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The Forgotten Frontier

Survival and combat

Carry a light when you head into the night.
Carry a light when you head into the night.
A Stalker, photographed in a staged in-game encounter.
A Stalker, photographed in a staged in-game encounter.

Health keeps you alive; stamina pays for strenuous actions, attacks and evasions. Avoid spending your last breath before a creature strikes. Food improves stamina and recovery, and healing supplies help you recover from mistakes.

Watch a creature’s windup, evade the committed attack, then use its recovery window. Stagger and Exposed states create openings. The spear and blades support weapon arts; Dash Strike and Counter are combat techniques. Relics add further abilities.

Skills improve by doing their associated activities and range from 0 to 100: Woodcutting, Mining, Foraging, Farming, Cooking, Smithing, Running, Unarmed, Clubs, Spears, Blades, Archery and Building.

Inventory, crafting and map screens leave the world running. The pause menu stops single player; online play keeps running. Creature health bars can be disabled under Settings > Gameplay.