Get started with ZSGO

What you need to know to get started playing the full game of Zombie Survival Online Game. All of this has been learned in Single Player mode, if there are any differences in Multi Player mode I am not aware.

Tutorial

You must play the Tutorial, it is the only chance you have to learn the mechanics.
At the kill bench make the C4, it is the only way to progress the tutorial, if you mess around and make something else there is no way to finish the tutorial, you will have to delete the save and start over. You do not take the gear into the game but fun to use the weapons and tools.

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The Devs have a tutorial walkthru: ZSGO Tutorial with Dev Ear

Traders and Missions

Visit each of the traders in the safe zone and get their missions. Some are simple and some are not. Early game if you have trouble finding stones to make the handmade axe for the trader by the fire (Chainlink), collect red berries and toxic mushrooms outside the fence and sell them to the Food trader (Kiwi), you can buy the stones from the build parts trader (Kimberly) behind the trader by the fire. Once you have completed this mission, the other traders will offer you missions.

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The West Rock Traders

• Bradley - Travaler
  
• Pixe - Food
  
• Mungo - Weapons

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The West Swamp Traders

• Jimi - Ammo/Mags
  
• Fruit- Food
  
• Bearded Nun - Medical
  
• Good Guy Jerry

Bad Traders

Bad Trader has several traders the base also has Zs that you will need to clear.

Safe Zone

The Safe Zone Traders

• Jono - Heals
  
• Root - Clothing
  
• Scarina - Ammo/Mags
  
• Chainlink - Black Market
  
• Kimberly - Build Parts
  
• Kiwi - Food
  
• Jobi - Drinks
  
• Abigail - Attachments
  
• Mime - Melee

In Game Map

My original spawn was on the coastline but when I died there, I respawned in the safe zone. Green dot in the center of the map (click M). If you played the free Demo[http//steam] you know the safe zone - but here the water in the camping area is dirty. Great news the water in the Safe Zone Camping is now clean and drinkable!

General Information

When the air is yellow/green and you hear ticks, you are taking radiation, best to get inside either your shelter or the red warehouse in the safe zone.




You may need to buy the Rad Pills from a trader, make them from empty pills and red berries, or visit the Meds trader (Jono), keep an eye on the yellow vertical bar. It can kill you if you ignore it.


You can craft the rad shower on the Crafting Bench, it slowly removes your yellow radiation bar.

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Pick up the white plants (cloth) so you can make bandages to restore your health (red hexagon).









Good idea to note the direction you are going at the top of the screen so you can get back if you get turned around.

Zombies

Shooting zombies - head shots to save ammo, loot their bodies. Seems like the loot is better the further you are from the Safe Zone but need more evidence to confirm. You can use melee weapons on zombies but time your hits so they don't hit you. A good strategy I found is to keep moving around them in a circle landing melee, is harder for them to land one.

Loot the stashes

The Safe Zone has several stashes that can be searched for loot. They will respawn as well, do not know the frequency yet.

Stashes exist in the world too, this stump stash is West of the safe zone.

Inventory Gear

Your stash will not hold much stuff so one of your first priorities will be to get gear, clothing and backpacks both offer slots for storage but note that each has a maximum weight as well. You may find these on a dead zombie, or sell the loot you take off zombies to the traders until you can afford to purchase clothing and backpacks, the more expensive the more it will carry. Several examples in the photos below.

Work Benches

You have the ability to craft some things on your person. The first work bench you will need is the crafting bench, there is one in the red warehouse in the Safe Zone, there is also a furnace nearby. Put your ores and some wood for fuel and it will turn it into bars for iron and powder for Sulfur. A byproduct is charcoal witch is used for making gunpowder and later as fuel for Taint Converter. There is also the repair bench, chem lab, and Kill Station (explosives).

Base Storage

There are several options for storage of stuff in your base, the simplest is the small box, you can craft it in your backpack. The large storage box can be made on the Crafting Bench, the best storage is the Locker.

[BaldAssassin]

@Gibby glad you like it, I enjoy the game and thought new players could benefit from some basic advice.

[Gibby]

this is so amazing @BaldAssasin - thank you so much for creating this for other survivors <3