This will save you time if you end up needing to respawn. If you have enough extra resources, it’s not a bad idea to create another wooden box shelter and set it near the entrance to the Arctic, then place a Bedroll in it. If you’re level 15+, you could create better armor like Leather, but it’s unlikely you’ll be that high level at this point in the mission tree.
You’ll also need a stone pickaxe, and you should make sure you’ve got a full set of Cloth Armor - the movement speed bonus will be essential to staying alive in the Arctic. Bring a Campfire, two full stacks of wood, and a full stack of fiber with you as well. It’s a good idea to attempt to level up while prepping for the Arctic - if you have everything you need and still haven’t leveled up, fell trees until you’ve leveled up, then continue with the walkthrough.īefore you go into the Arctic, you should make sure you have at least 10 Cooked Meat, and at least 2 or 3 of two other types of cooked foods, such as Grilled Pumpkin and Roast Squash. If you haven’t recently leveled up, you risk losing a lot of XP in the Arctic if you die. Once you’ve got the first component, head to the bottom of O-12 and prepare yourself for heading into the Arctic. There’s a bear that hangs out near the first component, so be on the lookout and sneak if you aren’t full of food and ready for a fight. Make particular care to collect as many berries as you can while venturing south, as if you don’t collect at least a stack or so, you’ll need to craft a Waterskin in order to go into the Arctic hydrated (and that means creating a Crafting Bench and having to melt ice, which both will cost you time).
Chop down nearby trees for XP while you wait for your food to cook, and craft 4 Wood Floors and 4 Wood Walls, plus a Wood Door. Once you’ve collected a few different types of food and have slain at least an animal or two, craft a Campfire and cook your food - the bonus stamina and health makes the rest of the mission faster and safer. Gather sticks and rocks to craft your knife and bow while doing so. Double-click the blue circle in N-12 to set a waypoint, and start heading south through the valley. Once you land, open your map and find the small blue circle southwest of where you dropped in. Mission Walkthrough Step 1: The First Component
You’ll have to pick up some other talents - feel free to choose whatever you like, but this talent is essential for not becoming polar bear breakfast.
Dying sucks, and surviving an animal attack means your mission finishing potentially 10+ minutes faster.
Portable Shelter - bring extra floor (as roof) tiles as snow will likely collapse them.Here’s what you should create, at a minimum, to complete your objectives:
While you can get lucky with rock spawns, it’s better to go in prepared. This prospect requires venturing into the Arctic, and then placing a device in shelter there. The red circles indicate the objective locations - you can ignore all the tombstones
Set up the fort shown above, place and activate the Radar, and then hang back several Hyenas will spawn. Location 2 is far to the north and someone on the high ground.
7 Wood Walls with windows and 1 Wood Wall with a door can take a beating from most smaller enemies, preventing you from being easily surrounded. These items will be used to build a temporary fort prior to scanning Location 2 and Location 3. Once your base is set up, gather resources in the surrounding area so you can craft the following building pieces in preparation for Location 3: Then, start heading north along the river as you approach Location 2.Īlong the way, collect materials that will allow you to build a simple base near Location 2 - if you die, it will suck to have to walk all the way back from the spawn point. Once you've completed Location 1, you're going to want to follow the river back east towards the Dropship.