Stalker Mastery (Part 1) - Setting up a good run in The Long Dark

[@alpacabloom1545]

7 hours of The Long Dark? Zero hesitation. Some of the best videos to fall asleep too as well!

[@cloudedfreedom6286]

Zak’s voice is so calming, too. TLD is a pretty calming game but pair it with a nice, calming voice and it’s everything.

[@mrmers821]

Yeah problems always finding where your up to lol

[@LadyQxx]

I can't fall asleep to Zak. Don't want to miss any phrases 🤣

[@Thevideofish85]

I love how supportive long dark content creators are of each other. So many gaming communities have a competitive nature to them but I always see long dark creators shouting each other out and I love it

[@Thevideofish85]

I love how Zak is so trained to interloper and checks every nook and cranny despite if it’s out of the way. I pretty much play stalker exclusively and always choose to spawn in ash canyon. I know he lucked out with a AC spawn and chose random but I wouldn’t have spent any time on the detours he took. I go gold mine straight to summit, and I usually hit my well fed buff right before I leave the summit. Then to PV farm to drop things and I truck straight to HRV for my satchel. THEN I loot proper on my way back to PV. If I’m lucky enough to get the moose spawning by the hydro dam bridge I don’t bother with HRV and just let my moose hide cure at the camp office while I loot ML and MT. Then craft the satchel to help bring everything back to my base at PV. I love how this game can be played in so many different ways and they’re all valid, but I personally go immediately to max inventory weight and hit it just after week 1

[@willb5278]

Meanwhile me, with my mystery lake spawn, day 50 and i finally got a satchel and am planning my Ash Canyon/Summit trips. I have not minmaxed this game to my usual degree XD

[@AleaIactaEst2009]

The ambience of this game is astonishing. The feeling of remoteness, of an everyday struggle. The beauty of the snow, the feeling of cold the game manages to somehow make real. The isolation, the constant struggle. And we are all lucky to have Zak here to teach us how to survive. Love your vids dude.

[@BjørjaBear]

Just goes to show that artistic vision matters more than sheer graphics.

[@charlesbrown4483]

@@BjørjaBear But even so, I think the graphic design is probably my favorite part of TLD. The simple and clean design of both the terrain and items is really beautiful to me. It’s not cartoony nor is it a lame attempt at photorealism that so many games try to do.

[@BjørjaBear]

@@charlesbrown4483 Aye, I agree, it is what I meant with artistic vision. It's clear that they had an idea on how they want the game to look, and it is lovely. At times it is almost like watercolour.

[@ampattillo]

Ya, whenever i do manage to stop playing it, come winter i dive back into it. DLC coming next month couldn't be more perfect.

[@sixter4157]

I have to say, I really appreciate the way you organize your base. It makes sense rather than trying to remember which container everything is in.

[@Nord..]

trying to ascend to stalker from voyageur, this is a big help

[@jasmyncarey6855]

It's such a big difference! I've played on and off for years. I have a voyager save where I made it to forsaken airfield from ML and have evaded/escaped all the wolves. No bear/moose attacks either yet and I'm past day 25. I tried a stalker save and spawned surrounded by wolves. Managed to escape to only be killed the next day by 2 of them.

[@thomasandersen2534]

I like stalker more I played only voyager for a long time. Over 100 days now and only one thing I don’t like and you guys already know. Too many damn wolves ! I like the loot is less abundant so you have to be smarter with your supplies. Rifle ammo for sure is very hard to come by. I’ll replay next time with a custom play through with much less wolf spawns.

[@jasmyncarey6855]

@@thomasandersen2534 I think this is my next go to. I'm on a voyager save trying to learn the maps I don't know very well and get good at hunting. I've played a 30+ day stalker run before dying because I got lost and the voyager one is just a cake walk comparatively now. I didn't know the torch + stone trick until these videos. I thought you just had to outrun them or get attacked. I had learned that if you threw a flare at them at the right time it would scare them off but it wasn't reliable at all. Now that I can deal with the wolves the game is infinitely less scary and I'm having a pretty easy time in voyager. There's so much loot and I'm such a bad hoarder. Always encumbered at least a bit even at well fed bonus lmao. I've found over 50 revolver ammo and 2 revolvers. Most days my clothes are so good my temp doesn't go down unless it's actively storming and it's not even animal hide clothing. I've killed the bear by Trappers twice just with my revolver and moved onto mountain town next to loot. It's just so easy still even after being jumped by a bear outside of Milton.

