N2 — outside your level filter

を頼たよりに

をたよりにo tayori niN2neutral

を頼たよりに

relying on N; using N as one's guide or support

スマホの地図ちずを頼たよりに、なんとか駅えきまで辿たどり着ついたよ。

sumaho no chizu o tayori ni, nantoka eki made tadoritsuita yo.

I somehow made it to the station, relying on the map on my phone. casual

彼女かのじょは乏とぼしい記憶きおくを頼たよりに、子供こども時代じだいを過すごした町まちを探さがした。

kanojo wa toboshii kioku o tayori ni, kodomo jidai o sugoshita machi o sagashita.

Relying on her scant memories, she searched for the town where she'd spent her childhood. neutral

Same meaning8

relying on N; using N as one's guide or support — when unsure

スマホの地図ちずを頼たよりに、なんとか駅えきまで辿たどり着ついたよ。
sumaho no chizu o tayori ni, nantoka eki made tadoritsuita yo.
I somehow made it to the station, relying on the map on my phone. casual
彼女かのじょは乏とぼしい記憶きおくを頼たよりに、子供こども時代じだいを過すごした町まちを探さがした。
kanojo wa toboshii kioku o tayori ni, kodomo jidai o sugoshita machi o sagashita.
Relying on her scant memories, she searched for the town where she'd spent her childhood. neutral
右みぎも左ひだりも分わからない中なか、諸先輩方しょせんぱいがたのご助言じょげんを頼たよりに、どうにか業務ぎょうむを覚おぼえることができました。
migi mo hidari mo wakaranai naka, shosenpaigata no go jogen o tayori ni, dounika gyoumu o oboeru koto ga dekimashita.
Not knowing which way was up, I was somehow able to learn the job by relying on the advice of my senior colleagues. formal

を頼たよりにしてwotayorinishitecolloquial
the everyday alternant with にして inserted — 地図ちずを頼たよりにして歩あるく; interchangeable with を頼たよりに in both speech and writing.
を頼たよりとしてwotayoritoshiteliterary
reads more bookish, used in reports and retrospective writing (を頼たよりとして). Means the same as を頼たよりに.