Mending

Mending is a Survival Skill that is used to repair equipment, such as Clothing and certain Tools. Mending also has a large variety of training options relative to most other skills due to the number of types of clothing that can be repaired.

Repairable Items

The following items can be repaired with the Mending skill:

Any non-Ruined:
- Clothing (Cloth clothes, Leather clothes, Metal accessories)
- Bedrolls ( Bedroll, Improvised Down Bedroll, Bear Skin Bedroll)

Ruined Clothing cannot be repaired, only harvested for materials. The Mending skill does not lower clothing crafting times or increase when crafting clothing.

How to repair clothing

Mending is the skill used to repair Clothing and Bedrolls in The Long Dark; as the player successfully repairs items, their skill in mending increases. Clothing requires a Sewing Kit or Fishing Tackle, resources the item is made out of (e.g. Cloth or Cured Leather), and sufficient light in order to begin repairs (daylight, full moonlight, artificial lighting or an active Fire/Storm Lantern).

To repair a piece of clothing select the item the backpack or the worn clothing menu. Then select "Actions" and "Repair"; the required resources, time required and amount repaired if successful will be displayed. Higher Mending skill decreases the time required to mend and increases the condition restored as well as the successful repair rate.

Failing to repair results in the materials used in the repair to be wasted, but causes no additional condition loss to the item. Repairing clothing successfully or failing causing condition loss to the Sewing Kit/Fishing Tackle used.

Equipment

A tool is required to repairing Clothing. Sewing Kits can be found by looting. Fishing Tackle can be found or crafted from Hook and Line. Fishing Tackle is 100% slower (twice as long) to repair than using Sewing Kits. Some items such as Crampons and Improvised Crampons required Scrap Metal and tools to fix.

Tool
Sewing Kit
Fishing Tackle
Simple Tools
Quality Tools

Repair Materials

Image	Item	Method
	Cloth	Cloth is found by looting, harvesting cloth items (clothing, bedrolls, pillows, curtains), breaking down certain furniture (e.g comfy chair) and Beachcombing.
	Cured Leather	Cured Leather is found by looting, harvesting leather clothing, and beachcombing.
	Scrap Metal	Scrap Metal is harvested from metal objects and tools, or by looting.
	Cured Gut	Gut are harvested or quartered from animal carcasses (except Ptarmigan).
	Ptarmigan Down	Ptarmigan Down is harvested from Ptarmigan carcasses
	Cured Rabbit Pelt	Rabbit Pelts are harvested from Rabbit carcasses.
	Cured Deer Hide	Deer Hides are harvested from Deer carcasses.
	Cured Wolf Pelt	Wolf Pelts are harvested from Wolf or Timberwolf carcasses.
	Cured Black Bear Hide	Black Bear Hides are harvested from Bear carcasses.
	Cured Moose Hide	Moose Hides are harvested from Moose carcasses.
	Cured Cougar Hide	Cougar Hides are harvested from Cougar carcasses.

Note: Fresh Animal hides must be cured before they can be used in crafting/repair. Hides are cured by dropping/placing them indoors (e.g. inside of a house) or sufficiently deep Warm Cave. If a hide is curing, it will display "X% cured", which will increase over time. Hides do not cure inside of containers or in the player's inventory.

Skill levels

Mending skill is increased by successfully repairing an article of Clothing (1 point), a Bedroll (1 point), or finishing a Research Book "A Sewing Primer" (10 points, for 5 hours of reading).

Once enough skill points are achieved, a new skill level is reached.

Level	Skill points	Effects	Flavor Text
1	0	Basic mending skill 50% chance of successful repair	You have little knowledge or skill with mending cloth items. Although you can make basic repairs, your use of a sewing kit is clumsy and slow
2	25	65% chance of successful repair Repair time decreased by 10%	Your sewing skills are improving. You are now making fewer mistakes and making your repairs a little more speedily.
3	75	75% chance of successful repair Repair time decreased by 15% 10% greater item condition increase	You're getting good at mending cloth items. Your repairs are faster than before and more efficient. Mistakes are rare.
4	150	85% chance of successful repair Repair time decreased by 25% 15% greater item condition increase 25% reduction of Sewing kit wear	An expert with a needle and thread. Your sewing skills allow you to keep your clothing in top condition using less time and less resources than before.
5	350	100% chance of successful repair Repair time decreased by 40% 25% greater item condition increase 35% reduction of Sewing kit wear	You have mastered the use of a needle and thread. You are fast, efficient and repair cloth items with ease.