"If you drop a stick, it points North" Creators of this game were right to put a warning on the starting screen of the game. Such survival strategy could cost your life O.o :D
Your training as a professor really shines through in your videos. You explain everything clearly and concisely, while providing additional helpful tips along the way. I've always been afraid to try this challenge, but I think I might be able to do it thanks to you. Oh, as an aside, really enjoyed your TEDx talk last year. Thank you so much!
Thank you for continuing the walk through after the bear attack. It helps to know that even the best players will make a mistake and it's ok and you should be able to recover. If that was either cut out or you started over, it would have felt alittle discouraging.
If he had started over we wouldn't have seen the previous walkthrough. He would've deemed it a waste of time to make you watch all that just for a restart
I think the bear attack makes this a much BETTER walkthrough because it shows that it probably won't always go smoothly and that you can still succeed if you get through it! I only have this challenge and ATDS to attempt (completed all the others literally thanks to your videos), so I am mentally prepping for this!!
Yeah I said the same. I am a noob to the game. Noobs are more likely to seek out these sorts of walkthroughs anyways which could net him brand new followers etc. I found this series through googling so it's def more beneficial to newer players to see less prof gameplay that's more realistic to how it goes.
This challenge has always intimidated the hell out of me so I haven't even touched it yet--this guide makes me want to try it now!! 10/10 content, my friend
I finally got the balls to attempt this Challenge a few days ago. I keep dying, but have been using your walkthrough as a Bible, and I make it about 1.5 maps further every time. Every map I perfect my route (bc despite the guide, it's really hard to see in this fog lol!) bc it's hard to navigate certain areas in the dark fog. I've Learned to follow patterns on certain rocks and trees. 2 days ago I almost made it to the waterfall to exit Forlorn Muskeg into Milton but got turned around and couldn't find the way to the cave. Yesterday I made it to HRValley, and was very proud bc I've never been there before, so I went in blind with just your guide. But then my timing was off and DWalker got me, going back up the long rope of the mountain. This morning I exited HRValley on the shortcut rope but didn't realize bushes blocked your way so I let him get me. But today? Today I made it to Coastal Highway. I saved the game bc it's late, and will continue on tomorrow, hoping I make it out, bc I've never been to Desolation Point either! Thanks for your work, Zac. This might be just a silly little video game, but I'm obsessed with it, and have been spending a lot of time with your videos, especially when I need a bit of reassurance! We appreciate you!
You should dub future speedruns. Your voice is great to listen to, whether I have you on in the background at work, or I find it soothing if I'm trying to sleep. This was one of the better runs you've done, too, up there with your NOGOA series. Speaking of which, you should do seasons of NOGOA, maybe with different parameters. I was hooked the entire time on that series and I would love to see more.
You know I just watched this entire video to it’s end and I only have like 50 hours in this game so I’m not going to try this any time soon but it was just so fun watching someone that know what they are doing playing the game
update: noticed since he made this video devs have made slight changes to the landscape that make some of his short cuts either not usable or a little more out of the way. Most weren't an issue for me but that bit right before he gets mauled by a bear where he says if you are desperate to get away from the dw you can take a stim and climb the rope and you will get away is no longer true. Tried that while he went after my glyph by the fire (he was pretty consistently closing distance with me before and after breaking the lure) but at the top you just get directed down this super long and narrow pass that dead ends in a large rock and scrub bushes blocking the exit. had to walk all the way back having consumed two energy drinks to do both ropes leaving my character with no restfulness left and a darkwalker having just finished scaling the mountain to my location and no where to go. Better just follow the path he takes in the video.
Alright, thank you for this tip, I am thinking of attempting this challenge, and had no idea if those were still available or if they patched it. It is kind of dumb that they did that but whatever..
Whoa i followed your guide and beat it with exact same time lol. I had way more encounters with wild life including a Moose, But i found lots of coffee. If you do ever plan to remake this guide, Id suggest visualizing your route more often, especially when entering new area's. It's tough to follow thru landmarks etc. Very well done though! I'd never have beat this without your help.
I wasn't about to quit watching because there was suddenly voice over instead of in-game sound, even though I prefer the in-game sound. When I'm in, I'm in. Love your videos, Zak. Learning so much!
The wife & I enjoyed watching this together. Just wanted to say we’re glad you salvaged the tutorial with the bear attack, there’s something about showing how to keep on playing that’s appealing, and much more informative than resetting for a clean play-through. Also, bummer about the audio at the end, but we didn’t mind the dubbing. We do enjoy the game sounds, but it was fine. Oh, and I really enjoyed my wife’s scared reaction to the whole challenge, you’d think she was watching a horror movie! I don’t scare easy so I get all the joys from seeing her get spooked.
Looking forward for the entire teardown and rebuild of this skid steer! iv been saying that you needed one for ages now with all the work you've been doing
SUPER helpful! Thank you! I liked that you kept the bear attack in the video - keeps it real for the average player. It's true that you really need to know the maps well in the game, before trying this challenge. You took some routes - like in PV - that I wasn't completely familiar with. Yes, we have the map in the challenge with our location and there are maps available online; but I would have liked if you had checked the map just a little more often along a longer route that wasn't as intuitive. Again - THANK YOU!!!!
Editing out that bear attack and starting over in a game with so much RNG would be a mistake. Showing yourself powering through it and the fact that sometimes even the pros get unlucky makes this so much more watchable and relatable....
2:41:41 that is the rogue "jump scare" wolf. I've noticed that every now and then the engine will make one wolf that patrols a nearby area make a beeline to you while staying as hidden as possible. Most commonly using tree trunks to hide, then jump you immediately as you come near.
