This article is devoted to an overview of the game locations The Long Dark.
We'll start with the first one and look at all the locations. Both existing ones and new ones that will be added.
This post will be updated as new locations are developed.
Mysterious lake.
On different game difficulties here different quantities animals, for example, on the “stalker” difficulty, prepare for frequent encounters with wolves and bears. On the "wanderer" difficulty, get ready to see a lot of deer that will run away from you. Loot (What you find after you examine a box, for example) is also different. But sometimes you can find a lot of food and weapons on the “stalker”.
On Hydroelectric power station "Carter", with the “wanderer” and “stalker” difficulties, get ready for a battle with the wolf; if you win, you may find a gun under the stairs in the hall. In the Trapper's house you can find several IRP (Individual Dietary Diet), which will restore a lot of calories. Cartridges for the gun and the gun itself can be found here or at the hydroelectric station. The forester's hut is the third place where you can find a gun.
You can't get hold of cartridges here, but you can find a knife and a hatchet in good condition. There is a lot of food in this location, but setting up a shelter, I think, is not very profitable, since there are a lot of hills and forests.
Coastal Highway.
The next location is Coastal Highway. This location differs from others in the number of buildings and the richest loot. It also has its own atmosphere. You will not wander through endless wastelands, but rather walk through abandoned towns and villages. There is only one elevated building in this location. And it's called "Abandoned Observation Post" . It’s very strange that the developers made the same building texture as the Forester’s House. This location overlooks the Mysterious Lake and Otradnaya Valley.
The path to the Valley will lie through an abandoned coal mine, where, upon careful inspection, you can find up to 6 cartridges, a pair of work boots and several gun cleaning kits. This is not all that is in the mine. You will find a lot of good things. So, let's return from the mine on the Highway. This location is rich not so much in predatory wolves, but in hares. Yes, hares. A specially made building on a hill called "Island of the Horned Hare" - a paradise for a trapper. The developers apparently “assigned” all the hares from the location to this place.
There is also a bear’s den at the location; you will see it as a cave, at the entrance to which there will be gnawed yellow bones of the animal. On a “stalker”, be careful when walking here, a bear may attack you, but usually it is empty and you can spend the night in it as it is warm there.
Otradnaya Dolina.
The next location is Otradnaya Dolina. There are few buildings in this location, but a large open one, in literally this word, peace. Highest point locations - "Radio Tower Hill" which is not so easy to climb. This hill is frequently visited by wolves and bears, so be careful when hiking in this area.
There is also a “Farmer’s House”, which I wouldn’t call it that; the farmer is apparently too wealthy. The house is large, several bedrooms, plenty of fuel for the stove and plenty of clothes. Overall, you'll love it here.
Wolf Mountain.
If you like hardcore, then try to survive on “Wolf Mountain”. This is the most difficult location and a paradise for climbers. This map has a lot of rocks and ledges that you can climb on. Just a few buildings where you can wait out the night and not freeze to death, not “Go into the darkness.”
Also at this location our plane will be found, but in size it is not "Corn grower" , And you "Airbus". All parts of the plane are scattered around the location, there are also a lot of boxes lying around, you will need a hacksaw to open them.
That's all the locations in the game "The Long Dark", which currently exist in the game. Each location has its own “Zest”, which you have to find yourself. The game is very interesting, but again, not for everyone.
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Wolf Mountain is a location that became available to players in the Sandbox mode The Long Dark starting December 16, 2015. The peculiarity of this location is the presence of the consequences of a geomagnetic storm, which became the starting point for the development of the plot, which at the time of writing this article has not yet been introduced into the game. At the location there is a transition to Otradnaya Valley.At this location, you will immediately encounter the results of a plane crash: broken tree tops, branches scattered everywhere, traces in the snow left by plane parts.
Various debris is scattered throughout the location; loot as such cannot be collected from the debris. The whole value of these sublocations lies in the fact that when each of them is discovered, the percentage of the explored space of the game increases and a corresponding entry is made in the Journal. If you carefully study the list of wreckage, you will notice that the nose of the aircraft is missing at this location. Perhaps it will appear in future updates.
