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Finding yourself stuck in the zombie apocalypse without any supplies isn't exactly a desired situation, unless you've picked up 7 Days to Die by indie game developers The Fun Pimps LLC. There are many threats to survival in this realistic first-person-shooter-sandbox-survival-horror game. Among them are all the types of spitting, exploding, biting, moaning, crawling or climbing undead, the demands of food, water and shelter, and the presence of hostile enemy players that will shoot you on sight. Hopefully, by the end of this guide, you will have armed yourself with enough information to survive your first night in Hell. By no means is this the most efficient or productive way to survive.
There are some guides out there for veteran players which illustrate the processes of over-night mining (which is normally impossible due to the threat of the undead hordes) or other high-utility techniques which I will not go over here, simply because this guide is meant to simulate a realistic, first-time experience for a new player. The worst enemy in the game is by far, darkness. Zombies run at full sprint, howling and mad, World War Z style and attack your player relentlessly at night, or in enclosed areas that are dark, such as inside buildings, basements, or attics. In contrast, during the daytime or when exposed to light from torches, campfires or other light sources, zombies are negligently weak, taking less damage to kill, moving much slower, acting less aggressively, and seldom coming in hordes outside of urban areas. One rule of thumb is to never enter any enclosed area without a light source, period. To do so is almost certain death, as zombies spawn in dark places or there may already be a horde hiding from plain sight.
Getting attacked by a flash mob of zombies in a dark space is any survivalist's worst nightmare. Buildings, while inherently dangerous, also hold potential for weapons, ammo, nutritional supplies, or crafting materials. These are a priority to scavenge on your first day and indeed, throughout your entire time playing the game. Objects such as desks, cars, tables, cabinets, and suitcases can all be looted. The corpses of non-standard zombies, such as the Nurse or Doctor zombie, grant an increased chance of looting medical supplies or weaponry, but even regular zombies are worthy of looting for the new player. Trees can be cut down for lumber, plants can be grown and harvested, and other natural resources such as stone can be mined from the earth. Even random trash piles scattered across the wasteland can hold valuable survival gear such as shell casings and scrap metal, which can be turned into useful items.
The beauty about this game is that everything has a purpose, and nothing feels superfluous. If you want to gauge how well you're going to survive, before the start of your first night, your inventory should be close to full from scavenging. Anything you create such as a building or shelter must be structurally sound and reasonably gravitationally-bound. That means, you can't create floating buildings.
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Also, if zombies manage to take out the pillar, support column, or wall of a building that you're hiding in, there's a chance that it could collapse with you in it. When choosing a survival location or crafting one, be mindful of structural integrity. Be very careful when exploring new areas that look shaky or infirm, there is a chance the floor could collapse under you!Don't underestimate the undead capability for destruction. Zombies aren't confined to banging on doors in this game - they will tear through walls, collapse buildings, and climb ladders to reach you. The crafting system is intuitive and will help you.
Play around with different recipes and combinations and see if items fit anywhere to form a new combination. If you craft an item, its recipe will be kept in your crafting interface for future reference. The game even automatically selects the required materials for you, provided you have learned or discovered the recipe. Don't be afraid to experiment! Nothing in the game is waste. You can craft something out of everything, so be aggressive in your looting. Also, anything placed in your hands or other hotbar keys will be lost upon death.
They can be recovered if you can find your body. Also, when using a firearm, the ammunition for the firearm should be equipped in a hotbar as well, otherwise you will be unable to reload your weapon. One trick to avoid total loss of hotbar items after death is to keep half of your resources in your backpack, as your backpack persists after death. For example, if I had twenty, 9 mm pistol bullets I would keep ten on my hotbar and ten in my backpack.Items take time to craft and more sophisticated items take longer. The good thing however, is you can craft stacks of items or single, long items during combat and through regular gameplay. Crafting continues through action. You always want to keep your noise level down when engaging with zombies, particularly at night.
Loud noises such as gunfire draw zombies to you – uncontrolled firing and you could get a horde on your hands. It is always better to kill with silent weapons when possible. Seeing as this is your first night surviving, that means melee for now.Crouching will let you see whether or not an enemy is alert, hunting you, or unaware of your presence, indicated by a small eye icon in the middle of the screen. Also, new map updates feature colored markers for hostile units in close vicinity of your character.If you're in a heavily hostile area, you can loot items while crouching for increased stealthiness, but at the cost of taking a longer time to loot.
I'm at the top of the tower. Originally the floor was an open hole and had fallen in, creating a very dangerous drop to the bottom of the tower.
I've given it a wood platform to secure the area. I've also placed torches to stop the zombies spawning and to slow them down if they breach defenses. As you can see, I've barricaded the door with a block of wood and laid the stakes in front of the door.
There are stakes on the other side as well. It's not the most formidable defense, but it'll hold them off and I am alert and ready to respond to any attacks. The main line of defense here is staying unnoticed and staying way off the ground. This means no taking crack shots at zombies walking around down there! The most important item to craft on your first night is a sleeping bag. Hopefully, you would have collected the requisite items in your day search. The cloth fragments are usually not too hard to find and turn up anywhere from corpses to rubbish bins.
You require 6 of them for each sleeping bag.The reason your sleeping bag is so important, is because when you place one down you create a spawn point on your location, enabling you to have a regular respawn area and home. If you died without placing it down, you would spawn back where you did when you first began the game. Now that would suck in the dead of night. You can check your map to see all your spawn location. For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: Show Details NecessaryHubPages Device IDThis is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons.LoginThis is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service.Google RecaptchaThis is used to prevent bots and spam. AkismetThis is used to detect comment spam.
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