Atomfall: 10 Best Tips for Beginners

Atomfall doesn’t dictate to you where to go or what to do. It simply opens its post-apocalyptic but idyllic Northern England doors and charges you with finding your own way around. Directionally challenged gamers will likely easily get lost. 

Meanwhile, you’re probably pressed for time and want to complete the main mission at your earliest convenience. Yet, at the same time, you don’t want to miss any of the tantalizing secrets and mysteries Atomfall has hidden all over its countryside. 

In that case, you might want to follow the Atomfall: best tips for beginners we have for you below. set yourself up for success without missing a single tantalizing secret Rebellion Development has sprinkled across the map.

10. Scavenge Every Chance You Get

The Atomfall protagonist isn’t your everyday capable soldier. He’s a weakened survivor, just emerged from a bunker five years after the Windscale nuclear disaster. As such, you want to scavenge right off the bat. Simply pick up anything and everything that might seem useful. 

Often, supplies will be sashed away in chests, dusty crates, and shelves, lying around and dispersed all across Cumbria. You only need to search through every nook and cranny to discover every possible resource you can find. 

Now, the less hostile areas will likely have less valuable loot. More precious ones will probably have already been taken by the survivors in the quarantine zone. So, eventually, you will have to infiltrate enemy camps to steal their supplies. Just make sure that you break into their camps fully prepared for a fight.

9. First Stop: Wyndham Village

Since your character is initially weak, you’ll want to begin your exploration journey in a less hostile area that is still worthwhile. The recommended area to visit as a beginner is Wyndham Village. Here, you’ll find interesting NPCs that will point you in the right direction as far as Leads (quests and side quests) are concerned.

Moreover, you’re likely to find supplies stashed away in Wyndham Village. If not supplies, you can simply explore the civilized society, unlike most other regions in the quarantine zone, to get a lay of the land. Best of all, your exploration of Wyndham will be without the worry of facing hostile factions. 

A quick tip is to head over to Katherine’s Church, where you’ll find exciting Leads. You can speak to Captain Grant Sims to get rewarding Leads. Alternatively, you can check out the bakery or the tea room. Still, you can interact with Morris Wick, the Villager Shop trader, and stock up on crafting manuals and pristine weapons.

8. Replenish Your Health

Sure, you can pursue consumables as a means to replenish your health. But there’s a niftier way to stay in good shape. Still, in Wyndham Village, you can eat cakes, assorted bread, and vegetables to nourish your health. You can even sip a hot cuppa to replenish your stamina. 

The bakery isn’t hard to find. Similarly, teapots are placed in plain sight all around Wyndham Village. You’ll find them in front of shops, inside homes, and more places. And the best part? You don’t have to pay anything to consume it. 

While consumables will require crafting materials, baked goods and tea are free. Even though you can only consume them once, it’s a pretty good deal in exchange for a health boost. 

7. Ammo is Scarce

One thing to note in Atomfall is that ammo is a scarce commodity. However meticulous you are in scavenging, looting, or buying ammo, you’ll always run out. So, the best way is to conserve the little supply you have left. 

You can opt for weapons that conserve ammo. Alternatively, you can venture into less hostile areas when you have limited ammo and only go into the more dangerous areas when you have built up more reserves. 

You can use melee weapons and combat, though at the expense of stamina and spiking heart rate. And, of course, the most obvious choice: make every shot count by practicing patience when aiming and executing perfect headshots.

6. Use Stealth Whenever Possible

Another way you can save your skin is to avoid confrontation. With every fight you instigate, you’re draining your limited supplies, including ammo, consumables, and bandages. 

So, in this case, you might want to avoid killing. To survive, you must use stealth. And only when you have to should you fight.

5. Call a Bluff

Something pretty cool: you can raise your ranged weapon at enemies, and they will flee. Well, sometimes. As long as you haven’t wronged their faction, they don’t have a gun; they just might put their hands up and run away.

4. Ultimately, Though, The Choice is Yours

If you’d like, you can kill anyone and everyone you see. Atomfall won’t hold you back from carrying out experiments between factions, pitting them against one another. Or simply killing NPCs so you can steal their supplies. 

You only have to be cautious of the factions you wrong, as whenever they see you, they will charge at you. Still, you can be the pacifist player who never trespasses on anyone’s turf and minds their business.

3. Read Between the Lines

In the long run, all the busy work in Atomfall is to track down Leads. One prime way to do so is by searching for notes and documents in the environment. Some written material is clear, pointing you in the right direction. Others, though, are more obtuse and require a little more detective work to make sense of.

2. Find Training Stimulants and Training Manuals

If you’re wondering how you gain XP if you’re encouraged to avoid fights, well, Atomfall has Training Stimulants and Training Manuals for that. These can be found in the environment and will teach you new skills like Gunsmith, Endurance Training, and Deep Pockets.

1. Mind Your Heart Rate

Besides your health bar, you should keep a close eye on your heart rate. It acts like stamina, draining whenever you sprint or use a melee weapon. If it drains completely, you cannot use melee weapons until it replenishes. And you don’t want that to happen when you’re in the thick of it.