Great walkthrough! I was watching this at night and was very anxious about seeing the darkwalker, so I really appreciated you warning /preparing us for times when we might come across him. :) Your calm demeanor helped take the edge off too, 10/10!
This isn't about the video you just did but a thank you. Between your videos and MyUsualMe my TLD game has been improved a whole lot. Got to the summit of Timberwolf which made me super happy. So thanks for the fun videos and the inspiration.
Thanks for the guide. I didn't quite chose the same route (I started on HRV), but your guide was really helpful to understand the rules. It took me 3h54 on first try :)
Thank you for uploading this!! Im still terrified to play it at all, not without cheats 😬 Im a total chicken with anything scary in games. The talking throughout the video helps a lot, and had a loooot of great tips, and i get a sense of what the challenge is actually like!!
I don't think you need to rerecord this, because I wasn't the one playing, loosing in game audio didn't bother me too much and wanting you to spend a bunch of time recording Escape the Darkwalker again just seems like it would be a waste of your time that you could instead use however you wanted.
Just finished it, it's quite easy, I had to restart just 2x: 1. I fell into the water in Forlorn Muskeg 2. I fell there again (I'm not stupid, just used to wear crampons), but cured hypothermia and then got eaten by wolves at Broken railroad (I got too close so they ignored the flare) 3. run was successful: quite dangerous was Milton - I got lost in the mist when trying to find a rope to the Mystery lake and then made it out in the last minute before the poisonous fog. And then it was easy even without sleeping (I had a luck and found a lot of coffee). And, of course, as usual, I took a lot of equipment and food on a nice trip and didn't need them (espec. rifle). Thanks for the guide, this way is probably the best.
Thanks for the info regarding the map app. I’ve been struggling with this and getting very lost, so this will help me no end
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Thank you so much for this walkthrough. I've played a little of this event in 2020, but i couldn't finish it, because hinterland's always makes these events during weekdays, and between work and family, i could not find the time to finish it. Thankfully they added this event as a challenge, and don't worry, your run was perfect and fun, even in the end your commenting was really enough. Thank you again
the most accurate information that I've found on the ward glyph is that it acts as an "invisibility cloak", of a sort. While you're within it's area of effect, the darkwalker can't track you, and so it will stay still until the ward times out or you move out of the warded area. In addition to this, a lure will override the effects of a ward, as the darkbeast will prioritize tracking it over you, and will hunt it even if you're in a warded area. Once it destroys the lure or the lure times out, it will stand still if you're in a warded area. At least, that's what I can surmise from my own experiences and what I've read online. I've also read that placing a lure inside of a ward will cause the darkbeast to enter the warded area regardless of whether or not you're in it, though I haven't tested that for myself.
Even while following this walkthrough I was panicking so hard at some points but your tips helped calm me and be able to loop and detour the darkwalker. thanks for the very in depth video
AWESOME VIDEO! Tons of tips, great explanations and demonstrations. I appreciate you not starting over after the bear attack. It's very helpful to see how you go about recovering from that. The audio change is no problem. Thank you! SUBSCRIBING! 👍👍👍
I've always been afraid of this mission. Thanks to you I was able to finish. I followed your exact foot steps and cant remember where but i found a flare gun very early and some shells here and there. Didnt cary any other weapon. You are great thank you again..
Glad you left this video as it was. Very enjoyable run, with all the issues!! Coming at this a year on, so will see if you have done a speed run and another walkthrough of the DarkWalker.
With the amount of adrenaline shots and energy drinks you have used, i am surprised the game didnt kill you and say, "Your heart faded into the long dark."
my personal head cannon of this challenge is that this is a sudo hunger games type event. with random people thrown into a survival situation to see if they will make it in a hostile and unfamiliar situation. the Darkwalker being a thing to add extra challenge and amusement for those watching.
Thanks, Zak! Great walkthrough from begin to finish - although I would have preferred if you had kept the original sound until the end despite the crackling, cause as you mentioned yourself, The Lond Dark lives from it's ambient sound scape.
Just watched your walk through and was doing fine until Broken Railroad, except the darkwalker was so far behind me that I got to the campfire and back into FM and the dalk walker was so close I got the anxiety affliction. Managed to get into MT but couldnt sleep for more than a couple hours so sturggled with the rope climb but made it to the campfire. Made it into Hushd River, got to the campfire and could only sleep about 3 hours. Only got halfway back up the rope before having to go back down and stim, then got to wear the bear was. Saw the bear and tried to go around, went to place enough lore, wasn't paying attentioon and then walked straight into the bear and got mauled twice
thanks for this amazing walkthrough man i was scared to do this challenge at first but watching you and your commentary really relieved the stress and i beat this challenge also i too got attacked by a bear and rushed to getting beards to prevent the infection 😅
I totally get the urge to restart the tutorial video after the bear attack, but honestly it's much better for your content! The types of people who actually NEED help are probably going to also make mistakes like walking straight into a bear lol, so you are showing people that it's easy to survive such things and still be able to get past the Darkwalker. It's more helpful for noobs like me to actually see what happens when the DW gets close, or how much time you have to recover after an animal attack before the DW is on your tail. Honestly more streamers etc should go out of their way to show more typical gameplay, bc not a lot of people watching the videos out of necessity will play like you and other pros do.
Glad you didn't redo the walkthrough. Demonstrating humility to show the bear attack is helpful to everyone, especially us noobs who make mistakes constantly.
