50+ Tips & Tricks For Build 42! Project Zomboid Guide To Things You NEED To Know About This Update!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

An update has now been posted that fixes and rebalances several issues: - Rags and bandages can now be cleaned at running water sources. - Generators now work for underground areas, as well as higher levels of elevation. - You now need 5.0L of milk to make butter, previously this was 0.5L. Still useful with no skill requirements, but not as broken as previously. - Stones picked up and used as weapons have now been nerfed. - Sharpness of axes now reduces when used on trees, not just combat. - Shotguns now provide exp per shot, not per pellet :( Sad days for firearms enjoyers. There's a LOT more in the patch, but I'll try to keep this relevant to things mentioned in the video and will likely add more to this message.

[@model0.519]

Not to sound ungrateful but when will this be implemented on GOG?

[@MrAtomicDuck]

@@model0.519 No idea, sorry!

[@garrettclarke2266]

Hello, my good sir. Dumb question but is this the vanilla game now & not a unstable beta branch or anything like that? I just redownloaded the game (am still beginner) and I smashed a crate trying to pick it up (I am in a sandbox but assumed it was still "reg" game)

[@garrettclarke2266]

@@model0.519 What is GOG?

[@tylirette6669]

@@garrettclarke2266 it’s still on unstable branch

[@pickleman40]

If you have skill books and have farm animals you can read while sitting near them to earn their trust over time. Pretty common thing people do IRL to earn trust for nervous temperamental animals and actually works in game.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

No way! This is a great one. Love this.

[@Mischievous_Moth]

I love that. I'm gonna go befriend some bunnies.

[@MickyChowMein69]

Works in real life too.

[@pankker]

Just make sure the skill book isn't about butchering. They might sense you're up to something.

[@joshuamccarroll2188]

good tip. thanks

[@rorarthepig]

Desperately needed this, longest surviving character of B42 died to a mfn cow.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

😂 Cows can be lethal man!!

[@ermir_skg5696]

cows have a higher kill count compared to sharks, I'm not surprised 😅

[@michellegambel6683]

@@rorarthepig right click the animal to slaughter them. Don't fight them like zombies 😂

[@nguyendi92]

​@@ermir_skg5696I mean, cow have higher kill count than Zombies IRL too, if you think about it.

[@eliseosterbrink8000]

My favorite character that I was really into roleplay with died to the oven exploding... I had gotten interrupted irl and forgot that the oven was on and had a jar of broccoli in it. Started writing a jornal entry, forgot to pause the game, and died mid-sentence, lol.

[@isdochwayne]

Building up muscle strain and recovering from it afterwards should give a few points of extra XP on strength. Like realistic training.

[@mastacrixus]

Im with you on that one, absolutely.

[@pestalinc]

my thoughts exactly. You should get 2x strength and reduced weapon skill while strain is active. Got to get your gains bro.

[@GoodOleDFT]

Strength and athletics as well. And if you get leg strain, that should also go towards sprinting.

[@AkumaWolf13]

I like this idea, has a functional risk vs reward gameplay mechanic as well.

[@dimas3829]

agreed. If you add some inconvenience to player - add up a reward for it unless your goal is being asshole that no one likes and will mod out your wrong decision as soon as they will be able to.

[@ruditime326]

Oh, now we know what the differences are between generators, thank you, and now I feel warm in my heart because my base has a "golden" generator. The funniest thing is that at some point when I returned to the base, I was scared that the generator had broken because I couldn't hear it at all, but when I got much closer to it, I still heard it, and the reason turned out to be that it is the quietest)

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Glad you could learn something! :D

[@collincmf12]

“Police stab vest”. He is a real Brit.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

😂

[@inscrutianaII]

"flashlight" b/c Kentucky

[@GustavoRighetti]

I dont think that was prevalent in Britain before the pakistanis arrived

[@eezokk]

600L of gasoline in a wooden container with plastic bin liners makes my OSHA senses go haywire

[@eliseosterbrink8000]

Nah. I think you mean that it's a great idea to light up a cigarette right next to that barrel. It's what I would do in that situation... :)

[@Decay611]

Wildcard, bitches.

[@dananaditya9347]

expecting gasoline fire anytime soon

[@HowToChangeName]

Without way of sealing no less.

[@nahuelmat]

You can light up a cig standing right beside it and nothing happens too

[@geovanegustavo4320]

"keys now have weight" Nop, my mod say otherwise

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Not all heroes wear capes.

[@alexgrovejones]

1:23 I just put all the keys from a town on a single key ring and rename that key ring after the town they were found in. When I travel to a town I bring that key ring and leave the rest behind. Mark them on the map later if you need to. Not as thorough but way easier.

[@greenleafgaming8526]

you may not be able to take the rain collector barrels with you after you fill them with gas, but you could just keep them at the gas station for when the power goes out.

[@evankimori]

Yeah there's nothing wrong with doing this if you have the time in game to just full them unless you have a mod for gasoline hauling trailers. It might not serve you forever but that's a damn good store of gas until you can generator power the station.

