7 Days to Die Alpha 20 | Stun Lock Base Build | Easy End Game Hordes | Plus a Simple Starter Base

[@mocookiezplz]

11/10 I would recommend this base. My first real go at 7dtd and blood moons were kicking my (and my servermates) butt. Day 43 when I looked up your base and figured I'd give it a shot. I only had enough time to get most of it to cobble and wasn't running dart traps (upgrades inc XD). Lets just say the hardest part of morning 50 was how to get the loot bags back to base lol. Anyone looking for a horde base or is struggling, give the sus base a shot. You won't be disappointed!!

[@FnG-68]

Cool base looked like demos weren't a problem GG your guy wil need deep pockets

[@r000tbeer]

I'd use trigger plates for the dart traps and have a shotgun turret up top for the vultures, but other than that looks like a fun base for horde night!

[@loganjhunter]

With all those loot bags at the end it was almost as if you were playing in a ball pit, nicely done.

[@GrandSpartan]

Thanks Logan! A tiny ball pit of death.

[@stevedixon921]

This looks like a quarter of "the processor" (from A19). I built the full processor and concluded it could be half the size and still work a charm. I like the 90 degree offset, even though cop puke is not all that damaging (at least in a19 it wasn't). Other than spec'ing into tech for the power bank and posts early game it also has a low resource cost to build and maintain, though you could spec melee for day 7 I suppose. As long as you do not set off any demos yourself it will hold up well. I would consider leaving the floor behind the blade traps open though, so the loot bags have somewhere to drop to limit the ball pit effect with larger hordes. Also consider switch plates on the floor to trigger the darts to conserve ammo. A power bank and 2 posts can make almost any base nearly zed proof.

[@swadams2]

I never knew blade traps could be stacked like that. I must give this base design a try.

[@jasonamrhein9593]

Grand Spartan is the master of horde base design. 👍

[@GrandSpartan]

Thank you Jason!

[@seanbreeden]

Wow! That little base is pretty amazing against the day 70 horde. So many loot bags… great work as usual!

[@GrandSpartan]

Thank you Sean!

[@JorkBortley]

Thanks GS, late to the party after a break from 7dtd but these are excellent inexpensive and fast builds that work so well. I usually use inverted ramps for the platform in the first base to make shooting underneath a tiny bit easier, but these are both solid as is.

[@Stantorr]

That stone mace though. Some dedication to premitive weaponry !

[@robldyson]

You come up with some very simple but effective horde base designs, GS. Jolly Good!

[@GrandSpartan]

Thank you Tannis!

[@dvd2493]

Wish I had gone back and watched your day 7 horde base during streamer weekend ... I did not fair so well on my first horde night yesterday. Tried using molotovs without testing them out first, spent more time dousing myself than watching zombies burn and wound up in the street. (and didnt last too long after that)

[@sburke1859]

I did not think you could improve on your previous design but you did! Thanks for keeping me inspired.

[@GrandSpartan]

Thank you S Burke! Glad that I could be of some inspiration!

[@infectedgaming4619]

Spartan has the best base designs. Simple and effective. Have to start a series soon

[@GrandSpartan]

Thank you for the kind words Infected!

[@rickysmith8099]

Hey GS I am back excellent video as always thanks for sharing with us i am enjoying this new alpha and watching the master stay safe and healthy my friend

[@GrandSpartan]

Welcome back Ricky! Same to you and yours!

[@ericsfishingadventures4433]

That's a great base design. Nice job!

[@GrandSpartan]

Thanks!

[@ALPHASHEPHERD1]

The 2nd base looked neat. Great preview of some horde bases sir

[@kimcooper1127]

Excellent base designs!😊

[@GrandSpartan]

Thanks 😁

[@honeybadger781]

Having the player area 90 degrees to the ramp is a good design to stop cops spitting at you. The only issue I see is if you trigger a demo in the small killzone your going to have to bail out the door onto the ground.