I got into this game probably about 8 months ago from the time of this comment and have since put in over 1k hours, been playing survival the whole time never played story and only done a few of the challenges like whiteout and the hunted pt 1 and 2, definitely think it's time for me to knock out the dark walker challenge, one thing this challenge proves is how quickly you can get across this map when you put your mind to it and aren't encumbered
Got attacked by a wolf after the fire at Mystery lake, then reached Coastal Highway and the fire. Fell into the ocean on the ice that i thought was a rock. Reached the map after that and got attacked by a wolf that wasnt spooked by the revolver. Maybe because i was very low on health for ibernation. Better luck next time😂
Man, rewatching bits of this is so stressfull. Seeing you lose your shoes to the bear attack, take them off, not even notice it, find new shoes, and then NOT PUT THEM ON!?!??!??! That drove me crazy.
So, I was recently attempting this run for the first time, and I had collected around 3-4 pages when I was attacked by a wolf. This led to me dying and in an attempt to save my run I hit alt F4 as soon as I saw the death screen. When I loaded the game back up, I was disappointed to see that my save was gone, but this quickly turned into excitement as I saw that the game said I had comleated the Escape the Darkwalker chalenge (Note I have never beaten Escape the Darkwalker). Fun Times.
Personally I like an HRV start. It's one of the hardest regions to navigate if you haven't spent a lot of time there. Also, you get all but one rope climb out of the way early. One thing I am curious about is whenever I watch an experienced player do a challenge they rarely eat till full. Wouldn't it make more sense to eat more as it weighs nothing in your belly, doesn't lose condition, and you don't have to worry about eating longer?
Me: "Wow, that would suck to leave a diary page behind." Me 2 hours later 9/10 diary pages in TWM. This is an excellent walkthrough, and I basically just played with this walkthrough after always avoiding this challenge because I didn't understand all the mechanics. And thank you for the tip if you're low on energy to sleep in the cabin in TWM. If I wasnt an idiot leaving a diary page behind, I'd have won lol but well, give me a few hours, now I'm committed. Edit: Whooo got it
God damn it. I’ve just done this. I’ve got mystery lake and Timberwolf mountain left and I have 3 pages Remaining 😅 I just had the thought to check my recent gameplay on my ps5 but I literally just turned it off out of frustration 😢I’m in coastal highway, I’m going back to desolation point and pray that’s the one I’ve missed Edit: it was desolation point. *phew
I tried it when it first came out. I made it half and hour before I turned it off. I could feel and hear my own heart pounding. They made the scariest game 100x scarier.
I tried to do this challenge starting in Hushed River Valley (I think thats what the deadend from Mountain Town is) wound up freezing to death in the Muskegg. It would be really cool if you could do a walkthrough starting from HRV?
When you enter muskegg do you take a left into the cave to warm up first? Or in any of the buildings in mountain town? The darkwalkers starts really slow and you'll have plenty of wards if you really need to stop somewhere warm. When you get to muskegg you can go to the fire and pick up the bear skin bedroll, place a lure, and come back for the page later if you're struggling sleeping/keeping warm
I dont know if anyone will read this but according to the wiki (This did seem to be the case in my run as I got alot of spray cans and spent alot of time sleeping outside in the bearskin bedroll and never had the Darkwalker get any closer to me) the Ward glyph if used while the creature is outside of the 200m anxiety radius will cause the Darkwalker to retreat away from you. I cannot confirm if this is the case however I can confirm after testing multiple times on my run that using the Ward glyph, entering or re-entering a Ward glyph including the campfire ones makes it so the Darkwalker cannot move. It will be completely stuck in place and will not get any closer, whether this is due to it actually being frozen while in the Ward area or because as the wiki says it retreats away from you I am unsure as it always sounded to be the same distance away. Anyhow good to know as with even a few spray cans you can erase the old one and draw a new one straight away and chain together 4 hours of sleep :)
I think I’ve attempted this challenge once or twice maybe but I only recently started play tld and everything is still scary to me and I usually only mess around on pilgram but I was too scared to give this challenge another try but now that you made a walk through I feel like I would have a better chance now that I have a better idea of how the darkwalker works and how the glyphs work too 😊 I love that you got attacked by the bear because it shows even the best players can get attacked 😝 makes me feel better because I’m always getting attacked by wolves and bears when I’m not on pilgram 🥲 thank you for this video! You’re so underrated! You deserve a huge following ☺️ much love, from Canada 🇨🇦🙂
Update I finally banished the dark walker after 4 more attempts! The first 3 I kept forgetting the journal pages and restarting. I almost had to restart the 4th time too because just before I got to Timberwolf mountain I realized I forgot the diary page in pleasant valley so I quit immediately and went back into the save and I was at cinder hills mine so I continued from there 😆
It is not the darkwalker (Deathwalker) that is the problem for me...its the bears , the moose and my stamina ... "if you are very unlucky there will be a moose there" - meet miss unlucky (me).First i got moose attacking me , restart challenge. Then on new restart i got mauled by a bear in Hushriver valley i think it is, then on the way to that boat in the ice near the lighthouse - i fell though the ice (note - do not walk in the middle of the ice all the time, walk more near the coastline). not died yet. Then back to coastal highway to that mine to go to pleasant valley - that's where it ended - bear got me and i had so little health and the darkwalker walked past me - The End. It is my 10th time now trying this challenge and i am struggling. Every time something kills me and the Darkwalker is never as far from me as they are from Zak in his videos. Its always close to me once i leave Hushriver. To Hushriver and getting the pistol, not so bad, except for that moose - but i tried the waterfall way and dont get the moose now, but i never have that much stamina as Zak has for back up those ropes either , as usually cannot sleep by the green fire there ,as the wolves (even though i scared them with pistol) , keeps coming back. I would really like to see Zak where you show that route you talked about (once back in coastal highway) to the mine that has no bears. I can handle the wolves, but the bears is a problem. I can make it if i can just avoid the bears. (Note, the bear mauling was following the road from getting back into coastal to the garage - maybe i should have gone down to the ice like Zak). I also had very close calls with fog in 2 places - it was on 2 minutes left and i had no stamina or coffee. This challenge is really brutal. I am hoping to complete it soon. Starting my 11th time now - lets see how it goes.
