tips for getting started?

[nekochan AL]

i bought the game a while ago, but i quickly considered it BS and refunded it when i found out how difficult it was (my negative review is still up) bit i want to give the game another chance because it seems to have a lot of potential. does anyone have any concise tips on how to get started and survive more than one day? like how to craft weapons, level up, and stuff like that?

[yayie]

1. Patience, lots of it.
2. Make mistakes and learn from it.
3. There's Project Zomboid Wiki[pzwiki.net] to help you out to understand most of the core mechanics.
4. Play the tutorial
5. In sandbox settings, you can lower the difficulties of the game, ie: Builder mode.
6. There's a lot of youtube guides you can watch.

[Turd King]

Turn off infection for your first game to learn the mechanics first. OR change infection to instant or a sooner amount to ease yourself into the game.

Or tailor the custom settings to your liking.

I changed the zombie spawn settings to suit my needs and the game Is way better I think.

[IvantheFormidable]

Originally posted by nekochan AL:

like how to craft weapons, level up, and stuff like that?

Abundance is your friend. Even on the hardest default setting, apocalypse, there are plenty of resources to go around. Finding those resources, knowing how to use them, and using them them well is the name of the game. And the best way to do that, imo, is through trial and error. Jump into the game to learn how things work (combat first and foremost). Most importantly, don't be afraid of dying. It'll happen frequently, but each death should teach you something.

[Armagenesis]

1. Play the tutorial.
2. Play sandbox -> Initial Infection template
3. Create combat type character (firefighter, lumberjack, police, veteran, repairman, construction worker)
4. Git gud
5. ????
6. Profit.

[Smokey]

Yo bro if you refunded it out of anger before you shouldn't even try to play the game, just pass on it and go play something else, you probably will get mad again. Have you tried Nintendo games?

[The early worm deserves the bird]

Take a look at some of the guides in Steam. They can help with more specific things. There are also YouTube videos that explain things with visuals. There's a channel on YouTube right now doing a deep dive into everything called Rhadamant, he just posted his tenth episode of the series as of time of writing. I haven't watched it but each episode is about an hour. Probably lots of good tips there.

Embrace the sweet release of death. You're gonna die a lot until you get it. Just except that and try not to get attached to your soon dead character.

This game is pretty fair, when you die there is usually something you could have done to have prevented it so when you die you may feel 18 different flavors of angry. It's ok to put the game down for a month or two until you come back to it.

[ˢᵈˣ FatCat]

they say we adapt when there is challenge or something like that, so embrace the unknown, that is the moment when gaming is fun

[Barcode]

There isn't a specific way to play the game, yes, you can be careful, get your stats as high as you can, but eventually, you will die anyways and you will lose everything, all it takes is the wrong scratch. Play how you want, just don't get too attached to your characters.

[Animalman]

nUmber 1

the shed is the best place to look

number 2

so is the 2 tile cupboards

number 3

a wardrobe in the bedroom

number 4

try looking in a garage

number 5

still nothing? try to locate a bar or alochol shop

number 6

bring dextrous, grab a bottle of bourbon

number 7

get a rag, make a molotov

number 8

ensure that you have a lighter aswell you get this from an alcohol shop most likely
or a bar.

number 9

equip the molotov in first hand lighter in second aim, and throw

number 10

try to avoid attacks until they burn to death and ignite eachother

number 11

encourage ignition.

number 12

where are we at now?

Listen.


The kitchen is generally a bad place to look for a weapon
you can get a weapon here but it will often be crappy.
The rolling pin is alright. The fying pans are okay


But you really want a tool of some kind.
Imagine most of your weapons will kill 3 or more zombies, at which point you should think about whether this weapon can bash any more brains in of its just gonna break. Check that in the inventory.

If all fails get a car and run them down. Run out of town. Or drive to a place where u can take a small group.
Remember
to

SWITCH THE RADIO ON
#
SWITCH THE TV ON
#
in real life i can tell by the avatar you would have a very hard time in the apocalypse
so the simulation is fairly accurate true to life.
and remember that one

Play as a Female
because its hotter that way its a hot game

i love it.

[Animalman]

Got 1 more 4 ya

Riverside is the best starter. you MAY begin inside a Bar. which means you will have a very powerful access to weapons. Don't drink the alcohol because you don't know what effect that has because you are new. So don't do it at the start of the game.
If else
If you picked a Cook as your profession you might start inside a food place.
And here you might have a good chance for a Rolling pin.
also
Same deal as a Fireman if you was a fireman you might begin at his/her house OR
you might begin at the station. And in that case there might be an axe.

Maybe you would benefit from bringing Adrenaline Junkie as it will keep you moving fast during panic. Maybe.
it help you evade.

[stecph]

You gave a negative review to a game because you cannot play it??? My god people nowadays...

[Animalman]

So what you'd wanna do as the White Ranger
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3227491917
get them to follow ya with Q

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3227492341
Nice and slow very gentle. Just ball them up.
Lead them back back towards back your house.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3227492667
use the available tools in the region to keep the distracted. After this
We don't know what we wanna do next. But i personally left the oven on at the starter home. I might pop back in grab a book read up on a skill while i wait for a fire to ignite itself and i'l burn these ones.

I chose the Farmer because she starts with an option for rain boots which provide +100/100 scratch and bite defence to the feet.

What we went on to do is
we located from neighbouring sheds a Hammer, and the Axe from the back of the Fire Truck. Found a pristine house one of the neighbours Beautiful wall paper i would say it was the nicest house in the street.
So we decide on this occasion to begin barricading the house
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3227514916
from the inside out.
To do this we chopped some trees with an axe, and cut them with a saw. These are Shed Items. Can be found in 2 tile cupboards and garages aswell

On this occasion we decide to barracide the front door
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3227523731
from the outside. On this occasion we attract some passer by attention while we are moderately exerted. We don't want to kill him here, because i don't want the blood all over my brand new house. so we push him over and stand on him. Catch our breath and we'll lead him towards teh siren then climb the fence to get back to wehre we are

If all go 2 plan

u will end up with

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3227613757
decent gear, my case riot helm i love that
got house full of stuff boarded inside and out
4 aiming out of 43 shells.
111 zombies killed. And a tonne more burned.

So now she has 100% on the head, 100% on the feet and then mix n match on the inbetweens

[Eli]

dont drink bleach

[pzhda'tan]

Originally posted by ⸸Exiting⸸:

dont drink bleach:bleach::deadrat:

Don't put bleach next to your cooking material.

[c³]

Everyone will tell you something a little different, Sandbox settings are your friend. Leveling is a lot of grinding, dismantling furniture and plumbing, working out while drinking is the only way to do it, booze kills pain.

It's just a lot of trial and error, I absolutely hated this game at first, and now I've got almost 750 hours in it...