Jeremiah's Folly - Bear right outside Jeremiah's cabin?

[Ryu Azuku]

I need help with killing the bear. After going through the survival school quests Jeremiah tasks you with taking down the bear, the only problem is he's right outside the cabin door. I can avoid getting instantly mauled by the bear if I run to the left or right as soon as the outdoors load, but the bear inevitbaly catches up with me and mauls me without giving me any time to turn around and shoot at him to scare him off. I spent a whole 2 days waiting for him to move on but he just stays there waiting. Any help?!

 

I was able to scare him off by coming out with a lit flare and hitting rmb to throw it as soon as I left the cabin! Bear ran!

[Doc Feral]

You THREW a flare at him? And it worked? Amazing. Why didn't you use the flare gun anyway?

[Ryu Azuku]

15 minutes ago, Doc Feral said:

You THREW a flare at him? And it worked? Amazing. Why didn't you use the flare gun anyway?

I had it stored in the camp office, I was using that as my "home base".

[Doc Feral]

Ouch. The amazing part is that you managed to scare off the damn thing throwing a flare. Never thought it would work with a bear, not to mention THAT bear.

[Ryu Azuku]

Well when I first left the lodge I saw him and was able to shoot him since he was far enough from the door, but he wasnt scared off so I wen't back inside. Every other time I tried to go out after that he was right there so there was little time to act. I think the flare just pushed his scare-meter over the edge?

[RossBondReturns]

11 hours ago, Ryu Azuku said:

Well when I first left the lodge I saw him and was able to shoot him since he was far enough from the door, but he wasnt scared off so I wen't back inside. Every other time I tried to go out after that he was right there so there was little time to act. I think the flare just pushed his scare-meter over the edge?

That's strange.

The bear actually should always end up running after that first shot. It's kinda scary to stand there through the whole animation but once he's done roaring I've always had him run off and down the path.

I think you experienced some very unexpected behavior.

[Ryu Azuku]

7 hours ago, RossBondReturns said:

That's strange.

The bear actually should always end up running after that first shot. It's kinda scary to stand there through the whole animation but once he's done roaring I've always had him run off and down the path.

I think you experienced some very unexpected behavior.

Maybe it was because I shot him when he was standing on his hind legs?

[ajb1978]

I have always had problems on that first one.  I've tried shooting the bear as it rears up on its hind legs, and after it starts its charge.  I've shot it in the face and chest multiple times.  Maybe 1 in 20 the bear will run, the rest of the time I got mauled and just reloaded my save out of frustration.  Now, any time I play, I just make a point to have the flare gun with me.

Every other bear encounter I have no problems with, it's just that first one for some reason he always gets me.  So...flare gun!

[Mixxut]

I just dropped all of my stuff in the trappers cabin went outside shot the bear and ran for my life to the little shed. I was barely able to outrun him. 

In the other encounters I just let the bear maul me. He never ran away when I shot him. 

[Gazbeard]

On 19/07/2018 at 7:00 PM, RossBondReturns said:

That's strange.

The bear actually should always end up running after that first shot. It's kinda scary to stand there through the whole animation but once he's done roaring I've always had him run off and down the path.

I think you experienced some very unexpected behavior.

Nope - it happened to me in Wintermute too - sounds like it may be scripted

 

[The Frozen Narcoleptic]

On ‎7‎/‎30‎/‎2018 at 3:32 PM, Mixxut said:

I just dropped all of my stuff in the trappers cabin went outside shot the bear and ran for my life to the little shed. I was barely able to outrun him. 

In the other encounters I just let the bear maul me. He never ran away when I shot him. 

Try shooting him undetected if you don't have a flare gun.  Another option is to light a fire and lure to it with stones.  Last resort, Let him maul you, go heal up, rinse and repeat.  Sometimes, a lit torch can be subbed for a fire if you are undetected.

[RossBondReturns]

On 8/29/2018 at 5:05 PM, Gazbeard said:

Nope - it happened to me in Wintermute too - sounds like it may be scripted

 

Intriguing.

In my 4 Wintermute playthroughs he's always run off after the first shot after exiting the cabin.

[Soul Sojourner]

I've shot him and been attacked immediately following after leaving the cabin.That changed when I did it again and landed a bullet in his face, then he ran. As I tracked him, which I did all at once without stopping, I'd shoot him from afar, and when he got close shoot him again in the face. If I hit anywhere but his face, I usually still got mauled. As my gear got close to ruin I just took it off one by one so they wouldn't get ruined. Fixed it all and put it all back on after. I survived a few maulings, but had good defensive gear by that point.

[JACKROX_12234]

All I did was go outside with my rifle loaded and ready (keep in mind I had no idea that the bear was there) but I went outside, shot him, ran to the left, turned around and shot him again, and he ran away without attacking me, that's how I did it.