I had a great time watching this walkthrough, even with the podcast style at the end. I find the bits of information about general survival to be really useful so I hope that you'll continue doing this in future videos. I was definitely not bothered when you sometimes sidetracked from the current challenge to explain something or to give some advice.
When a thousand pound bear is chasing you through the forest about to maul you what’s you’re first thought? For Astrid, it’s food. “God I’m starving!” Lol Epic timing
"Start in Bleak Inlet so you won't have to deal with Timberwolves." Oi. Was doing fairly well my first time through, got the sixth page in BI. My cause of death wasn't the horrible eldritch wendigo-esque monstrosity, it was a pack of wolves that wouldn't fuck off. -_-
When you’re on your millionth try and actually manage to get all the way to coastal highway, and then I hear you say I think this is the 7th note? I check and it was my 6th 😭😭 I missed the HUSHED RIVER VALLEY ONE of all the ones I could have missed. Not even gonna try to salvage that run
45:40 abouts “he hasn’t gotten the lawyer” A Dark Walker with a lawyer must be a terrifying thing. Edit: honestly at the end should’ve just kept the sketchy audio. I can bear that for 30 minutes on the ending
Hello Zak. I’m in a predicament. That bear you fought off on the ledge malled me twice. I was able to make it to the 9th campfire where I stopped playing to get some advice. My health and stamina are red. I have one stim, very little clothing, one go drink, two coffees in inventory (more coffee can be made) I set a lure entering pleasant valley and it tripped just before getting to camp fire 9. I really need your help to finish this challenge. I’ve died so many times on this challenge. I want to complete it! I’ll wait to hear back from you
Disregard! I pushed on through and was able to complete it. The Darkwalker was on my tail the entire time, I place some wards here and there, fought off more wolfs, cooked coffees at fire 9, used everything I had. So satisfying. These challenges in the long dark are hard for sure
The Ward paint seems to work like the green fires aside from giving warmth. I didn't know it worked like that and tried to use it to blockade a chokepoint. I think it stops him from moving completely LONG as you stay on the circle. If you moved away from it like I did it becomes ineffective and darkwalker walks again.
I died in hushed river double silent wolf attacks followed by getting chased by the bear and then getting stuck on a log all while the dark walker is nipping my heels. much fun
i always prefer ingame ambient sounds (EDIT: with the voice also) .. maybe a recording just without voice and podcast later? idk .. however, great video, thnx!
This challenge is a lot easier than some of the other challenges like whiteout for example it's hard because there is so many blizzards that last a long time, I'm surprised there's a whole badge dedicated to it
"If you drop a stick, it points North"
Creators of this game were right to put a warning on the starting screen of the game. Such survival strategy could cost your life O.o :D
@Tim No it doesn´t.
@@Thetarget1 north enough
@@iumiforgot just use the sun, it rises in the east and sets in the west, u can use it like a compass
@@guacamolejones6168you would be surprised how perspective that it
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Zak: "I've never died on the Dark Walker." 10 minutes later... Game: "Meet the Bear Walker!" 😉
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I had better luck and found a distress pistol in the Cannery, so meeting bears was just fun 🙂
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Your training as a professor really shines through in your videos. You explain everything clearly and concisely, while providing additional helpful tips along the way. I've always been afraid to try this challenge, but I think I might be able to do it thanks to you. Oh, as an aside, really enjoyed your TEDx talk last year. Thank you so much!
Ted Talk?
@@ThatCringeCalledIggleboz I think this is the TEDtalk: ruclips.net/video/3_yQNjfwb8Y/видео.html
@@ThatCringeCalledIggleboz Ted talk? Are we memeing here?
What was his tedx talk about? How do I find it
@@Caleb-pb9ez His name is Espen Sjøberg, his TedTalk was about the benefits of videogames
Thank you for continuing the walk through after the bear attack. It helps to know that even the best players will make a mistake and it's ok and you should be able to recover. If that was either cut out or you started over, it would have felt alittle discouraging.
If he had started over we wouldn't have seen the previous walkthrough. He would've deemed it a waste of time to make you watch all that just for a restart
I think the bear attack makes this a much BETTER walkthrough because it shows that it probably won't always go smoothly and that you can still succeed if you get through it! I only have this challenge and ATDS to attempt (completed all the others literally thanks to your videos), so I am mentally prepping for this!!
Yeah I said the same. I am a noob to the game. Noobs are more likely to seek out these sorts of walkthroughs anyways which could net him brand new followers etc. I found this series through googling so it's def more beneficial to newer players to see less prof gameplay that's more realistic to how it goes.
This challenge has always intimidated the hell out of me so I haven't even touched it yet--this guide makes me want to try it now!! 10/10 content, my friend
I finally got the balls to attempt this Challenge a few days ago. I keep dying, but have been using your walkthrough as a Bible, and I make it about 1.5 maps further every time.
Every map I perfect my route (bc despite the guide, it's really hard to see in this fog lol!) bc it's hard to navigate certain areas in the dark fog. I've Learned to follow patterns on certain rocks and trees.
2 days ago I almost made it to the waterfall to exit Forlorn Muskeg into Milton but got turned around and couldn't find the way to the cave. Yesterday I made it to HRValley, and was very proud bc I've never been there before, so I went in blind with just your guide. But then my timing was off and DWalker got me, going back up the long rope of the mountain.
