I find the mix of Adrenaline Junkey and Cowardly to be pretty OP with combat. The more scared my guy gets, the more accurate he become. I found that it’s easier to down and kill zombies this way.
I find quickly opening and closing a door the best way to check a room for threats. Running through the door works fine if there's only one zombie in the room, but if there's several in a small room, well, this is how you died.
You can push spacebar and knock at the door, if there are zombies on the other side they will attack the door and you can be dry, if there's no noise then it's safe
@LolsterXD problem is the games always changing those 4K hours don't mean shit when they change everything from zombies to perks, I believe build 42 is actually gonna change zombies and add basements.
Big tip too early game, if you still have power: Avoid picking up canned food entirely. You can eat out of fridges and cook meat on stoves. Then, once the power is out, you have a rough idea of paths to take that will have canned food in cupboards, since you've been there before. Canned food is heavy. Best use that weight for other important items early game, like rifles and ammo (;
ngl i've played for a couple of years but i just love learning new stuff to improve my next playthrough. That makes so much sense, thanks for the advice!❤
Take your time, most deaths are down to rushing or fast forwarding time at really bad points. Sneak running really burns stamina, use it sparingly so you're not exhausted when you need to fight. When sneaking, especially when going into buildings, be aware that your character will be more sluggish, especially when turning. You can collect the rest of the loot later/tomorrow. Don't tow with a weak vehicle, the speed and lack of acceleration can get you killed. Pay attention to the battery in your car, it won't start with less than 10% juice. When in a car you can use your melee weapon out of an open window. This can help you make an escape. Find the frequency for the automated emergency broadcast system as soon as you can. It might be in the presets on the radio in houses or your new car. This station states the weather for tomorrow (with wind speeds being oddly precise for some reason) and also additional info such as when the helicopter is due and when the power is about to go out. It'll come up with messages such "Knox power grid failing" (I can't remember the order but you have a few days from the first message) so you can prepare your generators. You can favorite items in your inventory so they stay on you such as cigarettes, bandages or asprin. keyrings and belts can sometimes be dragged out by mistake so it's a good idea to make those favorite items so you don't end up losing your keyring in the freezer.
Actually, glasses does fix short sighted and is not just speculation as said on the video. I've tested it on debug mode multiple times and the moment you put glasses (only the two you can pick at the character creation works), the search radius go back to the same value as without the trait.
Zombies will sometimes knock your eyewear off during fights.(I've seen this many times wearing sunglasses for the cool factor) So if you choose nearsighted and wear glasses to correct it, be careful of the Scooby Do - Velma situation ;) Chances are you WILL loose those glasses, it is only a matter of time. So if you cant handle the actual negative perk effect, don't pick it.
You can just press the Space Bar while aiming your weapon to contextually Shove or Stomp. This includes "knocking" on doors to avoid degrading your weapon. I'm not 100% sure about this, but I also think shoving the door is more quiet than hitting it with a weapon.
Oh another thing: Barricading your doors and windows from the inside makes it less evident (at least, if not completely) for zombies that there's a survivor inside
I don't think that matters. Zombies are attracted to noise and LOS. That's why curtains are important because zombies can't see you thru them. You should always sneak in your base.
@@angermacfadden2702 indeed matters. Zombies by default are attracted to barricaded houses (from the outside, as far as they can see) and light. So, a house that's barricaded from the inside will make it less noticeable for the zombies, even more if windows/doors have curtains or at least 3 planks (that makes the same effect as curtains). Of course noise is important, so use headphones with your radios and avoid having the TV near windows and/or high volume.
@@eduardotrillaud696 Idk, there is a game setting where they seek out player constructs, and if a player wall interrupts their path they do attack it. But nothing I've seen convinces me they are attracted to barricades besides the noise made making them.
specially if you barricaded it 3 times or 4 it will act as if it's curtains and won't make them able to see what's in there, meanwhile if you notice a house full of barricades all around doors and windows that's a survivor's base , you can find a survivor zombie there that will have useful stuff and will definitely be able to find atleast 3 or 4 weapons inside there , depending on loot rarity of course
If you shove a door you can get zombies on the other side to start knocking. if you use a weapon instead of shoving you may lose a bit of durability on it
Burglar is 100% worth it because of the +2 to nimble, lightfooted, and sneaking, plus XP boosts. nimble lets you walk faster while in the combat stance, and is incredibly hard to level up organically. that alone makes it worth it to me. also short sighted will have literally no effect on your playthrough unless you're REALLY keen on foraging
lightfooted and sneaking is useless, though, and nimble can be trained simply by walking around in combat stance, you do NOT need to have zombies nearby. Heck, you could walk in combat stance against a wall for some hours and you'll still get nimble XP.
@@Puschit1 I find that light-footed and sneaking are very strong on all of my burglar builds, being able to just outright ignore zombies in most situations. also, while you can just aim and walk in a corner for hours on end I personally would rather play the game instead of doing something else, and nimble is a pain to level if you actually want to play the game.
@@cibrig8719 That maybe depends on settings, I play with respawn turned off but higher population, so sneaking is kindof pointless since it doesn't solve the problem permanently. And if I really want a quick loot without killing the horde I just lure them around the corner of the next house. And I don't recommend walking against walls, that was just an exaggeration to demonstrate you don't need zombies. I found levelling nimble hard, too, until I knew that I don't need to do that near zombies. Combat stance is now my regular way to walk, levelling is considerably faster now and I am also safer.
+1 nimble is as good as +2 nimble and instead of being entire profession it's a trait that costs 5 points. Burglar is extremely overrated. lightfooted/sneaking doesn't matter on high population, but maybe on sprinters it's good. Personally never made character to focus on sneaking over fighting/base building, but to each their own. Maybe if short blade got buffed or sneaking got buffed in general. Zombies rely predominantly on their vision which is unaffected by most things so being quieter doesn't matter much and sneak attacks surprisingly don't deal extra damage anyway and zombies tend to group up so after first sneak attack you have to deal with alerted zombies anyway so... why bother. Even the hotwiring is possible to finish grinding before helicopter event if you get lucky spawn/loot early. If you prioritize it at least a little bit you will get it done in first month of gameplay and after that it has no difference, while taking something like Lumberjack, Firefighter or Repairman give so much more. I can't see why experienced players would like Burglar.
Love this game. I found the ultimate way to kill the horde. All you need is to find a house whose lower corner is directed towards the inside of the house. Build 4 stairs against the walls of the corner so as to close square □ 4x4. Then you make a base on the second floor with a balcony, through the balcony you need to get to the stairs and remove the floor near them. The main thing is not to fall into this hole yourself. Then you just attract zombies with a loud sound from the balcony and they obediently go into this trap. It is better to kill them with a long weapon like a spear through the inner corner where two stairs touch each other. The entire horde can fit in a 4x4 square. Just make sure there are no windows on that corner wall. Enjoy
Good tips especially the focus on weapon skills. The best advice I heard was focusing on improving combat skills (yours not the characters) by just engaging with any zombies you see. Once you know how to fight, then focus on survival. Worked well for me.
