Many tiny islands are hidden among the atolls, but some secrets are right off shore, tucked among the rocks surrounding the bigger, primary islands. If you see something glowing in the distance, it is almost always worth your time to go check it out. Tons of little secrets are hiding on islands in the middle of the ocean in Windbound. See Something Interesting? Go Check It Out! If you backtrack, you are just spinning your wheels. There is more bamboo on one of the next islands you reach. If you are running out of bamboo, keep on truckin’. Every material and every animal will recur on other islands. There is generally no reason to ever return to an island if you have grabbed everything it has to offer. Keep Moving Forwardįully explore whatever island you are on, and then move on to the next. I got myself into a cadence where I would build what I needed to build, then run around filling my stack before leaving. More than that, and you are just wasting space. If you are concerned about the future, grab enough of whatever resource you need to complete one stack. If you have stripped it of all materials, you will find yourself marooned and will slowly starve to death.Ī general rule of thumb is “Food respawns, materials do not.” Construct everything you need to make before leaving an island. If you are playing on Story mode, Windbound will return you to the last island you landed on if you die. When gathering materials, you may be tempted to completely strip an island down and take everything it has to offer. Truffles can be gobbled on the spot, or you can cook them over a fire for an even more powerful boost of health and stamina. But if you follow one around for a while, they will dig up truffles at a rate of about one per minute. Killing a Razorback outright will get you at most one meat, one hide, and one bone. Wait until the reddish-brown guys are off on their own and knock them off then. Those reddish-brown pig-like creatures are pretty much one-hit kills, but if you do it within sight of a Razorback, he’s going to come after you-and Razorbacks can be surprisingly dangerous. Here’s the deal: Razorbacks won’t attack you unless they see you killing some of their piggy buddies.

Surprise! They were dug up by Razorbacks, those aggressive little pigs you see running around everywhere.

You might find some truffles just laying around and wonder where they came from. It’s a good idea to figure out where those things are located on an island-or at least remember where you saw them-just in case you need a quick hit of stamina. Mushrooms are safe to eat (no bad trips here) and, like berries, they respawn about once per day cycle. But you have to crawl before you can fly, so keep in mind that you can survive pretty much endlessly off of the berries and mushrooms that an island provides-so long as you don’t get hurt.īerries grow on bushes scattered about the islands, and check the base of larger trees in wooded areas for mushrooms. I know, I know, you want to be a big, bad hunter. You Can Survive off of Berries and Mushrooms There are a few spoilers in here, so if you want to discover all of the mysteries of Windbound yourself, maybe come back later! Here are a few tips and tricks to help you survive your time on the Lost Islands. This isn’t a tough game exactly, but it is also no pushover, and it will not hesitate to kill you if it catches you slipping. Windbound is a great game, and one that welcomes new players fairly gently-while still challenging them to stay alive.

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