DayZ Solo BASE Building Tips - TOP Buildings to Barricade for Beginners PC Xbox PS4 PS5 Console

[@HallgeirBakken]

Remember you can also lock the front doors of the houses with a lockpick, making and extra barrier BEFORE an intruder reaches the gate you made

[@Nitno]

Excellent advice!

[@vassowned7768]

Locking a gate has no point at all lol what do you think you achieve? A small 2sec delay lol

[@ChaosVulture]

Unfortunately all you have to do is punch the locked door about 25 times for it to open

[@HallgeirBakken]

@@ChaosVulture yes, that's true. It's a small delay, but after that you enter a locked gate. It's a long time since I stopped building bases myself. I really enjoy the idea, but it's completely unbalanced - hours spent building it, but am intruder just have to spend very little time breaking in. Bases with a lot of loot did earlier make servers slow, which is a huge problem IMHO. And the worst part is that loot that rarely spawns was often hidden away in camps, maybe because of gear fear

[@vassowned7768]

@@ChaosVulture or just shoot it a few times

[@gatedude07]

One of my favorite bases I ever built was in a school, a random classroom on like the 2nd floor. Just walled off the one room; invisible from outside unless I was inside with a light at night, in a building that generates very little loot and thus has little traffic. Lasted most of the wipe before anyone even found it.

[@Nitno]

That is honestly amazing!

[@sneath5142]

I always check the schools, so many people dont know that people hide their shit in there. A great one ive only seen like once is hiding a locker within the hall of lockers on the second floor

[@gatedude07]

@@sneath5142 Honestly that locker idea sounds awesome. I don't have anywhere near the time to play this game anymore unfortunately, but I do have good memories!

[@sneath5142]

@@gatedude07 Good for you man, I hope one day you find the time to relive those memories.

[@voteZDLR]

To add on to burying stashes, you can also take a barrel and put it in chest high deep water and drop it there. It is invisible (you really would have to be looking for it to find it) and it's 150 slots per barrel. The only difficult part is actually getting the barrel where you want to hide it because it's so slow to move them around.

[@Nitno]

Ah very nice, good tip!!

[@monk3ynutz42]

I literally ran into one of these the other day and looted it hahaha

[@Nitno]

@@monk3ynutz42 Grats!

[@danielmalone5685]

Veteran players will check every body of water the come across i don't recommend using this method for explosives

[@wesgibson5273]

My favorite solo base areas are wooded areas, apartments, and best of all Under Bridges. 90% of players will never expect a base under a medium bridge and it has enough space for a tent and barrels 👍🏻

[@Nitno]

Love to see it. Yep wooded areas can be cozy!

[@oldthug2309]

@Dominik Rain lost my own stash a couple times im not ashamed to admit

[@sorrybootthat8655]

Yeah stick to apts, I can get into anything you have on the ground without having to break a single thing.

[@lyinyt5678]

Just an FYI if you're playing on a community sever they more than likely have a discord. I've been playing Dayz since it launched on Xbox and all of the community servers I've played on personally have a heat map which shows other people on the discord server a map with dots that indicates player activity. It doesn't pinpoint your location but gives a general location of about 200m in diameter on the map. So even if you build at the very edge of the map, other players on discord will see the activity at said location and may become curious. Always check if your server has a discord and if the discord has a heat map.

[@Nitno]

Ah wow I was not aware of that, great advice and good looking out!

[@theotherfword]

Building as you show in the apartments allows for players to vault over the railing to ignore the various gates and railings. Try having the gates along the sides of the railings to prevent this.

[@Nitno]

Excellent advice!

[@gehnzou1]

Would be cool to do a breaking in series to see which base is the hardest to raid

[@Nitno]

Love the idea Gehnzoi1, I'll jot that down, might make a video along those lines sometime.

[@42TY.Gaming]

I also like that idea .

[@crunchy85]

I been searching for such a video or a forum discussing. Can’t find anything yet

[@krispybills1728]

Could you just keep the base but just move your storage to save on raids. Also do joining or making a large team or partnership help ? Just curious 🤔

[@packwolf445]

Id think the 2 stories. Multiple gates can fit in the bottom, a small 3 wall compound outside that I usually see to keep zombies and players off the front door, and a gate for each room upstart and maybe top of the stairs, though that depends on the room layout upstairs

[@rossmcaneney8275]

I have actually used a factory style building in a power station 4 fences only, it has a balcony up high for defence, a hole up high looking over a road to snipe from. And loads of inside room.

[@Nitno]

ooo yes I think I know the factory type you are talking about.

[@rossmcaneney8275]

@@Nitno it's got two large silos attached at the back and a balcony for defence only two doors in and a spiral staircase. 4 fences and it's pretty impenetrable

[@RamblingMan.]

Knock on wood...

[@rossmcaneney8275]

@@RamblingMan. noones hit it yet it's been a few weeks

[@BIGFREAKYMAN]

@@rossmcaneney8275 good for a solo player? ive played dayz for years but this is the first time ive looked at any info for how to build a base, just assumed it would be like rust where you try really hard only to get destroyed by the time you next log on. what town is the factory youre talking about in?