The easiest pieces to find when exploring the location will be pieces of the landing gear, wings, and containers with supplies that were transported on the plane. At the top of the mountain range you can find the tail section of the plane. It will also be interesting to find the only building on the location - this is the Climber's Hut. You can get to it by following the path to Crystal Lake, on the shore of which this lonely house stands.
Location features
When you come to a location for the first time, thoughts immediately appear in your head: “Something important and terrible happened here.” Wolf Mountain is the very connecting thread between the silent world in which the hero finds himself and the civilization where the hero comes from.
Literally every cave, every clearing and grove shows with its entire appearance that someone was here before you. The remains of fires, frozen corpses of people and pages of diaries only confirm these feelings. Climbing the mountain higher and higher, the feeling that everything is about to fall into place begins to grow, putting pressure on the consciousness, rushing forward and upward.
With each cargo container you find, your appetite will only increase: the total weight of things (food, clothing, equipment, materials, weapons) from all containers can easily reach one hundred kilograms. In any case, the hero will not be able to carry it all at once.
The closer the hero gets to the top, the more difficult it becomes to survive. The abundance of deer and rabbits, which in the first days only made us happy, soon begins to only frighten us, because man is not the only predator in these forests. The fear of meeting a wolf or a bear makes you flinch at every rustle and avoid the seemingly safe clearing with deer.
In two weeks, the hero has a full backpack, which is enough to turn around and run from this damned mountain along the beaten path to the nearest warm home, and from there - go without looking back, forgetting about the horror that I experienced during this time. However, the tail of the plane looms around the bend, and now my hands hurt again from the last climb up the cable.
There is a snowstorm all around, my leg hurts in the place where it was dislocated a couple of days ago, but right hand the torch and nothing else can prevent you from achieving your goal.
List of places to visit on location
Vertex;
Erica Falls;
East side of Echo Peak;
Engine (left);
Engine (right);
West side of Echo Peak;
Crystal Lake;
Wing (left);
Wing (right);
Forest Cave;
Lonely ledge;
Cave in the gorge;
Cave (ledge);
Cave (engines);
Cave with a waterfall;
Cave (with three exits);
Peak Andre;
Deer Glade;
Echo Gulch;
Airplane tail;
Climber's hut;
Chassis.
Data
The map is extremely difficult for beginners.
The location presents almost all the things that can be found in the game.
All good clothes, weapons and equipment are in hard to reach places(on tiers of mountains, in locked containers).
There is only one building at the location - the Climber's Hut. Not far from it there is a small fishing house.
There is virtually no scrap metal or sewing kits in the location (although the latter can, with some probability, be found in cargo containers).
Mysterious Lake is one of the main regions in The Long Dark, and the first one available for play in an open sandbox. The region is named after the lake, which is filled by the Carter Hydro Dam. The region is crossed by a railroad that is used primarily in the summer, supporting local logging and lakeside tourism.
Map of Mysterious Lake in Russian
How to survive in the game for more than 50 days:
Map Otradnaya Dolina The Long Dark is often searched by gamers through various search engines in order to better navigate the area while playing. Is it even worth looking for one? This will be discussed in the article.
A game
The Long Dark project, released by the Hinterland studio, is a survival simulator with an open world, realistic physics and good game mechanics. The goal of the game is to survive as long as possible in the harsh forests of Northern Canada.
The hero constantly faces difficulties such as lack of food, water, fatigue and low temperatures. Moreover, hostile wolves and bears can tear you apart if provoked.
In survival mode there are several maps, each of which represents open world with many shelters, ways to get food and components for crafting vital items. Covers are very important places in the game. You can use them to wait out the storm, keep warm, relax and wait until the wolf or bear leaves.
How to find a bunker
The map of Otradnaya Dolina for The Long Dark is, in principle, easy to find. It marks the most important areas of the area, possible zones the occurrence of danger, places where a human or animal corpse may lie, as well as the expected points of emergence of bunkers.
It should be noted that the probability of the latter occurring is not one hundred percent. It may appear in the location indicated on the map, but may not be present on the next playthrough. Therefore, in order to search for bunkers, you should not refer to the map of Otradnaya Dolina for The Long Dark.
Survival mode has its own “mapping” system - marking the area in the snow with charcoal. After this procedure, the designated area appears in the desired menu tab.
