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There are most definitedly reasons to explore it. In fact, I make it my priority to get there early on if I can. But, for the sake of spoilers, I will hide my reasons under a spoiler.

Hello, everyone! Can confirm this is my experience most of the time as well. Seems that there is a chance, some bug that resets the animal if you go indoors, wait there, and then go outdoors again. Also, though I am not sure if that is the case anymore, there used to be a bug that sometimes, during changes in weather, the animals will despawn and respawn again later, cured of their injuries. This used to be really common with Aurora, but my experience is that if the weather goes into the "blizzard" mode while you are inside, or outside in a different zone, the animals outside in the zones around seem to despawn. This can be useful to know as you dont have to worry about animal attacks while moving around in blizzard - at the same time, if you had a bleeding animal, it may be despawned this way. But it would help if someone were to confirm this. My observations in the game have not always been accurate. I usually wait around a campfire or inside a car for that animal to bleed out.

Bow drills. I dont like that idea. Sadly I am in a minority. Reason why I dont want it is because it would be unbalancing. However, I dont mind them if some core elements are kept - Level 4 firestarting at minimum, tinder is mandatory regardless skill, and requires completedly windless options - even if you were in wind protected area, it would not be enough if the wind was blowing around it. Windless, or no bueno. It would also take a long while to start a fire this way, and even with high fire starting skill, the chance to fail would be rather high. It wouldnt really need to have a low durability - I guess the bow and the spinner both have pretty long life, especially if used properly - the desk it what goes away quickly - but in this case, the "desk" would be the "fuel" part of the fire, like cedar or fir wood, and it would be consumed by starting the fire. So I dont think the durability needs to be that low. I am only going to mention the Flint and steel, which is far more reliable and renewable way of fire making in the TLD conditions, and would actually add something new to the game - since it could be forged.

No. This is irrelevant untill we have mod support - and I fully expect to see some sort of editor when that happens. And if not, I am sure that someone will sonner or later make one as a mod. So this is unnecesary waste of time right now. Not to mention it would require re-structuralization of the currently built maps - to create areas which would connect to these community built regions. Might as well just wait for them to add mod support.

Fair warning - I am not going to be nice in what I wrote here. But you really should expect that, considering you came here to rant about a week old update that hasnt been yet properly tested by the community, and you made bogus claims, acting like you knew exactly what you were talking about even though you were writing complete nonsense.

Always wanted to have a fully steel white mug with the Hinterland logo. Something I can take with me on a hike and pour hot tea into, even in case of emergency heat up over the fire itself. I have a white metal mug at home, I suppose I will make my own some day. Cant really buy merch atm anyways, not a great financial situation and the shipping charges on top of that would kill me for sure.

Freedom.

Yea, part of the reason why I have never found myself in a particularly horrible situation on a hike (and also partly why I seem to be doing pretty well in TLD) is because I plan ahead for the worst case scenarios. Before mobiles were a thing, my classmates would make fun of me for bringing flashlight to the cave with me on an elementary school trip, nothing could go wrong, guess who was laughing last and suddenly had lots of friends when the lights went out... Planning is such an underrated thing in survival, yet it ultimatedly is one of the most important aspects of the preparation. TLD becomes relatively easy game to deal with if one learns to plan ahead for multiple scenarios and prep for them in advance.

Almost two months later and this video STILL gives me goosebumps each time I listen to it.

Hoping to see some more of these sometimes soon - this has kept me a good company while browsing forums. But I get that this is somewhat time-consuming. Not that I have anything against both of you, gentlemen - but if you two dont have the time, perhaps different staff members might host another one? I am sure the community will enjoy hearing either you, or some other people behind the TLD, and what kind of people they are. Podcasts are a great way to introduce the staff to the public.

