# The Long Dark settings guides

> Graphics, controls, and performance settings: what to change, and what it costs. Player-made The Long Dark guides on QnA.GG.

The page: https://qna.gg/games/the-long-dark/settings. Every guide as JSON: https://qna.gg/api/guides?q=settings&game=The+Long+Dark.

## Guides, most read first

- [The Long Dark: Survival Guide](https://qna.gg/g/the-long-dark-survival-guide-10f5cc26.md), by Qloud: A practical survival guide for The Long Dark: how the needs and conditions work, what to do on your first days, which region to start in, how to handle wolves and bears, crafting and skill progression, and notes on…

## Questions these guides answer

- [Where the Game Is Now](https://qna.gg/g/the-long-dark-survival-guide-10f5cc26#section-where-the-game-is-now), in “The Long Dark: Survival Guide”