A note regarding tip #4 at 4:03: Just to be clear - aiming at a wolf is NOT a universal mechanic to scare it off! It depends on the situation. When a wolf is growling and defensive, e.g. when guarding a prey it is eating, then aiming at it will always cause it to flee (as of patch 1.93). You should NOT aim at the wolf when it is hunting you - this will trigger the charge and cause it to attack you (unless you have a torch dropped - then they also flee). Only use this tip as shown in the video, when a wolf is eating a prey (it also usually works when wolves are growling near a torch or campfire). I apologise if this wasn't clear in the video, as a few people told me they "aimed at the wolf and died"... please don't die!
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Overall great tips. I've got over 1600 hours on TLD and use most of these already. Didn't know about the changed wolf behavior at night though, that's a new one, which I'll put to good use. I have a few footnotes to add to your tips I'll post here. 1- If you have one, use the mag lese when it's sunny out. It takes NO matches and you can keep trying as long as it's sunny. Also, you can use lit flares to start a fire in a pinch, once lit, starting a fire with a flare is much the same as starting it with a lit torch, you can make as many tries as needed. Fun fact, I had to use the lit flare and pull torches out of a fire trick to escape a Bleak Inlet start, and found no matches only a single marine flare, which would burn out too fast to make it through the only way out, a very dark cave. Also, if your chance to start the fire is 100%, the torch method is unnecessary and in fact, starts to waste resources (you're now using up 1 match + cnd on a torch and resources to get the torch), as at 100% you'll never fail to start your fire (unless the wind shifts on you and blows it out while lighting it, but if that happened, it's probably doing the same with the torch and snuffing out your torch too anyways, so you're no better off). Different fire starting tools have different chances of success, and different fuels also have different chances to light the fire. A book and a firestriker are the combo that gives you the highest chance of success. If you're desperate, you can also use accelerant to boost your chance to succeed and the speed the fire lights at. If you don't have accelerant, you can also use lamp fuel or gunpowder in its place. Lamp fuel is a fully renewable resource, you get more every time you cook a fish. 2- Some caves have a loading screen - if they do, the game treats them as fully indoors, in terms of cabin fever. I've had personal experience with this. Also, the kind of caves you mentioned here are not guaranteed protection from the cold. They give a warmth bonus in the back, and 360 degree wind protection throughout, but if it gets really cold outside, or you have crappy cloths, you can still freeze to death in the warm part of a cave if you're not careful. 3- Look for the wind direction, and place your fire where it's sheltered from as many angles as possible. This will reduce the risk of your fire blowing out if the wind picks up. You don't need a blizzard to blow out a fire, just strong enough winds will do. Unless the fire's sheltered from the wind, then you can keep it lit even in a full blizzard, so long as the wind doesn't shift direction. For this reason, I would never dump all my fuel in a fire at once if it's outdoors and vulnerable to the wind, but feed it in slowly over time, only dumping enough in to counter the ambient air temperature if I need to. The rest of the fuel waits until I need it to keep the fire going. This way, even if the wind does mess with your fire, you still have your fuel and can re start your fire in a new location or come back to it later. Also, if the wind's just enough to spoil your fire, there's a chance you may be able to nurse it along by slow feeding it fuel, the fire will get renewed but start blowing out again. Sticks work the best for this as they're freely available on the ground and only feed about 8-12 minutes into the fire (depending on your fire skill and the current temperature) so you minimize the wasted fuel. This is useful if you just need that fire for a few minutes more to fully warm up or finish cooking something, so your cooking doesn't reset on you. 4- When doing this, be aware stones aren't the only thing making noise, YOU do too, and so do the animals. You can hear a nearby wolf walking around, and if you're walking, crawling or running around, THEY can hear you too. That's why the rocks work, they hear it hit something and go to investigate the sound. If you get louder, say by running around, they'll investigate the sounds YOU just made and likely find you. If you're carrying raw guts, meat or fish or a dead rabbit, you're going to smell like food, and the wolves will come to find the source of that smell once they notice it. If you need to sneak past a wolf, best drop that smelly stuff to remove that risk (note your character still will have a minimal baseline scent you can't get rid of), but unless you've got a gale blowing form you to the wolves, or they're very close, they probably won't notice that. On that note, wind speed and direction matters for the smell mechanic, strong winds blowing towards the wolves will carry the smell farther, and blowing away from them will reduce the range where they can smell your goodies. The stronger the winds, the more pronounced this effect becomes. Remember how I mentioned you always have some smell? The game has a meter top centre up to 3 wavy lines to give you and idea of how strong your scent is, but his is not a stepped progression but linear. You can have no scent bars and still be smelly. If you have 1 piece of cooked venison, and pick up a 2nd, you may see no scent bars but with 1 cooked venison, you're still MORE smelly then with none and 2 cooked venisons are more smelly then 1, even if the meter does not yet show these changes. Dead rabbits and fish smell the most, raw guts next most, raw meat next and cooked meat and fish the least, so cooked meat is safer to transport then raw meat, but still dangerous. Back to sound, if you crawl (move while crouching) you make very little noise, if you walk, you make a medium amount of noise, if you run, you make a lot of noise, and if you shoot a gun, you're making a HUGE racket, but wolves, deer, rabbits and moose if it's not agroed, or hit, will run away from gunshots, bears, they'll come and investigate them. So shooting that rifle at a wolf when a bear's nearby may just be putting yourself out of the proverbial frying pan and into the fire, trading a wolf struggle for a bear mauling if you're not careful. 5- Very good advice. I'll add drinking coffee or an energy drink gives you the fatigue reduced benefit, which also helps when climbing ropes, especially going up. If you let your stamina AND sleep meters both drop to 0, you're in for a fall, probably deadly if you're too far up, or at least a nasty bunch of injuries if you're low enough to at least be survivable. 6- Yes, yes and yes, but if you MUST sleep outdoors, or in a cave, be careful, in stalker and up (and custom depending on your settings) if you start to freeze to death, you won't wake up -- ever. IN that case, you're better off sleeping in 4 or less hour increments then risking a blizzard or just cold weather killing you in your sleep. You can augment this tradeoff with herbal tea or birchbark tea. These teas can also be necessary in harder difficulties where cnd recovery is slower. 7- The flare gun is great, but very hard to hit a specific target. Unless you're very sure you can hit with it, I'd save it for a sure thing deterrent and use it defensively. Also, be careful about waiting too late, if the animal's close enough starting it's attack animation, you won't get the fear effect and all you've done is wasted a flare shell. Same holds true for other weapons, wait until they're too close and anything short of an instant kill does not stop them from mauling you. Simulates the idea that at some point the animal's committed to the struggle and it's momentum will carry it into you no matter that it may have gotten scared and changed its mind. Wolf struggles will be easier if the wolf was scared or wounded just before the struggle started however. But if you're already at very low cnd or are dead tired, that may not matter. 8- Again good points, but the weather will affect this tactic. If it's too windy or snowing, the crows won't be out and won't guide you to your kill, you'll have to find it the old fashioned way or hope the weather clears up enough for the crows to come back out. Also if there's a lot of frozen corpses nearby, there may be too much white noise from the other crows to figure out which of them are for your kill and which are for something else. 9- works for meat, and fish, but factory made food lasts longer indoors. For meat and fish, it does not need to be in the snow, just where the ambient temperature is below freezing. In the example he shows, storing it on that enclosed porch is just as good as outside, in fact better, as you don't need to go fully outside and expose yourself to any bad weather or risk a nearby wolf or bear from sniffing you out and charging you while you eat. That enclosed porch in the background is wolf, bear and weather proof. Even open porches are better then the snow, as they still provide at least some protection from any nearby animals getting any ideas. They'll have to find their way to the stairs and that's a predictable path for you if you need to shoot, and the porch usually has a house attacked that you can dive in as a last resort. 10- Just good advice in general. Nothing to add here.
