IAM AFRAID OF THE CAVES

[yp365]

even tho i love this game and its setting but when i go into the caves after some time (five minites usually) i run out as fast as i could.In the surface im ok (even with the mutant abominations) but in the caves i simply cant
any tips how i can combat this?

[yp365]

Originally posted by restfullsine:

did you die that fast

no i never had died i was capture once (my only time in a cave tho)but that was due to fall damage

[yp365]

Originally posted by Fergus:

It's a video game my dude, just go forward and kill stuff. :fisher:

i know but i panic when in combat in a cave (fighting a virginia and i was spamming bomps like there was no tomarrow)but this doesnt hapens in the surface even when facing the mutant abominations

[yp365]

plus i was running around like a scooby doo film

[yp365]

you find why i want to go but still the problem is when you try to reach the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ thing

[Gibaster]

:fisher:

[BLIVNIKL]

try playing co-op with some friends or other people so it feels safer.
or memorize the cave layouts so you can be more confident.

[Wormzombie]

try building campfires as 'waypoints' and the extra light should help you feel safer. If you see one of the large mutants try to jump onto a high rock so you can throw bombs or shoot it with arrows.

[Weizen1988]

Im terrified of the caves as well, what I did was build fires regularly, and cover my axe in cloth to use it as a torch/flaming axe, then I became their angry firegod who lives in the lake decorated with their corpses.

[dahni.uru]

I also hate (mmm...scared of!) caves! So, I started by putting skull lamps along my way; never out of sight of one. I also started putting a stick box just inside the cave and filling it up before I went further. Next I put the simple shelter just inside and hit c so I could leave the game and come back there to restart.

Then I collected a lot, a lot, of cloths. I made a lot (30+) fire arrows. I made 5 bombs and had stuff to make 5 more. I raided the village and got 5 dynamites. I made 9 molotovs. Once I built an explosives shelf just outside the cave of choice and put as many bombs and dynamite as I could collect. I had a flare gun and 10 extra flares.

Then I put 2-3 cloths and one booze on my modern axe and my cargo axe. I made sure I had plenty of water and soda and snack bars.

Then I went in!!! Every time I went around a bend I put down a skull lamp. I went in a crouch, carrying a torch cuz, umm...caves scare the crap out of me! Put down a skull lamp so I'd know which way to run. Came to water, and two different tunnels on the other side. No torch! But I could see a little with the lighter and crept into the water cuz I didn't know how deep it was.

Waded over to the left tunnel, very slowly, and looked into what seemed to be a very large room. I put down a skull lamp. Crept in, and saw two hugh cannibals!!! Turned and ran back into my entry tunnel. No body followed so I slowly went back. No problems....

Got across the water again, to the tunnel with the cannibals, and pulled a bomb and tossed it into the cavern. Threw another bomb. Then pulled katana and waited. Nothing. Made a torch and crouched into the cavern. Empty, except for a bunch of body parts. Found a lot of loot, but no more cannibals! yea...

Went back and did the same entry into the other tunnel. Found another cavern with a lot of scary noises coming out. Make a skull lamp. Carefully climbed up on a pretty tall rock just inside, and made a torch. I could see the BigUglyThing. So, I pulled a dynamite and lit it and threw it at IT. When the smoke cleared it was still moving around, faster, and making more noises. So I threw a bomb. But it hit a big rock and stuck there and blew up and blew me backwards off my rock. So I ran back to the entry.....

Finally came back, found the same rock, climbed it and looked around. Mutant still there! So I threw another bomb, and it was hurt by started coming my way! I threw a stick of dynamite, that might have done something but I forgot to light it first...It got to my rock perch and started trying to come up. I was beating my keypad to pieces trying to do anything. Finally calmed down and pulled and lit a molotov. Dropped it on the mutant and it really got mad, but still trying to come up on the rock with me. Dropped another molotov and it started burning again and went back down into the cavern.

I could still see it and I was a little calmer. Pulled the bow and lit an arrow and shot. Missed entirely twice, then hit it with the 3rd. And the 4th. And it died! I lit another torch and everything looked safe so I got down and started exploring. Very scary....

Finally I found another(!) tunnel going out the other end.... Decided to save it until another day.

But I did this kind of thing with every cave! And I've only been killed in one cave when one of those babies of Vaginia killed me cuz I didn't even see it coming.....

Now I can explore any cave. But I plan in the same way as I explain in paragraphs 1,2 and 3 above. Cheers, and enjoy the caves.

[BigNasty]

I have a base inside a cave. As for enemies, I don't think that they can spawn. If someone knows for sure, then please let me know. Otherwise, if you encounter enemy resistance... use either flares, the flaregun, Molotov Cocktails, or any type of explosive. As for a better light source, get a flashlight (A.K.A. the Plastic Torch) as it works better than anything else as it has a brighter light beam and it lasts at least ten minutes. Just make sure that you have plenty of batteries and you should be set.

[Syncourt]

Did you know that it is more dangerous outside the caves than inside? The most you'll get inside a cave is a little jump scare.

You can light an axe on fire by combining it with a bit of cloth, light it up whenever you hear enemies. Provides a decent light radius temporarily and it demolishes cannibals.

[Weizen1988]

Originally posted by Syncourt:

Did you know that it is more dangerous outside the caves than inside? The most you'll get inside a cave is a little jump scare.

You can light an axe on fire by combining it with a bit of cloth, light it up whenever you hear enemies. Provides a decent light radius temporarily and it demolishes cannibals.

I did actually know that, jump scares and the dark are all that still bother me, it disorients me, plus im worried about light and noise waking them up and getting me ambushed by the sleeping guys and mutants, so I progress slowly, which just makes jump scares and such more effective. Pretty much I can only go in heavily armed with bombs and something to use as a trail marker, and have to turn back once i run out until im certain the cave is cleared out, as they do not seem to respawn, at least not back when I played more, which was before anything was going on in the big hole.

[XistenZ]

Caves are scary like hell, some people don't get it and they're fine spelunking like it's nothing. I'll never complete the game in singleplayer because I need someone to hold my hand and shush me when I scream like a 9-year old girl because "I thought I saw something".

If the problem is that you get lost and disoriented (that's enough to go into a minor panic), try exploring using a system. Put up landmarks, always go left whenever there's a fork in the tunnels. When backtracking just keep taking the left route and soon enough you'll have explored the cave fully and come out where you started.
Caves are loaded with sodas, candy and meds so you don't even have to bring a full inventory of items.

I also find that lighting a fire arrow gives a ton more light than just the lighter (flashlight is useless) and it won't go out but will keep on burning until you either put it through the heart of something or go for a swim.

You have my sympathies.