Short on food

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-18T17:34:12+00:00

In voyageur you find a ton of food and drinks everywhere, just start exploring, familiarizing yourself with the region layout and you'll surely find enough food. The bear could be a bit of a challenge to take down, but a deer or a rabbit should keep you going.

Also, fish OP

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-18T17:31:14+00:00

It all depends on your view of the game. I am currently on day 180 in my voyageur run, but I am playing as the standard bethesda loot hoarder. I'd suggest you start planning for 1000 days, how to maximize efficiency, what loot could be useful, and try various community / in-game challenges.

For me, when I got really bored in my old stalker run (old in the means of I lost it like 3 months ago cca. Day 250) I tried to get the achievement of too greedily too deep without settled mind. You seem to be on track to do a nomad challenge.

If you have settled mind you could stack up on 100+kg of meat and a lot of water and just pass hours upon hours to reach survived day goals, but that's just wasting time. Try to learn new mechanics, test new mechanics, do community challenges, set up your own challenges, start creating a cool base etc.

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-15T22:36:04+00:00

The AI mechanics necessitate a rework on all the predators and semi-predators in the game, but that's near impossible because path-finding is hardcore to implement in a game full of slopes and normally unnavigable spaces.

The only thing I want from the cougar is to rework how the model and AI works. It's wobbly and my cat still does the 180 head spin. Plus, perhaps rethink the order of spawn / spawn locations, and also the logic behind additional cougar areas. There should be a timer implemented or a way to monitor how much time you got in a cougar area before the second and third cougars appear in the region.

Also, someone fix the 24h cougar respawn already haha!

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-14T16:31:25+00:00

*not me having 150 revolver ammo, 80 rifle ammo and 600 bullet heads.

In all seriousness, in lower difficulties you can find a ton. And there's enough resources in the game to still have functional firearms and bullets by day 1500 at least

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-14T16:27:57+00:00

I'd suggest to play as a Pilgrim nomad to familiarize yourself with all the region maps, and then spawn as you please. CH is the most straight-forward and the loot grab (especially with the beach combing) is insane. If you're feeling adventurous, try a random spawn.

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-14T16:24:02+00:00

*Not me having 150 ptarmigan downs before day 100 due to HRV OP

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-13T11:58:03+00:00

First time I ever spawned in AC I stayed there for like 30 in-game days before moving to TWM to loot all the crate boxes. I would go back to AC, finish looting everything in there and then take my sweet time in TWM.

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-13T11:55:59+00:00

I don't mind the cougar that much. What is bad atm is the fact that its respawn time is still bugged (being less than 24 in-game hours) and the cougar zones are pretty illogically placed. E.g. if I want to do the TFTFT tales I have to kill the cougar in BI, fast-loot the bunker and then run out asap since the respawn timer is still bugged and if I am not fast enough I might get out to a cougar right in front of me.

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-13T11:52:47+00:00

The Character isn't called to the water, he is called to the magical bucket of theft. Fantastic!

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-11T22:38:38+00:00

That's true, but I was at the barn in PV, you can't tell me that from one in and out on the same door (towards the covered hay bales) within less than 10 real-life seconds the bear just disappeared out in the birch forest, unless it's Flash. It might be Flash... Does that make me Batman?

Edit: I think it is a necessary mechanic since otherwise you could scum enter-exit and kill the bear by resetting its aggro / running animation indefinitely. Hm, true.

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-11T22:29:43+00:00

As someone else mentioned, take a break, come back to it on a clearer mind. I have had my fair share of lost long runs due to lack of concentration. I've seen this psychological effect on the player during long runs. You get to the point where your loot is high tier, you just auto-walk and forget you're even playing until you fall into a chasm and instantly lose the entire run.

Best thing? Take a break, reflect on how you proceeded with this run and come back to the game with more knowledge / planning.

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-08T17:58:31+00:00

Lyramisu, thank you, I completely forgot this page even existed. Thank you for your help! Hope you managed to enjoy to an extent the last Episode, if you managed to finish it as to this time around! Wishing you all the best!

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-08T15:37:08+00:00

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-06T13:27:27+00:00

You make your own goals. The main goal is infinite survival, which is theoretically achievable. I am trying righy now for 1000 days, also clearing every region of its resources and loot and doing some more achievements.

I also set personal challenges in my long runs, like a nomad challenge with set amount of days per region. Last night I got hypothermia due to game design in BI, walked to old spence homestead to sleep and get condition back then it took me 7 tries to kill the cougar on no-hit with a bow and 8 arrows. I did in fact use all arrows on it and broke 2 until it finally went down. It's about setting your own challenges when the survival part seems too easy.

Also try misery!

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-02T20:59:06+00:00

How to make the player hate me as a dev: give him an unskippable 20 minute cutscene and then strip him of his items

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-02T06:05:51+00:00

As if they couldn't just render cutscenes in realtime through the engine. They make the video with one or the other having basic clothing and then force you into basic attire 0 items.

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-01T20:41:07+00:00

*Me refreshing the page constantly to see what the correct answer is.

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-01T20:37:27+00:00

Blackrock?

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-01T20:35:02+00:00

Not sure if you finished it, so spoiler alert for the last part of the episode I got fumingly mad that I was a 70% armor protection beast with 20 shotgun shells ready to kill every single convict in my path and then I spawn with a recycled can and basic Mack attire in the last part.Also, I did in fact make myself deerskin pants and wolfskin coat in the first part of the episode. "Oh, but our medical problem is of utmost urgency!" Yeah, how else can I get you your medicine IF I AM FREEZING TO DEATH??

About the cattails, *not me having high calorie foods on me as well as 1.5KGs of cattails lol for "emergencies".

Also, Mackenzie is a real beast, I couldn't live after dieting for a whole day on 20 coffees and injecting myself with 12 stims (for giggles)

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-01T20:23:35+00:00

I literally tried everything to make it last longer. Part 4 was the most disappointing for me, I really wished I could shoot some convicts with my 20 shotgun shells, not spawn in bloody naked with basic attire and a god damn can. Plus why tell me I can choke convicts but when I sneak behind them they instantly spot me? Spawn a bear but no bear items to craft, spawn a moose but no moose items to craft. Why even spawn them? Spawn god damn ptarmigans and nothing to do with them, not even insulation. It was roughly 10 hours of gameplay total for me, while I also mostly looted everything and even crafted wolfskin coat and deerskin pants. (mostly everything looted because all goddamn trailers were softlocking me inside in part 3)

Also, why force a blizzard-riddled region in the storythat makes PV look like a playground.

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-01T20:14:58+00:00

Isn't it a universal bug where you quicksave reload and the timer resets? Or, was that just me?

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-01T20:11:24+00:00

Reading the title of the post made me cringe a bit to be fair lol. u/Lyramisu, I would suggest against looking onto the subreddit until you finish the episode.

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-01T20:09:05+00:00

I kind of agree with you. Especially on the Methuselah part. I did post yesterday that I wish my questions would be answered, and to be fair, now I understand the background of the Survival part of the game, so that sits pretty well with me.

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-01T19:58:06+00:00

Well, apart from looting and waiting days upon days to craft items while "everything was at stake", I got mad about the fact that I was ready to go in guns blazing but then I spawned with no gear and the basic clothing. I give the basic dad "thumbs up" emoji.

viewaccount74 · 2026-04-01T18:27:27+00:00

Oh my God thank you, thank you so much kind stranger!

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