Road to 500 Days - Part 5: Looking for Moose

[@Zaknafein]

Here is the link to the stream with 3 moose kills in 3 days, in Bleak Inlet: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYXLe5qZfbmLbsU

[@myview5840]

I can't move 100 metres in this game without wolves attacking me

[@alexgroves1816]

This guys is the reason I can survive more than five days on interloper 😅

[@pxraas_mm]

i died in the first minute of my run 😭 that's why i just stick to customed voyager where i have little resourses lol

[@jackplisken4738]

@@pxraas_mm i still need to grind feats , someday finaly , i can run custom too

[@drsnorlax_felineknights]

Damn you're so good!! It took me a whole 70+ days surviving on voyageur first to at least survived for 12 hours on interloper. And i need 200+ hours of gameplay first to make me at least can survive for 3 days on interloper. Nice job!

[@christopherbsmith]

​@Snorlax I felt the same way until I tried it. I was actually surprised of how far I was able to go.

[@Distant_INC]

Same. I'm almost 300 days on Interloper thanks to Zak!

[@Ed.Underscore.Underscore]

New drinking game: Every time Zak brings up his 1000 day run you take a drink! Love ya Zak! Great video as always!

[@ivannacheban4997]

Or moos spawn 😂

[@jackgallagher2617]

or marginally lmao

[@godagon97]

Or Misc. 😂

[@Ed.Underscore.Underscore]

We’re on day 17 friends.

[@bombidil3]

I'll never forget the shock of meeting Fluffy in the Dam the first time, way back.

[@MattBurns10252]

Real ones know 😢

[@brightargyle8950]

I got killed by that wolf the first time I played the game years ago, it was pretty lame, I ended not playing the game after that for a couple years before finding my way back. Been playing ever since!

[@gamerpoets]

Farmstead was my favorite base. The size and hunting but it also felt the most like a home. Use to be a mod thst let you fix the broken cabinets

[@Matt_Deluca]

Glad you found that maple syrup, Zak. When you first missed it I was going crazy haha. You also missed a book at 1:04:21. Looks like a frontier shooting guide, so not a big deal. But it's there in the box by the lockers.

[@Colios]

Same here I was going mad about the syrup

[@waffles658]

I think it’s the ice fishing guide!

[@SeigenNerhel]

Sometimes all you need for happiness is a little more Zak after a hard work day. You doing great job! Much appreciated.

[@nerdolo748]

That PV Barn loot was crazy. I'm pretty sure there was nothing but really minor misc on my main run and you got stim, prybar, hammer, flare pistol and good boots, what a jackpot.

[@Lulabellexd]

I'm so glad you found that maple syrup. I saw it out the corner of my eye when you first walked past it and was hoping you'd see it before the end of the video and you did! Love this series. Hope you find a moose next time 🦌

[@acha882]

It's snowing and cold outside... This is a perfect time to continue watching this serie ! :D

[@derkatzenfuerst6077]

Love this series and look forward to the coming episodes! Pleasant Valley can be so dangerous! I'm currently doing a Stalker run and the closest I was to dying was while getting lost in a long blizzard somewhere on the fields near the Barn. In the end, I managed to find the birch forest, slept a few hours in the active bear cave and managed to find Thompson's Crossing just before freezing too death.

[@fractalgem]

It really can be. That place tried its best to kill me on *pilgrim* with blizzard after blizzard. It didn't get into actual condition damage, but i wasn't finding any sticks, my clothes were quite soaked, and i was running very low on fuel as i ran around no doubt inches away from proper shelter that i just couldn't actually see.

[@msDreadre]

Getting back into this game after a break. The one thing the game is missing is your voice, it resonates with me just thinking of TLD. Love coming back to new vids, Thank you lots.

[@Zaknafein]

Thank you. Hope your run goes well!

