Tips for beginners

[Vile]

Ok, so I just survived for about a week (in game time of course) then the game crashed (it's an Alpha, I know, I'm not complaining, just saying). I'd like to give some tips and would love to hear yours as well. Maybe we can make this an official beginners tip thread and pin it, I'd be honored if that were to happen really. Anyway...

GETTING STARTED:

Starting out, build a hunting shelter and a fire pit asap. I suggest putting the fire pit right next to the entrance of the shelter, so you can get in the shelter and add leaves to the fire without getting out of it.

When it's day again, hunt for lizards, forget rabbits. Lizards won't only give you food when cooked, but you can also wear their skin as armor.

When you're full of energy, build one or two more fire pits near your shelter. Why? Because the cannibals will want to intimidate you by running at you etc. If you're in your shelter while they do that, they will run through/into the fire, burn and die.

When the ones that showed up are dead / left because the sun came up, chop up their bodies, gather a load of sticks and build a small (or large if you have enough corpses) effigy so they - guess what - leave you alone! At least in the area near your camp anyway.

Now you have a safe place to stay. Want extra protection? Build walls. Make a garden and a rabbit hutch while you're at it. Good luck out there!

OTHER TIPS (quoting who posted them):

Originally posted by Turhaturpa:

You can carry 2 wood logs

(you can even swim with 2 wood logs!)

Originally posted by Mr.Mostwanted:

Traps dont reset.

Originally posted by Color Bars:

Traps can be triggered by you accidentally, so be careful.

Originally posted by Wake up NE0:

Block: Click LMB then Click & Hold RMB

I think its glitched and should just be hold RMB but anyway, currently
Block= LMB > RMB (Hold)

Originally posted by Wake up NE0:

I have found an easy way to make a base is use the back of the plane barricaded. lots of good loot around the plane

flare gun spawns in the cave if you 'die' you get one chance to come back in the cave. First time they must take you hostage. Second time you obviously die and must restart until they patch saving.

Flare can be thrown, held in your hand, or fired out of the gun

Crafted axe (stick + Rock) seems stronger attack against enemies than the small red axe

The effigies burn better than most fires when it rains

Small red axe seems better for cutting trees down than crafted
I think wooden axe is probably best for trees

You can hit enemies with the dismembered foot/arm and block works properly with them (you don't have to LMB before RMB Hold, you just RMB Hold with Arms / Feet

Currently those arms / legs have a glitch (?) but they automatically cut down leafs and sticks, but not trees. So can use it like a lawnmower

there is a 2nd cave off the beach with a woman with 8 legs inside. She is currently invincible and if you walk past her you can fall through the map infinitly (dont walk into that cave)

fire kills enemies, they will burn a bit then die- if they walk into your fire or if you throw a molotov / flare gun

You can make a fire in one of the hut roofs (there are a few small villages) and it won't go out in the rain

There is a 'spear' (a long stick) near the boat

There are many duping problems when you pick up too many sticks you will switch to the small axe and have to switch back to your large axe

Originally posted by 𝑲:

you can open people's luggage with an axe

Originally posted by Electric Gigolo:

There a black tar like substance if smear it on you it helps to hide you from enemies. You'll find it near swamps,ponds and on some coastlines.

CRAFTING:

Originally posted by Wake up NE0:

lots of cloths and alcohol spawn near the plane if you whack open the luggage crates. molotovs are alcohol + cloth

Bomb = Coins + Circuit board + Alcohol .
Circuit boards can be found on outside of plane, coins and alcohol in suitcases and on the beach

Crafted axe (stick + Rock)

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OTHER STRATEGIES:

Beach house / quick effigy:
( Screenshot: http://www.absolutehell.net/2014-05-31_00012.jpg )

Take everything from inside the aircraft, ignore what's outside and head for the beach, for time is short. Pick up as many sticks and stones as you can along the way. Walk along the beach. Multiple corpses of cannibals can be found there. Chop them up and carry the pieces to the next corpse. Build a small effigy. Build a fire pit. If there's still time before it's night, build a hunting shelter too. Otherwise sit by the fire and await the night to go by, then build it. Enjoy your safe house by the beach.
Ups & downs:
+ Quickly got an effigy and a fire pit for safety.
+ If you find the tent there is a spear and you can easily catch fish for a constant food source.
+ Stuff seems to randomly wash ashore. Mostly bottles of alcohol, but also coins and even logs (might have been a bug but they were suddenly there)
- Prepare to be surrounded by cannibals pretty much every night. They won't attack though, they'll just hiss at you and attempt to intimidate you. Relax in your shelter. You're fine.

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The take-over
Easiest to do when your aircraft crash is on the mountain right by the water. So when you get out of the aircraft, you see this;
http://www.absolutehell.net/2014-05-31_00013.jpg
Swim across the water to the trees in the distance. Pick up as many stones and sticks as you can while you're going there.
You'll reach a camp, but there shouldn't be any cannibals there (YET). Build a firepit in front of one of them, followed by a wall with a door (well..."door"...an opening).
You should be able to get multiple fires going and build some walls before it even becomes night, since you're surrounded by trees and there will often be many sticks and rocks on the ground as well. Just keep an eye out for our aggressive inhabitants.
Ups & downs:
+ No need to build a shelter, it's already there
+ With a few properly placed walls you've got quite a big camp relatively easily
- At the time of writing, cannibals can't swim, they just walk along the bottom of the lake. This means you will not see them coming. So keep en eye out.
Here's how far I got untill it crashed yet again...:
http://www.absolutehell.net/2014-05-31_00014.jpg

[HerrSvenson]

garden takes to long to grow IMO.