[@j.s.c.4355]

I’m stunned to learn you can cook things that aren’t in cooking spots. That’s astonishing.

[@VeeTwoPointOh]

Wait what

[@DanSnets6]

You're the GOAT Zak, love these videos. Slowly got into TLD myself and your videos keep my fire stoked and ensure I'm never far from Great Bear Island. Hinterland does great work, but you deserve a chunk of that marketing budget haha. Zak's Snacks in 2023!

[@r.rodriguez4991]

I decided to give Stalker a try the other day and I think I spawned right about where you did. Had never been in the area before but I managed to get set up in Angler's Den after dodging wolves. Funny enough the problem I ran into was running out of matches and then I ate some wolf meat, got parasites, could only find a few mushrooms, decided to move before I ran out of the last 6 matches I had, made it to a cave, set my self up there before scouting the area, got food poisoning from a fish I cooked, and eventually wasted away wandering outside looking for mushrooms not realizing that you can't die from food poisoning. 13 days altogether. Now I started a new game and I'm a little disappointed to have started right by Milton.

[@knurlgnar24]

Thanks for releasing. For your sake please release long form content like this as it will generate ad revenue and will entertain people like myself. I have many thousands of hours into this game but still find myself relaxing to gameplay from others who know their s***. Good stuff.

[@TootieOrchid]

I find myself coming and playing this game during the colder winter months rather that during the summer. It helps me feel more immersive when I’m walking through the blistering cold and step outside my house and it’s also very chilly. Thanks for the videos and keep up the great work.

[@whitedeath47]

Started playing surival mode after completing story mode few days ago .. currently on day 17 of stalker and i am in love with it. Your videos helped in knowing what the game revolves around and how to keep progressing. GG

[@glycine7695]

I love watching/listening to your videos while I work on stuff. The game's ambience and sound effects combined with your talking gives off a really calming and relaxing vibe. You give a lot of very clever gaming tips, too. A 7-hour video? You are spoiling us.

[@T_Jonesy]

Took me three days, but I watched from beginning to end. Even if I never play Stalker, it's always so much fun watching your TLD runs. Great video, as always.

[@shanithscove1594]

Hi Zak Hello here from South Africa. I have been watching all your videos, you are by far the best streamer in my eyes. I am still a beginner. I completed story mode and i've done most of the challenges (with your videos help of course) - still struggling with 2 of them (dead mans sleep and the deadwalker - which i call the The deathwalker) - I am doing Pilgrim survival now first to learn the maps but ive marked all your tips videos for the harder survivals on my favourites list. I will be playing them once i've learned the maps. Your voice is very calming and love it how you laugh at your mistakes and then say its no big deal and then shows us how to go from there- cause those mistakes happen to most of us. I am hoping to catch one of your live streams one day. Keep them videos coming

[@nocturnal7448]

Nooo! I wanted to sleep tonight, and you do this! Love your channel, so glad I stumbled across you.

[@TheOriginalKilamanjaro]

You are one of the few KZbinrs I can watch for over an hour

[@paddyfirepig]

Please keep this series going until the dlc drops 🥰 7 hour episodes are the future! Thanks so much for the great content 👍

[@saintxio]

I know nothing of this game outside of binge watching your videos and it's such a shock to see all the buffet of loot that stalker has outside of interloper. 😯

[@ChucklePaw]

The Long Dark, very serious survival game. Constant loneliness... So philosophical and adult... But holy moly, these are some of the funniest things in the world: 1:18:10 (This giant birch bark made me giggle for 5 minutes straight, I swear xD) 1:34:00 (Reminded me of this Buzz Lightyear meme "Hmmm, yes, this looks traversable") 2:40:30 (And of course the crazy magical bear, I almost died when he started brakedancing)

[@ianhandforth5672]

just got my platinum trophy ,i never really bothered with coffee and torches untill i watched your videos,,,what a game changer thanks you,

[@tippikuppi]

I'm just doing this challenge. Seems that I'll get all the tips from here! Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy! Thanks, Tack, Kiitos!

[@wyattrichardson5683]

Didn't watch the whole thing yet, but I can tell a lot of effort went into this. Here's 1 for the algorithm

[@ScottCrouse]

lol, I can't believe I watched all 7 hours (over 4 days). I have 800 hours in this game and you still taught me a lot of new things. Thanks Zak!

