Sons of The Forest 15 Things I WISH I Knew Sooner - Important Survival Tips & Tricks

[@04AMofficial]

Here are 15 Things I Wish I Knew Sooner in Sons of The Forest; From Dssential beginner tips to advanced hunting tricks to increase your chances of survival on the island! *Enjoy my content? Don't forget to smash that like button, helps out the channel. Cheers!* Make sure to join our Discord to stay in the loop with channel updates and connect with the community: tinyurl.com/04AMdiscord

[@Revenant483]

Pro tip: The GPS locators respawn after a save and load, so if you need more just rinse and repeat.

[@jimmyirwin3266]

there is now a 1to 0 hot bar

[@santox4659]

There is a hotbar, just open your menu, the put your mouse on the item to set on hotbar and press the number, u will see in the item detail the white square on the top right corner will show the number u pressed, then it will be binded that item to this hotkey

[@TheOnlyRealHIM]

W VIDS KEEP GRINDING

[@pauldala4881]

nice video :) . Put a parctise target on a door and it kinda locks :P try it out

[@lifeisasimulation1671]

1) In multiplayer, you can harvest multiple skins from Cave Dwellers/Fingers/etc, if all players use the "cut skin" action at the same time. This also applies for getting skin from deer. If only one player skins the creature/animal, after the animation finishes, nobody else can harvest it. 2) You can place a GPS tracker on Virginia, once you have high enough affinity with her. This also lands you an achievement. 3) If you're able to get to the 3D printer cave early game and print a red mask, when the first wave of scout cannibals come to your newly established base, wear the mask to shoo them off. They won't attack. It does however disrupt Kelvin from his log hauling duties, as he will stop and point. 4) Set your base up next to a wide river with white water, where fish do not naturally spawn. From your base, tell Kelvin to "get fish" and "drop here" (at your base). Kelvin should then catch a fish (in the wide river that doesn't spawn fish) and be unable to pathfind back to your base. He will then immediately drop the fish in the river and continue fishing, then drop the fish, and fish again, rinse and repeat. Every day, check downstream (or build a dam) and you'll have 30+ fish waiting. 5) The zipline can be used to transport logs. Both ways, up and down. Very useful. 6) To avoid Kelvin and Virginia from running into walls, use a full log vertically cut, to create a step, up into your base. This should help their pathfinding. Not 100% proof though. 7) Plant a stick in the ground, then place another stick adjacent to it (following the guideline it prompts you with). This should give a meter gap between them. Use your axe to cut the sticks into stakes (spikes). Now place a vertical stick between the two stakes and another adjacent to it (following the guideline), you should now have 4 stakes with half meter gaps. Rinse and repeat this step as many times as you like to create an impentrable line of spikes that the enemy cannot breach. Amazing for protecting walls. 8) Sharks can be distracted from attacking you if you throw cannibal limbs into the water they are in 9) If you want to craft multiple arrows, don't just use 4 small rocks, 2 feathers and 2 sticks, craft, then place the same recipie again. Place 20 small rocks, 10 feathers and 10 sticks onto the crafting mat. Now spam the craft button for faster crafting speeds. This can be done for all crafting. 10) Don't be stingy with your guns and ammo. There isn't an end boss (that's not a spoiler, its a disappointment), and ammo respawns when you log out and back in. 11) You can use your shovel on ANY lightish brown terrain (that looks similar to the grave's terrain). There is a chance of finding bones and coins with each dig. Do this for pretty much unlimited coins if you don't want to cheese the respawn trick. 12) You can use quarter logs vertically cut, and add it to a campfire (it basically becomes firewood), greatly prolonging it's burn time. 13) You can stack firewood to create a firewood pile, looks cool to boot. 14) If you see a tied up Cave Dweller, or Fingers, at a cannibal campsite; you can sneak in, cut it free and watch the carnage unfurl. Cannibals and Cave Dwellers attack each other on sight. 15) Blueberries are crap. Don't waste your time eating them.

[@HW-ow9zp]

solid comments dude thanks for your time

[@GirlyAzianBoi]

im sure eventually they'll update the game and add a boss.

[@lethalsmoke]

I tried the mask and they still attacked me.

[@Quickstepz-OG]

Sweet now I don't have to play it.