@@Seriously_Unserious I have to add on to 8 that if you're planning on hunting a bear make sure you have either a height advantage by being on like a ledge the bear can't reach/get onto or by being right by a door to dip indoors. If you don't insta down the bear he's going to charge you. Unless it's asleep and shot with a bow.
@@Gizmex Not necessarily going to charge every time. If the bear was unaware of you when you shot it, regardless of which weapon you used, it will run away in fear. It only charges you if it knows about you. Crouching while stalking and shooting a bear is a great way to reduce the chances it'll be aware of you, as you make very little noise and are a lot harder to for them to see you. If you're highly visible or making a lot of noise, the bear may become aware of you, even if it's not showing any interest in you. I've found that out the hard way when I've shot bears with a rifle, or bow, and had the bear instantly charging when I thought it didn't know I was there because it wasn't reacting to me. If the bear does charge, another way you can handle it is being ready to get your flare gun out ASAP and shoot a flare out to scare the bear off. The flare should be shot just in front of the bear to ensure it works. You can kill a bear with a flare shell, but it's difficult to hit a specific target and if you miss and overshoot, there's a very good chance the bear won't care about your flare shell. If you put it just in front, you won't hit, but you'll guarantee the bear will notice your flare shell and react to it (in fear).
Since he didn’t go into it, the flashlight serves its purpose during the aurora. That battery you’ve been searching for the whole game? Doesn’t exist. But the aurora causes the flashlight to work, and it even has a super bright mode. You can use this mode to scare off any aurora predator in the game.
I can’t believe I didn’t think of this. I’ve just been tossing them out because of their weight. I still prefer the lantern, since the flashlight still seems really situational. But if I’m going on a long journey, it might just save my life.
@@rcsibiu any wolf or bear. Haven’t tried it on a moose, but I believe it also applies. Turn on high beam mode. It only lasts for a short while (20 seconds maybe) before it has to recharge. I never go out in the aurora so I forget which key it is but I’m 95% sure the game tells you when equipping the flashlight.
i just realized why its so damn easy to get lost in a blizzard in TLD. you can see a little further on the edges of your screen when your vision is compromised, and so it makes you wanna change direction all the time...
Lol... it took me more than a few tries of madness to string together my current run...as a bit of a perfectionist it annoys me that I have frostbite but once I got passed a week I couldn't bear the thought of a restart.
Great tip as well - I always do this. However, a recent test by GunTech found no real difference between the two and that both cause, on average, roughly the same amount of damage. Further testing is required - as a rule of thumb, though, I agree with you: go for the hatchet.
I believe the hatchet is the "average" choice when it comes to wolf struggles. Decent damage and decent chance to scare the wolf, a solid choice regardless of difficulty settings. Knife has a higher chance of killing the wolf (or maybe simply higher damage?) as far as I know. I did not know that the player takes more damage when using it, but it makes sense. The knife is the "high risk, high reward" choice for wolf struggles. And finally, the crowbar and hammer (again, as far as I know) has the highest chance to scare the wolf and end the struggle quickly, but causes little or no damage to the wolf and probably won't help kill it. The hammer/crowbar is the "safe" or "defensive" choice for wolf struggles.
This game is the best simple survival game visually with the most difficult decisions and skills to learn to be more successful than the previous play through.
I honestly think the Ledge fact for newbies is great since I didn't figure it out until it was too late on the same rope shown in the video and falling down
Hey Zak, I’ve just started playing The Long Dark again and I’m rubbish at it, so I really appreciate having just found your videos. They’re perfect for what I need - keep up the great work 👍🏻
I want to note one tip that I find incredibly useful, there is only ever a single ropeclimb that you want to perform downward and it's the one in the ravine. Every other ropeclimbs can just be bypassed by carefully dropping down the cliff. You might sprain a wirst sometimes, but in many situations, the extra energy is worth the bandage.
You can actually rope skip the Ravine as well, though I would not recommend it without practice first. Here is a recent example of it: ruclips.net/video/paSSQXmbYRU/видео.html
@@Zaknafein Woah, yeah I'll definitely have to train it ahead of time, I lost a 80 days game of stalker first time I hit ravine because I didn't know of the death wall. Then much later I had forgotten about it and lost my first attempt at darkwalker due to it. Still got it third try but man that gets scary at the end with the dude running at you full speed.
When you are young you can hurt your self quite badly, but after a night's sleep there is no muscle ache or stiffness. You also don't feel the cold as much. When you are in your 50's, picking up a tea towel the wrong way can lead to back pain for a fortnight. You may also need your cardie more often. Therefore i conclude that on pilgrim your character is 16 to 18, on interloper he/she is much older.
I love these Kinds of videos because these are the kinds of of things that would probably get you killed the most. I honestly had no idea about the different behavior of wolfs at night and during Arouras, and i'll definitely keep it in mind when I start a run above pilgrim.
And you are definitely right about (not) going out at night during aurora. Did this last time and a bear attacked me 4 (FOUR) times in a row. Couldnt shake it off and in the end it killed me, of course. Very annoying, since i had such nice equipment...
Been trying this game out and it's been ruthless through and through! I'm now looking up tips and yours was this first that came up, thanks for the pointers!! I will be sticking around :)
@@Zaknafein yes! I love the hands-free approach it has. It makes it very challenging but also very simple/realistic on how things work. I also enjoy the fact that it is not dragged down by zombies or some sort of enemy like that. Survival is the true goal and nature is your only enemy. Although I have not experienced any aurora stuff yet.. so I'm curious! Thank you!
I can't decide between playing this or green hell next. I just started a stranded deep playthrough on my channel but looking ahead I think this game will be the one I play!
You should definitely try The Long Dark. Green Hell and Stranded Deep are pretty good, but TLD is the undisputed champion in my opinion (Subnautica a respectable second)
Actually is easy scare an wolf from their prey, but in previous versions was more lottery, the wolf stop eat, after a moment re-start eat, or maybe charge you.
