Soloplayer: how do you play

Well I quite enjoy killing the cannibals especially in later days where it's more creepys then cannibals. Instead I'll give you general tips to help keep cannibals at bay

Here is some general advice

1. This one most people don't know but cannibals typically come by via road paths as it will probably be to late for you now but avoid building near roads.

2. You can create servered head totems which do a wonder job of keeping them away even when in the area

3. Line the perimeter of your base with pointed spikes. Sticks and stones are extremely easy to use so use em. Don't underestimate a reinforced spike perimeter.

4. In event of bigger foes have a designated area to run to outside of your base with the big damage deal traps.

5. Don't be scared of demons as they can be killed with the cross extremely easily.

6. If you don't want to use your bullets try the cross bow it deals a frightening amount of damage and you can retrieve the bolts or just go make more.

7. Give Virginia a spare shotgun. She does not use any ammo and she gets much better with time with said shotgun.

8. MAKE SURE you turn your walls into defensive walls (vertical placement then use the axe to chop the tip into a spike) nothing can climb a defensive wall.

I am playing solo with a controller. I have tried normal, peaceful, and custom. Peaceful wasn't for me...I want to get a little use out of a well defended base.

Normal (for me) is tough in the overworld, and brutal in caves. That said I haven't found any of the best weapons, so that might change. The Raids can get large, but an absurdly big field of spikes can do a lot of damage.

My custom save is essentially dialing down normal enemy sliders until I get to a good place. I haven't quite found the sweet spot. I wish I could change these in game, because restarting and progressing to a point where I can really test it is tedious. I have very little tolerance for tedium in my entertainment.

Playing "normal" here, my advice or my mistakes:

A) Search a place with 1, 2 or 3 safe sites. E.g. a wall of rock or mountains. Lakes? Good, but can freeze in winter, it's not completely safe.

B) Water, yes, it's important, but it's enough if you can reach it. You must not build next to a river.

C) At the first days, enemies looking for you, but better only defend you, not attack them.

D) Defense walls... I gave up with this. 3 to 5 rows of spike sticks with stones are much better in my opinion (And kelvin can collect the sticks and stones). A little later in the game place some Stone maker traps before this rows. And watch what the cannibals doing. E.g. they like little flat rocks to observe you, put spike sticks on this rocks.

E) Learn to use close-combat weapons. A spear and a hand-crafted bow are good weapons too.

F) On the west side of the isle is more content, like weapons, caves, bunkers and resources, but more cannibal traffic too.

G) Build near a cave is not the best idea. Later in the game you will get mutants near the caves.

H) Start with a simple base. E.g. a 2*2 or 3*3 house, not much more. You can always extend it later. Tree houses looks nice, but have some limits, I never build a base with this.

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Before you ask, I always build my bases on the west side. At the beginning I must restart the game 5 or more times, because of a bad base location, that's normal. My current base is near the mountains.

Build walls. Turn off structure damages. Then you’re safe when you want to be

A) Play multiplayer its the same as Single Player except ammo crates respawn. B) Play on 'Easy' settings, as you will be able to accomplish objectives in the game that you will miss in peaceful. C) Dont really build anything substantial until winter when the lakes freeze over, NOW you can build your fort ON the lake, and when it thaws in spring it will still be there (floating city), WAY much easier to defend against canibals and mutants.

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