[@lifeisasimulation1671]

@@lethalsmoke It's definitely a thing. I did it in my recent playthrough. Are you sure you didn't attack any beforehand? I beelined to the cave with the 3D printer, made a mask, then set off to the beach to create a base. 3 cannibals arrived, then I continuously wore the mask and even approached them. They didn't attack at all. I repeated this every time they revisted.

[@williamshortreed7609]

Another tip don't build near a path at start. My friend and I got jumped second day in by the villagers after they found our half finished cabin. They can hit hard.

[@cheekibreekigameringandsuc1037]

I built near a path once and went for some water, a like 7 foot giant hit me, captured me, then I died

[@eonthinker100yrago8]

@@cheekibreekigameringandsuc1037 did you load in from your last save after your death or did u restart a new world?

[@joeyhampton5075]

@@eonthinker100yrago8 it puts you in binds and you have to escape then your bag is not too far

[@Shize7]

Yep i can confirm that building near a path ain’t fun i am playing with some friends and out first base were at a great position but there were paths one of my friends house just keept getting attacked so we went on a crusaid destroyed/pillaged villages,Explored caves and then we found a big lake near the mountain and decided to live there instead

[@aaron1830]

You’ll get attacked periodically no matter where you setup camp

[@peterdelisle7083]

This is definitely those most useful beginning tips video I've seen so far

[@04AMofficial]

Thanks, glad you found it helpful!

[@creepy99]

I switched my inventory key from I to TAB (on PC). It makes life so much easier.

[@04AMofficial]

Bruh why didnt I think of this, golden tip!

[@ovoxo662]

I put it to my mouse side button, much better for me

[@chrisw3055]

Yup, and I changed E to F too because coming from DayZ and a bunch of other games like it, 'F' is the pick up/action key

[@lokikokoko5833]

Basically every game i play now i do this. I cant remember what game i started doing this(PUBG i think).

[@slimjong-un5743]

​@@ovoxo662 mouse buttons are so good for top 2 weapon hotkeys tho.

[@dura3145]

Don’t know if anyone knows this. But you can make log transport easier by placing a post next to your base, place a post next to you (where your clearing trees) and shoot a zip line between the 2 post you place. And place the logs on the zip line :)

[@emptymaggaming3863]

If you need feathers build near the coast where there are seagulls. Make a "body pile" and place bird houses near the pile. Seagulls are attracted to bodies and will leave loads of feathers. Chop bodies up as much as possible to create as many body "nodes" as you can to attract more seagulls. This also works on the original "Forest"

[@alteiir]

My advice for doors, if you find the locals breaking into your base, don't make any first floor doors. Instead, build a disconnected ramp or stack logs to jump on so that you can jump inside your base.

[@Boom_Cats]

I wouldn't recommend skipping the seasons if your starting out fresh, as the more days you get deeper into your playthrough, the harder and stronger the enemies are, it gets to a point where more cave-dwelling cannibals start roaming the surface

[@KyushiPie]

They only roam if you’ve opened the caves

[@TchSktch]

@@KyushiPie does "roam" mean 8 consistent daily attacks lmaoo I swear these cannibals are way too aggro on normal mode.. at least it's fun but damn I want to build and not play on peaceful lool and I'm built ways away from any camp on the ocean shore

[@jwhitely7]

@@TchSktch there's a difference between cannibals and mutants which fight each other. Mutants come out of the cave, you're talking about cannibals

[@MooseKnucks]

I believe the difficulty of the NPCs is based on story progression, not days, as people play at their own pace.

[@blades1080]

@@MooseKnucks I was on day 4 and got attacked by a army of 15+ cannibals 3-4 were the big red fat guys 4 were the big buff men with yellow masks and the rest were the guys that wear bones and the ones that block a lot and wear clothes, there were also like 4 craw ones I have no clue why there were so many but it was insane especially sense it’s still so early in the game. I’d also like to add I had no base and I was just planning on looting a destroyed camp I previously looted.

[@FDOMinter]

The number quick select is already in game rather then having to use the backpack, but it is easy to miss. Whislt in the main inventory, hover over any item and press the 1-9 key, this will bind it to that number for quick select!

[@Cloud-Horizons]

Couldn’t work it out for the life of me, thanks!

[@ronaldinterista]

Great tip!

[@PlumBerryDelicious]

It was added with an update that hit after this video

[@kookslams5565]

Came here to say the same thing. It’s definitely an easy miss but really invaluable to have.