[Jeebus Cripes]

Awesome tips. I will give your fire defense a shot right now. Have you tried building traps yet? Are they reusable?

[Cram]

I was lucky in that my plane crashed on the beach, if that happens I found it's useful to quickly set up camp on a stretch of land bulging out to the sea, that way you can only be attacked from 1 direction and it's easier to fortify your camp with walls etc

[Vile]

Originally posted by Mr.Mostwanted:

garden takes to long to grow IMO.

I sort of agree, but since by then you're in a safe camp anyway, that doesn't really matter.

Originally posted by Barium:

how do you build a effigy. i tried everything. i want sticks with heads on them everywhere

Look in the survivalguide, it's the tab with a red X through it. Choose a place near your shelter and start chopping up cannibals and gathering sticks so you can build it :)

Originally posted by Jeebus Cripes:

Awesome tips. I will give your fire defense a shot right now. Have you tried building traps yet? Are they reusable?

Thank you :) I have not built any traps, I had no need for them (yet?) so I can't give you any advice on those, but perhaps someone else can.

[HerrSvenson]

Originally posted by Jeebus Cripes:

Awesome tips. I will give your fire defense a shot right now. Have you tried building traps yet? Are they reusable?

traps dont reset.Fire around the base is pretty useful

[Neo Scopes]

Block: Click LMB then Click & Hold RMB

I think its glitched and should just be hold RMB but anyway, currently
Block= LMB > RMB (Hold)

[Vile]

Originally posted by MarcN95:

I was lucky in that my plane crashed on the beach, if that happens I found it's useful to quickly set up camp on a stretch of land bulging out to the sea, that way you can only be attacked from 1 direction and it's easier to fortify your camp with walls etc

I prefer setting up camp near the sea anyway, even if the plane crashed a bit further. Nice and easy to wash off all the blood >:)

Originally posted by Mr.Mostwanted:

traps dont reset.Fire around the base is pretty useful

Thanks for the info :)

Originally posted by Wake up NE0:

Block: Click LMB then Click & Hold RMB

I think its glitched and should just be hold RMB but anyway, currently
Block= LMB > RMB (Hold)

Thank you too!

[Neo Scopes]

lots of cloths and alcohol spawn near the plane if you whack open the luggage crates. I have found an easy way to make a base is use the back of the plane barricaded. lots of good loot around the plane, molotovs are alcohol + cloth, flare gun spawns in the cave if you 'die' you get one chance to come back in the cave. First time they must take you hostage. Second time you obviously die and must restart until they patch saving.
once saving is patched you will be able to save in the hunting shelter and log cabin i think..

[Vile]

Thanks again NE0, added it to my original post :)

[Vile]

Originally posted by Barium:

probably a stupid question but how do you wash the blood off? i tried with nothing in my hands in the lake and couldnt figure it out.

Simply get into the lake, it doesn't matter what you're holding. There is a bug though, sometimes it doesn't work and you have to completely get out of the water and into it again - sometimes several times. In my experience anyway.

[Hakke]

Originally posted by Barium:

Originally posted by AH.NMorph:

probably a stupid question but how do you wash the blood off? i tried with nothing in my hands in the lake and couldnt figure it out. ty for the answer. wish they had some way of showing what each key does. i know O does some reach thing with lighter but havent really figured that 1 out yet also

think its a bug i took extended showers and bathes but couldnt wash it off either.

[Vile]

Originally posted by Barium:

ty morph guess i gave up to quick on trying that.

also this thread needs a sticky

You're welcome :) And thanks for saying this needs a sticky, I really appreciate that :)

[Eboy]

Originally posted by Wake up NE0:

lots of cloths and alcohol spawn near the plane if you whack open the luggage crates. I have found an easy way to make a base is use the back of the plane barricaded. lots of good loot around the plane, molotovs are alcohol + cloth, flare gun spawns in the cave if you 'die' you get one chance to come back in the cave. First time they must take you hostage. Second time you obviously die and must restart until they patch saving.
once saving is patched you will be able to save in the hunting shelter and log cabin i think..

What do you mean by using the back of the plane?

[Aletheia]

Originally posted by ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥:

Originally posted by Wake up NE0:

lots of cloths and alcohol spawn near the plane if you whack open the luggage crates. I have found an easy way to make a base is use the back of the plane barricaded. lots of good loot around the plane, molotovs are alcohol + cloth, flare gun spawns in the cave if you 'die' you get one chance to come back in the cave. First time they must take you hostage. Second time you obviously die and must restart until they patch saving.
once saving is patched you will be able to save in the hunting shelter and log cabin i think..

What do you mean by using the back of the plane?

I think he's talking about the starting zone, where the game begins, you should barricade yourself since you already have only one entrance/exit.

[Vile]

Originally posted by Aletheia:

I think he's talking about the starting zone, where the game begins, you should barricade yourself since you already have only one entrance/exit.

Exactly :)

Personally I prefer setting up camp near the water though, a bit further away from the general patrolling grounds of the cannibals.