[@AlexTheDumbBucket]

This series has become my morning coffee time. The way you talk is so calming but also engaging at the same time. Keep it up! :D

[@theamazingmainepodcast1339]

Wolves must fear Zak and leave the region when he enters. I have played about a dozen times in ML on Voyager, and they are everywhere. Zak plays on Interloper, and there are none 😂

[@jonklopez]

So I just recently found your channel and I’m loving the content. Was waiting for part 5 😅

[@TizonaAmanthia]

been Vibing to your videos these 1.5 hour videos are a really good thing to just....unwind to at the end of the day. when my own gaming juices are drained. I"m here for the long haul, with you!

[@yatin1370]

Man I waited for this so long! Time to make some popcorn and get snug in my blanket!

[@methodsocratic]

Commenting for the algorithm

[@narlord321ok2]

Same

[@nannakurzhaar]

me too 🙂

[@bombidil3]

Back from a warm vacation and super happy to see these cold videos.

[@tjj4lab]

I do traditional archery, the way you showed aiming at the target is exactly how it works in real life, it's really cool how they bothered to model that so well.

[@MaryGatdula]

Learning my way around using Zak. LOL

[@Casp710]

So am i! I have not left mystery lake without Zak showing the way XD

[@ThaBukkakeCatapult]

Thank you my good Ser for the awesome work you do... 🙏

[@freckles2437]

Never get tired of watching you play this game 🙂

[@dertreffer]

"which makes it very very safe" -> blizzard be like "shouldnt have said that"

[@twinbrewers]

I’m really diggin this series. I probably watch you play this game more then I can play this game.

[@godagon97]

Skill books: If you can't do it, teach it. Zak: I can do it.

[@MickeyMousevD]

The best long dark youtuber😁

[@msamour]

Next on the Long Dark, Zak goes looking for a Sasquatch...

[@Jimmy.Leonardo]

What a delight, my day is complete. Thank you!

[@bunniii7407]

Was watching this is on the TV with my mom, and she and the cat fell asleep lol

[@Zaknafein]

Haha even the cat

[@klodlthebottle]

16:00 ML is a pretty small region. I’ve been attempting 50 days in each region, and I just left PV and headed to ML. I was shocked by how small it felt! It had been about 200 days since I was last in ML, and I kinda missed the place. It felt like home :)

[@MalTramp]

Still excited for this series 😋

[@Atroct]

Alternative title “Part 5- Wild Moose Chase

[@alexanna8751]

Ha! Nice 😂

[@Arkadiu97]

Hello, good to see a new video !

[@msamour]

Hi Zak, the moose has been elusive. If the moose had been evasive, that assumes you always knew what it was before it started dodging you. 😂

[@rustyaxe155]

Finally my favourite series

[@isaaco5679]

One on my best runs i spawned near trappers and got the moose on the first day! Super lucky.

[@funkyflurry88]

You've become one of my favorite KZbinrs. Love you bro

[@MacDelta]

Congrats on 20k subs. Hope you get many more.

[@friedmandesigns]

+1 ! Well-deserved.

[@mesaratz22]

Many thanks really enjoying this game (as i said before i a, so rubbish at this game) and it is helping me get better.... looking forward to the next episode.

[@FastDuDeJiunn]

1:00 mark...... i been inside tht little barn handful+times never noticed the path up to the rafters....

[@Scaramanga81]

Thank you Zak 👍

[@jbtopgaming7157]

Through these first videos in the series, I’m amazed at ur knowledge of this game. Tbh I thought torches were just a waste😅

[@JohnTheRevelat0r]

I like those purification tablets early on in Interloper because they save you a good 3h to make 4L of water. It's great when you want to get going. The memento hint stuff had me NUTS in TWM after a PV start. I went around the memento areas several times looking for something and nothing was there LOL!

[@KamleshMallick]

So the purification tablet does not need stove and it’s instant ?

[@mitchellhandt3618]

Yes! Been waiting for this.

[@jackplisken4738]

This is the first Time i saw an Item in a Box and Zak didnt saw it. 1:04:21

[@AvatarOfBlues]

Ah damn you caught it before me i spotted it too! :) let's hope he finds the shooting guide or our comments!

