Thirst: This is another stat that is particularly dangerous to ignore, but relatively easy to maintain.Fatigue: While being tired won't impact your condition as harshly as being freezing cold, you can collapse as a result of fatigue, which is something you do not want to occur.
We'll get into how to stay warm in the next section.
The time of day, weather, wind speed and being wet can all affect your temperature. Temperature: This is arguably the most important stat to manage, as it will deplete your condition faster than other statistics.And in The Long Dark, death is permanent. When it reaches 0 percent, it's game over. Condition: Think of your condition as your hit points.We'll get into how to keep them at safe levels in the next section. Here are your vital statistics that you need to manage.
Most of my notes will refer to the Xbox One version in this guide, but you can customize keyboard controls at will on the PC version. You can view the controls by going to the options menu. Learning what you can do at the outset is very important. The first thing you need to do is learn the controls. Supplies are low, and you might appear a significant distance from any form of shelter. Playing on survival mode's Voyager (normal) difficulty, you will find that the first few nights are the hardest. Wintermute will introduce you to game mechanics one by one, serving as a narrative-driven tutorial before going head first into the long dark of The Long Dark.
The Cold meter will increase, and Wolves will be scared off by the flames while the player cooks.VPN Deals: Lifetime license for $16, monthly plans at $1 & more The player can further this by either boiling the water over the fire to make it Potable Water, or using Water Purification Tablets to make the water safe.īecause the player must stand close to a fire when cooking, all the secondary effects of a fire happen to the player. The secondary purpose of cooking is to melt snow and make Unsafe Water. This will not change the calories of the food, but it will make the food hot, and eating hot food will give the player the Warming up condition, as well as restoring a chunk of the Cold meter. The player can also warm up cans of food such as Tomato Soup. Cooked meat is not as caloric as Raw Meat and won't fill the Hunger bar as much, but the condition of cooked meat improves, and it will rarely cause Food poisoning, whereas raw meat will almost always make the player sick. The primary purpose of cooking is to take raw meat and fish the player either finds or collects, and turn it into cooked meat. Cooking is a mechanic in The Long Dark that the player can perform over any Fire.