I love this!!! Your videos are helpful, educational and entertaining all at once!!! In case you need aurora wolf suddenly attacks, I got it. I accidentally won that time .
Awesome video! I'll be checking out the rest of them for sure. Been playing this game for years and there's still plenty I don't know, not even counting the updates adding new content. The main problem I have is that in video games I am an absolute hoarder (I would be irl except I use video games to manage the urges) and in this game weight is a huge factor. I'd be curious for tips on managing inventory weight, what to prioritize when and things. Is it worth carrying the extra weight for a snow shelter in case of a sudden blizzard in which case I get horribly lost? Are there certain areas where I should and others where I shouldn't? Will 100% be keeping just the flare gun on me for emergencies now, I can use the rifle when I'm actually planning on hunting.
Ok so for the tip about leaving food outside apparently there is some food you SHOULD NOT leave outside because the condition on them will actually make it decay faster. Apparently it's mainly artificial foods (chips, canned, etc.) that do it but I dont know exact foods that do it.
I just started to replay TLD after a while and I'm delighted to see more new content added. One question; Is the decay rate of food the same whether you just leave it on the snow or kept in a rock cache? I used to think that animals will steal your meat but watching your videos, it seems like your food is safe outside. I just build rock caches for roleplaying and it'd suck if food decay faster in it compared to being left without care outside.
I honestly have never stored food outside in a rock cache nor in a container (like a car trunk), as I've not once had an issue with animals in over 4 years of playing this game. But, I know some players have done this so maybe someone else can comment with their experience :) My guess is that the decay will be just as slow, since it's still outdoors.
damn dude nice thanks for the tips dude... been watching accurize2 all this time learnt alot from him but yea good solid tips keen to make use of em all
I once beat a whole pack of timberwolves with one flare. I was walking throufh a blizzard that i got caught in (i was desperate ok?)- and one ended up charging me through the snow before i could even realize it!- i readied the flare gun and shot at it, hitting something but the flare just disappeared. It must have gotten stuck somewhere in the blizzard because the pack quickly lost all of its bar and started running away. Naturally I was confused as to how one flare freaked out a pack so quickly but i thought nothing of it and carried on down the road. Not even a minute later i see why: a giant red dot glided across my screen through the pure whiteout of the blizzard! Whimpering as far as the blizzard would allow it! The red dot approached me till i finally got a clear look of what it was- The flare got stuck to the wolves nose! The pack proceeded to aggro me several times on my walk but every. Single. Time. That stuck flare just kept freaking out the one poor timberwolf and caused the pack to retreat!
I noticed that on higher difficulties (starting from stalker) wolfes doesn't warn you necessarily. I was at TWM when i saw a Wolf nearby that hadn`t detected me. So I walked the other way believing i would avoid him. After a couple seconds i had a feeling. In front of me was a dark structure, just as dark as a wolf (fallen trees or something like that) but i felt that something was wrong with it. So I aimed with the rifle and i was right: i triggered the Wolf to attack me! And that means that he must have spotted me already without barking, in the middle of the day. That was near the echo ravine if that is the english name for it. This happened many many patches before, i think it was 2018/2019. Did you hear about that? Because i think it is a great feature! :D
I have had this happen, but almost exclusively at night and not during the day. There is one exception, though: If one wolf is tracking or aggroing you, the other wolves can stand passively by and wont react unless you aim at them. Without a clip, I can't be sure if this is what happened to you, but it sounds like it's what happened :)
@@Zaknafein hm no it was the only Wolf around and i was near the cliff, so 3 sides were safe. One possibility is, that he detected me in the same split second i aimed at him. But the fact that he was some elsewhere and the way he approached me (was a stalking without "jogging"), speaks against that. But i'm not sure. I didn't record it and have to rely on my memory
The time required to load any weapon is ridiculously long. The animation is top slow. Plus the fact you have to wait the end of the move to try another move (changing weapon for example)
So your comment about fire duration being the same on the indoor and outdoor zones of a cave - of course this is true. But I'm not sure if you made it clear that the fire duration is based on the outdoor temp of where your character is standing - so I believe if you're standing in the indoor zone in your example, both fires would not have lasted as long as if you were standing in the outdoor zone. That's my understanding though, I could be wrong.
No, you are partially right as the temperature is a factor. However, not shown in the video is a third fire that was placed outside the cave in the open, and it burned the exact same duration as the ones in the cave. I must be honest and say I am not 100% sure how this mechanic works because tests seem to vary.
@@Zaknafein Sorry it took me a while to respond. I think they burned the same duration in your test because it's based on where the character is standing, not where the fire is. So one test I've done is if you stand in the "indoor" part of the cave, the fire duration will go down faster vs. if you are standing in the "outdoor" section of the cave. But it doesn't necessarily matter which side the fire is placed on (except for it needs to be on the outside for you to start it with a mag lense)
Hey! I really like your tutorials and gameplays. I have a question: what's the best weapon to fight against a wolf? I'm using the torch and stone trick (or other weapon) but sometimes I'm attacked by a wolf and I'd like to know what weapon is better. Thanks!
Didnt know that wolves dont "defend their prey" I always thought aiming there would make it lounge at me, grat advice! and never noticed the "campfires last longer outdoors", how much extra time is there?
Just be aware that wolf behaviour changes from time to time - and Hinterland has seen this video - so maybe one day this won't work anymore :) Regarding fire times, I have not tested it enough to give exact numbers but its something like 50% longer. However, this is also dependent on temperatures, with colder temperatures increasing the duration. Me (or another streamer, e.g. WonzAndOnly or GunTech1) will test this properly one day :)
@@GunTech Thanks to both! I noticed fires last longer when passing time/sleeping, but not when cooking (at leats what I recall). I will begin testing this :) on a second note, doesnt the "fires last longer" in the fire starting skill just make the fuel you put last longer? I mean, a lvl 1 Fire skill stick adds less time than if you add the same stick but with lvl 5 skill. iirc, its 7 min and 11 min respectively.
@@theplaneteater Technically yes, but putting on fuel produces a fire, so the outcome is the same. It would be just two different approaches with the same result :)
@@theplaneteater In early versions fire last more in the "outside" area of the cave, but you need stay in that area, probable change in latest patches. AC map had issues in not have warm bonus in caves, fixed in the latest patch.
@@Zaknafein Hello. Because I have never reached the survival limits of the game, if the sources of ignition that we light the fires run out (matches, magnifying glass), is there a trick, so that we always have a source of ignition? or does survival end there?
Now I’m confused, Zak. You clearly say here that fires burn at the same rate in the different parts of a cave, but in the live chat to NOGOA episode 10 you said they burn longer on the outside zone and lit the fire just inside the boundary. Has your thoughts on this game mechanic changed or perhaps the game changed?
