Not sure how to find food?

[SourceUnknown]

I have a spear and I found a few fish around the life raft but cant seem to spear them. Im not sure how far out I can venture as my food is depleted and Im starving atm. What am I doing wrong?

[Neros]

You need take the shoal fishes, not the colored ones. You can find can of food in the raft and also as a loot in some boxes.

[lucyrocketdog]

Hi-maybe this will help. I wrote this earlier and I'm copying here again.

How to spear fish: Hold the LMB while carrying the spear so it is ready to use. Let go of LMB when you see a fish and the spear will shoot out quickly to get the fish. Some find it best to sit and wait for fish to come to them for spearing, others like to swim after them and spear. Find what works for you :)

How to not starve at first:

Plan A = eat fish.

1. Find a school of edible fish and place buoy to mark it. There are at least two schools in the starting area. (thanks for the idea frillen)
2. Every time you are sailing or swimming nearby the fish school, check for sharks. If no sharks, spear 2 fish. If still no sharks try for fish #3. Once sharks arrive they will steal all your fish and injure you as well.

Plan B = eat emergency rations.

1. Find a bunch of crates on the sea floor and mark the locations with a buoy. There are maybe 10 locations or so..
2. Once a day go around to all the locations and harvest the crates. Some crates have bandages or food inside. It's not too much, but it should be enough to keep you from starving. (thanks to ChrisChros for this idea)

[catbertscousin]

And don't count on farming. Food grows slowly, only gives a tiny bit of food value, and there are no recipes for advanced meals. Fish and supplies are where it's at.

[Flying Camel]

Originally posted by catbertscousin:

And don't count on farming. Food grows slowly, only gives a tiny bit of food value, and there are no recipes for advanced meals. Fish and supplies are where it's at.

And supplies give you scrap metal as well, so much win so little a can!

[lucyrocketdog]

I've also read here that stabbing the black-tipped reef sharks with a spear drives them away for a while so you can fish in peace! I haven't tried it yet so i'm not sure how it works.

[nohar.the.shark]

i've tried going after the sharks several times...as far as i can tell using the spear on them has absolutely no effect...simply swimming towards them can sometimes get them to back off but if the spear does do something they really should animate that to make it clear by showing a little red spot on them to show where they got poked or something...