[@djxavier13]

You can check your "I told you so box", because I've been playing b42 for weeks now, and I was not aware of a bunch of the things you pointed out in this video. This video is so useful, I bookmarked it. The only thing I would've loved more would be a transcript to read later ... oh, it's right there when you expand the description! Amazing! Thank you. 5 stars. 👏

[@danielchavanel6311]

Unbelievably thorough overview on all the nuanced changes. Great work duck. The one change that I was surprised to see was the coffee pot change. What a treat

[@Quintus_Fontane]

Cheers for this! I think they should have called B42 the Marmite update, because just about every single change and addition in it will leave folk either loving that feature, or utterly loathing it 🤣

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Yeah there's definitely been some divided opinions, I wouldn't wanna be in the devs shoes at the moment 😅

[@user-wi9hv2pb2q]

i haven't heard anyone say they love the new crafting or extra skills. at least keep the crafting/ building to one menu button.

[@Onyx_randomnumbers]

@@user-wi9hv2pb2q I personally really like the new skills (except masonry), we just reaaally need more ways to level up the first few levels

[@tobiasfritz5781]

The butter recipe will probably be adjusted at some point. Turning 1 liter of milk (which has 640 calories in reality) into two sticks of butter with 3200 calories each is pretty broken. It requiring 5L of milk instead of 500mL makes more sense and would still be plenty.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Yeah, likely to be fixed, but right now is still useful and the way we don't need any crafting skills to do it will still make it a good piece of info to have. Even if they reduce quantity produced, the calories alone will make it worthwhile.

[@RemyJustice97]

@@MrAtomicDuck Hopefully if they do nerf it, I hope they at least wait until the calories for everything else are tuned. Otherwise I think we'll see a lot more complaints about starving to death

[@insomnia2411]

@@tobiasfritz5781 would also be better if you just got the butter without using up all the milk.

[@mikeFolco]

Appreciate all the work to keep us updated over the years.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

My pleasure!

[@davidmorris7444]

Number one tip: stay in your house for seven days in the week one mod unless you don’t want to make it 7 days lol

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Hahaha 😂 Mod is crazy. Definitely doing a video on it soon.

[@How_Do_I_Set_a_Username]

Number two tip: if you actually stay in your house for the entire mod, stay there even longer...no reason! Just a little rainy out.

[@SiodogRehane]

Its so glitchy and broken you can literally loot the city and kill everyone and no one will do nothing about it

[@TheKnives777]

I walked outside. I saw a group of guys with guns walk over and start a house fire I went back inside.

[@vitore.1111]

@@SiodogRehaneso, just like ny an LA?

[@HTFGamesStudio]

Build 42 CDDA survivor here, so far survived 100 days, making a youtube series about it. I have 7 more tips for you guys I learned so far: 1) You can level up Carpentry fast. You need only a plank, hammer and a crowbar. This will allow you to add and remove barricades. Repeating this process with skill books vol 1 and 2 I reached level 4 in 1 in game day 2) You can level up Welding fast. You need the set to use the propane tourch + a Metal Sheet. Similarly to Carpentry, you can barricade a window and then remove the metal sheet to level up fast welding. It took me also 1 day to reach level 4 with the first 2 skill books, the only downside to this one is that I used 2 full propane tanks to achieve this result. 3) If you didn't see the option to fill up your propane torch. There can be 2 reasons for this: the first is that refiling require a light source similar to reading books, the second that you need to see right click the propane tank instead of the tourch to see the option 4) If you want to do things in the dark but don't have electricity yet, use your car lights 5) Loot belts from zeds, you can use cutting item like a knife or scissors to obtain leather strips from them, that are the best bandages and patches for you clothes in the game. Plus belts are always clean allowing you to obtain 2 strips from each belt 6) When zombie climb over the fences or windows, use a stomp followed by a swing of your melee weapon. This will allow you to attack the next enemy in the line if multiple are jumping over the fence. I literally defended my base after the helicopter event from over 600 zombies using a window and this trick 7) There are windows that lead above the roof, usually this spot can be used to funnel zombies and deal with them using the fence trick in case your base is overrun and if you are overrun on the roof you can push them down, saved my run in CDDA

[@affsteak3530]

Oh snap that belt tip is brilliant!

[@HTFGamesStudio]

@@affsteak3530 Yeah, plus imagine that I play CDDA so i have the insane pop. First week I literally got around 100 belts. I didn't use any other bandage that leather strips after I got my first knife

[@bartimaus8738]

Advertising your own channel here is so pathetic.

[@needlamp2147]

Over 600 zombies without fatigue? Yeah right. Good tips though.

[@shart8008]

this guy zomboids

[@tylerjantzen7621]

I put a star pillow on my sleeping couch just for decoration and RP, without knowing pillows actually do something, I wonder if it's actually working without me knowing 😆 They need to add blankets for warmth on cold nights!

