I am new here! It has been literal decades since I crawled through the leagues of classical forum interaction, so bear with me while I relearn the proper etiquette and stylization.

I go by Drate or Dratefarrow. I work a public facing job that is pretty sensitive in nature, so I prefer to keep some aspects of my real persona private. That being said, I am open to sharing anything about said job. I love owning and operating a funeral home. I also love to help people, so if asking some kind of funeral related question would offer some peace I always welcome it.

I am 27 years old and married, but I am excited at the prospect of making some new friends here. I like the calming nature of this game and how small and tight knit the community is. I also like how my anonymity is not seen as hostile and actually seems somewhat normal here. It is beyond difficult for me to make any meaningful friendships. Being the Funeral Home in a small rural town means that I have cared for so many families. I cannot go to a restaurant or a grocery store without seeing someone whose loved one I have helped them bury, and that is a special kind of ugly memory for most folks. I hate having to remind them of it all the time, much less getting out into the community intentionally to try and make friends. I feel I have something of a higher responsibility in that aspect. The internet is my refuge.

I played the Endless Forest briefly as a child. I wasn't allowed to actually download it, but did anyways. I wandered the Forest as an unnamed deer for a few months before I got bored and moved on. This homecoming has been a long time in the making.

I have restarted as a fawn of course- now with a picto that also looks something like a deer. See you out there.

Discord - Dratefarrow

The Rut 2026

Hello !
I'd love to play online to Endless Forest ! However... I'm facing the "network status : error".
Would anyone knows what to do ?
I already whitelist the forestviewer on the firewall and checked if my Directplay was checked. I also waited ~20 minutes to see if the connection to the server would take some time !

Thank's !

Don't mind me posting this like 4 years late

Hello!! I'm new here I just wanted to make a post because I've been looking around and was just so entranced by the game and community!! I don't really get how to do everything yet but running around the forest has been loads of fun!

I also want to say that the sound design and music is super cool and I've just been sitting in game listening to the world around me! I met some cool deer running around too and I got so happy realizing that we can dance together!

My dear friends,

On the 31st day of July, I crossed the threshold into a new chapter in my life.
I was recognized as a top honor student at my university, graduating Summa Cum Laude and earning a bachelor's degree in Immersive Experience Design, with a minor in Digital Media.
Like the closing of a final chapter, my year-long academic journey has come to an end.
Now, a new chapter has begun as I look toward my future.

Here's to my victory, as if Widmung would shout;

"It is time to conduct a real Forest Symphony!"


Graduation Symphony

I felt this grand music flowing through my soul when I crossed the stage.

Mahlerian Victory Music: V. Im Tempo des Scherzos - 5th Movement from Gustav Mahler's Resurrection Symphony (1935 Recording)

I'm in the Forest right now; feel free to meet me and Jeweleye in the mushroom circle!

See you soon in the Forest!

"Morgen" (Tomorrow) Opus 27 No. 4 - Richard Strauss Art Song

what it says on the tin! I'm moving somewhere safer for me. I know I haven't been on much lately (mostly due to some drama i've been seeing and also because other media has taken my brain back like Punch-Out!! and Palworld), but I do want to be here again one time before i go to perhaps say a temporary goodbye.

idk when ill be on, but probably 8 or 9pm (whatever time zone florida is. edt??). ill probably be at the playground or near there if you wanna say hi/bye

i hope that when i get somewhere with a stable computer again, I play this """game""" a little more often. I've missed a lot of you, and ill miss you even more while im gone

I'll still be drawing my "deer" though when i find the time. heck i might make some non-playables. this little virtual is amazing for character creation