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.
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.
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
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!
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...
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.
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.
Another great video. I'm on my first serious long run, going strong at just over 40 days on 2/4 difficulty. Some of these tips are sparkling new helpful tidbits, and some of them are head-nodding good reminders, but all of them are great. (It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out the whole 'food stays better longer outside in the snow,' thing.)
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 👍🏻
6:50 I see a lot of people close their flare gun and then open it to reload it. However, you can spam the reload button so your character loads in a new shell without closing the gun
Thank you very much for this channel. I discovered this game as a fleeting suggestion somewhere on the Internet. After watching fan reviews I gave it a try for myself. I love the "cozy danger" of the game and the way it can encapsulate feeling "safe despite the storm". Trying to figure things out for myself I was a bit lost. Your channel has provided me with entertainment, an augmented desire to play the game, as well as a whole lot of discovery over the game's intricate features.
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
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.
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.
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!
This is absolutely true, and something I thought of mentioning but decided not to in order to keep it shorter. I have had this happen many times - very good advice! Be precise :)
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. 👍
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.
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...
3 years playing and following this game and this is the best tips video. Cheers Zak. 7:05 Bear Kills? Did you mean to say "pelts"? ...or maybe Bear Kilts? .... didn't know they added "Bear Kilts" to the game, that oughta scare all the animals off, especially the female ones!
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.
Just got this game, thank you for the help. You're right there's almost no tutorials at all. It didn't even tell me how to make tea, just said to use berries to make it
So, using an outdoor part of the cave is a easy way to get the "Beneath a Starry Sky" achievement where you need to spend the 3 nights outside. You can also use this in combination with the "Deep Forest" achievement that requires you to keep the fire going for 3 days, as long as you are smart about it and time everything correctly. Whilst I have some rare ones, these are the two I am currently missing and am planning to do next...
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.
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.
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 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 .
I don't know if this has been mentioned (maybe I didn't hear it because I'm playing the Sims 4 right his minute), but in caves, the indoor/outdoor thing, I noticed your walking speed changes too. It's slight, but I hear it all the time now.
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 do something similar to the flare trick, but with a rifle, i hit a bear from a distance, and let it charge me until its about a step from mauling, and usually i can land a quick last shot, but every once in a while i will get mauled, i honestly find wolves more dangerous than bears after getting this down, but only slightly
My perspective on this one: 1.) On Loper, it's extremely handy, in fact mandatory to save as many little piece of matches as possible. Tho, the weather is my enemy in this one so not sure how to protect my Torches from being put out by the wind. I require another useful tip to solve that problem. What I usually do is to not even lit the torch when I'm about to exit an interior in a seemingly bad weather open, I totally just Storm Lantern my way if I can. 2.) Yeeeaaah, I know about this benefit of the caves without an interior. If I can cure hides and guts in Hushed River Valley like that then I'm already a happy person, I just need a portable workbench in the game. xD Thank goodness, I rarely encounter the good old famous cabin fever risk. Yes, it's annoying, but when I get it I don't really care, I just keep my character in agony without sleep if there's blizzard outside....or I just use the brand new method you shown previous video from now on. 3.) This is the point where caves strike again and I love it. So many things to do in caves without any problem and maining the fire durationi is one of them. 4.) Stones seems useless at first sight, but they can be used as landmarkers besides wildlife crowd control. Wonder how the Moose react to a Stone tho. Before the given survival update introduced stones at all, instead I used myself as a scaring threat against the deer to make them being lured by the wandering wolf of the opposite direction and then used a Torch or a Flare instead of a Stone. Makes the job done as much as the stones nowadays and I think it weigh me less. After that I used the same Torch or Flare to start a campfire for carcass harvesting. 5.) I just learned a new technique from someone else happened to explain to me that the Coffee is actually a better Crampon. If I drink 1/3 of a single Coffee, I get similar Fatigue resistance bonus versus Rope climbing, but obviously require me to be as full of energy and carry as minimum amount of gear as possible for the best results. Sure, combining Coffee and the Crampons would be much much better. 6.) This one is mostly self-explanatory. I get attacked by a bear, possibly have more afflictions than just one, I just sleep and drink tea and a little more extra bottled water after treating myself. Loper requires more experience to understand the mechanics and combinations of a benefit-rich sleep. 7.) Well, I have to say that I learned something new about Flare Guns, but the mechanic feels absurd. Flare Gun, not supposed to be that deadly. 8.) During my gameplays, when I shoot an animal and they don't die right ahead, I basically just wait like how you do, but that's totally new to me to check and tell for sure if your prey is dropped and can be harvested or still running somewhere out there and is still bleeding. It's just annoying when they carry my valuable arrows without hope to find the shot animal. To track them down, but the weather is not that good for long for the crows to show up, then what I can do is to use a Charcoal on a considerably high place and survey the territory for an update to clearly see if there is a carcass around me. 9.) Storing food outside is well-known and obvious. Their quality decays massively slow. When I put it into anything indoors, they just ruined and disappear within 1-2 days. Wasted food. 10.) That's general knowledge too. It's too dangerous outside at night. Cannot see shit and most importantly, wasting your valuable Torches and matches to look around. Your character is not stupid when saying "It's getting dark out here, time to look for shelter".