[@toreadoress]

Another very important tip, now holding the interract key (E) picks up zombie bodies. Be careful if you are clearing a group of zombies with the fence strategy, becauase if you hold E by accident even a little bit longer while jumping over a fence and there are bodies around, it can pick a body instead and lock you in the animation and be the end of you. Streamer/KZbinr Insym had a pretty great run over the span of multiple streams, he cleared almost the whole town of Ekron with 200% zombie population and this happened to him. For 7 days he never even got hit or scratched by a zombie, then when he almost cleared Ekron, he got locked in the animation by accident while trying to jump over the fence and ended his run. It was such an infuriating moment since he had no idea this is a new feature and there is no way atm to change the bind key.

[@Bananamanmk53-yv2ph]

I think they should've just kept it as a right click thing. It has gotten me killed as well.

[@toreadoress]

@Bananamanmk53-yv2ph I agree, considering that's how always has been and you still can do it by right click, so no need to bind it to the interaction key. At least they should've bind it on a different key so something like this doesn't happen by accident, even if you know about the new function, in moments where you are focused on surviving, it's easy to hold the button just a moment longer and lock you in. It's something that can only screw you, instead of being useful.

[@RemyJustice97]

@@toreadoress I'd be okay with them leaving it bound to the interaction key if they added some kind of oversight to prevent players from doing exactly that; like, if there's a live zombie within 5 (or however many), corpses cannot be carried using the interaction key. if the player absolutely must carry that corpse in this condition, they can still right click and select carry

[@toreadoress]

@@RemyJustice97 yes that would be fine, but I imagine that would require much more work and time spent implementing and testing it than moving the bind key to let's say holding F or Z. The thing is, in the key binding options, there is a specific tab for this and is set on "none" by default and even if you change it to different key, it still picks up the bodies with the interact key and doesn't change it, which I assume is a bug at the current version and most likely they'll fix that in the future, but as for now just have to be very careful.

[@billybailey1818]

Loved that insym run!

[@ozgamergdu]

aside from the handiknife there are a few other items that can save inventory space, there is a P38 can opener which can fit on your keyring, along with a keyring bottle opener. A whistle can be used to attract the attention of zombies, it also fits on your keyring. There is also a compass (though being isometric I don't know how useful it is, but that also fits on your keyring. I forget the name of it because i got killed shortly after finding it but there is a firelighter (graphite maybe?) which also fits on the keyring. While you can only fit so many keys and things in your keyring you can access the keys and items from multiple keyrings as long as the keyrings are in your main inventory they will be accessible like an equipped bag. If you catch a very large fish and it is so large that even the fillets won't fit in an oven or fridge, if the fillet is on the ground or somewhere in range of your character, you can use a frying pan or roasting pan (and possibly other cooking pots and such) to make meals from the uncooked fillet.

[@ericaugust1501]

i found an 'american eagle' key ring. graphic for it was unique, but the container stats were unfortunately identical to regular key rings. but still fun find.

[@ozgamergdu]

@@ericaugust1501 oh yeah there's a bunch of new keyrings, so far i've found a Bass(fish) keyring, a Blue Fox keyring, a Rabbit Foot keyring, Praying Hands keyring and I saw Nomis livestreaming with a christmas tree keyring. Edit: I just found a Kitty keyring, and also a pocket watch that fits on the keyring, but it does not show the time unless you manually look at it, nor does it have weather, date etc... but you can set the alarm on it.

[@eliseosterbrink8000]

I had no idea all those things fit on a keyring! Also, what you found was probably the magnesium firestarter- I found a couple of those across many games. The compass is useful for people who don't like using the map, or people who don't know how the map is oriented because it's isometric.

[@ozgamergdu]

@ so i think I was wrong about the firelighter, that does not fit, but the other items i mentioned do. I haven't found a handiknife yet, but might be worth trying to see if it fits, and of course none of those things will fit if the keyring is full.

[@michellegambel6683]

Didn't know about using rotten meat for bait. This is a great tip!

[@gweetus]

Even if I had figured out a lot of these myself, there were still a couple tips in here that had me wondering how I hadn't thought of that. Great vid!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Good stuff! Thank you for watching :)

[@xdoomslayerx865]

Two things you forgot, there’s now also LONG BLADE skill books so you can level it up to use those sweet machetes and then the katana, alongside it there’s also the new “loot before chance” setting so some places might be empty Edit: another thing is don’t loot survivor homes till 30 days, they will have significantly less loot than then, and maxing out at day 180

[@josephmatthews7698]

Dude 4k hours and I could not figure out why survivor homes sucked so bad now. Thank you! You taught me something new (probably.)

[@joshuabishop5980]

Tip #3 Marking the places for the keys. Did not think of this! Thank you

[@gewitterhund3164]

I cant accept not using pillows to bop zeds.

[@gewitterhund3164]

"Can I survive Project Zomboid only using pillows as weapon?" *nudge nudge wink wink*

[@MrAtomicDuck]

I support the notion to add pillow fights to Zomboid.

[@TheWasprevan]

Honestly my biggest tip for someone would be to play on custom sandbox mode. Go through the settings and adjusting how they want their game to be. I understand people will play default and judge it based off of that. But I think this game shines when you can change the gameplay mechanics you don't enjoy, like muscle pain for me.