I really like the Burglar occupation mostly because of Nimble + Gymnast. Getting to 5+ Nimble drastically increases your survival chance while fighting. Making it almost impossible to get grabbed while walking backwards. Zombies will do the grab animation but miss, and you can swing right after hitting them or the next zombie in line. The ability to Hotwire is just a bonus, as well as the increased Stealth/Lightfooted experience.
Short Sighted: Yes glasses mitigate the effect (not sunglasses. Glasses or reading glasses only). Mostly it just bumps up your foraging radius to a more normal level (even after the % decrease for having facewear).
I used to go for that as well until I learned that your character will eventually stop panicking at zombies over time. Now I go for professions with +Maintenance so I can use spears for a long time before they break.
@@MrErizid Hello fellow spear lover, spears are awesome. It is very comforting to know that you'll never run out of supply of weapons when you focus on spears.
@@shadowstorm7548 use a knife or a chipped stone to sharpen a tree branch to make a basic one, and then you can use the crafted spear, duct tape, and some other blade like a knife to make a better one
except when you can survive more then 150 days...where it'll become pretty much useless (you will not panic at all) personally my profession choice narrows down to "engineer for unique recipees i will not use" or "non-engineer" (you can gain pretty much anything except nutricionist and faster axe swing during play, so class doesn't matter that much. exp bonuses class provides do though)
Short sighted is chained to the guns. It’s opposite, Eagle Eye, helps with aiming at a distance. So if you know you won’t take up guns, Short sighted is the way to go
Here's a tip that I recently learned myself which has really improved my early game: your best weapon is your foot! Using the spacebar, you can shove and knock zombies over, then stomp on their heads/chests to kill them. This lets you kill zombies without using precious weapon durability, helping you stay in the fight longer in the early game. Before learning this technique, I was constantly breaking my first weapon and running out of options before I had the chance to build up a stockpile. Now with the power of a good pair of boots, my weapons last a lot longer. Military boots do the most damage, and have best bite/scratch defense as well. Keep an eye out for them.
To also add onto this, to more effectively kill a zombie attempt to stand over the head rather than swinging at it as thats how attacks work in game, something tons of people newbs and even moreso normal players usually dont know or even find out. I've also found that taking underweight with a mix of jobs and traits that increase fitness and strength to near max is a really good way to start off especially if you died pretty late in, it means you dont have to spend ages working on those specific skills and can focus on everything else with 8 strength and 10 fitness your basically unkillable early on but can still die if getting comfortable. Not only that but it helps you take more items from building, hold more, and generally is all round the best, especially since early game all you need to do is really find a stick of butter or 2 and your set ontop of coming across a house with say a stew or soup or something. Mix that with some other negative traits and add low thirst and light eater and you are pretty set for the later game. Usually I go for claustrophobic and on the meme chance Agorophobic so as to be in a constant state of panic, usually taking adrenaline junky is a must with such but if you also find a mansion in say Louisville then you dont have to worry about claustrophobic as much and these traits disappear after a month or so, so you dont have to worry about panicking for ages and adrenaline junky can help for those extra big hordes or getting away from said hordes. Though personally I dont take adrenaline junky I only take it if I do Agoraphobic otherwise I focus on other skills and traits. Electricity and mechanics are generally a must for getting burglar...I shouldn't need to say why, its also easy to get these with junk cars and other such, the tools not so much but even still its a worthy investment. Normally I play with others and I am usually the builder but training up in melee and maintenence is generally easy if you beat down a door, but gotta do so early while there still are doors unless you want to make a doorway line and doors specifically to act as training dummies for you late game.
For me, it always boils down to "dont be stupid" lol I get distracted easily, so whenever I think something along the lines of, "Ill just go in real quick and loot any important items" knowing there are zombies on my tail, I need to stop myself. Because there have been far too many times where there ends up being lots of nice loot, which ends up taking more time than intended to loot. Then, when Im finally ready to leave, theres a dozen zombies on the door that is also the only way out lol Dont be stupid like me: Either break line of sight and lose the zombies so you can loot in peace, or come back later when youre better prepared for a fight.
now living at 10th month, with 75% less food loot and 12months later. no sprinter zombies btw. these settings are like perfect, realistic, apocalyptic scenario.
Nice video! I wouldn't take Slow reader, since yeah you can speed up the time to not lose your real-life time, but your character will indeed lose quite some time reading, i.e you'll need to wake it earlier and make it spend more time at home reading (instead doing other useful stuff), just to get worthy XP multipliers before watching TV (and the XP obtained from Life and Living's shows is not to be underrated AT ALL, it really pays off in mid to late game). Also, while I do take Smoker as a trait (but I use Smoker mod that really makes it easy to find both cigarettes and lighters/matches), in vanilla is harder to get them, and the stress itself can be quite a nuisance if you struggle to get cigarettes early on. Slow healer is cool, it doesn't make you any wrong and it kinda help you grind First Aid skill. Also yes, using glasses cancels the Short Sighted negative effects. If you have the "Detailed trait descriptions" mod, you can check it in the trait description.
@@Drunkonlife PZ has probably one of the best modding communities ever. I started with "Just a couple of QoL mods, let's keep it simple..." and ended up subscribing to lots of em, and I'm even keeping it "Vanilla" as possible 😂
Sleepy moodlet is kind of hard to deal with if it pops up when you are already engaged with a bunch of zombies. You can get a temporary boost out of that sleepiness by downing a lot of vitamins. One pill is not going to do it for you, but chewing the entire bottle one by one might then give you a couple hours of extra sleepy-free time to get rid of those few zombies on your tail. Chewing some dry coffee will also give a massive energy boost... But coffee might be hard to come by.
Good tips. Never feel safe in this game or it will bite your ass ^^. I was searching for stuff in a storage building. There was no Zombie to see when I scouted the area but one was attracted from somewhere when I started working with the sledgehammer. I underestimated the noise this makes and was focused on being attacked from the front by zombies, that might be in the building, but one sneaked around the corner on the outside and attacked my blindside. Only a scratch but that was enough. I also knew, that generators can break but I didn´t know, the can blow up until it happend while I was sleeping. It was a big axplosion and when I woke up the house was on fire The whole house burned down with tons of weapons, ammo, water and food.. well and myself (at least I could not return as an undead this way :-D ). This game can be so frustrating when you loose your well educated and geared char but also pretty addictive because you always think : damn, I can do better and I gonna proove it to myself.
8:23 even if you have a weapon ready, you can use spacebar to "push" the door. It still generates enough noise to get the attention of of potential zombies inside but is a bit quieter and does not damage the door. And if it turns out there was a dozen of zombies on the other side you might really appreciate this extra moment you have by not helping them break the door down.
Hoarding food is a rookie mistake that i used to make. Realistically one full piece of meat will feed you for the whole day already, don't need to hold on to a lot of fresh food, they would turn rotten in a few days outside of the fridge/freezer anyway. Cereal is a very good food to carry, very lightweight and has high calories to keep you full longer.
