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This is still one of the best games i ever played it helped me learn to be oke with being alone irl. This was mainly because the game slows down life when you play it and you forget about the hectic experience and chaos outside. Its also the only game ever that made me 'feel' the cold and made me 'feel' the fear and hunger but also made me 'feel' relieved when at peace even when i was Dying if anything it made me help accept death IRL and helped my depression. I know im just speaking to the void and most wont understand it but if you do it's always nice to know your not alone ;)

Great vid, for flares throw them when the wolf is already angry ( very rarely it doesnt work), the "factory" is a DAM, there is actually a lot of loot its just hidden. They updated the prepper caches now they spawn in specific locations now. If you plan your cards right you can have 45 kilos of carriyng capacity (moose hide satchel, technical backpack, well fed bonus), revolver is key!!

You can cook meat on any fire by using the place option, same for canned food. The cooking pot and skillet help speed up cooking time for these items.

Best way to deal with wolves is carrying a torch/flare and then aim something at th wolf (can be just a stone). The wolf will charge but then get scared by the flare that you dropped at your feet. Also, you can cook any type of meat directly without a cooking pot. It just takes longer. Loved the video!

some tips. 1. The normal wolves you strungled with are easy to scare, simply keep a flare or a torch on at all times, when a wolf comes near/spots you ignite the flare/torch run towards wolf and throw the flare/torch. this will always scare the wolf soo long you arent over weight (dont run for long, just a 1 sec run to activate the animation then throw flare/torch) 2. Theres a path to the fire watch, it isnt a bad place it has a chance for a gun if I remember right. 3. Dont attack bears head on, in your case id wait in one of the fishing huts for the bear to get close, go outside to get it to attack me and sprint back inside, bears cant get in the fishing huts so you can get an easy headshot by doing that, but dont get too near the entrance. Another way is to climb one of those big fallen trees that you arent suposed to climb, its a bit dangerous as you could fall down or a blizzard might come but its worth it. 4. Dont haverst anything when damaged, if you get very low on hp just pop a stim and run for safety but always make sure to bandage your wound if you have one and disinfect it. Then eat and drink and sleep for a few hours, then if you can stay full on hunger and thirst sleep more, i wouldnt go out until fully healed but if you start running low on supplies go find a new place where you can get food and water. 5. When you get attacked and lets you have bleeding and infection risk, careful because choosing to use disinfectant on the bleeding does nothing, you have to choose the right injury to use the threatment on. 6. Dont be greedy, when you find yourself with a lot of loot far from home, just divide it into 2 or 3 or how many needed batches and bring once at a time, yeah i know its slow and boring but being over loaded puts you at danger. 7. If you ever play survival, I suggest you make bases with some supplies and especially leave some supplies on long trails that you use (just a little bit in case of an emergency, you can resupply them afterwards) tho this is for a long term game plan. 8. Life above resources, most people die because they didnt want to waste resources, those stimpacks, birch bark teas and accellators will be deleted when you die soo better use them while you can. 9. You can craft or find a moose hind statchel which gives +5 kg carrying capacity, theres the technical backpack i think it was called that gives another +5 kg and avoiding starvation gives +5kg (disclaimer: having 2 moose satchels wont stack the effect sadly, soo only make one) 10. Prioritize clothing and survival equipment, you can stack on food and water and fire material later on, but first you want to make sure you wont die while exploring and getting such items.

I played this game about 5 years ago. I'll just say this 21 minute video was much more entertaining than playing the game myself.

Tips: -You don’t need a pot to cook meat, place it directly on the cooking slot. -coffee is a super valuable survival tool especially when making long treks -for faster travel use the sprint drift method ( sprint till you have 50% sprint left, walk for 20 seconds, repeat ) -always shoot bears on rocks, they have a hard time navigating. -scare off a wolf by using a flare then presssing 2 to equip a weapon -you don’t need a rope to get to the tower if you go behind the gas station there is a road that can lead there. -you also can’t use rope at the bottom of where you are trying to climb unless it was already placed up at the top. I love this game this was a very entertaining watch

The physics and sprinting in LD are hilarious sometimes. One time i rounded a corner to come face to face with a bear. I did a 180 and started sprinting in the opposite direction. There was a little hill that i ramped off of like i was on a skateboard, caught some air time and died from the fall damage.

