2 Star Wolves

[morrokain10587]

Oof. I've died twice now from a two star wolf ambush. Even in fully upgraded silver armor with a fully upgraded silver shield and sword they are dangerous. I was one shot killed in fully upgraded root gear while passing through a mountain while exploring. I jumped up on a ledge and barely registered there was a 2 star wolf there before I died.

I'm guessing I need plains gear to block their attacks without parrying? Or is it easier to dodge roll? I dont feel like doing the math in the wiki lol. I had a silver shield and missed the parry and got stagger killed the first death. So blocking is generally not a good idea it seems.

What about a tier 2 serpent scale tower shield?

[Tarc Novar]

Originally posted by morrokain10587:

Oof. I've died twice now from a two star wolf ambush. Even in fully upgraded silver armor with a fully upgraded silver shield and sword they are dangerous. I was one shot killed in fully upgraded root gear while passing through a mountain while exploring. I jumped up on a ledge and barely registered there was a 2 star wolf there before I died.

I'm guessing I need plains gear to block their attacks without parrying? Or is it easier to dodge roll? I dont feel like doing the math in the wiki lol. I had a silver shield and missed the parry and got stagger killed the first death. So blocking is generally not a good idea it seems.

What about a tier 2 serpent scale tower shield?

Use the atgeir, middle mouse wheel button for secondary attack. It will heavily stagger any wolf, allowing you time to do what you need.

[morrokain10587]

Didnt have one on me at the time. But generally if I plan on going to the mountains I bring one in case I get the "You are being hunted" event.

[Tangoblue]

If/when you get the "You are being hunted" event, find a rock to stand on or get your back to a wall, activate Bonemass and swing like your life depends on it (because it does). Potions will help.

FYI, I don't try to parry the wolves, at worst I let them bounce off my shield then whack 'em. I've never used the atgeir (never took to it for some reason). Might be better to use.

[morrokain10587]

I'm carrying around Eikthyr since I'm trying to find Moder and it helps explore over land faster.

Unfortunately, you absolutely cannot block a 2 star wolf without a parry. Maybe not even with a parry I'm not sure - at least at a block level of around 30 and a silver shield. I died within seconds each time. Part of it may be that the 2 star wolf isn't alone and a second or third attack pushed my stagger over the limit. It was hard to tell.

Normal wolves I can block for a while though without a parry. At least enough to kill them.

[knighttemplar1960]

Don't explore at night. That's when the starred wolves come out.

[OctoberSky]

Same advice for You are being hunted: 20 stone, 10 wood and a hoe in your inventory. Workbench, terrain column and snipe from the column. Continue doing this in the Plains for the wolf event.

[Tristen]

If you're lucky enough to find a 2 star wolf my advice is to trap it and tame it and breed an army of 2 star wolves.

[Zep Tepi]

When night falls, find a nice inaccessible place on a rock or the side of a cliff. Build a fire and enjoy the view until morning.

Atgeir is good too, though stamina may become an issue during the hunted event. It wasn't really made for spamming attacks.

[Tarc Novar]

Originally posted by Zep Tepi:

When night falls, find a nice inaccessible place on a rock or the side of a cliff. Build a fire and enjoy the view until morning.

Atgeir is good too, though stamina may become an issue during the hunted event. It wasn't really made for spamming attacks.

No need to spam attacks, just use it more strategically.

[Leiraion]

Originally posted by Zep Tepi:

When night falls, find a nice inaccessible place on a rock or the side of a cliff. Build a fire and enjoy the view until morning.

Just keep a portal at your home base titled "temp". Carry materials to build a portal with you at all times.
When you feel unsafe, find a semi-safe looking area or make a cave, etc... throw your temp portal down.
Go home, sleep if it is night or just get your rested buff back, empty inventory, go back through portal with a rested buff and clear inventory.
You can also use this strategy if you are about to do something dangerous and think you might die... so if you do make a mistake and die, you basically have eliminated the corpse run.

As for the hunted event -- this is why you run with the Bonemass boss ability.
When you get jumped, it is unbelievably valuable to have.

[Tarc Novar]

Originally posted by Letsatsi:

Originally posted by Zep Tepi:

When night falls, find a nice inaccessible place on a rock or the side of a cliff. Build a fire and enjoy the view until morning.

Just keep a portal at your home base titled "temp". Carry materials to build a portal with you at all times.
When you feel unsafe, find a semi-safe looking area or make a cave, etc... throw your temp portal down.
Go home, sleep if it is night or just get your rested buff back, empty inventory, go back through portal with a rested buff and clear inventory.
You can also use this strategy if you are about to do something dangerous and think you might die... so if you do make a mistake and die, you basically have eliminated the corpse run.

As for the hunted event -- this is why you run with the Bonemass boss ability.
When you get jumped, it is unbelievably valuable to have.

I have a portal I use when exploring or traveling so I can get back easily. I call it Explore, but it serves the same purpose as you describe.

[Maelstrom]

Don't go out on the Mountain at night.
Use Bonemass power
Eat better food (I suggest wolf skewer / sausages / eyescream for mountains)
Wolves do slash damage so root isn't that great, use Fenris instead.
I like to use a spear when meleeing wolves because it's fast and I'm less likely to get hit without my shield up if I miss a swing.

A 2-star wolf does 140 slash damage. A max upgraded silver shield has 90 block armor, which reduces that to 54.4 damage. So you need 137 max HP to block a 2-star wolf with a max-rank silver shield.

As a general rule if you ever get staggered through a shield block you should turn around and bravely run away.

[Leiraion]

Originally posted by Maelstrom:

I like to use a spear when meleeing wolves because it's fast and I'm less likely to get hit without my shield up if I miss a swing.

I'd caution against Spear in general. I used it my first playthrough but after experimenting with other weapons I'll never use it again.
The spear suffers greatly from a hilarious lack of range (it's the same as a dagger.........)
and it has the most trouble with elevation of any weapon (not to say others don't it's just the spear is particularly bad with it imo).

If you are going to go spear, just go Atgeir. It's much better with range and even a little better at handling the elevation problems.
On top of that, the special (middle mouse) attack is actually very good throughout the entire game.

[RBJ]

Originally posted by knighttemplar1960:

Don't explore at night. That's when the starred wolves come out.

This. As a permadeather I basically don't go out at night at all and certainly not in the mountains. Jesus christ.

[Happy]

Originally posted by Tristen:

If you're lucky enough to find a 2 star wolf my advice is to trap it and tame it and breed an army of 2 star wolves.

This^ well worth the time & effort. With a large enough pack of 2 stars behind you, they can effortlessly kill most threats even in the Mistlands. Just make sure you have a breeding pair somewhere safe elsewhere.