How to Play Guide for Next Day: Survival

This page will serve as a basic How to Play Guide for . While there is very little information available at this time, we urge you to check back often, as new information is being added all the time! Feel free to edit this guide with any tips, tricks, and suggestions.

Controls

 * The game is played from a third person perspective and this can get a little wonky in interiors. Use the right mouse button to aim and the mousewheel to zoom in to put the crosshair over the item you want to interact with (you need to precisely aim at the item).
 * Using and equipping items requires a bit of getting used to. The character automatically equips items they have free slots for, but to swap them out, you need to first remove an item and then apply the new one. For backpacks, you need to drop the new one, then the current one, put the former on, then empty the latter and put it on.
 * For weapons, you need to equip them in the slot, then hit 1, 2, or 3 (depending on the slot) to draw them. Remember that before the wolf mauls you. You also need to equip a sharp melee weapon and have it drawn to flay them, then cook their flesh.

Basic Gameplay

 * The game is all about survival, as the title suggests. This has three major components: Not starving to death, not freezing to death, and not being mauled to death.
 * Covering thirst and hunger is easy. Select the consumables in inventory, right click, and use them. The character will eat them. Of course, finding them is another matter. You can count on looting old buildings for preserved foods and water, but hunting down wolves and devouring their flesh is much, much more effective (each cooked meat item gives you +25/+100 to hydration/nutrition, beating all old stuff).
 * Not freezing to death means simply putting on clothes. Really, you expect to survive a harsh winter in Eastern Europe in boxers?
 * To not die try not to get into situations where you can die. Evasion can help you a great deal, as can choosing your fights and equipping you before entering them. For example, you can fiddle around with kitchen knives and makeshift rifles at the start, or you can visit Kvashino and search the houses for a much better weapon to take on the wildlife.

Tips and Tricks

 * Loot everything, especially bodygear, then sell them to traders. Common spawn locations include boxes with tarp over them, car trunks (particularly UAZ all-terrain vehicles scattered all over the regions), open ammunition boxes, and inside buildings, tables, counters, fridges, and more.