[@Zaknafein]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching

[@TheWtfnonamez]

Maybe a day will come when Interloper is my thing, but right now Stalker is pitched kinda perfect for me. Voyaguer quickly became too easy, but Interloper requires a level of experience and map knowledge that I simply dont have. Im currently on about 80+ days on my most succesful Stalker playthrough and its a nice difficulty balance. That said you are right about the wolves. I just went to skin a bear and had to deal with three wolves on the round trip. I do think you were correct in your advice when you said you need to keep exploring. I find it can be really easy to slip into a habit of "doing the rounds" ... where you just get up, check your snares, have a little fish, do your skinning, repair your clothes, do some cooking and go to bed... rinse and repeat.

[@Sword_and_Leaf]

Hi Zak, just wanted to say I think you did a great job on the thumbnail for this one. It’s both clean-looking and helps generate curiosity - why are there so many fires at once? Solid work!

[@Zaknafein]

Thank you!

[@friedmandesigns]

MOAR fire!

[@Zaknafein]

Also, I appreciate it because it is hard to know with thumbnails. On my phone, the video length blocks the title, so it doesnt look too great. On all other devices, it looks better. Hard to know what to go for sometimes

[@Sword_and_Leaf]

@@Zaknafein True. Obviously I’m no master, so I can’t really say what a “perfect” thumbnail is. Just wanted to say I found this one appealing.

[@redmoon5226]

@@Sword_and_Leaf It was obvious to me that Zak has a lot of meat to cook :)

[@banzaihennessey8838]

Hey Zack, I have been watching you for a few months, love how much dedication you have for this underapreciated game. Also, I fully support the continuation of this run/series.

[@AhrisOsman]

I was waiting for this! So glad it's finally here. Let the binge begin! 🍿

[@robinmorgan4418]

Best part was at 2:39:18 when Zak shot and the bear just booked it so fast you could only see him for a second

[@Keyboard_killer]

I love watching your videos while I play my own game I love learning new things and your videos and laughing at my past mistakes in my survival saves knowing how badly I have done things and knowing how well I have adapted to this rather difficult game and I can confidently say most of the skills and little things I know that helps me survive in my games have came from your Chanel thank you for the help ❤

[@The_star_group]

Honestly I only play on pilgrim bc I don't like the wildlife fighting but your videos are so fun to watch!! And I only started playing for myself a month or 2 ago and I use your tips alot ( I watched yours and other peoples videos for a long time before I actually played such as stacyplays, graystillplays and many others)

[@zioming]

9:25 "There's birch here. How did that happen?" he sais after walking by 3 birch saplings :)

[@jr22986]

Excellent vids my man, love em and keep it up! Your billy-goating skills are second to none. Btw I just did a stalker run yesterday in Ash Canyon and found a wool scarf in that mine entrance cabinet, was very surprised! Sending love from Oz

[@mrwalter7205]

I'm always crippled by fear, I never fail to make that one decision that ends all my runs. Last time I died with 50lbs of meat at trappers but I went past the point of no return on a ledge and couldn't get back up traveling to mountain town

[@sig_das76]

Watching this whole video for around 5th time. Well and I already know that I will watch it for many more times. Every time I wake up and the video is all finished. That must be good for watch time and yt algorithm xDD

[@Zaknafein]

Haha I have some videos that I have "watched" dozens of times for the same reason ^^ thank you for the watch hours

[@reecemahon6823]

Been watching your videos awhile now theyre super helpful. It helps that you're content is recent. Just started playing stalker myself and I'm getting use to the leading wolves off and thank god you reminded me of the torch trick, the big birch bark had me laughing for ages hahaha, keep it up you're doing great :)

[@Distant_INC]

Thanks for the video, Zak!

[@MacDelta]

That cabinet at 6:49:19, Pleasant Valley Community Center, is the highest Kg storage container I have seen in the game.

[@mrmers821]

Part 2 would be amazing

[@Lulabellexd]

You really are the best teacher Zak. I love your play style

[@gerwrant]

The waterfall looks so cool at 26:55

[@pamlange7289]

Hmmmm...crackers with dogfood dip....🤤🙃

[@JebBushAintSoBad]

Gordon Ramsay would be proud of Survivor

[@pamlange7289]

Thanks God the microwaves never work....🤪

[@Distant_INC]

Throw a sardine on the cracker with the dog food spread, now we're talking.

[@jennifermelloy3944]

@@Distant_INC Astrid's breath would drive away any wolves!