[@neoumbrella6886]

If anyone wanted to know, here are some other fun suggestions You could seal apartments with one gate and then you have it to yourself You could take military areas like baracks and headquarters You could even take police stations You could also stash in the woods.

[@Nitno]

Good ideas!

[@waynesmith-r8c]

and military and police station areas will be visited regularly,then c4'd to oblivion

[@sawyer4981]

Just finished my first base in a small barn. Looking to expand, but I've spent nearly 6 hours looting and have yet to come across more nails. The struggle is real in DayZ sometimes lmao.

[@Nitno]

It really is! Sometimes the one item you need is the hardest to get. If you are on PC and have any interest, we have a Server and Discord. discord.gg/J58prgX

[@aceultimate4533]

check around cherno theres the huge industrial place as well as the big city, i usualy find around 4 boxes a day!

[@jeremyg4712]

I know this is a year after your comment but I always find them in the outhouses in residential towns. 75% of the nails I find are sitting in those outhouses. I'd say the other most common place is in cars in residential towns. Zombies near construction buildings usually drop nails as well.

[@gorillaboomer1643]

Just advice for those wanting to actually keep bases. Get friends. 3-4 American friends. Team up with a group of 3-4 UK friends so there is always ppl on just different play times. You’ll cross paths every so often if one or a few on the other side stay up late but essentially you’re never really playing together, just sharing a base so that someone’s is always there. I’ve done it, along with discord to converse. We play recreationally so it’s not serious, so when there is a raid we’d just post 🔴🔴 signifying raid happening. Most of us weren’t attached to the gear so it wasn’t no biggie if anyone got on. We just looted and restocked. It’s rare for someone to raid the SAME base lol

[@Nitno]

Really great comment! I actually never thought of intentionally sharing a base with players in a different time zone, so someone is always on.

[@naenae7419]

what friends on here ? I say hello ,then next minute pew pew pew and I'm running

[@digger3594]

That sounds boring AF sitting in base for hours on end till the next guy logs on and takes over

[@MentalRetardsRUs]

@@digger3594 there obviously not doing that they're each playing so it means their whole group is just active 24/7 basically so it would be harder to get offline raided

[@biskitz86913]

@@digger3594 that's not what he's saying. He's saying instead of you playing 3 hours a day and leaving your base for 21 hours, share it so the time it's left u attended is significantly reduced. He's not saying take shifts on guard duty. Unless he is in which case I'm wrong

[@letrface_8596]

When I first started playing I was actually lucky enough to meet up with a group of guys on my very first gaming session. It's been fun running with them and I've learned alot, but with the difference in hours, I'm now looking to build my own base on a different server, I'm currently looking at something shoreline so I can fish. I'm going to go watch your mentioned how to video. I subbed. Thanks for the info dude!

[@Nitno]

Awesome sounds good! Check out my Dam Base video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJLHYmlsjqZlfpY

[@clintlewis1715]

FYI, a lot of the locations that you are saying you just need one wall/gate, you actually need to add a wall on top to prevent players from easily boosting over the top. I single player can use a barrel or car to boost over and two players can use each other to boost over. The apartments have hidden rooms that you can easily get to by getting on the balcony rails. Not many players know of those hidden rooms, so they make for excellent long term base locations.

[@Nitno]

Great advice Clint! I love the idea of the hidden rooms in the apartments.

[@ashleyfairfax1962]

Does that still work? I heard they patched it? I’m on console

[@DietWarlord]

My man's out here blowing peoples cover talking about the hidden apartments.

[@sigspearthumb2313]

I use the blue “hangers” with the large roller doors and double entrance doors. You need 2 fences, one gate, and three watch towers in the back.

[@Nitno]

Nice that sounds like a really good setup!

[@xSoulhunterDKx]

You can Throw Grenades inside pretty easily though

[@giopasq6776]

I’ve used almost every single one of these except for the repair station and I’d say the hardest one to defend was the castle and the apartments because you basically get stuck inside and have no angles to shoot from.

[@Nitno]

Agreed on that. They look so good, but the reality is they can be rough to defend.

[@jedjohnson6658]

Only good thing about app. Is if you have enough floors, you can wait em out lol Pretty much your only option if they get the jump on you... bear traps and land mines are cool too

[@fluzzles]

Lol castles are really easy to defend. Its so hard for them to run inside the tower and look up at the stairs. The angle is so small from down there while you can see the entire bottom of the tower. Maybe its difficult as solo but as a 2-3 man group its easy.

[@packwolf445]

Rooftop apartments are the best, but i hate them

[@giopasq6776]

@@packwolf445 they’re good when you can get a wall built around the top with watch towers and not get killed every 5 minutes trying to do it

[@clownmcheese]

I found a little barn between some towns with goats and sheep that I think spawn there. I plan on making a base there and immediately came to this video for help. Thanks!

