SuperStriker16

A little add-on tip, travel later in the day, roughly 2pm-sunset. That is the warmest part of the day, also under no circumstances, travel during an aroura at night in sundered pass. Aurora Timberwolf packs are almost impossible to deal with, I was traveling under these conditions trying to complete the 3rd tale and it got me killed, even the flare gun doesn’t consistently scare them off, regular torches and flares don’t work at all. Traveling at day with a torch, warm teas/coffee, and coal during the mid/late afternoon is your best bet, good luck.

I finally got the call, exactly 30 days and 19 hours into my run, thanks again Pencil.

Hmm, thanks for letting me know, I just got another aurora on day 25 and still silence, I’m on stalker as well, so I’ll hibernate 5 days and hopefully get an aurora after the 30 day mark.

So, according to Toasty bit’s estimate and the info on the trader from the long dark fandom wiki, the requirements to establishing first contact with the trader are: 1. Having the trader option turned on. (I do) 2. An aurora is happening (obviously) 3. At least 15 days need to pass since the start of the game. (23 days have passed) 4. The local transmitter is repaired (it has been, I’m in coastal highway) So I’m not sure what I’m missing, if there is some other requirement I’m not aware of, please let me know, I think this is a bug that the trader is still not appearing. I’m going to let another aurora happen in case this one wasn’t working for some reason.

Just did, the update appeared immediately, thanks.

Does anyone know when exactly this update will be dropped? I know they said it’s releasing today, but when? As of right now, 3:15 pm EST, it’s not currently out for me on Xbox. I’m super hyped and looking forward to buying bullets and getting mauled by a cougar.

I wonder if the trader gets these new items from regions further along the coast then we can’t currently explore, maybe we can find these items ourselves if/when new coastal regions are added to survival like perseverance mills.

This is the best Long Dark update I’ve ever seen! As a guy who previously was against the first cougar implementation like many others, I believe the newer implementation is perfect, now the cougar wanders the world and can be killed without requiring you to get seriously injured. Salt curing meat was an unexpected but very welcome addition. The trader is what I’m most excited for, as it adds permanently renewable ammunition as well as various new tools and resources such as the 10 kg bag of salt, pemmican jerky, a survival knife, new clothes recipes like the wolf skin hat, and those are just a few things that were shown in the trailer. The safehouse customization is implemented perfectly, and the camera is a great way to visually log your survival run. This is the first update that has no issues that I can see. Now to go start a trading only run in coastal highway!

I finally finished my clothing now that i have plenty of food and water. Now off to ash canyon as I really need inventory capacity.

Got the meat loaded up, now to try to get back to the lodge.

I shot a moose on a side of a hill in mystery lake, I’m going to go back to drop off the hide and make a travois to bring back the 42.5 kilos of meat that it has.

So I forgot to upload everything after this yesterday so here it is: while making my way into mountain town, I found a group of ptarmigans, I didn’t need to kill one for food, so I was curious what the release animation was, here it is. 74f72f57-faac-488b-a56d-12f9a0ffbf6b.mp4 Anyway, so I kept going into the town and searched all the homes, giving me tons of processed food that I can’t eat, and tons of good clothes I can’t use including this expedition parka which hurts to leave behind. so I moved onto finding the prepper cache for the region which is past a small transition cave to the airplane crash from episode 1, in the transition cave, I found a branch that’s smaller than a stick which can still be broken down for three sticks, I find this to be hilarious. I then made my way to the bunker, empty unfortunately. I then realized that there was a cache in HRV so I went to go find it. Which I did after significant effort, to find nothing again, for anyone who doesn’t know, they updated the cache system so that nine bunkers spawn across the map in fixed locations (not the tales bunkers) and three of them have large quantities of valuable gear in them, which is why finding the hunting bunker the first time like I did is very lucky a one in nine chance. Now there is 5 more bunkers and two of them have valuable gear still. I decided to pass time by reading an archery skill book I found, when I discovered a bug, whenever I went inside and back outside, I got 10 skill points in archery for some reason. So I tested to see how far it went and got archery 5 in about 3 minutes. I’m going to report this bug, but I wanted the ability to crouch and fire arrows first, because I’ve never done that before, so now the bow might be worth using. ce3817c9-62ce-44db-a762-83a9e3e3f045.mp4

I found the prepper cache in forlorn muskeg, it was empty unfortunately. next stop, mountain town, I want to get better underclothes (wool longjohns, cowachian sweaters, etc) and find more ammo before taking on bleak inlet, all this time I’ll be searching for a moose.

I shot the second bear that I needed for the cloak. Unfortunately it will be a while before it’s dry. Next goal: cloaks and pants. e0c6575f-8c53-4f48-af00-fad64279321f.mp4

Now that I’m back with a rifle and a bow, I can start to focus on longer term goals, I’ve been shooting ptarmigans which I used to make the down bedroll and with the spare meat, I’m making broth, im planning on making game stews with the broth and flour as I improve my cooking skill. This is the first time that I actually made broth rather than finding it somewhere. In my free time I’ve been crafting the rabbit mittens and hat to further boost my warmth. I’m planning on shooting another bear to get another hide for the bear cloak, and I’ll try to also get a moose for the satchel because I’m missing the extra carry capacity. Now that I’m back home, I can play TLD more frequently, although I’ll also be playing other games intermittently.