Permanent places on the map
Pleasant Valley in The Long Dark is replete with places that are always “where you need them.” This:
- estate "Three Throws";
- farmhouse;
- radio tower;
- Hydroelectric power station "Carter";
- Valleys.
At these points you can rest, warm up, replenish provisions and shelter from bad weather. In addition, there are a lot of places for various purposes: fishing holes, caves, hunting blinds, sawmills, abandoned cars, abandoned shacks and abandoned shops.
Approximate orientation on the map of Otradnaya Dolina in The Long Dark will help you find the above locations for any purpose, be it searching for ingredients for crafting, food, or just to keep warm.
Conclusion
It should be noted that The Long Dark, although a “survival”, is still the author’s view of a certain situation when a person finds himself alone with nature and is forced to fight for life.
The developers warn that the skills acquired in the game should not be used in real life. After all, in reality the world wildlife dangerous and unpredictable. There are no saves like in computer game, and the Otradnaya Dolina map for The Long Dark will not improve the situation.
The Long Dark guide on survivalWith the exception of the story mode, The Long Dark only features a sandbox. Here we will talk about how to survive in the post-apocalyptic conditions of northern Canada, or for example our Siberia. About how to complete the game The long Dark.
How to get the most out of the game
Games were invented to interest us, so that we would happily spend our time in them and not feel tired. We easily spend hours and dozens of hours going through something that is not typical for us. real life, Why? Of course there is interest! And the interest here depends on your ability to survive. So let's count the passage" endless game"successful in next condition, you have learned to survive using everything available methods. That is, if you have a gun and you feel that you can survive in the game for a year, you can wear a laurel crown.
Now let's talk about maximum interest in the game. It's not just that the developers didn't give us any clues. Learning to survive and explore the world is really interesting. Let me outline the complexity of The Long Dark with the number of interesting hours.
On easy difficulty there is virtually no challenge, and no particular interest. This game is primarily a survival game, and without the fear of dying, it is an adventure-gathering game. There are no mysteries here, only if you like to explore the world. The only goal is to find the gun. I don’t advise you to take this difficulty level, because it is not addictive and intriguing like the others. Completing this difficulty level won't tell you anything, the world of The Long Dark was created to test people.
On the "Wanderer" or "Stalker" difficulty, you will really feel what it means to survive. You will have to die, but it will still be interesting. The goal here is to survive and find the hatchet gun. Then survival becomes quite comfortable.
The "Uninvited Guest" difficulty can be called the ending of The Long Dark. If you survive here, you can put the game on the shelf with peace of mind. *Author laughs ominously*. Risk your health! The game won't just test your survival skills here. She will try to kill you. And try hard. Cold, hunger, water, firewood, happiness if you find matches. I don’t recommend playing here without reading the “Uninvited Guest” guide, it will be your funeral. There's no gun here. *Author laughs ominously*. There is no gun, ax or knife here; you will have to make them yourself, and for this you will have to try hard and walk more than one kilometer. Otherwise, survival cannot be considered complete.
So, to get the most out of the game, you need to complete the Drifter or Stalker difficulty, which will challenge you. No maps, no tips! Learn for yourself. These are the kinds of complexities that will challenge and intrigue you. If you're interested in games that will severely test your survival and goal-achieving skills, I recommend reading the article "Games as a Challenge". It features games whose complexity can be intimidating, but since you're here, you're cut from a different cloth.
If you’ve tried it and want to get a couple of simple tips that won’t deprive you of interest, then there are “tips for the initial passage of the game,” but it’s more interesting to get to everything yourself.
Having completed enough of the previous difficulties, you can move on to the final. Here the previous tips are not suitable, so there is a separate guide “The Long Dark: Uninvited Guest”. You won't be able to live here without a map of the area for more than three hours. Dying by starvation can be called successful because you won't always be able to find matches or firewood to make water for yourself. There are practically no resources in the boxes, but each item found is so valuable that it will cause an exclamation of joy. Especially matches.
If you completed it all, hats off, this is truly an achievement. How many times have you died? How many hairs were pulled out? Don't answer, we played, we know.
