The Long Dark: Episode 2 – Chapter 4: What One Man Can Do Walkthrough & Guide.
The Long Dark: What One Man Can Do Walkthrough
Okay, so I’m not sure if this counts as a mini-chapter or what (Chapter 3 is still technically active), but it’s got a fancy, fade-in title so it’s getting a special section.
Now the game will autosave at the start of this, which is very important because you can’t manually save in this area. Essentially you’re playing a stealth level right now. If the Old Bear attacks you, it’s an immediate game over. Will has no weapons or anything really (except the clothes on his back) so the goal is to find the Bear Spear somewhere in this den.
Thankfully the path is mostly linear. The first thing you want to do is climb up the ledge on your left. From there, crawl through the tunnels until you come to the first open area. There will be a dead body, and the Old Bear will appear from below. Like in stealth games, he’ll walk a pre-set path, so stay on the ledge till you have a feel for his patterns. You’ll want to crawl through the hole where the water is flowing through.
From here, just keep an eye out for the save icon on the right since the game will autosave before each potential Old Bear encounter. I’ll have some pictures with arrows showing which holes to crawl through, but otherwise just follow the obvious path. My main tip is to stay crouched and in the tunnel areas. Even if the bear senses you and charges, he can’t actually reach Will in those areas so you avoid a game over.
Once you reach the room below, Will sees the Bear Spear.
So stay up on the ledge and get a feeling for the Old Bear’s movements. He has a couple of different patterns so you may want to observe for a bit. The goal is to get into the big rock in the middle (yellow arrow) and then wait for the bear to pass by it. From there, just sprint for the Bear Spear, and be ready to do a bear struggle once you grab it. There are also a few other areas where Will can crawl and hide if you don’t like the positioning of the big rock.
You have to struggle with the bear three times for before Will finally kills it. It’s pretty simple at this point; just point the spear once the bear starts charging at you. Will can now also take a mauling or two, so no worries if you fail at getting the spear ready once. The main problem is when the bear gets stuck on something, like so.
When that happens, you’ll just have to reload to before you recovered the bear spear. Anyways, on the third struggle, Will has an epic cutscene where he kills the bear and then the game transports you to Trapper’s Cabin for the last cutscene of this chapter.