Travois worth making ?

[Icarus]

Please dont just say yes because you obsess over using everything that gets added in the game . I get it that it can be useful but also extremely tedious . Im just looking to speed up at least a part of my travels if its condition loss makes sense and is worth keeping repaired

I mostly want to know if i can leave it around the world without it taking dmg while staying still , thats a thing ?
Was thinking of having one in FM since my main base is in BR , might be good to keep it there and drag stuff in a straight line while im still taking things to the hunting lodge

Is it even worth using 4 maple's on it ? I can hunt and live for a long time with the bows id make out of them so idk , what do you think ?

[AnAngelOfDeath]

I use 2 travois. That way when I come to a area that the travois that I am dragging cannot traverse I can easily unload the first travois, move forward to where the travois can navigate the terrain, deploy my second travois and fill it up with the items from my first travois. Works for me. Not sure about dmg while still as I empty mine out when I get to my destination and if I need storage I build a rock cache. I should note, I'm a horder lol. Good luck and have fun!

[_Znarf_]

Originally posted by ICountFrom0:

It's probably a low difficulty/high loot item, and it probably teaches a bad lesson for high difficulty/low loot.

That was precisely my feeling but you just said it the clearest way. At least if we're talking about travois as a mean to carry loot and gear.

Travois as mean to carry game is another question. Useful IMO when bear bleeds out and dies at the other end of the map.

[Goof]

i use a travois only for hunting. you can just about put a full moose in it. anything other than that though, I think the travois is wildly overrated

[Imran Khan]

No. I would never haul meat with one of those things. You would end up as wolf meat yourself. It's way too slow.

[I'll be the one]

Originally posted by Icarus:

Please dont just say yes because you obsess over using everything that gets added in the game . I get it that it can be useful but also extremely tedious . Im just looking to speed up at least a part of my travels if its condition loss makes sense and is worth keeping repaired

I mostly want to know if i can leave it around the world without it taking dmg while staying still , thats a thing ?
Was thinking of having one in FM since my main base is in BR , might be good to keep it there and drag stuff in a straight line while im still taking things to the hunting lodge

Is it even worth using 4 maple's on it ? I can hunt and live for a long time with the bows id make out of them so idk , what do you think ?

I used it once in ZOC to half of Transfer Pass. Don't think I will use it much. As far as hauling a moose or bear meat I would like to see it done first.

[Icarus]

well i made one and i like it for what it is . its not a travel companion / mobile base as i was hoping but its been perfect to move a ton of stuff in 1 trip , which would normally take me 3

im basically done using it outside my main map besides 1 trip to Milton ill make soon , its just perfect for easy hunting trips easily moving everything back in one go

i think that some of us , me included , have simply misunderstood what the travois is for in TLD and took us a min to realize that :D

[Imran Khan]

I had no idea the travois eliminated the meat smell. Yes, I always run when carrying meat. Maybe I will give it another try but I felt like it was impossible to turn, like I was plowing a field.

[AnAngelOfDeath]

Originally posted by Imran Khan:

No. I would never haul meat with one of those things. You would end up as wolf meat yourself. It's way too slow.

A lit torch dropped on the ground and a rock aimed at the wolf solves that problem!

[LegacyMµ'se]

It's excellent. Instead of walking slowly because you're carrying too much, just deploy the travois, stuff everything you have in there (especially after killing and looting an animal) and walk back to your base at a much faster speed. Its condition go down really quickly, that's one issue but if you harvest every deer hide, you shouldn't have any problem.
Just beware of slopes (bc clipping through the ground) and weak ice

Inventory is the worst enemy in every survival game, anything that expands it become the best addition in the entire game. I can't imagine going back to a Long Dark without the well fed bonus, the better bag in ash canyon, the moose satchel and the holsters.

Before adding the well-fed bonus, me and many players would starve to ration food and because we have nothing to lose but now we have a very good reason to eat regularly. I hope they'll bring something similar for thirst or sleep

[ronaldm1458]

I use the Travois for Moose and Bear kills to get all the guts, hide, and meat back . I think its extremely useful for that.

[I'll be the one]

Originally posted by Icarus:

Please dont just say yes because you obsess over using everything that gets added in the game . I get it that it can be useful but also extremely tedious . Im just looking to speed up at least a part of my travels if its condition loss makes sense and is worth keeping repaired

I mostly want to know if i can leave it around the world without it taking dmg while staying still , thats a thing ?
Was thinking of having one in FM since my main base is in BR , might be good to keep it there and drag stuff in a straight line while im still taking things to the hunting lodge

Is it even worth using 4 maple's on it ? I can hunt and live for a long time with the bows id make out of them so idk , what do you think ?

Sometimes food near the cannery can be scarce, so I will use the travois to transfer bear meat from the cannery residence.

[AnAngelOfDeath]

Besides using the travois while hunting at times, my main use for it is moving to a new region.

[jayess65]

Originally posted by ronaldm1458:

I use the Travois for Moose and Bear kills to get all the guts, hide, and meat back . I think its extremely useful for that.

+1

I used the travois extensively during a recent stay in TWM for just that purpose.