The Forest - the best tips for survival

We have put together the best tips for the recently released survival game "The Forest" to help you survive in the forest and defend yourself from cannibals.

After the crash: collecting important resources

• At the start of the game, you crash into the middle of the jungle with an airplane - it's worth not leaving the crash site immediately. On the plane you will find several bottles of alcohol and soda in a room behind the rows of seats - take them with you.
• There are closed suitcases around the aircraft, which you can open with a flick of the fire ax and find other important food and clothing.
• To the right of the cockpit are two electrical boards attached to a piece of debris - you can use them to craft bombs for defense later.

The Forest Trailer: Impressions from the horror survival game

Tips for a deposit in The Forest

If you have all the items on the aircraft in your inventory, you should look for a suitable storage place to sleep overnight and roast food on a fire. The locals in the forest run in patrols on fixed routes through the forest - so your camp should not be too close to one. In general, we recommend positions that meet the following conditions:

• The storage space should only be accessible from one side if possible - this way you can spot potential attackers faster and save additional time in defense systems. Places with a rock wall, a cliff or the sea behind are possible.
• The area around the square should be visible - without many trees and bushes in which the residents can hide.
• There must be a waterhole in the immediate vicinity: if you have fought the cannibals, you have to wash yourself - otherwise you can be infected with diseases.
• A good starting position is the pond with the old tree on the edge of a cliff - here you have water, a good view of the area and lots of berry bushes for nutrition.

The Forest: survival tips for the first camp

Before you build large buildings and defenses, you should set up a small sleeping place:

• To do this, open the Survival Book (B on the keyboard) and select the "Hunting Shelter". You can now place it anywhere with "E" - with "R" you can turn the small hut to size.
• Now you have to find the required items in the forest - stones and sticks are usually lying on the forest floor, for tree trunks you have to cut down a tree. To do this, stand with an equipped ax next to a tree and click the left mouse button several times.
• After the tree has fallen, you can take up to two tree trunks with "E".
• The next thing you should do is build a campfire so that you can warm up in the rain and cold - but don't put it right next to your sleeping place, because the locals are immediately drawn to the light at night. Before you have a safe protective wall, you should place the campfire at a safe distance.

Crafting in The Forest - How to make your own items

An important point for survival is the use of the inventory and the integrated crafting system. Use the "I" key on the keyboard to open your inventory - you can use items with the left mouse button and add them to the crafting system with the right mouse button. When you have placed suitable objects for crafting on the cloth, a small gear appears - if you click on it with the right mouse button, the objects are combined. Another right click adds the new item to your inventory. The main crafting recipes are:

• Stick and stone - you can use it to craft a makeshift ax that is strangely more effective than the fire ax from an airplane.
• Clothing and alcohol - This combination creates a Molotov cocktail that you can use to effectively fight opponents. You should always have enough cocktails ready when the locals attack.
• Electronic circuit board, coins and alcohol - the resulting bomb can also be used as a weapon.

Tips for The Forest: How to survive in battle

If there is a fight between you and the natives, you can quickly win with the right fighting stance:

• Select the Molotov cocktails from the inventory immediately - you can throw them with the left mouse button. Aim at the ground in front of your opponents - they immediately start to burn and are no longer a threat.
• The fight with the ax is much more difficult because the opponents can take a lot of blows. While fighting an opponent, you are also likely to be attacked from behind. Important: An opponent beaten with an ax is not dead, he just lies on the floor unconscious. It takes several more hits with the ax before the enemy is actually defeated.

How to survive in the cave

After the first death in "The Forest" you wake up in a dark cave - you can escape with a few tricks and are even better equipped afterwards.

• In the first large cave room you will find the best ax in the game on a torture bench - a light pistol is on the floor in a red-lit corner.
• If you continue through the cave system, you will come across a cave with blue reflex lights on the ceiling. Here you can be attacked by opponents - it is best to move quickly to the left to the exit and illuminate the area with the pistol or flares found in the forest.
• Behind a small hill in the cave you will find the exit from the cave system on the left and you are back in the forest.

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