Hi! It is a bit of a complicated issue - generally speaking, I don't see a difference between the inside and outside. In this video I even had a third control fire outside the cave, and all three lasted the same. Fires SHOULD last longer outdoors, but my findings are inconsistent about it (even a fire in TWM Hut vs outside was the same for me). However, I have been told that fire duration is also affected by cold temperatures, where it lasts longer the colder it is. By this logic, a fire CAN (but won't always) last longer on the outside zone of the cave because the air temp fluctuates, while this is more stable at the interior. Ultimately, however, I personally don't pay much attention to it. I place the fire wherever - the only exception is during a sunny day, when I always place it on the outside so I can use the mag lens.
@@Zaknafein Clear as mud, thanks! Seriously thanks for taking your time to explain. I've been paying more attention to fire durations (comparing them against reported cooking times) and it definitely does seem like outdoor fires last longer. It wouldn't be logical for food to cook quicker outdoors so I'm guessing it is the fire which burns longer. So if temperature is the key factor there should be a marked difference between the far rear of a cave and the front area, so it's puzzling why not.
I was wondering about weather or not you could eat raw meat with level five cooking, never tried it because of the increase in calories, are there ever more flare shots that just the 4 or so they give u at ravine? I play interloper
Haha, thanks. To be fair, you have a point: when I make tutorials, I usually deliberately ensure clear weather. This is only because it will make it easier to see what is going on, so it is practically better if not necessarily representative of game conditions. I do have one blizzard guide, though (or clip): ruclips.net/video/FR8QpXXUBIw/видео.html
You are right that the knife was the bad option, but the prybar would have been worse. There have been a few statistical tests and in all of them the hatchet comes out on top, with knife second. The prybar is among the worst - only revolver (and bare hands) are worse. If you have a hatchet, use that always (which I didn't, to the demise of my character haha).
Tip #8 seems to not apply on Xbone. I've never found a carcass that didn't either immediately drop the last time I hit it, or that wasn't already there when I loaded into the region. Doesn't matter if I wait a while to follow the blood trail, or stealthily track it immediately and watch from a distance as it eventually returns to acting normal and healthy.
That is strange, because I know some other Xbox players where I have seen this work. Most notably Joey Fresh Water who streams on Xbox. Might be a bug that is more common on that platform.
Yes but if you are in for surviving 500 days+ and dont use them sparingly, you will run out fast. There are about 11 guaranteed match spawns and 2-3 firestrikers, with the rest being RNG. On average I'd say you can find 200 matches on interloper - thats not a lot. Sometimes more, sometimes less, as it depends on RNG. Its not a lie :)
I always thought it was funny how quickly you can get cabin fever in this game. I have spent 24-48 hours indoors at my house, and not even once, was I driven into madness. Great tips
In real life? Yea that's because you have tvs and computers to simulate the nature you want, I'm sure being in nature in a videogame somewhat gives the sane effects of real life
i've played this game since it was in beta days (around 3k hours at this point) and I had no idea that the Flares can one shot most wildlife. That's a game changer.
Hey zak, I know you made this a while ago, but i just wanted to let you know, as someone who has also done a few guides on select games, I really appreciate the sheer amount of work you put into this. It's one thing to play the game, but sorting through what must be hours of footage for the few things that very specifically showcase what you describe is a massive workload on its own. Great work overall!
During the aura thing three wolves ran straight past me at the same time when I stayed still. I was so confused. They were glowing green too so I thought they were ghost wolf 🐺
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A note regarding tip #4 at 4:03:
Just to be clear - aiming at a wolf is NOT a universal mechanic to scare it off! It depends on the situation. When a wolf is growling and defensive, e.g. when guarding a prey it is eating, then aiming at it will always cause it to flee (as of patch 1.93). You should NOT aim at the wolf when it is hunting you - this will trigger the charge and cause it to attack you (unless you have a torch dropped - then they also flee). Only use this tip as shown in the video, when a wolf is eating a prey (it also usually works when wolves are growling near a torch or campfire).
I apologise if this wasn't clear in the video, as a few people told me they "aimed at the wolf and died"... please don't die!
By far the BEST VIDEO for TIPS & TRICKS. Also I highly appreciate you not telling me to sub, like and share at the very start. Now I'm not even being picky its just common sense. I dont know if I even like the video/ clip at the start. When you do a job do you get paid at the beginning or the end? For that I will 100% sub, like and share. Thanks lad. P.S. it was the first video, at the top, of my search. Also I used all CAPS to help u for ppl that don't read that much
Overall great tips. I've got over 1600 hours on TLD and use most of these already. Didn't know about the changed wolf behavior at night though, that's a new one, which I'll put to good use. I have a few footnotes to add to your tips I'll post here.
1- If you have one, use the mag lese when it's sunny out. It takes NO matches and you can keep trying as long as it's sunny. Also, you can use lit flares to start a fire in a pinch, once lit, starting a fire with a flare is much the same as starting it with a lit torch, you can make as many tries as needed. Fun fact, I had to use the lit flare and pull torches out of a fire trick to escape a Bleak Inlet start, and found no matches only a single marine flare, which would burn out too fast to make it through the only way out, a very dark cave. Also, if your chance to start the fire is 100%, the torch method is unnecessary and in fact, starts to waste resources (you're now using up 1 match + cnd on a torch and resources to get the torch), as at 100% you'll never fail to start your fire (unless the wind shifts on you and blows it out while lighting it, but if that happened, it's probably doing the same with the torch and snuffing out your torch too anyways, so you're no better off). Different fire starting tools have different chances of success, and different fuels also have different chances to light the fire. A book and a firestriker are the combo that gives you the highest chance of success. If you're desperate, you can also use accelerant to boost your chance to succeed and the speed the fire lights at. If you don't have accelerant, you can also use lamp fuel or gunpowder in its place. Lamp fuel is a fully renewable resource, you get more every time you cook a fish.
2- Some caves have a loading screen - if they do, the game treats them as fully indoors, in terms of cabin fever. I've had personal experience with this. Also, the kind of caves you mentioned here are not guaranteed protection from the cold. They give a warmth bonus in the back, and 360 degree wind protection throughout, but if it gets really cold outside, or you have crappy cloths, you can still freeze to death in the warm part of a cave if you're not careful.
3- Look for the wind direction, and place your fire where it's sheltered from as many angles as possible. This will reduce the risk of your fire blowing out if the wind picks up. You don't need a blizzard to blow out a fire, just strong enough winds will do. Unless the fire's sheltered from the wind, then you can keep it lit even in a full blizzard, so long as the wind doesn't shift direction. For this reason, I would never dump all my fuel in a fire at once if it's outdoors and vulnerable to the wind, but feed it in slowly over time, only dumping enough in to counter the ambient air temperature if I need to. The rest of the fuel waits until I need it to keep the fire going. This way, even if the wind does mess with your fire, you still have your fuel and can re start your fire in a new location or come back to it later. Also, if the wind's just enough to spoil your fire, there's a chance you may be able to nurse it along by slow feeding it fuel, the fire will get renewed but start blowing out again. Sticks work the best for this as they're freely available on the ground and only feed about 8-12 minutes into the fire (depending on your fire skill and the current temperature) so you minimize the wasted fuel. This is useful if you just need that fire for a few minutes more to fully warm up or finish cooking something, so your cooking doesn't reset on you.