Again, if you want to get the most out of The Long Dark, come back to continue reading after completing the Drifter or Stalker difficulty! Or, on the edge, you can read initial tips, but it’s always better to come to them yourself.
Here are simple tips, which will not deprive you of interest in playing on medium difficulties. Because it will be easier to explain important elements, we will group the tips by game mechanics.
Terrain
This tip is especially important; you should learn how to navigate the area. Walking in circles in frost - 40 almost always means death from hypothermia. You may be able to determine where north is, but it often turns out that a storm or fog will prevent you from doing this. Find yourself landmarks that will help you understand where you are and where you haven’t been yet.
Try not to leave the house if there is a snowstorm or fog outside. If you get lost, you may die from the cold. Remember that a fire does not always save you; it can be blown out by a strong wind.
Try to look around from higher places.
In the game, both legs are one long and we will not be able to walk in circles in a straight line, however, due to the fact that we are not looking around with our necks, it is easy to move to the side. When examining the area, remember the direction of movement, say towards those three trees, only then look around. Remember your path! Otherwise, you may not come back; the winter landscape is very similar.
First of all, find a warm place - a house, on the edge, a cave, but home is better. It's warmer to sleep in bed than in a sleeping bag.
The temperature varies depending on the time of day, so in the late afternoon it is warmer than in the morning.
You're unlikely to last more than six hours in the cold, so don't hesitate.
Without food, health is lost slowly, without water much faster, so do not allow yourself to become dehydrated.
Try to provide yourself with food and water. If the terrain does not allow this, move as soon as you can.
The most accessible food sources, besides the cans found, are fish and timothy. For fish you need a fishing line and a hook. It is difficult to make a fishing line, because... it requires dried animal intestines, and drying them is a very long process. Timothy grows along the banks of rivers and lakes; it can be called, without exaggeration, the best food, since it has the best ratio calorie/weight.
In the dark, wolves are more aggressive.
Wolves do not immediately attack, but will chase the player. If he is close, try to keep him in your sight more often. From the front, the predator will be cautious, but from the back it will attack almost immediately. You can even try to run away if the wolf is at a great distance, but it is still worth looking in its direction from time to time. If you are surrounded, keep everyone in sight (if they are different sides, quickly look at one and then at the other) and retreat.
A torch can scare away wolves and bears, but it doesn't always work. Depending on the difficulty, wolves may bristle and stand still. Remember that the signal bomb always burns for a certain time, and the torch and firebrand will be depleted when waved. Being left in front of a wolf with an extinguished branch is not even suicide, it is a Darwin Award.
In The Long Dark v426, the mechanics of repelling animals have changed. In addition to listing the changes, the article also provides comments that complement this guide.
Bears are extremely dangerous, but are not aggressive and do not kill outright. If a bear attacks you, it will leave you barely alive. Don't try this advice in your life!
-Extraction
Carefully inspect all shelves and even corners.
-Other
If you die often, don't despair, death in The Long Dark is part of the game, but try to draw conclusions, because survival is also part of the game.
You can rest in a winter shelter (dugout) if you select this option from the quick menu after you go inside.
If you have hypothermia, you will lose strength extremely quickly, so if you fall into the water and have the opportunity to sit out in the warmth, rest first. Almost every task will exhaust you.
During the daytime, when there is fog or a storm outside, it is better to mend clothes, cook, sort out unnecessary things for trash or firewood, etc. The same can be said if you are too lazy to go somewhere in the morning, because it is colder in the morning than in the afternoon.
Beware of overwork! If you are tired, you will not be able to make a dash that will save you from the wolf.
If you have a choice, eat whatever weighs the most first, such as saving the timothy for later.
Tips more relevant for the "Uninvited Guest" difficulty
Take care of matches, they are wasted on lighting the torch, and you come across them extremely rarely.
Save wood, remember, the wind can extinguish the fire and everything you throw into it can burn instantly, so add a little at a time.
You can save matches in the following way. If you need to collect firewood, devote the entire working day to it. Find a place where there are a lot of them, for example a fishing village on the highway (there are a lot of boards there) and gradually collecting these boards, move the fire using a burning firebrand.
You can also light a fire with a single firebrand, using it as both fire and firewood. True, the chance of such a device is not great.
