Probably one item on my bucket list is to master the bow. It's the weapon I currently like less, and the few times I've used it, it was a total disaster. Aiming felt difficult, the crafting and management of arrows felt tedious, the shoot-and-retrieve mechanic felt like a lot of busywork… I've mostly used the revolver so far because it feels faster to use, easier to maintain, and the inaccuracy is compensated by the relative abundance of ammunition (at least at easier difficulties). But I have seen a fair share of TLD streamers being very proficient with the bow, so maybe there's some obvious aspect of it that I'm missing, or maybe it's just a matter of learning curve and experience… Anyway! I really like this type of off-the-cuff videos, DH. Keep them coming, as I like to listen to your thoughts and ramblings about aspects of the game. Cheers! //Rick
Faithful Cartographer is the achievement you do to get to 500 days. It helps to have mapped along the way before you decide to do it. It isn't difficult and it doesn't take a lot of patience. Big upside is that it will help you learn the maps. And mapping is a lot more useful/necessary now that the cougar is there and strategically placed to block what used to be normal routes or shortcuts. I lost a 70 day voyager run in Ash Canyon because the cougar is at the choke point at the bottom of the three rope climb. Used to be the moose there sometimes but the cougar is there now and there was no way to get away from it. At least not after climbing down 3 ropes. The map shows a cougar symbol in the area where the cougar tends to hang out. If you haven't mapped anything this doesn't help much. Anyway, Started a new Voyager run with Cougar turned off to play with the Trader and learn about the wildlife refresh changes. I have traded to get the pickles, cereal, and canned pineapple. Working on the wolfskin pants. My suggestion is to do the radio quests on pilgrim which makes sundered pass less difficult. Once you finish them and realize you want the rewards for your 500 day loper run you may do them again. Best wishes and stay warm!
I got stone age sniper done recently on the island cabin in FA on accident, I was aiming at a closer rabbit, completely missed, the rock bounces, both rabbits run and the further rabbit just so happened to run into the path of the rock, I was in a party chat with friends and they thought I was confronting the cougar for the first time from the noises I made lol
Finding your channel has reignited my passion for this game. I had most of the feats on Xbox before I got the game on Steam. I only have one feat on Steam (the sprinting one). I started a Pilgrim game this week to get back into the swing of things. I started in PV and decided I'm going to live entirely in the PV fishing hut and try to get to 500 days on that game. My problem on pilgrim has always been overreaching because there are no threats from animals. I end up thinking I'm invincible and getting caught in blizzards or aggroing bears while trying to hunt them (or falling off of mountains while trying to get that perfect screenshot). I feel like I become my own worst enemy on Pilgrim.
I get the concern about Faithful Cartographer. It's asking a lot of your patience and planning. What helped me was combining that pursuit with others, specifically finding all the prepper caches and finding and making all the unique recipes. The caches alone will take you to nine zones. Hunting the other cheevos will help pass the time, too. And strong recommend on Darkwalker -- it's easily my favorite in-game challenge.
500 days loper story mode buried echoes super base (the stockpiling i see people do on voyager is cool) FC on loper ( only dit on pilgrim) make all the recipes boom cans (never used them)
With stone age sniper you want to find a spot where the bunnies are in a bit of a dip, like a pond with steep walls, then you fire downhill so the stone rolls a long way. You can scare a few of them so that they're coming back toward you in groups of 2 or 3. That's how I did it. It took me less than 10 minutes.
So many things on ny bucket list after +1100hs in the game (mostly Interloper) - Go beyond Ep 1 - Finish the Tales - Craft the explosive cans - Do all Challenges - Finish a Misery run with all afflictions And the last update added so many more, including: - Get all new unique items from the Trader - Cure meat - Build the bear bed
The key to Stalker: survivor and loot long enough to find a revolver, rifle, hatchet, hunting knife and possibly bow & arrows. And then, embrace your destiny as the Doom music kicks in… Great list. My head canon on the dream-like aspect of story is that it ties to Rudiger’s machine from the Tales. I think it’s all related. Not sure how. But that’s my theory
My bucket list includes finding any of the custom firearms, getting through 100+ days on loper, finishing the high level challenges, having multiple customized bases, doing the trader story line, finishing the Tales on any level other than Pilgrim.