Personally I can't recommend it because the amount of washing machines and tvs in homes on this Russia map is immersion-breaking (and we all know PZ is all about that immersion). Irl those are rare luxuries since they have to steal those during a war :D
@@ax23mgh8 never really had a hard time looking for those. almost every big house have one or more tv and likely have a laundry machine (some even have the blue combo which can switch between washing machine and dryer). personally, as long as it's realistic, I like it. I normally play maps that are attached to the vanilla map because I'm used to starting out in Rosewood. but since I tried Cherbourg, Project Russia and Daegu, it's pretty fun exploring again from scratch
I mostly agree with the whole video, but I have some critiques. First, slow reader isn't a good negative trait to take. Fast forwarding is disabled in multiplayer and even if you could, you're wasting precious time that you could be spending doing other things like looting, clearing the area and grinding skills. And since you only have so much time to get ready for power and water outages, you don't want to be wasting time on reading. The other thing is, don't run through doors. Even in enclosed rooms the game can get cheeky and spawn a hoard inside. I used to think that getting bathroom hoarded was a myth until I learned this the hard way. A better option would be to "Door flash" by opening and closing the door really quickly so you can see what's inside,
don't worry about food till you have a solid base up, every house has a load of cans, so only eat perishable food early on cause you probably wont ever eat that stuff
I am complete noob but I found it really helpful to start the game by creating my own game with vanilla settings. Slow zombies, fixed number of zombies without regeneration etc. After the soft start I can fix the settings to match my desires. I have enjoyed greatly setting up my base and clearing the the surrounding city compleately off zombies :) Later I will try different playing style with harder settings, once I have gotten used to the controls and selection menus.
My tip would be pack the canned food up and drop it in the middle of the street in a pile in single player if your not gonna take it with you and mark it on your map that way if you end up dire need you just hit the pile easier to see the threats instead of going inside a house that may have infected inside when you come back thats got me a couple times left some supplies behind in a house marked the house and went back when i needed it and got bit
Great vid and great tips! I feel like it should be emphasized that slow reader is best taken only in singleplayer as it really slows down gameplay in multiplayer. Well played!
PZ is infinitely better in the early game when you're robbing zombies of shoes and desperately trying to open windows in an attempt to get a single can of chili.
Just tested it. Short sighted with glasses/reading glasses will negate short sighted by 90%. You still get a slight decrease since glasses are considered Headwear but I've still been able to get a 15 search radius at foraging level 10 in the mornings as long as weather effects are not present, but your not getting a 15 search radius with weather effects even on park ranger with outdoorsman. Literally free two points since glasses are on like one in five zombies. The color doesn't seem to matter just choose either glasses or reading glasses. Reflective/aviators/sunglasses don't do anything Also it might be exploit territory but if you barricade from the inside of the house, the zombies treat it as a wall and refuse to path to it, and 3 planks/a metal sheet block vision so they shouldn't follow yoy in unless they see you/hear you
to clarify the short sighted trait: 1: yes it dose fix the trait ie it removes the negative to serch radius it gives you 2: short sighted dosnt affect actual sight distance it only affects search
Newish to the game. Thought I was on cloud 9. 2 weeks in, flying through my skills, on a friendly online server. Secure base in a house in the woods on the outskirts of Rosewood. Stacked with foods and entetainment materials and weapons and tools. Got my first car. Winter's coming soon, and I think I want to drive out to a cabin shack to find an antique oven. The plan was sound, except that DEEP fog set in before I even left town. Did I think "you know, this is REALLY bad visbility I should probably wait until the conditions are clear."? Of course I goddamn didn't. I thought "I'm a very good driver, just take your time, swerve around zombies and you'll get out to the bramble." Until I almost slammed into a car pileup on the highway outside of town. I didn't, but I couldn't reverse out of it until the horde was on me. I thought to get out of my car to fight them off but I couldn't see almost a thing. And that's how I lost my first character (that made it more than like a day). I will NEVER willingly drive in the deep fog again. I will turn my ass around next time. ;)
I like rosewood because of how close the police and fire department are, so you get good weapons and armor to start, and because there is a farm a bit up the road that for some reason has 0 zombies at normal spawn rates. Occasionally the home owner will spawn in with a key, but other than that and occasionally a zed in the house next door, it's pretty mellow. There is also a warehouse next door that has more fresh produce than you'll probably be able to eat or store before it goes bad. You can grind carpentry for free on all the trees nearby, and foraging too. S tier beginner spot imo. It was better before they alternated the item spawn tables, because it used to be an equipment warehouse with tools and propane tanks and the works.
Good tips for the early game. Personally I don’t go for Weapons Buff Classes like you suggest. But to each his own. Unemployed Class with Strong, Athletic, Thick Skinned and Keen Hearing is very forgiving for beginners trying to survive their first Summer. We are on the same page with Negative traits.
I still die in like a month but thats because i intentionallly make speed walking zombies OP, i think as well a huge part of players dying fast is knowing FIGHT OR FLIGHT. aka their weapons, endurance, fatigue vs the amount of zombies and their ability to activate their survival instincts. EDIT: also knowing when to run away from a good amount of zombies because there are always more around the edges coming.
i used to play on survivor only before the 3D patch in west point and at this point im s hardened that i play with normal pop, zombie runners 6 month later only in louisville and its crazy how much you have to keep your eyes open but my fear is that if play like this for a long time the normal survival with slow zombies will get boring
For dealong with endurance; simply sitring on the ground, or resting on furniture will replenish. However, i have found out that both effe ts stack with each other. Therefore, one should sit down, and rest through the right+click menu when recovering stamina.
Maintenance man ftw for me, keen hearing is a must and the extra durability xp really makes me happy. I also consider watching live TV to be a trap, those xp hits are wasted when you don't have the skill books read. There are VHS tapes for all the TV shows, plus 2 home VHS tapes each for electrical, first aid, metalworking, mechanics and tailoring.
Have to strongly disagree with taking keen hearing & gymnast unless you're new to the game. I actually take hard of hearing & short sighted because as long as you're always checking your surroundings it's easy to spot zombies seeking up on you most of the time (unless you're playing with sprinters). This gives you loads of points to spend to ensure you get those top end positive perks like strong & fit. Also with regard to life & living, the initial shows stack with the VHS tape. You'll still get xp from the tape even if you saw the show. So it will still give you a huge head start if you can find beginner books, watch the life & living shows (particularly carpentry) and then power level the skills with a collection of tapes later on.
Thanks for the tips. I'm struggling. I'm doing the smaller cities but all of a sudden zombies will be crawling down my throat. I don't last a day in most cases
My issue tends to be trying to return to town later after setting up a safe house. I've already got the necessities for surviving indefinitely, but I want to continue progressing. I tend to die driving back into town because the car just attracts too large of a horde. There seem to be way too many on the way back to really have much success in just walking as well, and I don't know of many guide videos that address this sort of specific thing. It always seems to be about full-on beginners or those already thriving late game.
I know it feels overwhelming but you can safely drive into town and loot...you just need to find a place to park and get out of the eyesight of the zeds heading your way OR you simply kill the ones who actually make it to your immediate area.
The best way to improve is to combat and die many many times. I was really bad at the beginning and always died after killing 4-5 Zs. Now I kill 300+ Zs, but it took me ages 😂
Survived past a week for my first time today, I started luring a zombie inside a house to get it away from other zombies to kill it and inside the house were like 4 zombies just waiting for me to open the door. I see them but it’s to late im already inside the house so I run up stairs and there’s more zombies. I literally just sat back in my chair and just watched my boy get eaten alive and zombified right before my eyes. One of the best gaming experience ever ngl!