4- When doing this, be aware stones aren't the only thing making noise, YOU do too, and so do the animals. You can hear a nearby wolf walking around, and if you're walking, crawling or running around, THEY can hear you too. That's why the rocks work, they hear it hit something and go to investigate the sound. If you get louder, say by running around, they'll investigate the sounds YOU just made and likely find you. If you're carrying raw guts, meat or fish or a dead rabbit, you're going to smell like food, and the wolves will come to find the source of that smell once they notice it. If you need to sneak past a wolf, best drop that smelly stuff to remove that risk (note your character still will have a minimal baseline scent you can't get rid of), but unless you've got a gale blowing form you to the wolves, or they're very close, they probably won't notice that. On that note, wind speed and direction matters for the smell mechanic, strong winds blowing towards the wolves will carry the smell farther, and blowing away from them will reduce the range where they can smell your goodies. The stronger the winds, the more pronounced this effect becomes. Remember how I mentioned you always have some smell? The game has a meter top centre up to 3 wavy lines to give you and idea of how strong your scent is, but his is not a stepped progression but linear. You can have no scent bars and still be smelly. If you have 1 piece of cooked venison, and pick up a 2nd, you may see no scent bars but with 1 cooked venison, you're still MORE smelly then with none and 2 cooked venisons are more smelly then 1, even if the meter does not yet show these changes. Dead rabbits and fish smell the most, raw guts next most, raw meat next and cooked meat and fish the least, so cooked meat is safer to transport then raw meat, but still dangerous. Back to sound, if you crawl (move while crouching) you make very little noise, if you walk, you make a medium amount of noise, if you run, you make a lot of noise, and if you shoot a gun, you're making a HUGE racket, but wolves, deer, rabbits and moose if it's not agroed, or hit, will run away from gunshots, bears, they'll come and investigate them. So shooting that rifle at a wolf when a bear's nearby may just be putting yourself out of the proverbial frying pan and into the fire, trading a wolf struggle for a bear mauling if you're not careful.
5- Very good advice. I'll add drinking coffee or an energy drink gives you the fatigue reduced benefit, which also helps when climbing ropes, especially going up. If you let your stamina AND sleep meters both drop to 0, you're in for a fall, probably deadly if you're too far up, or at least a nasty bunch of injuries if you're low enough to at least be survivable.
6- Yes, yes and yes, but if you MUST sleep outdoors, or in a cave, be careful, in stalker and up (and custom depending on your settings) if you start to freeze to death, you won't wake up -- ever. IN that case, you're better off sleeping in 4 or less hour increments then risking a blizzard or just cold weather killing you in your sleep. You can augment this tradeoff with herbal tea or birchbark tea. These teas can also be necessary in harder difficulties where cnd recovery is slower.
7- The flare gun is great, but very hard to hit a specific target. Unless you're very sure you can hit with it, I'd save it for a sure thing deterrent and use it defensively. Also, be careful about waiting too late, if the animal's close enough starting it's attack animation, you won't get the fear effect and all you've done is wasted a flare shell. Same holds true for other weapons, wait until they're too close and anything short of an instant kill does not stop them from mauling you. Simulates the idea that at some point the animal's committed to the struggle and it's momentum will carry it into you no matter that it may have gotten scared and changed its mind. Wolf struggles will be easier if the wolf was scared or wounded just before the struggle started however. But if you're already at very low cnd or are dead tired, that may not matter.
8- Again good points, but the weather will affect this tactic. If it's too windy or snowing, the crows won't be out and won't guide you to your kill, you'll have to find it the old fashioned way or hope the weather clears up enough for the crows to come back out. Also if there's a lot of frozen corpses nearby, there may be too much white noise from the other crows to figure out which of them are for your kill and which are for something else.
9- works for meat, and fish, but factory made food lasts longer indoors. For meat and fish, it does not need to be in the snow, just where the ambient temperature is below freezing. In the example he shows, storing it on that enclosed porch is just as good as outside, in fact better, as you don't need to go fully outside and expose yourself to any bad weather or risk a nearby wolf or bear from sniffing you out and charging you while you eat. That enclosed porch in the background is wolf, bear and weather proof. Even open porches are better then the snow, as they still provide at least some protection from any nearby animals getting any ideas. They'll have to find their way to the stairs and that's a predictable path for you if you need to shoot, and the porch usually has a house attacked that you can dive in as a last resort.
10- Just good advice in general. Nothing to add here.
@@Seriously_Unserious I have to add on to 8 that if you're planning on hunting a bear make sure you have either a height advantage by being on like a ledge the bear can't reach/get onto or by being right by a door to dip indoors. If you don't insta down the bear he's going to charge you. Unless it's asleep and shot with a bow.
@@Gizmex Not necessarily going to charge every time. If the bear was unaware of you when you shot it, regardless of which weapon you used, it will run away in fear. It only charges you if it knows about you. Crouching while stalking and shooting a bear is a great way to reduce the chances it'll be aware of you, as you make very little noise and are a lot harder to for them to see you. If you're highly visible or making a lot of noise, the bear may become aware of you, even if it's not showing any interest in you. I've found that out the hard way when I've shot bears with a rifle, or bow, and had the bear instantly charging when I thought it didn't know I was there because it wasn't reacting to me.
If the bear does charge, another way you can handle it is being ready to get your flare gun out ASAP and shoot a flare out to scare the bear off. The flare should be shot just in front of the bear to ensure it works. You can kill a bear with a flare shell, but it's difficult to hit a specific target and if you miss and overshoot, there's a very good chance the bear won't care about your flare shell. If you put it just in front, you won't hit, but you'll guarantee the bear will notice your flare shell and react to it (in fear).
This shot at 7:19 is ridiculous
Since he didn’t go into it, the flashlight serves its purpose during the aurora. That battery you’ve been searching for the whole game? Doesn’t exist. But the aurora causes the flashlight to work, and it even has a super bright mode. You can use this mode to scare off any aurora predator in the game.
I can’t believe I didn’t think of this. I’ve just been tossing them out because of their weight. I still prefer the lantern, since the flashlight still seems really situational. But if I’m going on a long journey, it might just save my life.
Are you sure flashlight can scare any wolf during aurora???
@@rcsibiu any wolf or bear. Haven’t tried it on a moose, but I believe it also applies. Turn on high beam mode. It only lasts for a short while (20 seconds maybe) before it has to recharge. I never go out in the aurora so I forget which key it is but I’m 95% sure the game tells you when equipping the flashlight.
