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When you’re out of your ship on a moon inLethal Company, you’ll be facing various enemies both inside and outside the main building. Each enemy has a specific counter method, and this is more visible for the enemies on the outside since you need to fulfill specific criteria if you want to live.
The Forest Keepers are one of these enemies, and you usually encounter them in the evening or nighttime unless the moon is Eclipsed or you have a special mod. These creatures can be quite intimidating, but it’s much easier to counter them than you’d think.
Updated Jul 22, 2025 by Haven Smith:We’ve updated this article to include the handful of ways that Forest Keepers can be killed as of the v50 update.
How To Counter Forest Keepers
If there’s a Forest Keeper, aka a Giant, anywhere near you, it’d behard for you to not notice since their footstep sound is quite loud, much like you can hear a Thumper while you’re inside the building. No other outside enemies have high footstep sounds like that, so you should instantly enter alert mode if you hear it.
Forest Giants usually spawn alone,but they can also be seen in groups of two or more. The basic thing you need to know about them is that they work based on line of sight. If a Forest Giant sees you, it’ll rapidly come after you, which isobvious by the increase in its footstep frequency and its open hands.
The best course of action is toavoid their line of sightand get back to your ship as fast as possible.
If you do end up getting caught by a giant, you can try a few things:
How To Kill Forest Keepers
If youaren’t able to runfrom a Forest Keeper, orone has spawned early in the day, and you want togo ahead and get rid of it, there are several ways you may kill Forest Keepers:
you’re able to use acombination of a Zap Gunandmultiple players with Kitchen Knivesto stun and quickly kill a Forest Keeper.