[@Nitno]

Love to hear it! Good luck with your base! If you have any interest, we have a PC DayZ Server with basebuilding, nice little community and a Discord! discord.gg/J58prgX

[@Birch_Beaver]

Is it right near an apple orchard??? Down a one way dirt road with a few houses right before the barn that sits next to a tree line??? 👀😂

[@TheGreenTeaGuy]

I love vanilla DayZ. Well put together video, you earned a sub.

[@Nitno]

Thank you! I really appreciate that.

[@MW-jm8qb]

Nice quality vid. Levels calm low and easy to listen to. Great job.

[@Nitno]

Thank you, I appreciate that.

[@woodyfpv5331]

I use industrial buildings like the ones on the east side of vybor. 2 gates and massive inside storage.

[@Nitno]

Have you had any trouble with people crawling through the 2nd floor window, if its the building I am thinking of?

[@woodyfpv5331]

@@Nitno not yet. You can wall the ladders off too

[@falcongamingproductions9938]

My favorite solo base spot is the little room like areas under dams. People very rarely notice the wall there because it’s naturally dark under there, and nobody ever thinks to look there

[@Nitno]

Yesss excellent spot for a base!

[@aeriagloris4211]

Where are dams? Never seen one

[@canadianwardog7118]

My base just got raided, two large tents and it was comfy with a small wall and garden. Built it on the edge of the map near Tri Kresta, they didn't find my buried boxes though, got M4 nvgs and a bunch of goodies there. Think ahead it's a major frustration.

[@Nitno]

Dang sorry hear about that. The buried stashes came in clutch!

[@jedjohnson6658]

Long way to go for nvgs lol the MBs on your way there should have a pair. Just an opinion, since buried stashes have limited room. Usually.

[@CrizztlCoder]

I like to use the big industrial buildings with the yellow pipes (e.g. in Novodmitrovsk, Cherno). The first floor is only accessible by ladder (or falling :D). Build a fence next to where people leave the ladder, it's quite risky to grenade those; you'd have to leave grenades and then snipe them or get on the ladder very quickly. Add another gate before the door and a third inside the room. Or, build on top of that building. One gate not too close to the ladder (or they will clip through). A second one as entry to the metal building on top. You're pretty exposed up there. Or build on top of the garage office at the docks in Berezino. You have to jump over from those yellow scaffolding things holding the pipe. Always look for place where raiders are exposed before they get in and have little to no room to move. You can easily defend a 2nd floor while you mate wrecks the gates one by one.

[@Nitno]

Love these ideas Rhaps! Have any other base ideas to share?

[@CrizztlCoder]

​@@Nitno On top of the large oil tanks is also quite nice and offers little space to walk around. If the gate is on the far side of the ladder, it's extra fun. The little niche on the left of a military prison can be closed with one gate. A lot of people will not have the balls to start a raid in a milbase, but you might attract patient snipers. A more extreme one: In the Chernogorsk factory complex, walk to the roof of the cement factory with red walls. (7180.52 / 2870.93) Use the overpass / tunnel to cross and jump to either side (hp dmg!) If you jump over, a single player can't jump back! Two gates with some space between will, as always, lower the risk of a raid. Stage two is ruining the exit plan. The only way down is on the south side, by jumping onto the tunnel going down. This jump will again do hp damage. Use three gates in the middle section and one on the outside to block the exit path. Two players will be able to do humanstacking and bypass the gates, but unless they destroy at least three gates (2 entry + 1 exit) one raider will be left behind. Also, they will do it while standing in Cherno on a high ass building visible for everyone.

[@Mephitinae]

"Don't put all your eggs in the same basket" is my DayZ motto. I just raided a garage that had 37 grenades. I only had to break two walls.Thanks to this one group being so careless, I'm basically unstoppable now.

[@Nitno]

That's amazing, wow 37 grenades!

[@couplepounds1541]

Someone I met just told me that is that you bro?😂🤣🤣

[@Jnssy]

I remember I caught a dude server hopping with a full invent of nades + landmines he had a 90 slot bp in his hands full with nothing but nades and his bag, vest and jacket was full with them too

[@Nitno]

@@Jnssy Wow!

[@xEle360x]

Think of building a base like building a sand castle on the beach. It is fun to build, and there is "game" in filling, maintaining, upgrading, and ultimately loosing the base.

[@Nitno]

Great comment and honestly a great way to look at base building. I think Jimmy Hendrix said, castles made of sand, slip into the sea eventually.

[@W8DEY]

The big house base looks perfect for me, thank you!

[@Nitno]

Awesome best of luck!

[@philfoster7235]

I like the industrial buildings near VMC. They take a bit to secure but the walls can be hidden behind the buildings existing walls and doors. Big enough for the truck to get in and out, tall enough to build multiple levels inside and the ladder allows you to use the roof as a helipad or a sniper perch.

[@Nitno]

Very nice! Can you crawl through the windows up top though? It seemed like it might be possible if you really work at it. Do you block them off?

[@philfoster7235]

@@Nitno I have never had an issue with someone crawling through those windows but blocking them off might be a good idea.

[@Nitno]

@@philfoster7235 Alright nice thank you Phil, good tips!