I made it 2 weeks my very first play through. Put a very I’ll placed faith in me. But I still love dying, this game has such a high level of replay ability
Dont think zombies are attracted to your structures. Almost never have zeds attacked my base even during the chopper. As long as they don’t see you it won’t matter.
Just survived 4 days and 16 hours. Much much longer than my previous runs where I could barely manage 24hrs. Didn't get too lucky with loot. Ended up holed up in a house, covered in infected wounds, zombies busting through every window. I slowly died of infection :(
I always like starting as mechanic, all I need is electrical lvl 1 and I can hotwire cars. Plus get bonus for working on cars and short blunt. Personal preference plays a large role of course, I just always feel bad when I have to abandon a nice car I built up lol. Hence why I choose mechanic
When ever I open a door without a clear view from the outside I always press E really quickly twice. But still have to be careful if they are hiding around the corner.
You can usually take on 3 zeds easily if you manage your swings in conjunction with standing in guys you knocked down. The more you can keep zeds on the ground, the easier you can manage. Simply standing on a zed keeps him from moving, provided he's not a crawler. You can use windows and small fences to your advantage because every time a zed comes through/over one, he's on the ground and temporarily vulnerable. Pace yourself when fighting, because swings that don't connect still cost stamina. You can stomp on guys on the ground without costing wear and tear on your weapons. Slowly chewing up a group by going through 2 or 3 at a time will keep you alive. The moment you see too many to take on, make a comfortable getaway. Use trees, bushes, fences, windows, doors, and cars to weave obstacles between you and your chasers, often without needing to run. Keep a water bottle on you. Keep a backup small melee weapon on you. Try not to carry firearms unless you are taking on NPCs. Even carrying a fanny pack with your medical gear will alleviate weight and space from your main bag(s), so you can patch up in a pinch. PZ has gotten so wonderfully in depth with its content that I'm still learning stuff after all these years.
@1:01 Aquiring these skillbooks early on is a necessity, just like weapons and tools. @4:59 Frozen food isn't always better than canned food. That is obvious.
The increased vision arc can be good for beginners. But I really don't think it is worth the points once you know how to react once a zombie appears behind you. Nimble is great to spec in for extra xp, but I would also urge people to try and pick a class or perk that gives you maintenance bonus so your weapons will start lasting longer way faster
It's really really hard when you start with not good clothes in short time ☠️with toxic fog and evolving undeads mod with sprinter's .I have 1200hours in this game and this mix made me cry
fair enough. My take on it is if you choose an occupation with no combat skill buffs, the road forward is a lot harder for beginners. Burglar is one of the few non combat related occupations that would give me pause...but only for the nimble/sneak buffs.
Never been good at combat, so I started collecting vehicles. Get a couple of disposal cars and just run the zombies down. Long as you avoid head-on collisions (protect your engine at all costs) then the car will last until you pop a tire, then find another and repeat (or carry the mats for a tire change in your trunk). Especially if you can get a cop car, then just turn on the siren and do donuts. By the time the zeds stop coming then you know the population is small enough that you won't be fighting more than two at a time.
fffff I just lost a guy that I thought was set. A damned stealthy, fit and strong axe murderer. One shotting zeds left and right. But I had those piles of 12 gauge shells and an automatic shotgun, you see, and figured I could use that to clear that new town. I couldn't.
7:49 No doubt the game WILL punish you by making a bad decision. The longer you survive the more you also tend to make these bad decisions as you become more greedy and lose patience. With 750ish hours I recently lost a 3 1/2 month character due to loss of patience and carelessly sprinting into buildings I have yet to clear out (certain Raven Creek buildings are incredibly packed with zombies).
@@Drunkonlife Eventually the water runs out and unless you are constantly bringing water back to your base, microwaving lake water, or you base near a well. High thirst is extremely annoying.
I love that for a "beginner tips"-style video you are playing with SPRINTERS ENABLED.
Dude lives on veteran mode. Drinks 2 cappuccinos before bed, showers outside in winter, etc
I find the mix of Adrenaline Junkey and Cowardly to be pretty OP with combat. The more scared my guy gets, the more accurate he become. I found that it’s easier to down and kill zombies this way.
Omgosh that does sound overpoweree like slow bleeder fast healer
They took out that build just recently. I was so heartbroken.
@Marouan Fares and in future you will not be able to combine it with phobias :(
@Steven Seagull not anymore XD
This exploit has since been removed.
I find quickly opening and closing a door the best way to check a room for threats. Running through the door works fine if there's only one zombie in the room, but if there's several in a small room, well, this is how you died.
You can push spacebar and knock at the door, if there are zombies on the other side they will attack the door and you can be dry, if there's no noise then it's safe
The bathroom zombie party decided your fate
You know this man knows a thing or two about survival when he’s playing with SPRINTERS!
Seems more like he is a noob giving noob-advice
@LolsterXD problem is the games always changing those 4K hours don't mean shit when they change everything from zombies to perks, I believe build 42 is actually gonna change zombies and add basements.
Big tip too early game, if you still have power:
Avoid picking up canned food entirely. You can eat out of fridges and cook meat on stoves. Then, once the power is out, you have a rough idea of paths to take that will have canned food in cupboards, since you've been there before.
Canned food is heavy. Best use that weight for other important items early game, like rifles and ammo (;
ngl i've played for a couple of years but i just love learning new stuff to improve my next playthrough. That makes so much sense, thanks for the advice!❤
I tend not to take many rifles, one or 2 decent condition ones, but all the rest I unload, rack and just keep the ammo
"important stuff"
"rifle s and ammo"
Pick one
But when you take Short Sighted, it makes aiming more difficult. So be wary of that
@@burningshine5524 if you aren't shooting the undead horde from a Louisville rooftop, you're missing out.
Take your time, most deaths are down to rushing or fast forwarding time at really bad points. Sneak running really burns stamina, use it sparingly so you're not exhausted when you need to fight. When sneaking, especially when going into buildings, be aware that your character will be more sluggish, especially when turning. You can collect the rest of the loot later/tomorrow. Don't tow with a weak vehicle, the speed and lack of acceleration can get you killed. Pay attention to the battery in your car, it won't start with less than 10% juice. When in a car you can use your melee weapon out of an open window. This can help you make an escape. Find the frequency for the automated emergency broadcast system as soon as you can. It might be in the presets on the radio in houses or your new car. This station states the weather for tomorrow (with wind speeds being oddly precise for some reason) and also additional info such as when the helicopter is due and when the power is about to go out. It'll come up with messages such "Knox power grid failing" (I can't remember the order but you have a few days from the first message) so you can prepare your generators. You can favorite items in your inventory so they stay on you such as cigarettes, bandages or asprin. keyrings and belts can sometimes be dragged out by mistake so it's a good idea to make those favorite items so you don't end up losing your keyring in the freezer.
Actually, glasses does fix short sighted and is not just speculation as said on the video. I've tested it on debug mode multiple times and the moment you put glasses (only the two you can pick at the character creation works), the search radius go back to the same value as without the trait.
