MINIMALIST GUIDE TO COMPLETING SONS OF THE FOREST

MINIMALIST GUIDE TO COMPLETING SONS OF THE FOREST

~ Introduction ~

It should go without saying that this guide contains spoilers.

Some of the tips in this guide may only work in single player.

Combat is required in certain portions, so if there is a weapon you prefer to work with, find the location of that first and compare it with the guide.

If you're going for the "Keep Your Friends Close" achievement, you'll need to fully befriend Virginia before finishing the game.

Use ctrl + f and type either "optional" or "warning" to highlight those entries.

A good interactive map can be found here:

https://mapgenie.io/sons-of-the-forest/maps/world

~ Minimalist Walkthrough ~


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1. Rebreather

2. Rope Gun & Cross

3. Shovel

4. Maintenance Keycard

5. VIP Keycard

6. Guest Keycard

7. Golden Armor

8. Surveilance Room

9. VIP Bunker

~ Full Walkthrough / The Beginning ~

• I highly recommend building a shelter wherever you crash; save your game right beside the crash site and you can quit to the main menu and reload and obtain as many supplies as you need (especially meds).

• You can abuse the save/quit system at each subsequent shelter. Most cave entrances have something worth grabbing.

• It is a good idea to build a shelter at the entrance of every cave, preferably on the inside with a tarp. Don't forget to pick up your tarp after you save the game, meaning you ultimately only need one.

~ Cave 1: Rebreather ~


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• From the crash site, head north to this cave:

• OPTIONAL: Inside the cave is the rebreather and the stun gun. If you want the stun gun, grab this first because it is found at a dead end.

• To find the rebreather, head straight and stick to the left as much as possible. Stick to the right as much as possible for the stun gun.

• Once you have the rebreather, either run back out the way you came or dive through the water.

~ Cave 2: Rope Gun & Cross ~


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• Head south from cave 1 to this cave:

• Go straight ahead; not too far into the cave you will find the cross near the spotlight on the right side.

• WARNING (Combat Required): head onto the other side of the large room you found the cross in and head straight back until you see the "piñata" in the crack. Kill the mobs that attack you before you attack the piñata. Time bombs can be found near the piñata.

• Continue straight for a while. You can only head forward so don't worry about wrong turns. Continue until you see an email on the ground ahead (near a spotlight) at a dead end.

• Turn around and look for a passage to the right not far from where you found the email.

• Continue through the passage, following the spotlights, until you reach the rope gun. Grab it and use the zipline infront of you.

• Run straight ahead until you find the cave exit.

~ Cave 3: Shovel ~


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• After exiting cave 2, head northeast to this cave:

• OPTIONAL: You can find the slingshot on one of the bodies outside of the cave entrance.

• Enter the cave. Take the zipline and head left into the water. Dive inside the hole at the bottom.

• Continue until you reach dry ground again. Head straight until you trigger a sliding cinematic.

• From here, turn to the right and follow the passage until you find a large cave with a bright light.

• OPTIONAL: If you want the flashlight attachment, it's in this room with the bright light.

• Hug the left-hand side and continue through a narrow passage in this room. Follow this until you reach another diving area.

• WARNING: The room with the shovel is very dangerous.

• Continue straight and grab the shovel at the end.

• Head back the way you came, through the diving spot again, through the large cave, back to the water hole you slid into during the cinematic, keeping an eye on the left-hand side of the passage.

• WARNING (Combat Required): Eventually, a piñata will eject a large rock from the wall and will be blocking another passage.

• Kill the piñata and head straight. Jump down the hole, and head straight to exit the cave.

~ Maintenance Bunker A: Maintenance Keycard ~


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• After exiting cave 3, head north to this bunker:

• Dig up the hatch and go inside. The keycard is found near the 3D printer.

• OPTIONAL: This is a great opportunity to save your game as well as abuse the refresh trick to get printer resin. I HIGHLY recommend the flask; arrows, rope hooks, and the sled are good too but not completely necessary.

• OPTIONAL: The fireaxe can be found in the back room here.

~ Food & Dining Bunker: VIP Keycard ~


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• After exiting Bunker A, head northwest to this bunker:

• Enter the cave entrance followed by the bunker entrance at the bottom. Use the keycard on the door inside.

• Head straight for a while.

• OPTIONAL: The crossbow can be found in the second lab room, on a dead body on the right side of the lab.

• Continue heading straight. You'll reach water you'll have to swim through. Swim until you see a door on your left in a hallway before another door with a keycard lock.

• Head through the door on the left to the security room, pick up the VIP Keycard here.

• Choice: Either head back the way you came or proceed through the locked door. If you return the way you came, skip to the next step.

• Head back to the locked door in the hall with water, use the keycard on the door.

