Pilgrim

“

Wander the quiet apocalypse to chronicle the passing of an age. This is the poetry of survival.

”

Pilgrim is the 1st Survival Mode Experience in The Long Dark. It is the standard "easy" difficulty setting.

Overview

Pilgrim's difficulty is comparable to a pleasant walk through a park on a crisp winter day. Hostile Wildlife always flees in terror from the player unless provoked. Needs are very manageable. Food and resources are highly abundant, and can be easily procured. Overall, the player's survival is almost guaranteed on this Experience.

This game mode is best picked if the player is trying to explore and learn the game world and its mechanics, or if they wish to unlock Achievements, Feats, or Badges without much difficulty.

Pilgrim Settings

Great Bear Island is abundant with items.
- High-quality and abundant starting supplies.
- High-quality items may spawn.
- Firearms may spawn.
Starting equipment:
- Accelerant, Tinder Plug, 12 Wood Matches
- 6 Antibiotics, Antiseptic, 2 Bandage, 6 Painkillers, 4 Water Purification Tablets
- Cotton Scarf, Cotton Toque, Plaid Shirt, Driving Gloves, Jeans, Thermal Underwear, Sports Socks, Running Shoes
- Pinnacle Peaches, Tin of Sardines, 0.50 Water (Potable)
- Bedroll, Flare, Recycled Can, Sewing Kit
Needs erode slowly.
Wildlife will not attack unless provoked. (All hostile wildlife can still detect the player and walk towards their position, but will flee once the player is fully detected.)
Safe starting condition (indoors, during good weather, in hospitable Region).
Decay of items is slow.
All Fires prevent freezing (regardless of ambient temperature).
Automatically wake from sleep when freezing IF you are sleeping next to a fire.
The player will automatically wake up once their Fatigue meter is fully rested, and they cannot go back to sleep until sufficiently tired.
Scurvy is disabled and cannot be enabled.
Cougar is disabled and cannot be enabled (the Cougar Hide Wrap Blueprint is also removed from the crafting menu)
The option to enable the Trader is present.
Allows five active Feats.

DIFFICULTY	PILGRIM
GAME START
Baseline resource availability	Very High
Starting time of day	Noon
Starting weather	Clear
Indoor spawns permitted	Yes
Survivor monologue	Yes
ENVIRONMENT
Length of day multiplier	1x
Weather variability	Low
Blizzard frequency	Low
World gets colder over time	None
Wind variability	Medium
Aurora frequency	Medium
Fire overcomes ambient air temp	Yes
Endless night (v1.83)	No
HEALTH
Calorie burn rate	Low
Thirst rate	Low
Fatigue rate	High
Freezing rate	Low
At-rest condition recovery rate	High
Condition recovery rate	High
Hypothermia recovery time	Low
Frostbite rate	Low
Cabin fever	No
Intestinal parasites	No
Dysentery	Yes
Sprains	Yes
Food poisoning	Yes
Broken ribs	No
Rest as a resource	Yes
Scurvy - Vitamin-C drain rate	No
Fires prevent freezing	Yes
Wake up player when freezing near a fire	Yes
Birch bark tea crafting (v.1.64)	Yes
GEAR
Item decay rate	Low
Loose item availability	Very High
Empty container chance modifier	None
Stick, branch, and stone respawn frequency	Very High
Starting gear allocation	Very High
Rifle availability	Yes
Revolver availability (v.1.64)	Yes
Harvestable plant availability	High
Reduce container item density	None
WILDLIFE SPAWNS
Cougar spawn chance	None
Wolf spawn chance	Low
Timberwolf spawn chance	Low
Deer spawn chance	Very High
Rabbit spawn chance	Very High
Bear spawn chance	Low
Moose spawn chance	Low
Time to wildlife respawn	Medium
Reduce wildlife population over time	None
Wolf spawn distance	Medium
Predator grace period	No
WILDLIFE BEHAVIOUR
Wildlife smell range	Low
Scent increase from Meat/Blood	Medium
Passive wildlife	Yes
Wildlife attacks during rest	No
Wolf fear	Medium
Timberwolf morale	High
Wildlife detection range	Medium
WILDLIFE STRUGGLE
Struggle bonus	High
Struggle condition damage modifier	None
Struggle clothing damage modifier	Low
Struggle damage severity	Low