MudRunner: “Forester” and “Blind Navigation” achievements, the easy way

In my opinion, Deluge is the perfect map for these achievements:

• Very simple navigation, only 4 main roads;
• Decent roads, hard to get stuck;
• Lots of open spaces, hard to get lost;
• Only one objective, thus only one haul is enough;
• 7 balance points, enough to select necessary vehicles.

Despite half the map being underwater, there’s enough land to drive, and the river can be crossed relatively easy in the narrowest and shallowest spot.

First, go to Controls settings and unbind the Map key (F1 by default). Bind some other function to this key, or bind some key that you won’t press by mistake. There’s nothing worse than start from the very beginning just because of accidental key press, especially if you was close to completion. If you use controller or wheel to play, you can’t rebind the button and you’re gonna control yourself.

The first truck have to be able to carry Log Crane Carriage and pull a fuel trailer, it’s important. For example, C-255 or C-6317. The second truck must be able to carry 6 points of cargo, e.g. long logs on long cart, or short logs on carriage and trailer. I used C-260 because of its power, alternative choices include C-255, C-6317, D-537, etc. The qualities to keep in mind for easier completion is fording depth and ability to carry Garage Parts add-on.

If you want to explore the map after the completion, you can spend the last balance point on some scout car. It’s not required for completion.

You will complete the map by going the same route twice, forth and back. As you can’t open map to switch trucks, you have to drive both trucks winched all the way, in a caravan. Because of that, the most important rule: Do not drive one truck away from another without dire necessity. You should always stay within the “Change Truck” action distance, or at least within winch radius. If one of your trucks is stuck, pull it with the second truck, and if it’s not possible and you have to use its own winch, pull yourself towards the second truck. This is important, because if one of your trucks is terminally stuck, breaks or tips over too far away from the second truck, you won’t be able to switch to the second truck without opening the map, failing the achievement.

Some general advices: put the truck without the trailer in the front and drive it, the truck with the trailer is driven on the winch, it’s easier to control the second truck this way, compared to being winched after the trailer. The leading truck should mainly set the direction rather than pulling the following truck, the following truck should drive based on winch tension. Don’t forget to throttle the following truck manually in tough places. If the leading truck struggles, you can gently push it forward with the following truck. Remember that you can use your winch to pull the truck or trailer sideways, it helps with manoeuvring in tight spaces. Just don’t overdo it and tip over. You can also use the winch to straighten the cart for loading.

The route map:
The route in short: start in the south-east of the map (green triangle), go south, then west, ford the river, go north and a bit west, unlock the garage (maroon house), get necessary logging add-ons, refuel at fuel station nearby (pink rectangle), go south to the log kiosk (brown circle), ford the river again and go west, then a bit north and west again, unload at lumber mill (red star).

First thing after loading the map, check that both trucks have Garage Parts add-ons on them. If they have other add-ons, either go to the menu and restart the map (might have to do this numerous times), or you will have to pull Garage trailer(s), which will make your journey a bit harder.

Attach the garage trailer(s) if necessary. Winch the trucks together and go on the paved road. Turn right and drive southbound.

After a couple of bends, there will be a dirt road to the right. Turn right from the paved road and drive westbound.

Soon, there will be a fork, you can pick any road. The road on right has inclines and some mud, the road on the left has a lot of branches loitered around.

After the roads join back again, continue straight westbound. Descend from the hill and drive to the river.

When crossing the river, use the small island (blue rectangle) as a reference. First take to the right, then go to the left, diagonally to the stream. Look for the shallow parts. Remember that you can’t open the map to see the depth.

When the island will be on your right side, take right towards the land. Be careful, there are some tricky dangerous deep pits there on the bottom.

Overall, it’s not very hard to ford the river. Generally, it’s mainly shallow there, and the bottom is often visible in the water. There are some deep pits and “trenches” between shallow parts, and your trucks will likely take some water damage, but if you don’t panic and go steadily, you’ll cross them quickly and damage will be minimal.

After the river you can take left and go through shallow “bay”, or take right and go over land, but with many tree branches and shrubs. In any case, drive westbound up to the road.

There will be a logging site on the right that we don’t need now. Turn right onto the road and drive northbound.

On the first fork, the right road goes into the water. Take the left road.

On the second fork, the left road leads to the logging site. We don’t need it, take the right road.

In the woods, go straight ahead. Keep on driving northbound until the paved road. Turn left.

Drive westbound on the paved road until the Garage on the right. Exit right.

Unload the garage parts and unlock the garage. If you’re playing in Hardcore and haven’t got it before, you’ll get “Deluge Settler” achievement.

Time to select add-ons. On one truck, like C-255, select Log Crane Carriage and attach Fuel trailer. On the second one, add either Log Carrier with Long Log Cart, or Log Carriage with Short Log trailer. I prefer the former one. If you selected long log cart, pack it, and use that truck as the leading one.

Winch the trucks together again. Cross the paved road and go straight ahead on the dirt road, past the ruins of wooden building.

After the left turn, there will be a fuel station. Refuel both trucks. Load some fuel into the tanker. Ever a quarter should be well enough, there’s no reason to fill more than half.

Winch once again and follow the road to the left.

Drive to the paved road. Turn right and go eastbound. The way back will be the already travelled route.

When the trees on the right end, turn right onto the dirt road. Go southbound.

In the woods, go straight ahead. After the woods, follow the road to the left.

After that, keep right. Continue driving southbound until the logging site.

I advice you to turn around before loading the trucks. It will be harder to do with the logs. Remember that you can use winch to help with trucks and trailers direction and position

Unfold the log cart. Position your trucks near the log kiosk.

Load the trucks with logs.

Right after exiting logging site, turn right. You can use your previous trails as a guide.

Before the river and the stream, refuel both trucks from the fuel trailer and leave it there. No point in hauling it across the river. Place the trailerless now truck at the front.

Fording at night can actually be easier, because the headlights make it very easy to see the shallow parts. When driving on the shallows, take more to the right, i.e. upstream side, otherwise the slope and water can tip you over. Use the same island as the reference. Take wide to the right at first, then when the island will be on your left, take more to the left.

Use the pale branchless dead tree as the reference. Get closer to it before taking right.

Exit the river onto the road. As you can see, it’s possible to ford the river without taking any damage.

Follow the road eastbound. After the climb, there will be a fork. Again, you can take either path.

Now the fallen branches will be on the right, and the slopes on the left. After the roads joining once again, continue driving on the road to the east.

When you get to the paved road, enter it to the left and drive northbound.

Very soon, there will be a dirt road on the right. Turn right and go eastbound.

There will be a large pudde, then uphill, and after the left turn behind the trees, there will be your destination.

Go to the lumber mill and unload the cargo. Job is done!

The complete journey takes less than an hour. I did it in 41 minutes.

You can return to the game, if you wish so. Now you can open the map. You can drive around, discover the Watchpoints and vehicles.

You can also try to do this journey with one truck only, for example, OP truck like C-6317. Make sure to spawn with garage parts, take one garage trailer. In garage, get Log Crane Carriage, connect Utility trailer and get the Short Log Trailer on the winch. Leave the utility trailer in a convenient spot near the log kiosk. First, load the truck only, refuel from the utility trailer, ford the river, drive to the lumber mill and unload, drive back, ford the river. Refuel and repair from the utility trailer. Load the truck and the log trailer, ford the river, drive to the lumber mill, unload. Doing this will grant you “My Only Love” achievement as well.

This guide is also available in Russian.
Это руководство доступно также на русском языке.