You're about to enter hell called decaying winter... Or maybe you're safe somehow... (Sledge queen)

Setting: There are 6 main points (and 2 sub-regions) of interest in the "Crossroads" - the area where Decaying Winter is set in. The Safezone is always pointing north.

The "Outpost" is set directly northwest of the safezone and is mainly a medium sized room, fit with thick dirt walls and a second floor accessible by yellow steps in the south-east corner. There are 4 yellow pillars inside and 3 wood tables nearby those pillars. These tables sometimes have ammunition, medical supplies such as bandages or light medical kits and rarely guns on them. Along the walls of the outpost's interior, there are typically lockers which sometimes are able to be opened. These lockers sometimes have supplies in them such as melee weapons, medical equipment or occasionally traps such as steel punjis (ground spikes tipped with poison), steel snares and landmines.

Going north of the outpost there is the Valley, which doesn't really have anything of use. No lockers can spawn there, however underneath a small mount of ground there is a hallway lined with paintings. At the end of this hallway is a guitar.

Past the valley is the "Castle", a high-danger area filled with loot, but also a faction known as the "Raiders". The raiders are led by the highly-dangerous Sledge Queen (which is the main protagonist of this story in this case), a woman who uses a shotgun strapped to her arm and a sledgehammer that can fire shotgun shells out of its head. Sledge Queen isn't one for talking, she prefers to jump in and quickly kill anyone who enters her castle. The raiders are split into 2 groups - Ranged raiders and melee raiders. Melee raiders typically either have a riot shield and fireaxe, or a military axe. The ranged raiders are more unique in of that they have access to either a pistol and car door, a carbine called an "MCX Virtus", or a CheyTac m2000 sniper rifle. Raiders tend to keep to themselves, never leaving their castle. They only go out if someone approaches the castle, however the sniper raider will typically shoot and kill anyone who approaches.

To the north-east of the Safezone is the Mountain, a green, hollowed out mountain which is accessible by climbing a ladder and then a small flight of stairs. The mountain itself is filled with a large, stone wall, a table and a flight of stairs connecting an upper floor with lockers and medical supplies to the lower floor with the table. Sometimes, a "Hanger" will spawn in the inside of the mountain. This is the only place where hangers can spawn.

To the north of the mountain is the 'crash site', a sub-region junction with a large ship burning in the middle of it. Nothing can be said about the crash site other than some defective helmets which don't fit human heads.

To the east of the crash site is the "Cross Road", this sub-region is deemed the center of the Crossroads. It's a large defected helipad which normally has scavengers littered on it. It is the only place where scavengers are guaranteed to spawn.

To the north of the crash site is the "Tower", a large blue structure with many flights of stairs. It's a good place to get a good view of the raiders, and a snowy bridge connects the back of the castle and the Tower. The tower has many spots where "crates" can spawn. Crates are small boxes which can be opened to get rare tools such as heavy guns and higher tier melee weapons. Rarely they contain medical supplies such as BL1 Neloprephine, I4S-DS or Cocktail Perisethene.

The Reikgon are a faction of enemies consisting of 2 species. These species are the humans (cultists) who are only found in the lab (secret area), and the Reikgon themselves. Reikgon are basically demons. Yeah that's basically it. Hangers rarely and only spawn in the mountains, equipped with a knife and the will to tell AGENTs to kill themselves. Sicklers are chained flesh-beings who will scream and cry when provoked, then break the chains and go on a rampage, killing anything and everything it sees with its claws. Skinners disquise themselves as normal scavengers, however burst out of their skin at the last second. Half of the skin stays attached, while the other half is exposed, with a fleshy blade for a hand. Hiddens are, well, hidden. They have knives and taunt their targets by saying things like "I see you~" or "Right behind you~" while trying to backstab their targets.

Across the Crossroads are red barrels, which explode when hit with anything.

Every night, a storm hits EDEN-227, which contains poisonous fumes and toxic chemicals which quickly kill off anyone caught in the storm. The storm does not reach the safezone, however. During the storm, scavengers quickly storm the safezone, attempting to kill the AGENTs and loot their things.