@@rundownthriftstore How do you turn the flashlight brighter?
What did I just read? I thought this was going to be a normal survival game and now I've got to worry about some aurora thing?
Been playing this game for about 4-5 years now and this tutorial still taught me a buttload.
Ok I love how small and friendly this community is, by far my favorite one so far.
Who would win?
A sub-sonic distress pistol
One beary boi
None of Them.
The bricky boi in the snow would totally winn.
IDK HOW HE STILL HURTS TO STEP ON EVEN IN SNOW.
BUT DAMN THAT BRICKY BOI, *DAMN HIIIIM*
i just realized why its so damn easy to get lost in a blizzard in TLD.
you can see a little further on the edges of your screen when your vision is compromised, and so it makes you wanna change direction all the time...
The most important tip I learned is that sticks always face North when dropped
Not only sticks do point north when you drop them. Except of food and medications, almost all items always face the same direction when you drop them.
Fish
Stick north
How do you know what part of the stick is pointing north and which side is pointing south?
@@leftovergaming9529surely just find a piece of the map you know where north and south already roughly are and then figure it out from there
"Nice try human" pretty much sums up my entire interloper experience.
Lol... it took me more than a few tries of madness to string together my current run...as a bit of a perfectionist it annoys me that I have frostbite but once I got passed a week I couldn't bear the thought of a restart.
@@flip66five Good luck with your run! I have an over 600 days stalker run with two frostbites) )
@@flip66five pp
11:04
And always choose:
Axe:if you want to quickly scare the wolf
Knife:receive more damage but also give more damage and make wolf bleed
Great tip as well - I always do this. However, a recent test by GunTech found no real difference between the two and that both cause, on average, roughly the same amount of damage. Further testing is required - as a rule of thumb, though, I agree with you: go for the hatchet.
@best good Yes, I agree - although be careful with the TLD wiki. It's mostly accurate but a few things on there are wrong.
I believe the hatchet is the "average" choice when it comes to wolf struggles. Decent damage and decent chance to scare the wolf, a solid choice regardless of difficulty settings. Knife has a higher chance of killing the wolf (or maybe simply higher damage?) as far as I know. I did not know that the player takes more damage when using it, but it makes sense. The knife is the "high risk, high reward" choice for wolf struggles. And finally, the crowbar and hammer (again, as far as I know) has the highest chance to scare the wolf and end the struggle quickly, but causes little or no damage to the wolf and probably won't help kill it. The hammer/crowbar is the "safe" or "defensive" choice for wolf struggles.
This game is the best simple survival game visually with the most difficult decisions and skills to learn to be more successful than the previous play through.
There's so much to learn in TLD that even an almost 3-year-old tutorial like this is quite useful.
I honestly think the Ledge fact for newbies is great since I didn't figure it out until it was too late on the same rope shown in the video and falling down
Hey Zak, I’ve just started playing The Long Dark again and I’m rubbish at it, so I really appreciate having just found your videos. They’re perfect for what I need - keep up the great work 👍🏻
when i'm stuck and lost on interloper, i often log out and use another pilgrim run to plan myself out of trouble. 🤫
i've been playing tld since 2016 and didn't know most this stuff. great tips, awesome vid dude.
Maybe because you learned the game before they introduced them? I didn't play for a long time and I see new things too.
I want to note one tip that I find incredibly useful, there is only ever a single ropeclimb that you want to perform downward and it's the one in the ravine. Every other ropeclimbs can just be bypassed by carefully dropping down the cliff. You might sprain a wirst sometimes, but in many situations, the extra energy is worth the bandage.
You can actually rope skip the Ravine as well, though I would not recommend it without practice first. Here is a recent example of it:
ruclips.net/video/paSSQXmbYRU/видео.html
@@Zaknafein Woah, yeah I'll definitely have to train it ahead of time, I lost a 80 days game of stalker first time I hit ravine because I didn't know of the death wall.
Then much later I had forgotten about it and lost my first attempt at darkwalker due to it. Still got it third try but man that gets scary at the end with the dude running at you full speed.
Never would've thought that the flare gun was the game's god weapon...
Been playing TLD since the day of launch & you taught me tons of shit here. Much better quality tips than I expected.
When you are young you can hurt your self quite badly, but after a night's sleep there is no muscle ache or stiffness. You also don't feel the cold as much.
When you are in your 50's, picking up a tea towel the wrong way can lead to back pain for a fortnight. You may also need your cardie more often.
Therefore i conclude that on pilgrim your character is 16 to 18, on interloper he/she is much older.
I love these Kinds of videos because these are the kinds of of things that would probably get you killed the most. I honestly had no idea about the different behavior of wolfs at night and during Arouras, and i'll definitely keep it in mind when I start a run above pilgrim.
And you are definitely right about (not) going out at night during aurora. Did this last time and a bear attacked me 4 (FOUR) times in a row. Couldnt shake it off and in the end it killed me, of course. Very annoying, since i had such nice equipment...
"only rabbits are actually immune to the flair gun"
twitch chat: *shoot a bunny with it*
Been trying this game out and it's been ruthless through and through! I'm now looking up tips and yours was this first that came up, thanks for the pointers!! I will be sticking around :)
Hope you enjoy the game!
@@Zaknafein yes! I love the hands-free approach it has. It makes it very challenging but also very simple/realistic on how things work. I also enjoy the fact that it is not dragged down by zombies or some sort of enemy like that. Survival is the true goal and nature is your only enemy.
Although I have not experienced any aurora stuff yet.. so I'm curious! Thank you!
I can't decide between playing this or green hell next. I just started a stranded deep playthrough on my channel but looking ahead I think this game will be the one I play!
its worth it i've been playing it since 2014
You should definitely try The Long Dark. Green Hell and Stranded Deep are pretty good, but TLD is the undisputed champion in my opinion (Subnautica a respectable second)
@@Zaknafein Yea, I'm leaning towards the long dark I really don't see anything bad about it, it just seems too solid.
@@Zaknafein amen to that.
Actually is easy scare an wolf from their prey, but in previous versions was more lottery, the wolf stop eat, after a moment re-start eat, or maybe charge you.
Masterful advice Dr Z. Always a pleasure.
I have almost over 700 hours in the Long Dark and this had a couple I didn't know about ty!
Oh sweet! First time i see a fellow Philter fan! Loved the songs in the background ;)
I love this!!! Your videos are helpful, educational and entertaining all at once!!! In case you need aurora wolf suddenly attacks, I got it. I accidentally won that time .
Awesome video! I'll be checking out the rest of them for sure. Been playing this game for years and there's still plenty I don't know, not even counting the updates adding new content. The main problem I have is that in video games I am an absolute hoarder (I would be irl except I use video games to manage the urges) and in this game weight is a huge factor. I'd be curious for tips on managing inventory weight, what to prioritize when and things. Is it worth carrying the extra weight for a snow shelter in case of a sudden blizzard in which case I get horribly lost? Are there certain areas where I should and others where I shouldn't? Will 100% be keeping just the flare gun on me for emergencies now, I can use the rifle when I'm actually planning on hunting.
