"You need to survive and find your family member" >builds Jamestown

man said its quiet early days... me n the gf played for 2 days only on normal and our #1 food source has been the cannibals legs from gangs of them attacking us relentlessly

I feel like I’m watching a tutorial on British imperialism

1. Build a base around the plane (when you reload the game the meds and food will respawn) 2. The plane can be used as a defense 3. Make sure to keep your guard up and build defenses 4. Use stone walls against mutants 5. Always have a supply of stone arrows ready (you can mark it) 6. Skull lamps last forever 7. Go for headshots with your bow and burn cannibals to get bones 8. Put drying racks and water collectors down 9. Use large cabinets near the plane to store meds and snacks 10. Use traps next to fences 11. Always take resources with you and be efficient while farming (use pouches and rock bags to carry more). 14. Get rid of tall trees near your base. Cannibals can climb them and jump into your base. 15. Get the map 16. Never run into your base when a mutant is following you 17. Use spears to fish and put them on your drying rags 18. Use climbing ropes. Stairs can be destroyed 19. Sleep at night. Cannibals will spawn faster at night. 20. Use zip lines to travel fast

If these are beginner tips, I can’t imagine what the advanced ones would cover, or how long it takes to get there!

Is it just me that made a log cabin with my friends on the beach without a care in the world. Then thought I'd look at some tips and this came as a surprise

Just played for the first time a few minutes ago and shit my pants when the cannibals came at me in the dark rofl 🤣

I've found that building lots of birdhouses are really important! Then you can make arrows at your base from the feathers if you don't want to go to the camp to get them.

I had no idea they could Climb trees. I just built a base completely surrounded by trees. 👁👄👁

Build next to plane check. Thanks for the tips.

the first time my friends and I played the game, we found out about the getting bones from burning the bodies accidentally. The first enemy we killed, we decided to just put it on the fire for fun

Now I just have to get over the fear of playing this solo lol

Just got the game yesterday on the ps4 & watching this I feel like a dumb ass 12 hours & i play like a viking temp bases & exploring all I got to show for myself is a boathouse lmfao

Another good tip, the same cave that the map in compass are in, there's also the modern axe deeper in the cave. I find the modern axe to be the most useful tool in the game!

Hey man. Use spears to fish. Is much easier. Or arrows. You get them back. Nice vídeo. Makes me wanna play again.

Man, playing this game with zero knowledge or experience and learning more about this game will always be my favorite experience.

You can skip most of the building when you have a boathouse so you are almost always mobile. Another thing that is important is to set up camp on one of the many smaller islands near The Forest island. Cannibals and mutants can't swim so you have a great advantage without the need for walls and traps for defense. A good island to set up camp at is the one near the yacht and the giant tree overlooking the ocean near a cliff side. There is plenty of room to build houses and make gardens and room for storage.

I highly recommend using a spear like all the time. A weak spear is only 2 sticks and a upgraded spear is just a weal spear + 2 cloth + 3 bones. It does quick shots to the cannibals, takes down all the bushes and small trees in one shot, and hunting animals/catching fish is easier with the spear (until you get a bow). I usually carry it around when I don't know what to use. Also doesn't block a lot of your screen for those who care about that. As you progress through your first days, scope out areas that the cannibals don't usually go. I've played through the game a few times, the first time I set up my base right in an area where the cannibals run through regularly. I stopped playing for a long time because I couldn't figure out why they kept coming right up to me on the early days. The next time I waited to set up my base and put it in a spot where they don't run through. For the first 10 days or so I was able to safely work on my base and watched the cannibals run routes near, but not towards, my base. Honestly I think lizard armor is fine, especially early game. Save your bones in a basket for when you actually need bone armor. Look for blueberries. You can make a pouch to carry them. If you can plant them in a garden or set your base up in an area near them, I would suggest that. They refill hunger, thirst, and energy, and you can carry a lot at a time so it's useful when you adventure and need food/water. Boats are pretty fun, and you can make a small raft for very cheap. A house boat is generally more useful but more expensive. Boats can help you navigate parts of the map quicker and safer as the cannibals don't seem to like water. Some people may be against this one. If you don't think it's cheating, check out the wiki and the map online. It can really help you learn how to craft and where to find the stuff you need to find. I know people think it ruins the game if you look at the map/wiki, but it's really easy to miss so much of the game if you just don't know it exists. Map also shows safe spots to make bases if that's something that interests you, although it's not too difficult to find your own.

Got a f*cing heart attack when some of the cannibals showed up, first time playing this game 😅

17:16 gave me a mini heart attack.

