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[[File:Stalker icon.png|552x552px|center]]{{Quote2|Your demise awaits behind every hilltop, shelter, and tree. Only the strong survive.}}
'''Stalker''' is the 3rd [[Survival Mode]] Experience in ''[[The Long Dark]]''. It is the standard "hard" difficulty setting.

==Overview==
Stalker features a more unforgiving Experience compared to [[Pilgrim]] or [[Voyageur]], featuring a harder world, [[Needs]] that drain very quickly, and harsher [[Struggle]] mechanics. Stalker is the hardest standard game mode in the game, with [[Interloper]] and [[Misery]] being their own special level of difficulty.

Stalker introduces a new [[Afflictions|Affliction]] that makes it harder to survive in the game world: [[Intestinal Parasites]].
==Stalker Settings==
*[[Great Bear Island]] is sparse with items.
**Limited and/or low quality starting supplies.
**Incomplete starting clothes; head will be exposed.
**High-quality items may spawn, but are rare.
**Firearms and ammunition may spawn infrequently.
*[[Needs]] erode quickly.
*Hostile [[Wildlife]] may spawn immediately, are more numerous, and are found in more locations.
*Detection radius for hostile wildlife is extremely large.
*Eating cooked or uncooked meat from predator animals has a chance to give the player [[Intestinal Parasites]].
*Start will be outdoors: chance to start during night, poor weather, or in an inhospitable [[Region]].
*Fast [[Decay]] of items.
*[[Fire|Fires]] do not automatically prevent [[Hypothermia|freezing]] ("Feels Like" Temperature must be raised above 0° C).
*No automatic waking from [[Sleep]] when [[Hypothermia|freezing]].
*The player will automatically wake up once their [[Fatigue]] meter is fully rested, and they cannot go back to sleep until sufficiently tired.
*[[Scurvy]] is present and is much more harsh than Voyager difficulty.
*Sheltering indoors for too long will result in the [[Cabin Fever]] [[Afflictions|Affliction]], with a quicker Risk buildup compared to Voyageur.
*The option to enable the [[Trader]], [[Cougar]], and [[Scurvy]] on or off is present.
*Allows 3 active [[Feats]].
{| class="article-table" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"
|-
! scope="col" |DIFFICULTY
! scope="col" |STALKER
|-
| colspan="2" style="background-color:rgb(50,50,50);" |GAME START
|-
|Baseline resource availability
|Medium
|-
|Starting time of day
|Random
|-
|Starting weather
|Heavy Fog
|-
|Indoor spawns permitted
|No
|-
|Survivor monologue
|Yes
|-
| colspan="2" style="background-color:rgb(50,50,50);" |ENVIRONMENT
|-
|Length of day multiplier
|1x
|-
|Weather variability
|High
|-
|Blizzard frequency
|High
|-
|World gets colder over time
|Medium
|-
|Wind variability
|Medium
|-
|Aurora frequency
|Medium
|-
|Fire overcomes ambient air temp
|No
|-
|Endless night (v1.83)
|No
|-
| colspan="2" style="background-color:rgb(50,50,50);" |HEALTH
|-
|Calorie burn rate
|High
|-
|Thirst rate
|Medium
|-
|Fatigue rate
|High
|-
|Freezing rate
|High
|-
|At-rest condition recovery rate
|High
|-
|Condition recovery rate
|High
|-
|Hypothermia recovery time
|High
|-
|Frostbite rate
|High
|-
|Cabin fever
|Yes
|-
|Intestinal parasites
|Yes
|-
|Dysentery
|Yes
|-
|Sprains
|Yes
|-
|Food poisoning
|Yes
|-
|Broken ribs
|Yes
|-
|Rest as a resource
|Yes
|-
|Scurvy - Vitamin-C drain rate
|High
|-
|Fires prevent freezing
|No
|-
|Wake up player when freezing near a fire
|No
|-
|Birch bark tea crafting '''(v.1.64)'''
|Yes
|-
| colspan="2" style="background-color:rgb(50,50,50);" |GEAR
|-
|Item decay rate
|High
|-
|Loose item availability
|Medium
|-
|Empty container chance modifier
|Medium
|-
|Stick, branch, and stone respawn frequency
|Medium
|-
|Starting gear allocation
|Medium
|-
|Rifle availability
|Yes
|-
|Revolver availability '''(v.1.64)'''
|Yes
|-
|Harvestable plant availability
|High
|-
|Reduce container item density
|Low
|-
| colspan="2" style="background-color:rgb(50,50,50);" |WILDLIFE SPAWNS
|-
|Cougar spawn chance
|Medium
|-
|Wolf spawn chance
|Very High
|-
|Timberwolf spawn chance
|Very High
|-
|Deer spawn chance
|Medium
|-
|Rabbit spawn chance
|Medium
|-
|Bear spawn chance
|Very High
|-
|Moose spawn chance
|Very High
|-
|Time to wildlife respawn
|Medium
|-
|Reduce wildlife population over time
|Medium
|-
|Wolf spawn distance
|Close
|-
|Predator grace period
|No
|-
| colspan="2" style="background-color:rgb(50,50,50);" |WILDLIFE BEHAVIOUR
|-
|Wildlife smell range
|High
|-
|Scent increase from Meat/Blood
|Medium
|-
|Passive wildlife
|No
|-
|Wildlife attacks during rest
|Yes
|-
|Wolf fear
|Medium
|-
|Timberwolf morale
|Low
|-
|Wildlife detection range
|Medium
|-
| colspan="2" style="background-color:rgb(50,50,50);" |WILDLIFE STRUGGLE
|-
|Struggle bonus
|Low
|-
|Struggle condition damage modifier
|None
|-
|Struggle clothing damage modifier
|Low
|-
|Struggle damage severity
|High
|}{{Survival Mode}}

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imported>TheCoolCario at 00:29, 2 May 2025