Ok so for the tip about leaving food outside apparently there is some food you SHOULD NOT leave outside because the condition on them will actually make it decay faster. Apparently it's mainly artificial foods (chips, canned, etc.) that do it but I dont know exact foods that do it.
I didn't even know about ledges on rope climbs and I was playing this game for a long time lol, thanks
Can also sleep in vehicles and snow shelters if you have cabin fever.
Thank you, I've been playing TLD for a few weeks and this has been really useful. Subscribed.
3:28, that's a weird way to pet a bunny
I just started to replay TLD after a while and I'm delighted to see more new content added. One question; Is the decay rate of food the same whether you just leave it on the snow or kept in a rock cache? I used to think that animals will steal your meat but watching your videos, it seems like your food is safe outside. I just build rock caches for roleplaying and it'd suck if food decay faster in it compared to being left without care outside.
I honestly have never stored food outside in a rock cache nor in a container (like a car trunk), as I've not once had an issue with animals in over 4 years of playing this game. But, I know some players have done this so maybe someone else can comment with their experience :)
My guess is that the decay will be just as slow, since it's still outdoors.
The first couple tips blew my mind 🤟
The first time I encountered a moose, it was behind Quinset Garage, and I got lucky and killed the moose with only 1 shot to the head
Thanks for the Info! I wasn't aware of the Cave In/Outdoor areas
damn dude nice thanks for the tips dude... been watching accurize2 all this time learnt alot from him but yea good solid tips keen to make use of em all
Appreciate a vid that gets straight to the point👍🏽👍🏽👌👌
did not knew about the flaregun.. thx dude
8:46 oh LOL that got me laughing so hard
that dude with the tree costume and the bow sound XD
He is awesome. He has since changed his twitch name to barbegue. Find him here:
twitch.tv/barbegue
I just bought the game for switch. On sale! This game is awesome. Very hard. These tips were very helpful.
I once beat a whole pack of timberwolves with one flare. I was walking throufh a blizzard that i got caught in (i was desperate ok?)- and one ended up charging me through the snow before i could even realize it!- i readied the flare gun and shot at it, hitting something but the flare just disappeared. It must have gotten stuck somewhere in the blizzard because the pack quickly lost all of its bar and started running away. Naturally I was confused as to how one flare freaked out a pack so quickly but i thought nothing of it and carried on down the road. Not even a minute later i see why: a giant red dot glided across my screen through the pure whiteout of the blizzard! Whimpering as far as the blizzard would allow it! The red dot approached me till i finally got a clear look of what it was- The flare got stuck to the wolves nose! The pack proceeded to aggro me several times on my walk but every. Single. Time. That stuck flare just kept freaking out the one poor timberwolf and caused the pack to retreat!
unless you have a flashlight, I have had to go out in the arura, many times with a flashlight, and not once did I get mauled by the wolves.
I noticed that on higher difficulties (starting from stalker) wolfes doesn't warn you necessarily. I was at TWM when i saw a Wolf nearby that hadn`t detected me. So I walked the other way believing i would avoid him.
After a couple seconds i had a feeling. In front of me was a dark structure, just as dark as a wolf (fallen trees or something like that) but i felt that something was wrong with it. So I aimed with the rifle and i was right: i triggered the Wolf to attack me! And that means that he must have spotted me already without barking, in the middle of the day. That was near the echo ravine if that is the english name for it.
This happened many many patches before, i think it was 2018/2019. Did you hear about that? Because i think it is a great feature! :D
I have had this happen, but almost exclusively at night and not during the day. There is one exception, though: If one wolf is tracking or aggroing you, the other wolves can stand passively by and wont react unless you aim at them. Without a clip, I can't be sure if this is what happened to you, but it sounds like it's what happened :)
@@Zaknafein hm no it was the only Wolf around and i was near the cliff, so 3 sides were safe. One possibility is, that he detected me in the same split second i aimed at him. But the fact that he was some elsewhere and the way he approached me (was a stalking without "jogging"), speaks against that. But i'm not sure. I didn't record it and have to rely on my memory
Best advices ever if you're a veteran player.
Great tips, got the long dark on my Xbox and switch, love the game!
One of he best guides about the game.
Great video Zak and great editing too.
"A flare gun can one-shot any animal"
Me trying to find a rifle
Omg the bunnies with the flare gun was so ironic with my chat-pizza
Lol the flare gun is just a bazooka.
For me I found a rifle and ammo almost right away on my first try
Great tips.. thank you
1 tip, make save before the fire...
i'm at 500 hours and didnt know most of this. nice video.
The time required to load any weapon is ridiculously long. The animation is top slow. Plus the fact you have to wait the end of the move to try another move (changing weapon for example)
Side note, I love the name. I’m assuming that you got it from Drizzt’s dad.
That's right :)
Tip ten be dammed I have a radio transmitter to use
So your comment about fire duration being the same on the indoor and outdoor zones of a cave - of course this is true. But I'm not sure if you made it clear that the fire duration is based on the outdoor temp of where your character is standing - so I believe if you're standing in the indoor zone in your example, both fires would not have lasted as long as if you were standing in the outdoor zone. That's my understanding though, I could be wrong.
No, you are partially right as the temperature is a factor. However, not shown in the video is a third fire that was placed outside the cave in the open, and it burned the exact same duration as the ones in the cave. I must be honest and say I am not 100% sure how this mechanic works because tests seem to vary.
@@Zaknafein Sorry it took me a while to respond. I think they burned the same duration in your test because it's based on where the character is standing, not where the fire is. So one test I've done is if you stand in the "indoor" part of the cave, the fire duration will go down faster vs. if you are standing in the "outdoor" section of the cave. But it doesn't necessarily matter which side the fire is placed on (except for it needs to be on the outside for you to start it with a mag lense)
Hey Zak, what is the song at the beginning of this video?
Bth thx for this tips, you videos are amazing!
Philter - I Am Nobody
So in other words, don't play with endless night turned on?
Bear: I am the strongest animal
Moose: No I am the strongest animal
--- AMATEURS
What, punk!!!!
Rabbit: Amateurs
(it is immune to the flare gun)
it took me 14 tries to survive 35 days on interloper difficulty
died by frostbite + starvation
Hey! I really like your tutorials and gameplays.
I have a question: what's the best weapon to fight against a wolf?
I'm using the torch and stone trick (or other weapon) but sometimes I'm attacked by a wolf and I'd like to know what weapon is better.
Thanks!
Hatchet. Always use the hatchet :)
Didnt know that wolves dont "defend their prey" I always thought aiming there would make it lounge at me, grat advice! and never noticed the "campfires last longer outdoors", how much extra time is there?