This video pretty much gave me the scope of how big the game can get. Ive been playing for just about 2 days and all i had was a few things and 1 log cabin that took me a while to make. Then i see you have an entite neighborhood sized platform. Really got me excited to play and get further in the game.

As my teacher told me in the boy scouts. "Remember to burn the canibales on the campfire to get their bones and remove disease"

Fun fact about the happy birthday trap, me and a couple friends discovered that if u place a stone wall on the end of the trap (the part of the trap u can safely walk on) the cannibals wont jump above it, instead they would run towords the wall to vault over it amd as a result trigger the trap

I came here simply looking for a way to unequip my lighter 😂

The slingshot is great when fishing... It can also be used in some cave ponds where the fish are hard to see.

Little Tip Related to The Happy Birthday Trap. Charger mutants can charge over these traps and into your base. I've found that placing a stone wall behind every trap will stop the charger dead in its tracks. Make sure to extend it on the sides so they cant slip through the sides. Hope this helps!

Another tip. There’s a great video on KZfaq on how to set up a houseboat with everything you need. Having a houseboat is great as you can live off turtles/ fish and move it when the mutants get your location or when you want to carry logs to a new building. Leave it in shallow water, so it’s JUST possible to sprint and jump onto it. Mutants/ cannibals wont be able to reach you while Sharks/ Crocodiles also cant get you.

Holy shit.. I can't even imagine how long this base took to build

My friends and I just recently started playing and we actively sought out the cannibals to steal their skull weapons. It's amazing how they react to situations. Like I threw the other cannibals the body of one of their kind and they actually get agitated and more aggressive. Needless to say, we learned our lesson so we began dumping their bodies far from where other cannibals patrol so as not to draw their attention. Also, we hunted lots of food and didn't know for shit that it would spoil and now we're making do with small birds. I also wanted to resort to eating the cannibals but my friends were against it...for now.

Alright so real beginner tip, don't build around the plane, find the biggest village then head to the hut with the red paint then go inside the cave and make your way to the modern axe and the map, get out of the cave and go back to the red paint hut then go straight, you will encounter a small drop be careful and go down, you will then encounter a river you should setup camp near the beach or on the mountain on your left when you look at the ocean, there is only one way on the mountain and it's going around it so maybe a zipline would be usefull. You will get a lot of deer, rabbit, lizard, racoons and you are not to far from 2 crocodile spawn. The cannibals will rarely visit this part of the map but if they do you should kill them if you are not outnumbered and very important you should alway burn the body for bones and it makes the evidences disappear so you're less likely to get ganged up on. It took the cannibals 6 days to find my very big base because i let one escape, even with them knowing where i am i only get attacked every 3-4 days and mostly by mutants that would attack you anyway. There is also a fresh water pond near the base of the mountain and one on top of the mountain with plenty of fish, there is also a turtle spawn on the beach. Build lots of drying racks and make sure they are safe from attacks because you don't need to cook dried meat so you can bring it on your adventures (also it won't spoil on you). There is plenty of trees and plenty of space to build and if you spawn near the big village which is a really common spawn (head left of the plane when you're getting out) you will only have to walk around 2 min to get to your base if you respawn and if you take the coast line you will avoid potential cannibals from the big village. Another pro of this location is being near the big village you will be close to the red paint, modern axe, tons of cloth, soda cans modern arrow (15 in the same room as the modern axe and they respawn) tons of dynamite meds and circuit boards. Also if you follow the river near your base you will encounter a 2 hut village if you cross the river near the village there will be a cave with no cannibals and there are 2 watches that will respawn so you can pretty much make bombs for days. That's pretty much it i think. Long ass text but that is the best start of a game to me and the only one where you don't get constantly fucked by cannibals. Edit:Oh shit i forgot to mention, the guy in the video talks about ropes from the happy birthday traps, quick tip is to combine 7 cloth to make 1 rope!

I've been playing this game with my mates for a while now and the trap tips in this helped a lot! Cheers

My man is making a video giving tips then tells u to fish with a axe lmao, great vid but i would reccomend a Spears to fish haha (idk if Spears were a thing when hé recorded dont burn me if they weren't)

A good way to get the hang of it is to play on peaceful mode for a bit. You can get familiar with every aspect of the game and when you go to normal only new thing to tackle will be the cannibals. Won’t be so overwhelming once you have the hang of the game and can toss weapons like a pro and have a general idea of where to go for items. Extra tricky w zero aim assist but I love it even more. All the more satisfying when you hit your target.