[@Chuklz70]

Proper placement of a gate is your Primary concern! I was frustrated with a teammate who built a bad gate on a hunting lodge, when you put a lock on it, you couldn't reach the lock from inside the base, it was both too far to the right, and outside the wall.

[@Nitno]

Oh dang, yep that can be frustrating!

[@christoefur3890]

Only play Vanilla servers. My belief it is the way it was meant to be experienced. Can't wait to build me first base with the help from your tutorials 😇

[@Nitno]

Awesome, love to hear it! Yep OG Vanilla is really fun. Really have to earn your way.

[@joshlaware1520]

I only play official too. How long do these base items and structures last?

[@christoefur3890]

@@joshlaware1520 7 days without a flag. Stashed items are 14 days.

[@AMAYZlN]

On official, it’s either dark all of the time, or it’s raining, or both. DayZ really wants to piss in your leg

[@Nitno]

@@AMAYZlN I feel ya. A good community server that is mostly Vanilla with some light tweaks is my sweetspot. Some make shorter/less dark nights.

[@noskillzjustkillz]

You started off with my favourite barn and base location I always use in Gorka lol

[@Nitno]

Oh no! Wipe is coming on April 19th, claim it first!

[@aceultimate4533]

if you go inland from electro once you hit the two military tents if you look into the woods to your left all the way up the mountain theres a single log cabin in the middle of the woods and its fairly easy to turn into a nice functioning solo/duo base for newer players trying to stay close to the costal cities

[@Nitno]

Nice tip for sure!

[@WesLaP]

by Pusta? Looking on the map

[@kainicholson6799]

bro I just stumbled on that yesterday I had the same idea

[@aceultimate4533]

@@kainicholson6799 it’s super out of the way, I’d played for about three years before noticing it

[@youandme666100]

i’ve been playing since day one of ps4 release and i have the best spot ever that still hasn’t been found to this day, you definitely can’t build a base in it but it’s held over 200 crates for me at one stage so it’s more than enough for me to keep loading up 👍🏻

[@Nitno]

The secret golden spot! A thing of legend...some day it is a myth!

[@youandme666100]

@@Nitno yep if i wasn’t sitting on it myself i wouldn’t have believed it but i’ve been in the same spot since day one and still lucky enough to not be found 🙏🏻

[@seendon5394]

The Red Brick Building _(which looks like the piano house kind of from the outside)_ is my personal favorite.

[@Nitno]

That one is awesome too!

[@aeiou9755]

the top is a smal forrest with trees around and build inside shelters with sticks - you can stand 25m from the forest and you see nothing ;) - buildings are all time loot targets and a spottet base is no base ^^

[@Nitno]

Good thinking!

[@shadowreaper7050]

I tip I use if there are the shelf’s for placing your wooden crates and keeps them tidely placed

[@Nitno]

Great idea!

[@keithsimon6241]

Small brown shed you can put a canopy in the back and medium tent under the canopy

[@Nitno]

Ahhh good idea!

[@keithsimon6241]

@@Nitno just figured out you could put medium tents under canopy tents

[@Nitno]

@@keithsimon6241 Nice!!!

[@jamesmabry5658]

I made couple bases, they broke in 5 days or less each time, my favorite thing is hunting bases and BOOOOOM 6 grenades and your in. and yes before i blow it open always look for buried stash. and ty for all the loot when i visit yours.

[@Nitno]

Nice, hey raiders make the game spicy! Its a yin/yang kind of thing.

[@baelavay]

What is the safest loot storage: Barricading a building, or hiding crates in the wild?

[@Nitno]

Likely hiding crates in the wild. Very few things last forever though in DayZ

[@baelavay]

2 years old video and @@Nitno still replies to comments. Much love ❤

[@Nitno]

@@baelavay Sure do! I appreciate the community we have here! Thanks for the comment!

[@Drmac226]

Thanks for the tips... really helped out

[@Nitno]

Anytime! happy to help.

[@Matidogy]

Bases are fun and all, but BI should consider adding other form of locking the gate like codelock. Or at least do an action when you want to open lock, so raiders can't brute force locks. And opening 3 or 4 gates is a little pain in a ass, when you have to use bikelocks. And tips from a raider - If your base has only 1 or 2 wall/gate to enter, we get into the base in 3 min. We usually have enough granades to raid, and if not - we are marking base on map and return when we get enough :). Second tip, don't use 3 dial locks, you can bruteforce them in 20 min so it's almost like no lock at all. Third tip - Make a gate with 4dial lock on every entry, and by every i mean EVERY entry - sometimes you can glitch to bases through windows or by jumpibg over gates etc, and if there is fence next to one entry, raiders can make gate from it or disasemble fence, so they can enter base from there. And don't use the same code on every lock, so raiders will have to break through gates, not just break first gate - check code on lock - open other gates with the same codes. And don't use codes that are different by just one dial, like 4169 - 7169 or 4169 - 4569. We usually cycle through to check, if lockcodes are similar. Uff, long post ;) Have fun guys in DayZ

[@Nitno]

Thank you for this post Mateusz! This is an excellent insight into the mind of a raider! Great advice!