[@techpriestemily]

I love you.

[@staswie]

I don't know if that is permanent option but i managed to close the door by puting the paper shooting target on it :D the canibals was not able to open the door anymore :D

[@Sungaze-px3rb]

Don't forget Virginia. When she is your friend you can equip her with clothing, a locator, and also the second pistol and shotgun, fully loaded, though she never runs out and she defends you very well. Even against mutants.

[@28worior]

She definitely can get lost. My Virginia disappeared on my way back from the trip around the map. Funny enough, last time I've seen her I already got the GPS locator and was about to give it to her but I forgot to do so and after a while she was gone forever.

[@NellyDoby]

@@28worior For this case, I would recommend rewriting your save files.

[@28worior]

@@NellyDoby I was trying to do exactly that when you posted this reply and it worked! I copied Kelvin's coordinates and she was there when I loaded the game and went back to my base :)

[@buffaloSoldier519]

@@28worior Once you put the locator on her, you'll see she'll sometimes run off to a place of importance to hang around for a couple days. She'll take you to hidden ones if you follow her after she gestures you too.

[@28worior]

@@buffaloSoldier519 yeah once I did it I see now that that's exactly what happened. She went to the place of interest and decided to stay there forever. Hope this gets patched soon.

[@frozencreeper]

In winter season, you can build a base on a frozen lake, which will last even when winter is over. Thanks to zip lines you can enter and leave the base with no problem, while enemies stay out for 3/4 year. To avoid attacks on your base in coming winters (when the lake is frozen again) you can install defense systems like sticks in the ice which you sharp with your axe after placing them. Your enemies will kill themselves when done correctly. This will also provide an easy way to get some food during the cold time (even when you realise at that moment, that you, too, are a cannibal). A locked door can be realized by putting a stick on your installed door. But enemies will destroy your door to enter your house. Using zip lines, take care to install them on trees, because enemies will destroy everything that isn't 100% natural. If you connect a zip line to a simple log which you may place because there is no tree around, you may loose your good rope because some enemy destroyed the log. Of cause you can protect your zip line carrying log with spikes, but that costs ressources and time. Fighting mutants, I'm not sure but I think that a torch is your best weapon. Set those creeps on fire multiple times will kill most of them really quick.

[@04AMofficial]

Great tips Sasha, thanks for sharing!

[@Stephan1985ful]

You can put items on a hotkey (1,2,3.... and so) just went with the mouse over the item on the bagpack and push the button u want the item on. You dont see on the first time but when u leave the crafting menu the items are on the Hotkeys

[@04AMofficial]

It wasn't a feature when this video was released, they added it later ^^

[@Lunatikgixxer]

they put that in an update.

[@jaobidan2358]

I don't use the backpack to switch items and I'll tell you why...In SPM, when you open your inventory, it stops the game (time continues to elapse) so let's say you're very low on health simply press I and enemies will not be able to attack you so long as they're not in their attack animations already. While in your inventory, you can eat to recover hp and leave it open while the hp bar fills up then, when full, you can go back to your business. Very handy...ESPECIALLY ON HARD MODE.

[@jaobidan2358]

@@Tyler-Bravo That's the only mode i play on lol

[@Kamxsy]

*that works only on singleplayer, in multiplayer its not safe to just go into your inventory if your mates are not around you.

[@Tyler-Bravo]

@@jaobidan2358 I meant why not just play in normal if you are going to use methods to make it easier. Just play normal and don't use those methods. Literally able to stop time

[@markwalden2433]

let him play what bro wants my guy

[@RainmakerLTU]

You anyway need a tarp shelter at base just to mark it as your base on a map. Other structures that offer save and sleep, does not visible on map. So easy to get lost after you climb out from cave and try navigate this map without a North mark, and base is invisible.

[@dreeperte7666]

Another tip : if you have two log equip and you are trying to build a bench, the first step of the build will be totally free, you can abuse this to get unlimited wood.

[@DomBogey94]

About to try this

[@TransitionedToAShark]

Yeah most structures give you free wood. End night are noobs

[@Wolltazar]

@@TransitionedToAShark do you realise that this will be patched, right?

[@user-ck2rj7pv4h]

Have you noticed anything negative happen to your game by doing this?