Watching someone play The Long Dark running down a snowy hill like it’s COD is hilarious

My one tip to you - don't run back and forth between regions like this. You could create a "mini-base" in each region - leave supplies there, only take what you need now - don't have to travel with all of your stuff. especially back and forth. Sure you can come back. At some point, maybe even multiple times. But no point sticking to one base. What if you will travel to Forsaken Airfield or further? All this world is yours - means you have to distribute supplies, not hoard them in one remote location. *** Unless you want to make it a challenge; in this case - sure, go for it. There is no one right way to play, but some ways are definitely easier then other :)

He died with an emergency stim in his inventory smh

i’d love to see you try this again! also for future reference, you weren’t dying from the cold, you were dying from blood loss bcos of the bear attack! this game rlly has a lot of trial and error but i do love how tough it can be

This game deserves more credit, great video

This game has 2 things that make it absolutely amazing. First is a rather simple one and its that loot doesnt respawn, this very simple mechanic(or rather the lack of it) make this a very unique survival game as the only other survival that does this that i know of is Project Zomboing. The second thing is that this game is indeed very punishing and unforgiving but always fair, never in my history of playing this game have i died to bad luck, only from my bad prior decisions. A single mistake in this game is rarely deadly, but making a second one often is. For example getting attacked by wolf almost always doesnt kill you(unless you made some prior bad decisions) but failing to treat the wound or going exploring in a weaken state may will probably kill you. Its also important to remember that the fact that you tried something stupid and did it successfuly doesnt mean that its a good idea. (I learned that the hard way on my 100 day save) :(

11:19 - this is one of the things that were changes in the recent year - the cashes spawn system is completely different now. The old maps have accurate layout of the land but stuff can and will be in different places + new stuff (I don't want to be to specific because spoilers, but for example now you have some crushed planes and helicopters on different maps)

1. A nigh on foolproof method of avoiding wolf struggles (more effective than throwing your flare) is the torch and stone method. If a wolf begins to stalk you, light your torch or flare. Under most circumstances (proximity sensitive) this is enough to prevent them from charging and you can just keep walking with them on your tail if you don't mind and the flame is not in danger of being blown out. But for the purposes of getting the wolf to leave, now drop your torch in front of your feet and position yourself behind the torch exactly opposite from the wolf. Equip a stone. Now raise the stone and aim it at the wolf as if threatening to throw. The wolf will begin a charge. Steel yourself, and continue to aim and threaten. But do not throw, or lower the stone. Moments before the wolf reaches the fire in front of your feet, it will cower and leave. Choose torches first under favorable weather conditions. If the wind is bad, the flares will not blow out. Campfires will also work. In place of a stone, any ranged weapon will function as a substitute for this method. 2. If you are carrying meat or fresh guts, predators depending on their smell radius (which can be quite distant) and the direction the wind blows, will begin to walk in your direction. If they have not noticed you and begun their stalking state yet (accompanied by growls and foreboding music) dropping all your meat and guts should be able to lose their attention. Like a lightswitch, they just turn around and walk away. Guts are useful crafting materials. But I prefer to cook and leave meat at the campfire by the corpse it came from. It becomes a cache, securing routes for travel without needing to carry much food. If you absolutely must carry the meat or guts (like in the case here where you are trying to fulfill challenge food requirements) the torch and stone method should suffice to deter wolf attacks and can be repeated many times on the same torch if necessary. But the bear is not as easily dispatched. And I would recommend dumping your smells before it becomes a problem, which can be done quickly by using the "drop decoy" function repeatedly until there's nothing left, default as the 3 key on keyboard. 3. If you're going to try to take out a bear (or moose), you should understand that unless you are incredibly lucky, it is not likely to go down in one shot, and will charge. However, if you can interrupt the bear's pathing, by for example climbing up a dead tree trunk sticking in the air, or standing on a genuinely unreachable rockface, or inside an ice-fishing hut, or retreating inside a car, you should be able to land a shot, and avoid the charge. The bear will begin to bleed, and may flee. Provided the bear doesn't get an opportunity to despawn, which primarily occurs in blizzards, it will eventually bleed out and die. Then you can go search for the corpse. If in clear enough weather, it will be apparent by the crows flying overhead. Knowing the bear's regular patrol may be useful for the search. It may have resumed and died on its route, if it didn't die in flight. Unfortunately however, Moose do not die from bleeds. You will have to simply be patient and shoot them enough times to down them. 4. When butchering animals in the outdoors, it's best to have a lot of fuel for fire, hours upon hours, fuel for days. And if you can manage it, start the fire where it will be protected by a windbreak, so it won't blow out so easily, and also in heat range of the corpse. You will be protected from the cold. And thawing the corpse will be easier on your tools, depending. And in the case of something as large as a bear or a moose, it's advantageous to gradually expand the number of campfires as you can to accommodate more simultaneous steaks on the fire and get the job done more efficiently. Because otherwise and even if, the ordeal can become a multi-day task. And you're gonna need water too. Be sure to stay ahead of thirst by boiling a bunch of water.