Yea, I know. Dont have enough experience to be comfortable with but have plenty of knowledge, and some experience as well. I know I complain a lot about not having the chance to hone my survival skills, but I am not completedly without experience for sure. For example, I did make fire through friction before. I have even made flint tools, which I believe is a thing many people never even tried. I dont neccesary want to go so stripped of all the things, that is my friends idea. I am actually trying to dissuade his outlook on things, because I realize how crazy that general idea is. I think he doesnt really realize the survival that much as he is romantized by the shows and youtube vids he saw on internet. I am fairly confident I would handle it, but I am more concerned about him. He even refuses to take a water canteen with him, claiming he can hollow out a piece of log and fill it with water, and boil the water by putting stones into it... me, on the other hand, have a bit of actual experience, I know how bad it is without a metal container. I have been holding "somewhat amateur survival courses" since I was 13 years old, starting on my highschool and going from there I would definitely want to bring more things. If anything, I would like to bring those items, have them as an option, and then chose not to use them. He even wants to refuse to take things like beacons, which I stand firmly behind - I am not going anywhere without having some sort of emergency line for a potentional disaster. Not leaving without having a well equipped first aid kit as well, or things like bear sprays. What I think we will eventually agree upon is that we will come by an equipped car, have access to those things if we need them, but instead choosing not to use them unless we have to. And I am definitely dragging his ass through a one or two day training where we test out if we are really ready to do it. And get used to each other and cooperation, doing some tasks we will be doing during the actual holiday. Also going to study local fauna and flora beforehand.

That is good to hear! And I fully agree, being close to death puts one into a great perspective when they can reflect back on life they almost lost, it can be a great motivation to not waste life and focus on doing things one wants to do, because we really dont know how much time we have.

Well said story, Mr. @snakevondoof , and truly motivating one. You have my deepest respect for handling that situation so well. Most people would never prepare for it in advance, and even less of them would be able to maintain their composure and make that right call in a seemingly hopeless situation. I went through a lifeguard training in the US last summer so I can pretty well picture it from the story you said. It is NOT easy, trying to swim with someone who is not cooperating, using only one hand, especially not against strong current... I would agree with what others say, you are a goddamned hero, sir Hope this experience didnt put an end to your outdoor adventures Will try to think of mine, but I have been thinking for a while and nothing comes to mind. It is either because its virtually impossible to get into a bad situation here in Europe, or because I am just too cautious. Might be combination of both. I have almost died a couple of times, but it was never anything outdoor related.

Yea, not yet. As a student, I am happy to be able to pay my things now (even though I work full-time, well, "worked" - got fired 5 days ago, currently on a job hunt), once I am satisfied with studies and am only working and make sufficient money, I will be happy to do some traveling. I do have a plan, something for next summer. Still in planning stages, but it looks realizable. Now, for the reason I came here... I may or may not have "obtained" piece of log which I tommorow plan to transform into a primitive bow. I have made plenty survival bows in my time, always using saplings... but this time, I will be making an actual bow out of a log, by carving and filing it down to the perfection, having it cured and by the end, hopefully done properly enough so it doesnt snap and fires accuratedly. Since this will by my first time, I am not putting up much hope... But if it goes on properly, I will have a ranged weapon of my own. Always prefered bowhunting in TLD to guns anyways... might as well get better at archery in real life, too (also found some quartz-like stones too, will see if I can flake them and create flint arrowheads, probably not but will try)

Heh, cant even cut down a tree without going through a byrocracy of having it confirmed around here. Its sad... I find myself wondering more and more every day whether it wouldnt be just better to save up a decent size of money, and follow the example of Dick Proenneke, build myself a cabin somewhere in Alaska, out of the reach of civilization and live a quite, content life homesteading. Not that anyone would let me since I am not a US citizen.