[@GrandSpartan]

This was tested against the day 70 horde 6 times with similar results. The horde shown on this video was actually the sixth. The demos and cops may as well be a nurse or skater. Out of the six test I never had one cop or demo explode. All you have to do is keep the blade traps repaired, the dart traps full, and the blade/fence stun lock will do the rest.

[@broken_vet130]

Great vid, cant wait to see what new designs you come up with for A20 :)

[@GrandSpartan]

Cheers!

[@TheBILLY247]

I like them. I've got an idea I'm going to give a go that should take advantage of their new crawling ability.

[@kathrynck]

These are some very nice designs. In particular the second one. I think they are not particularly explosion-resistant, because they are so compact. But their compactness makes them fairly resource-cheap. So... "tradeoffs". The loot bags are getting destroyed in that tight space though. With that much XP, you should have about twice that many loot bags. But it's a good setup. I actually like the stairs best of all. Those side-bits... very nice touch. Makes the path much more resilient.

[@GrandSpartan]

Thanks Kathrynck. There will be no explosions in the second base as shown in the video. I have now taken on 11 day 70 hordes with no cop or demo explosions. All you have to do is keep everything repaired and let the traps do the work. This base was actually almost 100% concrete with little to no steel involved. The loot sacks cannot and do not get destroyed. I have no lucky looter skills in this test world nor do I have the lucky looter series which makes zombies drop more loot. Loot drops are completely random and only affected by a couple things. One horde you may get a good many the next horde you may not.

[@kathrynck]

@@GrandSpartan Yeah, loot bag quantity does seem surprisingly variable. As for explosions, yes, the traps are plenty to kill demo's. I just like to plan for things not going according to plan hehe. I have fundamentally atrocious luck (and not just in 7d2d), I just overcompensate with preparedness, so that when everything goes exactly not according to plan, I have a stack of additional plans ;) I like it though, the base I mean. It's a cool build.

[@GrandSpartan]

Back up plan usually involves a lot of ammo and beer

[@kathrynck]

@@GrandSpartan don't forget mega crush ;)

[@SherryNoyes100]

Excellent alpha 20 horde base! I like the updated look!

[@GrandSpartan]

Thanks Mary!

[@derrickjohns]

Nice! I will probably be building this with my buddies in the coming weeks! :)

[@powerpunch1545]

Love your content brother

[@GrandSpartan]

I appreciate that Power Punch!

[@robertswanston599]

Any chance of a how to build video... i just found your video looking for A20 base design.

[@intotheaether9022]

If you add a blade trap and railing around the edge to the bars on the roof, it acts as a Birdie Blender and vultures become an afterthought.

[@HoxPlays]

Oh man this puts my new one to shame lol. I always forget about the dart traps! Great builds!

[@DerHerrDanGer]

Grand Base Spartan!

[@hushhopper007]

Simple design with great results. Nice.

[@GrandSpartan]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@FlakJacketActual]

The base of many uses

[@thetruth-hl7ct]

If you bring your quad pillars in a square, you can cluster all of the zombies within the range of a single pipe bomb dropped down the center of the tower. Drop 9 unlit pipe bombs follwed by a lit one and you will kill everything, including demo zombies. Rinse and repeat all night and even day 7000 hordes are a piece of cake. I've been using this design for years and haven't had a failure, or death, yet.

[@bothetinman772]

I really like this base. I just started an Intellect build so the focus will be traps. I’d love a how to build video and I know I’m not the one one. Either way, good good job and you have another subscriber. 🍻

[@GrandSpartan]

Thank you Bo! I will be building one on stream sometime soon to take on the upcoming hordes. Stop by sometime or if you can't catch me live check out the replay. Welcome to the channel!

[@RowbowsGaming]

Great Video

[@benwil6048]

1:33 You should put something like arrow slits in front of your dart traps to protect from dmg though *edit: nvm :D* Thx for the great ideas ^^

[@GrandSpartan]

Thanks Ben. No need to put anything in front of the dart traps in this design as they never take damage. At the end of the horde I take the nail gun and point to them to show they didn't even take one hit point of damage throughout the entire horde.

