How to craft or find a backpack?

[♠Gamer3106♠]

Haven't found one yet in 3 games (in which I died stupidly cause I'm new, massive skill issue).

I have another problem. How can I evade hordes? I obviously can manage with 3 or 4, I just have to kill them one by one. But wtf do I do with a lot of them? How do I escape?

[Shady Allie]

mods to craft a backpack.
finding a backpack is live long enough to get one off a zombie, loot a school for a chance, loot a house for a chance.

evade hordes by breaking line of sight. walk away is best, but key here is to break line of sight. time in game will get you better. die a lot. A LOT. but keep playing to get better and it will eventually become easy.

[Radolf Hortler (Real F2P)]

Originally posted by ♠Gamer3106♠:

How do I escape?

hold shift to run i think

[procamcctv]

rule 2: don't run.
u'll attract even more zombies.

[Quineloe]

fastest way to get a big backpack is to get a working car, then drive around on the roads until you spot a 15 zombie horde stacked up tightly together
That one will always hold one 27 sized backpack.

IMHO that story prebuild should be expanded on, though.

[Oneofthefive]

Start with a beginner kit in the setting(character options) it will give you a school backpack baseball bat hammer crisps and water. however quality will be lower. also take the game slow think about what you'd actually do and remember dyeing is literally part of the game

[Bill Joe]

To evade horde use the 2 corners rule to shake em. Zombies will work on line of sight and try to go to the last spot they saw you. Running should be a secondary option as it will tire you out making you unavailable to fight off zombie in case you get cornered.
Remember you can outwalk the zombies in this game. Its all about taking fights with a plan and not get overconfident

[Xero_Daxter]

First you need to humble yourself with something smaller like a trash bag. Bigger bags will come later on.

As for evading hordes you can go around buildings or go inside the forest to lose them. Of course you can always circle back around if you find anything of interest later.

[Armagenesis]

Just to add, because no one mentions it: you have higher chance finding a hiking bag/big hiking bag in two-storied houses. Check the tall dressers on the upper floor, usually inside the master bedroom. The richer the house looks, the better you have the chance to.

[Quill]

You can find School bags in schools and houses. Hiking bags and Large Hiking bags can also be found in houses rarely

You can find Hiking bags, large backpacks, and very rarely Military backpacks at Surplus stores

You can find all 3 at Military installations at higher rates of spawns

However you can find all bags and mode like satchels on Zomboids

Fanny Packs can be found in Houses and Locker Rooms

Duffel bags can be found in houses and locker rooms

[Prowler™]

School packs and satchels are found in every school and the zombies that spawn around school zones

Sports bags are found in sports stores or randomly in homes or via foraging junk.

Duffle bags are found in police stations and randomly on zombies

Big backpacks are randomly found in homes, late game zombies carry them specifically hunter/camping/military themed ones. Surplus/hunting stores also have them as do any of the 3 military check points.

As for avoiding zombies...the pro answer is just kill them bro. The newbie answer is just break line of sight around a building/in trees. You can try either option but i can assure you killing them all is the only worth while option due to how they function.

[Quineloe]

Originally posted by Prowler™:

late game zombies carry them specifically hunter/camping/military themed ones. Surplus/hunting stores also have them as do any of the 3 military check points.

There's nothing late game about those zombies. They are generated on world creation in specific stories.
Also an option is the LV exclusion gate. The soldier zombies there carry lots.

[DrLamp]

Originally posted by procamcctv:

rule 2: don't run.
u'll attract even more zombies.

rule 3: don't listen to people who say don't run.

Just make sure you aren't always running. Save it for when you need to escape.