A tip from my personal experience, (in multiplayer) you or your friend should each take on one elk. Once the calf is dead, you move onto the mother. If you kill the mother you can get more food which is good for larger litters of pups!
1:41 A tip I use for detecting weak elk to target is by paying attention to the position their heads are in, elk sometimes have their head pulled back when they are on low health!
It's also worth getting the hang of tracking carcass scents, there are a surprising number out there. Even if there's a competitor there, your mate can distract them long enough for you to snatch a meat chunk or two.
Yeah I always rely on finding carcasses when my wolves are too injured to hunt. If you spend like 10 minutes searching you’ll usually be able to find one and you can typically get all of your hunger up just from one scavenged carcass
I want to add, there are many benefits from wearing the elk out. If you chase them for a good 2-4 minutes they will get increasingly tired. They will run slower, the weaker ones will even slow to a trot, and they will do SIGNIFICANTLY less damage. It takes longer, but if you are in a situation with lower health and starving, then this strategy can save your butt.
Yes! One time I was curious to know if the suggestion from the directions in the game would make a difference - and they did! It was really significant and helped the pups in the “Young Hunters” challenge slowly realize which elks to go for after exhausting them. And fewer got injured/low health too.
It's so nice to see how far this game has come over the years. I haven't actually played in over 5 years but to see they finally updated everything makes me so happy to see!
From my experience, and a hunting/fighting video I watched (albeit I do not remember the creator of said video), biting the neck of an elk is safer and does more damage. Although note this is not viable when chasing since it's hard to get in front of it to do so, but if it falls or stands its ground, try and go for the neck.
specifically the side of the neck. I've found that if their health isn't low enough for them to start falling over then they can shake you off and deal a nasty kick to the face if you're directly in front
Here’s a tip from what I’ve learned grinding accurate Ironwolf! If you’re quite low but the ungulate (general term for all hooved animals, not just their babies!) has stopped running and turned to face you, growling makes your mate attack them! (Depending on boldness, I’ve only ever picked bolder mates so I’m not sure this applies to all ^^). You can also run in front once they’ve turned around and slowly bring them towards your den. This way you have food right in front of your face and predators can’t hog the body. Nor do you have to fight for it, unlike when you’ve hunted it somewhere on your territory instead. For lazy mates you can also leave your pups out as your mate will stay at the den! This can help reduce the flea load when having the pups stay while you’re out! For energetic mates they’ll help you mark territory from time to time! Personally I like bold, social, lazy mates because of the pup outcome! My pups don’t usually run off but if they do I can howl and their sociableness has them howl back so I may find them! Bold, loner, lazy also is a good catch for me since my pups aren’t running around playing with one another 😂
Thank you so much for the tips!! I knew most of them but quite a few were new to me and should _really_ help during my achievement hunting struggles. Lol. A personal tip of mine is that you can steer individual elk and even herds! Just run to the front of the elk/herd from a safe distance and keep trying to stay ahead of them on the side of them OPPOSITE the direction you want to turn. (So for example, to turn a herd left/west, get on the right/east side of them.) This is handy to help prevent a successful kill in enemy wolf territory and potentially getting your food snatched by them.
Another tip that can sometimes come in handy is drinking water. It doesn't do a lot, but it raises your hunger (and stamina!) just a little, which can be a huge advantage in the long run (especially if you're doing a challenge like Ultra Ironwolf, or if you're simply struggling to scavange).
I played this when I was a kid on my first laptop, I am 26, about to be 27 now, this game is ancient I didn't knew it was still going, either, I haven't heard about this game in about a decade
Another useful tip, when you chase elk when you have pups and territory, its nice to direct them farther into your territory so you can keep visiting your carcass. It’s quite fun, actually.
I have another general hunting tip! When you have a mate they tend to be good at finding the low health elk, so let them choose who to run after. Doesn’t always work but pretty consistently gets you elk with half health or under without having to take damage by biting them!
These are great tips! I struggle even on just the challenging mode, So I'll probably apply these tips there and see how I go. Hopefully I can complete Accurate one day.
one time I was fleeing from a pack of wolves in their territory trying to kill an elk, my stamina ran out miles away from their border and they chased me to the death
When I hunt I wait for a elk to stumble, or while they are running I go to the side of a elk and if they turn to stomp on me I attack them, because then Ik their health is low, or if a elk stands their ground when the herd is running for safety. After chasing a elk herd for a while, the elk that’s the furthest behind I attack them, because that means their health is low, or they have less stamina, so they do less damage. When hunting elk calves, I usually wait for one to stumble, so the mother usually is further away. Or wait for one to stagger behind the herd, or when their mother and the calf are by themselves, I wait for the mother to get further ahead. Also mostly go for the throat, as it does the most damage.
