The Long Dark – Top 5 Places for Survival

There are a lot of possible places for the base in the game, but I decided to select the 5 best and talk about their advantages and problems.

Best Survival Places

I will evaluate the databases according to several parameters, such as:

• Security.
• The amount of loot, both in the building and nearby.
• Crafting workbench.
• Ability to cook food and get water inside the shelter.
• Availability of a place for Fishing.
• Possibility of hunting.
• The presence of nearby Claustrophobic Caves.

5. Hunting Lodge

Location: Broken Railroad

Advantages

• A lot of useful loot.
• There is a workbench (craft table).
• 6 burners stove and fireplace.
• There is a cave nearby.
• You can meet all kinds of animals, but you have to run in search of them.

Disadvantages

• There are wolves walking nearby
• There are no fishing spots nearby
• Awful location, almost on the edge of the map.

4. Farm House

Location: Pleasant Valley

Advantages

• Wildlife avoids the area around the house.
• The house contains a significant amount of useful items.
• A large stove with six burners is available for cooking.
• The basement is warm and includes a workbench for crafting.
• A veranda allows for drying animal skins, storing food, reading, and mending clothing without needing artificial light.
• A cave is located nearby.

Disadvantages

• There are few rabbits and deer nearby.
• The house is in the field, so you will have to run into the forest to get firewood.
• There are no fishing spots nearby.

3. House in Milton (Gray Mother)

Location: Milton

Advantages

• The house has a large stove and fireplace.
• Lots of loot in the house and huge amount of loot in neighboring houses.
• Behind the house there is a small pond where timothy grass grows and hares run around. Next to it there is a warm cave where claustrophobia can be cured.
• There is a farm, a gas station and a church nearby, which also have a lot of useful things and food.

Dissadvantages

• Wolves walk all over the city and they come very close to home.
• The workbench, although there is, is quite far away and on the street.
• There are no fishing spots nearby.

2. Trapper’s House

Location: Mysterious lake

Advantages

• Although the house is small, it has everything for survival: a bed, a workbench and a stove.
• The place is safe and near the domo you can meet deer and hares, and sometimes elk.
• Timothy and rose hips grow nearby.
• The location is located next to the milton, so there will be no problems with food.

Disadvantages

• There is no cave nearby to treat claustrophobia.
• You can not fish anywhere in the vicinity.

1. Administration of the Camp Site

Location: Mysterious lake

Advantages

• Pretty safe area nearby.
• Located in the center of the game map and location.
• There is a lake nearby where timothy grass grows and you can fish.
• There is a cave near the house.
• There are many hares and deer nearby.
• The building itself has a workbench and a stove, a stove and two beds, as well as a lot of useful loot.

Disadvantages

• No one.