The dark colored side of fruit is more susceptible to. Once youve got a good inventory of natural food then work towards. Important keys to a long storage life for home-grown apples are picking at the proper time and. Id recommend for the first 10 days just living off tinned food, chocalte, energy bars anything you find etc, that gives you plenty of time to build up lots of stores of natural food. Harvest as many Cat tail plants as you can I essentially lived off them. Even though they are primarily medicinal, each time you consume them gives you 100 calories plus you get a good drink, this tactic got me out of a few hairy situations. The crows really are your bestfriend for this achievement.Ī hidden gem for food is the natural plants, eg the Old beard lichen, mushroom and rosehip berries, remember to go to the craftscreen and prepare them then cook them. Listen out for the crows and if you can't see anything survey the area and the carcess will show on the map.

You are allowed to harvest dead animals as long as you didnt kill them. The best tips I can give is remember to take charcoal from your fires and survey areas, even areas you have already surveyed, it will show you any fresh carcesses you can harvest or other resources.

Head to named locations first and loot everything, if you are going for Living off the Land achievement from day 1 head straight to frozen water areas and begin harvesting the Cat tail plants, you should get at least 4 days worth of food from those alone, plenty of time to stumble on a carcess. For this achievement makes sure you manage your inventory well, collect all food you encounter and store it in one of your bases. Make sure you have at least two bases of operation, where you store all your excess gear. Start on either Mystery lake or Coastal Highway. Its important to note that the criteria is specific to the FIRST 25 days of your game, so unfortunately if you fished, snared a rabbit etc in the first few days, you wont get the achievement. The Silent Hunter achievement in The Long Dark worth 282 points Survive the first 50 days without firing any firearms (single game).

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