[@Xroxking]

Another great video!!!

[@JohnTheRevelat0r]

39:00 I think that wolf encounter there is scripted for the first time it happens. I've noticed that every time I go through the winding river for the first time, whenever I approach that wolf it attacks the rabbit and gives you a chance to scare it away and walk by.

[@elentia8903]

I heard hunting moose is al-moose-t impossible

[@pxraas_mm]

dad joke 101

[@237492]

It's almost as unbearable as hunting the bear..

[@robrargh1]

I'm partial to dad jokes but let's not rabbit on about it, deer.

[@diggerau698]

As always an enjoyable episode, cheers.

[@lucpet95]

I love your videos and I'm a Olympic Recurve Archer who laughed at your suggestion that was a good group of arrows. I know its got game physics but if that were a target in real life that would be a terrible group hahahahahaha

[@Zaknafein]

Haha, I am an archer as well (recurve), and in re-watching I agree that grouping is awful. I probably meant it in more beginner context and animal hitboxes, as in that the arrows are fairly close together if we assume that was an animal to hit.

[@FFgamesftw]

I personally find Carcass Harvesting more valuable than Archery to level since I can then harvest everything by hand without needing a fire which is a great conservation of resources. I often will kill an animal but leave it until a day when it is sunny so I can use my mag lens. I then start a fire but still don't want to have to wait for it to thaw or waste tool durability so being able to start harvesting immediately after lighting the fire is great. Archery 5 is great for when I go to Blackrock or Bleak Inlet but since neither of those is early on my list of places to visit I find it less valuable. Also Fire Starting Level 3 to get rid of tinder is pretty nice. Fire Starting 5 I don't find as necessary but it is nice to no longer need to torch trick to a light a fire as that does save on resources if you have guaranteed stick fire start.

[@porteryup]

Zak!, you left me alone in the dark....., and im scared 😓.

[@narlord321ok2]

Did he leave you in the dark for a LONG time? 😂

[@Whiterunguard455]

You will be waiting in the DARK for a LONG time

[@TheGamingCrow]

There's another trick not to get lost in a blizzard or a dark, foggy night. Drop a stick from the inventory, it's pointy end always points north.

[@Zaknafein]

This is true, just keep in mind that "north" isnt necessarily "up" in the map, so it is best viewed as a consistent direction marker rather than north per se.

[@mattyp724]

I really enjoy these!

[@bpdlr]

1:04:21 you missed a book in the drawer on the floor to the right of the yellow lockers. Also 1:06:10 you literally mouseover a jar of Maple Syrup and still miss it :p

[@AmplifyChris]

In my interloper run I saw a moose on trappers on day 7 or 8 I think, of course I hade no weapons at this early stage of the run… I decided to make trappers my main base… now I am day 49 and i never saw a moose again….

[@AmplifyChris]

The Intro Music…. Gives me so much „Last of Us“ vibes… chilles all over my body

[@Zaknafein]

Its the same instrument and inspired by the same artist (Gustavo) so that might be why :) Last of Us has great music!

[@AmplifyChris]

@@Zaknafein would love to see a let’s play from you with last of us… imho the very best game of the last 2 decades.

[@Zaknafein]

@@AmplifyChris maybe one day. It is a fantastic game!

[@TheSauronchik]

Thanks! Another good episode! Info about moose spawn locations is very helpful. Lucky find in that safe and NOT the barn as well. At this rate you can open a shop and start selling prybars and distress pistols :) P.S. Today I went to Bleak Inlet first time in my life. Interloper, day 180+ (yeah, I'm slow), 15 arrows and so on. I left with 6 arrows, never got inside the warehouse/workshop and I'm not sure I will ever go there again. I didn't know I need a passcode and didnt ant to go back to tower thingy :(

[@nathanbaker1868]

My last run I didn’t go to Bleak Inlet until day 202. Then I died on day 205. Longest run I’ve had so far. I hate that place

[@midnightbrooklyn8736]

Totally get that, the climb to and from the radio tower plateau can be a real headache, but I'm sure you can make your way back there with some persistence. Took me quite some time getting the passcode on top of actually getting an aurora at the right time.

