Pressing the ‘J’ key will bring up your journal.

You don’t have access to it immediately, but the map can be of great help when it comes to locating many of the hidden supply caches found throughout the world.

Knowing what is in your backpack at all times can mean the difference between life or death.

Pressing the ‘i’ key will bring up your inventory.

You can eat, drink, start fires and many other things from the radial menu. The radial menu is basically a quick access.

The space bar gives you access to your radial menu.

The status screen is where you can find more detailed information on how your character is feeling, such as exactly how many calories are in your stomach and the precise temperature outside. This is how you get general information on how your character is doing.

However, there are some shortcut buttons that will frankly make your life easier when it comes to nagivating The Long Dark’s menus. So I’m going to assume you know the basic controls of walking around and clicking on objects. While there are no differences in terms of game mechanics between the PC, Xbox and PS4 versions of The Long Dark, there are controller differences. I’ve done my best to avoid spoiling any serious plot twists, but you will learn about characters and places before they’re introduced.

As a story mode walkthrough, there will be spoilers.

Welcome to my guide for the Story Mode of The Long Dark! I decided to write this guide after seeing the vast number of questions on the discussion thread relating to progressing through Wintermute.

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