@@Zaknafein not quite less relevant, but I believe a few days before Christmas it became free on the epic games store and a lot of players flocked to yt for play throughs and advice
@@thefern8847 Ah that's a good point! I had a version by then, but wanted to polish it and fact-check everything first, so spent a couple weeks or so getting it ready. And then I didn't want to release it before I had at least started on my next video, to reduce time between videos. Hopefully new players will find it still. Thank you for your support
Flare gun one didnt know good to know going to go back and get mine. Aurora animals didnt know thought they were glitching.rn I'm pn day 120 and wish I knew about the flare gun one the most
Nice video! I consider myself a good interloper player and I knew all of these tips, but sometimes I go crazy and I travel at clear night fearless because until midnight it is quite warm time. Also you forgot to tell us about the living wires, the deadliest feature in the game, sometimes you don't even realize you step in one until death screen...
During the aurora power comes on, so loose wires in buildings throw sparks. Step in these sparks and your health drops incredibly fast and can literally kill you in a moment
@@smughatkid08 Okay so they are not moving or stuff, just throwing killer sparks, got it. was a bit concerned when i thougt about the wires coming to life while i sleep (i am currently "living" in the workshop and there are a lot of cables)
@@raviyien6560 yeah, I learnt the hard way when I (luckily on a new run) walked into the sparks wondering if they did anything. I learnt a new rule about TLD, if something looks like it could hurt you, it probably can
First time I encountered live wires was in the dam...I was heading down to the fire barrel and noticed the difference in the wires, but didn't understand what was happening. I tried to carefully walk over them...big mistake
I just started survival on voyageur in Milton and on day 10 I still haven't found a knife or a hatchet. I can only imagine playing on harder difficulties.
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
I didn't know only that you can one shot a bear with a flare gun, but I always carry one for bears and my bears would still run away shining like a christmas tree all over the map and die eventually when they get shot in the torso because the flare sticks to them untill they bleed out, so it's not much of a difference.
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!
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!
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?
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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?
"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
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.
Been playing this game for about 4-5 years now and this tutorial still taught me a buttload.
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 :)
Ok I love how small and friendly this community is, by far my favorite one so far.
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 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...
I like how after a bear has mauled you to shreds, it walks away as if telling you "just sleep it off buddy."
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.
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.
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*
There's so much to learn in TLD that even an almost 3-year-old tutorial like this is quite useful.
Another great video.
I'm on my first serious long run, going strong at just over 40 days on 2/4 difficulty. Some of these tips are sparkling new helpful tidbits, and some of them are head-nodding good reminders, but all of them are great.
(It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out the whole 'food stays better longer outside in the snow,' thing.)
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 👍🏻
6:50
I see a lot of people close their flare gun and then open it to reload it. However, you can spam the reload button so your character loads in a new shell without closing the gun
Oh interesting, need to try that!
Thank you very much for this channel. I discovered this game as a fleeting suggestion somewhere on the Internet. After watching fan reviews I gave it a try for myself. I love the "cozy danger" of the game and the way it can encapsulate feeling "safe despite the storm". Trying to figure things out for myself I was a bit lost. Your channel has provided me with entertainment, an augmented desire to play the game, as well as a whole lot of discovery over the game's intricate features.
I am glad, and thank you! Hope you enjoy the game!
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
amazing video, Zak! i love it. the editing that highlights changes in the UI is super helpful! you da man.
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.
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.
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!
9:10 Out of my experience, that does not only apply to food, but also to medications. If you leave medications outside it decoys slower as well.
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.
Be careful lighting torches off torches... if you miss and that match strikes then the match is used if you light the torch or not.
This is absolutely true, and something I thought of mentioning but decided not to in order to keep it shorter. I have had this happen many times - very good advice! Be precise :)
And specially don't collect sticks with a unlit torch in the hand, because if you miss the click in the stick, one match less. :))
@@Sokol10 I prefer to pick up sticks with a pistol in my hand. Keeps me safe by scaring off the wolves at random irregular intervals.
Awesome job Zak!
For anyone that doesnt know, you can always tell when the aurora is on the way. In the evening the sky is clear and the light starts going green.
