10 Tips on Surviving the LATE GAME in The Long Dark
3,440What do you do in the late game? Look no further - here is the top 10 tips on how to survive in the late game, and some suggestions on what to do with your time.
UPDATE: Due to copyright claims, I had to cut the Mountaineer's Hut commercial break with Barbegue between tip #6 and #7 in the video, causing a slight jump. This is regretable, but unfortunately the music in the background caused a copyright claim. You can find the unedited clip of barbegue and his cafe in his clips collection here:
https://www.twitch.tv/barbegue/clip/SucculentStrongClintmullinsFailFish
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:00 Tip #1: Create Regional Bases
2:31 Tip #2: Have a Main Base with lots of supplies
3:31 Tip #3: Find the Mag Lens and use it whenever you can
5:03 Tip #4: Find and pick up your arrows
6:48 Tip #5: Don't take risks when you don't have to
8:28 Tip #6: Use found meds, but save the stims for emergencies
9:30 Tip #7: Keep backups of important clothing
10:40 Tip #8: Choose if you want warm or mobile clothing
13:04 Tip #9: Explore the world again
13:51 Tip #10: Set goals for yourself
All content is correct and verified as of v.1.93, but is subject to change.
The maglens working more often during dawn and wolves fleeing from wolf coats are mechanics not fully tested. It appears to be a thing, but I cannot say to what degree.
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Art Direction by Elentia
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Thank you so much to the following streamers for providing footage, knowledge, and entertainment. Check them out, they are great!
https://twitch.tv/helgadhar
https://twitch.tv/StStasia
https://twitch.tv/PerfectTrip
https://twitch.tv/TheDeadp00l
https://twitch.tv/ShardulGaming
https://twitch.tv/Zemalf
https://twitch.tv/Joey_Fresh_Water
https://twitch.tv/rand_althor1966
https://twitch.tv/G00nTV
https://twitch.tv/Mendingthecoffeecup (now uses Mikeyakathecoffeecup)
https://twitch.tv/Tomasina
https://twitch.tv/acubens22
https://twitch.tv/Barbegue (cut due to claim - see link above)
https://twitch.tv/Atheenon
https://twitch.tv/WonzAndOnly
https://twitch.tv/kimiota
https://twitch.tv/DystOptimist
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Further thank you to RoxxKat, GunTech1, Helgadhar, Atheenon, Barbegue and WonzAndOnly for helping out with content and facts.
Special thank you to Elentia for feedback, beta testing and support.
Editing and content disclaimers:
- All clips are used with permission from the respective streamers. A preview was shown in late March.
- The "Western Cave" in HRV in Tip #1 refers to the cave near the western bear cave, between the rope climb to Monolith Lake and Offset Falls. Sorry if this is confusing - HRV is often hard to describe due to lack of landmarks and names. Ultimately, it's just a suggestion for a base - choose whatever is best for you.
- Helgadhar deliberately got stomped just for this video. She spent about an hour of her stream getting to TWM and finding a moose... and then accidentally killed it. She got stomped on the second attempt. Thanks for the dedication, Helga!
- The footage of TheDeadP00l talking is not from his No Fire Challenge - he is just talking about it during the NOGOA challenge. No Fire is a brutal challenge because you will eventually die without a fire and it's just a question of how long you can survive.
- Technically, there are 4 spawns of the Mag Lens in Mystery Lake, but two of them are in the Camp Office (upstairs or downstairs).
- SharDul's clip is now close to two years old. In the clip, he does not click on the carcass to get his arrows back. I am honestly not entirely sure if this was a mechanic that was added later (I think it was), so I am not sure if he did receive those arrows back or not. I watched this stream and vaguely remember him returning to the spot later and finding the arrows on the ground, but I could be wrong.
- Making a mistake can cost you your run, but a moose stomp usually won't kill you. This is why rand_althor1966 forgetting to reload the flare gun is just "a mistake" (as opposed to a "serious mistake"). Even on interloper, two moose stomps won't kill you if you are at full health.
- The clip of Mendingthecoffeecup is on Voyager. This is why I narrate "regardless of difficulty". The footage is otherwise unedited - the wolf really did sneak up on him without making a sound.
- The clip of Kimiota and his fishing base is from his As The Dead Sleep 500 Days challenge, and not interloper. If anything, this makes it more impressive.
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