If your speed is low, don't bother--it's not worth the time and effort to catch up to them as they don't provide the most food for your mate and a good sized litter. I find wearing them down over great distances using stamina works best. Try to circle around them to force them to change direction towards your den, always. Avoid herding them towards water. Attempt to force them against cliffs or other impassable terrain so they are trapped. Once you take the first bite, it's much easier to finish them off as they slow down (usually). I find coming down from a higher elevation also helps with the element of surprise and speed. In spring, you can take down mother doe out of the doe/calf herds before you snatch up the baby.
Imo during the growing pups quest and especially if you have a larger pack elk calves that run with the herd aren’t worth hunting they’re too small to feed the entire pack fully and too large to carry back to the rendezvous site adults may have higher health but the carcasses last much longer and are way more energy efficient to kill but during the first year the calves are valuable targets
@@radioactivepower600nanaspersec dont worry for something you are not responsible (entirely) for, but yes I meant that speed stats arent the very important ones on easy or accurate difficulty.
Every time i play as iron wolf on challenging. I like always die, because whenever i’m hunting elk at the beginning. I get attacked by a pack of 3 wolves, and I die, it sucks and it happens like every time. 👁️👄👁️
A tip from my personal experience, (in multiplayer) you or your friend should each take on one elk. Once the calf is dead, you move onto the mother. If you kill the mother you can get more food which is good for larger litters of pups!
I do it with my mate
1:41 A tip I use for detecting weak elk to target is by paying attention to the position their heads are in, elk sometimes have their head pulled back when they are on low health!
It's also worth getting the hang of tracking carcass scents, there are a surprising number out there. Even if there's a competitor there, your mate can distract them long enough for you to snatch a meat chunk or two.
Agreed, I should have mentioned scavenging in the video as a survival method! Thanks for the input!
Yeah I always rely on finding carcasses when my wolves are too injured to hunt. If you spend like 10 minutes searching you’ll usually be able to find one and you can typically get all of your hunger up just from one scavenged carcass
Same here. I have a slight hunch that whenever I’m injured and my hunger is low that maybe a computer makes a carcass spawn? Just maybe
I want to add, there are many benefits from wearing the elk out. If you chase them for a good 2-4 minutes they will get increasingly tired. They will run slower, the weaker ones will even slow to a trot, and they will do SIGNIFICANTLY less damage.
It takes longer, but if you are in a situation with lower health and starving, then this strategy can save your butt.
Yes! One time I was curious to know if the suggestion from the directions in the game would make a difference - and they did! It was really significant and helped the pups in the “Young Hunters” challenge slowly realize which elks to go for after exhausting them. And fewer got injured/low health too.
It's so nice to see how far this game has come over the years. I haven't actually played in over 5 years but to see they finally updated everything makes me so happy to see!
From my experience, and a hunting/fighting video I watched (albeit I do not remember the creator of said video), biting the neck of an elk is safer and does more damage. Although note this is not viable when chasing since it's hard to get in front of it to do so, but if it falls or stands its ground, try and go for the neck.
specifically the side of the neck. I've found that if their health isn't low enough for them to start falling over then they can shake you off and deal a nasty kick to the face if you're directly in front
Here’s a tip from what I’ve learned grinding accurate Ironwolf!
If you’re quite low but the ungulate (general term for all hooved animals, not just their babies!) has stopped running and turned to face you, growling makes your mate attack them! (Depending on boldness, I’ve only ever picked bolder mates so I’m not sure this applies to all ^^). You can also run in front once they’ve turned around and slowly bring them towards your den. This way you have food right in front of your face and predators can’t hog the body. Nor do you have to fight for it, unlike when you’ve hunted it somewhere on your territory instead.
For lazy mates you can also leave your pups out as your mate will stay at the den! This can help reduce the flea load when having the pups stay while you’re out! For energetic mates they’ll help you mark territory from time to time!
Personally I like bold, social, lazy mates because of the pup outcome! My pups don’t usually run off but if they do I can howl and their sociableness has them howl back so I may find them! Bold, loner, lazy also is a good catch for me since my pups aren’t running around playing with one another 😂
Thank you so much for the tips!! I knew most of them but quite a few were new to me and should _really_ help during my achievement hunting struggles. Lol.
A personal tip of mine is that you can steer individual elk and even herds! Just run to the front of the elk/herd from a safe distance and keep trying to stay ahead of them on the side of them OPPOSITE the direction you want to turn. (So for example, to turn a herd left/west, get on the right/east side of them.)
This is handy to help prevent a successful kill in enemy wolf territory and potentially getting your food snatched by them.
yes!!! i find this super fun and amusing too
Another tip that can sometimes come in handy is drinking water. It doesn't do a lot, but it raises your hunger (and stamina!) just a little, which can be a huge advantage in the long run (especially if you're doing a challenge like Ultra Ironwolf, or if you're simply struggling to scavange).
you can drink water?! HOW?!