This morning I exited HRValley on the shortcut rope but didn't realize bushes blocked your way so I let him get me. But today? Today I made it to Coastal Highway. I saved the game bc it's late, and will continue on tomorrow, hoping I make it out, bc I've never been to Desolation Point either!
Thanks for your work, Zac. This might be just a silly little video game, but I'm obsessed with it, and have been spending a lot of time with your videos, especially when I need a bit of reassurance!
We appreciate you!
Honestly curious, did you finish it? I wanna try this, but suck at the game and can barely make it out of Mystery Lake during a normal game XD.
I seen your speedrun and this was literally the video I was waiting on. Thank you so much for the great content mate
Took the words out of my mouth
You should dub future speedruns. Your voice is great to listen to, whether I have you on in the background at work, or I find it soothing if I'm trying to sleep. This was one of the better runs you've done, too, up there with your NOGOA series.
Speaking of which, you should do seasons of NOGOA, maybe with different parameters. I was hooked the entire time on that series and I would love to see more.
You know I just watched this entire video to it’s end and I only have like 50 hours in this game so I’m not going to try this any time soon but it was just so fun watching someone that know what they are doing playing the game
I was expecting this run to be a lot more terrifying, it certainly was when I played it the first time. Very informative and nice hipshot on the wolf
update: noticed since he made this video devs have made slight changes to the landscape that make some of his short cuts either not usable or a little more out of the way. Most weren't an issue for me but that bit right before he gets mauled by a bear where he says if you are desperate to get away from the dw you can take a stim and climb the rope and you will get away is no longer true. Tried that while he went after my glyph by the fire (he was pretty consistently closing distance with me before and after breaking the lure) but at the top you just get directed down this super long and narrow pass that dead ends in a large rock and scrub bushes blocking the exit. had to walk all the way back having consumed two energy drinks to do both ropes leaving my character with no restfulness left and a darkwalker having just finished scaling the mountain to my location and no where to go. Better just follow the path he takes in the video.
Alright, thank you for this tip, I am thinking of attempting this challenge, and had no idea if those were still available or if they patched it. It is kind of dumb that they did that but whatever..
Whoa i followed your guide and beat it with exact same time lol. I had way more encounters with wild life including a Moose, But i found lots of coffee. If you do ever plan to remake this guide, Id suggest visualizing your route more often, especially when entering new area's. It's tough to follow thru landmarks etc. Very well done though! I'd never have beat this without your help.
Good idea. I did a minimap for the HRV guide, and if I do this again I can do the same, since it is so foggy. Glad you beat it!
I wasn't about to quit watching because there was suddenly voice over instead of in-game sound, even though I prefer the in-game sound. When I'm in, I'm in. Love your videos, Zak. Learning so much!
The wife & I enjoyed watching this together. Just wanted to say we’re glad you salvaged the tutorial with the bear attack, there’s something about showing how to keep on playing that’s appealing, and much more informative than resetting for a clean play-through.
Also, bummer about the audio at the end, but we didn’t mind the dubbing. We do enjoy the game sounds, but it was fine.
Oh, and I really enjoyed my wife’s scared reaction to the whole challenge, you’d think she was watching a horror movie! I don’t scare easy so I get all the joys from seeing her get spooked.
Thanks for the walkthrough. You even took care to use basic pathways for those of us unfamiliar with them, and it's greatly appreciated.
Looking forward for the entire teardown and rebuild of this skid steer! iv been saying that you needed one for ages now with all the work you've been doing
SUPER helpful! Thank you! I liked that you kept the bear attack in the video - keeps it real for the average player. It's true that you really need to know the maps well in the game, before trying this challenge. You took some routes - like in PV - that I wasn't completely familiar with. Yes, we have the map in the challenge with our location and there are maps available online; but I would have liked if you had checked the map just a little more often along a longer route that wasn't as intuitive. Again - THANK YOU!!!!
I also appreciated the Survival Mode tips you added as well - THANKS!!!
Editing out that bear attack and starting over in a game with so much RNG would be a mistake. Showing yourself powering through it and the fact that sometimes even the pros get unlucky makes this so much more watchable and relatable....
Your voice is so smooth to listen, very pleasant to hear and listen all the explanation
2:41:41 that is the rogue "jump scare" wolf. I've noticed that every now and then the engine will make one wolf that patrols a nearby area make a beeline to you while staying as hidden as possible. Most commonly using tree trunks to hide, then jump you immediately as you come near.
Great walkthrough! I was watching this at night and was very anxious about seeing the darkwalker, so I really appreciated you warning /preparing us for times when we might come across him. :) Your calm demeanor helped take the edge off too, 10/10!
Watched your video and played at the same time. Frustrating challenge but finally completed it. Thank you for being my guide! Awesome vid 🤘
This isn't about the video you just did but a thank you. Between your videos and MyUsualMe my TLD game has been improved a whole lot. Got to the summit of Timberwolf which made me super happy. So thanks for the fun videos and the inspiration.
« What kind of walkthrough as a bear attack? »
The best kind. The best kind.
If you’re alive, you’re doing it right:)
Love your videos mate! Found myself watching the whole video and not losing interest once
great video as always. I didn't mind the voice over, glad you kept the run with the bear mauling. Shows you can still make it if it happens.
Thanks for the guide. I didn't quite chose the same route (I started on HRV), but your guide was really helpful to understand the rules. It took me 3h54 on first try :)
Thank you for uploading this!! Im still terrified to play it at all, not without cheats 😬 Im a total chicken with anything scary in games. The talking throughout the video helps a lot, and had a loooot of great tips, and i get a sense of what the challenge is actually like!!