[@eliseosterbrink8000]

Yes! A lot of people complain a lot about simple settings they can change in the vanilla sandbox settings. Some things that have to be changed by mods (i.e. cleaning bandages from any water source, climbing ladders, adding/fixing recipes) are much more understandable... but you also have to remember that this is an unstable public beta that still needs a lot of work done to it before it becomes an actual release. Considering those two things, I think that what we've gotten so far is pretty fun and more immersive than build 41. A lot of the more annoying changes can be easily fixed with sandbox settings. In my opinion, there's a lot more to love than hate with build 42.

[@Maggy345]

I played the Standard settings once 😅 I think the game is especially great for its many options in the sandbox setting.

[@dyykkarifin2454]

I agree 100%! This game shines on sandbox. Because everyone has their own idea of a zombie apocalypse and this way you can make it just how you want it to be. I personally always try to make it as realistic as possible without taking the fun out of it

[@user-wi9hv2pb2q]

The current update has a lot of problems as can be seen by the amount of modding and sandbox customization going on. Default should be playable and enjoyable. I really hope they get rid of specific item crafting recipes and the additional new skills.

[@Maggy345]

@@user-wi9hv2pb2q I'd disagree. Why hate on a game trying to provide so many customizable options so everyone can chose to play the game they want. I love the New skills and grinding away. And for mods: 41 had Tons of Mods too? It seems like the Devs looked at them and even implemented some to the base game, so they are obsolete now. And the Update is labelled unstable for a reason too. The recent Update already showed that some of the mods for 42 are fixes we get for permanent fixes we get along the way. You can turn off so many of the changes in sandbox, it almost seems like being able to play 41 and just add on to it. I jumped into apocalypse-default 42 to test it and got a lot of Joy from the run - until I died on day 12 of course xD - but switched back to sandbox for my own personal preferences. I think 42 simply Supports even more playstyles and the use of sandbox is Not a Bad Thing in my opinion. :)

[@KeeganWarren-y8k]

Another tip that goes along with survivor houses: some houses are abandoned and boarded up now so make sure the house you’re breaking into isn’t actually an empty one lol

[@RedshirtAfficionado]

Rain also reduces the sound at which zombies hear you.

[@MeCooper]

What?

[@LunaODST]

@@MeCooperb42 has a new stealth system

[@MeCooper]

​@ What?

[@MeCooper]

I'm sorry guys, I having trouble hearing you... :3 It's raining here.

[@eirikmellesdal]

I love the "old" generator. It is my favourite way to get the power flowing past grid break.

[@hk-4714]

Information: It's also worth noting that the "old" generator, the orange one we have always known and the new yellowish model all have 40 weight. The blue semi-electrical looking one though weighs 30, which means that if you find one of those THAT is the best generator to take in your vehicle to powering gas stations. I'm uncertain if the different generators have different noise levels or break down faster, I haven't tested it personally myself but it would make sense that the "old" generator might be louder and/or wear down faster than a newer model.

[@mastacrixus]

According to this video, the red and yellow gens are the best to use, blue is very cheap but light and the old looking one breaks more easily and is louder.​@hk-4714

[@eliseosterbrink8000]

@hk-4714 The video has a pretty good breakdown of the stats of each type of generator. The golden one is best, taking the longest time to break and being the quietest. The red standard one is in the middle. The blue one is 10 encumberance lighter, but breaks down the fastest and is much louder. The old generator is loudest but is more durable than the blue.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Here's a bonus for those reading the comments: Large rocks found in the world can be used as surfaces for crafting. What tips would you give for players that are new to Build 42?

[@K3nn4rD-S]

I think it's worth to mention that regarding the darkness changes the cats eyes trait is a very considerable option to pick up.

[@jaiclary8423]

@@K3nn4rD-S I use cat eyes and turn the night to "Bright" and that generally works well for outdoors. The real problem is interiors. They're dark to an absurd degree. Humans do need a little light, but not that much. And even in pitch dark humans have their sense of touch, hearing, smell, balance, all of which inform their understanding of what's in a few feet of them. That means even when you "gamify" total darkness it's inexcusable that the game character can be trapped between a door and a zombie yet the player can see neither.

[@oasntet]

Still haven't found an answer as to why some vehicle keys are different colors. Is it just random? I've only found red-tinted ones thus far, and they don't correspond to the color of the vehicle...

[@dddmemaybe]

I'd recommend new players to just take the Strong trait since strength is more emphasized now and was already extremely impactful before b42. Older players still do the high fitness lower strength, but then you train strength, min-max, but it's way more punishing to attempt now and is advised to steer clear of as a new player. Also, Day 1 is by far the hardest critical moment of a playthrough overall right now. So don't feel surprised when you fight 60 zombies day 1, you may even need to walk around zombies for a couple hours just to recover muscle fatigue. Running and sitting somewhere safe when tired, before you even get to loot a single house won't be abnormal. But the game is way easier after that.

