The barn possesses several valuable utilities including a fire barrel, a Workbench, lots of storage, a central location, and a bed.The Outbuildings area also contains several abandoned vehicles, hay trailers, sheds, and tractors around the perimeter. Pleasant Valley Outbuildings is a large barn located near the center of the map. Two central indoor shelters serve as good primary bases:
Keep an eye out for landmarks to help navigate through the hills and trees, but beware: Bear, Moose, and Wolves (and in Wintermute: Timberwolves) that may wait just around the corner. Players must time expeditions carefully and make preparations for sudden changes in the Weather. It also increases the risk of close range wildlife encounters. The stark contrast between rolling hills and almost featureless farmland can be disorienting, causing the player to quickly become lost in poor visibility. Blizzards can be as cold as -48☌ with windchill at -33☌ in Episode 3 (Hardened Survivor). It features few shelters outside of Thompson's Crossing to the south-east, so gameplay focuses on surviving the elements and living off the land, while navigating between cabins, caves and landmarks.įrequent high winds and low temperatures, snow, fog and blizzards plague the region.
Pleasant Valley is the third and by far largest region in Great Bear Island.
