Due to a prior engagement at a pub quiz, I didn't get to advance Jeff very far yesterday although he is still alive. Having dived (in the loosest sense of the word) to 500ft, I pottered around and managed get to level 12 without too many scares. No items of any note were found and that is beginning to be a recurring theme. In the normal game I would have expected at least one "out of depth" item to have been found but not even close in nightmare mode. I recalled to the town to face the wrath of the TY curse at midnight, it obliterated the town, no harm done there. Whether it was the alcohol or the lateness of the hour that fried my brain I don't know but at this point I decided to leave the relative comfort of the town for the wilderness, off in search of another settlement with possibly more shops. Since the title of the post is "still alive", I clearly made it though but not without taking on 'the wounded bear' who left me bleeding and in pain after our fierce battle. Suffice to say, I was the victor and the wounded bear becomes my third unique kill of the game (Grip and Fang being the others). My reward was an armoury shop with a 2+10 Hagiromo which sustains all my stats. Since the stat decreases appear to be permanent rather than temporary in nightmare mode, I thought this was an excellent purchase. I'll probably find out that nightmare mode ignores as stat sustaining flag on items but so far so good. Currently at 550ft in full health, more tomorrow hopefully!