[@insomnia2411]

@@MrAtomicDuck there are other clickable things you can find in buildings that look like piles of garbage. Not always useful things but if you are foraging they can sometimes spawn items

[@myaachoom]

for people looking into other skills such as blacksmith, knapping, and masonry (though I probably wouldn't suggest it. some of the recipes are insanely hard to find even with increased loot chance): you can use club hammers to collect mineral deposits. gray ones give you flint nodules, light colored ones give you limestone (a bit buggy when I tried it). apparently, if you need clay, you can forage them in gray colored roads (not the main roads). if you're looking for an already built forge, there's one at west point. basement of the general store. the others, MrAtomicDuck have already featured them in a video before (Coalfield area and the McCoy Estate).

[@eliseosterbrink8000]

I was so confused when I saw the amount of mods making it easier to find/make clay. I love foraging and always move out to a rural area as soon as possible... so I tend to live on gravel roads. As I walk along the road to town (even if I have a car, it's good to take a walk every once in a while), I get so much clay. Guess it never occurred to me that paved roads wouldn't have clay chunks visible in them, and most people would probably stay in town for a while.

[@LanEXHikari]

Haha perfect timing, I was just finishing the VoD where you were wondering whether to start with a B42 tips or the survive the first week series 😅 Thanks for the video, this update has been really interesting and I can't wait to see it refactored and released into prod✌🏼

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Hey thanks for watching the VODs! Been kinda cool seeing so much growth on that channel since B42.

[@emptysvoid]

Build 42 nearly made my entire quality of life mod list useless! And I love it ❤

[@voxelmakesvideos]

Same here. I had to double check if pillows actually upgrade beds when i first heared it

[@eliseosterbrink8000]

It was so awesome seeing a lot of qol mods say that they became obsolete with the new build! I'm glad that the devs made so many small changes that people had been modding in for so long.

[@Dozer_Gaming]

Don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but with the Blue Generator you can more easily grind electrical due to its worse durability.

[@jamez1153]

2 more tips that I haven’t seen many people talk about is that you can now wring out wet clothes by right clicking them, and that when dragging corpses, you can hold e near an open window to throw them outside

[@teosdytoast2462]

I feel like a veteran in this game and this gave me quiet a bit of knowledge. Thank you!

[@jonathan9039]

In my first test playthrough, I was doing very well. I got a backpack from the spawn house, it had some canned food, I even managed to make three sandwiches with the food from the neighboring house! I killed some zombies, and noticed the new key system and chose a cool keychain hahah There was a car key on the keychain, and it wasn't difficult to find the car, it was very close by. I was out of gas. I ran a little and found some cars, one of them had a jerry can, I thought. It's my moment. I went to check the cars with gas. and one of them had! And to my surprise, I discovered that now you need a HOSE to remove the fuel. I was so frustrated, I headed back to my spawn, and got bitten while killing another zed. `That's how I died.

[@josephmatthews7698]

Safe to say you totally got hosed? Eh? Get it? HEY DID YOU GET IT?

[@SweetPoisonMF]

This is the BEST tips and tricks vid out there!!! I can see you put tons of effort into making it, and i appreciate it!! Keep up the good work❤

[@michellegambel6683]

Thank you a great lengthy tips and tricks vid. I have rewatched many parts and glad to see this. Hard to find b42 tips and tricks vids right now. Mostly just challenges and gameplay. Those are enjoyable, but helping us with things we haven't figured out for ourselves yet in a nice format is wonderful and definitely lacking in the PZ searches lately. Thank you 👍

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Glad it was helpful! My passion has always been making difficult games easier, so these sorts of videos are my jam :)

[@PeterDee-Blue]

I have more than 1200 hours in the game and I found things I didn't know about on B42, thank you for the video, it was helpful.

[@eliseosterbrink8000]

One of my favorite small additions for build 42 is the flyers/brochures. It was so hard for me to justify going anywhere besides a big city before within a roleplay situation- because who would randomly know where the C.G.E. Corp. building or random farmhouses are? The flyers and whatnot are fun, immersive ways to give yourself a reason to go to unique locations, and I think PZ was missing that in build 41. So glad they added them!

[@K3nn4rD-S]

This video is really well crafted, good job! :)

[@caelilupi]

Great video! I'm loving Build 42 so far thank you for all the tips!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Np!

[@cristiflorea6444]

Man ur vods are sooo good love the stuff u do and ur personality keep up the good stuff gl, hope we ll play when multiplayer comes, new to the game.. played olnly 4 a month before build 42

[@silaquiplays3956]

I just make sure to leave house keys in some kind of cabinet in the houses they belong to, and for car keys I've set it to leaving them in the ignition since it's single player, so no-one will accidentally steal them. A few things on this list don't actually work in the currently publically available B42 - pillows on Good beds will reduce them to just Average at the moment, a few of the books give the wrong skill boost, for example. Also a few things will very likely be changing soon, like butter production (increasing from 0.5l per stick of butter to 5l per) and aiming seems to get an overhaul again. But all in all a very solid list with some great tips that are sure to help a lot of players! Thanks for sharing!

