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16Find walkthroughs, routes and battle tips by game and activity. Every game hub and its latest article is listed below.
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The Long Dark Beginner Guide: Your First Day and First Week in Great Bear
New to The Long Dark? Buy the base game, start on Pilgrim, and follow a first-day and first-week path: shelter, fire, food, water, and a safe base, plus the official specs and hardware advice.
The Long Dark Buying and Editions Guide: Base Game, DLC and Early Access
What to buy and in what order: the $19.99 base game, Tales from the Far Territory, Iron Road Early Access, and the traps to avoid before you spend.
The Long Dark Hardcore and Long-Term Survival Guide
Hardcore and long-term survival: Interloper and Misery differences, base stockpiling, renewable food, skill training, and the discipline that gets a run past 100 and 500 days.
The Long Dark Achievements Guide: All 87 Achievements and the Route to Collect Them
All 87 The Long Dark achievements: survival milestones, story achievements, Tales DLC achievements, and a route that collects them in a sensible order without spoiling Episode 5.
The Long Dark Iron Road Cauldron Island Guide: Exploration and Mystery
Cauldron Island confirmed facts only: the caldera island, the whaling past, the McLeod mystery, and how to explore safely when Iron Road launches in Early Access.
The Long Dark Iron Road Train Guide: What Is Confirmed
Iron Road train guide, confirmed facts only: the century-old train on Cauldron Island, the October 27, 2026 Early Access launch, and what is not yet known.
The Long Dark Tales from the Far Territory Guide
Tales from the Far Territory explained: the four Far Territory regions, the Tales questlines, the new gear, and whether the DLC is worth buying before Iron Road.
The Long Dark Wintermute Story Guide: All Five Episodes
Wintermute complete: the five-episode story of Will Mackenzie and Astrid Greenwood, how story mode differs from Survival, and a spoiler-light path through every episode.
The Long Dark Regions Guide: Advanced and Far Territory Areas
The advanced regions: Timberwolf Mountain, Hushed River Valley, Ash Canyon, Bleak Inlet, Blackrock and Broken Railroad, plus the four Tales Far Territory regions and what makes each one dangerous.
The Long Dark Regions Guide: Beginner Areas
The beginner regions of Great Bear: Mystery Lake, Mountain Town, Coastal Highway and Pleasant Valley, with bases, loot, dangers, and the routes that connect them.
The Long Dark Diseases, Injuries and Medical Guide
Every illness and injury for beginners: food poisoning, dysentery, parasites, hypothermia, frostbite, sprains, bleeding and infection, with the exact treatment for each.
The Long Dark Weapons and Animals Guide: Wolves, Bears and Moose
Weapons and wildlife for beginners: rifles, bows, flares and torches, and exactly how to behave when a wolf stalks you, a bear charges, or a moose blocks the road.