[@UncleHam1337]

I betcha you did not that you can actually use letters as well for the codelock number!

[@kolehoover6382]

What?

[@rethguals]

A great post - any DayZ base can be broken into with enough resources and dedication, and the people who do so aren't dumb. I've got a base set up in a remote barn with three layers of security (working on a four layer will be my next project). Every now and then, I log in to find someone has either brute-forced one of the bike locks, shot through a fence, opened one of the exterior doors, etc, and decided it wasn't worth the effort. There's a few other cool tricks you can do: - Put your most valuable/irreplaceable items together. When you log off for the night, put them all in your inventory so you won't find them gone - You can set up gates inside buildings in a way that anyone trying to open the locks from the outside gets shredded with barbed wire. Barbed wire on top can also make it tricky to reach the lock - Assume that people will be able to find a way over fences (i.e., building watchtowers, getting boosted up, climbing on vehicles and tents, glitching, etc). Use barbed wire, multiple layers, build walls inside, etc - Change your codes frequently

[@UncleHam1337]

@@rethguals Why would i change my code frequently?

[@zachtaylor4198]

i gotta say i like building my base from scratch deep in the woods at the edge of the map never had a problem with anyone or looter or the hidden towns with maybe 3 to 4 houses

[@Nitno]

Nice that's the way to do it then!

[@josephbradberry4089]

The raised single story green house is one of my favorites!!!

[@Nitno]

Awesome! Best luck with your build!

[@francis13suns]

Nice. Thanks for your videos. They're really helpful. I myself just started playing two days ago with my cousin. Still pretty new to the game

[@Nitno]

Thanks Skylex! I hope you and your cousin enjoy DayZ! You might have fun on my PC DayZ Server, it's mostly friendly with a lot of people building bases, smaller map - Iztek, and people willing to help out. Check out our Discord server! discord.gg/J58prgX

[@moo1675]

Recently got into dayz and found your channel, you have such useful and well formatted content! These guides make stuff so much easier thank you!

[@Nitno]

Thanks Moo! Comments like these really make me excited to make more videos :) If you have any interest I also have a discord! discord.gg/J58prgX

[@SavageWhiteBread]

You make a solid video. Impressive.

[@Nitno]

Thanks Rhett!

[@ssandus1153]

I build empty bases so people waste grenades. Usually around my actual base. Build like one gate in every house.

[@Nitno]

Smart! I like it.

[@42TY.Gaming]

Lmao 🤣

[@aaronmicalowe]

And a mine or trip wire connected to a grenade behind every door. Make then pay with lots of pain and anguish. 😈

[@protien1199]

I play DayZ for its base building, I love how difficult it is to get the supplies

[@Nitno]

Love to hear it, base building is pretty cool when it works!

[@aeriagloris4211]

Base building in Conan exiles is fanaaaaastic

[@timellis9293]

I am on PS4. The biggest issue I run into with building is getting the damn 4 combo bike lock to be reachable when you put it on. I cant tell you how many times I have built a gate and locked it only to not be able to reach the lock to open it back up again. I built a pretty extensive base in a church and when I built the gate for the front door, the lock was just out of reach when I put it on. Had to walk away from a huge stash of weapons and gear. PS4 does not allow you to open them from the middle of the door like you can on PC. At least it looks like you just walk up to the middle of the door on the pc, I never see anyone fiddle with locks to open them.

[@Nitno]

Ah man Salty that is a huge pain. I guess in that case you you'd have to raid your own base just to re-do it. They really need to give some love to console base building, anything!

[@fullbeans983]

After making that mistake once, I learned that you need to put the right post down just inside the doorway you are blocking to ensure access from both sides. If you keep makig the same mistake and expecting different results, that is where you go wrong. Just think about the gate you are making, put down posts, check before continuing and don't be scared to take posts out of the ground if they need moving

[@Nitno]

@@fullbeans983 Good advice Beans!

[@BetterCallKahl]

Love the big red roofed barns

[@Nitno]

Yess, so good.

[@Suomi91]

N00B question here: Is it possible to raid any base if u got the right tools?

[@Nitno]

On official, yes.

[@Suomi91]

​@@NitnoThanks! Holy shit i have been playing 3 weeks already, i commented this when i started DayZ😅. Now watching some tips for my first base 😁👍 Damn this game is addictive.

[@Quorented]

I have not built a base yet but I know that I will go for a small barn or something there is one tucked away in the treeline just outside the town polyana and its a barn pretty discrete location that no one would go to because that erea is just a small town with no travellers to cross through and not near any good loot spots. You might miss it if your not looking good enough but If your coming down the road from the North for some reason it's more likely to see the small pathway... a truck was there too which was handy... seems like a Lonly spot 🤔

[@Nitno]

Go for it! It's really just the luck of the draw if you base gets found or not. Just like all things in DayZ, nothing is forever, but embrace it! :)

[@t.sander1048]

I liked that traditional tarkov ak build with the bastion dust cover at the end 😆

[@Nitno]

hah! Thanks for checking out the video! I was originally a majority Tarkov channel :)

[@darthtempest4722]

Thank you for the info now I want to play DayZ even more now

[@Nitno]

You are very welcome :)

[@MegaTombs]

I was wondering if you ever thought of using a train car for a small solo base, or if it could even be done there, I would like to know.

