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For advanced players. A challenging, vast mountain wilderness region with a few key shelters, originally settled by hardy homesteaders.
- In game description
You're not around here, are you? Whoever named this area "Pleasant Valley" had a pretty good sense of humour. We get some of the harshest weather on all of Great Bear.
Father Thomas

Pleasant Valley is one of the central regions in The Long Dark.

The region is a massive rural agriculture comprised of farmland and orchards, surrounded by forested rolling hills filled with coal mining, caves, waterfalls and the harshest weather on Great Bear Island. Pleasant Valley is also notable for hosting a large Birch Forest as well as a Passenger Plane downed by the Aurora.

Pleasant Valley connects to Timberwolf Mountain via a rope climb near Prepper's Abandoned Cache in the northeast, to Coastal Highway in the southeast through Cinder Hills Coal Mine, to Blackrock by following the road from Long Curve, which leads through Keeper's Pass South and Keeper's Pass North, and to Mystery Lake through a cave to the southwest, just west of Cascading Falls which leads through Winding River and Carter Hydro Dam.

Overview

Pleasant Valley is the third and by far largest region in Great Bear Island. It features few shelters outside of Thompson's Crossing to the southeast, so gameplay focuses on surviving the elements and living off the land while navigating between cabins, caves and landmarks.

Frequent high winds and low temperatures, snow, fog and blizzards plague the region. Blizzards can be as cold as -48°C with windchill at -33°C in Episode 3 (Hardened Survivor). The mix of rolling hills and almost featureless farmland can be disorienting and can make it easy to lose one's way. The landscape also increases the risk of unexpected, close-range wildlife encounters.

Players must time expeditions carefully and make preparations for sudden changes in the weather. Noting landmarks and even marking a path can help navigate through the hills and trees, but beware: bear, moose, and wolves (and in Wintermute: timberwolves) may wait just around the corner.

Safehouses

Two central indoor shelters serve as good primary bases:

Pleasant Valley Outbuildings features a large barn located near the center of the map. The Outbuildings area also contains several abandoned vehicles, hay trailers, sheds, and tractors around the perimeter.

  • The barn possesses several valuable utilities including a fire barrel, a workbench, lots of storage, a central location, and a bed (see bullet point below).
  • It is possible to sleep inside the pickup truck's cab by entering it and selecting "Sleep" under "Campcraft" in the Radial Menu, including with a Bedroll or Bear Skin Bedroll for a Warmth bonus).

Pleasant Valley Farmstead is located about five minutes west of the barn through the hay bale field. This location, like the barn, has a few vehicles scattered around the perimeter. The vehicles may contain supplies and offer temporary shelter from weather or predators.

  • Like the barn, the Farmstead possesses key resources: a 6-burner stove, fireplace, a fire barrel outside, lots of storage, and an enclosed porch for storing food or safely monitoring conditions outdoors.
  • Inside the house also are two beds with different warmth values; a workbench (accessed through the cellar door outside or a door under the stairs from inside); and a large amount of loot.
  • It is also located centrally, and deer and rabbits may roam nearby (although, so do predators).
  • Nearby, there is also a large shed/small barns that contains a fire barrel and makeshift bed, as well.

The Farmstead is relatively close to the Outbuildings and Signal Hill, another useful indoor shelter.

See Locations for other potential bases, camps, and landmarks.

Locations

There are many accessible locations within Pleasant Valley including:

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Locations

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