Far Cry 3 Survival Mode: A Guide to Survive

As I explained in my previous post, 'Survival Mode' is not a feature which the game supports, but just a rule not to continue the game once you die, but to restart from the beginning. This simple rule makes the game one of the hardest, exciting and painful survival game. My previous post: Far Cry 3 Survival Mode: Best wilderness/island survival game with guns.

This article is a guide for you to survive a little longer in the harsh environment.

You need to keep quiet.
If you shoot at an animal or an enemy, the gun sound brings other enemies, which is very bad for your well-being. In some cases, you can use your machete, but eventually, you'll need silenced guns or a bow. If you installed Ziggy's mod as I recommended, you don't own an assault rifle, meaning you can't attach modifications on a gun, even if you are holding one.

A bow
You can get a bow after clearing the outpost, south of the main village. The Path of the Hunter mission there gives you a great re-curved bow. You can reuse arrows if you can recover them, and a bow looks very cool for a survivor in a tropical island. However, after I saw myself dying on the ground with the fancy bow for several times, I thought I need stronger and easier-to-use guns.

A handgun with a silencer
You own 1911 handgun from the beginning. You can attach a silencer with about 600 dollars, which can be earned by killing a few tigers and crocodiles. And with a few hundred more dollars, red dot sight and extended magazine are also very handy. This upgraded handgun is very effective for killing animals safely and earning more money as long as you don't get greedy and show yourself in front of enemies.

Crocodile: island survivor's best merchandise

Crocodiles can be found by looking for lily pads on the surface of the water, which spawns randomly throughout rivers. It sells at more than a hundred dollars. While you go hunting trip through rivers, try to catch tigers as well.

Outposts
When you think you are ready, you can try to invade outposts. Well, good luck. I'm not very good at it. With Ziggy's mod, you can't tag enemies with the scope, so it is so easy for things to go wrong and die. You need to scout enemy base thoroughly and plan ahead, like Robinson Crusoe did for several years before he finally decides to attack carnivals.

Sniper rifles taken from enemies

After I died for several hundred times, I'm trying a different strategy. No hunting animals to earn money, no bags upgrades. I just jump into the easiest outpost and clear it. Then I grab a sniper rifle there, which, of course, with no silencer but it comes with a scope. Then I go to a next outpost and start shooting with the sniper rifle far from the outpost. After I kill all of them, I approach the outpost and I can acquire the outpost with 'Undetected' experience bonus. After clearing several outposts, the area is safe with no enemy patrolling, meaning I don't have to be quiet when I hunt there.