best starting map for beginners

[Sytrix]

title says it all

[VOLTswaggin]

Personally I have always been fond of Riverside. If you can get to the main shopping district, and navigate it, there is a hardware store which almost always has all the tools you'll need. Not far from there is a pharmacy which will have more first aid than you'll ever need. The zombie population can get decently large pretty quickly, but I always try to hit those two locations as quickly as I can. There is a grocery store there as well, but food is pretty easy to come by in the early game no matter where you play. There is also a school a short trip away, so if you ever get desperate for a backpack, you can likely find one there, but I generally don't like going into the school.

[Higgs]

And as I always point out with questions like this: They're spawn points and you can travel to any of the locations at anytime. The whole map is connected.

[Death]

I personally like Muldraugh as a beginner starting point, because there isn't as many zombies as West Point, but it still has a lot of good loot locations.

[Slimane]

Originally posted by Death:

I personally like Muldraugh as a beginner starting point, because there isn't as many zombies as West Point, but it still has a lot of good loot locations.

I feel like I gimp myself if I start in Rosewood or Muldraugh. Hardware store is just too strong.

[onestep87]

Not only for beginners, but march ridge is pretty good, there is the only fire department with best protection clothes and a chance for axe and good bag, if you don't have bag you could loot local school and then drive to Maldraugh

[Death]

Originally posted by Slimane:

Originally posted by Death:

I personally like Muldraugh as a beginner starting point, because there isn't as many zombies as West Point, but it still has a lot of good loot locations.

I feel like I gimp myself if I start in Rosewood or Muldraugh. Hardware store is just too strong.

Well sure. My point was only that from a beginners point of view those are probably the best places. As a more experienced player I personally always spawn in WP. Each place has its pros and cons though.

[Minty]

Knox is one big map. You're just choosing a spawn point.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/

I recommend Riverside myself, because it has a lot of great options, it's easy to navigate around, and West Point is less than a quarter of a gas tank in a decent car away.