[@swamp_croc]

Love your content, and I love the community of Long Dark. It's fun and relaxing to watch, and I think that's what I like about this game. It's something you can just invest into, with enough to focus your attention, but not so much that you're rushed along. It's fun. I hope the developers up the animal behavior a bit, it'd be cool to see bears chase deer or wolves like the wolves chase deer. Or watch them eat the carcasses/roam. Anyway, love watching your stuff Zak! Are you hopeful for the ice fishing rework? I personally am!

[@RetroRogue.]

I'm just not the greatest with wolves. So I started a custom where the wolves are far and away from me. I still have plenty of challenges with them I just had to shoot one a couple hours ago. I'm playing on Switch(asked them to port it and they did! Not because of me though lol) and it's hard to aim at times. Anyway bagged it right before it got me and I harvested everything so I am starting a pelt collection for clothes and stuff!

[@rudiausbuddeln7573]

Was waiting for this… top content keep going pls

[@stfkonbr3578un]

This game gives me horror movie environment, from the old houses and rattling walls. It'd be scary if it had a theme like the TV show "From" by Jack Bender, where some humans did survive but most became monsters.

[@AvatarOfBlues]

1:04:20 The box in front of the locker has a Book inside of it - and i am not sure it'S a shooting guide - and i think it's the one for archery now isn't it? @Zaknafein - did i find something you missed? =D

[@johnbirkholz994]

Glad I searched before posting, it does look like an archery book. A sneaky spot for sure!

[@AvatarOfBlues]

@@johnbirkholz994 i didn't too my shame but i found the first one and just pushed his post as well :D

[@placeholder4107]

Nice video!

[@willowthewisp2725]

Your videos are so informative! Maybe if I'd watched your videos first, I wouldn't have fallen through the ice four times one after another and died on my very first run (in voyager) T.T But I'm on pilgrim now and I'm excited to learn the ropes from that and from you!

[@Kuldirongaze1]

1:06:10 missed the maple syrup on the cabinet shelf.

[@BenJoe1644]

i love ur channel bro

[@dethwisper]

Missed a book in the pleasant valley farmstead basement. It's in one of the drawers laying on the ground by the lockers.

[@matthewcopley7679]

I feel like most of these buildings would have some type of oil or alcohol generator. Not for long continuous usage, but enough for a few hours in a blizzard, or when your looting.

[@Jordo81]

Maple Syrup missed @ 1:06:10 in the cabinet above the countertop.

[@Jordo81]

Nevermind...You found it! lol

[@NamelessJoja]

It's here! ❤️🙏

[@not_t00_shabby87]

Still getting some amazing drops on this run. Surprised you didn't get the Pensive Vista moose. :)

[@Zaknafein]

Haha I like your image. I have yet to ever find the moose in any of my runs.

[@BjørjaBear]

I was totally dumbfounded when I found that rabbitskin hat. I wondered if it was a bug!

[@soka3]

Loved the vid, also thx for the tip videos they helped me a lot!

[@AndyJMacLeod]

Got to day 100 on interloper for the first time recently. Did all the hard stuff: got the technical backpack, forged, crafted a bow, deer pants and boots, wolf coat, bearskin bedroll… … and then a wolf surprised me outside carter dam and I died 😢

[@narlord321ok2]

Welcome to interloper my boy.

[@criperexplouder3889]

there is a book in da basement, in a container.

[@laci9625]

Love your channel,do you have a video on the main story? would like to see that

[@Zaknafein]

Thank you - I do not have videos on Story Mode yet, unfortunately, although I have played it. I will likely make it after Episode 5 comes out.

