Every good prepper knows the most important gear to pack in their bug out bag. Tools like a sharp blade, first aid kit, source of light, signaling device and more make the list as essentials.

However, once the basics are covered, it becomes a game of utility. What tools can provide either the most use, or a specialized use as well as others.

Here is a list of 10 items you might not expect to be as useful as they are. Either their specialty or their utility place them at the top of secondary items, just after the essentials.

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Throughout my life, I’ve lived in some pretty urban environments, and some of those times, I’ve felt that I needed to sharpen my survivalist training so that I could remain sharp for a survival situation. Fortunately, I was always able to take the time to travel to the country to work on my knife skills, go camping, or fishing, but what if you don’t have this option? For this reason, I decided to create this guide about the top 10 cities in the USA where you can practice survivalism.

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Survival is a basic human instinct, which means that no matter the circumstances, you dig deep into the skill that you have learned in the past to help you survive. One way to be prepared is to widen your experience in these types of situations. I am an avid gamer, and I have always loved playing survival games. They offer a great story-based adventure and the way that you play the game often determines whether your character lives or dies. 

In the past few years, more of these types of games have been released, so I decided to create a list of the best games to play to become an expert survivalist. Not all of the games on this list are video games, but they are games that can help you learn to survive.

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The whole point of being a prepper is that you can overcome adversity in the worst of circumstances. However, no matter how well-prepared you are, bad things can happen.

Maybe you feel a bit too confident in your abilities, or maybe fate just strikes. Either way, with quick thinking and survival knowledge, these five people survived experiences that would mean almost certain death for most folks.

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