Weapon Tier List - The Forest

[@TazFW]

love that he put a timer on the top for each item, never normally see people put any effort in tier lists. Watching the whole thing but still think its cool lol

[@erronblack308]

I mean, he has that in quite a few videos.

[@0xAAA]

Fun fact youcan have like 100 toys as for some reason the parts respawn

[@JasonLoves-You]

@s1apzz everything in general resets on reloading your world. you can build custom stairs back into the plane and get equipment pretty easy

[@notrealkhris]

or just jump depending on your spawn.@@JasonLoves-You

[@edwardadamczak-y6n]

you can also dupe weapons in single player

[@Joe-zr7yg]

In fact, you can dupe anything that can be put on a sort of storage in multiplayer.

[@hugegamer8004]

@@JasonLoves-You You can usually spam jump and shimmy up into the plane anyway.

[@kenabbott8585]

One big advantage to the fire arrow is that you can basically keep one lit and nocked, and it stays lit indefinitely. That gives off a lot more light than your lighter does, and it doesn't burn out like other fire weapons.

[@Hoosierkid1327]

My friend & I just started playing like a month ago, we’re probably pushing 18 or 20 days now if I’m not mistaken lol 🤣 Our work schedules interfere but this is one tip we’ve overlooked 💀💀😫

[@frabre1810]

The best weapon, is your heart. And your rabbit boots expecially if you never wash them through the whole gameplay. Edit: OMG, 600 likes and 6000 people not getting a joke:0

[@stormtallaksrud3718]

Wash?

[@MollynDiamonds]

@@stormtallaksrud3718 its a joke

[@Errors4Free]

How to obtain heart?

[@MollynDiamonds]

@@Errors4Free its a joke dumba$$

[@JohnFartblast]

explain

[@Nikkes208]

It really amazes me how much Love and Detail you put into the Design and Presentation of your Videos. The timestamps and the duration indication bar on the top for each weapon you talked about are great examples for that. So, thanks and cheers!

[@swirle13]

I can't wait until Sons of the Forest comes in out a few days, so thank you for putting out some forest content in the mean time. Can't wait for your coverage and discoveries in SotF 🙏

[@MobileAUS]

Agreed

[@dandandan01]

I was excited until they did a 180 and instead said it's now early access. Just gonna wait until full release so I'm not disappointed and a beta tester. Multiple delays and 3 weeks before launch it's now going to be early access - can't be good surely.

[@Danndoooo]

1 day

[@JackAllpikeMusic]

@@dandandan01 I sort of get where you are coming from, but respectfully I think you may be being a bit too harsh. This *was* Endnight's first attempt at releasing a game fully, without Early Access - and that must be difficult especially with a team size as small as they have. I believe Endnight has like 10-15 people working on SotF, whereas other games of this calibre usually have a lot more. I think the game is going to be fine in Early Access - it's just not going to be as polished as they wanted, and they didn't want to delay it again - nor did they want to call it a "full release" and still have some polish work that needed to be done, as most games tend to do now. I think Early Access is a great compromise between delaying the game yet again, and a full release. Multiple delays really isn't that uncommon now unfortunately, though I understand how frustrating it is. Just look up how many games were delayed in 2022. Anyways, I don't wanna harp on about it too much, I do understand where you're coming from and how frustrating it can be. But I do think it'll be better than you think. :)

[@m3r762]

@@JackAllpikeMusic Not to mention first game did well in EA so I don't mind it. DEFO buying it personally.

[@bquick94]

It’s interesting how despite whatever the actual stats are so many who play the Forest use a different main weapon. In the beginning I go katana, towards the middle modern axe, then at the end the machete and the modern bow. Would be cool in SotF if there were no visible stats for weapons so you really gotta get a feel for everything and decide based on feeling and not stats.

[@syobon_karo]

The katana is the worst weapon you cant even block the best weqpon is the head club that the humanoids drop

[@goofygoober622]

@@syobon_karo just dont block then, *dodge*

[@775jackdude]

The katana is my favourite weapon.

