what am I supposed to do at night

[MrSnoopEastwood]

I haven't played this game since years, I just re played it 2 hours today, died 3 times, from a horde of zombies in a house, somehow, from an underwater wild boar, somehow, I managed to take back all my stuff, I read it disapears after one hour on the internet but the sources are like 6 or 7 years old.. so when I begin the game what am I supposed to do ?

3 seconds = 1 minute in the game therefore I assume 8 hours of night in the game means I have to wait 24 minutes in front of my computer crouching standing still in a corner because if a zombie ever saw or heard me there is the whole map coming to exterminate my house ? because from what I've just experienced once the crap hit the fan you're just done ? there is no way I can kill 10 zombies with my 100 stamina ?

[dyne2alex]

default is 1 hour / day cycle. if ur night is 8 hours, night would be 20 minutes.

[Cesar]

The best thing to do during your first two or three nights is to work on your base. You earn a lot of experience and can level two or three times by building then upgrading.

Build a wood door, install it then upgrade it as far as you can. Then build a metal door using 10 forged iron then upgrade the wood door to full metal then upgrade the metal door two more times using 20 more forged iron.

Upgrade all your walls to stone.

[Dr.Chazzzzz]

If your not in the wasteland night zeds wont be that bad. use 1 block at entrances and melee kill the zeds that do try to get you from outside. If a bear comes wile still a newb there mite not be much you can do.

[Tenoshii]

I'm in somewhat of a similar situation. I decided to get back into the game once A20 hit stable and hadn't played since Feb 2017.

Like Cesar recommended, I spent my first few days focused on repairing a house I looted, dropping a claim block (to prevent sleeper respawns) and then putting wooden spikes in front of the doors. My personal entrance into the house is through a window. Do note however, wooden spikes just slow them down a little and apply some initial damage. It's by no means a reliable solution to kill anything by itself unless you have very large number of them (probably 5 per zombie).

I went the Strength route for my first several skill points as I remember enjoying using the Sledgehammer when I previously played, but it does take some discipline when fighting so you don't find yourself out of stamina and surrounded by zombies. It's certainly managable to take on 10 zombies in melee (not all in melee range of course!) with 100 stamina early on (especially with the strength route), provided it's not night time and you're able to backpedal away from them and/or juke them around obstacles.

As far as what to do at night, I usually organized my inventory and re-familiarized myself with what I can currently craft while I wait on morning to come. About Day 4 is when I started digging a basement at night and I've been slowly expanding it every night since. If I'm feeling adventurous I also run the Forge/Campfire at night.

[RasaNova]

Originally posted by MrSnoopEastwood:

I haven't played this game since years, I just re played it 2 hours today, died 3 times, from a horde of zombies in a house, somehow, from an underwater wild boar, somehow, I managed to take back all my stuff, I read it disapears after one hour on the internet but the sources are like 6 or 7 years old.. so when I begin the game what am I supposed to do ?

3 seconds = 1 minute in the game therefore I assume 8 hours of night in the game means I have to wait 24 minutes in front of my computer crouching standing still in a corner because if a zombie ever saw or heard me there is the whole map coming to exterminate my house ? because from what I've just experienced once the crap hit the fan you're just done ? there is no way I can kill 10 zombies with my 100 stamina ?

At night, work on fortifying your base. Whether you build it yourself or if you're camping in a poi, set things up so you can take out any zombies that come knocking. (or if you're lucky, wolves.) Set up elevated defenses, walls, scaffolds, etc so you can swing or shoot from out of their reach (2 high walls work, 3 high is better but you'll need a spear if you want to melee them.) Once you're secure, at night you can dig a mine, do your crafting, cooking, plan your skills, and so on.

Once you get better gear and you're more familiar with the threats and how to deal with them, night is nothing but more day, just darker. You can do missions, loot, travel from town to town and such at night just as well as during the day.