I don't think you need to rerecord this, because I wasn't the one playing, loosing in game audio didn't bother me too much and wanting you to spend a bunch of time recording Escape the Darkwalker again just seems like it would be a waste of your time that you could instead use however you wanted.
Just finished it, it's quite easy, I had to restart just 2x:
1. I fell into the water in Forlorn Muskeg
2. I fell there again (I'm not stupid, just used to wear crampons), but cured hypothermia and then got eaten by wolves at Broken railroad (I got too close so they ignored the flare)
3. run was successful: quite dangerous was Milton - I got lost in the mist when trying to find a rope to the Mystery lake and then made it out in the last minute before the poisonous fog. And then it was easy even without sleeping (I had a luck and found a lot of coffee). And, of course, as usual, I took a lot of equipment and food on a nice trip and didn't need them (espec. rifle).
Thanks for the guide, this way is probably the best.
Thanks for the info regarding the map app. I’ve been struggling with this and getting very lost, so this will help me no end
Thank you so much for this walkthrough.
I've played a little of this event in 2020, but i couldn't finish it, because hinterland's always
makes these events during weekdays, and between work and family, i could not find the time to finish it.
Thankfully they added this event as a challenge, and don't worry, your run was perfect and fun, even in the end
your commenting was really enough. Thank you again
the most accurate information that I've found on the ward glyph is that it acts as an "invisibility cloak", of a sort. While you're within it's area of effect, the darkwalker can't track you, and so it will stay still until the ward times out or you move out of the warded area. In addition to this, a lure will override the effects of a ward, as the darkbeast will prioritize tracking it over you, and will hunt it even if you're in a warded area. Once it destroys the lure or the lure times out, it will stand still if you're in a warded area. At least, that's what I can surmise from my own experiences and what I've read online. I've also read that placing a lure inside of a ward will cause the darkbeast to enter the warded area regardless of whether or not you're in it, though I haven't tested that for myself.
I got further in this challenge than any of the others haha!! Love your videos. Thanks :)
Even while following this walkthrough I was panicking so hard at some points but your tips helped calm me and be able to loop and detour the darkwalker. thanks for the very in depth video
The north stick trick is awesome ! very useful when you don't have a clear map.
AWESOME VIDEO! Tons of tips, great explanations and demonstrations. I appreciate you not starting over after the bear attack. It's very helpful to see how you go about recovering from that. The audio change is no problem. Thank you! SUBSCRIBING! 👍👍👍
No idea how I end up here while watching YT, but I like your channel 😊
I've always been afraid of this mission. Thanks to you I was able to finish. I followed your exact foot steps and cant remember where but i found a flare gun very early and some shells here and there. Didnt cary any other weapon. You are great thank you again..
Love your content. Usually, you seem to do everything so effortlessly. I'm glad you uploaded the video as you did.
Glad you left this video as it was. Very enjoyable run, with all the issues!! Coming at this a year on, so will see if you have done a speed run and another walkthrough of the DarkWalker.
With the amount of adrenaline shots and energy drinks you have used, i am surprised the game didnt kill you and say, "Your heart faded into the long dark."
One of the best event for me and I'm happy it's now included in the game forever 😊
Tried your navigation method using sticks. It works even indoors! And also guts can be used for this purpose too. Thanks for the tip!
my personal head cannon of this challenge is that this is a sudo hunger games type event. with random people thrown into a survival situation to see if they will make it in a hostile and unfamiliar situation. the Darkwalker being a thing to add extra challenge and amusement for those watching.
Thanks, Zak! Great walkthrough from begin to finish - although I would have preferred if you had kept the original sound until the end despite the crackling, cause as you mentioned yourself, The Lond Dark lives from it's ambient sound scape.
Watched this on 2x, still very enjoyable. Thank you
Just watched your walk through and was doing fine until Broken Railroad, except the darkwalker was so far behind me that I got to the campfire and back into FM and the dalk walker was so close I got the anxiety affliction. Managed to get into MT but couldnt sleep for more than a couple hours so sturggled with the rope climb but made it to the campfire. Made it into Hushd River, got to the campfire and could only sleep about 3 hours. Only got halfway back up the rope before having to go back down and stim, then got to wear the bear was. Saw the bear and tried to go around, went to place enough lore, wasn't paying attentioon and then walked straight into the bear and got mauled twice
this video made for a fantastic nap, thank you
thanks for this amazing walkthrough man i was scared to do this challenge at first but watching you and your commentary really relieved the stress and i beat this challenge
also i too got attacked by a bear and rushed to getting beards to prevent the infection 😅
also a side note i didnt get the feat or badge when i finished it for the first time so i am planning to do it again
I totally get the urge to restart the tutorial video after the bear attack, but honestly it's much better for your content! The types of people who actually NEED help are probably going to also make mistakes like walking straight into a bear lol, so you are showing people that it's easy to survive such things and still be able to get past the Darkwalker. It's more helpful for noobs like me to actually see what happens when the DW gets close, or how much time you have to recover after an animal attack before the DW is on your tail.
Honestly more streamers etc should go out of their way to show more typical gameplay, bc not a lot of people watching the videos out of necessity will play like you and other pros do.
Thanks for the walkthrough, beat the challenge thanks to you
Glad you didn't redo the walkthrough. Demonstrating humility to show the bear attack is helpful to everyone, especially us noobs who make mistakes constantly.