Firebrands cannot be transferred from one fire to another, so control it so that it does not burn idlely.
To instantly increase the temperature of the fire, you can use coal, it will also give an hour of burning.
Before switching to eating fried meat, collect a supply of fish so as not to die of hunger and cold in case of an unsuccessful hunt.
There is advice on leveling up your cooking. You can cut the meat from the carcass into small pieces (one hundred grams each, pressing ESC a second after the start of the process) and then fry them. Advice on upgrading your cooking: why the hell do you need it, you can upgrade your skill, but you risk being left without firewood and nerves, since it will take a very long time to fry all this disgrace. For example, 2 kg of 100 grams, fried for more than four game hours. During this time, you may run out of firewood, which can lead to subsequent frostbite. Actually, being left without firewood on this difficulty is a serious problem, especially if you don’t have an ax with you.
Collect branches along the way, without an axe, this is the most common type of fuel, albeit of short duration. Before receiving the axe, you can destroy the boards with a hammer.
Whenever possible, sew up your clothes. The temperature will increase quite significantly.
Don't forget to carry your sewing kit with you and remember where you left the rest. If you manage to live long enough, things will slowly begin to wear away. It’s better to be completely covered in patches than naked.
Sew up your clothes until they are completely worn out, otherwise you may find yourself without important clothing, such as gloves (Especially dangerous with an uninvited guest, given that you can only have one pair of jeans in the entire game).
Try not to get poisoned if you are an “uninvited guest”, even simple poisoning can kill you. Stock up on reishi mushrooms, tea from them will start the recovery process, but you will definitely need to sleep, otherwise you will lose your health.
Timothy grass, in addition to its nutritional quality, is also the most common food on the “uninvited guest” difficulty, since other food most often falls under the chance of falling (cans, canned food).
Collect mushrooms and rose hips, tea from them will give us a warming bonus. The healing effect of rose hips is the same as that of painkillers, and mushrooms help against poisoning. To use for its intended purpose, and not as food, you need to use it from the quick first aid menu. Perhaps in subsequent versions of the game, the tea function was corrected.
It makes sense to disassemble one or two deer carcasses into guts, they will help for fishing. Having upgraded your skill to level 2 in advance, you will be able to use the fishing rod very effectively.
When cutting up a carcass in cold period around the fire, be extremely careful. Automatic time acceleration will not stop if the fire blows out and you risk freezing very quickly, literally in a couple of seconds, especially if you have low health. At the moment, the ability to cut carcasses into individual pieces for the purpose of transfer. In a secluded place, say by the fireplace, cooking is several times more pleasant.
If you are an "Uninvited Guest" in The Long Dark
Well, I hope that you are mentally prepared and have already at least tasted this difficulty... tried it and died 10 times. The difference between the passage of the uninvited guest and the other difficulties is that there is no gun, ax or knife. Wolves almost always bite to death; I have not tried to defend myself with a knife, since death here means another ten hours to make this very knife. Meet fear, it is your closest companion throughout the game. Only in the house can you say goodbye to him for a while... until you develop claustrophobia. It is extremely difficult to survive here, since we were deprived of not only tools. It feels like someone has already been in the boxes. Apparently we are from the previous difficulty. The shelves are almost completely cleared, except that the bar has fallen behind the shelf, from where it’s even difficult to get it. Wolves are aggressive and almost fearless. It is very difficult to find clothes; in general, no one is happy to see you here.
Having walked along the great path a dozen times, you understand two things. The first thing is that you can survive without an ax and a knife. The second thing is that you may not find the hammer either in the climber’s hut or in the fishing hut nearby. In my case, out of ten successful attempts, only three times did I not get the hammer there. These three times I tried to walk as a male character and with the running icon turned on. Maybe there is a connection here, maybe not.
Why did I choose a woman? Her indignation at small falls somehow magically falls on deaf ears. The man almost screams as if he sprained his ankle, which also happens in the game. Well, we missed the lyrical digression.
