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I’ve found the TWM, PV, ML and FM hatches so far…all empty lol.

I got the impression that there would be a bunker, in a random location, in every area but most would be empty with only three being fully stocked? I’m assuming that each area will have a pool of locations where the bunker could spawn but only one location will have a bunker (the same as it used to work with ML, PV and Blackrock).

Haven’t had a chance to play much but the updated loot location gives the game some freshness and I’m looking forward to hunting down bunkers. found a few memento notes and keys, don’t know what they are yet.

There’s something very satisfying about being in a cave during a blizzard when you have plenty of fuel and a good book to read.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/14/gary-paulsen-author-dies-at-age-82

Yeah, I came across this too. Wolf in pursuit but I got into the cabin and breathed a sigh of relief, relaxed, then the struggle animation began. Ruined my underwear, the in game set as well.

Is it your fatigue level. The amount you can carry drops once you get below 50% fatigue.

Then you can go down the pub.

🤣

I was playing, years ago, when the screen went black and there was a faint burning smell. My graphics card and ram had gone to the long dark. Got a new pc and when I loaded the game I had lost all my saves and feats.

Beware setting the respawn rate too long as it affects game animals too. You start seeing a lot less deer and bunnies after killing a few.

The “bed” in the cave at the back of the ravine wasn’t there originally. Many a survivor was lost to the long dark by climbing down that rope without a bedroll or coffee/stim.

I’m really sorry to be a pedant but, that’s not what irony means.

If you’re far enough away and crouching he’ll not be able to detect you and won’t know where the hit came from so he’ll scarper at top speed. If you can lure the bear close to a house, fishing hut or car, you can duck inside, then go back out crouching, the bear will be close and probably won’t spot you (drop any meat or smelly stuff first). You can then take another shot and duck back in again, rinse and repeat. This has the added bonus that when it drops it will be close to shelter. If you have a revolver and lots of bullets you can use him as big furry target practice and grind your skill level up a bit as bears will take dozens of revolver bullets without dropping. Alteratively, you can get nekkid and wrestle bears.

I’ve looted TWM, PV, ML, FM, BR, HRV and MT with them on permanently and they’re at 90%. It’s Voyager so decay rates aren’t too bad, they’ve decayed significantly less than all other clothing. Noticed most of the decay after a wolf attack shortly after finding them, the only other struggles I’ve had have been with wolves with at least one bullet in them so have only lasted a couple of seconds. There’s been a couple of small falls with bruising and clothing damage. I think that might damage the crampons and I’ve had more of these than normal due to there being less danger of sprains whilst goating so I’ve taken risks I wouldn’t normally.

Not sure the inner slot thing works. I haven’t had a bad animal encounter but the crampons degrade constantly like any other clothing item. It would be good if you could use them to stomp bunnies.

Always have the crampons in the inner slot not the outer and they won’t get damaged if you’re mauled. Ear wraps will take the damage until you can craft a moose bag.

I got lost in a blizzard, climbed a couple of ropes, and found myself at the crane above the entrance to the mine. A nice surprise.

The lighting seems to have been updated. Really noticeable in TWM in the valleys at the base of the mountain, there seems to be deeper shadows. It looks really good.

I’ve been mapping it on pilgrim. Spotted a moose that started storming it’s feet so I ran away, (will moose stomp your bawls on pilgrim?) found a fishing hut and a little shack. There’s new types of caves and narrow canyons linking different areas. The weather has been fairly bad and there seems to be a new type of mistyness going on, different from fog.

Having a feat switched on makes very little difference to the game, if you don’t have them you’re really not missing anything. The skill book feat is almost unnoticeable in the game. The fire starting feat gets you to level 3 which will take you 5 minutes to grind in the game. The calorie feat is barely noticeable in game unless you are playing interloper (I imagine, cos I don’t play interloper). The one that reduces calorie loss whilst sprinting has is barely noticeable. I don’t have the newer feats so can’t speak for them. The feat that recharges stamina faster is the only one I feel is properly useful. TLDR: the feats don’t make much difference to the game which is how they were designed.

I’ve been munched in a fishing hut and the the TWM cabin. The wolves are getting smarter...well, smarter than me anyway.

How about a soda can stove I know empty soda cans don’t exist in the game but, it would be cool.

That looks really grim. I like the way they have added burnt areas in PV, it adds atmosphere and a change from the natural splendour of Great Bear. Looking forward to the update.

It might just be RNG. I have played hundreds of games and have only seen the weapons cache in Mystery Lake once. I don’t play Interloper so I have no idea if you can spawn there.