Gaming Guides

In a game where building a base necessitates a lot of tree chopping, having the best axe possible becomes fairly important (unless of course you’re making Kelvin do all the manual labor). The tactical axe you start with may not…

You may start the game with an axe, but the tactical axe that comes in your emergency kit is pretty dinky — and when it comes to whacking foes or chopping trees, size matters. Fortunately, there are a couple of…

Ask someone why they only have a couple hours played in Sons of the Forest, and it’s even odds that they tell you that the caves were simply too dark and too scary. Well, if there ever was an item…

Unlike many similar titles, you can’t make everything you need in Sons of the Forest. Instead, you’ll have to explore — scattered across the island, hiding in caves, or buried beneath the ground are myriad tools and equipment that you…

Survival crafting games are all about staying alive — and there are plenty of enemies in Sons of the Forest trying their best to prevent you from doing so. Because of this, collecting all the weapons you can is generally…

One of the Sons of the Forest weapons you will not want to miss is the powerful shotgun. This weapon is one of the strongest in the game, completely decimating most enemies. It’s a classic gun to the genre, so…

A big part of the game loop in Sons of the Forest is going out and exploring new areas and points of interest on your GPS tracker. It can be rather annoying to hike to a new spot, just to…

Ah, the shovel. Such a simple tool, yet one that is required to enter some of Sons of the Forest’s most important locations. You’d think you could use your hands to dig 6 inches into the ground, but no. Getting…

Much like its predecessor The Forest, Sons of the Forest is very light on tutorials. Besides a few basic suggestions about looking at your inventory and guidebook, the game doesn’t give you any short term goals, or any real direction…