Wolves won't approach you if you have a flare out. They'll just follow you but won't attack. Same with torches. Red flares for regular wolves. Blue flares for Timberwolves. Also you can't get climbing ropes to climb up. The rope either has to be there already or you need to find another way up, which there is another way to that tower if you go around to the other side up the hill.

The Long Dark is so great. Every new journey is exciting and has big Adventure vibes. The view is beautiful, the atmosphere is so tense. On a good day, it feels like an adventure. On a bad day, well it feels like the end of the world. Love this game and your narration.

Your video got me into the game 3 years ago. Thank you!

The crazy thing is that you were actually quite lucky with your loot. I didnt find my first rifle for probably 25-30 days.

I've been playing this game off and on for about 5yrs. So much fun. I was actually recently playing in ML and found a ton of loot in the dam. I had to make 2 heavy trips from there to the lake cabin and back.

Still holds up as they added a new update Such an amazing game!

the way the wolf fear mechanic works for regular wolves using flares to scare them off is like this. Wolves in TLD have 3 "modes" (1.passive- just roaming their spawn point) (2.stalking- they have noticed you and begin moving in closer at a walking speed and growling.) (3. chase- the wolf has began chasing you at a full sprint and will begin barking) in order to effectively scare away a pursuing wolf. you have to wait to throw your torch/flare/stone during the STALKING stage. if you do it in either of the other 2 it will do nothing, with the exception of if you actually hit the wolf. regardless of what mode it is in, hitting it with a thrown projectile will always deter it. Hope this helped.

1) you can cook meat without a pot.... Pot is useful however for water 2) you can only ever attach a rope from the highpoint ... This means there's always a way to walk up to that highpoint ... In your case you passed that fire tower on the way to the railroad out of the region.... Just needed to make a right-hand turn somewhere along that road up the mountain 3) this was very fun and well narrated. I hope you get to try again.

There’s a trick if you throw a flare on the ground by your character and then aim a weapon (even a rock) which makes the wolf charge at you but when they approach the flare they will be scared off 100% of the time. Saved me many times

I really enjoyed your gameplay and narrative, thanks! :)

Your video on ‘why the long dark is so awesome’ is how I discovered the game! Great work buddy!

despite the coldness and harsh realities of survival, it could be relaxing then and now. Some day wake up early to watch the sunrise or look upon the horizon on a nice view somewhere on the mountains admiring the sky turn from day to night, while the stars glimmer down illuminating the presence around you.

It might already be covered in the comments fella but to prevent most wolf attacks drop a flame source on the floor (torch or flare) and aim a weapon at the wolf, stand a few paces behind your dropped fire. As the wolf charges straight at you it will instantly scare in cloe proximity to the flames and run away in the opposite direction.

Mariners pea coat and ski gloves on day 1?!!! This must be the easiest difficulty!!!

3:40 Immediately finds a Mariner's pea coat and combat pants.... two (nearly) best in slot items and complains about the loot.

For the ones unaware of his spesific list of stuff to gather, this is from an official challenge, where you have 30 days to stock up before the blizzard of a lifetime hits, iirc.

Always need more long dark content !