Yea, but when it comes to any recent major attacks in Europe (for example the attacks in France, which actually resulted in these stricter limitations), those were all carried out by weapons, which were obtained illegaly and even already banned in those countries to begin with (at least I believe so). Therefore I find it a bit strange that there would be policies to make it more difficult to obtain a registered, legal gun, instead of focusing on removing illegal weapons trade instead, or better checks on borders. Especially now since in the past few years, these attacks have significantly increased in number. I suppose I shouldnt stand so against it - Czech Republic is considered the third most peaceful country in the world and I believe that is mostly due to a part that it is so difficult to obtain firearms here - you have to take lessons at the range under instructor, then pass a test on the range, a test in a classroom of how to take the firearm apart, and also mental evaluation - and as a result you can buy most of handguns. Not to mention the actual tests and lectures cost around 8-10K crowns which is about half of an average pay in here. Also, while I seriously dont like it, I also get the reason why hunting is banned altogether in here - Europe is unlike Canada and States, where you can sometimes go for 1 hour on a car and not see another city... in here, you go half of an hour on foot by a road and you are quaranteed to run into a town or a village, or at least a house... there is no free wilderness anymore, and if hunting were allowed, not only we would quickly lose all wildlife, but accidents where hikers get shot instead of an animal would likely be common, since there are already a lot more hikers in the mountains then there is a game.

Dont have no firearms - european laws on guns are very strict and are getting much worse due to all the terrorist attacks in the past two years. I would like to obtain a handgun licence (cant do much more than that here) and get myself a glock 17 for personal protection, but both the licence and handgun are pretty expensive, I have very little in a way of income and a ton of other things I need to buy first before even thinking about this. Czech Republic law separates guns into 4 cathegories, going from automatic weapons in a cathegory A which are strictly banned all the way to D class which is dedicated for airsoft guns and air guns (and only of rather weak FPS), which can be purchased for 18+ without a licence. Handguns are cathegory B and can be purchased after obtaining licence. Shotguns, rifles and several other guns are class C and can only be purchased by professional hunter (which is not a hobby, but a profession, hunter club here means you are a forest custodian for your profession, and hunting is only allowed during organized events. Hobby hunting is strictly prohibited.) A lot more people are recently interested in obtaining guns in here because people are afraid of the immigration and the fact that a lot of radicals come by with the immigrants. But the increased gun laws make it more difficult - which is a joke, since all the guns used in terrorist attacks were obtained illegally. When I was in a States, I wanted to buy and bring a cool air gun home with me for target shooting - but couldnt. No rifles I was interested in had an FPS low enough to pass through a Czech airport control. So I just got myself a nice bowie knife. Its funny how a thing considered a "toy" in the US is considered a "firearm" in the Czech Republic. I suppose the only "firearms" (according to my country´s riddiculous laws) I own would be a cheap and weak SVD Dragunov airsoft rifle without a scope, unpainted, and an old air gun I inherited from my grandfather - sadly that one is damaged and bent for it so it is not exactly a precise gun to use. Its a damn shame because that air gun is vintage by now. Gun ranges in here dont have automatic weapons to shoot out of here, either. At least not to my knowledge. The only way to get a chance here to fire an automatic weapon is to join a czech SWAT team in police forces, or the army.

I have no wrists or ankles to sprain, dude... I dont know what you are talking about. Dont you see? I am obviously a wolf. wooof wooof, rrrrrrr...

This was fun to read. But I would prefer to smoke a powdered dried reishi over them any day...

That is very unhealthy and stress inducing way to live. Id suggest to try and relax a bit. I kind of wish I had a chance to live off the land like the TLD character does, because I believe this stressful "cant wait for nothing" mindset is whats slowly poisoning the human civilization. Boyfriend of my best highschool friend has a dream to run a 7 day experiment in wilderness, using minimum tools, and I will probably join him on this fools errand... but we both agree that this is going to be a great eye-opening experience. Because in survival, you have no time to worry about what tommorow will hold, but rather about taking care of the essentials you need today. Give them time to relax - a wise man once said "All changes for worse are quick to come, a change for better always takes time". Think about it, doesnt it really apply to just about anything in life?