Complementary point for 3(bows and crossbows): Use crossbows as your main exploring weapon for its base damage, high alpha means the best bang for your buck with sneak damage. Bows would then be saved for horde night for the rate of fire.
@kevinlopezobrien53662 жыл бұрын
An extra note on the Archery: Some folks don't think the explosion from explosive arrows will scale with Archery perks. BUT THEY DO! Shooting at the feet around a biker with a level 6 compound bow (standard difficulty in a test world) yielded me 135 damage with no perks, 205 with maxed Archery! So yeah factoring that into the already high damage (thanks for that FP) from the arrow or bolt makes it really useful for tougher zeds with direct hits, while also taking out the mooks they're usually traveling with rather handily. They're quite fun! Provided of course that you can find the book (even though the game just seems to THROW it at me in every world by day 3, guess my game really knows what I like). And I know someone will ask, no the explosives perks in the Perception tree will not help the damage. At all. Only Archery perks. Edited for auto correct shenanigans.
@stavik962 жыл бұрын
yeah with the changes to books you now find ranger's guide to archery and needle & thread very frequently in mailboxes as early as day 1. Like you can open 8 mailboxes and expect 6 books from those 2 series. The clothes one is whatever but the one for archery is insane.
@sam31215132 жыл бұрын
Before I knew that the cargo mod could be stacked, I used the medic mod for the drone. Funnily enough it does not stop bleeding.
@brodriguez110002 жыл бұрын
"Shift+click" imagine that instead of a straightforward click+drag.
@CMDRFandragon Жыл бұрын
Hows the healing on the drone even work? I cheated one in just to test it, put the healing mod on it, got hit, told it to heal me and waited.....it basically didnt do jack....did I need to do something else to it?
@sam3121513 Жыл бұрын
@@CMDRFandragon The drone only heals you if it has healing items. Give it bandages. I can't remember if I ever used first aid kits with it so I don't know if they work but probably do.
@CMDRFandragon Жыл бұрын
@@sam3121513 Oh, so it isnt like most other games with passive healing objects, where the healing mod or healing object has its own healing system. Got it lol. THe more ya know, ty.
@wishyourlife68612 жыл бұрын
Ever since I found a crossbow I've been in love with it. I can oneshot pretty much anything and can clear POIs without wasting a single bullet.
@Chrono_Mitsurugi2 жыл бұрын
i'm very upset they patch motocycles climbing vertical walls. i loved playing as GhostRider.
@robertbretschneider7652 жыл бұрын
Very good video! I would add: Throwing stones and snowballs for stealthy crowd control.
@CrabClownJimmy2 жыл бұрын
Dude, I love your tutorial vids! I hope comments offering appreciation are NOT the ones giving you a nosebleed though 😅😅😅
@BartanTirix2 жыл бұрын
They... They can STACK!? Neat :D But really, I think the drone was a good add to the game ^^ Very useful for when I'm digging for treasure and get the detection that something's lurking about
@enkephalin07 Жыл бұрын
I rely heavily on all kinds of turrets for horde defense, and haven't detonated a demo man yet. I've set off their timers myself, but roboturrets and autoturrets never have. They're placed at heights above the approaching enemies, so this may eliminate the chance of hitting the demo button.
@Mitglied11elf2 жыл бұрын
I don't trust my drone bc after a game crash I lost all stuff that my drone was carrying, including my steel pickaxe, shovel, 15 repair kits, honey and other medicals
@Samurai_Punk Жыл бұрын
I literally started using Molotov's just this new game (day or two ago). Decided to try something new. Now I can't figure out why I was so boneheaded not to use them before. New best friend.
@ApocalypsesandSurvival Жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention throwing rocks as a tool.
@selwing666 Жыл бұрын
i wasn't using the molotovs or the pipebombs more often cuz i had anxiety when dealing even a single digit pixel of damage to my own blocks, but honestly it is barely noticable even if i threw thousands of them, but for the hatches i started using them as main line for defence, not only does it save time not to make a backdoor to enter, but it is also very protective and give a chance to make melee viable for defence too
@Calibrax332 жыл бұрын
There's been some debate on whether or not "The Hunter's Journal: Self Defense vol 7" effects zombies as well as humans XML=
@madmommy2 жыл бұрын
Another nice tutorial! Is the molotov a recipe you have to find/buy, related to a perk, or a basic recipe?
@IzPrebuilt2 жыл бұрын
You just start with it unlocked
@faylinnmystiquerose22242 жыл бұрын
Huh, the only mechanics I don't use here are hatches and the drone, it's a recent addition considering when I last played for any period of time and I haven't played around with it yet.