[@Orionsglare]

Interesting content,cool and relaxed voice, excellent knowledge of the game, big videos .. exactly to my liking! Keep it up,fellow survivor....

[@MattRumm]

Yay 🎉🎉 7 hour episode for a wonderful relaxing time 😊

[@incog_nizant]

I just thought of a really interesting last ditch for this version challenge for the community. Custom mode; eternal night, dead world, Stalker loot, medium spawn of fish. The objective; find and read 3 books by lantern light. Fastest wins.

[@christianramirez1159]

Cooking Thanks Giving dinner to this. 5 hrs cooking 2 hrs clean up and set up. Thank you!!!

[@romchysko]

Hi dude, I send you a big greeting from the entire Ukrainian community straight from Toronto, Canada. I love your videos!

[@Skall-ex]

Lol those big birch barks crack me up, freakin enormous. They shouldn't fix that.

[@ovipopan6116]

love those long vids...amazing

[@JebBushAintSoBad]

Ash canyon?? More like Match canyon

[@perandersson3977]

Both my body and mind is ready for this video! :D

[@vidholf]

56:30 - I think I found something in there on Stalker, but that was long enough ago I'm not sure now. I have, however, once found Antibiotics there.

[@MrRickstopher]

1:35:09 Towels are very important for interstellar travel but probably not so much in the frozen Canadian wilderness.

[@mh060168]

Just a FYI: If the Moose is not in the Birch Forest you can find it at Pensive Pond area.

[@zioming]

In case you didn't know, there is a faster route to get to the gold mine from where he spawned, but it requires climbing 5 ropes in a row (you can skip the first one, if you choose to go around past 4 wolves instead), so you will have to sleep in between them, most likely while being stranded on a rock shelf with barely any cover to speak of. If you've already looted another region and you have a bedroll and full clothing, and you don't get caught in a blizzard while sleeping, you can pull it off, but if you've just spawned, unless you're insanely lucky with the weather, or have a fire going for the whole 12 hours while you sleep, you'll probably just freeze to death.

[@Zaknafein]

This is correct, and as Ziom says, I would not recommend it. The three ropes (not 5) are very dangerous. You need a stim, coffee or be lucky with weather so you can sleep.

[@zioming]

@@Zaknafein By 5 ropes, I meant the main section of 3 ropes up and then one down to the actual mine entrance, as well as the additional rope you can climb from down in the canyon where you spawned, in order to skip the wolves. (Edit: I guess you do go down two of the three ropes here at 1:11:25 Also, I didn't know you can skip all the ropes going down :) ) There is a cave both before and after the 3 ropes, but not much cover in between them. There is however an abandoned camp with a snow shelter after the first rope, that you can use if you do get stuck up there (remember you can't initiate climbing down a rope if you're out of stamina, so a cup of coffee, or an energy drink can be a lifesaver in such situations).

[@makichiro]

3:15:03 not sure if this was on purpose or not, but found the OW reference funny!

[@jww5335]

2:18:10 Well damn, 5 expedition parkas on a stalker run… wish I had that kind of RNG, thats insane!

[@greven8827]

I get five rifles from the ”Gun Container”. Crazy loot on the Stalker I think. Back to Interlooper.

[@Govanification]

That was insane. Are they typically that low of condition tho? He was only on day 5 and they were all only 28%.

[@willis6776]

54:10 I got the curators rifle next to the dead body recently on stalker

[@TheGamingCrow]

The way the wolves' smell works doesn't really make any sense. It's like "oh, I smell a human carrying meat, I'll go after him." Then, when you drop the meat, the wolf is like "nah, the human dropped the meat, I'm no longer hungry. I think I might just leave". Edit: 4:39:45 I found both polaroids in a cave near the transition to Ash Canyon. One was in the plastic container, the other polaroid in the briefcase. Hinterland really changed the loot tables of all difficulty levels.

[@BSTobias]

I’ve learned more from watching your videos than any other content. This is making me want to ditch story Mode (2/4 Chapters deep) and jump right into Survival

[@torino429scj]

Going into the gold mine just now on stalker. The cabinet or hatch on the left before you go in... you said you've never gotten anything there. I hadn't either until now. I got a newspaper out of it. IT was there, I didn't take it, but it was the first sighting for me of any item in that hatch.

