Dread Hunger: Beginner's Guide Dread Hunger guide, tips
This page of the guide contains tips for begginers for Dread Hunger that will increase your chances of survival and victory.
Last update: 05 April 2022
On this page of the guide you will find a set of beginner's tips for Dread Hunger. We have prepared various tips and tricks that are mainly intended for novice players.
- Complete the tutorial
- Know the maps well
- Use voice chat
- Take a look at every corner of the ship
- Check character status
- Collect wood and stones
- Plan most of your activites for the daytime
- Organize your inventory quickly
- Don't jump from great heights
Complete the tutorial
If it's your first time playing Dread Hunger, it is recommended to devote some time to completing the tutorial. Thanks to this, you will learn the basics of survival, as well as get to know the combat system and familiarize yourself with the crafting system.
Know the maps well
At the time of writing this guide, there are three different maps in Dread Hunger. It is recommended to create a private lobby and spend some time getting to know them - find out where to find supplies and nitro, where to find coal, where you will encounter enemies and where to look for a safe shelter. This way you will gain an advantage over players who are not that familiar with the maps.
Use voice chat
Dread Hunger has a voice chat option and it is important that you use it. Players not using this form of communication will be at a loss as they will not be able to defend themselves effectively once they are considered Thralls.
Take a look at every corner of the ship
On board the ship in Dread Hunger, you will find several important places worth visiting and remembering their exact location:
- A room with a poker table and one hiding place,
- Armory,
- Kitchen with a stove,
- Two workbenches,
- Hammocks where you can regenerate,
- Firing room,
- Cells,
- Captain's Quarters,
- Steering wheel,
- The crow's nest.
Check character status
Take care of the most important character meters that must be maintained at a proper level for your character to survive:
- Food: try to hunt and prepare food yourself. The dishes prepared by the crew can be poisoned and hardly worth the risk;
- Body Temperature: if this value drops to zero, your character may freeze to death. Fortunately, this can be prevented in many ways, for example by staying near a heat source (fireplace, stove);
- Health: Determines how much damage your character can take before being knocked down. Damage can be taken during combat or by falling from a great height.
More information on the individual survival meters in Dread Hunger can be found in the chapter: Survival Meters.
Collect wood and stones
Wood and stones are one of the basic resources in Dread Hunger. Wood can be used in many ways - as a weapon, to craft useful items on a workbench, to start a fire, repair a ship or to fuel the ship. The stones are needed to set up a fireplace.
Plan most of your activites for the daytime
It is best to explore and perform any activities during the day. The nights in Dread Hunger are much colder and you will lose your body heat quickly. When you leave the ship after dark, you are exposed to Thrall's attack. Moreover, as you wander at night, you can be considered enemies of the expedition.
Organize your inventory quickly
Instead of dragging items onto the inventory bar, just right-click on them and they will appear in the free slot. If you want to transfer more units of the same item, hold Control and press the RMB.
Don't jump from great heights
In Dread Hunger you can take damage in two main ways - during combat or after falling from a greater height. Before you decide to jump down, make sure you will survive the fall.