99 Nights in the Forest Survival Tips & Tricks
Master the forest with expert strategies and advanced techniques
🎯 Getting Started
99 Nights in the Forest is a multiplayer survival horror game with minimal horror elements. Your success depends on smart resource management, strategic base building, and understanding game mechanics. This comprehensive guide will help you master every aspect of survival.
Essential First Steps
- 🔥 Upgrade Campfire Fast: Always one Coal or 6 Logs spawn - use them to reach Level 2-3 quickly
- 🐰 Hunt Bunnies Early: Get Bunny Foot before Day 2 for Pelt Trader
- 👶 Rescue Dino Kid: Save between Day 1-3 for multipliers
- 🛏️ Craft Beds: Build Old and Regular bed before Day 5
👥 Solo vs Multiplayer Strategy
Game difficulty scales based on initial team size. Choose wisely!
Solo Strategy
- Wood Focus: Start gathering wood immediately
- Campfire Priority: Upgrade to Level 3-4 on first day
- Bunny Hunting: Kill all bunnies in area quickly
- Scrap Management: Get enough for Crafting Bench Level 2
- Safe Night 1: Use first night for hunting since Deer won't attack
Duo Strategy
- Role Split: One collects wood, other searches scrap
- Map Expansion: Explore deeper forest together
- Double Pelts: Both should get Bunny Foot and Wolf Pelt
- Dino Kid Rush: Save first child on Day 1 with ranged weapons
- Structure Looting: Find bandages and better scrap together
Team Strategy (3-5 Players)
- Communication: Assign clear roles to each player
- Strike Teams: 2-3 players can rush Dino Kid immediately
- Pelt Specialist: One player uses Bunny Trap for everyone
- Scavenger Class: Massive advantage for scrap collection
- Cave Rushing: Team can handle first cave easily
⚠️ Important Warning
If players leave mid-game, remaining players are stuck with difficulty meant for original team size. Only play with trusted friends for reliable experience!
📦 Resource Management
🪵 Wood Management
Farming Techniques
- Sapling Stacking: Plant saplings together to cut multiple trees without moving
- Strong Axe/Chainsaw: Extremely powerful with stacked saplings
- Wooden Chairs: Each chair from buildings = 5 wood (don't burn them!)
Storage Solutions
- Rain Wood Storage: Protects from wet wood
- Biofuel Processor: Convert wet wood into biofuel
- Crafting Table: Safest storage if you have reliable fuel
🔧 Scrap Management
Collection Strategy
- Limited Resource: Scraps are mostly finite across the map
- Campfire Level 6 Biome: Best scrap spawns (engines, washing machines)
- Metal Chairs: Clinic chairs = 5 scrap each
- Use Boost Pad/Teleporter: Quick access to high-tier areas
Priority Crafting
- Biofuel Processor: Essential for fuel management
- Crock Pot: Multiply food value significantly
- Boost Pad: Fast travel for efficiency
🍖 Food Management
Food Sources
- Hunting: Wolves, frogs, bunnies, alpha wolves, bears, polar bears, arctic foxes, mammoths
- Natural: Carrots, berries found in forest
- Farm Plots: Renewable crop production
- Cooking: Stew and hearty stew from Crock Pot
Pro Food Tips
- Bring Cave Meat: Animals guarding kids drop lots of meat
- Crock Pot Priority: Get Crafting Bench Level 3 quickly
- Stew Recipe: 3 carrots = 1 stew (half hunger bar)
- Farm Plots: 1-3 plots + Crock Pot = unlimited stews
- Emergency Food: Always carry 1 stew
🏗️ Base Building Guide
Protecting your campfire from Cultist raids is crucial. Use a Hammer for easy base management.
🛡️ Basic Safe Base
Design: Surround campfire with shelves and wood rain storages
Pros:
- Easy and simple to build
- Common scrap materials
- Rain storages block jumping
Cons:
- Can have flaws
- Usually creates narrow base
🪤 Trapped Entrance
Design: Log walls with small tunnel entrance filled with traps
Pros:
- Makes raids much easier
- Quick to build
- Good for short runs (<120 days)
Cons:
- Struggles in late game
- Bear traps need management
🏰 Heavily Walled
Design: Multiple layers of trees, log walls, and storages with sustainability features
Pros:
- Extremely safe
- Self-sustainable
- Perfect for long runs
Cons:
- Takes time and resources
- Requires experience
⚔️ Combat & Entity Countering
Night Entities
🦌 The Deer
- Flashlight Stun: Any flashlight stuns for few seconds (less if hungry)
- Safe First Night: Won't attack, only watches from distance
- Pathfinding Abuse: Trap behind trees, can't fit through tight doors
- Safe Spots: Fire Tower, Treehouse ladder middle, some rooftops
- Team Strategy: Locked onto one player, teammates can protect
🦉 The Owl (Snow Biome)
- Rage Bar: Fills with sudden movement
- Counter Strategy: Stand still, avoid flashlights
- Wolf Spawning: Spawns wolves to bait movement
- Building Strategy: If triggered indoors, slowly move outside
🐏 The Ram (Volcanic Biome)
- Charge Attack: Auto-filling charge bar, immune to light while charging
- Tree Destruction: Knocks down trees while charging
- Counter Strategy: Can't make sharp turns while charging
- When Not Charging: Similar to Deer behavior
Forest Animals
- Spear Trick: Circle around wolves/alpha wolves while attacking
- Ranged Advantage: Use high ground on locked caves
- Bear Strategy: Use giant hitbox for easy headshots
- Speed Loading: Switch guns while reloading for instant reload
- Entity Hopping: Jump on entities for efficient kills (take damage)
🎓 Advanced Tips & Tricks
Campfire Optimization
- Level 2-3: Use logs for upgrade
- Level 4: Logs add <1% - need coal/fuel canisters or biofuel processor
- Level 5: Build oil drill facing campfire for automatic fuel
- Level 6: Maintenance mode - use flammable items as backup
- Day Counter Effect: Higher days = harder to upgrade
Missing Children Rescue
- First Two Kids: Spear/Katana circle strategy around wolves
- Ranged Strategy: Stand on top of locked cave, shoot from above
- Bear Traps: Place many traps for alpha wolves
- First Person Mode: Get wolves to chase one by one
- Headshot Advantage: Zoom out for easier alignment
Crafting Position Tricks
- Auto-Stew Setup: Farm plot in floor + Crock Pot in middle = automatic stew
- Storage Automation: Wood rain storage + log wall seal + Crock Pot = auto-cooking
- Direct Fuel: Position biofuel processor/oil drill facing campfire
🔥 Cultist Raid Defense
- High Ground Advantage: Stand on Lightning Rod or tall structures with ranged weapons
- Trap Corridors: Lead cultists into Bear Traps, Spikes, or Barbed Wire
- AI Exploitation: Cultists always target players regardless of obstacles
- Team Coordination: One player baits while others attack from safety