Also, don't exhaust your stamina by sprinting. Alternate running and sprinting pace, so that you can break line of sight when it matters,and you can jump over a small obstacle when you have to..
From time to time, go in sneak mode to know if the pursuer is still aware or only looking for you. You can also look backwards when you are not sprinting.

Originally posted by sarteck:

This is actually untrue. Wind direction has no bearing on mob aggro.

This person is ignorant. Mobs can absolutely smell you. Try sneaking up on a troll with the wind at your back. Deer 100% will smell you if they are down wind.

Originally posted by Zep Tepi:

Maybe it's the squeaky leather pants. "They squeak a little when you walk." It does seem easier to sneak up behind one when I'm first starting out than when I get geared up. That might be a patience issue though. I don't know if that really does make a difference or not.

Nah, that's just flavor text. They don't decrease your sneak value and certainly don't make you louder.

Originally posted by Grimtempest:

I'll buy that i suppose since i've never thoroughly tested it and just had incidents of them spooking upwind for unknown reasons, i've often wondered why deer were the only mob that seemed to spoke based on upwind or not. Maybe other random environmentals caused it.

The rest i'm 100% sure of since i've spent alot more time fighting mobs then trying to sneak up on deer.

The devs didn't model smell in the game. They did model sound. Most creatures can see 20 meters in a 90 degree arc in front of them. Sounds travels 64 tiles and the creatures can hear it in a 360 degree radius.

Whenever I run from a mob that much, I tend to attract other mobs. Then I die.
Run until you find a place they can't reach, then formulate a strategy for getting rid of them permanently. If it's a flying mob, it typically won't take more than two or three arrows, unless it's a wraith.

If it's a wraith.... Go find a place where it will be easy to get your gear back and kiss your arse goodbye if you're not yet at the level where you can handle Swamp mobs.

Don't run in a straight line through open space. Weave around the densest woods you can find. Mobs can't path through obstacles as fast as you can. You can slow them down and eventually break line of sight.

If it's a skeleton, it's even easier because they will aggro on other things and get distracted. Conversely, if you lead other things past a skeleton they will be delayed.

They will follow until you shake them, but doing so is not impossible.

Your treating the mob like its on a leash. Other games have taught you to do that. Don't just run away, break line of sight and start to sneak so your not making noise. A mob can both see and hear you. Some can even smell you if the wind is blowing that direction. First time a deer spooked because i was upwind of it was an eye opener.

Originally posted by Grimtempest:

Some can even smell you if the wind is blowing that direction. First time a deer spooked because i was upwind of it was an eye opener.

This is actually untrue. Wind direction has no bearing on mob aggro.

I'll buy that i suppose since i've never thoroughly tested it and just had incidents of them spooking upwind for unknown reasons, i've often wondered why deer were the only mob that seemed to spoke based on upwind or not. Maybe other random environmentals caused it.

The rest i'm 100% sure of since i've spent alot more time fighting mobs then trying to sneak up on deer.

Originally posted by Grimtempest:

I'll buy that i suppose since i've never thoroughly tested it and just had incidents of them spooking upwind for unknown reasons, i've often wondered why deer were the only mob that seemed to spoke based on upwind or not. Maybe other random environmentals caused it.

The rest i'm 100% sure of since i've spent alot more time fighting mobs then trying to sneak up on deer.

Deer will spook if you aren't behind them. They have a cone of sight ahead of them.

Originally posted by Zep Tepi:

Deer will spook if you aren't behind them. They have a cone of sight ahead of them.

well aware of this. this is why when i'm behind them in sneak mode and they spook i assumed it was due to wind direction. Deer in this spook on a boar fart though so it was probably something random. But I think after hundreds of hours in game i've figured out deer spook if they see you thanks lol.

Originally posted by Grimtempest:

Originally posted by Zep Tepi:

Deer will spook if you aren't behind them. They have a cone of sight ahead of them.

well aware of this. this is why when i'm behind them in sneak mode and they spook i assumed it was due to wind direction. Deer in this spook on a boar fart though so it was probably something random. But I think after hundreds of hours in game i've figured out deer spook if they see you thanks lol.

Maybe it's the squeaky leather pants. "They squeak a little when you walk." It does seem easier to sneak up behind one when I'm first starting out than when I get geared up. That might be a patience issue though. I don't know if that really does make a difference or not.

Depends on the mob

Break line of sight, then sneak away.
Doesn't really work with flying mobs though.

Uggg, I am just going to start over.