The thumbnail literally made me laugh out loud! That backpack is constantly pushed to its limits lol

The best strat with the wolfs is to have a flare or a torch (this one is better as it lets you to reignite it) and a rock. You light the torch and switch to a rock through a radial menu. Your character will drop the torch at his feet and you need to aim the rock at the wolf (no need to throw it). Wolf will run scared 100% of the time. One more thing. In survival mode (so to any other) experienced players collect torches from the campfire as much as possible, and switch them as soon as one go low, that way you save on matches to ignite it every time. Every torch from campfire takes about 15 min of burn time of the first one, so 1 hour equal to 3-4 torches.

Use 1st fire to make travel water and a stack of torches. Food is pretty free when first visiting each zone and your weight is low at the beginning of a run so the more water the better. Use flares as a last resort during bad weather. Drop flare > aim stone = wolves run away. Doing this with torches that you carry with you is ideal as they are renewable. This method lets you travel even in blizzards on the hardest difficulty if you need to.

Always a good day when RoboKast uploads

Avoided this game for years. Was put off by the art style and always thought i wouldn't be able to take the game seriously. Being in my 40s and being a gamer for many years I now tend to go for the realism look and tld always looked like a game aimed for the younger generation in the clips of it I saw but I can honestly say it's totally the opposite. Recently started the game on survival mode and after a few hours I am absolutely hooked. The art style almost becomes realistic due to the realism of the rest of the game and u really appreciate the uniqueness of it. I've never had a game that gave me such sense of feelings either like tld does. Just a simple example for instance., I was walking to escape a blizzard with hypothermia kicking in then found an abandoned cabin and Lit the log burner to warm up while still hearing the blizzard outside. It doesn't sound much but i could feel the warmth of that fire.. what im sayin is the game does an incredible job of making u actually feel the situation your in. The sound effects and music are incredible and really add to the immersion aswell. The exploration is also excellent and really makes u want to go further. I've now found myself boiling water and stocking up with food and sleep before leaving a safe building and going on a long trek just to see what equipment and places to explore i can find. It really makes u plan and prepare for your next trek. I also think the crafting mechanics are great there actually fairly basic which makes the whole experience less frustrating. I've played numerous survival games and some of them are so over the top they become a chore but this is very relaxed in that sense. I'm in day 9 on survival mode without death and I am absolutely loving it. Fantastic gaming experience 👌

Remember playing this game for days on end. Incredibly fun especially in the winter and colder days

Crazy seeing this vid bc I was just thinking of a good game to revisit and start a new game on and decided on TLD.

Very much enjoyed your run and narration even though you did so many things wrong. Like a lot of us the first time .

I play The Long Dark. Always pick up your bullet casing you can reuse them. Save the blue flares they're the only ones that work on Timber Wolves. You didn't need a cooking pot to cook food, could've done that right on the stove. Mystery lake was probably your best bet you should have stayed since it was a lower level area(not as hard), has fishing shacks for food, has plenty of workbenches, and a forge is just one region over. A good place to shoot bears from if ones nearby is a hunting stand, just lure in the bear and pop it in the head typically only takes one shot with the pistol to the head.

wow this game looks amazing. like its going to feel like really being out there in some cold dark cabin trying to survive. im going to start playing this on a really cold day. I have it on nintendo. i hope its really good

Thanks bud. This takes me back to when I first discovered Twitch and got into this game when it was still super duper rough. Might have to revisit it as well.

Throw the flare at your feet, and aim a stone at the wolf, it should run away. You might miss or the game might not recognize it as you throwing it correctly if you throw it at the wolf. They might be running around or something. This applies for torches too.

I love this game. It keeps me coming back years later.

Nice story telling mate 👍

Thanks for the video, it was very entertaining. The long dark is by far the best survival sandbox I've ever played, but it has its design flaws as well. The wind mechanic is a strange one throughout the gameplay, it almost always turns disadvantageous for the player. Killing wolves just to clean the area is pointless, since the game logic respawns them pretty quickly. If you have a wolf struggle and you can use a melee weapon, the wolf too will be wounded, and eventually die within ours, you don't have to follow it. (Which also means, wolves don't learn in the game. Wow.) What I've seen so far was, that in the easiest gameplay (Pilgrim) all the predators flee when they sense me, but in all the other gameplays (Voyageur, Stalker, Interloper) they attack, no matter what. It's unbalanced, so recently I've chosen to play Custom game mode, and the only change was to entirely disable wolves. And I really don't understand, that there are many houses without fireplace. Someone said once, that "The island was mainly for summer vacation, according to the game concept". Surely, that's why there are a lot of ice fishing huts in the game....

