The Long Dark Weight Management and EDC - Every Day Carry Gear 

Missed that.. thanks

good tip

While the raw beard is lighter, if you need it, it's probably because you're in a medical emergency and it takes TIME to craft it from the raw ingredient to the usable dressing. TIME you may NOT HAVE. For meds, I'm more concerned about having what I need available to use in an emergency RIGHT NOW. As a rule, I have at least 3 doses of disinfectant, at least 4 bandages, and at least 1 dose of pain killers and at least 1 dose of antibiotics (either pharma or natural). Bandages are HUGE as you can bleed out and die in the time it takes to craft them if you don't have them ready BEFORE you have a medical emergency. Same goes for the old man's beard. it is possible to have a wound escalate from infection risk to a full blown infection in the time it takes to stabilize your situation, and craft up some dressings (you may still have active threats you need to deal with, especially if your wounds were from a timberwolf attack, there'll almost always be more then 1 of them and contrary to what some may believe, timberwolves CAN engage in a full wolf struggle and the difficulty is slightly harder then with normal wolves (I've experienced this personally). Traveling light does you no good if you didn't keep proper meds ready for instant use and you die to wounds or infection. I consider basic meds essentials that you do not want to skimp on. For meds, I also always like to keep at 1 emergency stim on hand. Those only weigh 0.1 kg, but when you need them, it's probably going to save your run (they've saved my runs on a few occasions). If you get too obsessed with traveling light that you fail to keep your emergency meds ready, you WILL regret it, it's only a matter of time.

@@Seriously_Unserious well u can have a crafted one beard and the rest uncrafted. In addition, the risk of infection takes a whole day to turn into an infection, so u have more than enought time to heal it and craft the rest... However, in Stalker its better to have all your meds prepared since there are more wolf than usual. Also u have to take into account what are u going to face while traveling, the kind of weather there are, possible loot you may find, etc.

You never need to use old man beard, dont you think? Since infection risk takes process to become a problem

It's an american thing to use Oz and Lb for liquids and weight 😂🤣 Using liters and kilograms is forbidden in USA

@@rcsibiu Yeah, as an American I understand imperial measurements way better than metric, but I'm playing a Canadian in a Canadian game set in Canada and the metric measurements help with the immersion.

no

@@leeonardodienfield402 no

@@unworthy.potato don't get triggered now son

genious

Agreed on weight. But I most use coffee and tea for warmth bonus. So I want the fire and brew time just by the fire anyway. I usually wait till I have yellow risk warnings before I brew

I have a whole playlist: Light for the Long Dark Tips and Tricks: ru-vid.com/group/PLq_qzTPmIKg974Qby5RiECOutWjO8VsCy

I've been hooked on this game since it went on Steam Greenlight. Course, it was a lot different back then, being an alpha release. But ive stayed anc continued to play through the updates all these years because im just fascinated with it. Some people might not see a point in a survival simulation, but those people most likely have never played single player games on a cold winter night with a warm cup of cocoa next to them :D

Same here its really great best survival game eveh

Yeah nice

@@ChaotiX1 Yeah it is really the best survival game out there for me exept minecraft. But it's unfair to compare those two becuse this is much more realistic than minecraft. Minecraft dosent even have a warmth and cold meter.

Thank you very much. I am currently on an attempt to complete the Faithful Cartographer, so you could say I am invested in this game for the long haul

@@CmdrTom yoo its so good to find someone that does tld tutorials and stuff hell im having no prob with surviving on interloper but ill still watch all of your tutorials, would u mind doing an up to date loot table? Id love to watch a video on it, keep up the good work and dont freeze out there!

thats the thing with a cooking pot you can COOK faster lets say you set up camp at a rabit den and stoned some rabits havest a slice cook it while havisting the second. When thats done put the second slice in the cooking pot to help it catch up. The cooking pot is far more useful then for just extra water

woah, i didn’t know you could cook faster with the pot?? huh. i like it because if i boil 2 liters of water i can sleep for 2 hours while that boils. with the cans i have to stay awake for that entire process, and since i usually boil my water for the next day at night that’s a really big difference.

@@errresh473 I haven't checked for other meat, but for wolf meat the gain is 10 minutes with the cooking pot. So it goes from 1 hour and 5 minutes for 1kg of meat, to 55 minutes. Not a significant amount of time gained for using a cooking pot. The game changer is using it for water.

If the speed was more than a few minutes shaved off, and was more like half or even a third off, I'd be inclined towards the pot. The time just isn't enough for me to worry about. Like how the hatchet is half the speed of the hacksaw chopping branches - so I just keep a saw at a base. But if you don't find yourself with challanges to weight, then its good times. The weight of fur gear is nutters. I try to replace the mittens for work gloves or wool mittens, the pants for snow pants or combat pants, and the coat? I usually keep the coat. I enjoy keeping wood on me, enough for several hours. Or coal, if possible. And extra fuel for fast ignition. Water made into drinks weighs less and gives the warmth buff so I like keeping it around to get warm fast off just 20 minutes of fire if needed. 2 cans means two hot drinks at once.