[@evankimori]

23:30 RE: Safe house books - You can read one page as well to show you have one at home. Does not work for higher level books you cannot read due to skill level limits but couple this in with the "expand list" tip here to have an easier time!

[@pumpsXV]

I’m getting back into PZ after not playing for a couple of years. Thank you for such an informative video! 10/10

[@kidhow]

tip i learnt recently relating to combat, you could spam use button (E) while spamming attack button together to make it swing faster because it skipped some delayed animation. i think this is a bug but not a lot of people know about this.

[@evankimori]

Another way to get around the Keys system for vehicles is either: 1-Weightless Keys mod. 2-to leave them in the ignition so you don't lose them but just disconnect the car battery if you're afraid of depleting it while the keys are in the vehicle. Most times if I get a fully working vehicle or multiples, I drive it close to base or at a fenced parking lot, leave the keys in the ignition, pop the hood and dump the battery on the floor so it won't run down and then siphon the gas out to move around with if I need it. I my current game, I got a Day 1 generator and set it up at the gas station in town ready for power outage and refilled it from the pumps. I parked every movable vehicle I could find in town at the station's fenced yard, filled each gas tank entirely and did the key and battery trick above. Now I have a working fleet depending on my needs for looting/roaming and enough gas supplies to last quite a while.

[@daygrindmike8913]

Just leave the key in the vehicle glovebox.

[@evankimori]

@daygrindmike8913 Meh still a chore to move it across if you gotta just jump in and flee a Horde. The message I'm talking about here is for vehicles that you don't really plan on using for some time.

[@daygrindmike8913]

@@evankimori Why do you feel entitled to have keys weigh nothing, when in reality they weigh something?

[@Gcf2099]

I've been playing b42 since day one and I needed this video soley for the tip that you can use welding torches for metal shutters. That's absolutely outstanding.

[@SonnyBear5]

11:47 cooking rotten food will give Cooking XP. just don’t try eating it.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Insects work great for this too!

[@michellegambel6683]

@@SonnyBear5 you can mix usually 1 piece of rotting food into a stew with fresh and cook it. I find I don't get sick

[@MeCooper]

Thanks for the tips... Mmmm rotten cockroach soup prepared by a level 8 chef 🤣 Should be fine to eat?

[@oopsallbugs]

Just tell your character it's "fermented" 😂 ​@@MeCooper

[@CristianDiaz-b5e]

Amazing video as always 🎉 thanks for this wonderful guide!

[@Sobo272]

For tip 44, the book expansion one. Theres a button in the top left that expands all items in a menu and another that collapses them. If you have your books in their own storage container you can just click that once. Its also a good way to make sure you didnt miss any on a long list.

[@mastacrixus]

Great video, very useful, thank you so much.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

No probs! Thank you for watching :)

[@bigmanspook]

Build 42 is gonna be pretty cool. Can't wait for it to be finished. There's some bugs and stuff that I've been encountering that's kinda hindered my play a little bit. Like, I think multi-hit is bugged or something, or maybe the aim outline is, because I would often be holding a crowbar, and 2 zombies in front of me are highlighted red (meaning that I can land a hit on both of them with my crowbar), and I swing, and I totally miss one of the zombies. This has caused my death twice now, and idk if it's actually a bug or some new thing they put in the game or what, but it's making me change how I play, which is a little annoying but game's still fun.

[@hitn-gaming]

A small addition to Tip 34: Best way to level from Level Zero to Level 1 in Carpentry is: building a Log Wall or Cutting down the Logs into boards. Yes it takes some time but honestly: You'll need the boards anyway. As for electrics: You can't get any XP from dismantling digital watches anymore. Yes, you still get the items, but there won't be any XP. Instead look around for anything electrical in the house: TV Remote, Hair dryer, headsets, phones, radios or TV. You only need a screwdriver and can get to work.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

You do still gain exp from dismantling watches. It's 0.5 exp per watch. That much I do know because I tested and recorded it for this video. Very possible that there's a level cap on this however, which may be why you're only seeing exp gain from larger items?

[@hitn-gaming]

@@MrAtomicDuck It could be possible that there is a cap when you start with the level 3 electrical profession. Will test it out when my next char dies (soo.... soon-ish? :D ) and come back with a result. Also, fun fact: It's never a good idea to use tree branches as starting weapons. Yeah, they have quite an impact, but muscle strain will build up with 2 hits...

[@krzysztofsowinski3726]

Excellent video! Many of those tips are very illuminating despite sinking 100 hours into B42 ;)

[@garrettbaker8098]

Such an awesome video!!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Thanks! That is a sick suit of armor in the profile pic too!

[@garrettbaker8098]

@MrAtomicDuck haha thank you. I've been doing historical European martial arts and armored combat for 8 years. I'm sure it'll help a lot come the zombie apocalypse.

[@Marchoucrev]

Thank you for this survival guide, great work!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

My pleasure!

[@user-dy9oo6vd1b]

I wish I could like this twice!! Extremely useful, thank you sir!

