“Perfectionist want all. Perfectionist do all. Not just numbers. Game must be full. Quests all done. Achievements all get. Try things. Buy things. Collect all things.

You read guide, you know what need to do.”

“List here. What to do. Game full. Close game 100%.”

"First talk. Not make play my way. Guide for perfectionist. Perfectionist like finish all, clean all. Game full.

You follow guide? Need ready. Spend many suns, 100, maybe 200."

• Play hard. Expert, Survivor, Permadeath on
  
• Campaign done: 38/38
  
• Hunt beasts: 4/4
  
• Help village: 12/12
  
• Tribal fight, Wenja help: 52/52
  
• Cave explore: 3/3
  
• Collect Daysha Hand: 100/100
  
• Wenja Bracelet: 25/25
  
• Wenja Spirit Totem: 12/12
  
• Break Izila Mask: 25/25
  
• Hunter Cache: 15/15
  
• Cave Paintings: 22/22
  
• Light Bonfire: 16/16
  
• Campfire: 73/73
  
• Free outposts: 15/15
  
• Free fortresses: 2/2
  
• Find big places: 10/10
  
• Learn skills: 68/68
  
• Craft tools: 26/26
  
• Tame beasts: 17/17
  
• Study animals: 42/42
  
• Build village: 8/8
  
• Grow people: 300/300
  
• Explore map
  
• Get all Ubi achievements
  
• Finish DLC
  
• Get smile

Tools to help:

• MapGenie: Interactive map. Helps find things. I use it myself. If you can’t find something, MapGenie helps.

https://mapgenie.io/far-cry-primal/maps/oros
That’s all. No more. :)"

This is probably the first time I need to write so much about difficulty. In past guides, I always said, 'Pick the hardest difficulty, no problem,' but now things are different.

Think about it: you must finish the game on maximum difficulty, in Survivor mode (no extra perks), with ONE LIFE. ONE SINGLE LIFE. And you know, I would almost say, 'Turn off the one-life option,' if not for the achievement that requires completing the game this way. But since we are perfectionists and hardcore players, we must do it.

The most important thing is to follow my rules. I died only 8 times—4 of them in the mission where the Udam tribe attacked the village, one time in a cave, one time falling off a cliff, and a few other times because of silly mistakes. We will go over each of these deaths step by step, and I’ll give you tips on how not to die, along with a guide.

• 4 Deaths – All these happened in the mission "Attack of The Udam". Before I found a Steam guide detailing how to beat the game with one life (linked below), I struggled. The guide advised taming a lion before starting this mission, which I did. After that, I completed the mission on the first try without any problems. I won’t go into detail here—just read the guide below.
  
  
• 5th Death – I died during the side mission "Cut Mamaf Cave". Unaware of the danger, I jumped into the water inside the cave, where five demon fish devoured me instantly, leaving no time to react. It was incredibly frustrating to die at around 50% completion, so be very cautious in this cave.
  
  
  
• 6th Death – A very foolish mistake. I fell off a cliff trying to take a shortcut. Be extremely careful with shortcuts—it’s better to spend a few extra minutes than to replay the game.
  
  
• 7th Death – I died during the mission "Blood of Oros" because I thought I was Rambo and rushed at enemies without using stealth. That was a dumb move. Always play stealthily in this mode, and if you’re spotted, restart from a checkpoint.
  
  
• 8th Death – BE VERY CAREFUL when taming the special animal, the white wolf "Snowblood Wolf". Triple-check that you’re fully upgraded before attempting this mission. Exit the game immediately if things get out of control, as you’ll face a pack of wolves that’s extremely hard to fend off. The best strategy for this mission is to stick to the water as much as possible

This guide can help you a lot—it’s the one that originally helped me with the first four deaths. It also has many tips on how not to waste hours of your life by losing your only life.

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2592688359

Since we are playing with one life, I will sometimes mention dangers that may arise during the playthrough.

Many story quests are quite easy if you don’t act like a hero. Always complete missions using stealth and proper preparation. Don’t rush through all the missions at once—do a few, then clear parts of the map and level up in parallel.

At the end of the game, you will face two bosses. Be fully prepared for them. By that time, you should have all skills unlocked and the best beasts tamed. This is crucial.

Beware of Wogah’s mission, where you need to collect eagle feathers—be very careful. Also, stay cautious during Jayma’s missions.

