what path does Jason take in the upper woods? If I spawn on day 3 and go into the woods anticipating to run into him, what path should i take?

Another question I have is, between the (actual) entrance to the cave and the last cave cabin, Jason seems to take a long time to move, and I've never been able to encounter him in between those two entrances, is it possible? I find myself just waiting outside the cave area for him and wiggling back and forth.

Lastly, when is it optimal to give the weapon to Laura?

Woods paths, I honestly don't know.

As for your second question, yeah. I never seem to encounter him there either. He always seems to somehow skip straight to the next cabin.

The Laura thing is if you get the optimal RNG, where Mark starts on the upper right hand of the lake circle and Jason spawns in the upper right hand of the map. Day 1, you would use Mark to get the torch and go kill Jason. Day 2, you start as Mark, go through the woods to the top part of the map, and go to the cabin in the upper left hand of the map. That's where you give the torch to Laura and kill Jason.

Why? Because Laura spawns close to the cave area for Day 3, which is where Jason will be heading. Makes it take less time getting to him to kill him on Day 3.

ah ok thanks for the quick reply. Do characters have a set group of cabins they can spawn in on a new day or is it always the same cabin depending on the day or what?

Sorry for the late reply.

As far as I know, cabin spawns are determined by the RNG you get in the very beginning.

"what path does Jason take in the upper woods? If I spawn on day 3 and go into the woods anticipating to run into him, what path should i take?"

Once he enters the upper woods, he moves right and takes the second path down. On the next screen he moves right, enters the cabin for five seconds (the second path from the right), then moves right and takes the path down. On the third screen, he moves right and immediately takes the path to leave the upper woods, so he's only on the third screen for a short while, and never enters the fourth screen.

You technically "can" run into him between the two cabins where there's the cave entrance, but it's a section that's very finicky. I really want to study the RNG more and figure out just how his position changes on the map work.

The only time Laura is ideal to give a weapon to is if you're either on the last few health points of Jason on Day 1 and come across her in a cabin Jason's in, or if you find her in a cabin Jason's in any time on Day 2. Whatever will give you faster access the following day(s) to catch up to him and beat him quicker.