Zombies will sometimes knock your eyewear off during fights.(I've seen this many times wearing sunglasses for the cool factor) So if you choose nearsighted and wear glasses to correct it, be careful of the Scooby Do - Velma situation ;)
Chances are you WILL loose those glasses, it is only a matter of time. So if you cant handle the actual negative perk effect, don't pick it.
Anytime you get hit on the head, you can lose any headwear, including glasses. Gotta be pretty careful.
@Zor The Cruel the effect from taking shortsighted is so negligible though
@@sebastiancoe4708 it's really only relevant for foraging. So I keep the glasses in inventory and put them on only while foraging
@@talknight2 that’s why I carry a few spare
You can just press the Space Bar while aiming your weapon to contextually Shove or Stomp. This includes "knocking" on doors to avoid degrading your weapon. I'm not 100% sure about this, but I also think shoving the door is more quiet than hitting it with a weapon.
Oh another thing: Barricading your doors and windows from the inside makes it less evident (at least, if not completely) for zombies that there's a survivor inside
oh man, great tip!
I don't think that matters. Zombies are attracted to noise and LOS. That's why curtains are important because zombies can't see you thru them. You should always sneak in your base.
@@angermacfadden2702 indeed matters. Zombies by default are attracted to barricaded houses (from the outside, as far as they can see) and light. So, a house that's barricaded from the inside will make it less noticeable for the zombies, even more if windows/doors have curtains or at least 3 planks (that makes the same effect as curtains). Of course noise is important, so use headphones with your radios and avoid having the TV near windows and/or high volume.
@@eduardotrillaud696 Idk, there is a game setting where they seek out player constructs, and if a player wall interrupts their path they do attack it. But nothing I've seen convinces me they are attracted to barricades besides the noise made making them.
specially if you barricaded it 3 times or 4 it will act as if it's curtains and won't make them able to see what's in there, meanwhile if you notice a house full of barricades all around doors and windows that's a survivor's base , you can find a survivor zombie there that will have useful stuff and will definitely be able to find atleast 3 or 4 weapons inside there , depending on loot rarity of course
If you shove a door you can get zombies on the other side to start knocking. if you use a weapon instead of shoving you may lose a bit of durability on it
Burglar is 100% worth it because of the +2 to nimble, lightfooted, and sneaking, plus XP boosts. nimble lets you walk faster while in the combat stance, and is incredibly hard to level up organically. that alone makes it worth it to me. also short sighted will have literally no effect on your playthrough unless you're REALLY keen on foraging
lightfooted and sneaking is useless, though, and nimble can be trained simply by walking around in combat stance, you do NOT need to have zombies nearby. Heck, you could walk in combat stance against a wall for some hours and you'll still get nimble XP.
@@Puschit1 I find that light-footed and sneaking are very strong on all of my burglar builds, being able to just outright ignore zombies in most situations. also, while you can just aim and walk in a corner for hours on end I personally would rather play the game instead of doing something else, and nimble is a pain to level if you actually want to play the game.
@@cibrig8719 That maybe depends on settings, I play with respawn turned off but higher population, so sneaking is kindof pointless since it doesn't solve the problem permanently. And if I really want a quick loot without killing the horde I just lure them around the corner of the next house.
And I don't recommend walking against walls, that was just an exaggeration to demonstrate you don't need zombies. I found levelling nimble hard, too, until I knew that I don't need to do that near zombies. Combat stance is now my regular way to walk, levelling is considerably faster now and I am also safer.
God bless the standardized nimble xp mod. I want to give the creator my bank pin at this point.
+1 nimble is as good as +2 nimble and instead of being entire profession it's a trait that costs 5 points. Burglar is extremely overrated. lightfooted/sneaking doesn't matter on high population, but maybe on sprinters it's good. Personally never made character to focus on sneaking over fighting/base building, but to each their own. Maybe if short blade got buffed or sneaking got buffed in general. Zombies rely predominantly on their vision which is unaffected by most things so being quieter doesn't matter much and sneak attacks surprisingly don't deal extra damage anyway and zombies tend to group up so after first sneak attack you have to deal with alerted zombies anyway so... why bother. Even the hotwiring is possible to finish grinding before helicopter event if you get lucky spawn/loot early. If you prioritize it at least a little bit you will get it done in first month of gameplay and after that it has no difference, while taking something like Lumberjack, Firefighter or Repairman give so much more. I can't see why experienced players would like Burglar.
Love this game. I found the ultimate way to kill the horde. All you need is to find a house whose lower corner is directed towards the inside of the house. Build 4 stairs against the walls of the corner so as to close square □ 4x4. Then you make a base on the second floor with a balcony, through the balcony you need to get to the stairs and remove the floor near them. The main thing is not to fall into this hole yourself. Then you just attract zombies with a loud sound from the balcony and they obediently go into this trap. It is better to kill them with a long weapon like a spear through the inner corner where two stairs touch each other. The entire horde can fit in a 4x4 square. Just make sure there are no windows on that corner wall. Enjoy
Good tips especially the focus on weapon skills. The best advice I heard was focusing on improving combat skills (yours not the characters) by just engaging with any zombies you see. Once you know how to fight, then focus on survival. Worked well for me.
Better Combat skills will keep you alive longer
More fun too. Imo
good advice on running past doors. hidden zombies in buildings are the most common way I get bit even with 4,000+ hours of play
Mouse cursor awareness! Definitely my biggest cause of deaths when I first started playing.
I really like the Burglar occupation mostly because of Nimble + Gymnast. Getting to 5+ Nimble drastically increases your survival chance while fighting. Making it almost impossible to get grabbed while walking backwards. Zombies will do the grab animation but miss, and you can swing right after hitting them or the next zombie in line.
The ability to Hotwire is just a bonus, as well as the increased Stealth/Lightfooted experience.
you know, a lot of folks have mentioned this and have me rethinking my position on Burglar
Short Sighted: Yes glasses mitigate the effect (not sunglasses. Glasses or reading glasses only). Mostly it just bumps up your foraging radius to a more normal level (even after the % decrease for having facewear).
“You won’t get hurt often.”
Yeah…about that…
I almost always take Veteran as my occupation just because desensitized is such an amazing perk for the entire game
I used to go for that as well until I learned that your character will eventually stop panicking at zombies over time. Now I go for professions with +Maintenance so I can use spears for a long time before they break.
@@MrErizid Hello fellow spear lover, spears are awesome. It is very comforting to know that you'll never run out of supply of weapons when you focus on spears.
@@Puschit1 How do you make spears?
@@shadowstorm7548 use a knife or a chipped stone to sharpen a tree branch to make a basic one, and then you can use the crafted spear, duct tape, and some other blade like a knife to make a better one
except when you can survive more then 150 days...where it'll become pretty much useless (you will not panic at all)
personally my profession choice narrows down to "engineer for unique recipees i will not use" or "non-engineer" (you can gain pretty much anything except nutricionist and faster axe swing during play, so class doesn't matter that much. exp bonuses class provides do though)
Short sighted is chained to the guns. It’s opposite, Eagle Eye, helps with aiming at a distance. So if you know you won’t take up guns, Short sighted is the way to go
On apocalypse keep in mind water and power can turn off immediately . The range is 0 to 30 days. I've spawned in with no working utilities before
Well done! With 900 hours into the game, I still find things to learn from You!
it's actually quite amazing that I'm still learning things as well!
