The Main Base - What does it look like after 1000 days in The Long Dark?

[@joshscollections]

My favorite base so far is the camp office. Good storage, a lot of space for guts and skins to cure, it's very close to the fishing huts for food, and I have a corpse upstairs who is my room mate. I call him Bob.

[@j0hndobile802]

I called him Teddie.

[@jakehunt3392]

You can stack hides & guts so space doesn’t really matter but camp office has a lot of LIGHT, fishing hunting, trapping & plenty of lumber around as long as you have a mag glass there’s almost no reason to leave,

[@joshscollections]

@@jakehunt3392 I don’t like stacking some items on top of each other. It ruins the aesthetic. I will stack sticks and logs though because it looks like a nice little pile.

[@ryanmaris1917]

You also have that cave that’s sits above the lake of you need to fend off cabin fever for a couple of days.

[@ToyotaTrucks9]

Imagine you come home to the base and Bob is gone.

[@snewpew]

I love how you have so much natural food that finding a scrap of 'real life' food is just a memento at this point. just a faded memory. One final can of Summit Soda...

[@jakehunt3392]

Once you get going it all stays in storage til you make your next move 😏

[@Neonravekid]

One final can.... of summit soda 🤣🤣🤣💀💀

[@jeffreyfulstone7763]

Personally, I'm a fan of the Farmhouse in PV on all difficulties. It's close enough to anything I want/need to use, has plenty of resources and tons of storage space. Plus, 6 burner stove for mass cooking/water

[@Marcy2200]

The Farmhouse in PV is my favourite base in the game. It's central, has a 6 pit stove, a workbench and it feels really cosy and homey. I love it.

[@Marcy2200]

@@konstantinoskountousias3099 What is your prefered main base then?

[@appalachiabrauchfrau]

fh pv is great as a hording base, I prefer one of the lookout towers but that's because they're comfy, not convenient lol.

[@ireilly2000]

@@konstantinoskountousias3099 there’s a car outside the farmhouse that helps with cabin fever. But also, that fire pit is probably the most valuable to me.

[@jeffreyfulstone7763]

@@konstantinoskountousias3099 there's a cave just across the road by the barn and fishing up the road a bit. It's not quite as convenient for fishing as Cabin in ML, but just as close as Trappers or Dam

[@ChristineRoquet]

What an amazing base. You've made me consider bears as a resource to pursue rather than run from screaming. Multiple fires, fish trophies, the value of worn out fishing tackle: my mind is blown. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@greg1569]

this genuinely seems like a vlog from a real survivor that is confined on great bear island and found ways to avoid boredom, so proud of the can he found like it was a big event 😂so fun

[@yorickmori7735]

It is truly disturbing how cold the world becomes over time, wearing two bear coats and still being cold????

[@Fox_Onii-san]

well, each bear coat gives you the whole 5c of warmth. So technically to survive -10 you'll need to of those.

[@yorickmori7735]

@@Fox_Onii-san but obviously you are going to wear more than just two bear coats hahahahaha.

[@themainman2827]

​@@yorickmori7735 that would be a problem for the bear.

[@whyareusobad3528]

Yea two bear coats snow pants and deer skin pants Two wool longjhons two climbing socks rabbit skin gloves rabbit skin hat balaclava and two thick wool sweaters and your still cold

[@flingonber]

@@whyareusobad3528 To be fair, though, it does get extremely cold up near the Arctic Circle where this is supposed to take place...some parts of the year in cities like Yakutsk it doesn't typically get above -35 F in the warmest part of the day and can get as cold as -80 F or lower at night. At that point I don't think it would really matter how many layers you pile on, if you're outside for long you're probably going to freeze to death.

[@Planzonal]

Quonset garage (CH) is my favorite base. so much room and supplies, and surrounding houses

[@azimuthclark462]

This looks like my game! On PILGRIM! Impressive. You make interloper look pilgrim. I've been learning a lot from your videos, thank you! I tried interloper...didn't go well. I'm having a lot of fun just learning maps. Walking around. Making things. I'm trying to improve my hunting skills, and earn some badges.

