Dropping meat for camp dogs doesn't work!

[Adeptus Lebowski]

Adding dogs to most camps for me has ruined the game in some regards because it make stealth redundant. I've yet to put poison in pots because the dogs wake the camp up! When i have managed to poison the pot, the guards don't eat lol!

I've tried dropping raw meat all over the camp but the dogs don't go for it and if i get too close they just attack me. For stealth i wear all black cloth gear, so when the dogs attack and they always do, it take all my stam the get it off and then i have 3 bandits around me. You can only fight 1v1 in this game anyways and wearing cloth ofc i die in two hits.

Dogs arn't going away so, what other options for stealth are there and what am i doing wrong with the meat baits?

[DobbyBaby]

Hmm, that’s strange. I could have sworn I quieted a camp dog by dropping meat when I heard it growling somewhere nearby. I did not actually see it eat the meat though. I only know it got quiet. Maybe it just list track of me.

[Eminem]

Do you got the perk that has the dogs ignore you?

[Chillum]

Shoot the dog from range, reset the camp then stealth back in?

[Adeptus Lebowski]

I think i did that actually, or i shield bashed the thing and ran back.

[Mercenaru]

If you can aim with archery at long range, you can shoot from stealth and run before they figure out what's happening. (like shooting guards in a city from a distance without having sight of you, if you ever tried).

By doing this, and run off very quick, they won't be able to catch with you or they lose aggro on you. Or you might get lucky and just pull 1 at a time.

Just last night, I shot a bandit from medium range who was camping a small bridge - and instead of fighting me or alerting his camp, he deserted them and ran off the exact opposite direction. (I have a theory that if they don't figure it out who is attacking them, they panic and run - but I am not sure on this)

[Eminem]

I wish there was kill cam shots in this game. I shot a guard from medium range straight to the head. One shot one kill and my bow skill is only 6. Got lucky on that one.

[DobbyBaby]

Originally posted by Eminem:

Do you got the perk that has the dogs ignore you?

No, I don’t have that perk. Are you all sure the camp dogs don’t eat dropped meat?

[Chillum]

Originally posted by 18diggy:

Originally posted by Eminem:

Do you got the perk that has the dogs ignore you?

No, I don’t have that perk. Are you all sure the camp dogs don’t eat dropped meat?

Well, the dropping meat for dogs was in the game from launch. Having to do with dogs in town/at peoples houses.

So if you wanted to stealth and steal their things you needed to quiet these yapping mutts up. And im pretty sure they were unkillable then.

The theresa DLC came along much later..and added dogs to the bandit camps. These aggro you unlike the dogs in town/villages. I do not think the meat was ever supposed to work on those dogs.

[Adeptus Lebowski]

ahh ok, well that clears things up more. Maybe if i get my own dog it will fight the bandit's dogs perhaps. It's a bit annoying trying to aim at such a small target with the bow from a medium distance. I'm pretty ok with the bow but not that good haha!

[Mercenaru]

Originally posted by Lebowski The Depressed:

ahh ok, well that clears things up more. Maybe if i get my own dog it will fight the bandit's dogs perhaps. It's a bit annoying trying to aim at such a small target with the bow from a medium distance. I'm pretty ok with the bow but not that good haha!

You can do something else, but only works if they are stationary.

Draw your sword, and put the reticle on them. Then, without moving, draw your bow and shoot without holding the bow too much (so the crosshair stays in the same place as you left it with the sword).

I consider it some sort of "exploit", but it can help you with aiming, without having to enable the crosshair with console.