Broken Body is an achievement in The Long Dark.
Guide[]
The player must survive a Survival Mode game set to the Misery Experience long enough to acquire the Broken Body Affliction (hence the namesake of this achievement).
Using the Hibernation method can be a way to make time move faster, but the player must ensure that they survive long enough while having to combat the other 4 stages of Misery. The same survival strategies found on the Survival Mode/Interloper Tips can be a good start to learn how to survive on Misery, as Misery is just a harder version of Interloper but by a small margin.
Stages of Misery[]
Over time at fixed intervals, the survivor will be Afflicted with the 5 Stages of Misery; permanent conditions unique to Misery making survival increasingly challenging.
Stage 1 and 5 are always Diminished Form and Broken Body respectively, with stages 2-4 randomized between: Haunted Mind, Frigid Bones, Rheumatic Joints, and Sour Stomach.
- Stage 1: Hardship
- 1 day survived: Diminished Form
- Stage 2: Sorrow
- 6 days survived: Random New Misery Affliction
- Stage 3: Despair
- 16 days survived: Random New Misery Affliction
- Stage 4: Torment
- 31 days survived: Two Remaining New Misery Afflictions
- Stage 5: Ruin
- 46 days survived: Broken Body