Here's a tip that I recently learned myself which has really improved my early game: your best weapon is your foot! Using the spacebar, you can shove and knock zombies over, then stomp on their heads/chests to kill them. This lets you kill zombies without using precious weapon durability, helping you stay in the fight longer in the early game. Before learning this technique, I was constantly breaking my first weapon and running out of options before I had the chance to build up a stockpile. Now with the power of a good pair of boots, my weapons last a lot longer.
Military boots do the most damage, and have best bite/scratch defense as well. Keep an eye out for them.
To also add onto this, to more effectively kill a zombie attempt to stand over the head rather than swinging at it as thats how attacks work in game, something tons of people newbs and even moreso normal players usually dont know or even find out. I've also found that taking underweight with a mix of jobs and traits that increase fitness and strength to near max is a really good way to start off especially if you died pretty late in, it means you dont have to spend ages working on those specific skills and can focus on everything else with 8 strength and 10 fitness your basically unkillable early on but can still die if getting comfortable. Not only that but it helps you take more items from building, hold more, and generally is all round the best, especially since early game all you need to do is really find a stick of butter or 2 and your set ontop of coming across a house with say a stew or soup or something. Mix that with some other negative traits and add low thirst and light eater and you are pretty set for the later game.
Usually I go for claustrophobic and on the meme chance Agorophobic so as to be in a constant state of panic, usually taking adrenaline junky is a must with such but if you also find a mansion in say Louisville then you dont have to worry about claustrophobic as much and these traits disappear after a month or so, so you dont have to worry about panicking for ages and adrenaline junky can help for those extra big hordes or getting away from said hordes. Though personally I dont take adrenaline junky I only take it if I do Agoraphobic otherwise I focus on other skills and traits. Electricity and mechanics are generally a must for getting burglar...I shouldn't need to say why, its also easy to get these with junk cars and other such, the tools not so much but even still its a worthy investment.
Normally I play with others and I am usually the builder but training up in melee and maintenence is generally easy if you beat down a door, but gotta do so early while there still are doors unless you want to make a doorway line and doors specifically to act as training dummies for you late game.
For me, it always boils down to "dont be stupid" lol I get distracted easily, so whenever I think something along the lines of, "Ill just go in real quick and loot any important items" knowing there are zombies on my tail, I need to stop myself. Because there have been far too many times where there ends up being lots of nice loot, which ends up taking more time than intended to loot. Then, when Im finally ready to leave, theres a dozen zombies on the door that is also the only way out lol
Dont be stupid like me: Either break line of sight and lose the zombies so you can loot in peace, or come back later when youre better prepared for a fight.
_me, taking notes_
"Don't... be... stupid.... hmm. Wow"
Pack some sheet ropes to make escape from 2nd story window if possible.
now living at 10th month, with 75% less food loot and 12months later. no sprinter zombies btw. these settings are like perfect, realistic, apocalyptic scenario.
Nice video! I wouldn't take Slow reader, since yeah you can speed up the time to not lose your real-life time, but your character will indeed lose quite some time reading, i.e you'll need to wake it earlier and make it spend more time at home reading (instead doing other useful stuff), just to get worthy XP multipliers before watching TV (and the XP obtained from Life and Living's shows is not to be underrated AT ALL, it really pays off in mid to late game). Also, while I do take Smoker as a trait (but I use Smoker mod that really makes it easy to find both cigarettes and lighters/matches), in vanilla is harder to get them, and the stress itself can be quite a nuisance if you struggle to get cigarettes early on. Slow healer is cool, it doesn't make you any wrong and it kinda help you grind First Aid skill. Also yes, using glasses cancels the Short Sighted negative effects. If you have the "Detailed trait descriptions" mod, you can check it in the trait description.
detailed trait descriptions...I'll have to check it out
@@Drunkonlife PZ has probably one of the best modding communities ever. I started with "Just a couple of QoL mods, let's keep it simple..." and ended up subscribing to lots of em, and I'm even keeping it "Vanilla" as possible 😂
@@Drunkonlife I mean, like 145 mods or so. And that's just a TIIIIINY part and mostly Vanilla-friendly...
Greed, it's always greed. Pro tip. Don't be greedy.
Sleepy moodlet is kind of hard to deal with if it pops up when you are already engaged with a bunch of zombies.
You can get a temporary boost out of that sleepiness by downing a lot of vitamins. One pill is not going to do it for you, but chewing the entire bottle one by one might then give you a couple hours of extra sleepy-free time to get rid of those few zombies on your tail.
Chewing some dry coffee will also give a massive energy boost... But coffee might be hard to come by.
I like professions that give +Maintenance leveling. Getting high maintenance lets you use spears on dozens of zombies before they break.
"Moving from a long blunt to a short blunt will cause more whiffs"
Damn right lmao
Good tips. Never feel safe in this game or it will bite your ass ^^. I was searching for stuff in a storage building. There was no Zombie to see when I scouted the area but one was attracted from somewhere when I started working with the sledgehammer. I underestimated the noise this makes and was focused on being attacked from the front by zombies, that might be in the building, but one sneaked around the corner on the outside and attacked my blindside. Only a scratch but that was enough.
I also knew, that generators can break but I didn´t know, the can blow up until it happend while I was sleeping. It was a big axplosion and when I woke up the house was on fire
The whole house burned down with tons of weapons, ammo, water and food.. well and myself (at least I could not return as an undead this way :-D ).
This game can be so frustrating when you loose your well educated and geared char but also pretty addictive because you always think : damn, I can do better and I gonna proove it to myself.
8:23 even if you have a weapon ready, you can use spacebar to "push" the door. It still generates enough noise to get the attention of of potential zombies inside but is a bit quieter and does not damage the door. And if it turns out there was a dozen of zombies on the other side you might really appreciate this extra moment you have by not helping them break the door down.
Hoarding food is a rookie mistake that i used to make. Realistically one full piece of meat will feed you for the whole day already, don't need to hold on to a lot of fresh food, they would turn rotten in a few days outside of the fridge/freezer anyway. Cereal is a very good food to carry, very lightweight and has high calories to keep you full longer.
Also the mod "Project Russia" is a whole new map 3times bigger than the normal map
Personally I can't recommend it because the amount of washing machines and tvs in homes on this Russia map is immersion-breaking (and we all know PZ is all about that immersion). Irl those are rare luxuries since they have to steal those during a war :D
@@ax23mgh8 never really had a hard time looking for those. almost every big house have one or more tv and likely have a laundry machine (some even have the blue combo which can switch between washing machine and dryer). personally, as long as it's realistic, I like it. I normally play maps that are attached to the vanilla map because I'm used to starting out in Rosewood. but since I tried Cherbourg, Project Russia and Daegu, it's pretty fun exploring again from scratch
@@AiSyYoo the thing is in reality these items are very rare in Russia so it should also be like this in this mod
@@ax23mgh8 ah I have no idea about that, thanks for the info :>
@@ax23mgh8 Dude every home own that kinda stuff, looting is for only extra money.