[@godagon97]

Carry capacity at 0.01kg under max with a full Fatigue meter... Zak: We're under weight now. Good to go. Even on Stalker difficulty 😂😂❤️‍🔥

[@ееова]

7 hours? I only have 7 hours left till I gotta wake up again. Imma watch^^

[@Zachmunzter]

So here's my logic. I already caught up on the 500 days series and needed something to watch. I thought to myself "hmm, there's a lot of content missing from Interloper, I should watch a stalker series... but who should I watch do that? Surely Zak doesn't ALSO do Stalker..." So here we are :)

[@epiphanyjayne]

Love these long videos ❤

[@kietdo7374]

After 2 ropes outside of Gold Mine, I usually encounter a Moose and with rifle in Mine, I can kill it for the Hide & Gut, stay a bit in Cabin at Timberwolf and after 5 days, I get 15kg plus travelling to Pleasant Valley, hope it contribute to the strategy

[@spatrk6634]

fell in love in the game. hardest part is to learn the map i always get lost and wonder around large circles... ending up in places i already looted

[@user-c4b9b]

Hey Zak Cheers Man I appreciate your videos, sorry about any weird comments I wrote, things have me a little edgy and your videos have been helpful for me as I'm getting back into TLD. It's changed a TON since the "Wolf attack simulator" days of 2016. Between you, Blades when he makes videos, and Bashrobe - I got some stuff to watch. Thanks

[@pastabowltomato1]

Would be nice if they added a feature to stack unopened cans. I realized this while watching you arrange cans on the shelf.

[@bean-2013]

6:18:09 ive found a rabbitskin hat and corpse there before, corpse had misc loot

[@Zaknafein]

That was after the loot refresh :) This video is from before The Great Reset

[@gabrielmontesinos6435]

13:26 On my new Interloper run I spawned in TWM, but made my way to AC after looting Mountaineers Hut and I found matches in that box. Super lucky haha

[@Sekonism]

Moose can also spawn at pensive pond in Pleasant Valley.

[@retnuHDJ]

3:34:20 - I'm getting cold, but BEARLY Nice pun, didn't seem intended though!

[@generallooch8665]

They should make an aurora wolf coat/aurora animal pelts

[@wisniowy2022]

6:18:20- in the burn i find in the custom mode INTERLOPER/RIFLE RABBIT HAT

[@Maadson]

Stalker is my go to, cause I honestly enjoy the guns. The wolves quickly get annoying tho, but then again... I do have guns.

[@paulgerald1985]

Hi Zak. When you first enter the gold mine, look at your feet before moving forward. Sometimes there is some loot there

[@Zaknafein]

Good tip - easy to forget. Like the corpse in the Dam.

[@ricknelsonduke]

love these, not so much the streams. Watch every one, looking forward to new ones with the DLC respawn of all of your monster runs...

[@jamandcracks8875]

I’m starting a new voyager run to get all skills to level 5 too. I want to finish it before the new update so I can just play interloper. I’ve been looking up online how long this would take so I’m glad to get some tips off master zak

[@mindaugasstankus5943]

Won't take long. In Stalker without cheesing, grind, feat and playing slow by day ~100 I had lvl 5 cooking (mostly can food, ravaged carcasses and books), harvesting (ravaged carcasses and books) and fire. Rifle (read short shooting guides before lvl4, then 25h ones), pistol and ammo crafting lvl5 just reading books, most the times, by day ~150-200 and find extra books too. Bow leveling up by making arrow and it's go very fast. Only grind I made was fishing, always finding very few books. Mending can be grind sometimes, but end up with half way to lvl5 just from books and fixing top gear around day 150, lvl5 by day ~250. My journey to all lvl5 and 500 days. Now time to watch Zaks journey.

[@kurgisempyrion6125]

@@mindaugasstankus5943 You can ram tailoring/mending early - go to Milton grab all the scarves, gloves and hats that take little time and resources to repair - Milton has cloth everywhere and then use them to boost it early, every time they drop 1" repair again

[@dethwisper]

I went to the upstairs area of the barn in pleasant valley and found a dead body with a stim, as well as a balaclava and a backpack with a rifle cartidge, marine flare, and drink in it by the hay bale. I'm playing on voyager, so there is a possibility of loot up there on voyager at least.

[@Zaknafein]

It was changed with the DLC patch in December. Even on interloper there is loot there now :)

[@thevikinghatgm235]

From 15:00 - is that a fire's smoke beyond the trees?