My current goal is to bring down a moose for the first time. I've got my eye on the one right outside the Quonset in Coastal at the moment but I'm nervous. Stone Age Sniper is a dream goal! If you did play through story mode, would that be something you're considering streaming?
10:43 I would love it if you did a let's play series playing the story mode. I've actually only played story mode until I got to Mystery Lake with Will. For me, I just strongly dislike playing incomplete story modes in any game. If a game is coming out in chunks of content, I just wait until everything is out before I bother playing through it. I did the same thing with all the Telltale Games releases. I bought them as they came out to support the devs, but didn't play through them until everything was out.
There are 2 things I want to do next year in TLD, Get all achievements and have a save where max out all levels but with a clean slate meaning I can't use any feats to get there. I think that it would be an interesting challenge over all. The only Challenge I never got was the dark walker because I genuinely hate that one. It's the fog for me that ruins it cause if the fog didn't exist I would like it more then the hunted part 1. Hope we can meet our bucket list for TLD.
Once you get to level 5 archery, you can break Timberwolf morale through stealth - crouch and kill one or two of the wolves before they see you depending on pack size. This is the only way I’ve successfully dealt with them on loper. On voyager and stalker I just face them head on though 😅
It's interesting how we all pull different things from TLD. I don't play it to be challenged so much as to be immersed. The idea of optimizing my gameplay to survive on Interloper just doesn't appeal. I'm the guy who wants to find situations to use the Travois because it's rad, not because I need to use it.
The only part of Story Mode that I really hate is the Old Bear. There was no explanation for how to use the spear with the controller, and I believe the bear killed my a couple dozen times.
Probably one item on my bucket list is to master the bow. It's the weapon I currently like less, and the few times I've used it, it was a total disaster. Aiming felt difficult, the crafting and management of arrows felt tedious, the shoot-and-retrieve mechanic felt like a lot of busywork… I've mostly used the revolver so far because it feels faster to use, easier to maintain, and the inaccuracy is compensated by the relative abundance of ammunition (at least at easier difficulties). But I have seen a fair share of TLD streamers being very proficient with the bow, so maybe there's some obvious aspect of it that I'm missing, or maybe it's just a matter of learning curve and experience… Anyway! I really like this type of off-the-cuff videos, DH. Keep them coming, as I like to listen to your thoughts and ramblings about aspects of the game. Cheers! //Rick
with your help I am hoping to live a day in maybe Voyager.
Put good clothes on and don't eat raw meat
Faithful Cartographer is the achievement you do to get to 500 days. It helps to have mapped along the way before you decide to do it. It isn't difficult and it doesn't take a lot of patience. Big upside is that it will help you learn the maps.
And mapping is a lot more useful/necessary now that the cougar is there and strategically placed to block what used to be normal routes or shortcuts. I lost a 70 day voyager run in Ash Canyon because the cougar is at the choke point at the bottom of the three rope climb. Used to be the moose there sometimes but the cougar is there now and there was no way to get away from it. At least not after climbing down 3 ropes. The map shows a cougar symbol in the area where the cougar tends to hang out. If you haven't mapped anything this doesn't help much. Anyway, Started a new Voyager run with Cougar turned off to play with the Trader and learn about the wildlife refresh changes. I have traded to get the pickles, cereal, and canned pineapple. Working on the wolfskin pants.
My suggestion is to do the radio quests on pilgrim which makes sundered pass less difficult. Once you finish them and realize you want the rewards for your 500 day loper run you may do them again.
Best wishes and stay warm!
I got stone age sniper done recently on the island cabin in FA on accident, I was aiming at a closer rabbit, completely missed, the rock bounces, both rabbits run and the further rabbit just so happened to run into the path of the rock, I was in a party chat with friends and they thought I was confronting the cougar for the first time from the noises I made lol
Finding your channel has reignited my passion for this game. I had most of the feats on Xbox before I got the game on Steam. I only have one feat on Steam (the sprinting one). I started a Pilgrim game this week to get back into the swing of things. I started in PV and decided I'm going to live entirely in the PV fishing hut and try to get to 500 days on that game.