[@gamer546lg5]

The crafted club is my favorite weapon

[@MetalGodOfLegend]

I love both modern axe and katana

[@arenomusic]

7:16 This is how all tier lists should be made, I genuinely love how blatantly subjective the ranking is :) Too many people try to be an authority, thanks for just sharing your experience and input

[@futuristicbus61]

So freaking excited for SOTF, just two days left! In the meantime, I’ll be enjoying as much forest content as possible

[@debiweaver3238]

me too so excited

[@tetsuu488]

@HPLovecraftsCat 😴😴😴

[@garry3414]

Game sucked

[@Joe-zr7yg]

@@garry3414 … No it didn’t

[@garry3414]

@@Joe-zr7yg It's okay by itself but a bit of a downgrade from the original

[@mrclassyduck1911]

I like most of the weapons in the forest and I am excited to see what new and fun weapons to use in sotf keep making videos. Good Luck Don’t Slip

[@hypn0298]

It’s nice to see one last interesting video (as always) on the first game before Sons of the Forest releases!

[@joshmclovin]

A 36 minute Farket video about The Forest? Yes please, excited to play and watch your videos of the sequel.

[@channingtaintum]

14:56 "I don't know what they call it 'cause I'm .. not in a place that has snow." made me laugh out loud. Great list.

[@metasamsara]

a SLED :p

[@NeuroGuh]

I like to consider hair spray an S tier easily. It’s got a lot of ammo, and if you just ‘tap’ it, you can get a ridiculous amount of use out of it before it runs out, and it trivializes basically the entire game because you can just grab it at the modern axe cave (somewhere you’ll end up at one way or another) and it can last you to the fight with Megan.

[@enfield0364]

Love the content mate, excited to see you going through in Sons of the Forest soon

[@GilbusTheCoder]

Still releasing forest constant when sons is out in about 17 hours. What a true g. In until the end. I'd love to see a throwback forest series in a year or two when we've all got it out of our systems. Love your work mate keep it up.

[@austinbevis4266]

17 hours? You mean 5 and a half hours right?

[@poser_bob9781]

@@austinbevis4266 different time zones

[@Jmod8]

Loving all these videos, really helps build up hype for sequel. Also, makes me sad to realize that one of these days its gonna be your last video on The Forest...assuming the sequel makes the OG obsolete.

[@leshape192]

The og will always be a classic

[@harpal-_-xxx3397]

Bought this game for my friend and I to play together on ps4 and honestly love watching your videos they’re so informative genuinely so glad I’ve come across your channel. Thank you

[@Thevideofish85]

I completely agree with you, especially with the Katana's value being different between Normal and Hard Survival. Even after 1000+ hours in the game I usually prefer the katana over the modern axe because I never got good at melee combat. The speed to the katana can be a live saver if you're not great with reading enemy animations and timing. I've found that due to my crappy melee skills I always do better with the katana. With that said in hard survival the katana is just not worth it. You just don't do enough damage with it, especially when you're surrounded.

[@GamingSimp]

Really great list!! Man that can of spray had gotten me out of trouble so many times 😂👍

[@bonetodesfall]

The spear is honestly a great weapon against mutants. You can dodge the mutants' attacks(or set them on fire if it's a cowman) and kill them with 5 spear throws on normal difficulty. The spear bag can hold 5 spears at a time and it's even better if you pick up the spear after it hits the mutant

[@xitwoundzzz]

I played through years ago and just started again the other day. Figured I'd use someone else's expertise and here you are delivering. Thank you!

[@soelocust8792]

This next video drop is gonna be fire. Were waiting.

[@j_tha_panther]

I can barely get past spawn💀

[@J_GoTTi]

Try camping near water so you can run.

[@sinmasteas]

bro I was the same until I just said screw making a base and went on a k***ing spree because cannibals wouldn’t let me cut down logs

[@M3T4LGH05T]

Find beach build wall so you have to swim to get inside. Build base.