Edit - Also if you're playing solo, consider setting your days to 60 minutes and the night/day settings to 18/6 (these are default.) You can certainly kill 10 zombies with 100 stamina, the key is stamina management and choosing how and where you fight them. Don't get cornered, keep moving, don't get hit and you can fight dozens on day 1 with a just a wooden club.

[Fynnister VonPeedlePoup]

Need to choose a mp server that has settings you are ok with or better yet play sp and tweak options as you like. If you play warrior, feral sense and zed run/sprint 24/7 then yes it's gonna be tedious getting back into it.

[SylenThunder]

Night time is when I usually go clear POIs.

[Khissi]

When you're just starting out, especially after not playing for a long time, READ YOUR JOURNAL! All of it! Night time is time to learn. READ ALL YOUR PERKS! Begin to understand a bit about how the game has changed since you played last. If things are too nuts, lower your difficulty until you have a handle on how things are. Turn the zombie speed down. Be easy on yourself and learn the way before turning things up and enjoying the crazy. It's all good!

[Michael]

I do the same thing at night that I do during the day. The night isn't as bad as it seems, you might want to just spend a few nights sneaking around outside to get comfortable.

[Segovax]

You;'re supposed to ask questions and then get ♥♥♥♥ on by the community.

[sonic16]

When I start a new playthrough I continue looting POIs cause you are stealthier at night but the zombies outside are more likely to be feral, but it doesn't matter cause they can't see you, unless you run with a torch or loot things near them. I set my zombies to always sprint so there is no difference during the day/night. Having walking zombies is boring.
In the begging it's all about managing your stamina, especially on hardest difficulties. Nobody asks you to stand your ground or walk backward aiming at a zombie while desperately waiting for stamina to regen so you can finally hit him again. That will get you killed. Cut corners, jump fences, cars, close and repair doors, use high ground, knock them down, make them bleed, set them on fire, use sneak attacks. So many options. Most importantly don't be overweight. You won’t be able to outrun anything. Don't use full junk armor set. It will barely protect you and make you slower and noisier.
There are also some rare shoes that give you stamina regen + sprint speed and the College Jacket that gives you 10% speed

Don't mess with boars, wolves, werewolves and be on the lookout for zombie dogs. You can't outrun them and they are tough to take on for low levels. The best way to get away is by jumping fences or try to get onto something that is 2 blocks high or use a ladder cause the animals can't use them.

Also, there is no point in making an entire house your base. It's a waste of time. You just need a single room (preferably a garage) with a door, where you can put all your containers and workstations. You want everything to be accessible fast. No need for digging or building the bloodmoon is comming and you need to find enough ammo and good weapons to deal with the first horde. Make a separate base for bloodmoon close to your base so that your stuff won't be destroyed.

[RasaNova]

Originally posted by Segovax:

You;'re supposed to ask questions and then get ♥♥♥♥ on by the community.

No, that typically happens when you come to the forums looking for a fight. Ask politely, and you usually get help. Case in point, this OP asked a question and pretty much everyone here except you has tried to post a helpful response.

[Segovax]

Originally posted by RasaNova:

Originally posted by Segovax:

You;'re supposed to ask questions and then get ♥♥♥♥ on by the community.

No, that typically happens when you come to the forums looking for a fight. Ask politely, and you usually get help. Case in point, this OP asked a question and pretty much everyone here except you has tried to post a helpful response.

I feel my response was helpful.

[Shame on you]

First night i usually spend all time by
* Cooking
* Sorting stuff
* Crafting
(on the POI roof i took as startbase)

Second night is comparable
And then it depends on the game.

[admos]

These are usually the things I do in order:
Cook and organize
Raid POIs
Mine a deep tunnel to find Iron/Lead/Coal/Shale, or just gather Clay
Find out which things I want to craft, and which items I need for them at base

Every once in a while:
Try to spawn a Screamer so I can get some free exp if I don't wanna raid POIs (given I have a good horde base and proper armament)
Go to the next Trader/Quest that's far away if I need to either buy/sell stuff or want to move biomes