My problem on pilgrim has always been overreaching because there are no threats from animals. I end up thinking I'm invincible and getting caught in blizzards or aggroing bears while trying to hunt them (or falling off of mountains while trying to get that perfect screenshot). I feel like I become my own worst enemy on Pilgrim.
I get the concern about Faithful Cartographer. It's asking a lot of your patience and planning. What helped me was combining that pursuit with others, specifically finding all the prepper caches and finding and making all the unique recipes. The caches alone will take you to nine zones. Hunting the other cheevos will help pass the time, too. And strong recommend on Darkwalker -- it's easily my favorite in-game challenge.
Faithful Cartographer is an understated achievement. Lots of the achievements are great to-do objectives in the survival sandbox.
500 days loper
story mode
buried echoes
super base (the stockpiling i see people do on voyager is cool)
FC on loper ( only dit on pilgrim)
make all the recipes
boom cans (never used them)
With stone age sniper you want to find a spot where the bunnies are in a bit of a dip, like a pond with steep walls, then you fire downhill so the stone rolls a long way. You can scare a few of them so that they're coming back toward you in groups of 2 or 3. That's how I did it. It took me less than 10 minutes.
So many things on ny bucket list after +1100hs in the game (mostly Interloper)
- Go beyond Ep 1
- Finish the Tales
- Craft the explosive cans
- Do all Challenges
- Finish a Misery run with all afflictions
And the last update added so many more, including:
- Get all new unique items from the Trader
- Cure meat
- Build the bear bed
The key to Stalker: survivor and loot long enough to find a revolver, rifle, hatchet, hunting knife and possibly bow & arrows. And then, embrace your destiny as the Doom music kicks in…
Great list. My head canon on the dream-like aspect of story is that it ties to Rudiger’s machine from the Tales. I think it’s all related. Not sure how. But that’s my theory
The Aurora cave would be a good experience in Coastal Highway
My bucket list includes finding any of the custom firearms, getting through 100+ days on loper, finishing the high level challenges, having multiple customized bases, doing the trader story line, finishing the Tales on any level other than Pilgrim.
I've got all the rifles in my current run : )
My current goal is to bring down a moose for the first time. I've got my eye on the one right outside the Quonset in Coastal at the moment but I'm nervous. Stone Age Sniper is a dream goal!
If you did play through story mode, would that be something you're considering streaming?
10:43 I would love it if you did a let's play series playing the story mode. I've actually only played story mode until I got to Mystery Lake with Will. For me, I just strongly dislike playing incomplete story modes in any game. If a game is coming out in chunks of content, I just wait until everything is out before I bother playing through it. I did the same thing with all the Telltale Games releases. I bought them as they came out to support the devs, but didn't play through them until everything was out.
There are 2 things I want to do next year in TLD, Get all achievements and have a save where max out all levels but with a clean slate meaning I can't use any feats to get there. I think that it would be an interesting challenge over all. The only Challenge I never got was the dark walker because I genuinely hate that one. It's the fog for me that ruins it cause if the fog didn't exist I would like it more then the hunted part 1. Hope we can meet our bucket list for TLD.
We gotta do Darkwalker..
Once you get to level 5 archery, you can break Timberwolf morale through stealth - crouch and kill one or two of the wolves before they see you depending on pack size. This is the only way I’ve successfully dealt with them on loper. On voyager and stalker I just face them head on though 😅
You should try Gunloper. Interloper Custom with rifles and receiver turned on.
Great list, have a few of these on mine too, nicely Dunn 👍
I really wanna do Darkwalker, but I'm scared even just watching people play it 😅
It's interesting how we all pull different things from TLD. I don't play it to be challenged so much as to be immersed. The idea of optimizing my gameplay to survive on Interloper just doesn't appeal. I'm the guy who wants to find situations to use the Travois because it's rad, not because I need to use it.
I respect that sir
The only part of Story Mode that I really hate is the Old Bear. There was no explanation for how to use the spear with the controller, and I believe the bear killed my a couple dozen times.
Actually, the end of Tales is in Airfield.
Loper and misery are my 2 least fave . Stalker is my favorite challenge
just do a custom run or even try some mods