@AsianPersuation24x72 жыл бұрын
yeah im lv160 at gamestage 300 and my crossbow is still on my belt that thing is a beast at POI runs at least with some degree of stealth it is lol
@doczoff56552 жыл бұрын
Never thought about stacking cargo mods... Wow, that's a game changer! Superb advice as always, thank you! :)
@Boogalarian Жыл бұрын
As someone who is wanting to get a PC and get the PC version, thank you so much for the tips.
@abathurx95002 жыл бұрын
Stumbled across this, only real tip i didnt know was the drone. Generally I religiously start solo playthroughs with miner and mother lode in strength tree. In the very early game it is so damn helpful as it gives you a means to gain experience on the fly at night, rather than be stuck idling. Thats why i always make sure at night im doing trees n shit to upgrade my base. 2nd if a POI has a dog in it, I note it and If I have a firearm enough said. If I dont, then I come up with some kind of plan I improvise that SHOULD keep me alive regardless of difficulty, since I find they are the most dangerous early game foes that you will realistically have to fight early game. If you are fighting zombie bears on day 2, god f***ing help you! (I say that though I did beat a zombie bear on day 2 with nothing but a grade 2 I think it was an iron sledgehammer and doing nothing but back pedaling IN A19. I had one cloth armor on which gave 2 armor... on survivalist difficulty I had full health.... it hit me once. I got knocked down to 2hp. But by some miracle I managed to kill it. I am NOT making this up!) Finally - glasses/goggles. The nerd ones I use religiously. 10% extra xp, faster craft times, +1 intellect to allow access to forge & workbench recipes faster. Plus faster access to level 2 in better barter for 10% off items in shops. VERY helpful especially early and mid game as it gives you faster access to better guns or even vehicles like the motor cycle. I've sometimes had a motorcycle before day 4 or 5. The lucky goggles though are VERY helpful as they aid in buried treasure quests, giving +1 to treasure hunter basically in the sense of less tiles to dig before circle shrinks!
@friendlyplayer92 Жыл бұрын
Lucky goggles are best because they give you a loot bonus
@abathurx9500 Жыл бұрын
@@friendlyplayer92 yeah, but generally i think you can get away with not wearing em til you are looting. Otherwise you might be right. Not looting = nerd glasses. Are looting = Lucky goggles.
@user-mh1fq1ib3p Жыл бұрын
I really hope they update first gen consoles. I'm still playing on version 18. I recently came back to playing after 5 years away and my original saves didn't even have the traders or chem set. So those and some other items are still new to me. I really wanna try the other vehicles and the drone. More inventory space would be such an upgrade.
@S30181462 жыл бұрын
But quite often I find that the impact of crossbow bolt hitting sleeping zombie face is what wakes up other zombies. What can I do to stop that?
@doczoff56552 жыл бұрын
Check your armour noise level, I use padded armour for the zero noise increase along with at least level 3 of the Agility stealth perk. Is the crossbow louder than other bows? With a compound bow I can confidently pick off zombies without waking their friends. More unnerving is the occassional careless moment when you walk around a corner and find yourself stood nose to nose with a sleeping biker, with silent armour the stealth perk really is that good! A carefully aimed arrow right between the eyes at point blank range should do for Mr Snoozy Biker and is probably safer than trying to sneak away again...but be ready to run just in case! I know, better to not walk into him in the first place but where's the fun in that?
@tomx_pl77602 жыл бұрын
It's always so great to see another video from you! Your channel and the game are highly underrated
@Durrtyboy Жыл бұрын
I really love all the agility tree weapons you get a ton of utility in one tree first the knife is good enough for melee when you get a machete and good mods bows are your bread and butter weapon with easy ammo and flaming and explosive arrows crossbow for your ranged weapon and both get better sneak attacks the hand guns give you a cheap ammo option with pistols a full auto weapon and a hard hitting weapon and works great with the new stair step style base and pairs well with intelligence traps
@clintongriffin20772 жыл бұрын
Throwing pipebombs between a closed door and a hatch and then opening the door you run for cover will kill the zombies on the other side of the now open door ;)
@zwordsman2 жыл бұрын
Weirdly... I feel like I get a lot of headshots with the stun batons of all things. as a pure int build.
@mortal15012 жыл бұрын
Enjoy your content. Always helpful content
@marceloaranibar88022 жыл бұрын
Something REALLY weird happened to me yesterday during a new game: I ve found a feral zombie casually wandering outside on day 3, at Diersville. Since when is that possible? xd
@IzPrebuilt2 жыл бұрын
Short answer: Hospital.
