just started build 41, is there any "relative" safe places to base?

[Winblows]

I dont just mean places that dont absolutely zombies but like every where I go just a has a frick ton of zombies, other then in the upper corner of river side and in general they are spread out every where often with clusters of zombies in the middle of no where so while trying to get away from other groups it just dosnt end

but like every where i try to make a crummy base it just has so much i cant even, even with remote locations that arnt that big it seems

[Lapinoire]

There's a gas station a little bit to the south of Rosewood. Or, if you take the main road out of riverwood past the north gas station, and head east, when you reach the wreckage in Crossroads, absolutely no zombies spawn there, and you're not too far off from Rosewood or Muldraugh. You can generally build around there and have a safe base, while only needing to drive for about a minute to reach one of two towns.

Heck, if you drive south of the crossroads, you can find March Ridge. The zombie density there is about equal to Rosewood, making it a good place to set up base without getting TOO overwhelmed(compared to Riverside and Westpoint).

[Winblows]

Originally posted by Lapinoire:

There's a gas station a little bit to the south of Rosewood. Or, if you take the main road out of riverwood past the north gas station, and head east, when you reach the wreckage in Crossroads, absolutely no zombies spawn there, and you're not too far off from Rosewood or Muldraugh. You can generally build around there and have a safe base, while only needing to drive for about a minute to reach one of two towns.

Heck, if you drive south of the crossroads, you can find March Ridge. The zombie density there is about equal to Rosewood, making it a good place to set up base without getting TOO overwhelmed(compared to Riverside and Westpoint).

all right but which play style do you recommend, and which one is sort of the way its meant to be played

[Lapinoire]

Depends, what kind of playstyle do you fancy? I can go over a few builds that work great in certain areas, but at the end of the day, what matters is how you want to play the game.

Sneak build(8~10 Fitness, +3 sneak, +1 sprint, +2 lightfooted, Inconspicuous, graceful):
Typically this works anywhere, but you won't be taking down zombies, much less hordes of 3 or more of them without expert/careful play. Usually has spare points to put into either combat or life skills.

Offensive build, preferably with Lumberjack profession (8~10 STR, 10 Fitness, +1~3 Blade/Blunt Accuracy, +1~3 Blade/Blunt Maintenance, +1 Carpentry)
Works anywhere, can definitely take down hordes of 100+ with an axe equipped, requires thorough knowledge on zombie speeds, proper kiting, and swing timing/accuracy. Generally lacks the free points to go into "life" skills, and requires a lot of negative traits to function.

Forager/Farmer/Fisher/Trapper builds, all of these work out in the wild, where you won't see much action/zombies. Build how you want, but make sure you pair it with at least +1 to cooking and fast learner. Usually has a lot of spare points to put into either combat or sneaking.

The game is meant to be played any way you want it to, so find the style you like the most, and stick with it.

[Winblows]

Originally posted by Lapinoire:

Depends, what kind of playstyle do you fancy? I can go over a few builds that work great in certain areas, but at the end of the day, what matters is how you want to play the game.

Sneak build(8~10 Fitness, +3 sneak, +1 sprint, +2 lightfooted, Inconspicuous, graceful):
Typically this works anywhere, but you won't be taking down zombies, much less hordes of 3 or more of them without expert/careful play. Usually has spare points to put into either combat or life skills.

Offensive build, preferably with Lumberjack profession (8~10 STR, 10 Fitness, +1~3 Blade/Blunt Accuracy, +1~3 Blade/Blunt Maintenance, +1 Carpentry)
Works anywhere, can definitely take down hordes of 100+ with an axe equipped, requires thorough knowledge on zombie speeds, proper kiting, and swing timing/accuracy. Generally lacks the free points to go into "life" skills, and requires a lot of negative traits to function.

Forager/Farmer/Fisher/Trapper builds, all of these work out in the wild, where you won't see much action/zombies. Build how you want, but make sure you pair it with at least +1 to cooking and fast learner. Usually has a lot of spare points to put into either combat or sneaking.

The game is meant to be played any way you want it to, so find the style you like the most, and stick with it.

i meant like the game type like apocalypse, survivor, builder and what ever that last one is

[Lapinoire]

Oh.

Apocalypse is for the people with high experience, typically not for new players. If you're new and start with apocalypse, you have to learn real fast or you'll almost always die within the first 3 days.

Survivor is the "general" play for most people. Not too hard, not too difficult.

Builder...? Sandbox? Custom settings.