[@tomh8379]

going on pilgrim to learn everything is smart honestly .. that's what I did and then even after gaining quite a bit of knowledge i still got my ass kicked in the upper difficulty levels .. right now my mod run on voyager id my fav. I really do need to try some more stalker tho . but def helps.to learn amd get badges . hard to grind for skills when your getting chewed on lol

[@charlesbrown4483]

@@tomh8379 I jumped straight into stalker and died once, but then got the hang of it and I'm now on day 60ish and I'm set for life basically. My advice is on a new save go straight for the carry weight items. Get a rifle and some decent clothes and go to TM to get a moose. After you get it, let it cure in the cabin while you travel to AC to get the backpack, then once you get back to TM you can make the moose bag and all the sudden you have tons of carry weight which makes doing everything else much easier.

[@samljer]

@@charlesbrown4483 1 hundo this. Carry weight has a bigger effect then new players realize.

[@CroneLife1]

@@samljer, can confirm. I've gone back to The Long Dark to play the Wintermute thing and somehow lost my Well Fed buff for a brief period. That 5Kg reduction in my carrying capacity was crippling, even in that mode of the game.

[@Tettzz]

If you want to enjoy and explore the game at least try voyager. Pilgrim should be pretty much used only for testing

[@joshscollections]

I just wanted to say "Thanks!" for releasing these long form videos. I JUST found out about this game and finding resources for it was hard. I came across your videos and LOVE how you intricately explains your thought process throughout. I haven't finished the story mode yet, I am at Blackrock. I decided to try out survival mode to take a break from the main game and now I am hooked on it! I haven't played on interloper yet, I am playing on Voyager to get the feel for the game. I am just over day 100 on my first run-through and am having a blast! I am thinking of making the jump in difficulty because my main issue is boredom. The only time I feel threatened is when I make a silly mistake or push for something that I should have just waited for.

[@ericcartman9594]

For me is stalker the minimun dificulty worth playing. You can aldo try different challenges, wich are quite fun

[@kathyreeves1560]

I leave my extra prybars in the fishing huts to break the ice. Love this stash of items at your main base. Thanks for sharing!

[@whyareusobad3528]

I prefer heavy hammer over pry at because it’s repair item is renewable

[@neooblisk0084]

​@@whyareusobad3528 very fair point, I personally use crowbars just because I have so dang many of them and dont mind if most break, of course I do use the hammer too.

[@whyareusobad3528]

@@neooblisk0084 I’m really like scrooge the duck when it comes to anything in any games that’s not renewable I just hate that EVERYTHING has a shelf life(in TLD) Even a military coat hung in IDEAL conditions will degrade within a year or two in game When people are wearing Just heavy duty civilian coats from the 50’s and 60’s even today The color fades and you might lose a small amount of material but they last I personally have a Bulgarian great coat from 43? It’s perfectly fine and it’s wool unlike the in game coat that looks like much more durable canvas

[@neooblisk0084]

@@whyareusobad3528 that is completely valid. But I think everything having a shelf life is part of the charm of the long dark. Once you use something up you cant get more of it.

[@whyareusobad3528]

@@neooblisk0084 it’s fair to have a max repair amount of times or non renewable objects but objects just breaking for no reason is dumb

[@AlexWhiteUkraine]

My favorite base is Town Hall in PV (I play on Voyager and sometimes Stalker). It has 6 cooking spot stove, lots of storage locations (one of them is 200 kg wardrobe) so I can put different stuff in different storage. But my favorite part about it that even if I come back there during night time I don't need to use any light source to get from entrance to bed on the floor. There is a cave nearby where I can sleep to get rid of the condition when you can't sleep inside a house, few rabbit spots, lots of deers around and one of the biggest birch bark spawning areas in the game nearby. Bear and moose may also spawn there, and if they won't there are many other locations where they can spawn in PV. Fishing spot is somewhat far but it's ok - I rarely use it. The only thing that this base spot is missing to be absolutely perfect for me is a crafting table. It's not far in the Barn but there are wolves around, or I can go to the safe one in Farmhouse but it's a little bit far away. Overall PV is my favorite location in the game so it's a win-win for me :)

[@CroneLife1]

200 kg wardrobe!! What *is* that thing - a portal to Narnia? Dayum!

[@incog_nizant]

I think that Hinterland during a next big update should add a "Level 6" to at least some of the skills. For mending it should be that once you repair something to 100% it will stay at 100% until it is damaged either in a fall or during an animal attack. For the Archery Skill, you should be able to make a Sling Shot and launch stones to kill rabbits and bullets to scare wolves. For Fire Starting, 2 stick should be enough to start a fire; just rub them together if you have the fire pit set up already. What do you guys think?

