Bloodfang Sabretooth was death at the "reset to last checkpoint"

[Hex: Gon Givit to Ya]

I play survival mode. I was taking an Izila outpost. Stealthy at first, but at some point I was spotted. Ok, I just started fighting normally. I called Bloodfang Sabertooth to assist. I usually think "okay, if I can't save an unique beast at some point, I'll just return to last checkpoint or let them kill me."
So, at some point the tiger fell in battle. I died before I was able to heal him. So, I returned to where I was before I attack the outpost. BUT...

But Bloodfang was DEAD. Imposible to revive. Impossible to tame again.

How can the animal be dead after I died and went back to my last checkpoint? Does the game AUTOSAVES when you lose a unique one? If it does, it's pretty damn frustrating.

[Akunamatata]

Sorry, you don't really understand how the saving mechanics work.
The game autosaves at the moment of your death. If at that exact moment your pet was lying waiting for your help (his health meter was drained to 0 and the red scull countdown icon was already activated), when the game is reloaded your pet is dead, period.

When the red scull countdown icon of your pet is activated, you have 3 options:
1. Try to get to him and throw him a piece of meat BEFORE you die.
2. Exit to desktop WITHOUT SAVING, or press Alt+Tab and kill FCPrimal process from the task manager, if the game won't let you exit in the middle of combat.
3. If your game is reloaded and you see that you lost your pet, immediately exit to desktop WITHOUT SAVING, go to your FCPrimal saves folder ("2029") and delete one of two save files (1.save or 2.save) that was created LATER.

See my guide to understand saves mechanics better and learn some tips and tricks:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=859358501
Also, this is a very important tip to learn:

If you see from your hiding that your pet got stuck in a fight in the middle of an outpost and is about to die, DON'T try calling him to you with "Alt" key, just dismiss him from your pets menu ("B"). The moment your pet is dismissed, his health meter stops draining, and you can safely heal him when you summon him again. This is a crucial tip for survival mode, where pets are weaker and you can't revive them with red plants.

As a general rule, if you see your pet's health meter is about to drain, immediately hit the "B" key and dismiss your pet to prevent the countdown activation!

[Hex: Gon Givit to Ya]

Originally posted by Akunamatata:

Sorry, you don't really understand how the saving mechanics work.
The game autosaves at the moment of your death. If at that exact moment your pet was lying waiting for your help (his health meter was drained to 0 and the red scull countdown icon was already activated), when you load the game again your pet is dead, period.

When the red scull countdown icon of your pet is activated, you have 3 options:
1. Try to get to him and throw him a piece of meat BEFORE you die.
2. Exit to desktop WITHOUT SAVING, or press Alt+Tab and kill FCPrimal process from the task manager, if the game won't let you exit in the middle of combat.
3. If your game is reloaded and you see that you lost your pet, immediately exit to desktop WITHOUT SAVING, go to your FCPrimal saves folder ("2029") and delete one of two save files (1.save or 2.save) that was created LATER.

See my guide to understand saves mechanics better and learn some tips and tricks:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=859358501
Also, this is a very important tip to learn:

If you see from your hiding that your pet got stuck in a fight in the middle of an outpost and is about to die, DON'T try calling him to you with "Alt" key, just dismiss him from your pets menu ("B"). The moment your pet is dismissed, his health meter stops draining, and you can safely heal him when you summon him again. This is a crucial tip for survival mode, where pets are weaker and you can't revive them with red plants.

As a general rule, if you see your pet's health meter is about to drain, immediately hit the "B" key and dismiss your pet to prevent the countdown activation!

Thanks, that was helpful. I'll be more careful next time.

[Akunamatata]

You're welcome, I'm glad to hear the things I told you helped...

Please, let me tell you something else. I didn't really realized it when I read your post for the first time, but you completely mixed up free roaming saving mode and quest saving mode (I hope you understand this difference now if you read the guide).

Capturing outposts is a part of free roaming mode, there are NO checkpoints during free roaming, the game autosaves when you die or after number of other events (listed in my guide). When you die during the capture attempt, you indeed respawn near the outpost and all the enemies are reset, but everything that happened to you till the moment of your death (like lost arrows and eaten meat, items you looted, accumulated XP or the death of your pet) IS saved...

During a mission you don't have to do any of the stuff I suggested in my previous comment: when you die or choose to return to the last checkpoint nothing is saved; when you respawn it's like nothing has happened since the last checkpoint, including possible death of your pet.

[Shits_and_Giggles]

Originally posted by Akunamatata:

Sorry, you don't really understand how the saving mechanics work.
The game autosaves at the moment of your death. If at that exact moment your pet was lying waiting for your help (his health meter was drained to 0 and the red scull countdown icon was already activated), when the game is reloaded your pet is dead, period.

When the red scull countdown icon of your pet is activated, you have 3 options:
1. Try to get to him and throw him a piece of meat BEFORE you die.
2. Exit to desktop WITHOUT SAVING, or press Alt+Tab and kill FCPrimal process from the task manager, if the game won't let you exit in the middle of combat.
3. If your game is reloaded and you see that you lost your pet, immediately exit to desktop WITHOUT SAVING, go to your FCPrimal saves folder ("2029") and delete one of two save files (1.save or 2.save) that was created LATER.

See my guide to understand saves mechanics better and learn some tips and tricks:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=859358501
Also, this is a very important tip to learn:

If you see from your hiding that your pet got stuck in a fight in the middle of an outpost and is about to die, DON'T try calling him to you with "Alt" key, just dismiss him from your pets menu ("B"). The moment your pet is dismissed, his health meter stops draining, and you can safely heal him when you summon him again. This is a crucial tip for survival mode, where pets are weaker and you can't revive them with red plants.

As a general rule, if you see your pet's health meter is about to drain, immediately hit the "B" key and dismiss your pet to prevent the countdown activation!

Спасибо ОГРОМНОЕ!!! Я вот начал перепроходить игру на сурвайве, и на 40% кот спрыгнул с балкона когда мы зачищали пещеру, я разозлился, и так расстроился что больше месяца не заходил в игру, сейчас зашел, увидел это, додумался набрать на английском, и мне выдало твой ответ!! Еще раз спасибо!!