canadianbluebeer
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- gathering crops, alternate regular and power attacks. (LMB/RMB) the delay on one attack, does not affect the other one. (just use bare fists to punch too, no need to waste a weapon on crops)
PC A17e small tips, tricks & hints [Spoilers]
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SenpaiThatIngnoresYou
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We all hate the stone shovel. No one here uses the stone shovel unless they have to. I will never get yelled at by stone shovel fanboys, because those don't exist.
but you NEED clay. Kickz was able to survive a 7 day horde no issues by fortifying a forge house with cobblestone. Cobblestone is super important now. I am working on horde cages that i can melee through, i think the 1/4 sctr's are the key. if we can melee through a cobble stone cage on horde night, BOOM, troubles are solved. Just one beer, a few clubs and tons of xp and very few worries.
if we can't melee through them, still now worries, because its strong enough to withstand a lot of abuse, and you can still shoot through it. But clay and stone are now extremely important, they are our primary building materials until level 30.
Vehicles all inherently have storage space, you no longer need to find a basket to place on your vehicle, I overlooked this initially by just assuming I'd have to find one
Dungeons and POIs are great exp, you dont have to enter through a door, build some ladders or frames and go in through the roof
Yucca juice doesnt cool you off anymore and it uses up a water, not worth it IMO
Sexual trex is an absolute must if you plan on doing any sort of mining, even 1 or 2 points into it is night and day
Fire axe is a viable weapon now and it counts as a bladed weapon for 'skinning' and dismantling couches for leather, no need to carry a hunting knife specifically for those actions
You dont need the gas can schematic to craft gas from the big gas barrels
Dungeons and POIs are great exp, you dont have to enter through a door, build some ladders or frames and go in through the roof
Yucca juice doesnt cool you off anymore and it uses up a water, not worth it IMO
Sexual trex is an absolute must if you plan on doing any sort of mining, even 1 or 2 points into it is night and day
Fire axe is a viable weapon now and it counts as a bladed weapon for 'skinning' and dismantling couches for leather, no need to carry a hunting knife specifically for those actions
You dont need the gas can schematic to craft gas from the big gas barrels
Tips:
- Early on, don't worry about clearing whole POI's. Go for the kitchens and bathrooms for jars, pots, meds, and if you're REALLY lucky, maybe a grill. Focus on residences, rather than warehouses/factories.
- There's water in water towers. Keep a campfire with a pot nearby so you can immediately start purifying it. Come back later for the water.
- Use map markers to note farms and operable workstations. There's no point digging up a pile of vegetation if you can't cook/plant them, you won't get much from eating them raw except food poisoning.
- Make and use cloth or scrap armor. Seriously. It helps. Bones + fat + cooking pot for glue, Glue + fabric for duct tape, and Duct Tape + Scrap metal or cloth for armor.
- Dismantle couches for cloth (bandages) or leather (poncho/bellows). Another good reason to go after those residences. If you see a tent camp, break down the tents for more fabric (mind buzzards and landmines!)
- Early on, don't worry about clearing whole POI's. Go for the kitchens and bathrooms for jars, pots, meds, and if you're REALLY lucky, maybe a grill. Focus on residences, rather than warehouses/factories.
- There's water in water towers. Keep a campfire with a pot nearby so you can immediately start purifying it. Come back later for the water.
- Use map markers to note farms and operable workstations. There's no point digging up a pile of vegetation if you can't cook/plant them, you won't get much from eating them raw except food poisoning.
- Make and use cloth or scrap armor. Seriously. It helps. Bones + fat + cooking pot for glue, Glue + fabric for duct tape, and Duct Tape + Scrap metal or cloth for armor.
- Dismantle couches for cloth (bandages) or leather (poncho/bellows). Another good reason to go after those residences. If you see a tent camp, break down the tents for more fabric (mind buzzards and landmines!)
chinothepony
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1) Look for stumps to break open for a high chance of honey
2) Craft and drop a land claim block before clearing a POI. That will help keep the respawn from happening.
3) Knee shots to zombies are now very viable, since head shots especially in the beginning aren't usually a 1 shot, 1 kill anymore. Hit them in the knee, smash them in the head as they hunch over, and finish them off on the ground. There are a lot of cool combos you can do.
4) Cloth is now a must to keep your bandages up for clearing the Health black bar (loss of max hp). Regular bandages work too.
2) Craft and drop a land claim block before clearing a POI. That will help keep the respawn from happening.
3) Knee shots to zombies are now very viable, since head shots especially in the beginning aren't usually a 1 shot, 1 kill anymore. Hit them in the knee, smash them in the head as they hunch over, and finish them off on the ground. There are a lot of cool combos you can do.
4) Cloth is now a must to keep your bandages up for clearing the Health black bar (loss of max hp). Regular bandages work too.
