Each level inPeakhas a different biome on the island, each with its own unique challenges and threats to survival. While the only creatures you have to watch out for are ticks and bees in the Tropics, your primary dangers are starvation, injury, poison, as well as fire and frostbite.

Learning how to survive each biome is essential if you wish to escape the island andget all of those fun achievements. If you’re just starting out and are saying “I just can’t get past the Tropics!”, this guide is here to help you do just that and beyond.

A Jellyfish On The Shore In Peak.

How To Survive The Shore

You’ll wake up on The Shore, right where the plane crashed. Inside the plane’s carcass are a compass, bugle, lantern, and Bing Bong, the mascot of the game’s airline. You won’t have any need of these when first starting out, sounless you’re trying for specific achievements, it’s best to leave them alone for now.

Later, after you’ve unlocked the higher difficulty,the lantern will become more useful.The fifth Ascent difficulty introduces a cold debuffduring the night, so keeping the lantern lit in your backpack at those times willhelp keep you from freezing.

Palm Trees On The Shore With Coconuts In Them In Peak.

The Shore presents only a few dangers, so it’s theeasiest to survive out of the five biomes. The only real threats are the Jellyfish and Poison Urchin, both of which give you a poison debuff when you touch them. Additionally,the jellyfish will cause you to slip and fall.

Avoiding these dangers is simple, but if you happen to step on a jellyfish high up on a ledge, you could tumble to your death. Furthermore, thebridges can collapseif either too many people are on them at a time, or you stand on them for too long.

The Tropics Biome In Peak.

At the beginning of this level, it’s worth taking a few minutes togather coconuts and cook them on the fire. Once cooked, you can split them open and eat them to fill up your reserve energy bar, giving you a stamina boost.

Aside from those few dangers, climbing the Shore is relatively easy, and you should haveno trouble finding a routeto the first campfire.

A Large Dark Blue Ice Block On The Mountain In The Alpine In Peak.

How To Survive The Tropics

Although this is the second level, it isprobably the second-most difficult one to traverse. Here you’ll have many dangers to look out for, and with the island changing every 24 hours, thepresence of some of these dangers can increase.

First, besides the food that you find in luggage, you need to learn which foods are safe to eat. Poisonous foods are not a new concept, as you may have encountered some in the first biome. However,there are more foods here to look out for.

Holding A Heat Pack Found In The Alpine In Peak.

The different foods you need tostay away from hereare:

Throughout The Shore and The Tropics, you’ll also come acrossfour different types of mushrooms. However, not all mushrooms are safe, sowe recommend learning how to tell which ones are safebefore blindly eating them.

Once you have foods figured out, it’s time tolearn how to climb and avoid dangers. The most important thing to remember here is:don’t climb when it’s raining. The rain not only slows down your climbing, but also drains your stamina and energy much faster. If you’re about to climb, and it starts raining, wait for the rain to stop.

Looking Out At The Caldera In Peak.

Also, vines will be yourbest friends when traversing this jungle. You won’t use as much stamina on the vines, and they’ll help you reach high cliffs that you otherwise wouldn’t be able to get to.

If you find that you need extra time figuring out your best way through the Tropics,try playing on Tenderfoot difficulty, which removes the time limit, so you won’t have to worry about the rising fog. Once you feel more confident, then move up to normal difficulty.

The Lava Rising In The Caldera In Peak.

As you’re climbing and finding your way,here are all the hazardsyou’ll need to look out for:

Spiked Roots

Poison

It’s best to find a way around or under them, but if you absolutely have to use one, don’t linger as it will slowly poison you.

Sploding Bush

Explodes on contact and will send you flying.

They are usually orange in color and larger than the Gassy Bush. It’s best to go around them, but if you can’t, try throwing objects to detonate them from a safe distance.

The Inside Of The Volcano Called The Kiln In Peak.

Gassy Bush

Bursts a cloud of poisonous gas on contact. Will affect you and anyone else in range with poison.

Just like the Sploding Bush, either go around or throw something to detonate them from afar.

Climbing Up The Rocks Inside The Kiln In Peak.

Tick

This little guy attaches itself to you while exploring the jungle. If not removed, it will slowly poison you over time and grow bigger.

