How do you fight some 'tough' creatures

[BladeofSharpness]

Is it basically an exchange of hit points, you know you'll get hit and spam the mouse to kill it asap.
For the harpy, how do you handle her?

[Enter the Wang]

Same way as in the tutorial. Blocking hits (a fully charged attack) will stop you from taking ANY damage.

It's all about learning the timing. I find backpedalling sometimes allows you to get a few milliseconds more time.

If you don't have time to charge your attack, you can use the right mouse button to block attacks. You can do this barehanded and will take no damage either.

These skills are taught in the tutorial because they're so important to surviving encounters with wildlife and falling into a death spiral.

[BladeofSharpness]

I did it and I remember practicing it briefly against a wild dog on the deck. But I don't master it honestly. So I should maintain mouse on the attack button, it will drain my stamina but I'm shielded from the first attack I take, right? And in addition, I'll counter attack?
I really don't remember what it's supposed to do, sorry!

[IchBinEineBlume]

Do Block Hits

[Enter the Wang]

Originally posted by BladeofSharpness:

I did it and I remember practicing it briefly against a wild dog on the deck. But I don't master it honestly. So I should maintain mouse on the attack button, it will drain my stamina but I'm shielded from the first attack I take, right? And in addition, I'll counter attack?
I really don't remember what it's supposed to do, sorry!

It's probably best to start a game in one of your other save slots purely to go back and practice the combat tutorial. You are immune to damage so you can some time practising. Otherwise consider using a new game purely to rush to wooden spears and attacking the shorteared dogs near the beach to get the timing down.

How blocking hits work is that you hold the attack button. This will charge the attack which takes a few seconds. When you release the attack button you will stab or swing at the enemy. If you managed to fully charge the bar and connect with your hit, you will take no damage. This is what is called a blocking hit.

Blocking is a different thing from 'blocking hits' and involves pressing the right mouse button as you're being attacked. It takes less time, but blocking hits are superior in just about every way to blocking.

There are youtube tutorials for this. Have a look below:

Timing of blocking hits
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WGv_Czqh6no

https://youtu.be/v4jWChObgZ4?list=PLQsf1VVi7f-s4cl7MiLEl3c6JcN0GT8-Y&t=60

[Qui-Gon]

IMO BY FAR the best, safest & most efficient way is by using the wooden bow
with obsidian arrows.
After u Picked up & read the hunters book every shot arrow,
has a 50% chance to NOT lose ANY durability.

Use Bone arrows for snakes, chickens, Peccary's, Tegus & Harpy.
Whenever possible sneak on to your pray & aim 4 the head ( only for Boars,
Jackals, Buffalo& Jaguars) You'd be surprised how good the WOODEN bow is.

The stick bow is Trash & a waste of long sticks.
BTW 1 obsidian shard (+3 sticks & feathers) makes 3 obsidian arrows.
Boars can really ♥♥♥♥ you up on hard mode! But 2 FULLY charged hits usually kill it in the head. If you hit them critical it also cause them to Bleed & when they get on low health they try to limp away.

Once i hit a Jackal from about 70m right in his stupid face, it then chased me, But died (from blood loss just a few m in front of me.
I use the Obsidian spear only for pests, Harpy (if they annoy attack me) & Tortoises.

The more you use the Wooden Bow naturally, the better ur aim gets but also the skills make it much more efficient. IMO the best weapon currently in game. ( the crossbow is slow & expensive garbage) Make a bamboo bandolier (quiver) cuz it has much more durability than the leaf one.

[Thakard Gaming]

Originally posted by BladeofSharpness:

I did it and I remember practicing it briefly against a wild dog on the deck. But I don't master it honestly. So I should maintain mouse on the attack button, it will drain my stamina but I'm shielded from the first attack I take, right? And in addition, I'll counter attack?
I really don't remember what it's supposed to do, sorry!

It is a timing thing. Once you get used to the timing you can stand toe to toe with stuff forever.

If the critter is further away hold down LMB. Wait for the red tips on the charging bars then release to attack. That will give you a stopping attack. Or, you can become a block master and just hit RMB when they are attacking to block the attack.

Punched out a harpy the other day with just well timed attacks and blocks. Once you get the combat down you should be solid.

[Michael]

Originally posted by BladeofSharpness:

I did it and I remember practicing it briefly against a wild dog on the deck. But I don't master it honestly. So I should maintain mouse on the attack button, it will drain my stamina but I'm shielded from the first attack I take, right? And in addition, I'll counter attack?
I really don't remember what it's supposed to do, sorry!

Just to be clear, you are not shielded when holding down the button and you will not counter attack automatically while holding it down. You release the button to launch an attack, during that attack you are shielded. So you time the release of the button to line up with when the attack from the animal is about to get you, then you are shielded from attack while you hit them.

[ApricotMigraine]

Harpy lets out a distinct battle cry when it is diving at you. Charge up your spear and when it's close stick it up it's nose. A Jaguar on normal take 3 stone arrows. Animals also bleed over time and visibly slow down. I've stuck a jaguar with 1 stone arrow on normal and then it only took a single hit with an obsidian spear to finish it off. Timing is key, well timed attack on your part when the creature is mid-leap will interrupt the creature attack and it will say something like "blocking hit".

[Lord Skarra]

Originally posted by BladeofSharpness:

Is it basically an exchange of hit points, you know you'll get hit and spam the mouse to kill it asap.
For the harpy, how do you handle her?

Shot them with my gun.

Die. Flintlock to Head.

[Lord Skarra]

Originally posted by Lord Skarra:

Originally posted by BladeofSharpness:

Is it basically an exchange of hit points, you know you'll get hit and spam the mouse to kill it asap.
For the harpy, how do you handle her?

Shot them with my gun.

Die. Flintlock to Head.

Oh wait. Harpy. Spear point blank. Obisidian... Tier. Otherwise run away and don't go near them yet.

[Thakard Gaming]

As long as you are hitting stopping blows or blocking it doesn't matter what weapon you use. You can fight for as long as it takes.

[Lord Skarra]

Originally posted by Thakard Gaming:

As long as you are hitting stopping blows or blocking it doesn't matter what weapon you use. You can fight for as long as it takes.

Wait you block? Humm... must be doing somthing wrong, everything is dying when i hit them.

[Lord Skarra]

Originally posted by Lord Skarra:

Originally posted by Thakard Gaming:

As long as you are hitting stopping blows or blocking it doesn't matter what weapon you use. You can fight for as long as it takes.

Wait you block? Humm... must be doing somthing wrong, everything is dying when i hit them.

Then again i use Controller... and move faster probably... just got Mad Dodge.