[@shadowdeslaar]

a slingshot would be easier to use then a sling. But definitely if they added a sling it would be enough to kill a wolf. Scare a bear. And absolutely ADD THE ABILITY TO EAT CROWS.

[@CAlin-ro8dy]

And for Cooking level 6 you will be able to eat trees. Astrid keeps asking for it.

[@shadowdeslaar]

Perhaps we could Kill and Cook Crows..

[@PythonTP]

I think rubbing 2 sticks together would not work that is too unbelievable imo since I believe a fire drill can’t just be 2 random sticks and they’d be very wet as well in winter. Im not sure though

[@incog_nizant]

@@PythonTP It might be a bit ambitious, but I think that a "Fire Starting Level 6" should eliminate matches, firestrikers, torches, etc. With a stick and a cedar firewood piece, I know Les Stroud can make a fire.

[@Lakefruit]

No way!! I started a run recently after getting back into the game, and settled in the Camp Office as my main base & have been loving it so far! It was neat to hear you recommended it after stumbling upon it myself :)

[@briarrose8631]

My favorite base is the Mountainer's Hut on Timberwolf Mountain! It's prefect for a chill playthrough style like mine, fishing hunt right outside, along with tons of cattails for an early headstart on food. Bunny and deerspawns right outside, so I get to see them walking around when the sun comes up and it's gorgeous. Tons of wolves, a beer, a moose I occasionally see, and about 3 good caves in walking distance. There are also plan containors that you need a hacksaw for that are full of supplies. The hut itself is very nice with two beds, floor storage, work bench, and a beautiful fire place. There's a giant hole in the roof but as long as you keep a fire going during a blizzard you're fine. I've been living here for 76 days now and I am very content to just stay here indefinitely with occasionally going to Pleasant valley and Ash canone for more manmade supplies. :)

[@munixi9351]

I love graymothers house (as trippy as it is after playing the story), it has a 6x burner stove and a metric butt-ton of storage

[@Prometheus7272]

I’ve always felt that place was haunted I couldn’t live there 😂

[@Estie_cz]

I recently decided to make the camp office in Mystery Lake my main base, my other favorite building is Pleasant Valley's Thomson's Crossing, the community centre (the six-burner stove is a big plus and I like the building itself, light and spacious) and I also love the Farmhouse there for the same reasons). My favorite region is Coastal Highway but it's very poor regarding the locations that can be made bases. I have a secondary base there in the coastal house (the green one), but it's very dark and I cannot be inside without a lightsorce which makes it difficult to manage stuff. I only make main bases in areas where I can fish. And I only choose a bulding as a base if it doesn't have a corpse inside. In my first gameplay the camp office had a corpse that made me uncomfortable so I had my base in the Trapper's Cabin. Now in my second run, the corpse didn't spawn there so I'm good.

[@greyfur8005]

I play a bit different I'm more of a nomand run I have bases on nearly every map but their less bases and more way stations I mostly travel light but I aways keep ether a pistol or rifle on me (I died once to a moose it scared the shit out of me)

[@ggplata]

I remember finding this game in early access back in the day, was so impressed at the immersion it delivered. I haven't played it in quite a while but have fond memories. Surviving 1 day, let alone 1,000 days on interloper difficulty is quite difficult, this is impressive. I personally liked doing custom settings, making it easy to start out but having the world get increasingly difficult as time goes on.

[@igorz3551]

Do you lose everything if you die???

[@confusedturtle183]

@@igorz3551 you lose the whole save

[@igorz3551]

@@confusedturtle183 that's toughh

[@confusedturtle183]

@@igorz3551 it is. But I also like the idea of death being permanent and unavoidable.

[@SpookyRumi]

Bro I have over 500 hours and can't survive more than three days on interloper! That is insane, well done!

[@AmplifyChris]

It’s not that hard when you follow a couple of rules: 1. Find matches 2. Collect all Cattails 3. Find shelter 4. Light a fire and grab torches to fire chain the Fire and save matches 5. Never stay in a region or try to start a base till day 30-40

[@jameswoodruff7095]

This video convinced me to buy this game, what an awesome base. I will be going back and checking out the other videos you have on this game.

[@Zaknafein]

Thank you! Hope you enjoy the game. It is amazing!

[@save.theducks]

i like to imagine this is a survivors inner monologue to his imaginary friend

[@Error_404_Account_Deleted]

I stumbled into the Camp Office after leaving Pleasant Valley where I lived from Day 3-40 something. Glad to know the general area is really good. Been there for about 20 days now. Got a moose, found a revolver a few days later…phew. More wolves than my stay in Pleasant Valley which surprised me. Only seen one bear here. Pleasant Valley was loaded with them where I was. And the weather was a little worse.

