Beginner's Guide for The Long Dark

This guide will give you an understanding of the basic mechanics of The Long Dark, focusing on survival mode. After watching it, you should be able to master all the fundamental mechanics and necessities of the game, regardless of difficulty. It is aimed at new players, or those struggling to survive in Survival mode.

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00:00 Intro
02:07 Difficulty Settings
04:22 Choosing a region
06:03 Feats
07:05 Spawning
07:53 The Grace Period
09:27 Mapping
11:38 The four survival meters (Warmth, Energy, Thirst, Hunger)
14:40 Clothing, Crafting, Journal, and Skills
19:27 Inventory
21:00 Looting
26:35 Opening a safe
28:02 Clothing comparison and statistics
31:09 Starting a fire and making water
35:25 Healing passively
37:04 Harvesting a carcass
38:59 Smell and wind icons
40:56 Circling crows
41:40 Hunting rabbits and using snares
42:45 Curing hides and guts
47:34 Sleeping
51:33 Dealing with wolves
53:32 Aiming when cold
53:57 Hot food and warmth bonus
54:56 Using the Rifle
55:39 Hunting or killing wolves
56:39 Hunting deer
57:53 Outro

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Notes:
- According to the TLD Wiki, you cannot get food poisoning from most drinks. This is unverified, but probably true - I do not recall ever getting poisoned from any cans. Nevertheless, be careful in general.
- Crows flying across the sky means nothing. It's ambience. Many people claim it means a weather change, but this is easily tested and has been shown to not be the case. Others claim it indicates the presence of a corpse - this might be true, but has little practical purpose since the corpse or carcass can be anywhere on the map in the direction of the crows. In practice, I would ignore all crows except flying ones.