Playing without killing animals

[Sylvestris]

Hi! I wonder whether I should buy this game or not. I know that I can omit side quests requiring killing animals but I wonder how to develop my character without that. In Far Cry 3 I used a trailer not be forced to extend my inventory bags with skins. In Far Cry 4 I couldn't do that so I was looking for carcasses to use their skins. I wonder how it works here. Is it possible to upgrade with money or anything else but animal remains?

[SteahmChip]

You can get the resistance mod and edit rewards to get more money,
I do not recall anywhere like in FC4 you had to upgrade inventory carry ability with animal skins, as it is done by spending perk points in FC5.

You also can fish to get moeny, but it is a longer process than hunting.

[Sylvestris]

Great, thank you for a response! And how about quests I cannot omit? Is there any requiring hunting or fishing?

[SteahmChip]

Not that I recall, going over the list of story missions the one that seems closest is to obtain a "judge wolf," and you trap it live, so you do not have to kill it.

A video I was watching had a glitch, the wolf got stuck and was yapping but unresponsive to its environment (game glitch) so the player had to kill it. Another wolf respawned shortly afterwards and the mission continued normally. I do not remember if that happened to me in that mission but from time to time such glitches can occur but generally they can be ignored.

A lot of side missions require death of animals and fishing (Catch the Admiral so a couple can use the reward money to leave the county; kill the marading bears etc)
Keep in mind this is Far Cry so you will get jumped by a LOT of hostile animals.

However, the animals do not seem to be as dangerous as in FC4, you can likely survive the attacks far easier

[Sylvestris]

That's what I wanted to hear. Thanks a lot :)

[SteahmChip]

Yes, New Dawn animals are much more of a challenge! Cougars will shred zestily and if you see a top level mutated bear RUN! It s almost boring once high levels are reached with accompaning weapons as one can easily harvest those bears.

[Sylvestris]

Originally posted by RMJ:

It is a video game, Leave your basket with flower seeds out side. AMAZING NONSENSE! In real life I refused to hunt. Though all my family did. Do not like some aspects= do not do them. I only do the required fishing mission= CHeeseburger. Do not get New Dawn as many missions require you to hunt and not just 1. And you have to kill mutated kritters that are bullet sponge city Untill you use the ever so stupid Level system.

That's why I'm not going to buy New Dawn. I'm not a gamer and I don't have to play all the games, even though they are hits and gather many fans around. I do it casually and I only play in what I want and when I want. If I don't find hunting okay even in games, why would I play them? You have to admit that there is no point in it.

[FurryFailure]

If it helps, you can view fishing as a means of survival and use that to make some cash, but it is slow, game is quite playable without hunting, but it may be a bit more slow/difficult, you use only money for upgrades.

When dealing with Jacob, and Faith, you will be forced to deal with 'spirit' animals (hallucinations/drugged), only way i can see someone such as yourself playing with that in mind is through melee only self defense kills or mercy kills as though you're on a hiking trip irl.

Also, you can have Animal Followers help you deal with them. Boomer for example is good at scaring wolves away, and can kill them easily given the chance.

Personally, if you're okay with Animal death in general, you shouldn't have too many issues, and I mean killing for survival or self defense, not hunting.

[Sylvestris]

Nah, I'm okay with killing in self-defence. Nature itself is violent so even survival purposes are acceptable. I only want to avoid senseless killing only to gain materials for upgrades and using animals as resources in general. Thank you for your responses, I really appreciate that :)

[craigsters]

there are cheats with super stealth in them, you'll have to google that to figure it out, not risking a ban with a link sorry

[SteahmChip]

Then Far Cry 5 is the game you want,
--Just use the Far Cry Resistance mod to allow higher monetary rewards to compensate when taking stuff from the cult
--You should be able to survive most animal attacks
--Create bait from accidental kills or carcasses you find and use the bait to misdirect animals that may attack
--Try a smoke grenade? I never tired that to avoid animals