[@Nitno]

That's a good question, I have not tested it. I'll have to give it a try.

[@jaydee4211]

Thanks for the help brother. Good luck with your channel!

[@Nitno]

Thanks @jaydee !

[@barrettdowell3985]

"If you find this video helpful, please consider subscribing" I've never felt so respected by a promo. I like this guy

[@Nitno]

Haha thank you for checking out the video and commenting!

[@RamblingMan.]

just an FYI I recently was going to build a base in a high-rise and it seems like you can no longer build bases in high-rises unless you're going to build on the roof most the other doors don't want to fit on the first floor or the stairwell.

[@Nitno]

Interesting, I'll have to check this out for myself as well. Thanks for the heads up to check.

[@Sol-Cutta]

Well I was going to build at a castle but u put me off haha...not sure now...piano house looks better maybe.

[@Nitno]

Good luck! Piano house is a good one.

[@dustinporter6515]

you can boost over the wall with a decent team, i think a hidden forest base or the apartments is the only place for solo players or i really hidden house in middle of cherno or something, i have been playing along time, its hard to make it glitch proof now with the big truck now they can boost into those single gates on ps4 anyway

[@Nitno]

Thanks for the perspective! It would be nice if base building got some love.

[@dustinporter6515]

@@Nitno and if you do not have a team you can set up a barrel or other tents to just boost yourself. you can be real creative in dayz been playing for 3 years now finally have the map memorized and i agree base building needs some love, thanks for the great vid

[@Third_eye559]

Great video thanks

[@Nitno]

Anytime! Thanks for checking it out!

[@unnamedchannel1237]

the tower / castle be careful to block the top off. If somebody has a chopper they will drop people on roof and just go down from the top

[@Nitno]

Trueeee, this is mostly a vanilla base building video, for sure on modded things can be a bit different. Good tip!

[@AetherWolff94]

7:11 castles yeah i find weird ones like tents in the sky upside down or like how me and a friend did to a castle we raided car tents placed to where they could never be picked up again... man DayZ has weird physics. Server Name 99x Guns castle after the ruins by Vybor just keep going down the road and you'll see a castle that me and my friend raided in the distance but you ain't getting in because we blocked off the entrance to get in or out so the people we raided aren't ever getting back in after dying. Fun times

[@Nitno]

Good times!

[@rawisbabyboy210]

Awesome video!!!

[@Nitno]

Thanks so much!

[@ryansempire3886]

There is combat logging to quickly see through all non player made walls. Also under the map then relog to spawn inside bottom floors of bases and disassemble your way out. Only safe builds is 2nd floors

[@Nitno]

Really good advice, dang exploiters ruining everyone fun.

[@TheGonzogibby]

Then glitch through the ceiling with a tent etc. Always a way lol

[@Nitno]

@@TheGonzogibby Yikes :/

[@hix9306]

Can’t wait for this game to go on sale for ps5

[@Nitno]

It's worth it! It can be very hard and frustrating at first. Just stick with it past 30 to 50 hours and it'll really start to click.

[@RobertReady]

Great video! Thank you!

[@Nitno]

Thanks Robb, I appreciate the comment!

[@morten6789]

What about the barns? Several of them only have two entrances, and they provide huge amounts of space. Additionally, they can often be found in locations where players rarely come such as the far reaches of towns or even off on some remote dirt roads.

[@Nitno]

Excellent idea Morten, noted for sure, we might see a part2 of the video in the future.

[@morten6789]

@@Nitno one addendum: the barns with two sets of doors have a few other small openings where it might be possible to shoot through. Still great for basebuilding tho

[@biskitz86913]

@@morten6789 pretty sure you can wall bang anywhere on those barns, though you can't see where you're shooting

[@rethguals]

My base is set up in a barn (the large kind with two huge doors, and two side doors). I actually developed it from an abandoned base that someone raided - three entrances were fenced off, there was a gate on the other, tents and crates inside, and he went through all the effort of lining the inside walls with more fences (so people can't see or shoot through). Problem is, raiders only needed to break through a single fence to break in to all the goodies inside. I've got a nice little setup now - a veggie garden fenced off on the outside, additional layers of fences protecting every entrance, barbed wire on the fences protecting the larger doors (it actually prevents people from unlocking them from the outside), a couple of internal security layers... all in all, anyone hoping to break in needs to destroy at least three fences, and/or unlock anywhere from 1-3 bike locks. Every now and then, I'll log in to find someone has brute-forced one of the locks or tried to break in through a fence, realised how much effort is needed to get in, and given up. To be fair though, I wouldn't ordinarily recommend picking a barn - it takes a lot of work and resources to get one set up properly, and unless you skimp on fortifications it'll stick out like a sore thumb.

[@robmoab3410]

Those barns have huge holes in the walls under the roof. Easy to get in with no nades. If raided tons of those sheds.

[@Vub.]

