Better Late Than DEAD

Better Late Than DEAD

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BLTD - General Guide
By DragonStryder and 1 collaborators
In this guide we shall provide you guys with general information about BLTD.
   
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Introduction
Welcome to the general guide of Better Late Than Dead.
In this guide we shall provide all kinds of information that you can use while playing this game. We will update this as soon as possible when new content comes available.

See anything missing or encountered false information? Feel free to comment down below or message us!
Basic Controls
W = Moving Forward
A = Moving Left
S = Moving Right
D = Moving Backwards
Left Shift = Run
Space = Jump
C = Crouch
Tab = Perception Mode
I = Inventory & Crafting, etc.
P = First Person Mode
1 = Quick Slot 1
2 = Quick Slot 2
3 = Quick Slot 3
4 = Quick Slot 4
Left Mouse Button or E = Interact / Action
Right Mouse Button = Interact / Look view
F = Lock Target Combat
Q = Switch Target Locked Combat
Escape = Menu
9 = Multiplayer Ping
T = Multiplayer Chat
Basic Knowledge
Here is some basic knowledge and usefull things to know.

  • Eating food and water is important. these are the basic needs.
  • Don't freeze! take shelter in a house / under a big tree. or you will become sick.
  • Wild Animals ? don't come near them unless you can defend yourself.
  • Are you ready to defend yourself? Make spears to be protected and search for a knife.
  • See any notes? read them carefully, they might tell you important things.
  • Killed a animal? make sure to grab its meat! might be tasty when cooked!
  • you seen those water buckets under the pumps? might be usefull to revill your bottles / canteens!
  • Are you Hurt? Bleeding? Try some bandage or are you sick? painkillers do the magic!
  • Do you know you can sleep through the night in bed?
  • Do you know you can place the Trap in certain area's to catch some nice rabbits? however make sure to keep your distance tho! or you scare them away.
Crafting Recipes
Crafting recipes can be found on notes scattered on the island. They look like this:

Name
Item
Recipe
Text
Bandage
John
65
Piece of Cloth + Cut
Campfire
Wooden Stick + Wooden Stick + Prepared Leaves + Bind
Coconut Prepared ( Drink )
Coconut + Cut
Coconut Prepared ( Eat )
Coconut Prepared + Cut
Cotton Line
Piece of Cloth + Tie
Spear
Sussie
19
Wooden Stick + Cut
Prepared Leaves
Leaves + Cut + Bind
Small Trap
Wooden Stick + Wooden Stick + Cotton Line + Tie
Torch
Gitte
Wooden Stick + Bandage + Bind + Bottle of Oil
Items overview
All items currently in-game that you can find and craft.

Food & Drinks
Name
Item
Apple
Banana
Bottle of Water
Canteen
Coconut
Coconut Prepared ( Drink )
Coconut Prepared ( Food )
Egg
Mango
Meat

Weapons & Tools
Name
Item
Ironpipe
Knife
Seashell Knife
Small Trap
Spear
Torch

Items
Name
Item
Bandage
Campfire
Clock
Cloth Piece
Compass
Cotton Line
Keys
Leaves
Lighter
Oilbottle
Painkillers
Stone
Wooden Stick
Getting loot from trees
In Better Late Than DEAD, it is possible to get items which can either be consumed or be used in crafting from trees. to get these items, hold right mouse button over the tree until you see a little green tree icon then click the left mouse button over and over until the tree icon is gone to see items dropping. In the following, you'll the a table explaining which items can be looted from which tree:
Tree
Loot
  • Apples
  • Bananas
  • Coconuts
  • Leaves
  • Mangos
  • Wooden Sticks
  • Wooden Sticks
Animals
All animals that are in the game are listed here.

Picture
Animal
Killable
Loot
Bear
Yes
Meat
Boar
Yes
Meat
Bunny
Yes
Meat
Gitte
Croc
Yes
Meat
John
Deer
Yes
Meat
Duck
Yes
Meat
Eagle
Yes
Meat
Spider
Yes
Meat
Wolf
Yes
Meat
95 Comments
unknown 18 Mar, 2017 @ 2:08am 
Step 1 of guide. Delete game, request refund.
insobo 20 Oct, 2016 @ 2:10pm 
Please how open suitcases, is it possible at all?
mocap69 7 Jul, 2016 @ 7:00pm 
Where are all the birds?? I hear them but cannot find any of them.
mocap69 4 Jul, 2016 @ 6:48pm 
Thank you for the guide. I see some crafting items missing. Are they not added to the game even though they are in the crafting menu i.e Bow?
WhamBam 12 Jun, 2016 @ 10:15am 
i jsut got the game, and i like it really much, it is a fun game.
Chris 20 Mar, 2016 @ 1:35pm 
Any update to the state of the current version planned?
DragonStryder  [author] 22 Nov, 2015 @ 1:14pm 
check the guide above.
kamikaze62 22 Nov, 2015 @ 9:44am 
please how find leaves and craft camp fire ?
DragonStryder  [author] 18 Sep, 2015 @ 7:10am 
Guide has been updated to latest game version.
DragonStryder  [author] 19 Aug, 2015 @ 4:02pm 
Hey The Tux, as of now. no there isn't might be a good thing if you suggest it at the forums :)