[@cyrus05w]

I found out yesterday by accidentally hitting the wrong trigger on my controller something amazing that you do in your videos!!!!! I found out I can manually move stuff around after dropping it, I am so hyped about this because I'm going to be able to set up my own main base and every zone base I got... Oh my goodness that radio tower in pleasant valley looks awesome although the trek up there with all those blizzards as you mentioned there are a lot of lizards there.

[@furiousapplesack]

Once I figured that out, I meticulously stocked every shelf of the PV camp office with items. So much food went bad on the shelves, but it looks cool and I have no regrets.

[@testfire3000]

This is amazing! Love the details.

[@anyap1799]

My personal favorite bases are Jackrabbit Island in CH, the Community Center in Thompson’s Crossing (in PV), and the Camp Office or Trapper’s Cabin in ML. I always play on Voyageur because I’m actually not too good at video games, even though I love playing them. Also voyageur is hard enough lol.

[@greg1569]

that's the spirit! You'll get better over time... keep grinding

[@yoosh9034]

@@PresbyterianStandard It’s not really a gimmick, some people just want to be challenged. Voyager is fun but it’s extremely easy imo. You can basically do whatever you want and are never really punished for making mistakes

[@Thevideofish85]

I’ve found that Stalker is not that much more difficult than voyager. The animals are a bit more aggressive but not anything a torch and a stone can’t fix, and loot is less abundant but it’s not a huge leap to stalker.

[@CroneLife1]

I hear ya there, anyap1799. Voyageur is about as far as I can manage. Some of these guys make Interloper look like Pilgrim. I can make Pilgrim look like anyone's definition of Hardcore. I know my limits! :D

[@fractalgem]

​@@yoosh9034i made the mistake of walking into a cave in bleak inlet. One of fluffys.friends was happy.to punish me.for.that mistake.

[@siegfriedschmitz5260]

wow, impressed by the notes

[@Ericadams-yj7oj]

hahahahaha i havent played this game in years and dont remember too much, but as soon as i saw that cabin I remembered the entire landscape near it and the entire storyline. story mode took me so long

[@Adriaan1987]

I glitched myself into the river near the dam after about 300 days. Don’t ever try to get under the little bridge near the dam.😭 My favourite spot is the mountaineer’s hut at Timberwolf mountain.

[@marcusdonahue7124]

There’s a spot in mountain town, between the church and the farmstead where you can become glitched into the snow hills. Just ended my 50 day stalker, still pretty sour about it. One thing Hinterland should do is ad in a stuck fix of some sort, maybe you could check it as an option in the settings then save and quit and when you respawn it could give you five meters of free walking. Yeah it could probably be manipulated and bugged, but it would be hard to break the meta of the game if you had to save and reload. And hell, you’d still have to be able to use a bedroll to save which I don’t know if I even had one on me. Sorry for rambling, I just know that it’s so frustrating to be stuck “dead” when you’re at full condition and know exactly where you are and what you wanted to accomplish.

[@frogstamper]

Amazing video, double kudos for surviving so long, I've been away from the game for about a year now and came across your video for a few tips before I start a new game, its been very helpful. If you do read this I'd be interested to know how many near deaths you had on this run.

[@Zaknafein]

Hi frog. Thank you for your kind words. There were many near deaths. In short, I almost died from wolf+moose on Day 250, timberwolves around Day 411, surprise wolf Day 424, blizzard and rope around Day 650 and ice+surprise wolf Day 970. Probably others. If you watch my 500 Days video and 1000 days video, you can see most of the near deaths :)

[@homerocolombo1142]

Great video as usual man!

[@stormthefront1561]

Ty so much for share de info. That main base is amaizing!

[@alexroselle]

Impressive setup! As for my favorite base: after over 900 hours of game play time, I still don't have one favorite base above all others, because each has positives and negatives. But my top 3 are the ML Camp Office (almost perfect except for the yuck factor of an indoor corpse), the PV Community Hall (has everything but a workbench, but several are nearby), and the CH Quonset Garage (CH Garage was my #1 until I graduated to playing Stalker difficulty and the wolves got too bothersome). Other spots I would like a lot better if they were in regions I felt like staying in longer: TWM Mountaineer Hut, AC Angler's Den, and BR Old Substation.