So when you build a gate inside a house by the front door. The gate will be able to swing through walls and not get clipped on things? I want to build a gate inside the house not out front

[@Nitno]

Yes it will not clip the walls when it opens, it'll sort of magically swing through the walls.

[@Vub.]

@@Nitno thanks man! Also what about when setting your gate in a building behind the front door and the combination lock isn't visible (like is not directly in front of the building door, it's to the left behind the building wall part) can you still unlock and interact with the combination lock?

[@dbrownj]

I build my base in one of those sheds and it got raided. But the funny part was I buried my most valuable loot in their and added two fence gates XD. I bet they were so disappointed.

[@Nitno]

Haha they didn't check the burried stash? That's classic!

[@thegreatcurator3475]

Exactly what u needed bro...

[@Nitno]

Awesome you are very welcome!

[@cryptoknot]

My best stashes have been simply boxes around a tree in the middle of the woods

[@Nitno]

That wood be a great idea.

[@cryptoknot]

No one ever sees it. If they find it it's theirs to keep!

[@shabazz717]

They really need to add aspects from expansion on base building plus into vanilla. It’s just to easy to raid on there.

[@Nitno]

Agreed, I wish they would. At least admins on console have some tweaks they can make in the game files, but they really need mods.

[@Left4Plamz]

What makes it easy to raid?

[@Left4Plamz]

@@heisenberg240 No

[@ethos2822]

Thanks very helpful 💪

[@Nitno]

You are very welcome!

[@HenrikSherwood]

There's this industrial compound on the east side of novaya that you can catch geared players running from tisy. It's the best base spot for 2-3 person groups

[@Nitno]

Ah hmm, what town is it? Sounds like a good spot!

[@HenrikSherwood]

@@Nitno Novaya Petrovka, in the industrial office or one of the garages

[@Nitno]

@@HenrikSherwood Awesome thanks Henrik!

[@HenrikSherwood]

@@Nitno Thanks! you can also set up on the roofs of the garages to set up some crazy sniping angles

[@Samuel-xz4sw]

Such a great video

[@Nitno]

Thanks :)

[@MatT-tn4ki]

for me, i like the wharehouse if I find a big truck

[@Nitno]

Yesss, fits great!

[@ThatLzyGamer]

Not sure if you have a video of a 2 stair barnhouse that can be a good solo player base build too. If you have one can you kindly link me in to watch it?

[@Nitno]

I don't have one on that yet, but good idea!

[@KentuckyAk101guy]

I really like the apartments, especially the one in novodmitrovsk have a decent view and is decently quite, did have two geared players around when i was on alone earlier today but I dispatched them rather quickly. But depending on the location of them they are actually a good place to build

[@Nitno]

Agreed! They really can be hidden quiet well and not many people check them!

[@AMAYZlN]

I moved into the brown building in Staroye, ending up dying from a dynamic toxic zone lol

[@Nitno]

Oh no!!!

[@Williaem00]

As someone who started playing a month ago with 4 friends, this game would be alot better if you could make bases a little harder to break down and get in too. Just a little tho.

[@Nitno]

Agreed!

[@meganswindall7839]

You can you you try

[@Nitno]

@@meganswindall7839 Hello Megan!

[@Kynghum]

US server call Trader Wars, join one of the big 3 trader bases or fight against them all yourself. build up bases in the strictly pve time and once war starts all rules are off. the winner are the ppl that can hold another base down for 2 real days, zombie hordes 50 plus in one group, bears swapning every where during war

[@Nitno]

We've got a server promo section in our discord.

[@riorio3737]

5:41 Me: *Laughs maniacally*

[@Nitno]

Hahah. YEEP! 😈

[@aunart477]

Quite new to base building here so Bare with me. My question is, when you put a padlock on your fence, some building such as the big houses don't allow you to access the padlock from the outside as the fence kinda merges into the walls. what's the solution for this??

[@Nitno]

Unfortunately you'll need to build in such a way that you can access the padlock. If you really can't reach the padlock you'll have to break the wall with damage unfortunately. Major bummer but it's happened to me too.

[@judgedredd3921]

Lol still haven't named off my favorite location yet, premo living my friends 👍😅👍

[@Nitno]

Top Secret!

[@teamswagization]

After reading the comments. I prolly won’t make a base. I’ll just always stay on the move. I will probably find a place to stick around and stash stuff but I don’t want to be a target.

[@Nitno]

Solid option, check out my Stash Guide for each way to stash your stuff! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGjWlICYbJqXh7s

[@anubishorus4426]

Ty for the help 💯💯❣️

[@Nitno]

You are very welcome! :)

[@maximiliand2544]

Had a tower base once back when I tried building but after putting up 5 metal gates with barbed wire they simply stacked car doors to the top and raided from inside out.😅

[@Nitno]

dang that is messed up!

[@joewilson6408]

That sounds pretty nice, but does it take time by yourself? Or is it better to do with a friend. Thanks.

[@Nitno]

It is manageable to make solo, with some time spent gathering materials. But groups will also make it go faster.

