Know I’m late to the party but i absolutely LOVE Dust. Here are some tips that I learned on my first play though
Started Dust coincidentally right on my birthday and I absolutely LOVE this mod. It’s extremely difficult but not in the sense where the enemies have godly amount of HP and you get one shotted but everything is reduced including ammo. Here are my tips that I learned on my play through so far
- Infighting is the key to saving ammo and health
If you are able to cripple a death claw and lure to another group of cannibals or survivors (since everyone is hostile it doesn’t really matter that much) you are set up for success since they will target the deathclaw which is basically unkillable while you watch from afar. Same goes for tunnellers and other hostile fauna.
- Alcohol is king
Alcohol not only restores sanity but also bumps up your carrying capacity. Pair this with any of the newly added desert backpacks and you’ll be able to carry 100 pounds or more of gear.
- Utilising explosives
So far every cannibal I’ve come across has carried at least 1 grenade majority of the time they’ll use on you before you can even react. However if you’re able to take them down and keep the grenade for yourself, it will absolutely help you. One trick I’ve learned, especially if you walk into a building and there’s a bunch of hostile NPC’s is go back outside, pull out the explosive, and chuck it at them once their all huddled outside the door.
- Always aim for the head
Feral ghouls especially will die in 1-2 hits to the head. Same goes for a majority of human NPCs too. Tunnelers will be stunned for a second or two once you cripple their head as well.
- Don’t waste ammo on an enemy if they can’t compensate for it
Early game especially. If you kill an anime and they take 3 to 5 shots to kill and they only give you back one or two rounds (even if it’s standard ammo) it’s not worth it. Using melee with a good melee build is key especially early game but be careful of being more up close and personal with enemies
- Use the crafting system and the portable crafting kit
I cannot stress enough when I first found out that I could craft spilts to restore (though slightly) crippled limbs in my inventory. Even though you’re carrying capacity is limited try and collect the most important scrap/junk that you can (stuff like surgical tubing, scalpels, etc to make healing items)
- Have fun!
Explore, don’t rush to do any of the endings immediately. In my experience, the amount of content that was added shouldn’t go unnoticed. Read notes, collect ammo and build up your character!