The Long Dark: Episode 2 – Chapter 3: Signal to Noise Walkthrough & Guide.
The Long Dark: Signal to Noise Walkthrough
Hmm, this is an interesting turn of events. So it’s back to Forlorn Muskeg to find radio transponder parts. There are three areas that you need to search, so check your map for exact locations.
Now you can do these in any order, but this guide will be going around Forlorn Muskeg clockwise. So turn left when you first enter the region and hug the wall until you come to the first radio tower.
You’ll have to do a little maneuvering to get to the tower, shown in the map picture above. Anyways, approach the tower and click on the box to take the transponder parts. Then it’s rinse-and-repeat for the next two towers.
Except for the Old Bear encounters! When you approach your second radio tower, the Old Bear will suddenly attack.
Get your bear spear ready (you can quick access it from the radial menu) and hold it out once the Old Bear starts charging. You’ll get into a button-mashing game (like wolf struggles) and filling the bar will cause Will to drive the Old Bear away. But don’t put your spear away because he’s still around and will charge you again.
Ultimately, your goal is to grab the transponder parts in the moments right after you’ve driven the bear off. Once you get the parts, get into one more fight with the Old Bear to drive him off permanently. Or you can stab him three times from the start, and he’ll leave anyways.
For the north radio tower, I’m going to suggest you approach from Hat Creek. It takes some zig-zagging to avoid the thin ice, but I personally find it the easiest way to reach the tower.
Once you approach the tower, the game will autosave because it’s time for the Old Bear encounter. As before, he’ll keep coming at you until you grab the transponder parts, at which point you can scare him off permanently, or you stab him three times.
Anyways, just head back to Jeremiah’s. Although I will suggest you complete the Aurora Hatch sidequest while you’re out here.
Surprise! Another scripted Old Bear encounter, although you can’t fight him off this time. Instead you have an ominous scene of being dragged off, similar to The Hunted Part 2.