[@EdvardSiniy]

skill issue

[@ouoo5680]

@@EdvardSiniy fr

[@Breached18]

In case you're wondering, Modern Axe is in Son's Of The Forest

[@BlackwaterBronn]

Someone is playing Sons of the forest Live, right now as I speak. How and what isn't it you? Lol, we love you bro.

[@IlPane1505]

Damn, at the end of video I've been hit by a huge wave of nostalgia. This is probably the last video of Farket on The Forest, it's the end of an era. I'm looking forward for the next one. See y'all tomorrow in Site 2.

[@mowlye6790]

@Textthenumberabover...1 weirdo

[@rrrrrrr187]

@@mowlye6790 You're responding to a robot lmao

[@mowlye6790]

@@rrrrrrr187 yeah that bot is a weirdo

[@rbin2364]

Great tier list, we actually played The forest the other day in preparation for SOTF and I can honestly agree with all this

[@Noctazar]

I've always had a soft spot for the machete.

[@shacuras8201]

@@sneezylasagne8534 that little stick on the crafted bow is basically an aimbot

[@sicwriter]

At 99 strength the machete is my favorite, cause by then you'll likely have an abundance of armor and a good idea of attack patterns making block unnecessary tbh.

[@kinkajuu1]

Cannibal heads?

[@damnsonwheredyoufindthis.3830]

Same, too bad the damage is piss poor so i just use it for fun sometimes

[@craftysmithkeith3653]

The crafted bow is so OP I am surprised that I don’t see forest tubers using it more

[@sawyerclark8222]

I make it first in all my worlds its so useful for hunting most animals and if you want too you can make a tree platform or sit in the yacht and shoot mutants with fire arrows on normal

[@damnsonwheredyoufindthis.3830]

Because modern is better in every way besides draw speed, which isn't even that much lower. Against cannibals both 1 shot so doesn't really matter, just modern is easier to aim over mid to long distances before the cannibals even attack. But against mutants modern is just blatantly better, not even preference question like against the cannibals. Problem with modern (not really a problem if you ain't a newbie who just got it for the first time) is that you need to learn how to aim with it, and depending on which arrows you use the aiming is different due to arrow length since you aim with the arrow(with fire or crafted arrows the gap between the target and arrow tip needs to be bigger than with modern arrows due to being shorter than modern arrows). So after using crafted and swapping to modern it can be a bit tricky at first, especially if you get used to modern arrows and then decide to use fire or crafted arrows. Once you know how to aim with it you'll never go back to crafted due to better damage, range, arrow speed and accuracy. Arrow speed may seem irrelevant but it actually matters a lot when shooting running targets since faster arrow = less lead = low chance to miss

[@morcjul]

This man has a PhD in Forestology

[@desmondm728]

Farket man, I am looking forward to all your upcoming videos for SOTF!

[@geniusenigma]

I appreciate you making this video and breaking it all down. I literally just started The Forest. It's been in my library for years and the release of Sons of the Forest is whats motivating me to play the first one.

[@escape2880]

The zoom in feature of flaire gun makes it very useful to see enemies from a safe distance.

[@crondellduvall]

Great, well thought out video... loved the indecisiveness of the machette though hahahahahaha. So excited to see what you do with SOTF.

[@_roberr1862]

I’m new playing the forest;) gonna start using the club now😁

[@foxtrapchan2216]

At this point your Voice is peek ASMR for me. I literally get home, put one of your videos on and get on with my routine

[@fluzzles]

I can't wait for this man to pump out Sons of the Forest content soon🔥

[@parkerault2607]

It's lovely hearing the dulcet tones of Farket on the regular again!

[@S1ph3r]

I was excited for this list until I saw it was for the forest and not sons :(. Did you ever do a sons tier list yet?

[@yaa280]

Farkettt , i waitting playing you son the foresttt!!!

[@VanguardMilitarus]

Where you at Farket SotF is out and we're waiting!