Never watched a long dark video on my phone, and this being in my recommended is a very welcome suprise, I want to get back into this game
The game actually tests your judgement and capacity for thinking ahead more than any other that I know of.
DayZ
@@handemorebattlelands4009 Dayz + Syberia project mod
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've been playing this game for 6 years and still I found this video very useful! Thank you.
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. 👍
Masterful advice Dr Z. Always a pleasure.
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.
WOW! I've been playing this game for years, loving it, but this info is a game changer! And that's an understatement. Great tutorial. Thanks.
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...
3 years playing and following this game and this is the best tips video. Cheers Zak. 7:05 Bear Kills? Did you mean to say "pelts"? ...or maybe Bear Kilts? .... didn't know they added "Bear Kilts" to the game, that oughta scare all the animals off, especially the female ones!
Thank you so much for your kind words!
I say "Bear Kills". This will net you early bear kills, which in turn gives you pelts and meat :)
Koselig å se folk fremdeles spiller dette fantastiske spillet:)
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.
3:28, that's a weird way to pet a bunny
Oh sweet! First time i see a fellow Philter fan! Loved the songs in the background ;)
Just got this game, thank you for the help. You're right there's almost no tutorials at all. It didn't even tell me how to make tea, just said to use berries to make it
So, using an outdoor part of the cave is a easy way to get the "Beneath a Starry Sky" achievement where you need to spend the 3 nights outside. You can also use this in combination with the "Deep Forest" achievement that requires you to keep the fire going for 3 days, as long as you are smart about it and time everything correctly. Whilst I have some rare ones, these are the two I am currently missing and am planning to do next...
Awesome tips! I Didn't knew the warm spot in cave would also cure you goods, man you are a life saver!
Take care out there. 👍🏼
Thank you, I've been playing TLD for a few weeks and this has been really useful. Subscribed.
Been playing TLD since the day of launch & you taught me tons of shit here. Much better quality tips than I expected.
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.
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.
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 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 .
This was incredibly helpful THANK YOU
"only rabbits are actually immune to the flair gun"
twitch chat: *shoot a bunny with it*
I don't know if this has been mentioned (maybe I didn't hear it because I'm playing the Sims 4 right his minute), but in caves, the indoor/outdoor thing, I noticed your walking speed changes too. It's slight, but I hear it all the time now.
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.
Thanks for the tips.
Zak is The Long Dark Master of 2020 to 2022. I have been playing long enough to bestow such a title.
The old holder of said title was Geltaz.
I have almost over 700 hours in the Long Dark and this had a couple I didn't know about ty!
Appreciate a vid that gets straight to the point👍🏽👍🏽👌👌
bst tips i have seen yet subbed
Never would've thought that the flare gun was the game's god weapon...
Thanks for the Info! I wasn't aware of the Cave In/Outdoor areas
i feel like story mode is a long tutorial to get you ready for survival mode
i do something similar to the flare trick, but with a rifle, i hit a bear from a distance, and let it charge me until its about a step from mauling, and usually i can land a quick last shot, but every once in a while i will get mauled, i honestly find wolves more dangerous than bears after getting this down, but only slightly
My perspective on this one:
1.) On Loper, it's extremely handy, in fact mandatory to save as many little piece of matches as possible. Tho, the weather is my enemy in this one so not sure how to protect my Torches from being put out by the wind. I require another useful tip to solve that problem. What I usually do is to not even lit the torch when I'm about to exit an interior in a seemingly bad weather open, I totally just Storm Lantern my way if I can.
2.) Yeeeaaah, I know about this benefit of the caves without an interior. If I can cure hides and guts in Hushed River Valley like that then I'm already a happy person, I just need a portable workbench in the game. xD Thank goodness, I rarely encounter the good old famous cabin fever risk. Yes, it's annoying, but when I get it I don't really care, I just keep my character in agony without sleep if there's blizzard outside....or I just use the brand new method you shown previous video from now on.
3.) This is the point where caves strike again and I love it. So many things to do in caves without any problem and maining the fire durationi is one of them.
4.) Stones seems useless at first sight, but they can be used as landmarkers besides wildlife crowd control. Wonder how the Moose react to a Stone tho. Before the given survival update introduced stones at all, instead I used myself as a scaring threat against the deer to make them being lured by the wandering wolf of the opposite direction and then used a Torch or a Flare instead of a Stone. Makes the job done as much as the stones nowadays and I think it weigh me less. After that I used the same Torch or Flare to start a campfire for carcass harvesting.
5.) I just learned a new technique from someone else happened to explain to me that the Coffee is actually a better Crampon. If I drink 1/3 of a single Coffee, I get similar Fatigue resistance bonus versus Rope climbing, but obviously require me to be as full of energy and carry as minimum amount of gear as possible for the best results. Sure, combining Coffee and the Crampons would be much much better.
