Mystery Lake

The Camp Office is a good source of materials and other resources for the player to collect.

The Camp Office has two entrances (front and back) and two floors. The first floor features a work bench and a potbelly stove. The second floor features a wood burning stove, bunk beds, dresser, cupboard and a table.

Due to a wolf spawn located between the railroad tracks and the Camp Office, be wary of using this location as a safe house as it may cause a drain on your ammunition and/or items used to distract a wolf. On the other hand, this is a good location to farm a wolf as the office provides both quick shelter and a work bench. A wolf should spawn every 2-3 in-game days.

It exists as two separately loading levels each of which has an exit to the outside and serves as a transition zone between Mystery Lake and Pleasant Valley.

The dam is a vast multi-level complex with many lockers, boxes, drawers and other containers to search. It also contains work bench, a fire barrel, and often has excellent loot.

The dam is inhabited by a wolf, named by The Long Dark community 'Fluffy'. Once killed, she will not be replaced for the remainder of that game.

Caution is advised when approaching Clearcut as wolves frequently roam the area. A measly amount of loot can be scavenged from several frozen corpses scattered around the area.

A narrow, winding road to the Forestry Lookout is accessed from this area.

Dave's Quiet Clearing is a cave-like formation with a mostly open roof. A frozen corpse or a backpack can be found inside and searched for what little loot it may contain.

Deadfall Area lies between the camp office, tunnel collapse, Trapper's Homestead and unnamed pond. Deadfall Area's sole interest is a ruined building which may contain some loot and a still usable stove.

Derailment consists of a small train wreck near the center of the Mystery Lake region. Up to two wolves may be encountered around the train wreck. Inside of the train car, there is: a corpse, a metal container, a back pack, and on rare instances a .303 hunting rifle.

The forestry lookout sits on a small hill to the north-east of the Unnamed Pond and south of clear cut.

It is difficult to access. It contains bunk beds, wood stove, a radio, food, and a hunting rifle spawn. There is a frozen corpse outside.

The interior is warm enough to keep you from freezing even during a blizzard. The lookout is reached from clear cut by following the sign up the mountain trail.

The forestry lookout does not make an ideal base, it is especially cold when exiting due to the high altitude. This means by the time you reach the bottom of the path you may be cold already. There is a wood stove inside to warm you and cook food The long trek down the mountain and back up again means any trip is time consuming. There are only 5 or so nearby buildings to be searched, so if you have searched these a very long trek must be made to gain additional supplies. Wolves patrol the clear cut area, this can be a drain on flares or ammunition as you can't simply turn around and hide in the house if the wolf is in aggression range. Both the Camp Office and the Trapper's Homestead make more adequate bases.

Frozen Creek is located east upstream from Unnamed Pond, south-east of Forestry Lookout, and west of Derailment.

Some Reishi mushrooms and Rose hips can be found on the southern side of the creek.

Fishing huts have an ice fishing hole, which you can use after breaking the ice cover of it. Other interior include Pot Belly Stove, cupboard, drawer and two shelves. There is enough space to place a bedroll.

Most fishing huts lack doors, but wolves will not enter regardless. It is unknown if bears will enter fishing huts without doors. Fishing huts with doors will keep out bears and wolves when closed.

The lake cabins are located along the southern shore of Mystery Lake. Valuable supplies can be found inside the cabins which also provide good protection from the elements.

The logging camp consist of three small, temporary structures and a ruined building.

Valuable supplies can be scavenged from inside the camp but beware of wolves lurking nearby.

The lone lake cabin is located along the eastern shore of Mystery Lake. Some supplies can be found inside the cabin which also provides good protection from the elements. Occasionally, a hunting rifle and a Frozen Corpse can be found behind it. A possible bear spawn is near here and a bear cave.

A lonely maple sapling can be harvested here.

Max's Last Stand is directly south of Trapper's Homestead. Max is found laying face down, dead, and frozen in the snow. His proximity to Trapper's Homestead hints that he was the previous owner.

Trapper's Homestead is accessible from a path to the east and a difficult path to the north-east. Valuable supplies may be scavenged from the Trapper' Homestead, including a hunting rifle along with ammunition.

An open patch of ice and snow surrounds Trapper's Homestead, sometimes abundant with deer and rabbits. Adjacent to the Trapper's Homestead is a small abandoned barn and due further south is Max's Last Stand.

The interior of Trapper's Homestead is filled with valuable supplies. It contains a bed, a wood stove, a workbench, and many containers.

Outside the Homestead lies an abandoned barn and some birch saplings.

The Trapper's Homestead can serve as a good safehouse due to the many storage containers, stove and working bench. The Homestead is a very warm building, a fire will not always be required to warm you up. Unfortunately it lies far away from many of the other buildings in Mystery Lake. The raised path to the door can give you some time to either shoot an approaching wolf or return indoors.

Train Bridge is between Carter Hydro Dam and Train Loading Area.

A frozen corpse, maple sapling, cat tail plants and reishi mushrooms can be found by the shore below the bridge.

The Train Loading Area is where lumber was once loaded onto trains to be transported elsewhere. It is located just west of Train Bridge and north-east of Derailment.

No loot can be found here and the area serves little more than as a landmark.

Several rear carriages of a train and a blocked entrance to a tunnel are all that can be found at the Tunnel Collapse. There may be some loot nearby to scavenge inside of containers scattered around the carriages.

Inside of the tunnel provides some shelter from the wind.

The Unnamed Pond is located south-south-west of the Forestry Lookout and far north-north-east of Trapper's Homestead.

A single hunting stand resides on the side of the pond. Usually a round of rifle ammo is found inside.