[@mortache]

Glad to see you're posting regularly again

[@JacksonWacksonFlackson]

Bro putting a peice of rock with some fabric on it above the crafted axe is crazy. I do agree tho. 👍

[@JackAllpikeMusic]

I definitely agree with the Upgraded Spear being in B tier. It's my favourite early game weapon because you can get it very fast, I know you can get other things faster which are better - for but someone like me who doesn't like rushing the best gear immediately - it's great. Really solid weapon for the early game.

[@domgraham7503]

Getting headshots with the flintlock pistol is easy. You can also duplicate ammo if you have 31 and the pan that you get in multiplayer. Honestly, if you want to get it, bring at least one friend, go to modern axe cave and get dynamite, and then go to the 8 locations. It’s really useful, and I would actually put it in its own section above the others. Truly very useful, and a necessity. Though, that’s just my opinion of it.

[@WildRapier]

@3:08 Looking closely at the CLUB I just noticed it has a snake wrapped around it.... yet no snakes in the game! Food for thought!

[@Tas_Ydrokolios]

I used the upgraded spear as my main weapon and imo it is a very good weapon, especially if you know how to hit enemies without losing any stamina

[@damnsonwheredyoufindthis.3830]

Wouldn't say its good, it def ain't bad tho. Where it really comes in clutch is when a cannibal is near your more fragile structures that you don't wanna hit with a swinging weapon, due to having little aoe the crafted spear is perfect for hitting them without also taking a swing at your structures

[@Ltoothless]

cant wait for all your videos excited is a understatement

[@crawlingvase]

100% pulling an all nighter tomorrow to play the game the second it launches!

[@aidencoyle8227]

Farket bro, as a console player i CANNOT wait to experience you playing. obvi id prefer to play as myself but as a proxy,, you are a godsend. thank you.

[@agentray]

You should do a cannibals/mutants (including the blue ones) tier list, like how easy they are how hard, their design, etc.

[@hurmzz]

There are blue mutants!?

[@takif2]

@@hurmzzspoilers but yeah, they're basically late game recoloured versions of armsy and virginia with higher hitpoint and damage. I don't think blue cowman exists

[@hurmzz]

@@takif2 no worries I finished the game, but never noticed them. Maybe not enough difference from the grey ones for my eyes..

[@erronblack308]

Prob not happening now

[@erronblack308]

@@hurmzz they are the same ones. Obviously a bluish grey so they have been considered either/or for a long time. Surprised you’ve never heard of that.

[@beefjerky2208]

Farket with the clutch upload

[@spicyr4men]

I literally cannot wait for you to bring sons of the forest videos

[@hottrash8970]

New trailer analysis coming up? love you tall survival Australian man

[@SuthosGaming]

it would be awesome to see you and the outer middle show do a multiplayer stream together 👌

[@ZoeLycan]

I'm replaying the forest, this time with friends (finally) and I came across this old video of yours, and also watched the one or armor. I always go full camo armor. I never knew it had the disadvantage that it burns so quickly, but it makes sense. I when it comes to weapons, I want to share a small detail. Since I like to go sneaky mode for good headshots. I noticed something. If you attach a flashlight to a bow, enemies do NOT notice the light, or affects the chance of being noticed, as the game things you are holding a bow, not the flashlight. So It's great to have the flashlight attached to it and aim to light up your path. The game will consider it as if you are walking in the darkness. So even in hard difficulty I always try to go for headshots, if I encounter a stronger enemy or a mutant I still open with fire arrows or poison if I have them, as the passive extra damage is always useful.

[@CASS1__]

I always just use the upgraded spear and throw it, very easy to make from the start of the game and kills most cannibals in 1 to 3 throws. Just gotta think about aiming it towards the ground so in case you miss completely, it doesn't fly across the world, they're damn near impossible to find again. Definite S tier

[@infinitedeath1384]

I actually consider skull club S tier, because it swings faster than the modern axe because of the animations. It has fast horizontal swings, noticeably faster than the modern axe, even if you have 30 feathers on the axe, with the skull club not upgraded. This makes it a better weapon for dealing with those little fast cannibals, and the block has the same strength as the modern axe as well. I don't like the katana, because it has no block stat, so you take damage from all types of cannibals. With the skull club, you can block every cannibal attack except for cowman charges and molotovs from the fire cannibals. If you get cornered by armsy or virginia, you can hold block and tank all their attacks without taking damage.