6.) This one is mostly self-explanatory. I get attacked by a bear, possibly have more afflictions than just one, I just sleep and drink tea and a little more extra bottled water after treating myself. Loper requires more experience to understand the mechanics and combinations of a benefit-rich sleep.
7.) Well, I have to say that I learned something new about Flare Guns, but the mechanic feels absurd. Flare Gun, not supposed to be that deadly.
8.) During my gameplays, when I shoot an animal and they don't die right ahead, I basically just wait like how you do, but that's totally new to me to check and tell for sure if your prey is dropped and can be harvested or still running somewhere out there and is still bleeding. It's just annoying when they carry my valuable arrows without hope to find the shot animal. To track them down, but the weather is not that good for long for the crows to show up, then what I can do is to use a Charcoal on a considerably high place and survey the territory for an update to clearly see if there is a carcass around me.
9.) Storing food outside is well-known and obvious. Their quality decays massively slow. When I put it into anything indoors, they just ruined and disappear within 1-2 days. Wasted food.
10.) That's general knowledge too. It's too dangerous outside at night. Cannot see shit and most importantly, wasting your valuable Torches and matches to look around. Your character is not stupid when saying "It's getting dark out here, time to look for shelter".
On a full moon, it’s actually not that bad. It’s bright enough to read books, etc.
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 didn't even know about ledges on rope climbs and I was playing this game for a long time lol, thanks
when i'm stuck and lost on interloper, i often log out and use another pilgrim run to plan myself out of trouble. 🤫
The first couple tips blew my mind 🤟
VERY HELPFUL, much obliged.
Great video Zak and great editing too.
that was very helpful earned 1 sub
The cave tip is so useful oh my god... idk how i had never noticed that
Well needed tutorial zak if you had posted this a few weeks earlier people would have flocked here for advice
Thanks, Fern. What happened a few weeks ago that makes it less relevant now? :)
@@Zaknafein not quite less relevant, but I believe a few days before Christmas it became free on the epic games store and a lot of players flocked to yt for play throughs and advice
@@thefern8847 Ah that's a good point! I had a version by then, but wanted to polish it and fact-check everything first, so spent a couple weeks or so getting it ready. And then I didn't want to release it before I had at least started on my next video, to reduce time between videos. Hopefully new players will find it still.
Thank you for your support
ahahah i love the Interstellar reference, nice video too
Flare gun one didnt know good to know going to go back and get mine.
Aurora animals didnt know thought they were glitching.rn I'm pn day 120 and wish I knew about the flare gun one the most
Nice video! I consider myself a good interloper player and I knew all of these tips, but sometimes I go crazy and I travel at clear night fearless because until midnight it is quite warm time. Also you forgot to tell us about the living wires, the deadliest feature in the game, sometimes you don't even realize you step in one until death screen...
Wait wait living wires?
During the aurora power comes on, so loose wires in buildings throw sparks. Step in these sparks and your health drops incredibly fast and can literally kill you in a moment
@@smughatkid08 Okay so they are not moving or stuff, just throwing killer sparks, got it. was a bit concerned when i thougt about the wires coming to life while i sleep (i am currently "living" in the workshop and there are a lot of cables)
@@raviyien6560 yeah, I learnt the hard way when I (luckily on a new run) walked into the sparks wondering if they did anything. I learnt a new rule about TLD, if something looks like it could hurt you, it probably can
First time I encountered live wires was in the dam...I was heading down to the fire barrel and noticed the difference in the wires, but didn't understand what was happening. I tried to carefully walk over them...big mistake
I just started survival on voyageur in Milton and on day 10 I still haven't found a knife or a hatchet. I can only imagine playing on harder difficulties.
did not knew about the flaregun.. thx dude
Great tips, got the long dark on my Xbox and switch, love the game!
One of he best guides about the game.
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
I didn't know only that you can one shot a bear with a flare gun, but I always carry one for bears and my bears would still run away shining like a christmas tree all over the map and die eventually when they get shot in the torso because the flare sticks to them untill they bleed out, so it's not much of a difference.
I just bought the game for switch. On sale! This game is awesome. Very hard. These tips were very helpful.
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 :)
This is helpful stuff, thanks Weaponmaster
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!
This guide is 11/10
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?
Hey Zak, what is the song at the beginning of this video?
Bth thx for this tips, you videos are amazing!
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Best advices ever if you're a veteran player.
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
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.
Can also sleep in vehicles and snow shelters if you have cabin fever.
Great video mate
The only difficulty that has any real challenge is interloper or a custom game you that make. Once you know have the maps memorized, piece of cake
"A flare gun can one-shot any animal"
Me trying to find a rifle
Very handy...Thank you!