DIY Survival: Best Hacks for Worst-Case Scenarios

Rely on yourself to thrive and stay alive in tough situations

When the unexpected happens, there's only one person you can rely on with 100 percent certainty, and that's you. DIY Survival gets you in the right state of mind to help you plan for and practice self-reliant survival skill when times are tough and you need to take back control. The editors of OffGrid Magazine have collected the best of the best and most applicable expert information gleaned from a decade of publishing real-world survival information and put it all in one place for your to learn from. Here's just a sampling of what's inside:

Health Hacks: Improvised disinfectants; emergency amputation; delivering a baby when medical help isn't available; do-it-yourself soap making; wound closure techniques; antibiotic alternatives

Skills: Starting fires without matches; improvised water filters; scavenging abandoned cars; survival lessons from the homeless; knifemaking and sharpening; practicing survival techniques at home; unarmed self-defense.

Food and Drink: How to can meat; make and install a rain barrel; common plants you can survive on; brewing beer for survival; building a six-month food supply; improvised fishing methods; basics of survival gardening; trapping small-game animals; jerky making; raising chickens for eggs; long-term water storage; edible plants and dangerous lookalikes; mushroom foraging;

Tools and Gear: Makeshift weapons; versatile uses for emergency blankets; uses for paracord; building your own bow and arrow; uncommon tools; bushcraft gear you can rely on.

OffGrid has grown into the No. 1 prepping and survival brand for its no-nonsense approach to survival education, presenting advice from professionals who have made it their job to keep themselves and others alive in emergency circumstances. DIY Survival puts that knowledge in your hands