Barricading doors and windows

[CallMeB1gDee]

I have no idea how to do this or most stuff so id like help and if someone wants my discord to help me on call that would be nice

[Shurenai]

Plank+4 nails in your inventory, and hammer. Right click the door/window you want barricaded an d the option 'Barricade(Plank)' should be in the list.

You can barricade both sides at the same time as well. up to 4x per side requiring 4 planks and 16 nails.

You can also barricade with metal bars and metal working, which should require metal bars, a propane torch, and a welding mask in your inventory.

[Silamon]

You do need level 1 carpentry before you can start barricading, I tried doing it without that and the option does not appear.
Seems higher levels let you add more planks to the barricade as well.

[J's]

If you barricade with 3 or more planks, zombies won't be able to see you and you won't require curtains. If you barricade with 4 planks, it will prevent light from passing through.

Once you find a sledgehammer you will be able to destroy windows and replace them with walls instead if you so choose (4 planks + 5 nails to build). A sledgehammer is arguably one of the "must have" items in the game.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Actually just dont. It is a waste of resources.
No matter how hard you reinforce your house, all windows barricaded, metal grated, or metal plated...it does not matter. 10 zombies bring it up within max 3 hours in game.
Especially with metal working that means you just wasted precious gas, for nothing.
For woodwork, nails and planks of which you could have used to make support pillars and a second story, where you could be unreachable and safe.

Because of the above the barricading system is just useless. Most folks build walls not to protect themselves but to cut off parts of towns, or the map to not have zombies respawn.

[Eternal]

dunno man to me it feels quite worth to earn 3 hours of security to react calmly in case horde decides to enter my house for tiny cost of 4 planks. Besides it is something you are suppose to use early game to make sure your house is safe to sleep inside for the night and not much more

[Silamon]

I like to board up the windows just because it seems like the right thing to do. Might as well roleplay it a bit.

[Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia]

Originally posted by Silamon:

You do need level 1 carpentry before you can start barricading, I tried doing it without that and the option does not appear.
Seems higher levels let you add more planks to the barricade as well.

Neither is correct. Anyone can barricade, and add up to four planks per side. Barricading can help get the first couple of levels of carpentry so you can build more complex and xp rewarding stuff.

[Silamon]

Originally posted by Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia:

Originally posted by Silamon:

You do need level 1 carpentry before you can start barricading, I tried doing it without that and the option does not appear.
Seems higher levels let you add more planks to the barricade as well.

Neither is correct. Anyone can barricade, and add up to four planks per side. Barricading can help get the first couple of levels of carpentry so you can build more complex and xp rewarding stuff.

Really? I tried a few times at level 0 carpentry and couldn't do it. Maybe I didn't have enough nails? I'll give it another try.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia:

Originally posted by Silamon:

You do need level 1 carpentry before you can start barricading, I tried doing it without that and the option does not appear.
Seems higher levels let you add more planks to the barricade as well.

Neither is correct. Anyone can barricade, and add up to four planks per side. Barricading can help get the first couple of levels of carpentry so you can build more complex and xp rewarding stuff.

Not really.
First of all because those first few levels of carpentry:
- you can get from tv
- you can start as a builder, and even faster from tv, as builder/carpenter, and if you find all the books by sheer luck you can hit level 6 from the tv shows ALONE. (Tested)
- better to dismantle the small garden fences, that zombies will eventually destroy if they hit it en masse.
- warehouse crates. You empty them, dismantle them. 20-30 xp. Hundreds of crates to dismantle. And there are quite many safe warehouses. Loot, planks and naisl, or burnable useless wood.(1 hour 24 minutes!)

Secondly:
- those few hours you think is given to you is actually an illusion. More zombies will be lured to you cuz of the sound, eventually getting surrounded and all your barricades being stomped. I know this cuz it has happened to me. I did the whole barricade stuff during my early runs. Sheet ropes torn down, it was pure sheer luck(or skill?) i was able to make it out and to the next house. Eventually i fled WP and found the three houses safe place. (Did not know map then. Also was lucky did not fracture or break a bone when i jumped out of the window in the house i got from my own, was also quite fast overrun.)
- those planks are better used to build floors over where your stairs used to be after you knocked them off.
- thirdly you actualy also seal off your own escape routes -> the protection they offer is just an illusion

Thirdly:
- if you board up your starting house you are doing things wrong. (at least in my experience and oppinion). The first two days are critical to save up as much of the food as you can. Putting everything you can into freezers. Because this way later you will have much more time to advance in your chosen crafts. Raid, loot whatever. (Because less time required to find your next meal, more time to improve your trapping, fishing, farming, and more time to read too!.)
So you are better off being mobile, eating as much vitamins and coffee as possible to stay awake. After you are done with supermarkets, food markets, diners, restaurants, spiffos, you have to go for the houses. Select the ones with least zombies around to hoard the food in the fridge's freezer there, so you can grab it later.

These are my tips, as a guy who is just a little bit shy of 850 hours.
Who discovered the true power of short blade fighters, and who never uses fire to kill zombies:) (Nor siren attraction!)
And who only plays 0/0 str and fitness chars that are very underweight, and peaceful!

[Silamon]

Originally posted by Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia:

Originally posted by Silamon:

You do need level 1 carpentry before you can start barricading, I tried doing it without that and the option does not appear.
Seems higher levels let you add more planks to the barricade as well.

Neither is correct. Anyone can barricade, and add up to four planks per side. Barricading can help get the first couple of levels of carpentry so you can build more complex and xp rewarding stuff.

Welp I stand corrected, I guess I did not have enough nails when I tried it before. Thanks for clearing that up