[@damnsonwheredyoufindthis.3830]

Block is hardly important normally but i agree that it def hurts the katana because of its poor damage. Dodging is far easier than blocking so block normally wouldn't matter, but dodging multiple enemies effectively when out of stamina because you spent it all to kill 1 cannibal due to bad dam is not as foolproof anymore. Not having block as backup when out of stamina does hurt it.

[@infinitedeath1384]

@damnsonwheredyoufindthis.3830 I also like using block to parry the cannibals, because I'm pretty certain it gives a damage boost. I've slain cannibals much faster by parrying and getting a few hits in, rather than spamming the attack button. It's great when you can predict which attacks they will do, which is most notably their lunge attack.

[@SammichLS]

New player, nice to know this stuff. I like to make normal arrows to make poison arrows. Super helpful for hunting deer because of the poison damage stuns them, making it easier to catch them

[@issyaboi9000]

Can't wait to see sotf content from you when you play it!

[@TheGoldeneye9]

The part i just started laughing about (due to my sense of humour) was at 32:43 where he says "once you pick the ending that allows you to continue playing, that mutant starts to spawn in the real world". And it just cracked me up because imagine all the people that have completed this game and selected that ending and the mutant girl actually started spawning around the world in real life. Oh dear :') Great video as always though mate, thanks for the time and effort.

[@awsummjess]

Megan, the girl mutant does randomly spawn in on the map. I've fought her many times around the forest

[@VoidySan]

I've found I really like the improved spear, like the one with the bonez. I still don't even know where to find the modern axe or katana though.

[@nicdiaz6748]

sotf came out today. I found the modern axe. Maybe not the same exact one, but there’s a modern axe in the game

[@212something]

Patiently waiting for Farket’s first sons of the forest gameplay video

[@metalmachine4433]

I had a feeling that you were going to put modern bow & arrows to the top of the list. They together are everything a survivor needs in the game. Once you have it, every other weapon seems like support items. Headshot is too powerful. What makes flintlock sooooo bad, is the bugged headshots with it. It just doesn't matter how good your aim is, even if you get all the headshots delivered with the modern bow, it won't give you headshots. The gun is just a fun weapon because of that, like the arm, stick, head etc.

[@itsrobby3487]

I'll make sure to use my knowledge gained from this list to benefit me in my final day of playing this game. Can't wait for Sons!!!

[@its_kaycakes]

Yes! Farket content!! ❤

[@AlyCarm]

Can't wait to watch your series!!

[@toad4246]

Ooh I was just getting back into watching your videos today and now you post how lucky am i

[@ezoni8438]

In VR the upgraded spear is ridiculously good, theres literally no danger when using it in VR just cuz of how long you reach with it

[@colbiashimaru]

I love vr the forest but not only does connecting to my computer with my quest 2 overheat my computer but I get motion sick after 5 minutes 😂

[@ezoni8438]

@@colbiashimaru well the sickness goes away with the first few hundred hours in VR, i have 4000 in my index alone and i got like no sickness from anything anymore

[@Sinyao]

The spear is strong irl, no surprise it's good on VR.

[@christianlentine3823]

Thank you for this guide. I really needed a guide to know that a chainsaw was a better weapon than a slab of meat

[@Azginarth]

The thing about molotov is that it provides unlimited light source because (as far as I know) it never goes out. I loved it in the caves

[@Louis.7493]

i also have some sort of configuration for weapon slots too it helped me survive for a long time and it falls to two categories survival: 1modern axe (if i have it otherwise it'll be rusty or plane) 2weak spear (for hunting) 3machete (for fast tasking and defense) 4bow or slingshot (for small game hunting) combat:1katana (it's my preffered weapon because it attacks fast and deals decent damage) 2club (to finish off with a heavy attack if the cannibal is downed) 3flintlock pistol (it has interesting properties against mutants..) 4any bow for distanced combat OR throwables to use them on crowds

[@seamusfinnegan1164]

Upgraded Spear is honestly S tier for me, I am just good at ranged melee weapons in games like this and the Upgrades Spear fits me perfectly, and I absolutely love it, but its major weakness is groups yes although if your good at picking groups apart, then thats not really a problem, though mutants just straight up need ranged weapons like bows, explosives etc with flare guns being my go too mutant killer.

