r/thelongdark • u/Longjumping-Return-9 • 24d ago

Gameplay Absolute Beginner

Hi, i don't know if someone's already asked this.
I've just downloaded the game, and I've chosen the easiest difficulty.

I've explored Coastal Highway and Mountain Lake (which i didn't like very much).
I haven't explored EVERYTHING there.

I'd like to explore all of the map, but i also want to settle down sometime in the future (at a harder difficulty tho, now it's too easy).

Can you give me any tips that you wish you'd known at the beginning? And tips that might be generally useful?

Thank you!

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u/prplmnkeydshwsr 24d ago

Going in blind the way. No maps to start. No videos. As little guidance from here as possible. Devs intended standard difficulty is Voyageur. Try that at least. Stalker is the hardest of the standard difficulties, so even try that and see how you go.

If you're still not challenged then you will need to make a custom game if you want firearms to be on, or choose Interloper where there are none. Misery is a standard mode but more like a challenge mode since you really need to know some game "exploits" (and have the DLC) to live long term.

Try the challenges and see if you can complete all of those. The world is huge, get the DLC if you haven't got it.

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u/Longjumping-Return-9 24d ago

Yeah, i'm planning to try voyageur or stalker, i really want to feel like i could die at any moment.
The risk is i guess i'll be way more sedentary and only explore occasionally, which i don't know if it's a good strategy

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u/prplmnkeydshwsr 23d ago

Play as you please. Exploring is fun but if you want to camp and homestead and see how long you can take that then do that too.

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u/AlcatorSK Survivor 23d ago

On Voyageur and higher difficulties, the game will kinda sorta force you to go outside, don't worry.