[@dreeperte7666]

@@Wolltazar yeah for sure

[@dan_la]

my friend and i killed kelvin and virginia in the first 3 days, i thought virginia was a cannibal so i chased her down with the starter axe... and as for kelvin, well... my mate blew him up

[@soldierinworldwar6]

Here’s a really good tip that comes over from the first game! Bird nests spawn feathers for you. You can get up to 20 feathers in a few minutes without effort. You can spend this time building, hunting, or raiding and you can come back with enough feathers to create a plentiful amount of arrows.

[@jakka2796]

Hi, just ran into this video, this might be already known, however some people still might not know this, hot bar 1-0 already exists from first release, You just have to go to your inventory, hover over an item and press number You want to assign to that item, no need to use backpack, this is mostly useful for weapons, however it can be assigned to consumables as well.

[@BiasedGrunt]

There's a duplication glitch for the drying rack btw. I mainly get some fish, and when you go to hang them up, click as fast as you can. You'll end up putting two fish on, while only using one. Same for the campfire

[@mrswimmytanker7422]

Same for building furniture you duplicate the wood you used

[@lethalsmoke]

What do you mean by click as fast as you can? You have to hold E.

[@BiasedGrunt]

@Scoobs you hold E to enter the menu, but when the pack is in your view, you have to click on the object to cook it. The food will be piled up, you just click super fast to bug out the game. It works about 65% of the time, as the timing is a little tricky, but you can just keep doing this without needing to hunt. Makes it easier for those of us who built in hard areas

[@lethalsmoke]

@@BiasedGrunt ah okay ty.

[@xt3916]

If you eat food you caught raw it will only heal a little bit. If you eat cooked food you are more likely to heal more

[@thecrazypain9978]

The exception being fish

[@xt3916]

@thecrazypain9978 they need to implement a if you continue eating meat raw or fish raw you could get intestinal worms

[@ronanoneill7684]

@@thecrazypain9978 they may have updated it. Now 2 cooked fish = 3 raw fish

[@DonOtto15]

To get a lot of wood, just tell kelvin to clear a 20 meter area, then run a zip line from the woods to your log storage areas

[@Darkplasma26]

For some reason (might just be in multiplayer) but Virginia drops the gun and it comes back to my inventory. And when me and my cousin enter a cave she and sometimes Kelvin (Kelvin doesn’t move if you put him on stay) just ends up leaving the base and appearing somewhere else on the map. Most often around where we exit the cave. Although Virginia has sometimes just gone of to the helicopter crash (we have the forest one) and stayed around that area. It’s starting to get annoying but I can live with it

[@regentpuppies49]

Yea that's how my Virginia died unfortunately

[@Darkplasma26]

@@regentpuppies49 Damn to bad. It’s really scary when she isn’t around! I always worry she will die. I wish you could command her like Kelvin.

[@SpankZorOwnsYa]

@@Darkplasma26 I hope they add some sort of commands for Virginia and both better ai. My Virginia went to a spot and stays there for few in game days now. When i went to visit here she runs towards me like nothing happened, and when i go back to my base she just goes back to the same spot... But before she acted normal and suddenly this happened...

[@Darkplasma26]

@@SpankZorOwnsYa Yeah I think the same they really need to add Virginia commands. I was talking to my cousin yesterday and I told him about a few things I need added.

[@alphaone321]

@@Darkplasma26 virginia and kelvin cannot die by AI, you are the only one capable of killing them both, ai just downs them and if u dont pick em up they get up by themselves eventually, or if u sleep they just show up again. also im having the gun bug as well, she just loses it when she gets downed for some reason and comes back to my inventory, also if u give her u gun w attachments all the attachments disapear...

[@tenshi4124]

Btw you can hit the birds 2 more times after killing them to get more feathers

[@dr.krieger8662]

Only the bigger birds

[@PeterHeiri]

Yes - that's very usefull - and when you spend an hour at the beach you get 150 feathers and can ignore that for one week. :)

[@emperornero1932]

One tip I felt so dumb for not knowing, you can put sticks face up in the ground then hit them with your axe and it pushes the stick outward along with turning the blunt stick into a spike. So in the situation where you're having enemies that keep coming from a certain direction you can put spikes along that area, while pairing that zone with traps.

[@stuart3712]

Yes, its in the survival book....