[@aben8192]

I laughed really hard when I saw how he stored his herbal teas on the couch

[@SnowyRains]

Appreciate this now I got an idea of what to put in a base

[@Mantis_Toboggan_TrashMan]

I had no idea you could catch a 13 pound fish that's insane.

[@pulkmees]

Trappers Cabin was the goto spot in 2014 too. Not surprised you stayed there.

[@PhunkJoaquin]

U surely are a project manager in real life... Genius organisation - i love it hahahaha

[@CarlosCooksChi]

Bro isn't surviving. He's thriving

[@SprocketWalker]

I really enjoy your videos. My favorite are the NOGOA series you do. I get the feeling you don't enjoy NOGOA that much... but you're really good at it, and the difficulty makes it quite interesting. Thank you for the videos! Here's my vote for more NOGOA.

[@Zaknafein]

Thank you! Yes, NOGOA punishes exploration a bit much for my liking, but it's a great challenge. I hope to record more of it soon.

[@ibpositive757]

Holy shit, I can't believe how much you've collected here lmao. This is amazing!

[@75Krusty]

Amazing job. Well done indeed. I have also passed the 1000 days mark before. But only on Pilgrim mode. And perhaps around 1500 Days but died in that mine with gas. Have kind of periodic home bases. But every now and then gets bored of it, or realize I need to get something from another area/region. Regards from Krusty The Clown

[@RachDarastrix2]

Idea, what if they added a cave slate, and a chisel, and what you do is carve new whetstones out of the cave slate, and over time the cave slate grows back, like it did in that one cave when they cut some out to make a place for a wheelchair ramp?

[@jeremygonzal8603]

can't wait for the survival mode expansion!!!

[@ansuz444]

You have a very catchy and uplifting into.

[@donaldfarmer6257]

And also my favorite place to build a base at is at the camp office because If I go to the damn it's fast to get there

[@avex1025]

Just started my 1st interloper run after playing the game for 4 years never thought it would be hard lol

[@jeremygonzal8603]

it's a whole different game at interloper. i envy you and the time I just started playing that difficulty. :) right now, just waiting for them expanding it.

[@nugsnjugs9954]

The camp office is my favorite spot too. Right now I am at the farm in Pleasant Valley but Mystery lake is close enough to get to the ammo workbench in Bleak Inlet which is about a two day one night journey for me if I get the aurora right too I can use the milling station for my equipment.

[@demi5137]

Amazing base, and still so much resources after 1000 days geez! I am sure things respawn after a certain number of days, I went to summit at day 40, its now day 300 plus and I went back up there and found a firestriker at 88%! But yeah Amazing and congrtaz on 1000 days really amazing! 😀

[@Zaknafein]

Thank you! That firestriker is a guaranteed spawn on the Summit, so you probably just missed it the first time :) Things don't respawn, except if a patch hits and something is changed or introduced. The only things that respawn naturally are coal, wood, stones and animals (and beach combing items).

[@TheTeufelPenguin]

I use the cabin on the lake in the Wolf area. Easy to sleep close outside for cabin fever, good amount of wood around. No stove is the only downside

[@CleoHarperReturns]

Hoarder Cabin! Not surprisingly after 1000+ days of solitude there are a lot of parallels in the behavior.

[@katinwelly]

Today i learned you can balance tea on the armchair! 😂 awesome collection. Edit: also, Trappers is my favourite base too though I’ve also spent a lot of time based at the fishing huts in CH. 👍🏻

[@glassmoustache]

I have a few main bases but my favourite is the house across the road fro mthe garage in Coastal highway. Its got a nice fire and lots of storage and feels likea home

[@furiousapplesack]

I like to use both that house and the garage together. The garage for curing and tool/crafting stuff, house for food/clothes/etc, and they're close enough to run between them safely.

[@CountFernandoPartridge]

Awesome prybar collection mate!

[@slidhomes3439]

There is a spot behind the rabbit hill where a fire will never blow out.

[@chriswood4510]

I recently moved from the camp office to the hunters cabin near the maintenance shop aways out. But omg it’s been amazing for furs out that way. I’m on the easy mode so it’s not too difficult out there

[@lilstrats944]

I got a crazy story. I got back from Milton and I was stockpiling food to finish Signal Void. I was hoping for a doe but I got a bear. I went back to Milton and got more stuff, I got back to Trappers and there was a moose!! I went to get the backpack, when I got back to Trappers.. another bear!! Bear, moose, bear at Trappers within three weeks!!