Honestly, if you're new, i'd suggest doing survivor first, see what you like and find difficult there, then play on sandbox and tweak the settings. Sandbox default settings are equal to Survivor, so you only need to make minor(or major) changes based on what you want.

[Gotgo]

The place I always recommend to people is the restaurant in riverside. It has everything you need and is pretty damn safe. The few zombies that venture up there can be taken out easily and so long as you clear out the random wandering hoard every few days they wont bottle up. I have a guide about setting it up located here if you're interested.

[Incariuz]

Two places I've found where I never had to deal with zombies other than the original few when I arrive. Though last time I used either was about a year ago so... Take this with a grain of salt.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#0.4567025184698956,0.2385883160118263,237.37631379976963
https://map.projectzomboid.com/#0.6622790222977708,0.21264745465743015,137.37055196745928

There were more locations, they're just not coming to mind atm.

[Dreamer]

In Riverside the gated community is great. The three houses in the south there are easy to fortify, and the zombie spawns are very low.

[planetalgol]

Farm Country. Rural/farm/forested areas away from the towns themselves generally are very safe zombie-wise. Enough that people that use the strat of basing there often get bored with how safe it is.

[Ten4]

Originally posted by Gotgo:

The place I always recommend to people is the restaurant in riverside. It has everything you need and is pretty damn safe. The few zombies that venture up there can be taken out easily and so long as you clear out the random wandering hoard every few days they wont bottle up. I have a guide about setting it up located here if you're interested.

Thank you for writing this btw...

If you are new this is probably the best place to start learning how to play. It really worked for me. I also started with sandbox and tweaked some of the zombie and disabled fast shambles just so i could get used to fighting off zeds without getting overwhelmed. You can also increase the starting skill point pool and give your self some extra perks.

[Lucifer]

Originally posted by Incariuz:

Two places I've found where I never had to deal with zombies other than the original few when I arrive. Though last time I used either was about a year ago so... Take this with a grain of salt.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#0.4567025184698956,0.2385883160118263,237.37631379976963
https://map.projectzomboid.com/#0.6622790222977708,0.21264745465743015,137.37055196745928

There were more locations, they're just not coming to mind atm.

The second location was going to be my recommendation. Start in West Point and leave town to the west. Follow the river or road and you’ll get there. It’s a good remote location with water access to boil, fishing and foraging, plenty of trees to cut down. I’ve had the helicopter event there in Apocalypse mode attract nothing.

I’d recommend finding a saw before going to cut logs into planks. You can forage for materials to make stone axes and hammers and make spears and stone knives until you can find better weapons.

[DivineEvil]

Apocalypse mode is only plausible if you've mastered Survival, more-or-less. You have to know the towns and make a character with some inital outdoor survival skills. It will be completely impossible to settle anywhere near the starting towns, and loot rates will be terrible.

In Survival, you can settle a lot of places, safe for the densely populated areas such as central Westpoint and commercial Muldraugh. Enclosed residential district in eastern Riverside is probably as good for choosing a safe house as you will get, at least in terms of being close to the juicy looting areas nearby. Most towns have suburban areas with very thin zombie populations and basic accomodations, but you'd want to find a car as soon as possible to live from there.

You really should try to explore the world yourself in order to understand the specific features of the different towns.

[Neo Blitz]

I like the storage facility across from the trailer park in the little hamlet south of riverside, You will find some beds in the units. It has very few windows outside the main and you have all this metal working gear you won't really need to go anywhere to get. Some doors are locked but the outside bay door ones are really fragile. I used the same hand axe for all of them iirc.

there is an auto shop, gas station and a cafe nearby as well as the trailer park but there is a heavy populated factory across but still far enough away to begin with but the rest is generally easy spawn if existent and the farms are all over the place too around like the ones closest tot the north but also the rural area farm store is basically on the other side of the country club house.

But that ain't it either, the river isn't far, but if you find an axe and make a clear cut path to the lake by the large country club house where you could even fish in the pool (or use Right Click menu and choose Walk To and you will easily bypass trees, you can even hold shift to run.)

The house ir pretty heavily populated though but you can escape back to through trees alot quicker then they can and if you built a path they will just quickly lose you no problem and this is part of a larger gated community area of huge houses as well which you pretty much can just drive past and not be bothered with at all if you wanted but I prefer the fishing area by the bridge near the interesection right in between all that I am talking about here, cuz you just pull and fish and go you could even make a safe little escape room on the bridge to protect yourself since alot of stuff you will want to pull from the rural areas which will include most if not all your fishing gear that you'll find.