It’s impossible to avoid them, but once you know you have one, you can either remove it yourself or have a teammate do it for you. Once removed, you can then eat it if you’re hungry!

Beehive

While this holds an excellent source of food and energy, the bees will chase you and attack, poisoning you.

You can throw something at the beehive to dislodge it and avoid the bees. Or, just grab the hive and keep running until the bees give up.

How To Survive The Alpine

Once you’re free of the Tropics, your next challenge is The Alpine. Here, everything is covered in snow and ice, and therainstorms are replaced by blizzardsthat can freeze you and knock you off the sides of the mountain.

Your biggest danger here is the frostbite you can get from the blizzard or from the dark blue ice rocks. You also need to beware of thesteam vents called geysers. They’re normally dormant until you get close, and then they’ll start to rumble and erupt. While being near them can help keep you warm, if you’re too close when one erupts,they can launch you into the air.

Additionally, you might find Flashpods thatexplode with a blinding flash on contact, temporarily obstructing your vision. These are usually found inside the mountain.

There are a few ways to avoid the biting cold. When the snow comes,quickly find an overhang to hide under, sothe winds can’t hit you. There is also an item you can sometimes find in the luggage called a Heat Pack that will give youtemporary protection from the cold.

If you’re trying for the Naturalist badge, as I am in the video above, theHeat Packs count as packaged food. You can, however, use a lantern or the Scorchberries from the Tropics to protect you against the icy winds of the snowstorm.

When you start going up the mountain, it can be harder to hide when the storm comes, so try totime your climbing during the breaksso that you don’t get caught halfway up.

You might find yourself stuck at some points without a way to climb up. If you seeold pitons already attached to the mountain, you can use those to help you climb up. However, they aren’t very sturdy and theice will break the longer you hold onto them, so don’t linger. If you have a rope cannon or shelf fungus, those are better ways to get up the mountain.

While you’re in the Alpine,look for the Capybara hot spring. These cute friends will havetwo Yellow Winterberries, which can remove your hunger and refill some energy. Additionally, if you’re cold, the hot spring will take away the effect immediately. You can alsoget the Animal Serenading Badge hereif you have a bugle.

How To Survive The Caldera

In the Caldera,the floor is actually lava. The Tropics you had periodic rainstorms. The Alpine had blizzards. Here, the lava rises and falls at intervals. If you fall into the lava while it’s upyou will not survive, so it’s best not to move until the lava goes down.

Although this biome looks like it will be hard, it’s actually the easiest one to survive after The Shore.All you have to do is stay out of the lava.

When the lava is low, you can jump from rock to rock, orquickly run across the hot floor between pillars. You’ll take minimal fire damage, but once you reach a safe platform, it quickly goes away. Here there are also chains connecting some of the pillars thatfunction just like the vines in The Tropics.

If you take on too much heat damage, youcan drink a sports drink, energy drink, or the Cure Allto quickly remove the heat effect.

Aside from what you might find in the suitcases, theonly food source available here is eggs. Each nest you find holds two eggs, which you can throw down to crack open. Then, take the egg and cook it on a heated rock. When consumed, you’ll receive ahuge energy boost and remove most of your hunger. But don’t cook it too long!

How To Survive The Kiln

The Kiln is theleast forgiving of all the biomes. Here, you’ll enter the volcano and climb straight up to the top. This is the final challenge, andyou will need to be prepared.

You don’t have to worry about the lava rising here, thankfully.You just have to worry about not falling. Early on there are rocks to easily climb, but it will get more difficult the higher you go. You will find yourself in tight spaces and blindly climbing, hoping for a ledge to rest on.

Great items to have with youfor this climb are:

The Kiln biome hasno natural food in it, so attempt to bring at least one food item with you, because you won’t be able to rely on the few suitcases that you might find here to have food.

The best way to survive The Kiln is to manage your stamina, andkeep going up. If you come across hot rocks,it is possible to climb up them, just attempt to do so quickly. As in The Caldera, you’ll take on some heat damage, but if you once you get somewhere cool you can rest and regain your stamina.

It’s a long way up, so try not to use your climbing aids until you’re at least halfway up. Otherwise, you’ll risk using them too early and thenhave nothing left to climb with later.