Coastal Forest
Search for Food
With the rain abating and Lara probably starving, head down the ridge and into the forest to look for grub. With Lara more refreshed, she can now use her move advanced moves, such as Dodging and Rolling by pressing O/B multiple times.
Find a Weapon to Hunt Deer
As you enter the clearing, Lara will spot a skeleton hanging high above with a bow on their back. Look at the nearby tree, across the water, and grab some arrows (these are scattered around the maps so always be on the lookout for more ammo).
| Collectibles |
| The Coastal Forest is the first place to have collectibles, so feel free to start exploring. I will guide you to each location, but if you wish to ignore them, skip ahead to the end of this section: |
| Wartime Intelligence - Soldier: Oni Stalkers |
| Head across the river and turn right to find a downed truck. Inside cargo bed you will find this. |
| GPS Cache 1 |
| From the downed truck, cross the river and jump up onto a walkway that is below the camp, but above the main clearing. Follow it, jumping across a gap and when you reach a dead end wall scramble up the cliffside to find this. |
| GPS Cache 2 |
| Follow the river all the way until you drop down a short waterfall. Inside the waterfall you will find this. |
| GPS Cache 3 |
| Facing the waterfall, look left to spot a large rock. In order to get on the platform attached to this, go back up to the top of the waterfall and find the ledge that can be climbed nearby to find this. |
Also look out for the following as you explore:
- Fruit Bushes (which net you 10 XP)
- Food Caches (which net you 20 XP)
- Salvage (used for Upgrades)
When you are ready, head back to the top of the river and climb atop the building to cross some logs and grab the Makeshift Longbow and 250 XP.
Collect Meat from the Deer
Time to test out our new bow. Using standard fire commands (R1/RB to aim and L1/LB to fire), it is time to go hunt some deer down. Slowly make your way down into the forest until you spot some deer and then hold the draw button to aim. When you got it in your sights, aim for the head and hold the fire button to charge your shot. If the deer does not die, follow the wounded creature and take a second shot to kill it and then approach it for a scene and 150 XP.
Return to Camp with the Meat
You can now freely hunt in this area and any new ones. Each kill will net you XP and each area has a cap of experience that you can earn before you only gain 1 XP for each kill.
| Challenges |
| Each area will have a set of hidden objectives, called challenges. These can be any number of things, but usually involve finding and destroying an object. I will cover them when they come up. |
Challenge: Ghost Hunter
This challenge has you finding and destroying Totems that are hidden throughout the area. Note that these will be highlighted with Survival Instincts, so don't be afraid to use it often.
To start this challenge, head back to the building where you got the bow and look SE into the tree you climbed to find the first Totem dangling above. Shoot it and gain 10 XP, which is what each totem will give you. Now, head all the way down the river and when you drop down the waterfall turn left and look under the log bridge to find another Totem. Turn directly around and cross the area around the large rock formation. On the other side, just west of the end of the river, is another Totem. On the map, head directly west to above the middle of the bottom area and find another Totem dangling from a rock formation. The final Totem for this area is located past the camp, just as you uncrouch look out at the tress to find this dangling.
Pressing Select/Back, find your way back to the camp and hit Square/X to enter the Base Camp menu.
| Survival Skills |
| There are many different types of survival skills and some are more useful than others at this point. Take a look through the menu to see what you can purchase, but at this point you should get Survivalist or Bone Collector to help get more Salvage or XP. |
Once you have purchased a skill, back out for a cutscene.