The challenge Whiteout really can be nasty, sometimes the rifle doesn't spawn anywhere near your starting location.

flares work as long as they actually hit the wolf, if they are a bit too short and the wolf wasnt already agro, they will do very little, but if a wolf is on the other side of a flare growling and you have something to aim with, regardless if its a gun or a rock, just aim for a second and it will run away, but ONLY do this if you have a flare between you or you are at a fire or they will attack immediately!

Have different bases with loot in different regions this strategy help me when i need to go to a region when i needed a something and helped with my character's backpack weight.

if only he knew that using a knife would make them bleed to death and he can follow the tracks to harvest them

Not sure if it was for entrainement purpose of if really don't know the game but you died because you didn't eat and drink before going to sleep. If all your meter are ok (except fatigue obviously), you regain condition during your sleep, but if they are in the red you lose condition whether you're asleep or awake, 20% condition loss per hour for the warmth in the red, 2% condition loss for the thirst and 1% condition loss for hunger.. Looks like you had approximately 3 hours worth of thirst/hunger in the white, which means you may have regain like 4% condition... and then for the 9 remaining hour, you lost 27... and died. What you should have done is: sleep one hour for the immediate threat of dying of exhaustion (1% condition per hour also), then eat and drink and sleep the rest. Also the maps are now outdated, the prepper cache used to be randomly places, now they have a fixed place 1 per region but 75% of them are randomly empty. And finally, you didn't need the rope. You have to place the rope at the anchor point when you're at the top to climb down. If you're at the bottom of the climb, you can't use the rope. But they is a way if you follow the path. Good luck on you next trial.

Hard to tell if how you died from cold/tiredness or if you did sleep fast enough you would have died from thirst or hunger. You should have done a 1 hour sleep. It would have been faster fixed cold/tiredness and food and water would have been fine. I die for the same reason though, hubris and greed. You did well for not having played in a while. The trick with wolves is drop the torch/flare and equip a rock and aim in at the wolf. Only one wolf will key on you at once so if there is a second, it will key on you once the first is scared. You can also just walk away and sometimes just walk away without torch (They will follow but is done right won't attack). Of the 4 status meter can have 1 in the red (As long as it isn't tiredness) and not freakout too much. 2 in the red means you need to go home. Don't let tiredness go red. It is just so many negatives. Carry coffee, energy drinks or stims in case you get too tired and find yourself in a jam. Always bring an Emergency Stim. You become super man for a minute or so. After it wears off you still get some extra health but will need to sleep immediately.

I want to start this game and interested in the story mode. Do you still have the same “need to survive” experience in story mode? 🙏🏻

Dude gets mauled by a bear and doesn’t think to give himself some first aid

I love TLD ive been playing since 2020 I always carry an emergency stim on me after countless deaths like what happened in the vid i also noticed you had one in your inventory which could have helped you live to see another day

Robokast never fails to rail me from behind

Excellent starting location

6:00 tea: nooo take me !

The final episode of this game is not released yet. so do you recommend to play it right now or Its better for me to final release of The Long Dark?

How to use flares: hold it in your hand, don't throw it away! Wolves won't attack you if you have a lit flare in your hand and you aren't walking straight toward them. Just keep your cool and walk around them.

Love this game, my longest run was 323 days, i just wanted to make it to a year in game, then i fell off a f##king cliff 🤬😭

This game looks so great! I need it.

why isnt anyone commenting this , what's funny about this video is that he wouldve survived if he slept less , he was 100% fine ..... he was going to recorver but by sleeping 12 hours he became thirsty and died in his sleep lol .........

not sure how it works in challenge mode but the pot is actually incredible for large quantities of water! you can cook meat right on the grill i've been trying to do this challenge but have yet to deal with the bear

I tried this challenge and passed the 2nd time. Ive never been to coastal highway, so i went in with this challenge blind.. day 3:- so i was sleeping in a cabin at the lake.. i awaoke to a blizzard outside and made my way to the islands at tbe far south western map. After checking tbe interactive maps after a fail i realised theres a path you can take to get wverything you need anyway After following some youtube guides and doing my own research i passed and achieved it on day 27/30. The one thing i was missing come the end was water. Technically i finished at day 26 but i had alit of water to boil first.