[@jamesc9001]

Welcome to "Lifestyles of the geared and dangerous"...

[@Nitno]

Haha yess

[@troykaz9037]

What about just making one in the middle of nowhere? I think that's what I'm going to do next because people always find the buildings

[@Nitno]

Absolutely a solid option to make one in the middle of nowhere. This video was more geared towards "If you were to build in town and barricade a building, these are the buildings I'd suggest." 😀

[@naytbreeze]

I tried this and someone still found it. I walled it in and had a padlocked gated. My walls didn’t have metal barriers though. Was that how they broke in? By just grenade outside wall?

[@CrizztlCoder]

​@@naytbreeze Everything that has no roof is easy to raid by standing on top of a friend. Jump in and dismantle a fence. Or, building a Watchtower beside.

[@michaelmugler261]

I recently found a castle up in the mountains untouched in my server and was thinking about turning it into a base. Has anyone done this? And how did it work out

[@michaelmugler261]

Disregard you go over it in your last point if anyone has any tips for tower base building let me know I think I’m gonna make this my new home

[@Nitno]

Nice nice, best wishes on your build!

[@protien1199]

I’ve based in a double red before and it’s great until you put up a flagpole

[@Nitno]

Ah true!

[@omisan771]

I don't know how players find the time to do any of this or even carry anything to build a base in the first place. I am pretty busy just looking for food, medical supplies and better military gear. Whenever I do try to repair a car or build something, I miss a tool or parts and then wastes hours looking for it until I give up and return to wandering.

[@Nitno]

I know what you mean. I suppose it also comes down to luck, sometimes I'm not planning to build a base, but all the parts happen to line up during a run. Also some people play on servers with traders so they can just buy the parts.

[@boxerash1]

I'm thinking the same, and then are you restricted to that area as I'm not aware of anyway to mark your base incase you wonder to far and forget where it is 😅

[@re1v3r]

I liked your video.

[@Nitno]

Thank you :)

[@re1v3r]

@@Nitno Hey, Nitno, sorry to bother you but I saw you respond. My brother and I just started DayZ on Xbox, and we're looking to clarify bloody hands + gloves + cleaning animals with regards to getting Cholera. If you gutted with gloves on, do you need to take them off before eating (assuming your hands aren't bloody?) Or, can you clean & eat with gloves on? Same thing with drinking pump water with gloves. Oh, one more thing. How do masks, headgear, ski masks, etc get contaminated and how will you know, and if they do, how do you start warm without getting sick? We raid medical buildings & infected medical AI and RARELY get Tetra pills. Sooo painfully annoying! Thanks, my dude!

[@Nitno]

@@re1v3r Gloves basically make you immune to blood hands, so you can eat safely with gloves on + cleaning animals + eating. Same for water. Headmasks help when people around you are coughing (airborn sickness) but that's about it. Tetra can be rare, try checking the stuff around medical buildings too, like cars and nearby buildings.

[@re1v3r]

@@Nitno ty so much for clarifying that, my dude! Your channel is great and videos are organized. I will continue to check up with your content! I appreciate your answering a rando's comments too so thx!

[@Nitno]

@@re1v3r No problem!

[@c3skyf0us3k]

AKS-74N Zenitco from EFT at the end ? (y)

[@Nitno]

Yep pretty much! :)

[@prez343]

my question is, how are you gating off inside of houses and able to get back in if you lock it?

[@Nitno]

Just make sure you are able to access the lock from the outside. If you build the poles too close to the doorway sometimes it can block interacting with the lock.

[@prez343]

@@Nitno ok thank you, I locked myself out of my own base yesterday haha

[@szariq7338]

When I build a base, I prefer to build it in red roof barn or church.

[@Nitno]

Ahhh re-watching, I didn't mention the Red Roof Barn... very solid option as well.

[@larryshuck6838]

Like stary?

[@szariq7338]

@@larryshuck6838 No, Novy Sobor.

[@cm16533]

Can you lock the gates without a codelock? Is it worth even building the gate without the codelock?

[@Nitno]

You'll need a codelock for sure. I'd have one before starting. Maybe make a stash to come back to till you have one.

[@il4w]

How do we know which is the front side of the fence kit and not "soft side" like you mentioned. Also, how do we craft loot chest, i know how to craft a wooden crate but cant find nothing about loot chest !

[@Nitno]

Check out my intro basebuilding guide for some more info: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYDPqWWebdN3f80 I think by loot chest do you mean SeaChest? Those are found in the world.

[@Infeqted]

I’m new to dayz, what’s the difference between modded dayz and vanilla

[@Nitno]

So only PC has modding. Modded DayZ is where admins of a community server either tweak loot tables, add extra buildings, new maps, vehicles ect.

[@fulipmucha3923]

I use medium Church in grishino

[@Nitno]

Very good choice!

[@fulipmucha3923]

Thxvi choosed it because its big, it have 1 entrance and no windows. its very close to the Airfield So u can garther supplies faster and ussualy nobody visits grishino. What makes it perfect even for Clan base.

[@Nitno]

@@fulipmucha3923 Awesome thanks for the reply Fulip!