[@KaiReighn]

there is one new really useful feature that you haven't covered: you can now enter some cars, like large step-vans, smaller vans like an ambulance, or a rancher (a car similar to a jeep), through the trunk. This is very useful when you find a car with locked doors but an open trunk. You can simply open the trunk of such a car, then press the Z button (by default) and select a seat, and your character will get into the locked car. It's also worth mentioning that originally in the first patches of build 42 you could enter large step-vans like that, but in patch 42.0.2 something broke and I could no longer enter such cars (at least the last time i was playing). I think the devs will fix this issue soon, so the mechanic itself is still very useful

[@thefailbender]

Your tip about being able to use generators at level 3 Electrical pretty much saved my run. Why risk my life for a book that MIGHT be in a crowded bookstore (ahem a week in Rosewood to no avail) when I can disassemble every TV, radio, and wall clock in Echo Creek? THANK YOU!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Happy to help! Good luck on your run!

[@terisecurtis4653]

Why do you have a creepy pfp?

[@Simple_Hobbit]

Start your game at 5am and you get an extra survival video on the tv for xp

[@JRS7211]

What a video Duck, even at 1400 hours I just learned quite a bit. Thanks! Any tip on finding a sledgehammer?

[@warmachine5835]

Duck betrays how incredibly British he is calling a bullet-proof vest a stab vest.

[@blavena]

Extremely useful content, once again thanks a lot Mr Duck, so many tips I had no ideal and so many usefull ones. Awesome content no doubt

[@AzureRei]

Love these tips, even when you may know most of them there's always at least one neat little trick to learn.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Glad it's still interesting enough for experienced players! That's always a challenge for me. I wanna provide stuff for the new players, but still keep enough in there for veterans to pick up a few tricks too.

[@williamchurch8401]

Great tips, thanks!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

No problem!

[@eirikmellesdal]

Thanks for the update.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

You bet!

[@mariozimmermann7307]

Sometimes I feel so stupid in PZ that I laugh out loud. The other Day I had week old character and some loot luck with really good gear. It was nearly the end of the ingame Day and I wanted to loot the last house but the Alarm went off so I quickly Run 2 houses back and slept there for the night Next morning I went to that Alarm house again and couldn't see any Zombies around, it was quiet and merely forget the house Alarm from the Day before, sure the whole house was torn apart but no Zombie was to be seen so I climbed through the sheeded window and oh my god the whole house was Full to the brim with Zeds. I immediately stumbeld inside a very large group got scratched and grapped but not bitten yet, out of the window I went but immediately tripped again and the zeds were pooring out the window like water. It took only 2 or 3 Seconds to tear me completly apart. I was stunned for 4 Seconds and than had to lol of how stupid I was and how funny it looked. This is how I died

[@Robertk9528]

Thank you so much!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

No worries!

[@TheMournhammer]

learned some stuff. good video 👍

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Glad to hear it!

[@Krogzaxants]

Great tips, thank you! :)

[@bobswiggart9829]

Fallen from a sheet rope a few times and didn't think much of it until I got a fractured leg doing so. I just assumed it must have been happening because i had muscle strain.

[@SuperPandaren]

there is a setting in the sandbox options that says something like "Easy Climbing" can't remember the exact word. If you don't want to randomly falling down from climbing sheet ropes turn that on.

[@Kelescope]

Yo honestly I hope that bleach thing is intended cos sheesh as a bartender you don't need that much haha 😂 Great video brother!

[@ryanoleary6338]

Found a key in a kitchen drawer for a car parked at a church two blocks over, keys don't make sense lol. Found another for a wrecked car 1 street over another time

[@MrAtomicDuck]

They seem to exist at least in some kind of local area, but yeah, much farther afield than before. I like the new system tbh, the last one was WAY to easy to exploit.

[@ryanoleary6338]

@MrAtomicDuck absolutely, the magic keys made less sense. Overall I do prefer this way. Great content btw and congrats on everything

[@TheBrohomie]

That was the owners spare. (this may be cope or is precisely what the devs intended)

[@gossamera4665]

Y'know the funny thing is, with modern cars that's a thing that can actually happen.

[@eliseosterbrink8000]

@TheBrohomie I really enjoy the reasoning individual players can make behind spawn locations for keys and whatnot. Roleplay is my favorite part of PZ and this helps with immersion. I get that it's not everyone's cup of tea, but it's perfect for someone like me, lol.

[@plawdaug]

For Tip 11: equipping a backpack in your secondary hand slot and a weapon in your primary (ideally a one handed weapon) is a great way to carry more stuff while looting so long as you don’t leave the bag behind jumping through a window.

[@CausticPuffin]

Thank you for the video!!!!