Nope, its much better to carry a pot.

Last time I checked the pry bar had really good wolf attack stats too, so I always use it as my dedicated wolf wacker, it has limited use beyond opening a finite number of locked containers anyway. I don't think I've ever used one below 80%

Bow is lighter, arrows are reusable

I'm the same with always carrying the prybar and leaving the rifle at a base just for supply runs. I've only used the bow and arrows a couple of times and keep telling myself to make better use of them

The bar also works well as an ice breaker. Saves damaging your knife ir axe.

First you need to find the flare gun, and not everyone knows that it spawns only in 2 locations, and distress flares weight a lot 1 flare = 10 bullets. And most of the time you only need 1 bullet to scare of a wolf

Yeah but Distress Pistol has very less ammo and it's ammo can't craft again. You can find 400-450 revolver ammos in 1 stalker save and you can recraft them.

Flare shells are a lot more annoying to use then revolver bullets, mainly because of the drop, plus I like to be able to hipfore if need be.

So in short, this dude's suggestion is ineffective?

@@azulablue6988 one shot headshot bear. Need it on interloper

I appreciate that. Thanks

i have an obsession with keeping my clothes pristine

Respect... Likely going that way in my Live & Dying series.

I hear you... respect

Flares have NEVER been useful in scaring wolves for me, I don't know what my game is missing but they have literally never caused a moment of hesitation for the wolf... I pretty much always just have one on me just in case but no more than that

@@PixelatedPeach Do you throw them? For me personally I have to light it and then toss it near the wolf to scare them off.

i'm not carrying them anymore, they just annoy me by making me cycle through a lightsource i never use every time i want to use one

Very welcome

Once your really set up with your base and have survived for a while and have your good clothes and a fair bit of ammo the trip to ash canyon is worthwhile and less risky early on it’s a very deadly thing to go after practice runs in ash canyon on a different save from your main to get to know the map better is a definite recommendation

Or, illegally use a dolly or wheelbarrow to carry more weight on fair ground. If only it were a legal move

Depends on how long you want to play. Fabric is generally the first to come in short supply. Hide keeps on coming to you

I am here to help. That's what this playlist is for. Thank you for watching

You and me both. When I look to find where all the weight came from I usually find out it's something stupid like half a dozen cans of nearly spoiled peaches, or a firelog and 7 fir wood, or 14 coal, or 8 sewing kits and 13 cloth, or 6 bottles of painkillers and 4 cups of rosehip tea, or simply 2 gallons of water. It's amazing what I can miss even when I think I'm being careful with my weight :) Oh yeah, and uncured samplings. Always uncured saplings that I forget to set down until I realize I no longer have them and don't remember where I set them down to cure. "Well, I have some time in this storm, might as well make a few arro... oh. Well, I suppose I could make a 3rd set of rabbit gloves just for fun."

I personally was guilty of carrying 3 POUNDS of matches once... That was the inspiration for this video

I'm currently on my 500 day Pilgrim run and feel I can get away with being a packrat. Actual survival will be difficult. :P

Believe me, big fan of torch fires. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Jf8ZyxRlSq0.html

Takes awhile to get to 100%. Torch fires are vital. Save your matches people and use a torch!

@@G-n0te Absolutely. However, you can get to 100% much earlier with good use of books (just be careful not to burn the books you can learn your skills from before finishing using it).

@@Seriously_Unserious on higher difficulties ive found you cant take days to read and cap levels, you basically dont have time to read The first few weeks. Lower difficulties it does not matter. Try out torch walking my friend. Its a joy. And you guarantee one match per fire, thats the whole reason you get to level 5 anyway right!!??

@@Seriously_Unserious sidenote: you can double check tools in your inventory to make sure you have finished the book in question. Cheers good luck!

Whoa.. flag on the play. I do... that what the left over weight is for.

In loper, sometimes the clothes won't keep you warm regardless, so when your freezing, extra clothes are just extra weight. So there's often a fine balance between enough to keep you warm in caves and buildings but not so much that you are slow. Too slow = more time outside cold = higher condition loss. At least on loper. On voyager, I would sometimes walk through a blizzard and still be warm!

With a belief of trimming weight, I can't argue that. Good idea

Had absolutely no idea that you could use fishing lines instead of a sewing kit, thanks

I keep the sewing kits at a base and only do repairs when the item hits 70% or less.

