Treat your bullets like they are made out of gold!

YouвЂ™ll be more prone to waste bullets/arrows if you think you have вЂњmore than enoughвЂќ and the little trigger happy FPS gamer in you might begin thinking up a fun idea to try to hit some crows just for the heck of it. Refrain from carrying around a fully loaded gun or too many arrows (unless hunting moose then youвЂ™ll need to bring extra).

2-7+ charcoal (2 if youвЂ™re prone to get lost, more than that if youвЂ™re planning to explore unmarked areas).If you have both a rifle and bow, bring both (with no more than 5 bullets and 7 arrows). at least 1,50 l of water (preferably more) and 1500+ calories of food (also preferably more).4 tablets of painkillers and antibiotics, a bottle of antiseptic (always bring the same bottle as itвЂ™s weight decreases by use) OR 2 cups of reishi tea and rose bud hip tea, 2 old manвЂ™s beard lichen wound dressings + 2 bandages and 1 instant stim.bed roll (trust me, it WILL save your life).tinder (unless level 3 fire starting or higher).8+ matches (and/or fire striker + magnifying glass).For one whole day of exploring the great outdoors, I always bring:.You cannot climb up OR down ropes if over-encumbered.Even the shortest of trips can become a death trap if youвЂ™re unprepared. PLAN YOUR TRIPS OUTSIDE! NEVER EVER wander outside without checking and double checking that you have everything you might need on your person.You will probably die by stupid, minute mistakes even when youвЂ™ve gotten the hang of it.You will probably die by stupid, minute mistakes multiple times before you get the hang of it.On top, underneath, besides, and so on, and do it WITH a light. Check every surface, every nook and cranny. Precise and efficient looting is key to precise and effective survival.Oh, and вЂњsparinglyвЂќ is a good overall theme to keep in mind.Planning, being observant and careful is 75% of your success.You are not on top of the food chain anymore. Hostile wildlife is not to be trifled with.Everything you find can be used to ease your survival. Well, forget all that (Except if you play The Oregon Trail, then remember some of it, like the risk of dysentery) and follow these mindsets when throwing yourself into the world that is The Long Dark: If youвЂ™re coming from most other open world games, youвЂ™ll probably have learned that parts, crafteables and items respawn, enemiesвЂ™ powers are below yours, food is more of a burden than a necessity, health can be fixed in seconds, death is only temporary, etc etc. If you find anything in the guide, please tell me and IвЂ™ll fix it! Basic Mindsets A lot has changed since then and while IвЂ™ve been trying to sift out things that are no longer relevant there might still be some things hiding in there that are no longer useful. Also, the majority of tips was compiled around v.1.21 of the game. I play mostly on Voyager and Stalker because thatвЂ™s what I enjoy most, and this guide is written from those perspectives, so not all tips will be relevant to those of you playing on either Pilgrim or Interloper. However, I've seen Hinterland respond to a request to fix those bugs since then, as follows: 'The direction of the sun is not important, so the correction will be postponed.' And it hasn't been fixed in the current version yet.Disclaimer! IвЂ™m not one of those hardcore ultimate challenge-types of players that will only accept Interloper as the true mode of playing The Long Dark. I know that Hinterland once fixed the direction of the sun (v.1.16 patch). This time, I changed the positional relationship and size of the region map from the actual one so that the main area can be seen as easily as possible, and aligned the upper side.ДЄnd I observed the sunrise and sunset in some regions and saw that those mess still remained. I previously made a region map puzzle to follow the game's world map as much as possible. The sun then jumps by 180В° to the other side of the railway line. You can see this very nicely if you travel from ML or BR to FM under good weather conditions at noon. When I read the guide - Travel Guide by Repconn and Gecko -, It said,ДЄnd while we're at it, here is a map showing the location of the regions and the still confusing movement of the sun.

The long dark world map