@@loserorangeorvoremonster8047clicking space on water allows you to drink it
@@loserorangeorvoremonster8047 Go to a creek or river, and click space to drink it
@@loserorangeorvoremonster8047stand in the water and tap space! (Aka your bite/eat/pickup button) your wolf will lower their head and drink
Sometimes you can find the elk laying down too before u startle them, try that one as it wont be able to stand up once you latch on
wow, i remember playin this game somewhere around 2018-2020, didn't realize it was still updatin.
Yeah! The games so much fun and it’s really improved too! Highly recommend picking the game back up if your interested 😊
@@Tallows_Nook wish I could, unfortunately I can't find it on my phone or on my laptop. I don't have an actual PC to play it on 🥲
I played this when I was a kid on my first laptop, I am 26, about to be 27 now, this game is ancient I didn't knew it was still going, either, I haven't heard about this game in about a decade
@@Noxfabi wow, didn't know it was THAT old 😅
@Elusvn I think 2007, I was 10, that's wolf quest classic.
Another useful tip, when you chase elk when you have pups and territory, its nice to direct them farther into your territory so you can keep visiting your carcass. It’s quite fun, actually.
I have another general hunting tip! When you have a mate they tend to be good at finding the low health elk, so let them choose who to run after. Doesn’t always work but pretty consistently gets you elk with half health or under without having to take damage by biting them!
you're gonna need to remake this when the saga comes out for all of our pups sake
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@@Anonymous-ng4wc oops 🤭
I will definitely make an updated version when the saga comes out! 😊
@@wolfinthesage yeah I think the growing pups part will be the hardest
VERY good advice, thank you for the well explained tips!
one important note is that when the first elk flees it usually means their one of the weakest targets, so chase them!
These are great tips! I struggle even on just the challenging mode, So I'll probably apply these tips there and see how I go. Hopefully I can complete Accurate one day.
BTW, you can actually jump out of the way of a kick! Its easier than running around
This is so helpful! Thanks! :D
Glad to hear it helped! 💗
Thanks dude
Your channel is so underrated
very much needed this lol, thanks!!
I'm happy to help! 😁
thanks this was really useful!
thanks a lot for this! might try playing in accurate soon
one time I was fleeing from a pack of wolves in their territory trying to kill an elk, my stamina ran out miles away from their border and they chased me to the death
When I hunt I wait for a elk to stumble, or while they are running I go to the side of a elk and if they turn to stomp on me I attack them, because then Ik their health is low, or if a elk stands their ground when the herd is running for safety. After chasing a elk herd for a while, the elk that’s the furthest behind I attack them, because that means their health is low, or they have less stamina, so they do less damage. When hunting elk calves, I usually wait for one to stumble, so the mother usually is further away. Or wait for one to stagger behind the herd, or when their mother and the calf are by themselves, I wait for the mother to get further ahead. Also mostly go for the throat, as it does the most damage.
Omg this saved me 😭🙏 would you consider doing a video for mule deer? I find them impossible to hunt on accurate
If your speed is low, don't bother--it's not worth the time and effort to catch up to them as they don't provide the most food for your mate and a good sized litter. I find wearing them down over great distances using stamina works best. Try to circle around them to force them to change direction towards your den, always. Avoid herding them towards water. Attempt to force them against cliffs or other impassable terrain so they are trapped. Once you take the first bite, it's much easier to finish them off as they slow down (usually). I find coming down from a higher elevation also helps with the element of surprise and speed. In spring, you can take down mother doe out of the doe/calf herds before you snatch up the baby.
Imo during the growing pups quest and especially if you have a larger pack elk calves that run with the herd aren’t worth hunting they’re too small to feed the entire pack fully and too large to carry back to the rendezvous site adults may have higher health but the carcasses last much longer and are way more energy efficient to kill but during the first year the calves are valuable targets
How to play accurate: Shewt on the speed stats, you dont even need them on easy
Shewt? As in sh*t on them? Or what was it you meant to say?
@@radioactivepower600nanaspersec relevant.
Relevant as in "the speed stats are really important"?
Sorry if I get annoying with the questions and all that, english is not my mother tongue
@@radioactivepower600nanaspersec dont worry for something you are not responsible (entirely) for, but yes I meant that speed stats arent the very important ones on easy or accurate difficulty.
@@JELONGreatMrRed Aaaahhh, ok thank you!
What would you say are the most relevant ones to pick?
Every time i play as iron wolf on challenging. I like always die, because whenever i’m hunting elk at the beginning. I get attacked by a pack of 3 wolves, and I die, it sucks and it happens like every time. 👁️👄👁️
Im so cooked for the saga with my ironwolves 💀 all prey will be nearly full on health
how do you know what season is when??
how do u enter your den i forgot ;c
Your game looks so nice, what graphics settings are you using?
I'm on "Beautiful" graphics 😊
@@wolfinthesage ty!
Imagine WolfQuest... but in Unreal Engine 5 QvQ
Another tip, PLAY EASYYYY😭😭