[@NielsMulvad]

Blessings upon our house, for today we have truly been gifted by the beings above! You see, they dare throw scraps to us hungry, penurious plebeians. We are ever so thankful, for this content shall be a true feast that will surely carry us through the winter months and into spring where we can once again toil in the dirt for a meager living. We bow our heads to thee, oh merciful content. Thou will shall be done. You shall be consumed ravenously.

[@Lootenant]

Cabin fever is really not a well-implemented feature… I was shocked to see you get it in this video after you have been traveling around all the time and only been indoors for sleeping/looting. Thank goodness for settled mind in 2024 haha

[@jamall7003]

I wish there was a perk for alsonstaying hydrated for a certain amount of time. Like maybe increased movement speed by 5%? Cause your body has more than enough fluid to move properly or sumin.

[@matthewcopley7679]

Goal. Jeremiah Johnson.... Make all types of animal clothing, and equip as much to yourself as possible. Conquer nature, wear nature, become one with nature. Hey survivorman look at me!

[@theastre]

You missed a book on 01:04:18 (A book that is unnecessary to read, but I just say this for the sake of knowing.)

[@Zaknafein]

Nicely spotted!

[@garrettw3658]

Hey Zak, I think you touched on it in a recent video but do birch saplings “respawn” and potentially give unlimited arrows? Or are they a one time harvest?

[@QilleWolf]

They don’t respawn, but they may occasionally wash up on one of the beaches (at least until beachcombing gets changed)

[@aidanknox2430]

I had markings in the birch forest and tried to find it for like a week gave up and found it within a day in BI lol

[@michaelnolan5975]

Zak, where can we find your old TLD runs? I want to watch your 1000 day Interloper series but it's not on this channel or your archives.

[@Zaknafein]

The old run was done on Twitch and only some of Day 120-500 was streamed. I only have some of the raw footage saved and kept mostly clips. This is another reason why another run was started, so we have the whole thing from start to finish :)

[@listopadovsergey8008]

read a long time ago, that if u have in ur hands smth and going on slope, risk of sprained wrists higher. dont find this info on wiki, can someone confirm this?

[@narlord321ok2]

I don’t think that’s necessarily true, from a developmental standpoint, punishing players for being prepared with a weapon or something doesn’t make sense. Then again it could be true, I don’t know for sure

[@ocampo6794]

Why is the dam so dark in my game? When I get in, I can just see the main area, if I go beyond the first room I have to use a lantern or torch because is so dark even during the day. I have spent 20 days in the dam and it is never clear beyond the first room, and in your game and in another video by another gamer, the whole dam is illuminated. Loving your content, thanks!

[@craigengle2234]

In PV the filing cabinet in the basement just past where the match spawn was. I have found a mag lends in it. You have to walk up close and look down into the open dewar.

[@FastDuDeJiunn]

yea i didnt understand that moose wasnt always there if u seen it there before. Mystery lake map i SEEN the moose by the small hunter cabin middle back of the map. i went back for it when ready nothing...... i sat on the rock reading books all day waiting never saw it......... day 2 same thing nothing. i finally left the spot to hunters cabin by the cave. etc nothing nothin all the way. slept went back to wher i know i seen it day 4 now. and it was finally there.

[@matthewcopley7679]

With the wolf spawns in fluffy, in the cannery. Does smell that normally attracts wolves outside, increase the indoor spawn chance? Like could you leave raw meat inside to try to spawn wolves in the indoor locations

[@Zaknafein]

Interesting idea, but I dont think it works like that. Considering that interloper has fewer wolves than Stalker, I think it is just a question of spawn chance.

[@matthewcopley7679]

Could still be worth trying, or trying to contact the dev about....

[@comfycozygamer3892]

So I was busy looting the dam when I went out the back door just to discover that I couldn't go back in. I had left my bow and a bunch of useful items in the dam. After roaming around I found that I couldn't climb out of that river area except through the cave to PV. Basically is there a way to get back to Mystery Lake so I can go back to the dam and get my stuff?

[@Zaknafein]

Yes, go across the Dam ledge. Left of the door you came out of.