[@superoakwood5513]

You can also add 3 stones on them to make them alot more durable

[@neiltebay]

Excellent advice, thank you for finding out all of these 15 tips and more !!

[@theaviestofcados6017]

If you hit a bird after you kill it, you'll get more feathers. Also, you can hotbar an item by hovering your mouse over it and pressing 1, 2, 3, ect.

[@Mug._]

8:02 if youre reading this during the 1.0 patch, just whip out a stick and somthing should pop up where you can lock the door. but still guard your base properly.

[@furny2080ti]

I almost thought that i was alone playing this game with all those 1 year ago comments XD

[@bay0r]

make sure you get the zipline / ropegun first. so you can zipline from place to place. really nice and it feels like a big forrest park

[@Mira-ln4uv]

Also in multiplayer with friend you can dupe items when he saves, gives you items then reconnects. A nice way to walk around with shotgun and tons of ammo.

[@PlumBerryDelicious]

Hotbar is here!! Such a useful update :)

[@04AMofficial]

I know, I made a follow up video for it as it wasn't available when this video was released ^^

[@kernofgort]

My friends and i literally put those traps there. Even before watching this! Great spot to catch deer!

[@28worior]

Using a "hot key backpack" can cause your game to freeze so I wouldn't recommend using it unless you keep saving your progress frequently. Sleeping over doesn't let you skip the seasons. I've spam slept for 250 days and the winter hasn't gone. I then loaded the same save and played normally and the snow was gone after a few real life hours. But overall, nice tips! Definitely gonna try some of these.

[@dwynedx]

It's fixed now

[@28worior]

@@dwynedx oh good to know that

[@GoingInSaiyan]

I need some fellow dads to play this with on steam!

[@Gregornmy]

if you are playing multiplayer and farming creepy armor, all players can cut the mutants at the same time so everybody gets armor from the same body. as soon as the first person finishes cutting the mutant, no one is able to do it anymore

[@peterchild2010]

Love the pronunciation of armour. Great video.

[@04AMofficial]

Its my bad english and french/dutch accent I guess ^^

[@Dimention88]

An great tip insted of the quick invenotory. Just hover over an weopon or item in your inventory and press 1-0 on your keyboard to assign a keybind.

[@Dimention88]

And another thing. Use a stick on the flat side of the door to make a lock

[@OuchXXI]

Holyshit! I had no idea you could equip multiple bits of armor. I was wondering why even regular mudmen were hitting me like a truck.

[@04AMofficial]

Oh yes, just mix and fill those slots asap! Will help bigtime!

[@falatalane]

Missy will become shiny 🤣Lmfao, nice one 😄

[@BlackCanvasAudio]

These are some of the best tips I've seen so far!

[@beastadin4474]

DO NOT SKIP SEASONS ! On day 1 there is regular enemies in caves...on day 50 there are 4-5 mutants with 10+ canibals.....u dont want to go empty handed in that horde....also.....they will start to spawn outside caves and raids are going to be much difficult from canibals....

[@gustonzimasheen]

So helpful. Thanks a lot. Am going to play this soon.

[@andresjordantjenderasa553]

Thank you for this video guide, I was wondering how to use the GPS locator

[@joosepkoressaar6660]

Also i might add a very very important tip, that'll make your life oh so much easier. I play on hard and Fingers are literally pain in me arse. But! Make 5 spears, see the finger, toss 4 into it's body or head and with your remaining spear, thrust into it's legs, it'll stunblock it and while it's stunned you can recover your spears you tossed and keep stabbing it, until your stamina runs out, get some distance and fill our finger boy with spears again and when you're going to stabby stabby, you will kill it easily. Also it's manageable with two or three fingers, just wee bit more running around. Also! Those weeping/sleepwalking cannibals in the cave drop creepy armor, as well as all the mutants. If you have 10 on you and 10 in inventory, you're pretty tanky and do 3-5 caves without worrying. Also modern axe is life saver against babies and weeping cannibals.

[@snottytoe6957]

for ammo management I found a great way to get feathers. First off if you kill a seagull, you can hit it a few more times to get more feathers to spawn. Now if you got the beach spawn, there is a spot just on the coast where like 6 or 7 seagulls spawn. Just chuck a grenade in the middle of them and I got around 70 feathers.