8:58 there's actually an infinite cloth trick with cave 5, the boxes that drop cloth respawn every time you leave the cave, you can use this cloth to get infinite rope

Ima be honest. I was hoping for some info on the determining how many, how close, and what kind of cannibal by the sounds or cries they make.

Damn pits haven't see you in ages how you doing ?

A good tip. He talked about where to find the map. If you keep going further down there is two gormless cannibals. Sneak past them to the left is another rope. You have to stop several times on the way down to recover stamina it is that long. At the bottom is a cache of supplies, around 30 dynamite, but more importantly the modern axe. Can't believe it wasn't mentioned....

Someone tell this man about spears. Fishing is infinitely easier

*I haven't played this in a long time. Got me in the mood! Great tips.*

Just started playing this in vr and found this extremely useful. Thanks

I enjoyed this video a lot, and learned some really useful info! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and making great content. I just started The Forest and I am hooked, so many things my bf and I will be able to do more efficiently now in the game. Thanks again

As long as you have a good source of cloth, you have rope. Combine pieces of cloth to make rope. Also there are turtles inland as well as being along the coast. You do not have to go to the coast to find turtles for water collectors.

THANKS A LOT! during this pandemic, i started to play this game with my friends and we need more tips like this

I've watched this video multiple times idk why but like how you talk is so cultivating

You can get the modern axe in the same cave as the map. With the modern axe you no longer have to fear the nights.

Two tips I've found while building: 1. When chopping down a tree to direct it's fall, jump up and belly bump it. It will fall the way your pushing by jumping against it. Just be careful not to jump ahead of it lol. 2. When you have a solid wall sealing your base in but no cloth or rope to create a climbing rope platform to exit. Take the hole cutter under custom building. Rotate it till just a corner of it touches the wall. This will either take out 4 vertical stones or a single log. Stone is easier. Now you can run out and get logs. Just seal the hole and reopen to enter. An hope nothing chases you back lol. An keep stones on you.

He came back when we needed him the most

I swear I encounter cannibals as soon as daylight hits 0 days survived like 6 times in a row 😭😭

I knew most of these tips, but kept watching just cause your voice is so pleasant

You can carry 3 logs at the same time. 2 regularly and 1 by walking backwards from the log and mashing E. (Or X if you play ps4). You can even run while doing so.

So we started at the highest difficulty, and damn are we in love with this game. We just grinded 10 hours, thanks for the extra tips!

Thankyou so much for this intuitive video recently purchased this game and seemed to be struggling watching you create yours and helped alot cheers 😁

You can craft rope from combining 7 Cloth

Hey got the game yesterday and was looking for some good tips Thanks! 😊

That screech at 17:16 scared the crap out of me! My heart beats still trying to find its correct rhythm lol

thank you for the tips! much appreciated

I've found the spare is best for reaching the fish, while fishing. Just an FYI. Thanks for the tips!

I have 2 tips for beginners 1. watch Farket (hes the best the forest player) 2. what ever he says don't do basically

Thank you for these tips!!!

Great video will play this soon thanks.

OMG this is the most overkill base i have ever seen in my life, It must of took you absolutely ages, well done man!

When I first started I made my base right near the camp

Thanks for the video man. Helpful tips and info here! Just got back into the forest again and I’m addicted. Finally understand most of the mechanics now and it’s a blast building a big badass base and fighting off the freaks. Just hate when people come in and try changing your shit around haha

I only play the game to build now and honestly I love your base, and I also build my base into the plane, right now me and my friends are trying to make a skyscraper.

12:46 I'm close to that area I always get taken there but I have a zipline near a cliff so I can use it to get all the way over to my base if I get taken XD

A couple tips for the newbs as well as those of you who think you know what you're doing #1 As soon as you spawn you need to stock up on 3 things, meds, snacks and soda. Get the hell away from the plane. #2 AS SOON AS YOU SPAWN, AND ARE STOCKED ON #1 you need to get 3 extremely important items. 1. the chainsaw, 2. The modern bow 3. ARROWS #3 If you've succeeded in step #1 and/or #2 heres a weakness for every individual enemy. ARMSIES=Most of the time you can take a chainsaw to their backs/butts and they will stagger until they die (easy creepy armor) LEGSIES= Stay away from them. Do yourself a favor and keep running away from it while shooting it with the modern bow. (Only takes 3-7 arrows) CHICKEN NUGGETS= these guys are also fairly simple to kill. All you have to do is, (after it's done running its marathon) get relatively close (3-8 feet recommended) this will prevent mr nugget from running any longer. Now that hes stopped running, you can hit mr nugget once, twice, even three times (if you're lucky), back away, let him stomp. Rinse and repeat. You will get stomped once or twice that's normal but eventually the fatty will fall. Now clearly CANNIBALS are easy, relatively speaking, so just know 1 headshot with the modern bow will take out any cannibal. And finally we have SPIDER LEGS. THERE IS NO WEAKNESS! JUST UNLEASH THE KRAKEN ON THESE GUYS.