[@jaysonp9426]

I've been looking forward to this one 👍

[@lionpride_gaming]

Great video 🤙

[@hitn-gaming]

I have another tip and a hint for new players who starts in Echo Creek: Tip first: You can rename bags in Build 42 so you can have two garbag bags with you, one for FOOD and one for MATERIALS (MATS). If you loot a house, throw both down on the ground. You can then quickly sort the loot into the bags, grab them both from the floor and have a little bit of pre-sorting done. That's especially useful as you can grab your FOOD bag from the car and bring everything in one go into your base. And the Hint: If you're a new player: The main street from the gas station in Echo Creek leads to the shooting range when you follow it to the left (not over the bridge). DO NOT GO THERE WHEN YOU'RE A NEW CHAR OR A BEGINNER. There are way to many zombies around that place. You'll have a hell of a time fighting with the muscle strain and broken weapons due to low conditions. Use the time instead to loot Echo Creek properly and travel to the right side or travel downwards. I spent days going back to the base and come back with new stuff only to be screwed up by more zombies.

[@herpderp9108]

I'm doing exactly that in my current playthrough. I don't have too many weapons but I've been veeeeeery slowly picking them off one or two at a time by getting their attention and pushing and stomping them to death in an effort to keep my weapons as long as possible. I've finally (after about 3 in game weeks) been able to fight my way into the parking lot area only to find just as many inside as I killed outside. I've been falling back to the little house with the chicken coops right around the corner, but with not much food, it's been tedious. I even accidentally forgot to go back to my gas station base to keep my generator running and all my meat went bad. Good thing there's a farm on the way back with some sheep and rabbits. But yeah, now my new mission is to clear the parking lot areas. Here's to hoping it continues to go smoothly.

[@hitn-gaming]

@@herpderp9108 Tell me the results of your journey! Godspeed!

[@cannedcream]

My only serious problem with Build42 right now is the size of the crafting menu. The UI goes larger than my screen for any item that requires more than 4 or 5 components, meaning I can't hit the "craft" button. Hoping that gets a fix fairly soon.

[@austinschirck7014]

To help with the size issue, first take note of what resolution you are used to and then start scaling the resolution down, so the crafting UI fits the screen, when done crafting the item return it to your preferred resolution. Hope this helps!

[@yo388]

Tip 1 is super useful, my current character has extra sheets and no backpack yet so I’ll be doing this

[@pprapa]

just a tip for keys as well, you can set it up so you leave car keys in the ignition so you dont have to carry them all the time

[@toubi1862]

One thing I figured out, is if you place a feeding through against the chicken coops egg hatch doors. The chicken won't lay eggs, because they can't find a path to the egg hatches. A lot of people were having issues with chickens not laying eggs so this might be helpful

[@xpherion6571]

lmao the shooting bug when you shoot crawlers is hilarious, welcome to the S.Q.U.A.T. TEAM

[@MsHojat]

Would have been good to include the fact that vehicles are excellent for hiding behind, along with crouching behind low fences.

[@matijavejic6989]

Thank you for the timer on the top XD

[@notsteve5927]

I would argue that stealth didn’t improve in B42. I ran two games, one with Conspicuous and the other with Inconspicuous trait, and didn’t notice much difference in zombie detection rates. Rather, I think the player may get the wrong feeling of being a better sneak simply because of the new randomized zombie senses mechanic.

[@Technik3Dengineer]

The Bleach tip was really good. Having the bottle being used up so extremely fast felt so broken. By mixing it with water it looks way better

[@SiodogRehane]

My two cents, hidding between two cars in L shape allowed me to bypass every zombie that was called by a house alarm

[@LFLFL000]

looking forward to the skill leveling tips!

[@juancasini5220]

becomed a fan of this channel, big info 🙌

[@juancasini5220]

I pay more attention to these videos than to my online classes

[@herpderp9108]

Some of the armor you find like sports equipment prevents you from putting a backpack on. Also, putting on a bulletproof vest prevents you from wearing a leather coat, which could leave your arms and thighs susceptible to damage and bites easier. If you chose short sighted as a negative, wearing a motorcycle helmet and other types of full-headed armor will force you to take the glasses off, making your vision blurry again. Not a bad idea to carry a second set of prescription glasses in your backpack in case a zombie or a bad vault over a fence makes them fall off.

[@NeverVoicee]

you can still enable dismatling exp in the sandbox options menu ;)

[@MeCooper]

My favourite thing is the new random key rings you find. I also actually like that the keys have weight now, But thats probably because I've worked in security... Could have knocked a dude out with my key chain.

[@alexandernanitchkov6989]

good video, cheers!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

You betcha :)

[@uhtred7860]

28:28 Butter Lord! Mount and Blade Warband flash backs incoming.😆

[@addman1952]

as a new Player the muscle strain gives AMAZING RP. Aside from giving Guns a buff (no muscle strain) it really makes your character feel alive! I made a vivid memory of fighting my way to a house killing ~10 before struggling against 3 zombies that cornered me in a room, Even though I was bitten the animation of my guy DESPERATELY stomping on the head of the last Zombie made it clear where this character's Limit was. Though I hate how much everything seems to weigh, even with high strength.

[@dustinherk8124]

Milque Toast has HEAVILY taken advantage of rock bashing, and short blunt perks. she's approaching a full year of days survived using this strat.