
Decoys are anything that adds to your stink bar fish, meat, fresh guts are all decoy options. If you don’t want to risk a toss, or don’t have anything to throw, you can drop a decoy from the radial menu. If done correctly, you’ll be seeing this in no time. It takes some practice to find the range and get a feel for it, but wind doesn’t influence the throw. The goal is to have the deterrent land just in front of it, almost right at its feet. A bit obvious, but simply throwing an unlit torch or ruined flare at a wolf won’t deter it in the slightest. To scare the wolf away with a torch or a flare you have to light them first. Both have their quirks that make them challenging to pull off properly, but if you are weak or lacking in weapons, baiting is a more certain way to get the wolf off your back. It will follow the player until scared off or baited. Once a wolf begins stalking it has locked onto the player and ceased its normal patrolling. Hello police? Yes I’m being stalked by a wolf! These are the most fundamental things to understand about wolf behaviour, and I’ll break down each here now.

Wolves that begin charging are attacking, the only way to stop them now is to kill them.Wolves that begin stalking can be deterred with flares/torches or bait (dropping a decoy).Wolves do not engage in stalking beyond a certain distance.If you haven’t got a plan, fear not, wolves in The Long Dark may be startling and deadly but if you’re well prepared they’re nothing to be scared of.

Wolves are on the horizon! What’s your plan? You have a plan, right? Well, then you’d better think fast, because the wolves here don’t mess around!
