Cronos: The New Dawn by Bloober revitalizes core survival horror elements, establishing itself as a standout title in the genre with its relentless intensity.

Mastering firearm maintenance and ammunition conservation plays a crucial role in gameplay, with multiple strategies available to optimize resource management.

1. Don’t Engage

In many scenarios, evading adversaries by sprinting past them or seeking refuge in adjacent chambers proves effective. Environmental navigation often provides tactical alternatives to direct combat.

2. Make Use of Surroundings

Explosive environmental hazards—including combustible containers—enable efficient crowd control when detonated strategically, often surpassing bullet efficiency.

3. Craft, Craft, Craft

Frequent ammunition synthesis through scavenged scrap and chemicals ensures preparedness. Prioritize material collection during exploration to sustain this cycle.

4. Gather and Store Materials

Monitor workstation inventories closely. Secure surplus crafting components in storage units to maximize scavenging efficiency during expeditions.

5. Upgrade Storage

Enhancing your gear’s carrying capacity through suit upgrades permits increased reserves of ammunition, medical supplies, and crafting essentials without inventory strain.

6. Find/Sell Valuables

Hidden treasures like vintage electronics scattered throughout environments yield substantial currency when traded. This economic loop incentivizes thorough exploration.

7. Pet Cats

Interacting with feline companions yields incremental rewards, occasionally unlocking restricted areas containing premium supplies through dropped key items.

8. Charged Shots

Concentrated firepower from sustained trigger pulls delivers amplified damage per round, proving invaluable against resilient foes and stage bosses.

9. Target Weak Spots

Precision targeting of vulnerable areas like cranial regions optimizes damage output. Immobilizing enemies via leg shots enables melee finishers, conserving ammunition.

10. Reload Earlier Saves

Resource mismanagement in challenging segments warrants revisiting previous save points. This allows tactical recalibration for more efficient combat resolution.