Also, don't forget about Urki's missions. They appear at the very end, and until you complete them, the game won't count the storyline as fully completed.

These missions are VERY dangerous for us, especially the one with the white wolf. That one was the most critical for me. Here are some tips for this mission:

1. Tame Bloodfang Sabertooth before starting the mission.
   
2. Stay in the water as much as possible—wolves can’t reach you there.
   
3. If things get out of control, restart save or run away. Don’t take risks.
   
4. Move very slowly and carefully.

I hope these tips help you. You can also check YouTube for videos of people completing this mission on the hardest difficulty.


The rest aren’t too dangerous if you are well-upgraded. Again, being fully upgraded makes everything much easier. Taming the bear might be a bit tricky, but it’s simple—just lure it out of the cave, deal damage, and repeat.

After this, you’ll have access to three special beasts. Since we are perfectionists, we CANNOT lose them! If they die, they are gone forever—you can’t tame them again. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use them. I played most of the game with Bloodfang Sabertooth, but the key is to always be ready to save your pet or restart your save. :З"

Remember those routine and boring side quests from Far Cry 4? Well, they made their way here, almost unchanged. You’ll either have to rescue hostages, escort someone, burn down enemy settlements, or assist in a fight.

The good news is that, unlike the previous game, these missions are actually useful. Many of them reward you with a skill point right away, and trust me, that’s no small thing. To minimize risks and maximize XP, I highly recommend completing them as perfectly as possible. If you’re rescuing or escorting hostages, make sure they all survive. If you need to eliminate enemies, do it stealthily.

Also, pay attention to the difficulty level of the quests—don’t take unnecessary risks if you’re not confident. I suggest combining these missions with other activities for efficiency.

At first, I thought these missions were something unique—full-fledged side quests with their own storyline. But you know what???!!! They’re just the SAME MISSIONS I talked about earlier, just wrapped up differently.

Village missions are given either by random villagers or by Manu. To unlock more of them, you need to progress through the main story. Most of these quests are easy, but I recommend tackling them around the mid-game.

So, I mentioned these missions earlier, specifically that one of them is dangerous. Also, there's one key detail about these caves—they are all located in the winter region. So, before heading out to complete them, make sure to craft cold-resistant clothing first.

This will be the shortest section because, as always with Ubisoft games, there's not much to say about collectibles—they just exist. They're mostly there for completion’s sake, at best giving you a bit of XP and some upgrades. I recommend collecting them early on to level up faster since you'll have to collect them anyway. :(

You can find the locations of the Daysha Hands on the interactive map I mentioned above.

There are 25 bracelets to find in the game. Their locations are marked on the map, but since they are very small and often blend in with the environment, they can be quite hard to spot. It's best to use Hunter Vision to locate them.

A quick way to find them is to look for a skeleton nearby, as there's usually one next to a bracelet. It's similar to the Vietnam DLC in Far Cry 5, where you collect fallen soldiers' lighters—except here, you're gathering the bracelets of fallen tribe members. :)

The same as with other totems—just collect them across the map. There's no need to use the interactive map since they are marked on the regular one as well.

The coolest collectible—you just need to find a mask and shoot it with a bow or try to destroy it yourself. There aren't many of them, but strangely enough, they are only found in Izila territory.

And now we've reached one of the most interesting types of collectibles—the most interesting one will be next, which I'll talk about below. So, the Hunter's Cache.

1. It is not marked on the map—so use the interactive one.
   
2. MOST IMPORTANT!!! You won't be able to loot the bag if your inventory is full, and it most likely will be. That's why you should try to find these caches as early as possible. If you fully upgrade all settlements, weapons, and gear, you simply won’t have anywhere to spend skins and other loot. As a result, you won’t be able to loot the bag and complete this collectible category.
   
3. If you ignored my advice, you'll have to use a more tedious method. The bags contain random rare skins, and they change after each save reload. So, you can keep reloading your save until the bag contains a skin that fits in your inventory.

Also, here’s a video showing the exact locations of the BAGS. The interactive map only marks the locations of the drawings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3_GWdboTD0

And so, as I promised, let's talk about the most interesting type of collecting. And not that it's actually interesting, but the situation around it is. And THAT is… THE SACK.

No, not the sack we craft, but the collectible sacks. And right now, I won’t be talking about why we should collect them all, but rather why we CAN’T collect them all.