[@MRFIGGZ-ir3vm]

It’s better if you craft a bird cage. It automatically drops feathers for you

[@brandonmason7120]

Build a birdhouse and use your spear to kill the birds that land on it. Try not to hit the birdhouse, unless their inside of it. When it breaks just build another as sticks are bountiful.

[@lethalsmoke]

​​@@MRFIGGZ-ir3vm no it isn't. The bird cage only gives like 5 feathers a day compared to getting hundreds of feathers in a few minutes from the starting beach seagulls.

[@stuart3712]

Oh yeah... just use a nade for a handful of feathers.... good one.....

[@stuart3712]

@@lethalsmoke You do not start on that beach every time... Bird cage is prob the only option without cheesing if you dont start on that beach.

[@HW-ow9zp]

great video man you have some really solid content. much appreciated on the tips

[@RainmakerLTU]

Say you have been attacked by 5-7 cannibals and killed first 5 with arrows. While you will be killing last two, first 5 may simply despawn ALONG with your arrows.

[@gagegraham9549]

Awesome video, thank you.

[@04AMofficial]

Glad you like it!

[@AzureRook]

You can stock up on small rocks and pre-processed foods by building shelves, idk about storing weapons

[@Pab-1337]

yes! u can store weapons n ammunation. I . . . store too much shotgun ammo and I'm currently hunting deer with it cuz idk what else use it for

[@SpankZorOwnsYa]

@@Pab-1337 No you can't store weapons, only ammo, nades, mollies, time bombs.

[@JonCabe]

Good tip for building. Even though the log sled isn't in the game, you can still use the zip lines to send logs down to where you're building

[@scapegoat8171]

didnt play the first game, so dont know how the log sled worked. but there is a sled you can make at the 3d printer. no idea how to use it though.

[@spatrk6634]

@@scapegoat8171 sled in 3d printer is i think for you sliding down the mountain slopes at winter. as turtle shells could be used in first game. but i dont think 3d printer sled can be used for logs. in first game you would make a sled with sticks, put bunch of logs on it, and then drag the sled back to your base. much quicker transportation of more than two logs at a time. its probably not in game because they didnt work out the dragging stuff on the ground

[@sknapp19911]

Can you do a video for beginner tips on a controller? It’s not very intuitive, Or atleast I’m struggling with it. See lots of good stuff about it but struggling to get into it. I play on steam deck

[@baysedgamer]

Not sure if this just got added but you can hotkey axe or other items. Just have to hover over the item and tap the number you wanna hot key it to and the box that shows when hovered over the item will indicate it’s hot keyed. Not sure if this is commonly known or was recently added. Cheers, thanks for video.

[@NEKOD0S]

Good video and this video help so much thx for it❤

[@raketoped663]

Thank you, this will help

[@goofyniki]

you can equip hotkeys. if you hover over an item in your inventory, you will see a grey box. press a number you want that item to be bound to, and itll confirm it in the grey box.

[@bayernsa]

This video was pre update, no hotkeys at the time.

[@goofyniki]

@@bayernsa now there are tho. so im telling others.

[@DD-ei3vu]

also on the beach seagulls are super easy to kill even with just an axe and they give a lot of feathers

[@SpankZorOwnsYa]

Bird house is good too for getting a lot of feathers.

[@Ryan-ut3cg]

To lock the door, just pull out a stick and left click the door to add the lock. Make sure it's on the smooth side not the log side

[@be1i3veall61]

Good vid. I hope they come out with a combat spear and olso would like customized weapon like in the forest

[@norske_ow3440]

In the inventory you can highlight something and click a number key to set that item to the hotbar ;)

[@stuart3712]

If you play with a friend and you are the host, he can save and place all the stuff he has on the shelves and leave and reload and have all the stuff back but it still being on the shelves and can repeat this for more item choices per relog. I think they will fix this soon, not just this but the whole respawning of loot on game exit.

[@superoakwood5513]

Same bug as in The Forest

[@WarBirdx]

Wow new video from the Abathur Slap King xD

[@04AMofficial]

Yo man! Yes indeed :D Abathug Slug Life was fun! I decided to unlist them though, no longer fits my channel vibe xD

[@WarBirdx]

@@04AMofficial i still have them saved

[@WarBirdx]

@@04AMofficial pls never delete them

[@onurkara2281]

you can asing hotkeys to item by opening inventory and when you get your mouse over your item then hold the number. For example you open your inventory get your mouse to axe and hold 1. After that you can use 1 as axe.

