HUGE changes coming to The Long Dark: Episode 5, Base Building, Trader... and Cougar 2.0

The October Dev Diary of The Long Dark, outlines a range of upcoming changes and additions to the game, including Episode 5 of Wintermute. In this video, we break down all the important points from the update, to give you an overview.

The Dev Diary link:

Streamers mentioned:
@itsTomasina
@Rand_Althor1966
@koruandthistle

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:32 Episode 5
10:23 Cougar
20:52 Trader
25:39 Safehouse Customization
30:39 Camera
32:39 Global Wildlife Refresh
38:42 Future Updates
43:34 The Long Dark Movie
45:28 Other News / Outro

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[Zaknafein]

Whoops, I cannot type "Perseverance Mills" :)

[alexandreboulanger]

Zak, you *need* to be the official voice of the trader!

[avatarct]

As a father, whom have the best jokes, I will now be referring to Cougar 2.0 as “Twougar”.

[NorthBorneoLights]

I am unreasonably excited for safehouse customization!

[kimkimkim]

In the hardcase, there will be one cattail and a stick

[mMMm-mric]

My first thought about camera... A photo of charging bear or moose on the wall. I think broken ribs can justify this😅

[averyflatt]

I really like the safehouse customization. maybe its because I'm sentimental, but the best feeling in the game for me is coming to my main home after a long journey, and being able to customize it gives me more of that feeling.

[vincentgross]

28:20 bookshelves! With books standing up, not lying flat.

[williebrort]

I'm hoping Hinterland sees a benefit in continuing to bring out one or more DLCs with new regions, new items/gear and maybe even more tales or more stuff to do with the Handheld radio. I love this game a lot and would happily give them 30 more bucks for another DLC like this. Doesn't matter if it takes 2 years again.

[akeny]

i'm excited for base customizing becuase if it allows you to clean up messes, then you can clear the counters/bookselfs/shelffs off so you have more space to put items with out getting the annoying thing of unable to put an item in a spot

[Andreja]

I’ve been looking forward to safe house customization for a while. Moving furniture will be great of course, but I hope they simply make it easier to organize things on shelves. It’s so annoying how you aren’t able to place certain items right next to each other

[dabass]

I knew it! Zak was the trader all along!

[diminui]

Boy I‘d be up for improvised socks 🤩 got me thinking of improvised underwear as well

[CookieMonster-nthh]

Id be SO stoked for another DLC run. Id love another tale or "thing to do".

[michaelmarshall]

I already read the entire dev diary, but I'm still excited to sip some coffee and listen to what Zak has to say!

[thatgoober]

for the cougar it would be cool for one of the indicators to be a deer corpse with bloody paw prints around it

[farleyboy]

Hi Zak, Yes, I ABSOLUTELY would like another DLC someday. As well as hot springs( in VERY limited quantity) that one can bathe in to recover condition while in survival mode. Take care, your gameplay is an inspiration to me.

[Aya-kurl]

Hi Zaknafein. I have been playing this game for 10 years and the developers of this awesome game are the best. So many updates have been made, so many improvements. They never stopped. Whatever they create new for this game, I follow them. My dream for many years is to build a base, but I also adhere to the decoration. I love everything and I can't wait to play this DLC

[longdarkever]

Thank you @Zaknafein for that cameo of my bases tournament, can't wait to actually maybe do some with the new content lol, I appreciate it, I am so excited with the new stuff coming, your videos are amazing and I especially love your Campfire Chat videos, well done as always

[agamersjournal]

We have some epic DLC coming our way and I can't wait! Really looking forward to base customization and their take on photo mode! I've been making my own personal instamatics for my journals so this is basically what I've been doing but now it's ACTUALLY in game. Love it.
As far as a TLD movIe goes, I'd honestly rather see a completely different story in the world of TLD. Or...a TV series where each season is a different survivor and the end of each season is their death. I think it would be kind of cool actually. You could get really creative with all kinds of different stories to tell. Survivor stories of Max, Katie, Dave, Alan, the many survivors found in the scattered notes, etc. The possibilities are endless.