7 Days to Die: Essential Tips For Your First Horde Night BASE!

[@lho10101]

Great video. I usually find an existing poi and attach a ramp/pole section to it. This greatly reduces the materials cost allowing you to get more questing done in those first 7 days. I also turn the poles horizontal to avoid the whole floating block thing, but that’s just a matter of choice.

[@that_guy7466]

No way would you build something that big for your First horde base. you woudn't be able to get those materials together.

[@ReachGaming]

Well, if I can do it, you can. I can build this build within 3-4 hours in-game before horde night, it's not hard at all, I wouldn't have done a video like this if it was hard, besides the idea of the base is what I am trying to show not the size of the base. You also don't even need to use cobble it can be done with wood also

[@joleennagel5356]

well technically he did say "tips" so its just a few ideas when you start out

[@Paolini_18]

You also dont need this kind of base for the first horde anyway, just sit on top of a random house and ur safe

[@joleennagel5356]

@@Paolini_18 true, but not everyone has the same play style. so its nice to see different ideas

[@MRmofoHD]

Since this xbox updated version I can't figure out how to pull the shape menu up or how to craft poles and nothing online says hold block hold B but no option

[@xTHEBEASTxx]

Hold x to bring up the menu not b

[@SirGreenDay]

I LOVE this game! I play on console and haven't played since they killed the console version and I can't wait until Thursday to play this again. 1 quick question. Why not just place spike traps etc inder the floating bridges so that the zombies just fall onto those? They surely didn't remove traps did they? Thanks.

[@rubycandy92]

I always do house style bases, I need to think outside the box.

[@mementomori5580]

Already far to big/elaborate for the very first horde night... Just build a ramp up like 13 blocks or so, then have a little path with maybe some dropper blocks in it and then your little "bunker" area (which just needs to be a small box) and you're done with it. Far simpler than what you created there, especially far simpler than digging a far to big pit. Your pit also has the problem that it can't deal with dogs. They will start destroying the ground.

[@ReachGaming]

Watch the video. 🙏🏻👍🏻

[@PacCka_]

make your own fucking video kid

[@dichebach]

The distance from player to not cause "Destroy Area" mode may have been increased to 16 or 17.

[@ReachGaming]

Haven't experienced that in the test I showed in the video? Zombies stopped destroying area mode when they fell into my pit.

[@pApA0LeGBa]

Just seeing how many cobble you need, new players won´t be able to do this. It´s been a long time since i was new, but i know thee is no way i could have that much cobblestone on day 7. Propably most newbies will still struggle with that on day 14

[@ReachGaming]

Can use wood. Works the same

[@adamsmall5598]

@@ReachGaming I wish you had made that clear in the video. I saw this base and was immediately like "that's too much for the first seven days. No way in hell I could get that many resources."

[@SurvivingThePlot]

​@@adamsmall5598This is a far cry from the biggest base you can build in the first seven days. You could probably 3-4x this size while still only mining during the nights of the first seven days, even more if you get lucky with a pickaxe drop

[@adamsmall5598]

@@SurvivingThePlot Okay. I'd like to see a video demonstrating that kind of thing. it would make things a lot clearer and give newer players a clear method to follow to get to the results.

[@SurvivingThePlot]

@adamsmall5598 I'm basically done trying to do KZbin, so this isn't an advertisement attempt, but I have a hardcore series in which I play with 100% vanilla settings and build a base with more thiccness than this video by doing only night time mining. If you actually want the video proof, go my sixth video to see the chonk of base I'm talking about as it's built, triple/quadruple layered walls and all. If you mine during daytime, you could go way further than what I did by a much larger margin, as there's more daytime hours to work with. Even more optimal if you're mining by digging out the pit you need for the base, two birds one stone or whatever.

[@bananainacup]

Why not just put traps inside the pit? I’m still new to this game

[@bm10108]

Whats with the floating columns???

[@mashvids1018]

Pretty good starter 😊

[@ReachGaming]

I got a few more to show !

[@ebraman229]

Can you open that shapes menu in normal survival mode?

[@erickyvw1922]

Yes , hold r while having block equipped

[@ebraman229]

@@erickyvw1922 thank you sir!

[@TheAntfats]

How late into the game can this base hold me for?

