Protecting your base

[Ballsm]

What are some tips for protecting your base from NPC destruction? Our main base was almost completly demolished along with everything inside last night

[Geary575]

rocks walls and traps.

[phoenix_death12]

Originally posted by attituchuck:

rocks walls

love these since they don't really attract aggro

[AgentZerØ]

Originally posted by attituchuck:

rocks walls and traps.

Rock takes forever to finish, but I almost feel zero threat of having anything destroyed using them. I'm over 100 days in so far on this playthrough and I've yet to lose anything or be invaded.

[Ballsm]

So a rock parimeter around our buildings should do the trick? Can they get over one block high or two is needed

[Andi]

You'll need 2,better 3 high rock walls to be somewhat save. Or two high and stick fence ontop. Keep a good distance to your wooden structures, since their beatings glitch through the stone walls.
Be aware that big mutants can destroy stone structures. Better to lure them away and fight them outside of your base. If you stay inside your walls, they'll get wrecked for sure.

[Dux]

ive found that a almost full circle of deadfall log traps kill a lot of mutants. then line your outermost walls with happy birthday traps and the enemies that are left will have to break through the birthday traps to hit your walls. and inbtween the deadfalls and birthdays have leaf pile traps to set on fire since the enemies are enclosed between your traps and the walls

[Ballsm]

Thanks for all the tips. Are the normal NPCs able to break through rock? Or just the mutants can

[Andi]

No, just the biggies.

[Broticus]

Wait, do rock walls prevent NPCs from spawning in your enclosed base now?

[Andi]

No. Unfortunately misspawns inside your walls are still a thing. Oddly enough even on islands, if you build out there.

[Catfish_Hunter1972]

I put a few deadfall traps(facing each other) at each of my walls. It helps. The happy birthday trap is fun to watch when it springs up on a few cannibals.

[{FU}TheForgeryTTV]

Traps, plenty of them, and defensive spikes around your base. I also recommend building platforms and attacking enemies using a bow and arrow on said platforms.

[StoreBrandShane]

are you guys dropping rocks repeatedly until they fall in the right spot? i have no schematic for a rock wall

[Andi]

Originally posted by Predadente:

are you guys dropping rocks repeatedly until they fall in the right spot? i have no schematic for a rock wall

In the survival book, custom building

[MadMarco]

I recommend turning destruction in the settings off.