Plus the start of the journey from Wolf Mountain. If you start your journey here, then you will almost completely visit all significant (house) places in the area of “Wolf Mountain”, “Otradnaya Valley” (there are not enough houses at the crossroads), “Mysterious Lake” (there is not enough trapper’s house and forester’s tower, provided that you have visited all the buildings next to the mysterious lake itself). There are practically no special places in the “Swamp” (except for the poachers’ camp, and even that is not particularly valuable). Remember, at this level of difficulty, they are of particular value matches and magnifying glass. Usually they can be found in houses and sometimes in drawers (except for magnifying glasses). The hammer is not so rarely found in fishing huts.
In principle, you can survive by starting in other places, but survival in the swamp is especially difficult. So, now in more detail.
-Great Pilgrimage
You can’t call it anything other than a “Great Pilgrimage”. To technically win, we need a bow. For this we need an ax. For this we need a blacksmith's hammer and a forge. And there are only two forges in The Long Dark, at a very decent distance from places where you can at least somehow survive at the initial stage.
So, most optimal solution will start the game in the Wolf Mountain location. Here, almost every time you can find a hammer, matches, food (mostly in the form of timothy grass), water, and firewood for the further journey. In other zones it is more difficult. The old advice won't help us survive here, we need a map! There is no map in The Long Dark, so you will have to search the Internet and then learn how to use it. Wolf Mountain is not so difficult to identify; in addition to the Echo Gorge, which cannot be confused with anything, you can see the wreckage of an airplane. Starting here and deciding where we are, we need to find the climber's hut. It is located by the lake. In it or in the neighboring fishing hut you can find a hammer, firewood, a bed, timothy, prepare some water, but it’s better to leave before evening. There will be a wolf nearby, so be on your guard. What can you do, no one said it would be easy. We collect all the timothy grass we can, loot the building and take the hammer. We leave 4-6 hours before nightfall, since the house resembles a sieve; at night without a fireplace we will freeze.
Advice: collect mushrooms, tea from them will give us a warming bonus. In The Long Dark, mushrooms do not regrow, so this resource is worth saving.
Leaving the hut, we head to the gratifying valley. Don't miss, it's a long walk and we'll lose a lot of health in the cold. On the way, collect branches, without an ax and firewood, which we find in houses, this is the only source of heat. Try not to get overwhelmed. Once in the gratifying valley, collect firewood from the nearest house and go down to the bunker. If it's still light, look around, or go to bed and look around in the morning. If you find a sewing kit, mend your clothes immediately in the morning. It's still cold in the morning.
Advice: For sewing and other similar everyday tasks, the best time is morning or fog/blizzard. In The Long Dark, the most in a simple way Raising the temperature is just sewing up clothes.
Then you take a path to the “Skeeter’s ridge” to the basement. We're lounging and warming up. In order not to stand idle, we can break a box or two. At the top, next to the buildings, you can find a couple more boxes and firewood. Attention, there are one or even two wolves nearby, so walk carefully. Instead of looking for a climber's rope, you can carefully climb down the slope in small jumps.
Next we go to the house of the draft dodger. Here, depending on the time, we warm up and move on, or sleep. Near the house there are several mushrooms and rosehip bushes. Our further path to the river and the nearest timothy grass. On the way, it would be a good idea to pick mushrooms and rose hips, but only along the way. Otherwise, you will spend a lot of health on the journey. Then we follow the river along the center of the map towards the Otradnaya Dolina estate, collecting timothy grass along the way. After crossing the first bridge, you can either collect more timothy or head straight to the estate.
This is the most convenient place for sewing up clothes, since there are plenty of curtains everywhere, which provide a lot of fabric. Don't forget to check out the basement as well. Even if you don't have a sewing kit, you might want to stock up on fabric because you may not have any around in the near future. Water can be collected in toilet barrels. Don’t frown, there are very few matches and we will need them all. Inspect all places extremely carefully, because a magnifying glass is the only source of heat that can always be available. Without it, it is impossible to survive in the long term.
The estate is one of the most convenient places. There are plenty of rabbits nearby, timothy grass not too close but not too far away... but wolves aren't too far away either. There are a lot of books inside. They give the best chance of lighting a fire, thus saving matches. It is recommended to upgrade your lighting skill with a book to the second level, this way you will save even more matches. Believe me, the author lost 20 matches on empty ignitions and when only 4 remained, he sinfully decided that the journey was over. For the next 4 hours I had to look for others, greedily saving the remaining ones. Just in case, I had to spend a match and a lot of firewood to boil 10 liters of water for a rainy day. By the way, matches were found at eight o’clock in a different location.