[@jaytee3557]

After 3.5 years? Wow count me out

[@scottrushton6154]

Instead of one main base Ive multiple set up, two in Mystery lake, thinking of making another two in Pleasant Valley aside from the community centre, I have one set up at the forge in Forlorn Muskeg, Broken Railroad, Transfer pass, Forsaken Airfield, the farmstead in Milton, one at the ammo forge in Bleak Inlet and the gas station in Coastal Highway, with plans to expand to HRV, Blackrock, Zone of contamination, and setting one up at Keepers Pass, Desolation Point, and making sure supplies are everywhere I may go to, and set up chaches in places where i typically get lost alot.

[@superspider64]

I remember reading on TVTropes that there's a Beachcombing mechanic of some kind for finding resources that are normally non-renewable like matches, maybe you could use that to get more flare rounds for your flare gun

[@Zaknafein]

Thats true but you cant get flare shells from that

[@superspider64]

@@Zaknafein Aw beans I thought you could, nevermind lol

[@canis39]

@@Zaknafein I actually just found a flare shell while beachcombing at Coastal Highway!

[@Sleepyjew]

Super cool video dude. Thanks for keeping this content going. It really inspires me in game and irl.

[@Noicul]

May I suggest Gear Decay Modifier. Great mod to make decay more realistic. Also, Place Anywhere makes it possible to stack items or put hides on walls. Cheers.

[@ironicprofilepic6367]

I know it probably isn't the case, but when you say you can place hides on walls, I'm just imagining an animation where you just throw the hide against the wall and it sticks to it with a wet slap.

[@winterwolf8046]

After watching this, I'm going to start hoarding random bits that I've left everywhere. Also, why not carry the coffees with you all the time, you never know when they might save you.

[@mehmethacioglu2092]

He survived 1000 days man

[@shadowdeslaar]

I like Caves, Branches, and anything that is outdoors!

[@gam3ove472]

Me: Survived a week in the long dark. Him: Survived 1000 days Me: 👁️👄👁️

[@Winer4Ever]

9:20 Flare shell can be used if they are ruined ?

[@dp9ch]

Nice base, looks crowded though. Maybe you want to move it all to Camp Office and keep the second story neat and comely. It's not the longest haul imaginable. Regarding "backup tools because they cannot be repaired anymore": I think you could repair them at the milling machine.

[@Zaknafein]

Thank you. I don't mind it being cramped, as long as it is organized. Yes, you can repair it at the milling machine, but BI is my least favourite region. I've only repaired them once there.

[@yellowdracula9912]

GG good video I love that u use the note for anything I usually base in the farm of pleasent valley but i play stalker

[@marcinburgund3644]

My middle name is „just in case” but when I checked it in the dictionary I saw „Zaknafein” as definition 😁

[@nicholasjayaputra5754]

I mostly spend my time in fishing huts, because I personally think that most indoors are pretty creepy

[@scott-richards]

good work. kudos.

[@markknight5178]

Spray paint... there isn't any real use for them, but I just started collecting them anyway. Now, the cabin fever makes sense.

[@TheGallicWitch]

what were you tracking in the journal, was it the weather? I'm always super interested in what other veteran TLD players keep track of in their journal, i'm a serial note-taker in TLD lmao

[@Zaknafein]

Yes, it was crows and weather, to see if there is a pattern (doesn't seem like it so far)

[@ludicrous_spd]

I've been playing for a bit and have tried thinking of a way that a run could be indefinite. I haven't thought of a way yet. Eventually the only thing you to be able to do is fish but eventually you'll run out of scrap metal to make hooks. Do other resources respawn at all? Like saplings and stuff? I know animals respawn but if nothing else does then you'll run out of ways to kill them for food. Not saying it's not possible just been thinking about it.

[@Zaknafein]

Runs can go infinite. I am working on a video about it now. Out later this month or the next.

[@whyareusobad3528]

The key to a a run lasting forever is beach combing Things wash up on shore after every blizzard IIRC you can get clothes arrows saplings tools ammo Meds food etc. Sometimes a boat can wash ashore with arrows and axes Or flare guns Also lockers and trunks can wash ashore I like to spawn in coastal highway get a full outfit made from as much animal poets as I can and a good stockpile of 20 or so arrows and tools then adventure out I always harvest stuff by hand or use a heavy hammer (hammer can be repaired with wood that also washes on shore ) Scrap metal and harvestable things also was up on shore so you can use that And if you get bored of fishing you can go hunting since saplings can wash up on the shore Also just an FYI Saplings rose hips and lichen do not respawn The only things that respawn are branches tree limbs sticks stones and birch bark You can find all of these things on the shore though when they wash up

[@Joe-3.]

so a moose spawned for me near trapper's homestead, but i didn't have anything to hunt it with. came back later when i was ready and it was... gone? i checked everywhere but i couldn't find it, not even a carcass, any explanation?

