The Invincible Bear in Coastal Highway

[CMT1984]

I encountered a very hard to kill bear in Coastal Highway, stalker survival mode. I hit it 5 or 6 times with the rifle and 2 or 3 times with the revolver and it still managed to run away. It did die on the lake shortly after though.

Also on the same run, same region, I shot at a bear with the rifle, got no hit marker and it ran away. However, a few days later it showed on my stats that I had killed a bear and that was the only one I shot at in that run.

 

Edited February 10, 2020 by CMT1984

[acada]

I had similar encounter in voyager run. 3 rifle shots and 5 revolver. But mine dropped after last revolver shot.

[peteloud]

I regularly find three bears in CH, (at Stalker level). Two are easy to kill from safe spots, although the bear living on Misanthrope's Island can be riskier.

I find that the bear near the trailer is the easiest bear to kill in all of TLD.

[ManicManiac]

Just watched the recording.  Considering those were almost all body shots... I'm not all that surprised it was able to take so much punishment.

Edited February 13, 2020 by ManicManiac

[MarrowStone]

18 minutes ago, ManicManiac said:

Just watched the recording.  Considering those were almost all body shots... I'm not all that surprised it was able to take so much punishment.

He was consistently shooting the lungs But in this game only headshots are special. 

[ManicManiac]

@MarrowStone
Right... which is why I generalized and called them "body shots." 

[CMT1984]

12 hours ago, MarrowStone said:

He was consistently shooting the lungs But in this game only headshots are special. 

 

11 hours ago, ManicManiac said:

@MarrowStone
Right... which is why I generalized and called them "body shots." 

Oh ok, thanks. I was thinking the lungs and heart would count as a critical hit. I will start aiming for the head.

Edited February 13, 2020 by CMT1984

[ManicManiac]

@CMT1984

They might... I don't know for sure, since I can't see the code.  I can only offer what I've seen from my experience, I don't claim to know definitively.  Body shots in the chest area can be critical hits, but in general I find that is not very reliable and much less likely to score a critical hit shooting in that area (though I have seen it happen, I just can't count on it).  I find that the best chance to crit is to just brain them.

Edited February 13, 2020 by ManicManiac

[Muestereate]

I danced with a bear in CH the other day. It was like the Ice follies. Without obstacles I found I could kite the bear by going backwards and hard right. His turn radius was just a bit larger. I also found I could reload the revolver while kiting !! Fighting my compulsion to stop to pick up my spent cases I reloaded the revolver twice pumping about 15 revolver rounds into him. at first I could only get shots into his lungs but as my turn radius was smalller I was able to keep bringing the point of aim closer, more forward, towards his head and finally a bit in front. I got about three shots into his head before I pulled the point of aim actually in front of his nose and he finally dropped.

I'm pretty sure a wolf jumped me at coastal cabins moments later. I've met my demise several times there rather abruptly to that bear or that wolf. I think they are in cahoots.