[@levanquer]

Some changes since this video: You can lock doors - equip a stick and look at your door, an arrow should appear to indicate applying it as a lock They stopped the sleeping/season hack by making it so you can only sleep when tired

[@derkavondangerkill7628]

I built my base on stilts(or struts). cannibals have never gotten in and in some cases I just crouched and hid inside my base and they ran around and checked stuff out but never jumped/climbed inside my house. cannibals can potentiall knock it down but there are tons of support beams underneath and they'd have to get damn near all of them. I left the redundant ones underneath instead of taking them out once the ceiling is done inside. they are pretty much sitting ducks under there, i also had a redman get stuck under the base once. then i use one diagonal full-log near an opening (from floor to level 1 for running up, i'm current testing using a staircase with only 2 steps spaced out to see if cannibals can still use it to climb in. Otherwise I did a 3 story rope ladder but you can't carry logs up there if you're trying to make a very tall base w/o stairs.

[@Microwave034]

Using hotkeys are essential

[@davidt1621]

There's a chainsaw. Awesome weapon and tree cutter. A cannibal has it. Not sure of location but he's near an open field with a short red triangular flag, like a golf flag. Eliminate it to acquire its chainsaw. Apparently, it's also in a cave not far from the beach, a little ways off a trail leading away from the river. Someone else made a video on how to find it there. You'll need the maintenance key and vip key cards. It's a tiny cave not marked on the map.

[@tescobakery1927]

You won't level up strength with that. After using an axe for 40 days, I can one shot normal cannibals and mutants go down in seconds. Don't neglect your strength

[@davidt1621]

@@tescobakery1927 Thanks. Where's the stat counter located to monitor progress?

[@tescobakery1927]

@@davidt1621 The strength meter is located left to the thirst meter, the one with the flexing arm. Strength meter goes up when you hit something and the progress is red color

[@j.lucasdecastroaraujo761]

I`d say that the respawn loot with save/quit/load is on purpose since the gama isn`t finished yet and there is little to no sources for some items like cloth or ropes.

[@furny2080ti]

Im at day 85 and ive never found my experience to be difficult at all, you can OS every cannibal with 1 arrow to the head only the mutants are a little bit challenging sometime but only when they are in group of atleast 4 or 5 and more and even then if you die you can just reload your save and better prepare. Something that i find odd tho is that you can put your bow on the backpack but not the arrows...do you neeed a quiver? Is there a quiver?

[@MrGreenPikaman]

you can send logs down a zipline, much faster than just manually moving it with kelvin

[@fuchsmichael93]

You can also send them up, same as yourself.

[@ChickenKing420]

binding items from 0-9 is pretty cool but they DEFENATLY should bring ANY kind of hud to it. I want to destroy my "immersiv" setting by adding more hud and lower those we got. I absolutly need this 🤩🤩

[@zomakblah7804]

You can open your inventory, hover your mouse over an item, and then press a number on your keyboard to attach a quick selection button.

[@joshlovesguitar.]

around the map there’s really big open areas that are amazing for bases, there might be cannibals but i destroyed the nearby camps and i never get attacked now

[@BrokenSpace3]

there is a 1-9 hotbar. you just can't visibly see it. You can set different items to different numbers in the inventory screen

[@04AMofficial]

I know, it was added later :P

[@Squiddlley]

Heyo! Best way to keep out Cannibals is to build a wall around house and make them spikes and create a Rope Bridge. They can't climb it nor the walls

[@Tygersnark]

"You're not going to order a well done steak in a restaurant, that would be a true crime." Yeah definitely, don't you dare ruin my rotten meats by burning it! 😂

[@pwrofvibes2428]

Thanks for the guide! 👌

[@04AMofficial]

Glad you liked it! 👌

[@RainmakerLTU]

Best defense of base is 3-4 rows of sharpened sticks in ground at angle. (1 or 2 rows they can easily jump over with sprint). Leave space between rows so you can walk in there, but not more. In that manner you will create a wide area which they cannot jump over. Best if there somewhere will be a larger stone, which can be as your "door". Kelvin and girl can jump over these sticks without harm.