I got into this game probably about 8 months ago from the time of this comment and have since put in over 1k hours, been playing survival the whole time never played story and only done a few of the challenges like whiteout and the hunted pt 1 and 2, definitely think it's time for me to knock out the dark walker challenge, one thing this challenge proves is how quickly you can get across this map when you put your mind to it and aren't encumbered
Nice walkthrough watched it all the way it helped me for my go. That bear attack was unlucky dude.
1:50:45 doing this challenge today. I'm here. Juat commenting to remember where i left. Thank you!
Got attacked by a wolf after the fire at Mystery lake, then reached Coastal Highway and the fire. Fell into the ocean on the ice that i thought was a rock. Reached the map after that and got attacked by a wolf that wasnt spooked by the revolver. Maybe because i was very low on health for ibernation. Better luck next time😂
Great fun. Awesome content. Love your videos. Even the end sounds lol. Greetings from Australia. Say hi to the bear for me 😆.
Man, rewatching bits of this is so stressfull. Seeing you lose your shoes to the bear attack, take them off, not even notice it, find new shoes, and then NOT PUT THEM ON!?!??!??! That drove me crazy.
So, I was recently attempting this run for the first time, and I had collected around 3-4 pages when I was attacked by a wolf. This led to me dying and in an attempt to save my run I hit alt F4 as soon as I saw the death screen. When I loaded the game back up, I was disappointed to see that my save was gone, but this quickly turned into excitement as I saw that the game said I had comleated the Escape the Darkwalker chalenge (Note I have never beaten Escape the Darkwalker). Fun Times.
Ha, I. would listen your podcast anyway 😅 comment for the algorithm 👍
Thanks for the video and advice! Was able to complete the challenge after a few tries.
Your dubbing was just fine. You have a great voice. Maybe you should do story telling videos!
Personally I like an HRV start. It's one of the hardest regions to navigate if you haven't spent a lot of time there. Also, you get all but one rope climb out of the way early.
One thing I am curious about is whenever I watch an experienced player do a challenge they rarely eat till full. Wouldn't it make more sense to eat more as it weighs nothing in your belly, doesn't lose condition, and you don't have to worry about eating longer?
In general, yes - but in this case I wanted to always make sure I had enough food to eat before sleeping, to allow health regeneration :)
There is usually a flare gun in HRV in the cave in Moose Valley - just behind the green fire
Amazing content I give you that it's helping me learn the long dark so keep ot up
Me: "Wow, that would suck to leave a diary page behind."
Me 2 hours later 9/10 diary pages in TWM.
This is an excellent walkthrough, and I basically just played with this walkthrough after always avoiding this challenge because I didn't understand all the mechanics. And thank you for the tip if you're low on energy to sleep in the cabin in TWM. If I wasnt an idiot leaving a diary page behind, I'd have won lol but well, give me a few hours, now I'm committed.
Edit: Whooo got it
God damn it. I’ve just done this. I’ve got mystery lake and Timberwolf mountain left and I have 3 pages Remaining 😅 I just had the thought to check my recent gameplay on my ps5 but I literally just turned it off out of frustration 😢I’m in coastal highway, I’m going back to desolation point and pray that’s the one I’ve missed
Edit: it was desolation point. *phew
1:21:42 good to hear Astrid still has her priorities
Don't mind me, just leaving a bookmark list here for when I come back for a listen during rounds of chores!
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I was waiting this walkthrough.
Bruh I’m too scared to even try it
Same lol
I tried it when it first came out. I made it half and hour before I turned it off. I could feel and hear my own heart pounding. They made the scariest game 100x scarier.
I try it once it went like this SHIT SHIT OH GOD WHAT THE HELL IS THAT AAAAHHHHH
I tried to do this challenge starting in Hushed River Valley (I think thats what the deadend from Mountain Town is) wound up freezing to death in the Muskegg. It would be really cool if you could do a walkthrough starting from HRV?
If there is interest, I will consider it :)
When you enter muskegg do you take a left into the cave to warm up first? Or in any of the buildings in mountain town? The darkwalkers starts really slow and you'll have plenty of wards if you really need to stop somewhere warm.
When you get to muskegg you can go to the fire and pick up the bear skin bedroll, place a lure, and come back for the page later if you're struggling sleeping/keeping warm
A podcast style vid would be sick
I dont know if anyone will read this but according to the wiki (This did seem to be the case in my run as I got alot of spray cans and spent alot of time sleeping outside in the bearskin bedroll and never had the Darkwalker get any closer to me) the Ward glyph if used while the creature is outside of the 200m anxiety radius will cause the Darkwalker to retreat away from you. I cannot confirm if this is the case however I can confirm after testing multiple times on my run that using the Ward glyph, entering or re-entering a Ward glyph including the campfire ones makes it so the Darkwalker cannot move. It will be completely stuck in place and will not get any closer, whether this is due to it actually being frozen while in the Ward area or because as the wiki says it retreats away from you I am unsure as it always sounded to be the same distance away. Anyhow good to know as with even a few spray cans you can erase the old one and draw a new one straight away and chain together 4 hours of sleep :)
1:21:27 lmaooooooo damn this part made me laugh so much, running around a tree with a bear chasing you xD
Just got to the 7th campfire realizing that i have 4 notes in my inventory. While watching your video and hearing DONT FORGET THE NOTES all the time..
