PC How do YOU survive Horde Nights?

We have an underground base that has all our storage, forges,etc

Then for Blood moon we run across to our Working Stuffs Tool building that we fortfied climb up on roof that we modified/fortifed

and have a some fun picking them off

 
Well - first off theres some great advice here... Ultimately I think its now important to get out there and see how things work or don't work for you.

Since this is your first time out I'd suggest a POI. Since its fast and easy and it'll get you into the 'upgrading' part. For building you're own base you have to account for a lot, where you want to put it. Your base design layout, etc. Gamers4Kicks has a bunch of POI takeovers... He gives a lot of info about doing such.

If looking for a POI its important to see if and how and how much it will take to upgrade it. Once you get the hang of it you'll finally 'see' how much it can take to upgrade a POI. OH! It definitely needs to be upgradeable to at least reinforced concrete for the short term. Cobblestone (upgraded from Flagstone that you can make) is the base route for the early part. That is upgrade able to concrete and then reinforced concrete. Do not underestimate the upgrading path of a POI - this can get you levels as you upgrade the building - not 'fast' but its there. Some POI's have a lot of concrete already, but then you have to figure in how long it'll take you to be able to make concrete... There are a lot of factors but you'll get it one day! It'll be like riding a bike - once you know how it is easily doable. One other factor in taking a POI is the Sleeper drops! Zombies that are set to spawn within a POI. Sometimes they'll pop into the world right near you! So you'll have to be prepared.

With building you're own base - you generally don't have to worry about sleeper drops. On top of that you can put it almost anywhere you want. Generally you don't want to destroy a POI and build on top of where it was because of the sleeper drops...

As a side note - destroying things - wither by wrenching them or hacking at them with a pick or axe can show you what kind of resource you can get out there in the world. OH! Last suggestion - I'd say grab Magolis' Compo Pack! A bunch of POI's for Vanilla. You can get it HERE.

 
Depends on my mood, but usually I find any 2+ floor poi, get on the 2nd floor and knock out the stairs, I then put wood frames to close the hole at the top of said stairs to prevent spider zeds from climbing up. Usually takes 6-8 wood frames to do this. Then I just turn my pc volume down. Sometimes I will bust out a bit of the floor I am on and replace with wood frames to shoot down at the zombies. Wandering hordes are more of a threat to me than the 7 day hordes as they can appear anytime sometimes more than once a day. Its easy to prepare for the day 7 horde because you always know exactly when it is coming.

I've died more to wandering hordes than I even had to the 7th day ones since I started playing around Alpha 10 I think? They can sometimes sneak up on you, that dog/wolf+bear one is extremely nasty, if that catches you off guard RIP almost every time. Especally if you play on th ehigher diffcultes, hell on the 2nd highest one normal wolves do almost 40-50 hp damage if unarmored. Even armored they hit like trucks. Wel maybe not quite that high but it sure as hell feels like it with how much the health bar dips when one hits you. I am going to fear the wolves and dogs even more now since the AI is fixed in A17 apparently and they arent going to randomly chase their tails anymore.

 
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