Can you out run a wolf?

[Chris Milk]

What i mean is can you sprint long enough for the wolf to ignore you? Is there a agressive range?

How about bears?

[Xstilllovesyou]

You won't be able to outrun a wolf unless you are going a very short distance or he is a ways away. Stamina in this game drains pretty fast and the wolves can overtake you pretty easy.

Running away from wolves is the worst thing you can do anyway. If you are close enough to a safe haven, it is better to back away slowly while still facing the wolf. The wolves will typically stalk you but at pretty much the same speed as you can back up. You can also try to drive them away with a flare or a torch or, if you have the rifle, you can shoot them for meat, guts, and hide.

Bears in this game aren't aggressive at all. If one is moving menacingly towards you you can usually just retreat and he'll leave you alone.

[Caliban]

I managed it once when I ran off a small cliff. Not recommended.

[Bomoo]

Across short distances, I think, yes. But once they pick up speed, you are ♥♥♥♥♥♥.

[cfett199]

DO NOT just try to outrun a wolf, unless the door is less than 10 yards behind you, you will not make it. Running blindly away from predators is a prey instinct, which triggers the predator's chase instinct. Instead, stare down the wolf and back away, it will not chase you, but walk cautiously towards you.

I've backed away from a wolf from the bay on the northwest shore of jackrabbits all the way into the house at the top by staying calm and backing away while maintaining eye contact, only breaking it between trees. Only when I knew I was right by the door did I turn my back to it, and sure enough the moment I did, it charged, but made it inside safely.

[Bomoo]

Originalmente postado por cfett199:

DO NOT just try to outrun a wolf, unless the door is less than 10 yards behind you, you will not make it. Running blindly away from predators is a prey instinct, which triggers the predator's chase instinct. Instead, stare down the wolf and back away, it will not chase you, but walk cautiously towards you.

I've backed away from a wolf from the bay on the northwest shore of jackrabbits all the way into the house at the top by staying calm and backing away while maintaining eye contact, only breaking it between trees. Only when I knew I was right by the door did I turn my back to it, and sure enough the moment I did, it charged, but made it inside safely.

Huh! That's very cool. Need to try that.

[Hotzn]

Originalmente postado por cfett199:

DO NOT just try to outrun a wolf, unless the door is less than 10 yards behind you, you will not make it. Running blindly away from predators is a prey instinct, which triggers the predator's chase instinct. Instead, stare down the wolf and back away, it will not chase you, but walk cautiously towards you.

I've backed away from a wolf from the bay on the northwest shore of jackrabbits all the way into the house at the top by staying calm and backing away while maintaining eye contact, only breaking it between trees. Only when I knew I was right by the door did I turn my back to it, and sure enough the moment I did, it charged, but made it inside safely.

If you go back in TLD history, there was a time when you could just outrun the wolves. That was too easy, so they made the wolves faster. At some time they introduced a wolf behaviour that would depend on whether you faced them or not. For some time before the Deep Forest update, you could not exactly "stare them down", but you could do what cfett199 describes here. As long as you kept moving backwards, they would not jump you, but follow at a certain distance (unless aggroed away from food, I think).

However, I am unsure whether the new sprinting mechanic makes it possible again to outrun a wolf - meaning to shake it off once it has started to aggressively pursue you. I haven't tested that. Has anyone?

[Sempophai]

I am finding on voyager that some wolves get confused if you run and break line of sight. On coastal, where the logs are trapped in the ice, a wolf rushed towards me, then couldn't path over some rocks, so went to run around, then lost interest.

[WildKarrde]

If you have g big enough head start, and a door to run through.

[eliz907]

I stumbled upon two wolves defending a deer carcas and was able to turn and run over a hill.

[hinterland_community]

It's not easy, but with a good amount of stamina and some cover in the environment to slow the wolf down I've been able to out-run them a number of times.

[thekaneb]

press '3' to drop some random food on the ground, slowly go back keeping eye contact, be sure the wolf is interested in the bait, then you can run to the hills (or shoot it in da face :D ).

[WildKarrde]

Originalmente postado por Fugitive Justice:

I managed it once when I ran off a small cliff. Not recommended.

That's actually how I ran away from a bear once. The fall was the much better alternative.

[Lord Flenser]

I *think* I outran a wolf once. I was near dead and it was hard to see. So I'm not really sure.

On another instance, post-patch, I backed away, then took off running down a steep slope and the wolf didn't follow. Either I lost him when trees blocked his sight or the slope looked too steep for him. It was over by Draft Doger's cabin on PV, which is where I crashed after that run.

[Mako Heero]

I always walk away backwards while staring at the wolf, and he never chases me.

Instead, his buddy sneak attacks me from behind.

[emmietiie]

It's sometimes possible to outrun wolves if there's enough distance between you at the moment of detection.

I got detected at derailment but lost the wolf by sprinting towards the dam and cutting the line of sight by using the cliff on the right.