See, the sack itself is like the treasure chests from previous numbered entries—it drops all sorts of junk, and when you’re full of junk, it gives you money. Now, let's recall what we did in past games when our wallets were full, but the chests were still on the map. That’s right! We fired off all our ammo and spent our money on whatever junk we could just to drain our wallets.

But here’s the problem :). In Primal, there’s no money—only RESOURCES. And these resources cannot be spent if you’ve already bought/crafted/built everything. You’ve got a final stop, and there’s no way to roll back. So, you can keep looting sacks until your inventory is full—after that, you simply won’t be able to pick them up anymore. You’ll start crafting weapons and upgrading buildings just to empty your inventory. You’ll keep repeating this process until everything is upgraded and crafted. And then? That’s it!

Now, you might think you can just drag this out and collect all the sacks by the end of the game, but nope. Around the middle of the game, you’ll hit a wall where you simply can’t loot any more sacks. But then you might ask: "Why not just craft arrows to free up space?" Well, it’s simple—sacks only contain construction materials, which, once you’ve built everything, can’t be spent anymore. And there you have it—a closed loop.


That’s up to you. I gathered every sack possible within the game's limits—I didn’t want to use cheats. If the devs didn’t give us the option to collect them all, well, whatever, you’ll just save time instead. The choice is yours—you can ignore them completely or grab as many as you can :)

Cave paintings, or should I say just caves. All you need to do is explore the cave and find the cave painting inside. Remember, we're playing on the highest difficulty with one life, so you need to be careful in the caves too.

In some caves, there’s poison that you can pass through by using a potion, which you’ll get the recipe for after completing a mission from Sayla. So don’t even think about rushing through or trying to push through that poison—it’s a dead-end idea.

Bonfires are essentially the early precursors to checkpoints from Far Cry 6. These are mini-outposts occupied by two to five enemies. All you need to do is take out the enemies stealthily and then set the bonfire ablaze.

As I’ve advised before, stick to stealth for everything. In a one-death mode, rushing in head-on is risky. Plus, you’ve got your owl, which lets you scout everything from above.

Additionally, you can sleep at bonfires, which is super handy for passing the night quickly.

Campfires are an even smaller version of bonfires. This time, there are no enemies, and you don’t need to light the fire. Just approach one, and it’ll get marked on your map. Use the interactive map for this.

I’d argue they’re even more useful than bonfires since there are more of them scattered across the map, and you can also sleep at them to skip the night.

Yes, yes, as always, our beloved outposts!!!!!!I HATE THEM!But that’s beside the point. In this part, things are easier than in Far Cry 4. There are no gold medals or other nonsense here. Just capture the outpost stealthily.

Here’s the thing: it’s a total disaster to capture outposts LOUDLY. Don’t even think about it—I tried it once and nearly paid the price.

Sure, capturing outposts via stealth takes more time, but that time is offset by keeping your life intact. Grab your owl, mark all the enemies, and then take them out.

For some outposts, it’s better not to even attempt them until you’ve unlocked all the skills and the quick takedown ability. Also, certain outposts have something like cursed swamps with rising steam. Don’t step in those—they drain your health.

May luck be with you!

There are only two forts in the game: Big Darwa Fort and Fire Screamer Fort. You should capture them as early as possible, but only after you’re well-leveled, with all skills and quick takedowns unlocked.

In this game, a fort isn’t just a beefed-up outpost—it’s a mini-boss fight. Win, and you’ll recruit a new specialist for your village.

• Big Darwa Fort: Dah.
  
• Fire Screamer Fort: Roshani.

They unlock not only new quests but also new skills and crafting options.

Nothing special—just outposts that are twice as big. The only difference is the boss fight at the end. For Big Darwa Fort, use an mammoth in the boss fight. For Fire Screamer Fort, poison bombs that make enemies turn on each other are your best bet.

That’s why you should capture Big Darwa Fort first, complete Dah’s quests to unlock poison bombs, and then tackle Fire Screamer Fort.

Also, don’t forget that by this point, you should have the strongest weapon—the spear. Make sure it’s fully upgraded by then so you can take down the boss in three throws.

There are a total of 10 major locations. If I’m not mistaken, more than half of them you’ll visit naturally through the story and side missions. You don’t even need to search for them specifically—just complete all the main storyline and optional quests, and over time, you’ll unlock all these places on your own.

In case you haven’t found them all, use the interactive map—they’re all marked there.

There are 80 skills in the game, but we can only unlock 68 of them since we’re playing on the highest difficulty in survival mode.