I think I’ve attempted this challenge once or twice maybe but I only recently started play tld and everything is still scary to me and I usually only mess around on pilgram but I was too scared to give this challenge another try but now that you made a walk through I feel like I would have a better chance now that I have a better idea of how the darkwalker works and how the glyphs work too 😊 I love that you got attacked by the bear because it shows even the best players can get attacked 😝 makes me feel better because I’m always getting attacked by wolves and bears when I’m not on pilgram 🥲 thank you for this video! You’re so underrated! You deserve a huge following ☺️
much love, from Canada 🇨🇦🙂
Update I finally banished the dark walker after 4 more attempts! The first 3 I kept forgetting the journal pages and restarting. I almost had to restart the 4th time too because just before I got to Timberwolf mountain I realized I forgot the diary page in pleasant valley so I quit immediately and went back into the save and I was at cinder hills mine so I continued from there 😆
Personally if you uploaded a version with the bad audio, I'd watch it, a big part of the videos for me is the live reactions and talking
It is not the darkwalker (Deathwalker) that is the problem for me...its the bears , the moose and my stamina ... "if you are very unlucky there will be a moose there" - meet miss unlucky (me).First i got moose attacking me , restart challenge.
Then on new restart i got mauled by a bear in Hushriver valley i think it is, then on the way to that boat in the ice near the lighthouse - i fell though the ice (note - do not walk in the middle of the ice all the time, walk more near the coastline). not died yet. Then back to coastal highway to that mine to go to pleasant valley - that's where it ended - bear got me and i had so little health and the darkwalker walked past me - The End.
It is my 10th time now trying this challenge and i am struggling. Every time something kills me and the Darkwalker is never as far from me as they are from Zak in his videos. Its always close to me once i leave Hushriver. To Hushriver and getting the pistol, not so bad, except for that moose - but i tried the waterfall way and dont get the moose now, but i never have that much stamina as Zak has for back up those ropes either , as usually cannot sleep by the green fire there ,as the wolves (even though i scared them with pistol) , keeps coming back. I would really like to see Zak where you show that route you talked about (once back in coastal highway) to the mine that has no bears. I can handle the wolves, but the bears is a problem. I can make it if i can just avoid the bears. (Note, the bear mauling was following the road from getting back into coastal to the garage - maybe i should have gone down to the ice like Zak). I also had very close calls with fog in 2 places - it was on 2 minutes left and i had no stamina or coffee.
This challenge is really brutal.
I am hoping to complete it soon.
Starting my 11th time now - lets see how it goes.
great video at all, and podcast too
I had a great time watching this walkthrough, even with the podcast style at the end. I find the bits of information about general survival to be really useful so I hope that you'll continue doing this in future videos. I was definitely not bothered when you sometimes sidetracked from the current challenge to explain something or to give some advice.
When a thousand pound bear is chasing you through the forest about to maul you what’s you’re first thought? For Astrid, it’s food. “God I’m starving!” Lol Epic timing
"Start in Bleak Inlet so you won't have to deal with Timberwolves."
Oi. Was doing fairly well my first time through, got the sixth page in BI. My cause of death wasn't the horrible eldritch wendigo-esque monstrosity, it was a pack of wolves that wouldn't fuck off. -_-
When you’re on your millionth try and actually manage to get all the way to coastal highway, and then I hear you say I think this is the 7th note? I check and it was my 6th 😭😭 I missed the HUSHED RIVER VALLEY ONE of all the ones I could have missed. Not even gonna try to salvage that run
Meaning I went all the way to hushed river valley and back and just forgot to pick up the note 😭
Ive seen this movie. You just need to sleep with someone to pass the darkwalker onto someone else.
Hehe... It Follows :)
Waoo this guy knows the maps the same way I know the way to my fridge.
2:46:45 Regardless of your audio issues, I would personally enjoy a voice-over or narration of your speed runs! ❤️🔥❤️🔥😎
We've got John Wayne over here with a hip fire head shot on a charging wolf! WTF!? Talk about no scope! 🤣
45:40 abouts “he hasn’t gotten the lawyer”
A Dark Walker with a lawyer must be a terrifying thing.
Edit: honestly at the end should’ve just kept the sketchy audio. I can bear that for 30 minutes on the ending
Hello Zak. I’m in a predicament. That bear you fought off on the ledge malled me twice. I was able to make it to the 9th campfire where I stopped playing to get some advice. My health and stamina are red. I have one stim, very little clothing, one go drink, two coffees in inventory (more coffee can be made) I set a lure entering pleasant valley and it tripped just before getting to camp fire 9. I really need your help to finish this challenge. I’ve died so many times on this challenge. I want to complete it! I’ll wait to hear back from you
Disregard! I pushed on through and was able to complete it. The Darkwalker was on my tail the entire time, I place some wards here and there, fought off more wolfs, cooked coffees at fire 9, used everything I had. So satisfying. These challenges in the long dark are hard for sure
I am glad you managed! Good job!
The Ward paint seems to work like the green fires aside from giving warmth. I didn't know it worked like that and tried to use it to blockade a chokepoint. I think it stops him from moving completely LONG as you stay on the circle. If you moved away from it like I did it becomes ineffective and darkwalker walks again.
i wouldnt even mind robot zak for the last 30 minutes, but it was nice in any case
I love this game
I’m terrible at it
But man, this is a great game.
Have to travel light to move faster. Unlike survival where you lug around heavy stuff running fast is the biggest advantage to have
I died in hushed river double silent wolf attacks followed by getting chased by the bear and then getting stuck on a log all while the dark walker is nipping my heels. much fun
i always prefer ingame ambient sounds (EDIT: with the voice also) .. maybe a recording just without voice and podcast later? idk .. however, great video, thnx!
I just played this yesterday and started on a random map not knowing where I started mattered, it started me in Ash Canyon…
Thanks I did it! Unfortunately, my badge didn't unlock, but Signal Void badge did instead (on Xbox).
Good run, and good podcast :p
This challenge is a lot easier than some of the other challenges like whiteout for example it's hard because there is so many blizzards that last a long time, I'm surprised there's a whole badge dedicated to it