Tough Enough is an achievement in The Long Dark.
Guide[]
This achievement is easiest to unlock in Survival Mode when playing on Voyageur, as Cougars are disabled on Pilgrim and higher Experiences cause more Condition damage to the player from Struggles. The player must enable the Cougar in their survival run and survive long enough for them to start spawning in the game world, then survive 25 Struggles with a Cougar.
Requirements[]
The requirements to unlock this achievement necessitates the player being fully overwhelmed by the Cougar for progress to count. A Cougar has 2 different attack patterns:
- A "Glancing Blow" attack occurs when the Cougar swipes a weapon from the player's hand and runs away, causing small Condition damage. This attack is not counted as a Struggle and is not tracked by the game.
- A Struggle occurs when the player is fully overwhelmed by a Cougar and a cutscene occurs. The player will wake up with Severe Lacerations and major Condition damage.
- Surviving this attack will count as surviving 1 Cougar Struggle.
- Dying from the Struggle will not count towards progress.
- Progress is tracked across multiple Survival Mode save files, and it does not need to be done in a single game.
Tips[]
- This achievement is one of the hardest to unlock in the game, and thus requires great patience and planning. A guide to hunting and surviving Cougar encounters (including using proper First Aid to heal from Severe Lacerations) can be found Here.
- Deliberately being attacked by the same Cougar over and over within a short time span will more than likely result in your death, so plan ahead when recovering from injuries.
- Wearing a Ballistic Vest significantly lowers Condition damage to the player and provides immunity from Severe Lacerations. Consider also wearing Clothing with high Protection stats.
Trivia[]
This achievement is a reference to the fact that the player must be quite tough to survive so many attacks from a Cougar, considering how much damage their Struggles do to the player's Condition.
