Just started Long Dark Survival Mode! Any tips?

[bruzehual]

i’ve been doing moderately nicely (observed some precise stuff on the farmhouse on mountain city) but i was questioning if there may be whatever i ought to do/craft, and how early on in the sport i should begin looking, or any other tips. lots liked!

[UTC-10]

So what mode did you start in?  Pilgrim, Voyager, Stalker, or Interloper?  Some things applicable to the easier Pilgrim mode would be impractical or dangerous to rely on in more difficult modes (Voyager, btw, was supposed to be the default mode). 

In Pilgrim, predators do not attack by default, a one-stick fire (while it lasts) would keep you warm in the worst of blizzards, and you're not subject to cabin fever or intestinal parasites. 

Here's one that you should be aware of but not worry too much about depending on the character's circumstances.

Frostbite risk means an extremity is exposed to the cold for a long enough time.  The game warns you when you acquire the risk, when you get rid of the risk, and when, if applicable, you get the affliction.  Do not use Feels Like Temperature or the Warmth Meter to gauge whether or not frostbite risk is getting better or worse.  Look at body status and pay attention to the frostbite risk.  Once it hits 100% you get frostbite and that is a permanent affliction (one of the few/only one in the game) reducing your maximum condition by 10% (which can be sort of negated by the well-fed buff if frostbite only occurred once) for each time you get the affliction which can be done repeatedly. 

You can be "completely warm" and still get frostbite.   

Word of advice, get a covering (that is not frozen) on every exposed extremity no matter how poor it is e.g. a baseball cap is better than nothing on the head. The improvised headwrap and handwraps were introduced because modes like Interloper will tend to be much colder and coverings hard to come by making frostbite a greater hazard.

[mfuegemann]

Try to keep on the move. Loot a place and press on, as long as the weather permits. Avoid beeing outdoors at night (of course) and in the morning - it is the coldest time of day. You can travel quite long even if evening is closing in.

[Serenity]

Early crafting is really only necessary on Interloper. Simply because high end clothing doesn't spawn and you have to make your own hatchets and knives. On all other difficulties there is tons of loot everywhere. Even Stalker has stuff everywhere. Just visit the major locations and you'll eventually find all you need (though that doesn't mean you can't find stuff in out of the way corners sometimes).

You will probably want a bow eventually, but until then you can use a rifle. So again below Interloper it's not a priority.

Keep an eye out for tools: hacksaw, heavy hammer, hatchet, knife. Also the bedroll.

Edited October 5, 2021 by Serenity

[Leeanda]

Bear and moose can attack in pilgrim, its pretty rare but it does happen ! But only if provoked!, I've had it happen a few times!

Edited October 5, 2021 by Leeanda

[Pınar51-06]

Always carry your bedroll with you. (Esp. in timberwolf mountain, ash canyon and hushed river valley).

Don’t waste your time. When you boiled you water, you can also repair clothes or clean rfle/revolver.

Collect all of coal in mines. Even if you don’t, you just change their position so you can double amount of coal.

Sometimes overconfidence may kill you so be careful even on easy level and easy region.

Don’t go anywhere in foggy weather if you don’t know the region.