[@Zaknafein]

Moose will spawn and despawn somewhat randomly. Having found it does not mean it will be there later. However, if it was not killed, then the likelihood if finding it again soon is much higher. Just check again here and there

[@Joe-3.]

@@Zaknafein Alright, thank you for the tip Zak!

[@SirWilliamOlsen]

Nice work. I use Camp Office. Just lived there for 100 days.

[@AussieOutlaw]

With everything you have where is the challenge to keep playing ?

[@Zaknafein]

There is always something to do. Something left to explore. Something to test. Something to create. I doubt it can ever end if you want to keep going

[@sethhouston362]

Always was the trappers for me but then my current run is at the camp office just hit day 101, other than that I lowkey like the farm house in paradise valley but that’s just because I liked the size of it with fireplaces

[@scsangler9373]

Does clothing deteriorates at the same rate whether stored in a container or just laying on the floor or on a shelf?

[@spangboy303]

Yeah I think it does. I have a feeling the only difference is whether the clothes are inside or outside.

[@Zaknafein]

Yeah it makes no difference, as long as they aren't exposed to the elements outside.

[@gil7068]

i play on pilgrim and my favorite base is the quonset, there's a bear and moose spawn right there and there are fishing huts convenient.

[@markmontreal7815]

Can you use the lantern to light up stoves and campfires? I figure fire and bandages from cloths would be the first expended resource that would cause your death. I guess you can live past your last matchstick if you’ve cooked a ton of meat and boiled also a lot of water, but ultimately you’re dead because you ran out of fire. But the you’ll be doomed when your last lantern can’t be repaired from depleted metal scrap. And finally I figure running out of cloth, hence bandages, will get you killed from bleeding out open wound eventually…

[@Bearmauler]

Both cloth and scrap metal can be found via beachcombing. Also you can start fire by maglens .

[@MemoOrdilalenguota]

My personal favorite Is Hibernia Processing in DP, at least for the fiest months in the game. Rabbits, deer and wolves spawn nearby so I never run out of food, forge Is nearby, lots of resources in there and if I ever have to change of región I can move fast through the mines. Only con Is that I can't fish un that zone so lantern Fuel Is an issue

[@rockabillly88]

Fish anywhere now

[@tjbarke6086]

My long runs always eventually die to my ADHD after I accidentally go AFK for too long...

[@chriswood4510]

I had a moose spawn directly across the trappers cabin. But yea just like you 1 time….. he got away

[@rhyshirah]

I have 3 that I go to though one of them is a bit weird. 1- Trappers Cabin 2- The Viken 3- Tail of the Plane in Timberwolf (I use the hut on Crystal lake to cure things).

[@George_Shonia]

Dude have so much resources that it's enough until developers release their next game

[@ireilly2000]

So fun to watch, learned lots of little tips from you. All I can offer you in return is an end game use for prybars 😂 I leave at least one at all my preferred fishing spots, so I don’t have to degrade tools I care about.

[@Zaknafein]

Thank you! I use hammers for fishing, since they just require wood to repair :)

[@jeremygonzal8603]

@@wnchstrman that's true. I've never had a real use to always lug a hammer since they're dreadfully heavy and an axe is great defense against wolves and actually kills them. true, in the endgame, very little use for wolves for anything, but that's still one less wolf on that area for a few days.

[@savalije2405]

Is it ok to have 2-3 bases per a region ? or just stuff everything possible into a single one like here

[@yellowdracula9912]

at the beginnig yes but must have a base I personally base in pleasentvalley but i play stalker not interloper

[@Zaknafein]

Sure, I have one base in every region and several sub-bases. However, it is often helpful to have one main base just to for better overview, access, and planning.

[@ireilly2000]

Of course man, you can play however you like. I like to have lots of little caches on well travelled paths where I can hole up for a night if there’s a blizzard or I’m injured. But that’s just the basics- food, fuel, water, cloth, a couple matches for survival and resupply. Just from a pragmatic standpoint, if you spread your good kit out too much, you’ll forget where it is when you need it.

