Feats are passive bonuses unlocked in The Long Dark.
Overview
Feats are a form of persistent progression, offering passive bonuses to Survival Mode characters. They cannot be used while playing Wintermute, Challenges or Misery Mode. As of Tales from the Far Territory Part 5 (June 2024) there are 13 different Feats, each with unique effects. Feat progression is acquired while playing Survival Mode or Challenges.
As of V 2.0.0, Wintermute no longer provides progression towards unlocking Feats.
- Feats must be 'Activated' for use when creating a new Survival sandbox.
- To Activate a Feat is must be unlocked by completing it's requirement(s) (E.g. "Spend 100 days outside" for "Cold Fusion").
- Feat progress may be made during a Survival sandbox or Challenges (except "Custom" sandbox: which allows Feats to be used, but does not allow feat progress).
- Feat progress is persistent even if a survival mode character dies.
- Once a sandbox game has been created Feats used for that save file cannot be changed.
- Feats are similar to Survival Skills, but Feat progression is tied to the player's account whereas Survival Skills are tied to a specific game save file.
The number of active Feats allowed in a game depends on the selected difficulty:
Difficulty | Active Feats |
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Pilgrim | 5 |
Voyageur | 4 |
Stalker | 3 |
Interloper | 2 |
Misery | 0 |
Custom | 5 |
Feat slots may be left empty, even deliberately for added challenge.
List of Feats
Each obtainable Feat is listed below, along with their requirements for unlocking and unique effects.
Base Game
Feat | Requirement | Effect | Added | |
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Book Smarts | 250 hours of Research | 10% benefit from each completely researched book | 23 June 2016 | |
Cold Fusion | Spend a total of 100 days outside | Permanent +2C bonus to Air Temperature | 23 June 2016 | |
Efficient Machine | Survive 500 days | Consume 10% fewer Calories | 23 June 2016 | |
Fire Master | Start 1000 fires | Survivors start with a Level 3 Fire-Starting skill | 23 June 2016 | |
Free Runner | Sprint 50 kilometers (31.07 miles) | Sprinting burns 25% fewer Calories | 23 June 2016 | |
Snow Walker | Travel 1000 kilometers (621.37 miles) | Stamina bar recharges 20% faster | 23 June 2016 | |
Blizzard Walker | Spend 20 days outdoors during blizzards | Speed reduction for walking into wind reduced by 25% | 10 December 2019 | |
Expert Trapper | Snare 100 Rabbits | Snares are now 100% more effective. | 10 December 2019 | |
Straight To The Heart | Use or consume 250 Cup of Acorn Coffee, Cup of Coffee, Go! Energy Drink, or Emergency Stim | The effects of Cup of Acorn Coffee, Cup of Coffee, GO! Energy Drink, and Emergency Stims last 25% longer | 10 December 2019 | |
Darkwalker | Complete the "Escape the Darkwalker" Challenge. (Collect all 10 diary pages and Banish the Darkwalker.) | You are less Fatigued at night, but more Fatigued during the day. | 29 Oct 2020 |
DLC Content
The following feats require the Tales from the Far Territory expansion to be installed to be unlocked and used.
Big Cat Killer | Successfully kill 3 Cougars | Wildlife are less aware of your presence. | 24 June 2024 | |
Settled Mind | "You recovered a Tales from the Far Territory relic." (Obtain the Security Chief's ID Badge) | You are immune from Cabin Fever and Research actions happen 20% faster. | 24 June 2024 | |
Celestial Navigator | "You recovered a Tales from the Far Territory relic." (Obtain the Security Chief's ID Badge) | You walk faster during a clear night or during an Aurora. | 24 June 2024 |
Feat Mechanics
- Book Smarts completion requires 10-62.5 books to be fully read to complete. This is typically more books than an entire Voyageur world, but is possible in a single (lucky) Pilgrim playthrough. When active, completing a research book which normally grants 10 skill points will grant 11 instead. A copy of "Advanced Guns! Guns! Guns" yields 10% of the credit for Book Smarts, by fully reading it (25 hours).
- Settled Mind when active (reduces Research time) has negative synergy to unlock Book Smarts (unlocked by Researching).
- Cold Fusion's warmth bonus is similar to beginning the game while already wearing a weightless, full-condition Toque that never deteriorates and takes no equipment slot. Despite claiming to give a flat +2C bonus, it actually warms the player against ambient temperature and windchill, giving a +3C bonus.
- Efficient Machine affects all sources of Calorie Burn: being awake or asleep, climbing ropes, sprinting, harvesting, sawing metal and walking uphill. This makes "-10% calories consumed" stronger than "+10% calories", since it synergizes with the +25% calories from level 5 Cooking and makes the Well Fed Benefit easier to achieve and maintain, and indirectly reducing time spent eating.
- Fire Master is equivalent to beginning the game having started 50 fires. This increases base fire start chance from 40% -> 65%, makes fuel last 10% longer, and makes tinder unnecessary.
- Free Runner reduces the Calorie Burn of Sprinting, which is the second most calorie-intensive action (only to Rope Climbing), to 75% of its initial value, but does not affect its fatigue drain, and Sprinting while already starving carries no benefit.
- Snow Walker allows more sprinting by shorter breaks between back-to-back Sprints, but has no effect on single short Sprints and negligible use in Rope Climbing.
- Expert Trapper doubles the chance of capturing a Rabbit in Snares placed inside of a Rabbit Grove (e.g. increasing 20% to 40%). Unfortunately, there is a hard limit to how many Rabbits can be caught at a given time, with most Groves having a Rabbit snare limit of 2-4 every 12 hours.
- Straight To The Heart only affects the duration of the Benefits from Cup of Acorn Coffee, Cup of Coffee, Go! Energy Drink, and Emergency Stims (e.g. "Fatigue Reduced" from 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes), but has no effect on the hydration or calories or other effects of these items. All consumables affected by Straight To The Heart are finite and non-renewable (aside from Emergency Stims that can be found from Beachcombing).
- Darkwalker gives a bonus of halving Fatigue drain at night from 8:30pm - 6:00am (9.5h), but suffers a penalty by doubling Fatigue drain during the day from 6:00 am - 8:30 pm (14.5h). This penalty is however a permeant boost if the "Endless Night" setting is chosen in a Custom game, as the game is permanently set to midnight.
- Big Cat Killer halves detection range, sight, hearing, and smell from all animals, allowing the player to get MUCH closer to all Wildlife before detection.
- Settled Mind provides a permanent removal to Cabin Fever Risk and Cabin Fever when playing on Stalker or Interloper, as well as increasing Research Book bonuses by 20% (usually minus 1 hour research times).
- Celestial Navigator increases the player's movement speed by 10% during a night where the stars are visible, and becomes useless when the weather becomes cloudy or foggy at night. It is useful when paired with Darkwalker during an "Endless Night" Custom game.
Trivia
2 unreleased icons for the Feats Expert Crafter and Mountain Goat have been in the game files since 2019, but are considered Cut/Discontinued Content.
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