux [2026-10-09] — Died from foam_madness•
Copperflame of Faux [2026-10-07] — Died from foam_madness•
Specks of candilicious [2026-10-06] — Old age•
Abigail of PlagueBunni [2026-10-05] — Old age•
Echosparksong of Faux [2026-10-04] — Killed while scouting during the morning scout tick: exhaustion and exposure (abandoned_house / rain)•
Toby#339 of OnceUponAPlatypus [2026-10-04] — Killed while scouting during the morning scout tick: a hostile predator attack (old_barn / rain)•
Echosparksong of Faux [2026-10-04] — Killed while scouting during the morning scout tick: exhaustion and exposure (abandoned_house / rain)•
Toby#339 of OnceUponAPlatypus [2026-10-04] — Killed while scouting during the morning scout tick: a hostile predator attack (old_barn / rain)Trail 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 2026-10-11, scouts left the den for 0 runs.
💊 Healing Den notes:
Living foxes in dens: 173 / total ever known: 1,445.
Currently under the healer’s eye: 13 (8% of living foxes).
Average health across living foxes hovers around 98.
Currently under the healer’s eye: 13 (8% of living foxes).
Average health across living foxes hovers around 98.
Paths most trodden:
Top explorers (players, last 7 days):
1. amaroq — 7 excursions
From the Scribe's Desk
2 items📖 Colony Lore Highlights
Recent lore pages shared by colonies this week.
Things that hold because somebody fixed them
BrambleRest (NPC) — by Faux
Things that hold because somebody fixed them
MossCove (NPC) — by Faux
A note from the den mouth
MistDepths (NPC) — by Faux
🃏 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 #35
★ amaroq pulled a ULTRA — Template #19
★ amaroq pulled a ULTRA — Template #7
★ amaroq pulled a ULTRA — Template #33
★ amaroq pulled a ULTRA — Template #18
★ amaroq pulled a ULTRA — Template #51
★ amaroq pulled a ULTRA — Template #41
★ amaroq pulled a ULTRA — Template #19
★ amaroq pulled a ULTRA — Template #7
★ amaroq pulled a ULTRA — Template #33
★ amaroq pulled a ULTRA — Template #18
★ amaroq pulled a ULTRA — Template #51
★ amaroq pulled a ULTRA — Template #41