[@Zaknafein]

Its the foam of the waterfall :)

[@UNholy96]

I need to get that backpack, I tend to carry too much and I’m almost always too heavy or almost too heavy, tempted to try loper just so it’s harder for me to get encumbered

[@stanislavmegued554]

You can easily see crows this close at Signal Hill

[@rawnukles]

Wow I've got 440 hr and I've been doing it wrong. I learned so much stuff watching you play

[@mrwalter7205]

I can't even get a base that looks like this on Pilgrim lmao

[@ryanwelch3676]

I was playing yesterday and had a thought. They should add after so long of being tired you should pass out. And if you’re not in a safe location then game over

[@averyflatt2616]

First time visiting ash canyon I, for whatever reason (maybe a bug), couldn’t place my rope down on the spot to the gold mine. I really wanted the backpack, so I ended up risking it and billy goating down. I had no idea it was the proper path to billy goat down on until now. I guess I just got really lucky.

[@rosenscharf]

1:46:52 why do you not pick up the cooking pot?

[@Zaknafein]

Whoops, missed it :)

[@grumpkingames]

FWIW, according to the wiki, your wrong about the crampons, Zak. They increase your climbing speed, which means it will reduce stamina, fatigue, and calorie drain from the climb (the drain rate is the same, but you climb for less time). Also they decay relatively fast while worn, so it'd probably be best only to wear them when you need them, as they're giving you fairly minimal benefits most of the time.

[@Zaknafein]

Wiki is wrong. They are wrong about a few things but are mostly reliable. I tested it with footage side by side :) everything was identical except sprint meter. They could have patched it but I have not noticed any difference.

[@grumpkingames]

@@Zaknafein tested this myself. The wiki is definitely wrong, but your commentary is still *somewhat* misleading, I'd say. The crampons slow stamina drain, as you mention. But since climbing speed lowers as stamina drains, you *do* end up climbing faster, particularly in the latter parts of a climb. So you do still end up saving a good chunk of fatigue, because of the decreased time spent climbing.

[@Zaknafein]

@@grumpkingames interesting, thank you. When I did side-by-side video comparison, though, climbing speed was the same. The player reached the top at the same time.

[@5thearth]

Re: having a hard time hitting the wolves with the revolver at around 4:27:00, IIRC a weapon's status (percentage durability left) will also affect its accuracy. So maybe that was a factor too.

[@HazelStone-z4g]

@1:18:46 Those must be the type used by First Nations people to make traditional canoes...

[@Dennis-vm6lu]

It hurt my soul when you walked through the waterfall in the ash canyon cave without taking your clothes off and getting them soaked 😭

[@Yeet-nd6ob]

It’s only stalker I do the same

[@mrwalter7205]

It's honestly like a cheat code to know this much detailed information of routes and item locations. I've been playing this game for years and most locations are still a mystery to me😢

[@Skall-ex]

By the way, i noticed in older videos that you had a slight norweigan accent (hälsningar från sverige!), but now it is almost completely gone. Interesting, that! Your english is really superb.

[@zioming]

If you start harvesting a carcass, and then it thaws/freezes during the harvesting, does the game adjust the harvesting time mid-harvesting. If it does, they you shouldn't always believe the estimated harvesting time.

[@Zaknafein]

I believe it stays how it was when you began harvesting

[@alexmcd378]

Not to be greedy, but I'd be keen to see it done before and after the expansion, since it could change a lot. That's said, if I had to choose one, it would be after the expansion. But I'll take which ever 😊

[@zachd3916]

Making surviving the Underdark look easy

[@QenaitheCustodianGuard]

19:40 ish did you say "arrowhead jættebra they are always here?" or am I hearing things?

[@Zaknafein]

I am afraid that was your pareidolia brain :) I said "arrowhead yeah I forgot they are always here"

[@QenaitheCustodianGuard]

@@Zaknafein yeah looks like it was :( Thanks for your guides BTW, I found the game fairly recently and you've helped me alot!

[@Burago2k]

The new DLC only changes if you buy it, old save's in the long dark don't corrupt or get outdated.

[@Zaknafein]

Not exactly, the DLC outdates all your old saves even if you dont buy it. They reset it in December 2022. The DLC now is just added content. Even if you dont have the DLC you can no longer play old saves unless you use the Steam time capsule

[@Burago2k]

@@Zaknafein Inever had problems with playing old saves and i've never even heard of steam time capsule.

[@onedirectioninfection5756]

have you ever did faithful cartographer? if not, i'd love a video series on it!

[@Zaknafein]

I did it on my 500 day run yes :) Could maybe do it again on a new account one day