[@TheEvanz14]

Why am I seeing a baby seal when I see the rock 🤣

[@saamyavari3021]

I love how indecisive farket is about the machete XD

[@futuristicbus61]

Now that SOTF is out, can’t wait to see Farket play it

[@Jvxier.]

I'm actually waiting for him to post a video 😭

[@amundbisgaard7295]

Well done. Thanks for posting.

[@Gaginho2002]

awesome video, great job!

[@Leandro-yr9jg]

36 minutes, thanks. Your voice btw is amazing

[@justpeaches1753]

Can't wait to see you play new sons of the forest!! Hope life is treating you amazing.

[@HansDerekTalion]

Hey Farket I'm excited to see you come back this year for a Son's of the forest series

[@_Solaris.]

17:08 I'd put that straight into A tier just because of the comedic effect of beating your friend with a fish in multiplayer 19:02 For the forest Vr the modern bow is absolutely awesome since drawback speed is as fast as you can move your arm irl, and headshots are so easy to do in vr

[@vuk1527]

Nice vid. You should do more tier lists

[@Fonzioo]

On the topic of the modern arrow… if you and your friend are playing have him give you all the arrows you can hold and when the last one drops just spam the hell out of it and you’ll glitch in hundreds of arrows, throw them in baskets and repeat and you’ll never have to look for any

[@SuthosGaming]

You and the outer middle show can't wait to see yas play son's of the forest asap

[@damnsonwheredyoufindthis.3830]

Kinda crazy of the club is so good yet so easy to get from enemies, you could argue about the speed but infinite swings + high damage and block really makes it great. Most of the time you can just stun lock most enemies to death with it and even if they escape and start to rapidly attack you can easily block until they stop and just stun lock em again. Has decent aoe as well, kept 2 cannobals stunned at the same time many times

[@indiefan99]

I agree with most of this list. Very informative. Onto Sons of the forest! 🗺

[@poosayslay666]

5 HOURS TO SOTF!! SO EXCITED

[@seventhruin]

I cant believe me and my friends finished the game without the modern axe(not saying we are so good we finished the game without it) but literally didnt know it was a thing before I watched this video , which came out of random recommendation xD.

[@Darkplasma26]

The Modern Axe is in Sons of the forest you can find it in a camp near the grave marker

[@redfuriesanimations]

I’ve done several speed runs of the Forest and I think the chainsaw is the most important tool to do it. It is a bit cheesy but I wait for the final boss to stick it’s legs through the wall in back and I chainsaw it until it dies.

[@Misted_Sugoi]

both of the spears theres a cool feature where when you poke the ground, it doesnt use stamina. you can aim it high enough to hit a cannibal, so you can attack them without even using stamina.

[@b.y.e4168]

I would actually love für you to deep-dive into 7 Days to Die because this game is so complex but you would certainly be able to „dumb it down“

[@cribs4551]

I only found The Forest 3 months ago 😂 moved from console to pc, loaded up unlimited hairspray and never looked back. But I do hear the screams of the burning dear in my dreams 🙈👀

[@KyroGH0ST]

Every time that farket says subjective and objective take a shot

[@dasnoobbikemkii8728]

Hey Farket quick question: i noticed in some videos that you speak german. And i wanted to ask how did you learn it? Idk its just very interesting for a native speaker to hear a youtuber speak your language:)

[@justsomeeggsinapot1784]

What a usefull and helpfull tier list!

[@littlegamer2799]

SONS OF THE FOREST IS OUT ON STEAM RIGHT NOW

[@totwing2354]

LETS GO