[@benwil6048]

@@GrandSpartan oh shit I didn’t notice or know :o thanks man that will save me a lot of trouble! I’m only at day 5 so far

[@chrisevans5764]

vary nice base simple but vary nice

[@pablogonzalezplasencia2293]

really sorry for comenting this late but those blocks u have on the bottom side that separates u from the zombies, which one are those? I read an answer to another commenter that u said it was one T shaped but how did u do to have 2 horizontal instead of just one? talking about those in 1:21

[@GrandSpartan]

Never to late to comment Pablo! Two T's on their side with two regular poles going horizontal across the top. Those both have to be placed using advanced placement. Hope that helps and makes sense.

[@pablogonzalezplasencia2293]

@@GrandSpartan Love you, have a nice day

[@JakeReign]

I see him repairing the blade trap, but what about the electric fence posts? Where are those connected so they can be repaired?

[@GrandSpartan]

No need to repair them during the horde. This was the sixth test of day 70 hordes taken on in this base and each time the fence posts lasted all night as was shown in this video.

[@jamaalstricklin9867]

565k xp??? Holy jebus!!

[@legodoze308]

Can you explain the bars in the killing room pls? Trying to build your base but can't find the right shapes. Thanks for the great design

[@GrandSpartan]

You are most likely talking about the "T" shaped post. Should be in the first menu of shapes. I use two of those on the bottom using advanced placement then I use two regular poles on top of those and two "T's" upside down on the top.

[@legodoze308]

Thank you so much !

[@garypaxton3522]

Nice

[@shakeorefined2514]

Neat design! How much XP did you get by the end of the night? I saw the counter go up over 100k a few times.

[@hoopty-westside]

Your build videos are great! there's a new corner pillar 0.025m shape that works like the 4 corner poles, but even skinnier! Zombies have an even harder time targeting it! 😎 I can't wait for A20 Castle Sparta!!!

[@GrandSpartan]

Thanks Hoopty! They don't have a chance to hit anything in this base due to being stun locked. As long as you don't have it setup so they can crawl or glitch through you're good!

[@hoopty-westside]

@@GrandSpartan ....whelp....TFP nerfed the Poles and skinny .025 Pillars (you called them chicken legs!) in latest patch, now the HP is reduced 75%!!! so a cobblestone block has 1500 vs Poles/Pillars @ 375 😳

[@hoopty-westside]

@@GrandSpartan I think the I-Beam Small is the new corner pole (until they nerf that too!)

[@Floofermancer]

all the loot bags have me wondering if it'd be possible to make a "loot catch" room addition, possibly using ramps

[@GrandSpartan]

Instead of putting plates on the outside of the blade traps you could just leave it open. Most of those sacks will fall on to the ground.

[@ridiculousss859]

do you have a build tutorial video for the end game stun lock base?

[@GrandSpartan]

Here is a link to an episode on the series where I built and used the same base. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYqvmKmPhM6jn80

[@teeveegee8843]

So due to the block stability issue my stun lock base just collapsed, I didnt even get to use it! had it fully running just was finishing off the last couple blocks to complete it and down she went. I have day 35 horde tomorrow too :'( blade traps, 6 engines, 2 dart traps and all the fence posts are all gone! I love this game but after that i think i need a break.

[@GrandSpartan]

Until they address that issue I would go into debug mode and click recalc stability as you are building.

[@thelizardking8999]

You gain 50% exp from electric traps, not 50% bonus when you max adv engineering. You get *half* the normal exp from traps because traps normally do not give player exp.

[@GrandSpartan]

I probably wouldn't have even dinged a level based upon my own kills during this horde, so I count the trap kill experience as a bonus. The base does so much damage that I don't get many killing blows in.

[@thelizardking8999]

@@GrandSpartan I understand that logic. Traps are killing faster than you are so it's extra exp. Just a little confusion in the choice of wording there for the newer players. All good, great base design btw.

