Empty Shelter: Do boards and reinforced door help?

[santikaye]

Does having 3x board-up and/or reinforced door decrease the chance of getting raided while there's nobody home? Or does it decrease the amount of things stolen when raided?

Asking because I'm not sure if I should allocate supplies for that when playing solo and scavenging every night. If it does not help in any way, better not waste anything on it.

[Little Big Toe]

Pretty sure the amount of times you'll get raided is fixed. You still get raided with board-ups and alarmed door but have an easier time defending and a much better chance nothing will be stolen.

If you're playing solo, don't leave valuable in your shelter and only bring home what you'll use that day.

[mrsbond]

On the other hand, if someone does come along to help you, it would be a good idea to be prepared so they can defend on their own. I found with Marko on his own it's easy to gather more than enough supplies to build extras like that.

ETA: Or if you get sick and have to stay home.

[MaebeKnot]

Pretty sure the state of your defenses has no effect if no one is there. Similar to how cold your house is when no one is there.

[ClokwerkRat]

I board up and reinforce the door. There are times where I choose to have Marko stay at home overnight. I don't feel it is too much of a resource drain to do so. With this scenario I build a bed, upgraded stove, 1 rainwater collector, 1 rat trap, 2 upgraded heaters and upgraded metal workshop. I sometimes will build a moonshine set up if I have lots of sugar in the game.

Plus if I get lucky and have another survivor show up they won't be as likely to get injured guarding at night.