Just be aware that wolf behaviour changes from time to time - and Hinterland has seen this video - so maybe one day this won't work anymore :)
Regarding fire times, I have not tested it enough to give exact numbers but its something like 50% longer. However, this is also dependent on temperatures, with colder temperatures increasing the duration. Me (or another streamer, e.g. WonzAndOnly or GunTech1) will test this properly one day :)
@@GunTech Thanks to both! I noticed fires last longer when passing time/sleeping, but not when cooking (at leats what I recall). I will begin testing this :) on a second note, doesnt the "fires last longer" in the fire starting skill just make the fuel you put last longer? I mean, a lvl 1 Fire skill stick adds less time than if you add the same stick but with lvl 5 skill. iirc, its 7 min and 11 min respectively.
@@theplaneteater Technically yes, but putting on fuel produces a fire, so the outcome is the same. It would be just two different approaches with the same result :)
@@theplaneteater In early versions fire last more in the "outside" area of the cave, but you need stay in that area, probable change in latest patches. AC map had issues in not have warm bonus in caves, fixed in the latest patch.
@@Zaknafein Hello. Because I have never reached the survival limits of the game, if the sources of ignition that we light the fires run out (matches, magnifying glass), is there a trick, so that we always have a source of ignition? or does survival end there?
Love it!!!!
I’m stuck on the bear /spear battle near the radio mast … can’t move on
Good tips! Thx
Old age should burn and rave at close of day
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Brilliant tips.
Nice video bro
My name is Zak. Go figure.
Now I’m confused, Zak. You clearly say here that fires burn at the same rate in the different parts of a cave, but in the live chat to NOGOA episode 10 you said they burn longer on the outside zone and lit the fire just inside the boundary. Has your thoughts on this game mechanic changed or perhaps the game changed?
Hi! It is a bit of a complicated issue - generally speaking, I don't see a difference between the inside and outside. In this video I even had a third control fire outside the cave, and all three lasted the same. Fires SHOULD last longer outdoors, but my findings are inconsistent about it (even a fire in TWM Hut vs outside was the same for me). However, I have been told that fire duration is also affected by cold temperatures, where it lasts longer the colder it is. By this logic, a fire CAN (but won't always) last longer on the outside zone of the cave because the air temp fluctuates, while this is more stable at the interior.
Ultimately, however, I personally don't pay much attention to it. I place the fire wherever - the only exception is during a sunny day, when I always place it on the outside so I can use the mag lens.
@@Zaknafein Clear as mud, thanks! Seriously thanks for taking your time to explain. I've been paying more attention to fire durations (comparing them against reported cooking times) and it definitely does seem like outdoor fires last longer. It wouldn't be logical for food to cook quicker outdoors so I'm guessing it is the fire which burns longer. So if temperature is the key factor there should be a marked difference between the far rear of a cave and the front area, so it's puzzling why not.
Matches are not that valuable unless you’re in interloper, they are heavily abundant
The flate gun is op
Flare*
I was wondering about weather or not you could eat raw meat with level five cooking, never tried it because of the increase in calories, are there ever more flare shots that just the 4 or so they give u at ravine? I play interloper
There are 8 more on the Summit
@@Zaknafein that's right!! i remember seeing that in one of your vids down where the body it . i haven't been to TW yet ... but YOLO
Won't animals come and eat the food you have stored outdoors, though?
No :)
All this is good information, but will not help much in a blizzard :)
Just kidding. But when the sun is up, everything is so much easier
Haha, thanks. To be fair, you have a point: when I make tutorials, I usually deliberately ensure clear weather. This is only because it will make it easier to see what is going on, so it is practically better if not necessarily representative of game conditions.
I do have one blizzard guide, though (or clip):
ruclips.net/video/FR8QpXXUBIw/видео.html
11:05 should have used the prybar
You are right that the knife was the bad option, but the prybar would have been worse. There have been a few statistical tests and in all of them the hatchet comes out on top, with knife second. The prybar is among the worst - only revolver (and bare hands) are worse. If you have a hatchet, use that always (which I didn't, to the demise of my character haha).
@@Zaknafein I thought its gonna be like the heavy hammer
Glad I'm only using hatchets for struggle
Incredibly useful tips.
what FOV do you use?
81
Tip #8 seems to not apply on Xbone. I've never found a carcass that didn't either immediately drop the last time I hit it, or that wasn't already there when I loaded into the region. Doesn't matter if I wait a while to follow the blood trail, or stealthily track it immediately and watch from a distance as it eventually returns to acting normal and healthy.
That is strange, because I know some other Xbox players where I have seen this work. Most notably Joey Fresh Water who streams on Xbox. Might be a bug that is more common on that platform.
@@Zaknafein Thanks, I'll check out his channel.
"A dEer or a bEar"
2:00!
So you're telling me you can play the long dark hard?
No dislikes yet wow
I got like a billion matches on interloper. Your first tip is a lie but still a tip
Yes but if you are in for surviving 500 days+ and dont use them sparingly, you will run out fast. There are about 11 guaranteed match spawns and 2-3 firestrikers, with the rest being RNG. On average I'd say you can find 200 matches on interloper - thats not a lot. Sometimes more, sometimes less, as it depends on RNG. Its not a lie :)
Flares ome-shot killing a bear. Somehow i don't think thats realistic
Number one don't play it because of the trash motion controls
This game is Trash
What didnt you like about it?
I always thought it was funny how quickly you can get cabin fever in this game. I have spent 24-48 hours indoors at my house, and not even once, was I driven into madness.
Great tips
Kind of different if you are alone in a stranger's house with no electricity and nothing do do but it still doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
It’s ridiculous how developers try to make part of the game super realistic yet completely forget how reality works 😆
In real life? Yea that's because you have tvs and computers to simulate the nature you want, I'm sure being in nature in a videogame somewhat gives the sane effects of real life
I instantly subscribed when the wolf went "ooh, shiny". Excellent guide.
6:50 Important note here. If you aim way too high and overshoot, the bear will NOT get scared off and you're getting mauled.
i've played this game since it was in beta days (around 3k hours at this point) and I had no idea that the Flares can one shot most wildlife. That's a game changer.
Hey zak, I know you made this a while ago, but i just wanted to let you know, as someone who has also done a few guides on select games, I really appreciate the sheer amount of work you put into this. It's one thing to play the game, but sorting through what must be hours of footage for the few things that very specifically showcase what you describe is a massive workload on its own. Great work overall!
Thanks! I appreciate that :)
During the aura thing three wolves ran straight past me at the same time when I stayed still. I was so confused.
They were glowing green too so I thought they were ghost wolf 🐺
I understand how much effort you put into making such videos and want your channel to grow. So I am helping a little with a sub! I like your content. 👍
amazing video, Zak! i love it. the editing that highlights changes in the UI is super helpful! you da man.