[@serega1999rus]

I wonder, is the second horde base still work on alpha 21?

[@jgoemat]

What blocks are those blocking the zombies off from you?

[@GrandSpartan]

On the shapes menu it should be the third row down and is a " T "

[@elbonnybar]

you're so mean, you didn't loot the 9000 loot bags from the base. that hit me in a spiritual level since i'm a loot goblin. also DAMN that's almost makes it worth going intellegence early game. since it's such a difficult tree to handle on it own. i guess the Pipe Baton is somwhat usable (still a piece of crap compared to the HUGE buff bow and specially crossbows have now)

[@Karoti]

Where does that double door hatch on the first base come from? I can't find it anywhere.

[@GrandSpartan]

It is a new block called "shutter"

[@Karoti]

@@GrandSpartan Thank you

[@MrChancyG]

Can you use hatches instead of those circle blocks

[@GrandSpartan]

I've not tried the hatch over a round block yet but I don't see why not. I may try that placement on tomorrow nights stream for horde night.

[@noneoftheabovematters2172]

Hey grand Spartan how do i get the old wood frames i cant figure out how to do it

[@GrandSpartan]

Hold down "R" and go to the shapes menu. Double click on the top icon to the left. The frame should be the second option on that list.

[@anthonyrcoons]

Is there an Alpha 20 castle build in the future? 👀

[@GrandSpartan]

There will be something. Not sure if it will be a castle but certainly larger than your average base or POI.

[@gruglly]

I wonder how this will hold up now with the changes to pole blocks?

[@GrandSpartan]

Lowering the hp of pole blocks will make no difference. As a matter of fact it will make these bases even more viable than before. On this first base instead of using poles for support just use 1/4 blocks for the full 10k hp. It will however change the bases that many people use with a one to three wide hallway and poles at the end. The Stun Lock base could be made of cobblestone and stand up to an end game horde as it takes no damage. I think I did more block damage with the hammer than any zombie during that horde.

[@Kaltano]

A link to the build video in the description would have been quite helpful.

[@GrandSpartan]

There is no build video for the last base as it is just a concept for you to expand upon. The only thing that is important on the first base is how you build the pillars. How you build the platform you're standing on is up to you.

[@PixelLifeGaming]

That Base is Sus

[@davidstufflebean3285]

Are you saying you don't think it is legit? I know Spartan said he wanted to keep it compact but I would have to have a bit more room in the fighting cage area that is to close quarters for me lol, also wondering if a repulsor on a baton might not be a bad weapon to use to knock them back into the blade traps.

[@GrandSpartan]

He is saying it is "sus" due to the fact that it looks like a crewmate from Among Us which was intended.

[@davidstufflebean3285]

@@GrandSpartan Gotcha! Thanks.

[@MrScorp45]

is there a link for the end game horde base i would like to see how it is built

[@GrandSpartan]

This is the video for the endgame horde base. It is the red base featured in the thumbnail and about halfway through the video. I used it live on stream last night. Feel free to stop by a stream if you have any questions.

[@flipflop4235]

Awesome

[@AnhAnHet]

what are the dimensions on the hazard base?

[@GrandSpartan]

There are really no set dimensions for that base. You can make it as large or small as you want it to be. Here is the stream replay where I built this base for the day 7 horde. It should be time stamped to the exact moment I start building. which is 5:03:57 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2i5nZ1oertlmsk

[@SmlWng123]

1:11 Anybody else think this base looks a bit... 'sus'?

[@sirarnoldgrylls6553]

Is there a tutorial

[@user-tj5yg5pk8v]

What if you found out the next day that there was a cure

[@connyjonny9856]

i don’t want to say it but the thumbnail among us

[@novakattila]

1:00 amogus

[@milkst34k97]

amogus base

[@giorgosvlaxos4091]

2nd base is sus

[@CallyEmeraldaz]

Sus thumbnail

[@Carpfoon]

SUS base

[@marcelsitumorang]

Amogus

[@bigdaddylou9467]

Awesome base designs!