@marceloaranibar88022 жыл бұрын
@@IzPrebuilt Wow, since when?
@IzPrebuilt2 жыл бұрын
@@marceloaranibar8802 I think alpha 20
@doczoff56552 жыл бұрын
It would be karma if a hospital feral topped me on day 3. One of my favourite loot cheats is to run a ladder most of the way up the hospital wall and then use ramp shaped frames to reach the loot room via the broken wall. Because I'm not jumping or laddering the final approach is silent so the huge welcome committee on the roof usually keep on snoozing. I even successfully spent a horde night in a makeshift shelter on the wall below the hospital roof overhang when I was on an urgent anti-biotic search. The Zs went into damage mode but it's such a large tough building that they never got anywhere near. Unfortunately I didn't find any antibiotics in the majority of the hospital that I searched before I died so that was another stoopid 'iron man game over' to add to the list! (Hey at least I'm not trying to kill bears with stone spears any more, weirdly enough that doesn't work!)
@marceloaranibar88022 жыл бұрын
@@doczoff5655 One day, the spider zombies will be able to climb buildings. Or I hope so, because right now they are pretty non-effective during horde night xb
@Krisisisis2 жыл бұрын
If you don't have sextex power attacks are not more stamina efficient then normal attacks. Mostly because power attacks reduce stamina regeneration for a while.
@IzPrebuilt2 жыл бұрын
if you don't have sex rex, don't use melee
@Kazgrel2 жыл бұрын
I'm a dumbass for never having tried using multiples of the cargo mod for the drone, lul Regarding point #3...it'll be hard for me to ever not play an agility/stealth-based build due to just how good bows and crossbows are now. Hopefully they don't get nerfed back to uselessness, because it sure is nice not having to level an entire other attribute tree (Perception) for a stealth build...even if perception was always my second tree, but mostly for demo expert + salvage ops
@brodriguez110002 жыл бұрын
Not dumbass, from the A20.4 b38 changelog under fixed: "Only the first Drone Cargo Mod can be added by drag and drop ". Easy to overlook.
@ViciousVinnyD2 жыл бұрын
They won't, and if they do it will hurt the game. Bows and crossbows provide an excellent range and stealth bonus, but they have only one shot and a long reload. Stealth doesn't even work on horde night so you're better off getting pistol perks, or switching to a better crowd control weapon. Bows and crossbows are at balance with the other weapons right now due to their even pros and cons, nerfing them would be detrimental to gameplay as they can very easily fall behind everything else in the game.
@williamh28992 жыл бұрын
So I went digging about the dismember chance, apparently the highest you can get with melee is with a sledgehammer at 80% Dismember Chance on Power attack. I also tried with 100% Dismember Chance and it did not dismember all the time. I asked TFP about this and one of them said that Dismember chance are governed by damage (There is a certain threshold to be reached, if its not reached the dismember chance is reduced), Base Dismember Chance (Which is From Attributes, Skills, Perk Books, Etc) and Dismember Multiplier (Ferals and Radiated have 70% and 40% multiplier on top of the total dismember chance you have respectively). So is Dismember Worth it? If the Higher Difficulties doesn't scale that damage threshold, IE: If on Nomad you need 20% Damage Dealt to the head for the Damage Threshold, on Insane, that should be reduced to 10% Damage Threshold. If that isn't the case, its not worth Trying to dismember a Radiated Soldier (Due Armor and Radiated Multiplier). It certainly can happen, but it is down to RNG after all. P.S : I would like to know how much is the actual damage threshold, as TFP didn't say and the 20% was just an example Edit: Here's some of the highest Dismember Chances 1. 95% with Explosive 2. 80% with Shotgun (Checked the XMLs for the 10% Added Dismember from Skills, its not added) 3. 70% with Fist 4. 65% with Snipers
@IzPrebuilt2 жыл бұрын
Not 100% sure but I can say from experience that on insane nightmare, head pops occur often enough for me to want to increase the chance further so even if it is affected by difficulty, it's still good.
@KruhlSentru2 жыл бұрын
This is actually one of the reasons I prefer the fist weapons. Fast attack speed, low stamina cost, decent dismember chance. By mid-game I'm almost exclusively using power attacks, and it's easy enough to dodge between the zombie's slow attacks as well. They also get knocked down a lot, which helps keep them from overpowering you. It won't work on every situation, but as far as melee weapons go, it's a way to clean house in a hurry.
@LunicornSZRK2 жыл бұрын
Shotguns are broken, insane damage output, can hit multiples targets/limbs, slow targets and decapitate almost everytimes with max perks. Also you never run out of shotgun shells
@ladybug5912 жыл бұрын
@@LunicornSZRK Is the word "broken" now used as meaning good? I have seen another comment using broken as a good thing...lol???