[@stevdor6146]

Until you get cops, so at least 21 hours(game days) maybe longer if you slowly advance gamestage

[@TheAntfats]

@@stevdor6146 How could I go about enforcing for cops and what not? I was going to just start adding traps

[@djbigq1]

​@TheAntfats I would say adding electric fence traps along with a few blade traps at bottom then put dart traps for as soon as they come out the pit they trigger the darts. Then at the top setup some smg turrets on each side. I would do this while reinforcing the pit with steel blocks but use concrete first then upgrade to steel and so forth. After that add some shotgun turrets at top of building and point to sky for birds or whatever you have flying in your game. That's how you fortify my friend, also don't forget to fortify those beams the zombies run across that way they are more secure.

[@michaelwoodard8221]

Reach, it's not 11 blocks anymore, it's 13.

[@ReachGaming]

Should be 11-12 I used 12 in the video and it worked.

[@TheHomerman3]

Cheaten and glitching is shit.

[@mickmyth4404]

box bambi

[@ReachGaming]

👀

[@frankcrisman8913]

There are a couple of spots I've found where you can hang out safely on Horde nights, kill zombies with no risk up to and including day 21. That gives me ample time to outfit a proper base that will suffice well into triple digit days.

[@Domaorn]

i went 15 lol but im over kill but that is 12 ground lvl with a pit with and exit back to the stair area lol however my buddy was watching my first horde night .. simple 5x5 but i forgot and had hatches to get in and out.. worked great till the floor hatch broke.. i was able to get out then up and shoot down i had no clue horde night lasts "all night" now and not a set number of waves lol but i did it!!! haha i do like the base design for early starts

[@aehalix2838]

just picked the game up a few hours ago and having a blast! Thanks for this awesome video very informative

[@ReachGaming]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Liberty46]

if you're playing 1.0 you should beware your current savegame will most probably not work when the game launches full on 25 july

[@xo2ulips]

fire base building music at the end. ty for the vid

[@Popz1965]

Its definitely clever, however I can't stand free-floating blocks. I know it's just a video game, but I don't like the unimersive look of free floating blocks.

[@erasalams61]

😂 kind of but it depend what imersion u looking for. I personally prefer classic thing but avatar floating islands could be fun

[@gdgd5194]

Just place the plate on the side of a block instead of leaving an empty block gap. Zombies will try to run through that smaller gap and fall in 99% of the time. I made a moat using this tactic and they all fall into water xD

[@Oktokolo]

It's a solid base and even has the mandatory machicolations for killing the odd outlier who gets stuck in rage mode. But all you do by having the pit is delaying reage mode until they come back in range. You need to make them spend some time to get into range so the timer runs out and they forget about their rage. But that's just not feasible for a starter base. The pit is a good choice for an explosives base though. There you want to make sure that the zombies can't escape and your primary way of killing is throwing explosives and mollies into the pit. Not sure whether that is still fun in A22/1.0 with the new trickle spawn mechanic though... Btw, it's always good to have more than one (switchable) zombie path and plan the base for that from the start. The second path after the melee station should be a loop, so you can repair in peace if needed.

[@joleennagel5356]

Love these tips videos. Its been a while since I played so the tips will definitely help out a damsel in distress 🤣

[@ReachGaming]

Keep commenting I love it!

[@robertbarton4776]

These ‘floating block’ builds, break emersion for me

[@PacCka_]

its a video game about crafting and zombies and you're worried about immersion. XD

[@vohrtechs5974]

You can use center pole on edge and make a solid beam for them to path on if you prefer. Most of them will still fall when they crowd up. I run a second one across underneath the first to prevent the path from being broken.

[@AceExoticZ]

@@PacCka_ your comment is lame lol.

[@lorddrakkon5336]

​@@PacCka_😅

[@lorddrakkon5336]

​@@AceExoticZs/he makes a good point and it's lame...are you kidding, please say your trolling

[@kyleconti3010]

nice base

[@AI.Musixia]

nice video but not really vulture safe

[@saskilla1945]

This base worked like charm 👌 i built it a bit rushed but it really kept my friends safe so thank you. They wdre impressed by it

[@thetrueuzumaki2111]

You build to fast I couldn’t keep up with my slow brain

[@ReachGaming]

Just slow it down in KZbin settings

[@kylerd787]

Dislike. Never showed the base in action during a horde night

[@ReachGaming]

Okaaaaay.

[@iLoveAppl3947]

i never build bases like this. I like to simulate real life scenarios like reinforcing a house, base, hospital, etc. I find these bases boring and unrealistic

[@doomslayerforever2858]

True i feel the same way.

[@MadManMadden96]

Me too. I want to feel like I’m surviving in a apocalypse. It adds a funnier ton to the game. Finding those underground bunkers are great tho

[@werdnanesral7536]

Me too however the zombies seem to all have sledge hammers for hands and structural engineering degrees so i tend to mix underground bunker with a bridge/jump section that utilizes something similar otherwise the zombies seem to to have enough sense not only to not fall but to not push their fellow zombies over the edge.

