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My last death was on day 95 of my Loper game. I was hunting in Hushed River Valley. Took some bear meat to cook in my base cave, and held onto it instead of dropping it like I usually do. Fire goes out, aurora begins, and a big bad wolf on steroids took me out 100% while I tried to stab him with my makeshift knife. sucked.

I know this is about bears, but I’ve also found that when playing Stalker, and using a rifle, I can chain the shots to kill the moose. First one he bawls and then charges. Second one he bawls and runs off. Third one he charges again. Fourth he collapses.

I’m a little surprised that people aren’t discussing the fire method. It’s what I do most of the time. Build a fire in the path of the bear, then shoot it when it gets closer. it’ll either charge or run (if badly wounded). If it charges, it will stop and sort of crouch before the fire, giving you lots of time to aim for the eyes. One more well-placed shot usually does it and down he goes. If not, it will run. If you’re fast, you can pop him again as he runs away and he will either die or turn around. You have to get behind the fire from him quick, and he doesn’t usually stop. So it can be a bit of a circus when that happens. most of the time the bear dies well before this.

I’ve currently completed all signal void tasks except for finding the Bleak Inlet SV bunker. For whatever reason, I get no bunker signal at all in this region. Haven’t seen any cache signal either. Seriously wondering if it’s bugged. Anyone find this one?

Foreman’s cabin in Ash Canyon. It’s just so cozy and I’m usually tired AF by the time I get there, and maybe kill that dang bear!

Worst part about both regions is that they are at the ass end of nowhere. Otherwise, they can be quite beautiful, and usually offer a decent amount of good loot, depending on the RNG. Ash Canyon can be marginally explored in a couple of days with the right path. And there are still tons of saplings there.

Poor little Smokey…

Been finding odd stuff all over lately. For example, in the whale processing factory in DP, after chopping three boxes apart, I was able to access a container behind some stuff. Or was it a backpack? Either way, I found a flare gun and three flare rounds there.

Alternate idea to make this suggestion more workable (as it seems like it could be a fun game!) Just have people post their times when they completed their bingo squares. Start from day zero, then accomplish whichever tasks you choose to complete the row you want, and post some pictures of your time elapsed, accomplishments completed. Best time wins! for example: a couple years ago someone ran a challenge to get to 30 C clothing, at least 25 defense, and all tools, at least level 3 in one weapon skill, and a good quantity of ammo for it. I think best i ever did was just under 8 days. another challenge was to get all tools, bags, and equipment as fast as possible, get 30C clothing. This included the moose hide bag, crampons, and technical pack. Best I did on that was just under 7 days. wdyt?

Have you been able to find the mementos (without keys) in Desolation Point? I just can’t seem to Locate the caches and it’s driving me crazy. Checked every rock or piece of wood or tree in those two areas and nothing. Did the developers forget to put them in the game?

I was shooting the crap out of a bear in Bleak Inlet at the fishing cabin, popping in and out of the cabin to avoid a mauling, when it just despawned completely and was never seen again, anywhere on the map. bah!

I thought they made this game “without crunch?” liars!

If you’re going to start a diesel engine with low or no battery, it’s helpful to put some starting fluid in the air intake. This has very low vapor point and is much more easily ignited through compression than diesel fuel. So having that ready to burn first gives the engine a few dozen revolutions to come up to speed, get its fuel pump running, and start burning diesel. I know this from personal experiences.

So a lot of people have been having issues with finding the flare gun. I went 75 days before finding one. It wasn’t at the summit. It wasn’t in the ravine caboose, it wasn’t in Hushed River Valley cave where it almost always was. It wasn’t in Forlorn Marsh or Mystery Lake or Pleasant Valley. It definitely wasn’t in the new zones. I finally found it in Bleak Inlet, and unexpectedly at that. I was planning to visit the broken lighthouse where there was always a case with it and perhaps some flare shells. But instead I found it next to a dead guy at the cannery dock. With 3 shells. your mileage might vary!

I found the keys to both lockboxes in BR. One had 3 cured birch saplings and the other had phat lewt including bullets. The keys to everything seem to be under the visors in cars and trucks.