weapon parts, day 52 of game

[Sereh]

Hi, I have started/restarted this game many times. Right now I'm powering it out and at day 52. I am happy with my base, seem to be able to build most things.

I'm struggling with weapon upgrades/ new weapons and needing weapon parts. I want to be able to kill deer, cougars and moose for parts to move to the next level.

52 days, quite a few (more than 15) locked boxes and 2 weapon parts.

Yes I have hunters turned off, no I don't want to turn them on (yes I have tried it, just spoils the game for me).

What to do? stop playing or have I missed something here? I feel like I am wasting my time.

[Dark Raven]

Sereh,
You are handicapping yourself. Turn them on for a week They are easy to Kill, just kill them each day and you will get weapons parts. Turn them off and back on again after the week and repeat the process until you get the parts you need, then turn them off again. It is your game, play it how you want but that is an easy way to get parts.

[c.jackharkness]

you have to incorporate hunters into your daily grind/harvest for awhile . might want to let them uild up bases before you make them extinct . if you plan on upgrading disable auot saves before you do as a lot of the upgrades you can do require gun parts for repair and that sux , the recurve bow is amazing at 2nd to last and last upgrade .

[terry]

You dont need hunters on but with them off it will take a very long time to get enough parts to upgrade weapons. Unless something changed that I miss, you cant do the final upgrade without hunters due to special parts needed for that upgrade.
Also, you can easily kill deer, cougar, and moose with basic weapons.

[Dark Raven]

Originally posted by c.jackharkness:

you have to incorporate hunters into your daily grind/harvest for awhile . might want to let them uild up bases before you make them extinct . if you plan on upgrading disable auot saves before you do as a lot of the upgrades you can do require gun parts for repair and that sux , the recurve bow is amazing at 2nd to last and last upgrade .

Hi C.jackharkness,

How does making them extinct happen? I never experienced that ever. I must have done that 20 plus times over the months. Raw told me last year similar to what Terry said or I could just turn Hunters on and off after a week.

There were just two Hunters and they were easy to kill. Sometimes I got only got Gears instead of Weapons Parts. At times it would take me a while finding them again, because parts of my map was still blacked out.

He told me not to rush to upgrade to level 3 and 4, it is very expensive in repairs, as you basically said and that level 2 is just fine for my style of play for the time being, but to continue collecting all the materials regardless.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Weapon parts also found in the crashed plane's cargo crates.
These are not Premium .
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3454230579

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Like everybody said it, you can have it even if you don't set hunter ON, but that will take very a long time to upgrade it... Maybe +/-6 month even if you play 2h per days... Outside chest, you can also search & kill all bandits on ground & in cave...

Note: I don't remember if the dev change it, but for the last upgrade, you will need a premium weapon part who can only be looted by destroy hunter's BCU in difficulty normal/hard only.

Also, IDK if you see it, but you can actived hunters & can set them to don't attack your base... & set them ON but play in difficulty easy & them turn back to normal if you don't want to raid them...

[Skyecrazz]

You can get weapons parts from planes also from lock boxes. No need for hunters.
Make a drill to refine iron and keep making lock picks to get the weapons parts and other loot to help with upgrades. Does take a little longer but this method works especially at the start of a game.

[c.jackharkness]

Originally posted by Dark Raven:

Originally posted by c.jackharkness:

you have to incorporate hunters into your daily grind/harvest for awhile . might want to let them uild up bases before you make them extinct . if you plan on upgrading disable auot saves before you do as a lot of the upgrades you can do require gun parts for repair and that sux , the recurve bow is amazing at 2nd to last and last upgrade .

Hi C.jackharkness,

How does making them extinct happen? I never experienced that ever. I must have done that 20 plus times over the months. Raw told me last year similar to what Terry said or I could just turn Hunters on and off after a week.

There were just two Hunters and they were easy to kill. Sometimes I got only got Gears instead of Weapons Parts. At times it would take me a while finding them again, because parts of my map was still blacked out.

He told me not to rush to upgrade to level 3 and 4, it is very expensive in repairs, as you basically said and that level 2 is just fine for my style of play for the time being, but to continue collecting all the materials regardless.

oh , if you hit them every day whilst they are seyying up their base , even sometimes twice a day they will abandon the base and it slowly deteriorates as they build elsewhere .