[@comfycozygamer3892]

@@Zaknafein Thank you for your reply, but I tried that, but still trapped.

[@comfycozygamer3892]

Thank you again @zacknafein. I just saw a video how to do it. Thank you again.

[@robbel404]

Another TLD creator I watch has also had trouble finding the moose! I wonder if there's been a change to it since the update.

[@icyicy9999]

I am halfway through your NOGOA series but stopped to watch this episode and it's shocking how much easier Interloper now seems by comparison, especially how far you are able to travel in a day. I never thought I'd say this, but after about 10 episodes of NOGOA it seemed like Interloper suddenly has way too much loot.

You missed a skill book in Pleasant Valley farm at 1:04:20 in the cardboard box

[@arupian666]

30:19 eating cattails, graphic shows you're eating chips... Hinterland + attention to detail. 2 things that don't go together, lol.

[@diminui1235]

Thats bc of the delay timer when changing between items… if Zak had waited a milisec longer before clicking, main item would be cat tails U sound mad at Hinterland, why is that? :)

[@narlord321ok2]

Bro this is like seeing a crack in your mansion and burning the whole thing down. I’m sure the devs will fix it eventually.

[@arupian666]

@@diminui1235 Oh don't get me wrong, I'm not mad at Hinterland at all. I have nearly 4000 hours in this game, mainly on Stalker, never played the Story Mode. I got the game on Early Access in 2014., And Hinterland have done something remarkable since that time. ALL updates have been free. Huge maps for free. It's about time they charged for DLC after all they've done, again for free. I paid for the DLC the second it was available. They deserve to make some more money from the game. I mean they completely ballsed up the launch of the DLC, but that's what Hinterland do. I don't remember any time for major updates that they haven't bollocksed something up. Remember the "sprain" update that had people getting sprains while standing still on flat ground cos they assigned the max sprain risk to players ALL the time regardless of terrain? Remember when they "updated" the rifle aiming system when they messed it up so bad, you couldn't hit a barn door at 5 feet ? This DLC, they've messed up the sound design, renamed the Draft Dodgers Cabin to be "coastal cabin" even though it's miles from the coast, quartering a bear leaves everything floating in mid air, the game initially on DLC release stacked all new items in the trailer outside the dam. When I played the DLC on release day, I had 4 rifles, a super-duper bow and a fancy lantern within 10 minutes of spawning. Another "oopsie" from Hinterland. As developers, I don't think they're particularly competent. We used to have something called "The Test Branch" where certain players could get early builds to test and report back on. That's gone. So they don't test their code. They just release it and react when bug reports come in. The game is beautifully flawed. Still. After 9 years. This game is like Chef Boyardee canned pasta. It's really not good, but I love it anyway.

[@GilbertJrWaing]

I feel like I've seem moose marking in trappers cabin and coastal highway

[@BocciaRaf]

What about the moose spawn up past hat creek? The one you can get to through the cave or using the climbing rope… the one you have to carry from the cave to the rope point

[@Zaknafein]

Yes thats the birch forest spawn I refer to. I find the moose spawn in a later episode :)

[@kerbalette156]

1:38:07 now I know what they look like 😊 thx

[@FastDuDeJiunn]

i save scum now and then. like hunting for caches in mystery lake. i leave cabin go to cache1 , if not there alt f4 start again for #2 rinse and repeat, unless they are close together like 2 near the cleared forrest or whatever its called. top right ish. i did it this way to save on food-water etc. not to mention hard to find nice days sometimes. so it really allowed me to utilize good days. for just messing around. i mean it is just a game. we should be allowed to play as we wish. its 1 thing i learned about some devs like the long dark...... how they hand tie the players ability to be creative in someways. I feel some devs forget they are making a VIDEO game..... not everyone likes to do the same stuff.

[@narlord321ok2]

If you want to save scum, save scum. But do keep in mind that the devs made the game in a way that you don’t HAVE to. I’m not telling you off, just saying.