Bush Hat - Hounds

[Mencken]

A few questions on this.

1.   If you use it during the day do the hounds eventually go away or do you need to be near other potential hostiles?

2.   At night do you build a big fire first then use the bush hat and wait out the hounds?

 

Well I tried it today and it was a good thing that I was near my base.    Soon as evening began my character stood up and announced his presence to the world.   9 hounds went after me, would have been dead if I had been out in the open, no time to light torch.  Yeah I know, need to practice kiting.

 

 

[Mobbstar]

The bush hat only works as long as the character doesn't complain about cold, hunger or darkness. It is best used near unwilling allies who take the attacker's attention, but it doesn't make immune to areal damage.

[Arlesienne]

Also, you need to hide before hounds come. While they're baying. And be careful not to misclick with hiding.

[Majestix]

Another trap not to fall into: if you have chester nearby, they will kill him. And if they are fire hounds, they will then start fires, which can burn down your entire base.

As soon as you have a few hounds teeth, a tooth trap field at a small distance from your base with a fire pit nearby becomes a much better way to deal with hounds.

[Mencken]

On 12/27/2016 at 9:41 AM, Arlesienne said:

Also, you need to hide before hounds come. While they're baying. And be careful not to misclick with hiding.

I was hiding before they came, I didn't know that my character would stand up and announce evening (not night) to the world and reveal himself.

 

Given up on bush hats, I am covering the world with tooth traps on the major trails/roads that are accessible within 30 seconds of any location.   They also help in the winter as they identify where the roads are.