@LunicornSZRK2 жыл бұрын
@@ladybug591 not "now" but maybe only in games? take it has "it's way to good it's actually bad for the game"
@tubaduba97022 жыл бұрын
Not sure if I'm playing wrong, but when I used a crossbow I'd still wake surrounding zombies up making it pretty worthless to use/carry when I already had a good gun. Without the benefit of stealth bows/crossbows are still trash. But like I implied, I was probably doing something wrong.
@patrickkenyon23262 жыл бұрын
I never put points into stealth, but I do crouch. Were you crouching?
@Blitzcreeper2392 жыл бұрын
As far as I know, once you step into a sleeper volume that doesn't immediately trigger a scripted attack, every sound you make is cumulative to waking zombies up if they are within range to hear it. If you had good stealth and, obviously, were crouching, then there's a chance as you walked into trash(this makes a LOT of noise), break pallets/furniture(some zombies are behind props that you need to break for line of sight, the false cupboards shouldn't generate too much noise), hitting Take All, opening loot containers, etc. These all can cumulatively contribute to waking up a zombie you haven't killed yet, and footsteps are also much noisier if you just hold W, tapping W to "tiptoe" across the room can actually allow you to sneak by much better. Rule of thumb: Kill before looting so you can Take All as you please Break all trash you are intending to walk over Tap W to get around if you are expecting to walk really close to a zombie If you need to break something to get LOS to a zombie's head, stand as far away from the thing you want to destroy as your tool's max range allows, then break it - slowly if necessary.
@gabenplznerf10939 ай бұрын
What mod are you using for the Tac AR red dot sight?
@misterskarbero5374 Жыл бұрын
Hey sorry gotta ask is that third person view a mod or in game?
@Shirden2 жыл бұрын
The drones always get showered by the Molly’s and then they glitch into the floor and become invisible on the radar.
@IzPrebuilt2 жыл бұрын
I'd just pick them up for horde night lmao.
@tremedar2 жыл бұрын
That's not a glitch, they have health and take damage, if they lose all health, they shut down and stop where they hit 0 until you repair them.
@tremedar2 жыл бұрын
@@IzPrebuilt Better to just tell it to stop somewhere nearby. That's 48 portable auxiliary ammo/medical slots, leaving you free to keep that many slots in your inventory open for immediate looting of dropped bags so they don't disappear.
@bladewed2 жыл бұрын
Awesome upload, as always.
@grudgebearer14042 жыл бұрын
Is that a red dot sight? I wasn't aware you could find them on the vanilla game, can someone confirm this please?
@Highwind60012 жыл бұрын
Wait the gillie suit actually has an effect now?
@IzPrebuilt2 жыл бұрын
ye noise and visibility reduction, particularly outdoors.
@NerdletteGaming2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video P
@knaveofsouls60802 жыл бұрын
Calling me out with my cargo drone hmmp. . LMAO
@WafelixRox2 жыл бұрын
Wait so you're telling me that chatchets(sorry English isn't my primary language :( ) weren't nerfed or some sort?? Zombies will not crowl throught them as in current alpha??
@texentexas5227 Жыл бұрын
It’s 1 am and I thought I was done and then I saw this vid
@famijher2 жыл бұрын
I heard that people lose their heads over a good decapitation. Is this true?
@darthsaint77432 жыл бұрын
i just started playing and were on like day 80 as a duo and its getting rough doing long trips with little storage to bring home. now i can add loads of storage with the drones :D can you have more than one drone?
@IzPrebuilt2 жыл бұрын
Nope, just one per player.
@darthsaint77432 жыл бұрын
@@IzPrebuilt dang it here I was thinking I can have two with my robotics skills lol. Thanks dude! I only found you like two days ago. I've been bingeing your Vids 😁
@Shirden2 жыл бұрын
Currently, the drones duplicate themselves. Yesterday, I had 4 of them. Sometimes, they will dupe with previous inventories and/or levels
@darthsaint77432 жыл бұрын
@@Shirden I've had my drones disappear and then I build a new one and it won't let me place it lol. Games kinda cucked. But over all it's fun!
@shaynecooley2 жыл бұрын
How much of a change, if any, was there made between a19 and a20 as far as the unkillable brawler build?
@IzPrebuilt2 жыл бұрын
nah but farming is more annoying which is something to consider.
@Skeeterboogins2 жыл бұрын
Drones can break your heart. Idk how it happened but my progress was set back once and my drone was mia holding more dukes than I should have put in it. BE CAREFUL what your let it hold. I could have bought the traders whole inventory.