SenpaiThatIngnoresYou
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Don't throw anything away, and don't scrap things. Everything has a use and you will miss it later if you scrap it.
always kill animals: even wolves, and even bears. Wolves are food for days, bears are food for a week.
get your base horde ready asap. assume you will be attacked nightly, and prepare for it.
Think over how you play, and what you need for perks.
really look over the pois, there are a lot of hidden things in hidden places now.
airdrops are not something to ignore.
always look behind you.
watch kage and kickz to learn what to do, watch you always win to learn what NOT to do.
always kill animals: even wolves, and even bears. Wolves are food for days, bears are food for a week.
get your base horde ready asap. assume you will be attacked nightly, and prepare for it.
Think over how you play, and what you need for perks.
really look over the pois, there are a lot of hidden things in hidden places now.
airdrops are not something to ignore.
always look behind you.
watch kage and kickz to learn what to do, watch you always win to learn what NOT to do.
SerotoninCraver
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Scrapping guns unloads their ammo into your inventory as soon as you start scrapping. If you want to save the gun for the trader or whatever, just cancel the scrapping job from your crafting queue.
Scrapping guns also yields mechanical parts now instead of iron.
Scrapping guns also yields mechanical parts now instead of iron.
This is a good tip. I have not been able to figure out how to unload a weapon.
Ooh. I'll have to check this out. I've gotten a decent number of oil and a lot of gas from a gas station.As soon as u can find a wrench get to dismantling any cars for oil and gas.
Molotovs are great early game horde counter measures.
On the way of tips, modding weapons causes their ammo to disappear. I suspect that is a bug, but it's good to avoid early in the game when every bullet is precious.
Mephistopheles
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Get your Blood Alcohol Content to around .15-.2 and maintain that while playing a17, it's the only way to overlook just how broken everything is and grind long enough to actually see anything levelgated all to hell.
When you get a quest at a POI rally point. Clear the POI first, there's often good loot inside. THEN once everything is dead and looted, THEN go outside and activate the quest rally point. Everything will be reset except for all the zeds. There may be one or two that spawn, but definitely not the number you just cleared. And you get a bunch of extra loot on your second trip through.
I'm also going to experiment with this on a horde night, because it seems as though you could knock out access to upper levels, let them tear ♥♥♥♥ up, and then it'll all get reset.
When you get a quest at a POI rally point. Clear the POI first, there's often good loot inside. THEN once everything is dead and looted, THEN go outside and activate the quest rally point. Everything will be reset except for all the zeds. There may be one or two that spawn, but definitely not the number you just cleared. And you get a bunch of extra loot on your second trip through.
I'm also going to experiment with this on a horde night, because it seems as though you could knock out access to upper levels, let them tear ♥♥♥♥ up, and then it'll all get reset.
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-Don't forget things like nerd glasses give extra Int & 10% additional experience, helps with leveling.
-Wrenches can be used to take apart old beds for ~200+ xp (with glasses on, i think it was close to 230), which have low durability and give some parts. (Edit: correction from earlier, did it again and got 221 xp, not sure why one was only 100xp...also, has to be the old bed that's on the frame, mattress alone doesn't give the higher number).
-the small bases with the red water tower looking structures have crates inside (not sure if that's 100%, but the ones i've checked did)
-Anyplace you see a wooden plate (looks like shutters on a house, like the one on the aforementioned water tower) usually has bags, trash cans, or sealed boxes behind them. Also might not be 100%, but again all the ones i've opened did.
-Secret stashes of items in hidden attics that had no ladder, holes, or other indications a room was there. Had a "secret stash of guns" backpack that was loaded with stuff, couple of other boxes in room on a house that was designated for a fetch quest. Search everywhere.
-Rooms below houses that have all manner of...weird...things. Won't spoil, but some larger houses have secrets.
-Wrenches can be used to take apart old beds for ~200+ xp (with glasses on, i think it was close to 230), which have low durability and give some parts. (Edit: correction from earlier, did it again and got 221 xp, not sure why one was only 100xp...also, has to be the old bed that's on the frame, mattress alone doesn't give the higher number).
-the small bases with the red water tower looking structures have crates inside (not sure if that's 100%, but the ones i've checked did)
-Anyplace you see a wooden plate (looks like shutters on a house, like the one on the aforementioned water tower) usually has bags, trash cans, or sealed boxes behind them. Also might not be 100%, but again all the ones i've opened did.
-Secret stashes of items in hidden attics that had no ladder, holes, or other indications a room was there. Had a "secret stash of guns" backpack that was loaded with stuff, couple of other boxes in room on a house that was designated for a fetch quest. Search everywhere.
-Rooms below houses that have all manner of...weird...things. Won't spoil, but some larger houses have secrets.
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