[@arneoestringen6660]

I use the garage, just for the shelf storeage.

[@xAnAngelOfDeathx]

Great work. Awesome game.

[@MrNobody-zx4jz]

I m proud of you son

[@michaelkey9549]

Cool name. Love RAS's books.

[@larrymayfield6118]

Weapon Master of Daermon N’a’Shezbaernon, more commonly referred to as Do’Urden?

[@Zaknafein]

It is I, but I abandoned the ways of the drow and embraced Canadian survival

[@tracydeclan1198]

What do you usually do when you get Cabin Fever at Trappers? The only reason I don't use trappers for loper runs is because caves/fishing huts are too far and dangerous

[@Zaknafein]

I usually go on my next adventure when it happens, and it gets cured by travelling. Or I go to the Lake Overlook cave by the camp office.

[@r.i.t.randominterestingthi4031]

cool video's now show us what does it looks like after 2000 days :D

[@FutureFocusTraders]

Just my first game longer than 5 days.... both pilgrim and voyager........ see you in 6 years when I do the same in interloper :))

[@pure_starlight661]

Hey Zak, i got an idea for your "things to do" list. first time i have been in the mines at ash canyon (backpack n craboons), and after i looted everything inside the mines, i decide to check again the front area outside before leaving. so im taking this walk by the river to check if there is a body close to the waterfall, as you spoke of in your AC video, and why not, check the view to the lower levels from there. so here i am standing to the edge of the waterfall. Hell this looks like an easy way down, going from one rock to an other like a real goat. why dont i give it a try, and if it turns i cant, then i ll hit esc, and reload back in the mines cave. first little jump goes fine. plenty of space to move, i could even put the bedroll down and take a nap with the sound of falling water in my ears. second jump down and boom. strain ankle and saving. F@ck. i can't go back. So i got to climb all the way down, and in the end, if i make it alive, there are 4 wolves waiting for me just in time for dinner. i wont say to you if i managed to get away alive, its just an idea for your list. climb down the mines waterfall in ash canyon.. bb

[@thebeautifulfamily8938]

I’m just downloading this game and hoping that it’s a fun little game I love survival games so praying this one is actually good.

[@igorz3551]

@Hey there! Hi there! It's free w game pass and I'm thinking of download it is it hard??? I usually find survivor games that have hunger/thirsty or climate damage hard

[@crimsonsakura2184]

Wow. I thought that the maximum amount of days possible to survive is about 2 000, but when i saw all of these cured saplings i understood that it's about 3 000 or even more, bcs. the fire is infinite (mag. glass + sticks), water and food is infinite too, the outlayer clothes are made of animals and pretty much infinite too. They only finite thing is scrap and cloth, so the biggest problem will be wildlife encounters and tool management. (Kinda sad that moss bandage doesn't treats bleeding. it would be great) I'm always trying to set the base at camp office, bcs. it's pretty much the best due to the resources around - a lot of wood, deer, fish and rabbits with not such a huge threat of encountering wolves. But if the camp office wasn't existing i would choose the milton town, bcs. it has pretty much of the resources needed for survival, but there's always a chance to encounter a wolf when running from church to the home or from the home to the gas station. Also, Milton is pretty good because there are a lot of cars and houses to store loot inside.

[@nevar108]

You can also do "beach combing" which will extend you late game almost indefinitely.

[@markmontreal7815]

Well fire is finite they run out and mag degrades…. Maybe can you use lantern to make fires? But then scrap metal will run out and so will lantern…

[@crimsonsakura2184]

@@markmontreal7815 I don't think that mag lens can degrade, it just has different condition upon spawning but i never saw it changing. About lantern - no, you can't use it for starting fires.

[@markmontreal7815]

@@crimsonsakura2184 I’ve seen it degrade like 2% after every use…. I’m very sure lol, haven’t loaded the game in a while

[@reitairue2073]

​@@markmontreal7815No that's the Firestriker. The mag lense stays good unless hit by bear or moose.

[@Cabledawgphoneg]

Im liking the maintenance shop at broken railroad has the outside area and I can kinda cheat on the wolves there and shoot down at the bear from the cliff by the cabin, whatever the 2nd difficulty is what I'm playing as now

[@imthegoat94]

Salmon and Trout are anadromous freshwater fish

[@karkim3608]

Hi Fantastic video, i have to try the game congrats A lot of sucess