Aurora loot is not for the faint of heart | The Long Dark

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This is what can happen when you take Hinterland up on its offer of loot that's only available during an aurora. This incident happened after Astrid found a nice clothing cache in Desolation Point and a big cache of ammo plus a rifle in Coastal Highway. That potential loot comes with a risk, though -- encounters with supercharged wildlife which no longer fear fire.
Also, take note of when the bear starts to charge, something I failed to do while trying to find the door to the cabin. Does that seem further away than usual? It did in retrospect, but maybe I underestimated just how quickly the bear was closing in. Find the full video here: • Road to 500, Day 261: ... . From the August 12, 2023, stream at / trooperbari .
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@HeavyMettaloid 5 месяцев назад

Very fortunate considering that a flare will not scare an Aurora bear. I learned this the hard way.

@trooperbari 5 месяцев назад

Agreed. Too many people forget just how bold aurora-fied predators can get. I'm sometimes guilty of it myself. It seemed like the bear started its charge from further out than usual, too, but I might've just been distracted.

@Anthonyk747 4 месяца назад

@@trooperbari I think what happened is that when you went behind the house, he lost visibility and decided to charge based on that. The AI might've thought you were running away (similar to how in the day you can lose a wolf trail based on scent and sight). They do a yearly AI update to the animals in this game. I think it's their way of keeping us on our toes.

@cairosilver2932 3 дня назад

@@Anthonyk747 The building gives the bears charge some cover as he clears the distance

@22atreyu22 4 месяца назад

That eye is so damn creepy. Holy moly.

@trooperbari 4 месяца назад

It is spooky how long the aurora effects last, even after death. The fur and eyes continuing to glow still have me suspicious they're playing possum and will jump me the second I turn my back.

@JackFrost008 5 месяцев назад

don't forget to reload your flare gun ;)

@trooperbari 5 месяцев назад

Oh, no worries there. Mashing the R button before and after firing the flare gun is a reflex at this point. I've seen too many TLD players forget to reload and suffer the consequences.

@JackFrost008 5 месяцев назад

@@trooperbari :)

@Agent_265 3 месяца назад

Sometimes this can cause problems because even if you have bullets for the flare gun, it automatically closes the cap of the flare gun while it is empty and I think I am reloading it.

@JackFrost008 3 месяца назад

@@Agent_265 yup

@trooperbari 3 месяца назад

@@Agent_265 Thankfully, I've yet to run into that issue. Maybe I've been lucky, maybe my paranoia has kept it from getting past me. Regardless, it's a good reminder to also check the hammer's position before firing (or trying to fire).

@TheSuperhomosapien 16 дней назад

Pretty ballsy. If I was playing it would have devolved into the bear chasing me around the cabin in a circle like it was a Benny Hill sketch.

@trooperbari 16 дней назад

Thanks. There are some TLD players who have the composure to sidestep a charging bear and do a "bear dance". I am not one of them. I've never been able to make a charging bear miss, so either it goes down or I do.

@reaperluke3518 4 месяца назад

and that's why before doing Signal Void and finding the Transponder Caches I went to Blackrock to get the Ballistic Vest. Saved my life from Aurora predators so many times

@trooperbari 4 месяца назад

That's a solid idea. If you're going to voluntarily put yourself in harm's way, extra protection makes a lot of sense. Of course it involves going to Blackrock, which is its own kettle of fish, but it's about making an investment in your survival, right?

@reaperluke3518 4 месяца назад

@@trooperbari between the entrance to Blackrock and the Prison where the vest is you're gonna find 2, maybe 3 Timberwolf packs, which is survivable, if you bring enough Marine Flares with you. Besides Signal Void and the caches I'd recommend bringing the BV with you for Bleak Inlet, Blackrock (when you come back to loot it thoroughly) and Zone of Contamination. Timberwolves and Poison Wolves are a pain in the ass too, especially if you play some extra hard Stalker/Interloper hybrid like me

@trooperbari 4 месяца назад

@@reaperluke3518 I've found the vest before -- for me the question is whether the juice is worth the squeeze. That's a lot of weight to manage that could potentially go to other loot and/or sprint capacity. Everything's a trade-off. As long as a strat keeps you alive -- whether it's stand and fight, sneak and hide, or some other third thing -- it's a good'un.

@jamescr101 4 месяца назад

@trooperbari i don't look at the vest as a permanent part of my kit, its just a mini jug-suit for bear/moose hunting that basically removes the risk of dying to a struggle if you pair it with the right clothes. Also makes timberwolves manageable as you only lose condition to bleed

@trooperbari 4 месяца назад

@@jamescr101 That's fair. I tend to be selective in my moose or bear hunts; if there isn't a clear hiding spot or place I can snipe from range, I generally don't engage. That's not always the case, of course, as accidents and bad decisions creep into every playthrough. I just tend to err on the side of greater safety and mobility (and definitely not because I'm already loaded down with hoarded loot).

@justinmochi7323 3 дня назад

What a shot! Aurora bears are beyond broken

@trooperbari 2 дня назад

Thanks. In retrospect, I was way too cavalier given the potential consequences of missing or even not getting a critical hit. All that wolf killing left me desensitized to the dangers of the job.

@justinmochi7323 2 дня назад

@@trooperbari I had two really good runs in a row cut short by those jerks. Now I clear out an area of bears before I need to go through it during the aurora

@trooperbari День назад

@@justinmochi7323 Solid strat. A bit more labor-intensive, maybe, but much safer and gets you a bear coat and high-level cooking much faster.

@justinmochi7323 День назад

@trooperbari I just did this in hrv last night it saved my life. Killed a bear right in my way like 3 hours before the aurora started

@lukasvasiliauskas6873 21 час назад

Tbh the flashlight would be very useful if your going to try to find those supply crates.

@trooperbari 18 часов назад

I guess I've never been sold on the flashlight. It's extra weight that's only situationally useful. Plus, all things being equal I'd pass on searching for aurora loot caches anyway. Loper-level loot isn't worth the risk, and below Loper you're probably not hurting for loot in the first place. (This clip is from deep into a 500-day run, when I was searching for anything that would keep me on task and not making dumb decisions. Fat lot of good that did.)

@SprocketGames 3 месяца назад

Nice shot!

@TheEldritchGod Месяц назад

DAMN.

@trooperbari Месяц назад

I might not have said it out loud, but inside I was shouting something very similar. The charge definitely caught me by surprise.

@user-ni6ht4we2i 2 месяца назад

Smoking Bear.

@vinnie4609 3 месяца назад

I hate aurora loot on interloper, you can literally find either nothing or a fu*king stick/rock/cloth I bet devs had fun with programing lootables :/

@trooperbari 3 месяца назад

I know the feeling. I was in chat when one TLD streamer was so excited to find her first aurora cache during a Loper run, only to pull out a single piece of cloth. Fortunately, we all had a good laugh about it.

@vinnie4609 3 месяца назад

@@trooperbari I almost died to a pack of wolves for that cloth, and it was my first interloper stash... I felt like I was ttolled by the devs

@trooperbari 3 месяца назад

@@vinnie4609 Yeah, there are moments -- not just on Loper -- where it feels like Hinterland is having a laugh at our expense. Usually I feel that way when the wind just happens to start blowing directly from the path I'm trying to travel, but YMMV.

@vinnie4609 3 месяца назад

@@trooperbari every TLD player can relate to the experience with the wacky wind in this game

@GeorgeP1066 13 дней назад

I literally got mauled to 10% health by wolves and only managed to stagger back indoors at 3% health, for the sake of a single freaking stick the first time I went aurora loot hunting.