[@begg3495]

That's a fair approach. I like the idea of creating my own fortress and finding the most efficient ways to beat the zombies though

[@ReachGaming]

Nothing wrong with that should, play the game however you like! 🙂

[@justinritchie282]

Im confused on how you get back into the base after you scaffolding the doorway off... Unless you have to break it every single time which would really suck.

[@ironskual6312]

lots of stone for day 7

[@ReachGaming]

I did a base exactly like this within 4 ingame hours before horde night

[@dylansmith6229]

im getting back in after a few years away from the game and wanted to make sure this base design was still possible and that there weren't any new problems to avoid. thanks!

[@penchanter6194]

Hi! Thank you for this video!! Looks great!!! :) Which 'block' shape are you using for the 'diagonal' section below the vertical bars in the front?

[@ReachGaming]

It's a pole I think.

[@penchanter6194]

@@ReachGaming Perhaps a "support" for a pole?

[@penchanter6194]

@@ReachGaming I have tried figuring out which diagonal shape this is, but cannot find it.

[@penchanter6194]

Look for "grate". :)

[@werdnv]

0:58 13 blocks height for little, to no agro (destructive mode) for fall damage

[@ironEagleWings73]

Nice Idea have you are idea how tu bild this build with electric trapps?

[@end_of_the_line0]

Song name at 8:50?

[@toysoldier46552]

Hordes now last until 4AM Reach, have you tested this in actual game play? Not to mention having to scramble resources and run missions so you can progress?

[@ReachGaming]

I have done this exact same base in wood, and I built it within 4 hours of Ingame hours before horde night.

[@apiscator444]

Too much digging without cheat. My first base was reinforce house, multi fallback entrance, worked fine.

[@ReachGaming]

Don't dig just build 12 blocks high. No digging required

[@看什么看-o8u]

nice base❤

[@northstar6920]

An AK-47 xan be used as a mining tool... quick, someone contact Brandon Herrera

[@ReachGaming]

That's not an AK-47 and it's a Dev tool 😁

[@xPumaFangx]

your outdated cross blocks are better than the scaffolding.

[@ReachGaming]

😄👍🏻

[@GJB22]

I want to see an actual base that can hold out a hoard, not a cheese base.

[@ReachGaming]

I got plenty of those

[@adamsmall5598]

How tf you get enough cobblestone or brick or whatever by day 7 to build that much? I would barely have enough to make maybe the staircase.

[@ReachGaming]

You can use wood it works just fine with wood also

[@SurvivingThePlot]

Dig at night, craft cobble and quest during day. It's not very much cobblestone, especially if you're doing the optimal thing and going miner69er+mother lode right out the gate. You could make some unnecessarily huge bases in the first 7 days if you're built for it

[@johnmarcus8864]

LOL wtf?! Who the heck would waste time building a base from scratch for the 1st 2 horde nights? a cobblestone reinforced small T1-2 poi is simply better at this point of the game! XD 0:35 Also really? early? That's like 500 cobblestone blocks! XD Farming all this shit with low tier stone tools is not what I call an intelligent move rofl!!

[@ReachGaming]

👍🏻

[@SurvivingThePlot]

I don't have that problem. Mine during night time hours and craft cobblestone during daytime questing. If you really don't like mining, cut back by hollowing out blocks beneath the base, since support in the corners is all you really need. I've built WAY bigger bases than this in my first seven days 🙂

[@doomslayerforever2858]

Cheap. I just turn off hoards

[@TheAntfats]

whats the point of the game then

[@ReachGaming]

I think we should all play the game now we want to play it. There's a reason why there's an on/off setting for zombies.

[@SurvivingThePlot]

If you don't like floating blocks, just rotate the poles 90 degrees to look like a walkway. Not as efficient, but the zombies will still push each other into the pit and give you breathing room

[@fabioaugusto9477]

The most pathetic way to play this game, how weak you could be to build a base like this? Play without glitch the AI noob

[@ReachGaming]

👍🏻

[@SurvivingThePlot]

When the zombies stop getting free engineering degrees, people will "Play without glitch the AI"

[@IDontFuckingLikeYou]

I think you can add a grenade shooter below the fighting position and also when you dig it’s better to make an outline of the area you wanna dig out then destroy the bottom then it will collapse which is a faster way to make a pit but your base is really good how the zombies can’t stack up