[Dark Raven]

Originally posted by c.jackharkness:

Originally posted by Dark Raven:

Hi C.jackharkness,

How does making them extinct happen? I never experienced that ever. I must have done that 20 plus times over the months. Raw told me last year similar to what Terry said or I could just turn Hunters on and off after a week.

There were just two Hunters and they were easy to kill. Sometimes I got only got Gears instead of Weapons Parts. At times it would take me a while finding them again, because parts of my map was still blacked out.

He told me not to rush to upgrade to level 3 and 4, it is very expensive in repairs, as you basically said and that level 2 is just fine for my style of play for the time being, but to continue collecting all the materials regardless.

oh , if you hit them every day whilst they are seyying up their base , even sometimes twice a day they will abandon the base and it slowly deteriorates as they build elsewhere .

Okay, something to remember whenever I get around to starting a new profile. I only raided them once a day for 4 to 5 days, then I would turn them off and turn them back on after a couple of days. I got the odd one when he went fishing too. I guess I must have been lucky. I got the weapons parts I needed at the time and left them alone to get get fully established.

[c.jackharkness]

Originally posted by Dark Raven:

Originally posted by c.jackharkness:

oh , if you hit them every day whilst they are seyying up their base , even sometimes twice a day they will abandon the base and it slowly deteriorates as they build elsewhere .

Okay, something to remember whenever I get around to starting a new profile. I only raided them once a day for 4 to 5 days, then I would turn them off and turn them back on after a couple of days. I got the odd one when he went fishing too. I guess I must have been lucky. I got the weapons parts I needed at the time and left them alone to get get fully established.

they do walk to the water source closest to them every day , one does anyhow .

[wastedwoodsman]

Originally posted by Sereh:

Hi, I have started/restarted this game many times. Right now I'm powering it out and at day 52. I am happy with my base, seem to be able to build most things.

I'm struggling with weapon upgrades/ new weapons and needing weapon parts. I want to be able to kill deer, cougars and moose for parts to move to the next level.

52 days, quite a few (more than 15) locked boxes and 2 weapon parts.

Yes I have hunters turned off, no I don't want to turn them on (yes I have tried it, just spoils the game for me).

What to do? stop playing or have I missed something here? I feel like I am wasting my time.

u can get parts in the chests u smash open in the lava zone in the caves and in locked cases you dont need the hunters on so just look for locked cases build a bunch of lock picks

[Dark Raven]

Originally posted by c.jackharkness:

Originally posted by Dark Raven:

Okay, something to remember whenever I get around to starting a new profile. I only raided them once a day for 4 to 5 days, then I would turn them off and turn them back on after a couple of days. I got the odd one when he went fishing too. I guess I must have been lucky. I got the weapons parts I needed at the time and left them alone to get get fully established.

they do walk to the water source closest to them every day , one does anyhow .

Yeah, I hear them at times. My base is near where they come fishing. I hear the splash. I shot one with a Blue solid round from my window, and received a bonus, his tackle was floating in the water.

[wastedwoodsman]

Originally posted by Dark Raven:

Originally posted by c.jackharkness:

they do walk to the water source closest to them every day , one does anyhow .

Yeah, I hear them at times. My base is near where they come fishing. I hear the splash. I shot one with a Blue solid round from my window, and received a bonus, his tackle was floating in the water.

if u wait til he catch a fish you get that aswell

[drpad]

Originally posted by Dark Raven:

Originally posted by c.jackharkness:

they do walk to the water source closest to them every day , one does anyhow .

Yeah, I hear them at times. My base is near where they come fishing. I hear the splash. I shot one with a Blue solid round from my window, and received a bonus, his tackle was floating in the water.

That's true. There's usually one fisherman.
But here's a question: if you shoot the guy, does it count as an attack on their base and will trigger an revenge attack (if you've turned that on)?

[Dark Raven]

Originally posted by drpad:

Originally posted by Dark Raven:

Yeah, I hear them at times. My base is near where they come fishing. I hear the splash. I shot one with a Blue solid round from my window, and received a bonus, his tackle was floating in the water.

That's true. There's usually one fisherman.
But here's a question: if you shoot the guy, does it count as an attack on their base and will trigger an revenge attack (if you've turned that on)?

I don't know the answer to that, I just know you can kill them about 100m or so from their Base, and it won't alert an attack from the others. However, that would be something in the programming if you have it turned on.

I don't have revenge attacks turned on but maybe later on in the game, at the moment there are enough distractions for me already. I am sure someone will have the answer.