Now let's get back to talking about the knife and axe. To make them we need coal, metal and sufficient quantity firewood Along the way, dealing with coal is not that difficult. Firewood can be obtained (on the edge) from furniture. It's not so easy with metal. There is an option - find a hacksaw and start sawing the shelves. Another option is to break suitable metal objects such as tools, extra hammers, etc. It doesn’t matter what you choose, the main thing is that you have enough for everything and only have one hammer and tools left. Preferably red ones. We will need 3 units of metal for a knife, 5 for an axe. Also, a piece of fabric for each tool. Then, in order not to return again, we will need arrowheads. How much - decide for yourself, the arrows can be broken and the tips can be used again. Thus, we will need at least 10 units of metal. In principle, you can do without a knife, then 7 units. The hacksaw may be in the barn, not far from the estate. Also, at a rural crossroads there may be little useful resources. Decide for yourself whether it is worth spending time on them.
So we have everything necessary materials, we collected a decent amount of timothy, dressed up a little and hemmed it. Life has become a little easier, but the wolves will devour us in no time. We need a way to fight them. Of course, you can scare them away, but it doesn’t save you for long. In principle, you can carefully walk away from them; they will pursue, but not attack the person if you are facing them at some distance. Don't let them get close. Alternatively, you can throw a piece of meat to distract the predator. The most dangerous thing is to approach small elevations. If a wolf is hiding behind them, then even a lightning-fast reaction will not save you, so be careful! In case of using torches, remember that a match is used on them every time. A burning torch can light a fire, so use it whenever possible. If you don't have a lot of torches, you can try to save them, but matches are a priority.
Now that the wolves don’t scare us too much, it’s time to decide on our next route. There are only 2 forges. One is located in the desolation zone on the ship, the other in the swamp. The swamp is an extremely dangerous place due to the fact that it is full of wolves and there is thin ice. It's easy to trip there and get your clothes wet, especially when there are wolves around. Believe me, the author ran away from three wolves and fell through the ice twice. This survival ended in failure and we had to spend another ten hours trying again. Second place - "Desolation Zone". It's a little safer than the swamp, but it can be a long walk, but if you're not in a hurry, this place is worth it.
Advice: It makes sense to disassemble one or two deer carcasses into guts, they will help for fishing. Having upgraded your skill to level 2 in advance, you will be able to use the fishing rod very effectively. For example, next to a fishing village, if you go to a desolation area. There is a lot of firewood there and you can sit and fish for hours.
Road to the Desolation Zone
From Otradnaya Valley through an abandoned mine (lots of coal and tools) to the coastal highway. There are a lot of houses and trailers here, decent chances of finding matches in the coastal village. There is a lot of firewood near the fishermen's village. Near the log warehouse, a wolf wanders quite close. Also in some places near roads where they are not easy to notice due to snowdrifts. Then the old island between the zones. There is a basement here where you can warm up, or, if you find a sleeping bag, sleep. There is at least one wolf in the area, keep your ears open. Next is the desolation zone and the ship.
Along the way you will find enough resources, but keep your ears open, there are also a lot of wolves.
Road to the swamp
In the Pleasant Valley you need to find a cave leading to the cave system to the Carter hydroelectric power station. Along the way there will be timothy grass, perhaps a deer carcass. Below, at the foot of the dam there will be a wolf and rabbits. You can try to match the rabbit to the wolf, thereby occupying the latter. You can only get into the hydroelectric power station through the window; to do this you will need to move to the other side of the dam along a narrow ledge. There may be a deer carcass nearby.
The exit from the dam (door) is full of planks with wood. From here it may be convenient to collect them for the future and drag them to a more convenient place.
Entering through the window, you will find yourself on the lower level of the dam. You will find many drawers and metal shelves. Attention! When you reach the steps and the door next to which the corpse lies, know that there is a wolf behind the door! Light a torch or a firebrand on the edge, but it won’t last you for a long time, this is a huge risk. You will find yourself in a room with two huge tanks. You will need to carefully reach opposite wall and walk along it to the entrance. Then go upstairs. The wolf may not follow, but this is not a fact, so be careful. There might be a lantern at the top, lots of drawers, and maybe a hacksaw. Carefully look around (remember about the wolf) or leave the building.