Wonderful advice, thanks m8

I am glad you made this and that I watched it. I wouldn't so much call it 'Beginner's Tips', though there are some. It's more of tips for a particular playing style. I've played about 12 hours (about 20 game days), and now I am checking out tips. Thanks!

I also stick to the plane area, I have started yesterday and had the idea of building the small default house sticking to the plane in an angle that make it hard for the AI to enter, seems working to me for now.

Really good tips man. I have been playing a little bit of the forest, and I realised i did some mistakes. Good video m8.

Lit vid bruh, ive just gettin this game n this beginner guide has helped a shit ton cheerz 👊🏻

Thank you for the video its coming to great use

I've been playing The Forest for over a year now and I had no idea that you could make a bag that you can store more sticks and rocks in plus I didn't know that the stone walls were stronger than wooden walls Lol

thanks to this video I've been sitting at a 180 day world, max strength and aestheticism and every item in the game, best part is, I'm literally unstoppable.

Great video. I'm very new to game a d loving it so far both creative and normal mode.

Great tips bro thank you so much!!

So, my sister and I just started playing a week ago and we have encountered a weird thing. We are now on the 22nd day of surviving if I'm not wrong and we are enjoying exploring the map. For the first in-game days we built a camp near the yacht but after the 11th day we got continously into fight with those mutants with a lot of arms and then they destroyed our camp so we moved on the little island near the yacht. We took some time and built the houseboat to explore more the map but now we have always two mutant chasing us, one of those with more arms and one spider-like. They won't go away, at night they are there waiting for us, during the day they follow us everywhere, it's incredible, we tried to kill them before but it was useless because we almost died, we don't have enough time to build anything because they are there and most of the time they bring with them other cannibals and other mutants. It is getting kind of odd playing this game because it's extremely difficult. Idk if it is us that are noobs (which is highly probable lmao) or if the game just hate us.

Bought this game on a whim. And honestly I like it I don’t generally do the survival game cause it’s a bore fest. With rust you get hanged up on constantly. With this though it’s not the same glad I bought it

Thanks for this! It’ll help me a lot. I just started playing recently and Idk what to do half the time lol

this is amazing. My son and i have just started playing

If you have enough time to go ahead and finish the game, there is an alternate ending in which you obtain a special artifact. This artifact can be placed in the ground at your base and it repels virtually all cannibals and mutants.

I got a tip, if you want to build a 100% safe base. Build on the two rocks in the center of a pond by a cannibal camp. The pond is near the yacht. Build a small raft and log holder on it then set your foundation and build your house how you like it. The pond is too deep, if cannibals or mutants try to attack they drown and die.

Wish i saw this before start playing the game, this really help guys

Just started playing this game, this video helps so much !

I started playing 2 days ago. I need to get some sleep eventually

just staarted playing a few days ago, I found that those log traps are useful against the cowman or rhino, if you use them as a wall he cant get threw them, nothing can actually, so far, other than the day 40 enemy

Thought I'd watch a video like this to help make up my mind on playing the game. I loved how you were fighting laughter as the cannibals triggered the log traps. I also have to say how the sounds the mutants make manage to unnerve me which is rare. Seems they did a good job with the game. Very atmospheric. Thank you for the upload.

good tip video ! im new to the game its terrifying but really fun best game ive played in awhile

I just bought this game wanted some tips Thanks!

Bro me and my 2 friends were grinding for like 2 days for logs to make the 181 log house just to end up laughing our asses off cause of how small it was

Great vid! Thank you!

Is it worth building the sled thing for moving logs about?. I spend my nights hiding on the yatch and building a base near the iso containers.

If you let yourself be captured on the first night they bring you to the place in the cave where the map is...

Thanks for the useful tips!

Thanks man! Learned me some stuff

This kinda makes me want to forget about a base entirely. It would take a lot of patience and efficiency to make the base you really want.

I got caught by two cannibals they took me underground and I never found my way back out it was insane

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. It was incredibly useful :)

Wish i saw this before start playing, it actually helps!

Geez, how the hell did you have time to build all that??? LMAO!!