I started using the CDDA zombie mod and my survival time went from months to days
I mostly agree with the whole video, but I have some critiques. First, slow reader isn't a good negative trait to take. Fast forwarding is disabled in multiplayer and even if you could, you're wasting precious time that you could be spending doing other things like looting, clearing the area and grinding skills. And since you only have so much time to get ready for power and water outages, you don't want to be wasting time on reading.
The other thing is, don't run through doors. Even in enclosed rooms the game can get cheeky and spawn a hoard inside. I used to think that getting bathroom hoarded was a myth until I learned this the hard way. A better option would be to "Door flash" by opening and closing the door really quickly so you can see what's inside,
don't worry about food till you have a solid base up, every house has a load of cans, so only eat perishable food early on cause you probably wont ever eat that stuff
They should really add shields, it'd be cool to have the ability to create shields with carpentry and or metalwork
I am complete noob but I found it really helpful to start the game by creating my own game with vanilla settings. Slow zombies, fixed number of zombies without regeneration etc. After the soft start I can fix the settings to match my desires. I have enjoyed greatly setting up my base and clearing the the surrounding city compleately off zombies :) Later I will try different playing style with harder settings, once I have gotten used to the controls and selection menus.
My tip would be pack the canned food up and drop it in the middle of the street in a pile in single player if your not gonna take it with you and mark it on your map that way if you end up dire need you just hit the pile easier to see the threats instead of going inside a house that may have infected inside when you come back thats got me a couple times left some supplies behind in a house marked the house and went back when i needed it and got bit
Great vid and great tips! I feel like it should be emphasized that slow reader is best taken only in singleplayer as it really slows down gameplay in multiplayer. Well played!
PZ is infinitely better in the early game when you're robbing zombies of shoes and desperately trying to open windows in an attempt to get a single can of chili.
Just tested it. Short sighted with glasses/reading glasses will negate short sighted by 90%. You still get a slight decrease since glasses are considered Headwear but I've still been able to get a 15 search radius at foraging level 10 in the mornings as long as weather effects are not present, but your not getting a 15 search radius with weather effects even on park ranger with outdoorsman. Literally free two points since glasses are on like one in five zombies. The color doesn't seem to matter just choose either glasses or reading glasses. Reflective/aviators/sunglasses don't do anything
Also it might be exploit territory but if you barricade from the inside of the house, the zombies treat it as a wall and refuse to path to it, and 3 planks/a metal sheet block vision so they shouldn't follow yoy in unless they see you/hear you
to clarify the short sighted trait:
1: yes it dose fix the trait ie it removes the negative to serch radius it gives you
2: short sighted dosnt affect actual sight distance it only affects search
I’m not a beginner but it’s shocking how many times I die to opening the bathroom door and getting instantly killed by 14 zombies piling out the room
Newish to the game. Thought I was on cloud 9. 2 weeks in, flying through my skills, on a friendly online server. Secure base in a house in the woods on the outskirts of Rosewood. Stacked with foods and entetainment materials and weapons and tools. Got my first car. Winter's coming soon, and I think I want to drive out to a cabin shack to find an antique oven. The plan was sound, except that DEEP fog set in before I even left town. Did I think "you know, this is REALLY bad visbility I should probably wait until the conditions are clear."? Of course I goddamn didn't. I thought "I'm a very good driver, just take your time, swerve around zombies and you'll get out to the bramble." Until I almost slammed into a car pileup on the highway outside of town. I didn't, but I couldn't reverse out of it until the horde was on me. I thought to get out of my car to fight them off but I couldn't see almost a thing. And that's how I lost my first character (that made it more than like a day). I will NEVER willingly drive in the deep fog again. I will turn my ass around next time. ;)
I like rosewood because of how close the police and fire department are, so you get good weapons and armor to start, and because there is a farm a bit up the road that for some reason has 0 zombies at normal spawn rates. Occasionally the home owner will spawn in with a key, but other than that and occasionally a zed in the house next door, it's pretty mellow. There is also a warehouse next door that has more fresh produce than you'll probably be able to eat or store before it goes bad. You can grind carpentry for free on all the trees nearby, and foraging too. S tier beginner spot imo. It was better before they alternated the item spawn tables, because it used to be an equipment warehouse with tools and propane tanks and the works.
This was actually really helpful! Thank you so much Drunk!
Good tips for the early game. Personally I don’t go for Weapons Buff Classes like you suggest. But to each his own.
Unemployed Class with Strong, Athletic, Thick Skinned and Keen Hearing is very forgiving for beginners trying to survive their first Summer.
We are on the same page with Negative traits.
I still die in like a month but thats because i intentionallly make speed walking zombies OP, i think as well a huge part of players dying fast is knowing FIGHT OR FLIGHT. aka their weapons, endurance, fatigue vs the amount of zombies and their ability to activate their survival instincts. EDIT: also knowing when to run away from a good amount of zombies because there are always more around the edges coming.
i used to play on survivor only before the 3D patch in west point and at this point im s hardened that i play with normal pop, zombie runners 6 month later only in louisville and its crazy how much you have to keep your eyes open but my fear is that if play like this for a long time the normal survival with slow zombies will get boring
I always like to play as myself and take Traits that match up to who I am as a person. Makes me more invested in my character whenever I play.
Great video! Im pissed i hadnt seen this channel before, gr8 work mate!
Thanks for the genuinely helpful video, looking forward to your next live stream !
🎶Maybe tomorrow 🎶
7:54 whats funny about this is each time i die its because im like "i probably shouldnt fight this" or "i shouldnt do this" but i do anyways LOL
For dealong with endurance; simply sitring on the ground, or resting on furniture will replenish. However, i have found out that both effe ts stack with each other. Therefore, one should sit down, and rest through the right+click menu when recovering stamina.
Maintenance man ftw for me, keen hearing is a must and the extra durability xp really makes me happy. I also consider watching live TV to be a trap, those xp hits are wasted when you don't have the skill books read. There are VHS tapes for all the TV shows, plus 2 home VHS tapes each for electrical, first aid, metalworking, mechanics and tailoring.
Have to strongly disagree with taking keen hearing & gymnast unless you're new to the game. I actually take hard of hearing & short sighted because as long as you're always checking your surroundings it's easy to spot zombies seeking up on you most of the time (unless you're playing with sprinters). This gives you loads of points to spend to ensure you get those top end positive perks like strong & fit.
Also with regard to life & living, the initial shows stack with the VHS tape. You'll still get xp from the tape even if you saw the show. So it will still give you a huge head start if you can find beginner books, watch the life & living shows (particularly carpentry) and then power level the skills with a collection of tapes later on.
Thanks for the tips. I'm struggling. I'm doing the smaller cities but all of a sudden zombies will be crawling down my throat. I don't last a day in most cases
My issue tends to be trying to return to town later after setting up a safe house. I've already got the necessities for surviving indefinitely, but I want to continue progressing. I tend to die driving back into town because the car just attracts too large of a horde. There seem to be way too many on the way back to really have much success in just walking as well, and I don't know of many guide videos that address this sort of specific thing. It always seems to be about full-on beginners or those already thriving late game.
