Complete Base Building Guide - 2023

Greetings survivor!

Welcome to our Complete Base Building Guide for ZSGO (as of 2023).

Here you will learn how to throw up a flawless base with everything needed for day-to-day survival.
While also diving into the details of optimizing your base to achieve peak Chad performance.

Surviving in a Zombie Base Building Game

Of course, no zombie survival game is complete without a sturdy lair to carry all your gear!

Gone are the days when you could just chuck your stuff in a tent, throw it under a tree, and pray no Huey’s fly over and happen to not render that tree.

Now you can take extra precautions to make sure your belongings are safe.

Safe from bandits, zombies, and even the harsh environment!

In this guide, you will learn how to go from just a bambi on the beach, to a chad with a castle!

Don't get stuck out in the storm survivor!

Gather Resources

Every survivor starts on the coast along the edges of the zombie-infested map[play.zsgo.co], with absolutely nothing at all.

So, you’re going to have to start somewhere.

Round Up Some Basic Resources

First things first, get some resources rounded up.

If you look at the floor, you’ll notice plenty of sticks and stones (maybe not so many) lying around.

Don’t think these aren’t important!

Grab them and continue on your way survivor!

Craft Tools

With these sticks and stones, crafting is the play!

Open up that crafting menu by hitting “TAB” and head on over to those handmade tools.

The handmade axe and handmade pickaxe are sure to get you to the finish line.

Materials Needed for a Handmade Axe:

• 5 Sticks
  
• 5 Stones

Materials Needed for a Handmade Pickaxe:

• 5 Sticks
  
• 8 Stones

Mine Better Resources

Now that you have some better tools, it’s time to get to choppin’… or minnin’.

There are plenty of trees and rocks around this island survival game! So, this shouldn’t cause too much trouble.

Find/Craft Building Plan

While traversing the island[play.zsgo.co] looking for stone nodes to take down with your new pickaxe, don’t forget to check out some nearby buildings.

Sometimes, you can get lucky and stumble upon a building plan.

If not, you could just craft it up too.

Materials Needed to Craft a Building Plan:

• 10 Wood
  
• 10 Stone

Either way, this is necessary to build a base! You MUST get your hands on a building plan.

Using the Building Plan

Once you have that building plan, it’s finally time to lay the wood.

Open your inventory and drag that thing on over to your hot bar. Or you could just right-click it and equip it.

Once holding that blueprint schematic, hold right click, select foundation, and lay the WOOD!
The blueprint wheel includes:

• Door frames
  
• Window frames
  
• Walls
  
• Stairs
  
• Roofs
  
• And more!

Choose wisely and don’t forget to make it to defend against the troubles lurking outside!

Doors & Locking Doors

Once you’ve laid the groundwork, it’s time to throw on a door.

This is also done using the building plan.


However, you are going to need to craft a lock. Then once you’re done, make sure to throw it on that new door you just placed.

Make sure to keep it locked!

Interior Essentials

Every zombie survival base-building game requires a bit of interior design to stay on the cutting edge.

I ain’t talkin’ no pictures and flowers.

No no no.

Some serious survival equipment is what’s needed.

• Crafting Bench
  
• Furnace
  
• Chemical Lab
  
• Watt Workbench
  
• A Deer Head Hanging up on the wall.

These are the necessities. You stand no chance of surviving this base-building game unless you have these 5 pillar items. Good luck survivor.

Using the Plot Pole

Of course, don’t forget about the plot pole!

This is how you take ownership of your territory. Drop one of these bad boys down so that people know who not to MESS with.

How to craft up a plot pole:

• 15 Wood
  
• 3 Iron Bars

Upon second thought, this may be a bit more important than a deer head.

Upgrading the Base

Next up, it’s time to upgrade the base.

This is completed exactly how building the base is, however, you are going to need a hammer this time around.

How to craft a hammer:

1 Stick
1 Stone
Yeah… easy. Take your hammer out, hold right-click, and get to upgrading!

You can upgrade from wood to stone, and then metal.


Once you have a full metal base, that was optimally built to defend against bandits. Along with properly decking out your interior so that you have the tools needed to survive.

Then and only then, have you achieved Chad status in this zombie survival base-building game.

Good luck out there, survivor.

Study the Communities Base Builds

Here is one of the most epic bases we have seen yet!

Now all this survivor needs is some stone and metal.

Then they'll be unstoppable.


Studying up on your opponents bases are always a good idea!

Raiding something like this can be difficult, so be sure to plan ahead.


Special thanks LiT, xXJoshXx, SellySells, SkyLORD, & Squishy for the epic base builds!

You can find other base builds from ZSGO survivors here[play.zsgo.co].

[Forky]

with a hammer zugs

[Zugs]

is there a way to remove placed building pieces?