How to play during night time

[hermanssoon]

Hi, I am having a difficult time playing at night. What do you do to avoid being detected by volatiles?

Almost impossible for me to get into one of those "nightstores" without setting of a chase. They are everywhere.

[GoobleMoWizard]

Are you on Nightmare or Normal? If Nightmare, they will always spot you instantly. Normal they will see you, but you have enough time to react, and get away.

If I were you, I'd plan a safe route, and keep using Survivor senses to spot them.

[devil_505]

Stay on the rooftops. If a Volatile comes close hide inside the bushes that are almost everywhere. When he leaves sneak out of the bushes and continue the way to your target.

If you are close to your target leave the rooftops and sneak to the entrance of the store or Dark Hollow.

[eladswerdna]

If the entrance of the hallow is overrun with zombies, try throwing some of those distraction firecrackers. It should lure them away and give you the time you need to sneak in.

[Uncle Jack]

Originally posted by eladswerdna:

If the entrance of the hallow is overrun with zombies, try throwing some of those distraction firecrackers. It should lure them away and give you the time you need to sneak in.

they never change that even good night good hunt as unlock the uv lightbar first before unlock the firecrackers so lol

[Uncle Jack]

always say good luck for those new player. The only way to earn money without enter indoor on daytime and go out at night. Need to learn how to fight goon.

[Blue Cloud]

First time playing through main story. The large infected giving chase were giving me issues, as well as being low on blades, and valuables to upgrade blueprints/buy health items/craft weapons. Guessing you're in old viladore unless you went straight for central loop. Would recommend staying in first area of map.

Roofs are the safer option to streets as others have pointed out. I did as many windmills as my stamina allowed me to climb early on, as well as unlocked night runner spots by enabling generators. Pretty much all safe zones will be on the roof so stick to them all the way to the raid locations for crafting valuables, crystals, and the health crates.

If you only go into them at night you should not see the large infected. Even if a chase starts at night close to the raid location, run into the entrance and start clearing out the zombies sleeping in there with stealth neck breaks or knife kills once you get the skill. Any chases should end while you are clearing the store. Nothing outside will come in and vice versa.

I was able to clear these during the day for the ones by the bazaar in the central location of old viladore by just hanging at the entrance and attracting them to the craw space and attacking them from the outside, throwing in any grenades, c4, moltov, and using throwing knives. I would prioritize the large infected of course and just go inside for the rest.

I picked a heavy and light blue print (used ones from fire dlc in the store) and upgraded to max level. The large infected go down with several hits as well as with several throwing knives early on until you start leveling more. It's cheaper to have a craftmaster make a new than repair at $1500. I also prioritized throwing knives and maxed the blue print out. Their materials are the most common and you can one shot many enemies once you max. Same with health wraps. prioritized leveling blue print.

Early on to get large infected trophies, it's best to farm them right outside the bazaar at the entrances. You just need a large infected to chase you to the entrance and they will usually leap toward you and get trapped within the barriers if you stand in between the path out. In certain spots they will continuously cower under the uv light until they die. Otherwise you will have to melee them. You just have to get good at dodging their attacks and keep health wraps with you. Once you get the throwing knives leveled you can just range attack them with couple knives. It get's progressively easier from there once you get more skills, maxed knives, bow, crossbow, shotgun, pistol, machine gun ect.

[Douglemagne]

Originally posted by Blue Cloud:

Early on to get large infected trophies, it's best to farm them right outside the bazaar at the entrances. You just need a large infected to chase you to the entrance and they will usually leap toward you and get trapped within the barriers if you stand in between the path out. In certain spots they will continuously cower under the uv light until they die.

The best place actually to hunt Volitiles is at the Plague Witch's compound. Jump up on the wall, lure them up there, jump inside, some or all will follow and burn to death in the UV because they can't get back out. Repeat all day if you want and get a million. Early game, it was the only reasonable way to kill a Volitile on Nightmare.

[Catalin]

Play with friends. It's much more fun. I play with 2 friends so Valatiles don't hunt us, we hunt them. UV sticks upgraded first, second HP and you won't mind if it's day or night anywhere on the map.

[Douglemagne]

Originally posted by Catalin:

Play with friends. It's much more fun. I play with 2 friends so Valatiles don't hunt us, we hunt them. UV sticks upgraded first, second HP and you won't mind if it's day or night anywhere on the map.

In retrospect, I would have done UV sticks first, but I ONLY played at night and kind of roleplayed the whole Nightmare mode Nightrunner thing as if daylight were poison and I had to hide away indoors or underground by sunrise so the immunity boosters were a MUST. I was scrounging mushrooms to stay alive and failing more than succeeding. I would just let myself die if I couldn't get to UV in time because it wasn't worth wasting them unless it was during a mission. Same with bandages but fortunately, I didn't level those up much. I only use the health regen puffs or medkits now anyway and I am WAY too overpowered. I can be lazy and get hit by Volitiles now and still survive. I can just fly across a court yard and boost up to a distant roof. It didn't used to be like that. The weapons get OP too. Single swiping hoards like they are nothing and holding them back with UV is so cheese but so efficient. I hate it. Le sigh. They need to make a NIGHTMARE Nightmare mode... so your character doesn't outlevel the challenge. The kite is the worst now... freakin flying around like peter pan barely having to land. Boooo....

[Douglemagne]

Originally posted by GoobleMoWizard:

Are you on Nightmare or Normal? If Nightmare, they will always spot you instantly. Normal they will see you, but you have enough time to react, and get away.

If I were you, I'd plan a safe route, and keep using Survivor senses to spot them.

Dunno if it's a change or what, but the Volitiles in Nightmare don't instantly spot you unless you are close with a clear line of sight. They WILL make a fuss and then come investigate that area diverging from their route so just backing around a corner or hiding won't cut it. Nightmare night time you have to master the sounds the Volitles make to locate them and tell if they have entered that state of Half-spotting you but unsure and investigating which if you remain in their line of sight, they will spot you and chase/attack. If they are close, though, it will be instantly.