• Head directly straight through this room and jump through the broken windows on the wall and into the water. Dive through the water and continue forward. Head straight until you exit the cave.

~ Bunker: Guest Keycard ~


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• After leaving the Food & Dining Bunker, head southwest to here:

• Go through the corridor and use the keycard on the door.

• Head through the gym, to the left, through the spa, up the stairs, through the pool, and into the restaurant seating section in the back.

• Pick up the keycard on the second-to-last table on the right.

• Return to the pool room. Use the keycard on the door to the left. Continue through the brightly lit hallway.

• OPTIONAL: head to the left in the dark room into the theater and grab the chainsaw.

• If disregarding chainsaw, head right into the maintenance corridor and into the cave.

• At the fork, head right and continue straight until you reach the exit.

~ Cave 4: Golden Armor ~


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• After leaving the previous bunker, head southeast to here:

• Once inside, dive through the hole.

• Once on ground, head straight and trigger another sliding cinematic.

• Head straight and look for a cave painting illuminated by a spotlight to your right, follow this way with the wall to your right.

• Keep hugging the right wall as hard as you can and head straight. Eventually you'll reach a large watery room with golden-like metallic glimmering objects.

• Again, keep hugging the right wall and continue straight until you jump down off a ledge, continuing straight.

• Enter the water and when you reach the glimmering rock, dive and continue straight and leftish until you reach ground again.

• WARNING: This room is one of the most dangerous areas in the game. The water is a safe spot, don't die here!

• After emerging from the water, continue to hug the right wall as hard as you can and continue straight until you reach a room with a corpse on a chair with the Golden Armor. Pick up the armor and run to the back of the room, climbing up the rope.

• Climb up all 3 ropes and head straight to another diving hole.

• Emerge, head straight, climb another rope, head straight some more, and trigger another sliding cinematic.

• Continue straight, entering into a golden-metallic corridor. After the corridor, hug the right wall and continue straight.

• You'll happen upon yet another diving hole, dive in and follow the meander until dry ground again.

• Leave the cave

~ Surveilance Room ~


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• After leaving the previous cave, head east to here:

• Enter the cave and proceed, drop through the hole.

• Go downstairs and use the keycard. Open the door and trigger the cutscene.

• After the cutscene, head straight.

• OPTIONAL: The first open door on the right contains a pistol. The next open door has a golf putter + balls and a 3d printer.

• At the stairs, go down and enter the door marked "level 2".

• OPTIONAL: the second open door in level 2 contains the KATANA. Highly recommend using this as your main melee weapon.

• At the end of level 2, you'll reach a security room. Interact with the computer to unlock a door.

• Head all the way down the stairs to "Level 5".

• Go into the operating room on the left and grab the Golden Mask.

• Head back out and use your keycard on the door. Follow the path to the exit.

~ VIP Bunker ~


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• After leaving the Surveilance Room, head northeast to here:

• Enter the ominous doors and proceed down the stairs. Continue straight.

• Try not to ♥♥♥♥ yourself in terror at the stuffed bunny on the floor.

• Head down the stairs. At the fork, going to the right leads to a bed with an option to save progress. Head left instead to continue.

• Enter the luxurious room. Continue through the room until you reach the bathroom with a hole in the wall. Enter this hole.

• Interact with the even-more-ominous door.

• Hug the left-hand side of the cave as much as possible and continue straight.

• WARNING: Keep an eye out for a gap to jump over. Continue straight.

• WARNING: Eventually you'll come into a large room a river of lava, be careful about hugging the left-hand side from here and watch your step.

• Continue the only way you can through a narrow passage. You'll reach a much bigger room with a lot of lava, and a lot of demons.

• OPTIONAL: Use the cross we found earlier on the demons here to keep them away.

• Follow the streams of lava deeper into the cave. Without sounding redundant, just head straight for a while, continuing to hug the left side after you enter another narrow passage. Again, be mindful of gaps.

• WARNING: After a while, you'll enter into a very large cave with the biggest pool of lava yet. At this point, you probably have 20 or so demons following you. A boss demon will come out of the lava at the end of the room. THE BOSS IS OPTIONAL!

• Look for a molten /\ shape at the end of the room. Be prepared. There is a "cave entrance" interactable at this /\ shape.

• WARNING/OPTIONAL: If you want to cheeze this game for both ending achievements, save your progress after the first "entrance" and BEFORE the second "entrance". Interacting with the second entrance triggers the final cutscene.

• OPTIONAL: Either interact with the helicopter to gain "FOUGHT DEMONS" and finish Sons Of The Forest, or turn around and pick up your backpack to stay on the island and gain "FIGHT DEMONS" achievement.

Game end! Congratulations!

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