As a hardcore fan of brutally challenging dark fantasy RPGs, I can assure you that Fear and Hunger 2: Termina delivers a relentlessly terrifying yet deeply rewarding gaming experience for those bold enough to master it. This epic walkthrough reveals everything you need to know to survive Termina’s sanity-rending ordeal and emerge triumphant from its eldritch depths.
An Immersive Descent Into Darkness
Fear and Hunger 2 casts players as a Trapper – an unwilling participant in a lethal series of trials within the nightmare realm of Termina. This cursed continent tortures victims with hunger, injuries, maddening puzzles, and relentless enemies that feel no pain. Lose the will to endure and you’ll find yourself savagely sacrificed by the vile God of Fear and Hunger.
Yet those able to overcome Terror and Starvation themselves may earn the right to challenge these profane deities. This guide illuminates the way.
The Nature of Termina
Termina exerts a maddening influence on those trapped within, inflicting hunger, weakness, infection, and fear with utter indifference. Stay alert – vertigo or distraction inflicts grave wounds. And while scenic vistas of alien vastness beckon, nightmarish silhouettes haunt the horizon…
Food spoils rapidly here so ration carefully. Water retention elixirs grant some stability if you can stomach their taste. Pack salt, peat moss and coal to craft cleansing tonics as needed. Mind the taboo meats however – mutations exact a sanity cost.
Choose Your Guardian Spirit
Character choice impacts everything in Fear and Hunger 2. Select wisely to match your preferred playstyle.
The Soldier
- Firearms Expertise – High damage ranged attacks
- Combat-Focused Abilities – Precise aim with cover bonuses
- Technique Mastery – Strategic repositioning
Ideal for direct action-oriented players.
The Occultist
- Eldritch Insights – Scrying abilities reveal secrets
- Curse Master – Debuffs and hexes hinder foes
- Spirit Contracts – Summon mystical allies
Pick for mystically-inclined survival.
The Doctor
- Medical Expertise – Disease treatment and surgery
- Pharmaceutical Mastery – Craft powerful medicines
- Contamination Resistance – Raise infection thresholds
Specialize as a healer/support role.
The Mechanic
- Engineering Expertise – Construct tools and weapons
- Scavenging Efficiency – Useful parts from unlikely sources
- Analytical Assessment – Spot structural weaknesses
Jack-of-all-trades starter pick.
The Yellow Mage
- Eldritch Blasts – Devastating magical attacks
- Leyline Mastery – Tap mana grids for power
- Psychic Focus – Enhance spell accuracy
Glass cannon suited for sorcerous destruction.
The Magic Nerd
- Comprehensive Incantations – Wide array of novice spells
- Occult Lore Mastery – Continually learn new magic by reading
- Ritual Focus – Patiently cast lengthy but potent magic
Embrace magical versatility over direct conflict.
Fear and Hunger 2 Walkthrough
Orienting Yourself
Fear and Hunger 2 offers little guidance, so rely on your wits and any leads uncovered. Scour your environments thoroughly and revisit previous zones later armed with new insights.
- Strange idols and shrines often hide switches or clues.
- Notes, books, rituals, and mad ramblings can reveal objectives.
- Pay close attention to patterns, symbols, and repeated imagery.
Managing Infections
Left untreated, wounds and contagions worsen Conditions – reducing stats and potentially causing limb loss:
| Condition | Effects | Treatment |
|---|---|---|
| Infected | – 4 Max Health per hour | Antiseptics / Antibiotics |
| Gangrene | – 8 Max Health per hour | Antibiotics / Surgery |
| Septic | – 16 Max Health per hour | Antibiotics + Surgery / Amputation |
With hospital access limited, self-surgery is often necessary. Some eldritch creatures’ organs substitute for medical tools in a pinch.
Navigating Termina’s Threats
Fear and hunger reign supreme in Termina, exacting sanity and life at every turn. You must harden body, mind and soul against relentless obstacles to triumph here.
Stage One: The Forgotten Township
- Hazards: Hypothermia, Starvation,
- Enemies: Maddened Villagers, Blight Hounds
- Strategies:
- Scavenge all abandoned houses thoroughly
- Stockpile non-perishable foodstuffs ahead of time
- Utilize stealth and distractions to avoid deadly confrontations
Stage Two: Among the Damned
- Hazards: Psychosis, Arcane Radiation
- Enemies: Zealots, Fanatics, Gas Mask Stalkers
- Strategies:
- Solve rituals under cover of night to avoid fanatics
- Time movements carefully going between bunkers
- Use noisemakers to lure stalkers into traps
Stage Three: The Drowned Past
- Hazards: Parasites, Cave-Ins
- Enemies: Mole-Rats, Tentacle Horrors
- Strategies:
- Bring climbing gear to navigate flooded tunnels
- Listen for tremors preceding cave-ins
- Use fire or electricity against parasite swarms
Stage Four: The Barren Expanse
- Hazards: Exposure, Dehydration
- Enemies: Corpse Eaters, Snake People
- Strategies:
- Seek shelter from ash storms when visibility drops
- Track prey animals to sustain nutrition
- Use shield emitters against snake people projectiles
Endgame Enemies & Environments
Surviving Termina’s endgame areas tests the absolute limit of your physical, mental and spiritual vitality. These malignant realms hold the final keys to escape…or transcendence.
The Tower of the Devourer
- Hazards: Vertigo, Spatial Distortion, One-hit Kills
- Enemies: Butchers in Tar Masks
- Strategies:
- Utilize camouflage artifacts near deadly jumps
- Listen for distortion sound cues signaling traps
- Use ranged attacks against tar mask butcher’s polearms
The Sunken Temple of Ur
- Hazards: Flesh Mutations, Memory Loss
- Enemies: Formless Spawn, Thought Worms
- Strategies:
- Solve glyphs to close emergence portals
- Use memory triggers encoded in relics
- Protect mind with psychic barriers
The Infinite Archive
- Hazards: Sensory Deprivation, Alien Geometries
- Enemies: Archivists
- Strategies:
- Orient with left-hand pathfinder technique
- Carry alchemical flares to navigate non-Euclidean spaces
- Send follower constructs ahead to trigger traps
Developing an adaptive, creative, and unconventional mindset means the difference between life or death in Fear and Hunger 2. As your strength of will increases, no barrier blocks your path. Translate hard-earned insights into strategic gameplay advantages.
- When severely outmatched, evade and reengage from a more favorable position
- Consider how abilities synergize across roles – the teammate with the right tool for a given obstacle wins the day
- Master alchemical reciprocation and material synthesis to construct solutions
- Rules or physics behaving unexpectedly reveals hidden aspects – adjust tactics accordingly
- The greater the dread, the greater the revelation – stand firm in your convictions
Make no mistake – overcoming Fear and Hunger 2’s ruthless world demands incredible dedication across hundreds of grueling in-game hours. Yet gazing into Termina’s stygian darkness often unlocks truths about oneself. I firmly believe mastering this merciless realm’s complex systems and implementing the guidance of this walkthrough guide richly rewards intrepid gamers willing to brave the horrors it contains. Will you answer fear and hunger’s call, or fall prey to dread like so many before? Destiny awaits beneath those icy pines, Trapper…