This mode disables the ability to upgrade owl skills, significantly increase health, craft 8 arrows at once instead of 4, and some of Sayla’s skills. Honestly, it’s not that big of a deal—you can still get up to 4 health bars, which is more than enough for a comfortable playthrough.

The same goes for the other skills. You can absolutely complete the game with just one life, even without the skills I mentioned above. The real issue lies elsewhere.

The problem is that there’s an achievement requiring you to kill 15 enemies using the owl. Without the owl skill, which is locked in this mode, you can’t do it. So, after fully completing the game, you’ll need to spend about 2 more hours in a new game to unlock the achievement and get those owl kills.

Finding enemies isn’t hard, and for the sake of the achievement, you can start the game on easy difficulty. Just locate an outpost and take out the enemies there.

As I mentioned in the section about side missions, unlocking skills isn’t difficult. You gain experience quickly, and some side quests reward skill points directly. So, unlocking all available skills isn’t hard—BUT IT’S NECESSARY. Don’t even think about facing the main boss fights with Ull and Batari if you haven’t unlocked all the skills and fully upgraded all your weapons.

Now let’s move on to tools.

There aren’t many tools in the game, but they can be upgraded. To be precise, they’re not exactly “tools” in the traditional sense—they’re grenades, bags, daggers, weapons, and traps. But all these tools are unique. Plus, as a Ubisoft Club reward right at the start of the game, you get a club and a kapala knife. For us, the most useful one is the knife (throwing version).

Let me break down the crafting and upgrading priorities:

1. Bow
   
2. Spear
   
3. Quiver
   
4. Throwing Knife

As soon as you have the resources, craft these items and upgrade them. After that, you can work on crafting everything else. Don’t forget—we’re perfectionists, so we craft everything. Besides, half of these tools are genuinely useful.

Note: Some tools unlock through the story, like the grappling hook, while others only become available after you recruit certain specialists. That’s why I recommend unlocking Jayma as soon as possible to craft the double bow.

There are 17 animals in total. I don’t want to repeat myself and go over which one’s the strongest again, but if you really need to know, it’s the Bloodfang Sabertooth.

Animals are divided into ranks. What I love about survival mode is that you can’t just toss some meat and tame them. If an animal is above the first rank, you’ll need to rough it up a bit before you can tame it.

By the end of the game, you’ll naturally stumble across all the tamable animals anyway, plus their habitats are marked on the map.

The only important thing to note is that these animals aren’t as valuable as the “special” ones. If they die, you can’t revive them, sure, but you can always tame a new one. For example, I lost my sabertooth a few times and just tamed another one later.

Animals are divided into three types. The first type is tamable, the second type is untamable, and the third type is the owl :)))

We’ve already covered the first type, and I don’t think we need to dive into the third. What about the second? Well, nothing special—you’ll encounter nearly half, if not all, of them during the game anyway. For perfectionists, this isn’t a big deal since we collect everything, complete everything, craft everything, and explore everything. That means if you follow all the steps outlined above, there’s a 100% chance you’ll fill out the animal list without even noticing.

But just in case, I’ll point out that all animals are marked on the map, and all of them need to be killed.

There’s not much to explain here. You’ll build all the buildings anyway as you progress through the story since you can’t move forward without them. The only thing is that upgrading them isn’t mandatory for the story.

Well, in the section about sacks, I mentioned that there are resources you can spend on building the village. Once the village is fully built, you’ll have nowhere to dump those resources. Your inventory will fill up, and you won’t be able to do anything about it, which means you’ll end up collecting fewer sacks.

If you’ve decided not to focus on gathering sacks, then during the game, whenever you see an opportunity to pick up a resource for building, just grab it—it’s only one button press.

But if you’re set on collecting as many sacks as possible, my advice is to avoid gathering resources directly and instead pull them from the sacks. This is the most tedious option, though—only worth it if you’re a hardcore enthusiast and ready to commit to that grind.

I haven’t mentioned random events even once in this guide so far. Well, during the game, you might come across various random events: rescuing a hostage, helping fend off animals, assisting in repelling attacks, and so on. (By the way, be extra careful with that last one—it’s the longest random event, and you can easily get killed during it.)

After completing these mini-missions, you’ll gain population for your reserves. The more population you have, the more bonuses you get, so it’s pretty useful. No need to grind for it, either—people join you from almost everything. Missions, outposts, and other activities all boost your population. But if you spot a random event, just spend 30 seconds on it to bump up your numbers.