I dont know about bears in north america, but dont they go into "wintersleep" at some point? The bear also looks like a black bear and those are "climbers" and smaller and would avoid humans, while brownbears and icebears are the type that messes you up if they're hungry?

I love your storytelling

I enjoyed the narration of this entertaining, alas short, journey. Tip: sneak on wolves by crouching. Patience.

You gotta drop the flare in front of you and just aim a rock at them

have a stone, when the wolf is chasing you change to the stone then target the wolf with the stone (works with other weapons).

When throwing the torch, take a stone and aim it at the wolf

What difficulty though? Looks like Voyageur. BTW you don't need a pot to cook meat -- you can place it right on the stove burners or the rocks next to a fire. Coastal Highway and Mystery Lake are considered to be beginner areas, also. If you want a real challenge sometime try Timberwolf Mountain or Hushed River Valley.

You could have avoided your death if, when you were taking meat from the bear, you had made a small fire nearby to keep yourself warm during this process.

Some tips: Shooting wolves close up will not guarantee that they run away, they can still fight you Dropping a light source by your feet (torches, flares, fire) and aiming with a weapon, even a rock, will cause wolves to run away Using matches to see in the dark isn't recommended, use a lantern or just look very hard😂 Picking up torches from a fire is very useful, torches are actually super helpful. They help fend off wolves, and help save matches During the aurora, wolves, bears, and mooses are very aggressive and unpredictable P.S. BEARS ARE RUTHELSS, but run like babies if you shoot them from afar, however they are really unpredictable

I love the thumbnail

Just a tip for the revolver if you ever play again. The revolver may not be the best for hunting deer but you only need to shoot then once, watch where they run, then waait for them to die. You can find them via the crows.

while holding the lit flare or torch, equip random weapon then aim at the wolf it will 100% run away

Cooking tip: You don't need pot or pan to cook meat. There is an option to put the meat directly on the Stove, Camp fire, Fire place... Similar as putting Beans, Dog food or boiling Snow

You should do a interloper run random spawn and just pure chaos

Quick tip, you don't need a cooking pot to cook meat you just place it on the cooking spot, it takes longer but will still cook, keep it up you will get better, I play on interloper so if you need any tips or advise don't hesitate to ask.

19:17 Hey, look out, you have a headache! Can't believe you didn't say anything about that.

You can cook without a pot. Just make a fire and put the meat or soup on the stones.

Find a rope bridge in Ash Canyon, time up the climax of “jumper” by third eye blind just perfect. Deny Mother Nature the satisfaction of ending another run on her terms. Fade into that long dark with some style

great video

You can just walk up to wolves with flares and they escape

A vid where he goes into the far territory dlc would be so cool

Great video presentation

this is a good video!!!

One of my favourite games... few tips never store food in a container itll ruin quicker, always make a campfire asap and pull torches grab stones.. if wolf approaches drop torch and aim rock at wolf... it will run away... you dont need a rope to climb to ranger tower you just walk there... you cant attach a rope from the ground up a cliff😂 you not indiana jones 😂...

ehhe bro you had an adrenaline stimpak in your bag that would've saved u at the end, healing u and giving u stamina boost :D also giving u time to treat ur wounds before sleeping, but that's how u learn this game, by dying. Good vid.

2:20 - Looks like this guy never make a barbecue...

after the bear i would of used the emergency stim

I LOVE THIS GAME!!!

Hatchets are useful, but for long term play, its all about collecting hundreds of sticks. No knife or hatchet needed and can still keep the fire going just fine. As for food, couple stones, crouch in front of a hopping bunny, when it gets close, hit it right in the face. Not hating, just sharing for any potential new players

Been in love with the game ever since Epic gave away it

I . LOVE . THIS . GAME!

is dying , wont bandage , doesnt drink , goes to sleep for 12 hrs xD