[@Tyler-Bravo]

reinforce the sticks with rocks as well

[@DHigred]

to lock the doors you can equip a Stick and put it on the door you made . and you will make a door lock to lock and unlock . but careful . if your house is incomplete and lock the door and jump off from another side . you might need to rebuild the door because you cant unlock it from outside

[@BlueVenom9]

alright subbed, and i love me spider girl

[@Revenant483]

Awesome Tips Video 04AM!!! Has anyone figured out how to use traps on the big cannibals? They do not trigger Fly Swatter or Bone Maker Traps that I can tell. I am hoping they are just bugged and will eventually work on them.

[@SpankZorOwnsYa]

Sometimes the one with the gold mask activate my bone maker trap, then he just gets burned and i throw spears at his head.

[@Revenant483]

@@SpankZorOwnsYa He is a tough enemy to kill. I hope they add bigger traps for the Mutants in single player.

[@SpankZorOwnsYa]

@@Revenant483 Haha that's true, but John 2.0 is still worse than the titan. 🤣 I've already had John 2.0 visit my base 3 times, well I have a watchtower and I could kill it with mollies and grenades or throw spears in the head... And I've also had a group of babies a few times at my base

[@fruitful_sister_in_arms3288]

Who here sets up their cabin on the lake?

[@acelanta8194]

I like the way you say armor

[@WidowedSaturn]

Doors can be only locked from the non-bark-side to get it properly set up the door must be placed LEFT to RIGHT the other way around will mess it up .

[@infinite.hockey]

ordering well done food is definitely a crime

[@quintinknott-vr9el]

If you open your inventory and hover an item you can assign it to any number 1-0 and it will show in that little empty box,

[@Babykicker95]

I hope they add random events like you wake up in the morning and the cannibals kidnapped Kelvin in the night and you have to find his tracker and rescue him before they eat him lol

[@MightySeb88]

Another tip if holding the inventory button you bring your backpack for hot keys up

[@ElektroBandit89]

I have a question that I haven’t found an answer to yet. How do you repair damage done to the premade buildings? I have a log cabin Pre-made that had its door ripped off and I can’t figure out how to replace it.

[@johnjohn___]

you can try making the answer repair tool, but idk if it can bring back a door?

[@Dysfunctional_psycho]

You have to replace it with new logs if it’s gone. You can also try splitting the log down the middle first and placing it in the spot

[@ElektroBandit89]

@@johnjohn___ no it does nothing when I try

[@ElektroBandit89]

@@Dysfunctional_psycho The grid for building the premade is gone because it was finished so I can’t just slot a new one in there.

[@The13luca]

@@ElektroBandit89 just split a log in 2 vertically and place it where the door should be :) (you need 3 half logs)

[@jaydav04]

you can lock doors by placing a target practice marker on it, just pick it up to open the door

[@SassyRamen117]

The golf cart is the most powerful weapon in the game, can you do a video about that?

[@quintinknott-vr9el]

If you open your inventory and hover an item you can assign it to any number 0-9 and it will show in that little empty bo

[@rayyzzzor]

You can add items to ur “hot bar” obviously there is no actual hot bar but if u go into ur inventory you can hover over an item and click 1-0 to assign it to a number

[@thomas.p4155]

logs will automatically go into log storage if they collide with them, this also works with throwing them from holding them.

[@Space__Rooster]

You can also hook a zip line to the log holder and they will auto stack

[@DiemosT113]

I have had a lot of fighting experience in the first game so the second is so much more fun!

[@PeterHeiri]

good they fixed that you can't sleep instant many days away - I mean - why you play a survival game when you skip winter? - What I still never heard - what is the basic benefit to have a base? As I know so far you only have the benefit to be able to store items. Storing Sticks and Logs is not needed as soon your base is finish. - Place some shelters on a tiny island and the rest you can chill in the 3D Printer room. - A Base is just for the fun of building one and defending and repairing non stop instead being out exploring. Just my view. :)

[@cvsnake7031]

all good tips thanks

[@04AMofficial]

Glad you like em!

[@quintinknott-vr9el]

If you open your inventory and hover an item you can assign it to any number 1-0 and it will show in that little empty box

[@Slanmoon]

i didint knew that with backpack now it will help alot

[@Bemx2k]

This game has a huge potential , we need DLC , more to build more to dig

[@rkzooplays]

Yeah all my friends are complaining about the building but it’s still in early access

[@ameron3136]

We just need to wait till its finished product