The maximum population cap is 300.

Now we’re getting to the HOTTEST AND MOST EXCITING PART. GET READY, IT’S GONNA BE A BLOODY MESS.

So, the first attempt at removing towers from the Far Cry series showed up in Primal, and it was later used in subsequent games. Now we have to clear the "fog of war." That means the entire map starts out black, and as we move around, it reveals itself within a 100-200 meter radius around us.

And I’d say WHATEVER, if I weren’t a perfectionist. So it became my duty to uncover THE ENTIRE MAP, leaving not a single black spot behind. And you know what? It was a bit of a challenge.


The first thing you need to do is max out Sayla’s skill branch for increasing the map exploration radius. Do this as soon as possible so that, practically from the very beginning, you’re walking around revealing as much of the map as you can.


Tame Bloodfang first, then the Snowblood Wolf. Its specialty is that it reveals the map up to 300 meters—more than we can.

Warning: Be careful, as I’ve said before, this is the toughest beast to tame.


First, I mentally split the map into several regions. Then, instead of wandering through a region, I walked around it—right along its edges. It’s tricky to describe, but I’ll try to make it clearer with an example.

The game has distinct map zones—6 of them in total. When I enter a region, I first circle its entire perimeter, then go inside to complete quests in that area.



I KNOW! THIS SOUNDS LIKE A F***ING NIGHTMARE, SO DAMN TEDIOUS! I get it, guys, but that’s the life of a perfectionist. I’ll say it again: everyone can have their own method, and I’m just sharing my personal approach. You’re free to come up with something that works for you. I hope I’ve explained the gist of it—if anything’s unclear, drop a comment, and I’ll clarify further.

Once you complete all the steps outlined above, you’ll unlock nearly every achievement in the game. I want to give you a quick heads-up about the achievement for capturing all the outposts.

Here’s the thing: the game doesn’t track the number of outposts you’ve captured on the map—it counts the number of cutscenes that play after capturing an outpost. The catch? There’s a bug in the game where, if you exit and reload during an outpost capture, it’ll still count as captured, but the game won’t register it for the achievement, and you won’t get credit.

You’ve got two options:

• First: Just don’t exit the game while capturing an outpost.
  
• Second: If you’ve already run into this bug, capture all the remaining outposts and then reset them in the game settings. Don’t worry—you won’t have to recapture every single one from scratch. Just recapture the number of outposts the game didn’t count.

Everything else is straightforward. You can also use the True Achievements website, which has guides for unlocking every achievement. I use it often, and it’s a huge help:
https://www.trueachievements.com/game/Far-Cry-Primal/achievements

The Legend of the Mammoth DLC is a light and fun addition that you can breeze through quickly without worrying about your single life. That’s because permadeath mode doesn’t apply in this DLC—even if you die, you’ll respawn easily!

I don’t even know what else to say. It’s all straightforward. The DLC unlocks after you build Tensey’s hut. There are just 3 missions, and in my opinion, they’re pretty decent and interesting. You can finish them in an hour—or maybe even less.

And here we are at the end. For you, I’ve recorded a video report where I show my game stats—just in case you don’t believe me or simply want to see what a fully completed perfectionist playthrough looks like.

Let me share a little story about myself.

I love diving into games and completing them 100%, exploring every tiny detail. My passion is finishing all the content a game has to offer. You might notice that I’ve clocked 100 hours in Far Cry 1, 110 hours in Far Cry 2, 165 hours in Far Cry 3, 104 hours in Far Cry Blood Dragon, and a whopping 289 hours in Far Cry 4. So, who am I?

I have a real passion for tackling every bit of content a game throws at me. Sometimes, it backfires, and I end up with gaming burnout. This guide is for people like me—those who want to complete absolutely everything in a game. You can pop in here anytime, read some tips, and get advice on any piece of content in the game. And if something’s missing? Just ask me, and I’ll happily help! :)

Plus, who knows—maybe with guides like this, I’ll inspire someone to dive into this kind of perfectionist playstyle! 😄

Now you are a real beast master learned the true definition of insanity! If you have any questions, I will be happy to answer. If you find mistakes in my guide, please write, because I am Ukrainian and do not speak English perfectly.
I also want to ask you to give me a like because I tried hard!

Well, in the meantime, like and take care of yourself!