@greenbrickbox33922 жыл бұрын
Oof I'll have to remember that since I'm working towards drones. Anything they are good for besides holding junk?
@Skeeterboogins2 жыл бұрын
@@greenbrickbox3392 they are fantastic for holding whatever you need tbh. I usually hold extra ammo, honey/antibiotics, heals and food, tools you don’t want to carry at the moment. Keep it in good health so it doesn’t break down and you realize it after traveling far away. I almost view it as just extra inventory space, kinda like vehicles with different functionalities.
@daandenteuling883 Жыл бұрын
You make it sound like it's possible to be above breakcore
@IzPrebuilt Жыл бұрын
i think you commented on the wrong video lol
@daandenteuling883 Жыл бұрын
@@IzPrebuilt nope, totally intentional
@thegamingdad-epic2 жыл бұрын
Great video thank you sir.
@williamcrowley55062 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the content.
@DarkPegasus872 жыл бұрын
Why do people always harp on about turrets hitting demolisher buttons? Set up a base with a floor of bars around the perimeter, and point turrets up at the zombies to shoot them from behind as they run toward you. You should NEVER hit a demolisher's button if you are using normal ammo.
@vsgfilmgroup2 жыл бұрын
I don't know. Even explosive arrows aren't that great on horde night. There are people who won't use an M60 on horde night because it takes too long to reload. Explosive arrows are that much worse.
@doczoff56552 жыл бұрын
Explosive arrows used in a corridor horde base are excellent, with the zombies packed into a tight area they cause pure carnage if you have the archery damage multipliers.
@dogalrorn2 жыл бұрын
Is that 3rd person a mod or real deal? Haven't played nor followed the game news for the past 3 months now
@IzPrebuilt2 жыл бұрын
It's a debug feature.
@GamingAfter502 жыл бұрын
Great tips! Thanks!
@TheNuclearGamerr2 жыл бұрын
Um ok nobody gonna ask about DRIVING A MOTORCYCLE UP A VERTICAL WALL?!?!?
@captianjose4696 Жыл бұрын
😂 I was scrolling through the comments expecting EVERYONE to be like “HOW TF IS HE DRIVING UP THE WALL?!” But nope…
@MrManmademanАй бұрын
yeah the drone needs an attack mod
@johnsechrest2675 Жыл бұрын
You should make sure you don't have a red border in the thumbnail. I thought it was one I have already watched.
@mrmadslapper92532 жыл бұрын
bruh for cleaning t5 i just prefer the auto shotgun
@blkknight7788 Жыл бұрын
1. I never find it those mods for the vehicle
@Raven-Blackwing2 жыл бұрын
Either I'm a better player then I think I am, or avg player is way lower than I thought.
@IzPrebuilt2 жыл бұрын
You do have like 1k hours lmao
@patrickkenyon23262 жыл бұрын
I don't know what the average is, but I just hit 5000 hours. Been playing for years.
@DarkSunGameplay2 жыл бұрын
@@patrickkenyon2326 Welcome to the 5k hour club. :D I just hit that myself.
@patrickkenyon23262 жыл бұрын
@@DarkSunGameplay Back in the day, we would be called Grognards.
@doczoff56552 жыл бұрын
Ah cool, I also recently became a Grognard! I'm not completely sure what it means but I've probably been called far worse before now! :)
@lilgary91812 жыл бұрын
one word... MACHETES!
@JeffersonRedeyes2 жыл бұрын
Buff Spears!
@IzPrebuilt2 жыл бұрын
BUFF SCHPEAAAAAAAAAARS!!!!!!!!!
@frazerjackson64332 жыл бұрын
Yeah Spears could really do with a buff, I think stun batons are even more underwhelming. I would use the tool steel axe over Both of these "weapons"
@NerdletteGaming2 жыл бұрын
pls god... BUFF SPEARS!
@doczoff56552 жыл бұрын
Would spears be better if TFP added a 'swingball mod'? (as unsuccessfully demonstrated for zombie combat in Sean Of The Dead).
@thedevilinthedetails3061 Жыл бұрын
They nerfed the mods on the drone. You can only put one on now.
@IzPrebuilt Жыл бұрын
This is 100% not true. I just tested it myself in Alpha 20.6 vanilla.
@thedevilinthedetails3061 Жыл бұрын
@@IzPrebuilt *nods* you are correct. I didn't realize till about 15 hours later when I made some new drones for level 5. I thought it was like with the transport and there were't levels just what it is. My bad dude *tips my hat like a gentleman* I was in error.