And I always love those opinions ! I wanted to keep a list down for someone with nothing, and everything is a bonus

Try keeping the well fed bonus on interloper lol

@@jamesoclaire4512 at least now we have the option of moose hide satchel and technical pack for interloper

Agreed, but on the upside there are 3 options to expand your weight max now

Cmdr_Tom I heard something about a new kind of gear you can find that doesn’t take a slot?

@@AmaraJordanMusic Technical backpack, found in the new Ash canyon. +11 pounds carry weight

I just try to help.

@@CmdrTom I now have a good pair of settings in scenarios of the regions of what are the greatest tools to have depending on the situation.

I have literally been there. I feel ya

Little tip in case you didn't know, but leaving your meat outside in a safe area drastically increases the time it lasts. You can make a rock cache in case there's wolves all over your base (Blackrock Penitentiary). If you leave it out it'll last for over a month. Even if the durability of the raw meat hits 0 you can still cook it and it'll go back up by 50%. 3 bears can last me for a very long time. 1 moose has gotten me a very long ways, and I still have 2 bears worth of meat waiting for me when that runs out.

Often people will build a base in each map yes. It is all personal preference

2 pots??

Jesus man you boil a whole gallon at a time?

I always cary one tin can and one cooking pot xD

@@real_Furryratchet HERESY!

I see no issue with the combo, whatever works.

@@CmdrTom I usualy use the cooking pot way more often. SInce it has more uses than the can. The can is just in my backpack IF I forgot to take the cooking pot from the fireplace. So I can still make some water :)

@@TheSuperhomosapien I knowwwww haha. The can...can be useful xD but for me it is just a backup if I forgot my cooking pot again xD

For medium length games I agree, and if leather were more plentiful I'd switch

Thank you. This is what I am here for. Check out the full playlist.

Episode 4 You find a moose hide satchel

I found a moose satchel in Episode 3. But wintermute is so easy you won't even have to be concerned about hoarding supplies.

Can't say I know ANY other RU-vidrs, and never appeared. Closest I know are som small Twitch players and we're all friends from the Arcade Discord and FB group. So not me. But I do appreciate 7D2D. Always strikes me as ADULT Minecraft.

I undestand it, but as I am an American playing a game, I switched the settings to US norms. I didn't want to keep converting

I am Canadian, and old enough to know both. I usually leave in metric.

Theres a diffrence between hitting rabbit with strone and bear with gun

@@izawa9211 yeah, and that's a game.

@@blurredwolf2339 yeah but theres a diffrence, hitting a bear with a gun should be easier than hiting rabbit with stone

@@izawa9211 msmbfkskd it's still hard mkay 😐.... 😟😭

I actually am decent with both units of measurements, but Imperial is my first reflex.

@@CmdrTom i salute ur courage, even tho i grew up w the imperial system the numbers are just too awkward for me lmao

No disrespect even received. I personally agree with you, but wanted to be respectful to others.

@@CmdrTom the bedroll definitely has its massive pros, mainly being readily repairable and light. So I do understand why someone would carry it with them entirely, however, where I am now in my current save, the 10 cloth is just too appealing for me.

I am not him, but I will take that as a compliment, thanks

There are 3 carry weight boosts in game. Well fed Moosehide satchel Technical backpack Each adds 11 pounds capacity and they are stackable.

Thanks for the tips but the well fed bonus only gives me five extra LBS also do you know where I can find moose and the technical backpack?

@@oscarhunt2951 could you be reading stats in metric? 5kilos is 11 lbs I am American so I flip the settings for my brain

@@oscarhunt2951 moosehide satchel is the prize of HRV, or you can make it Tech pack is Ash Canyon

Yes it turns out I was reading it in metric and I didn't realize also what is the HRV? and I don't know what you mean by "or you can make it tech pack in ash canyon" do you mean I can find the tech pack in ash canyon sorry I am new to the game and am trying to learn

Are you sure youre playing pound on your game. The game starts as metric.

@@519pigeon Yea Kinda late, I noticed that I was on Metric about 1 day after posting the comment. Thanks for replying.

I dont think anyone gives a fuck about diffrence between pounds and kilograms

@@izawa9211 go and ask some physicist.

@@puckpovier1559 correction i dont think anyone on RU-vid gives a fuck

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And I agree, but this is the internet so there almost always a different opinion

@@CmdrTom but..muh firearm

But...muh packweight...

@@CmdrTom *technical pack well fed and moose hide satchel noises*

When you get them... great!

First, I welcome everyone play their game, their way. And if weight is your only focus, I feel you. A major focus for me though is resources and repair over the LONG haul. And mine and a of veteran players report that one of the resources to go out first is cloth. Where hide, hide keeps coming at you. But thanks for watching and talking. Agree to disagree. But for pity's sake, stay warm.

@@CmdrTom What you're gaining in warmth and protection, you're losing in mobility and weight. I would personally prefer to gain points with my bow and not have to worry about protection.