The Long Dark: Tales from the Far Territory DLC Guide

Tales from the Far Territory is The Long Dark‘s paid Survival Mode expansion, and the thing most returning players get wrong is the timeline. This is not “more map” bolted on in one drop. It rolled out in parts over two years, it adds new regions, new survival systems, and objective-based Tales you trigger out in the world, and the first Tale has a specific start point a lot of people walk right past.

The short version

• It is a paid Survival Mode expansion, not a separate story mode and not a cosmetic pack.
• It released in parts: from Part One (Forsaken Airfield, Dec 5, 2022) through Part Six (Broken Silence, Dec 2, 2024). The DLC was not complete until the end of 2024.
• There are three main Tales: Signal Void, Buried Echoes, and Last Horizon.
• The first Tale, Signal Void, begins in Forsaken Airfield: enter the Double L Airfield control tower, pick up the Field 31 Operation Memo, and take the Handheld Shortwave Radio.
• Treat the trip in as an expedition. Strong clothing, food and water buffer, repair materials, light, and inventory discipline matter more here than on most base-game routes.

The release timeline (and why old guides mislead you)

If you read a guide written mid-rollout, it is almost certainly out of date, and not in the way you would expect. Tales from the Far Territory first launched on December 5, 2022 with Part One, the Forsaken Airfield region, and it kept adding content for two more years. June 24, 2024 was Part Five, which added the Sundered Pass region and Last Horizon, the third and final main Tale. That date is sometimes wrongly cited as the “everything is in” milestone. It was not.

The expansion only concluded on December 2, 2024 with Part Six, Broken Silence. So if an older guide tells you the DLC was fully released months earlier, it is wrong, and any guide that confidently treats mid-2024 as the finish line missed the final part entirely. Use the part structure as your reference: the six content drops are the rollout history, but the three Tales above are what you actually play.

What the DLC adds to The Long Dark

Think of Tales from the Far Territory as a structured survival expansion layered onto the sandbox. It adds new Far Territory regions, new gameplay systems, and objective-based Tales added to Great Bear Island. That tells you what kind of DLC it is. It is not a separate campaign that replaces Survival Mode; it changes where you can go, what you can do there, and how much directed progression exists inside the sandbox you already know.

• A paid expansion for Survival Mode, delivered as six content parts.
• New Far Territory regions beyond the base-game travel loop, including Forsaken Airfield and (added later) Sundered Pass.
• Three Tales: Signal Void, Buried Echoes, and Last Horizon, which are objective chains with a more guided structure than normal sandbox play.
• Longer, harsher travel routes where preparation matters more than in many core regions.

How you reach the Far Territory

Owning the expansion is only step one. You reach the content by physically traveling into the Far Territory rather than picking a mission off a menu. The usual entry begins at the far end of Broken Railroad, where you move onto the Far Range Branch Line and follow the track sequence into the new regions: across the broken bridge, through the tunnel, and onward.

That design choice matters. The game does not treat the expansion like a pop-up objective board. It treats it like remote country you have to earn access to, which means your first attempt can fail before any Tale begins if you arrive underdressed, overloaded, or too late in the day. Enter it as an expedition, not as early-game sightseeing.

• Reach Broken Railroad.
• Move onto the Far Range Branch Line.
• Cross the broken bridge and pass through the tunnel.
• Continue along the line into the Far Territory regions toward Forsaken Airfield.

If you want the regional layout in more detail, see our guide to navigating the Tales from the Far Territory map for how the new areas connect.

Where the first Tale (Signal Void) starts

The first Tale is Signal Void, and it begins in Forsaken Airfield. The exact trigger is the control tower at the Double L Airfield (also labeled Airfield 31, or “Field 31” in-game). Go inside, pick up the Field 31 Operation Memo, and take the Handheld Shortwave Radio. Once both are in hand, your journal starts tracking Tale objectives.

This is the most common early mistake: players reach Forsaken Airfield, explore loosely, and assume the Tale unfolds on its own. It does not. If your journal is not updating, the usual cause is that you grabbed the memo but not the radio, or never went into the control tower at all. The radio is the piece that moves you from regional exploration into Signal Void’s directed objectives, so make the tower your first hard target.

For reference: the airfield is not named “Camber” anywhere in the world. “Camber” only shows up in-game as a recipe (Camber Flight Porridge), which is where that mistaken name in older guides likely came from.

How the DLC plays compared with normal Survival Mode

In the base sandbox, your goals are self-directed: survive longer, map more ground, improve your supply situation, and move when weather or resource pressure forces you. The Tales keep all of that intact but add a more linear layer on top. You are not just wandering for loot. You travel to specific landmarks, carry items for later use, and deal with conditions that can gate or open progress.

Two practical consequences follow. First, not every dead end is a true dead end; some progress is timing- or condition-gated, so a route that looks blocked may simply need the right state to open. Second, completionist habits from the base game can waste time here if you insist on clearing every location in one pass before you have the right tool or condition. Push the Tale objectives forward, and circle back for cleanup once you understand what each region is asking of you.

What to bring before you push in

You do not need a perfect late-game stockpile, but you do need to treat the route like a remote expedition. The cost of turning around is high: bad weather, long distances, and objective chains can stack small mistakes into a full lost day.

• Reliable cold-weather gear so arrival does not immediately become a warmth crisis.
• Food and water buffer for the long transit between useful shelters.
• Repair materials, because clothing damage matters more when exposure time climbs.
• Light source planning for interior navigation and dark spaces.
• Emergency treatment items rather than assuming you can improvise in-region.
• Inventory discipline so you are not crawling through long stretches overburdened.

Common mistakes

• Trusting a mid-rollout guide on content status. The DLC was not complete until Part Six (Broken Silence) on December 2, 2024. June 24, 2024 was only Part Five.
• Looking for “Camber Airfield.” It does not exist. The first Tale starts at the Double L Airfield (Airfield 31 / Field 31) control tower in Forsaken Airfield.
• Grabbing the memo but not the radio. Signal Void only starts tracking once you have both the Field 31 Operation Memo and the Handheld Shortwave Radio.
• Entering too early. You can reach the route early, but its structure punishes weak gear more than most base regions.
• Assuming every obstacle is permanent. Some progress is condition-gated rather than broken; come back when the state changes.

Practical takeaway

Here is the clean plan: know that the DLC ran from Part One in December 2022 to Part Six in December 2024, so ignore any guide that calls it “done” earlier. Enter from Broken Railroad along the Far Range Branch Line, get established in Forsaken Airfield, and make the Double L Airfield control tower your first hard objective, picking up both the Field 31 Operation Memo and the Handheld Shortwave Radio so Signal Void begins properly. From there the Tales keep asking the same question in different ways: not whether you can survive one more night, but whether you prepared well enough to survive a much longer chain of consequences.