You have found yourself in the Mysterious Lake location.
You will need to go along to the bridge and then to the right along the rails. Approximately in the middle of the map there will be an opportunity to make a stop at the administration of the camp site. There may be a magnifying glass inside. This a good place for relax. Next to the administration is the same mysterious lake. Here you can go fishing, for example, if you collect firewood from the hydroelectric power station. More importantly, replenish your supply of timothy. There are wolves and bears near the lake, but they are usually clearly visible and getting around them is not a problem. Once you replenish your supplies, you can move on railway. After passing through the destroyed tunnel, you will find yourself in a swamp. Here you will find old Spence's family farm. You need a barn in which you will find a stove and a bed almost in the open air. If it were not for the stove, sleeping would be suicide, but it is still possible to survive. By breaking the drawers under the bed, you can find several cans of food. Make a knife, an ax and as many arrowheads as you deem necessary and leave here. This is a very dangerous place.
After any of the options, move to a safer place. Learn to shoot a bow, it's an art. One of the shooting tips is to drive the prey (deer) into a dead end. After this, he will try to run next to you, this best moment for shooting.
Advice: collect feathers along the way, at least 6 pieces. This is enough for 2 arrows. Hits in different surfaces wears out the arrow and if you break it you will lose one feather.
Once you become comfortable with a bow, you can consider yourself to have reached the pinnacle of survival. I wonder how many lives it will take you to do this.
Common Questions
The Long Dark carry weight or how to increase weight
*** In the December 2017 update, The Long Dark: Rugged Sentinel, new animals were introduced into the game - Moose. These rare animals are useful precisely because they help increase the weight of luggage. More details will be described below the main article. It also tells you how you can lighten your bag using standard methods.
Prior to the release of the story, the game did not provide options for increasing the carry weight. You can only try to control it. To do this, you can follow a few simple tips.
Carry only the amount of water you normally use. Each prepper will count this time differently. Some people can travel for days, others prefer short runs. Start from experience. If you are playing on difficulty level "Uninvited guest", to save matches and fires, you can cook 10 liters or more, leaving most in one place. Then replenish supplies from there.
There is no point in carrying a lot of boards with you, the main thing is that it is enough to last while you get new boards, this is the minimum. Here it is worth starting from the type of raw materials and tools, for example, for at least 2 hours. You also don't need to carry a lot of newspapers with you, since tinder can be created from every branch.
Most canned food is high in weight and low in calories, so it's worth getting rid of first.
Some clothes are noticeably heavier, although they provide a very small increase in warmth. It makes sense to replace it with lighter options or even throw it away, but keep in mind that there should be at least one piece of clothing on each part of the body.
Tools can be stored somewhere, or you can carry with you only the most necessary ones. It would be better to combine both options - inspect the entire area and put everything useful in one building. On the "Uninvited Guest" difficulty, this will not be a problem, since there will not be so many items in the location.
There is no point in carrying around a lot of medications, so keep the most important things with you. remember, that reishi mushroom helps with poisoning, and rose hips with dislocations.
*** Now let's talk a little about Moose.
From the skin of this animal you can make a special item - " moose skin bag". This item allows you to increase the permissible weight of equipment by 5 kg. Unfortunately, you can only use one bag at a time. Considering that previously you had to rely only on the available weight, such an increase in weight will allow you to easily carry heavier items of uniform, which will outshine any increase in warmth from other accessories.
The Long Dark where to find a gun
The gun has a certain chance of being found in different but specific buildings. All these buildings have long been inspected and marked on various maps, which are easy to find on the Internet. They also indicate the location of the bow, knife, ax and other items, but they may not always be there. The drop chance decreases as difficulty increases. Also, the number of additional buildings decreases depending on the complexity. If you are an “Uninvited Guest,” you should know that you will not find a gun, an ax, or a knife. They are not provided for this difficulty. You'll have to make them yourself. The highest difficulty also deprives us of bunkers except for one, located in the Wolf Mountain location, before moving to Otradnaya Valley.