I know it feels overwhelming but you can safely drive into town and loot...you just need to find a place to park and get out of the eyesight of the zeds heading your way OR you simply kill the ones who actually make it to your immediate area.
I heard that covering your windows with planks from the inside mitigates the zombie curiosity
Number 8, in MP always use The Lamp as a human meat shield! 😜 Great video Drunk! 👍
oh, the multiplayer cameos that were in this video 😲
The best way to improve is to combat and die many many times. I was really bad at the beginning and always died after killing 4-5 Zs. Now I kill 300+ Zs, but it took me ages 😂
Survived past a week for my first time today, I started luring a zombie inside a house to get it away from other zombies to kill it and inside the house were like 4 zombies just waiting for me to open the door. I see them but it’s to late im already inside the house so I run up stairs and there’s more zombies. I literally just sat back in my chair and just watched my boy get eaten alive and zombified right before my eyes. One of the best gaming experience ever ngl!
I made it 2 weeks my very first play through. Put a very I’ll placed faith in me. But I still love dying, this game has such a high level of replay ability
love this game....
Dont think zombies are attracted to your structures. Almost never have zeds attacked my base even during the chopper. As long as they don’t see you it won’t matter.
AI coding is set to inspect recently barricade home and or buildings
Survived 2 weeks now on my second ever character - hopefully I don’t pull a stupid move and die now that I’m doing so well
death comes quickly.....
Brilliant video, much thanks.
Just survived 4 days and 16 hours. Much much longer than my previous runs where I could barely manage 24hrs. Didn't get too lucky with loot. Ended up holed up in a house, covered in infected wounds, zombies busting through every window. I slowly died of infection :(
Great video! Oh and watch out, trees kill too.
Over 3,000 hours! Holy crap! You're a BEAST!
you can also start as a cop in rosewood, and loot the police station armory and the prison for a lot of firearms and ammo...
guns are good.
I always like starting as mechanic, all I need is electrical lvl 1 and I can hotwire cars. Plus get bonus for working on cars and short blunt. Personal preference plays a large role of course, I just always feel bad when I have to abandon a nice car I built up lol. Hence why I choose mechanic
My issue is that I get overconfident once you put a crowbar or nail bat in my hands. A slow and insidious death that is.
When ever I open a door without a clear view from the outside I always press E really quickly twice. But still have to be careful if they are hiding around the corner.
Axeman Strongman build, one shot most zeds right out the get-go with an axe. Best traits
Drunk is not called The PROs PRO for nothing! GREAT advice!
I learned you can still see outside of barricaded windows as long as you only put 2 planks on the inside and outside.
You can usually take on 3 zeds easily if you manage your swings in conjunction with standing in guys you knocked down. The more you can keep zeds on the ground, the easier you can manage. Simply standing on a zed keeps him from moving, provided he's not a crawler. You can use windows and small fences to your advantage because every time a zed comes through/over one, he's on the ground and temporarily vulnerable. Pace yourself when fighting, because swings that don't connect still cost stamina. You can stomp on guys on the ground without costing wear and tear on your weapons.
Slowly chewing up a group by going through 2 or 3 at a time will keep you alive. The moment you see too many to take on, make a comfortable getaway. Use trees, bushes, fences, windows, doors, and cars to weave obstacles between you and your chasers, often without needing to run.
Keep a water bottle on you. Keep a backup small melee weapon on you. Try not to carry firearms unless you are taking on NPCs. Even carrying a fanny pack with your medical gear will alleviate weight and space from your main bag(s), so you can patch up in a pinch.
PZ has gotten so wonderfully in depth with its content that I'm still learning stuff after all these years.
@1:01 Aquiring these skillbooks early on is a necessity, just like weapons and tools.
@4:59 Frozen food isn't always better than canned food. That is obvious.
Injured is a good negative trait but relies heavily on Luck. You might get 3 scratches or 3 burns
The increased vision arc can be good for beginners. But I really don't think it is worth the points once you know how to react once a zombie appears behind you. Nimble is great to spec in for extra xp, but I would also urge people to try and pick a class or perk that gives you maintenance bonus so your weapons will start lasting longer way faster
ultimate advice, watch all tv related programs, go to gated communities, and build barricades and fences, then play however you like after that.
The Winter Mod that winter never ends is nice for hardcore
a new series maybe?
It's really really hard when you start with not good clothes in short time ☠️with toxic fog and evolving undeads mod with sprinter's .I have 1200hours in this game and this mix made me cry
i fortify nearby homes of my base home so zombies go to them first and give me time to find them on my normal routines.
that's pretty smart
I don't take Burglar for hotwiring, I take it for the Nimble boost. Gymnast is comparatively expensive IMO
fair enough. My take on it is if you choose an occupation with no combat skill buffs, the road forward is a lot harder for beginners. Burglar is one of the few non combat related occupations that would give me pause...but only for the nimble/sneak buffs.
I have over 100 hours (i think maybe even 150) and i think i’ve only survived a week a couple of times. So thanks
Never been good at combat, so I started collecting vehicles. Get a couple of disposal cars and just run the zombies down. Long as you avoid head-on collisions (protect your engine at all costs) then the car will last until you pop a tire, then find another and repeat (or carry the mats for a tire change in your trunk).
Especially if you can get a cop car, then just turn on the siren and do donuts. By the time the zeds stop coming then you know the population is small enough that you won't be fighting more than two at a time.
MYTH - "Zomboids are attracted to man made structures"
Zombies aren't attracted to man made structures. He didn't fully fact check everything he said.
Very Good video, I am starting the game and it helped me and my friends a lot. thank you very much
You might have forgotten the rules of not getting bored.
Ah beat me to it! Great content 👌
fffff I just lost a guy that I thought was set. A damned stealthy, fit and strong axe murderer. One shotting zeds left and right. But I had those piles of 12 gauge shells and an automatic shotgun, you see, and figured I could use that to clear that new town. I couldn't.
Much appreciated.
Drunkonlife> Your voice reminds me of Casey Kasem. I feel a bit like I'm listening to the billboard top 100 from the 80s, heh
a tip, when begining a bigger fight drop your backpack or secondary bag
My most two common ways of dying:
Cars (i play 10 years later with poor condition cars... i get trapped a lot bc im stubborn.)
Crawlers in crowds.
crawlers can be janky...
11:21 had me fuuuucking rollllinngg dude hahahha
7:49 No doubt the game WILL punish you by making a bad decision. The longer you survive the more you also tend to make these bad decisions as you become more greedy and lose patience. With 750ish hours I recently lost a 3 1/2 month character due to loss of patience and carelessly sprinting into buildings I have yet to clear out (certain Raven Creek buildings are incredibly packed with zombies).
High thirst and smoker are absolutely awful traits and can end up killing you if you dont find a way to get a lot of water and a lot of cigarettes.
water in every house with sinks/toilets and cigarettes are very abundant, even on insanely rare loot
@@Drunkonlife Eventually the water runs out and unless you are constantly bringing water back to your base, microwaving lake water, or you base near a well. High thirst is extremely annoying.
@@Drunkonlife Cigarettes aren't always easy to find. Sometimes the spawns just decide they hate you.