Burning Man first timer checklist

The kit is a list plus seven emails

The printable half is already done. It is the official Survival Guide list, not our remix, on the checklist page. The email half is still being written. The form below does not send your address anywhere.

The seven emails

  1. The week you are walking into, and which dates are published.
  2. Money, using other people's estimates instead of a number we invented.
  3. Tickets, Ticket Aid, and why the official resale is the safe one.
  4. Water, dust, and shade you can stake.
  5. Getting a body to the desert.
  6. Camp, or no camp.
  7. Have your burn, including the nap.

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What we would pack from

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Alongside the official list, the packing pages we would use are Burner Supply's list and the PDF.

Last updated Nov 5, 2026. Where a figure is not published, this site says TBD next to the official link.