The Massive Base Expansion Project - 7 Days to Die (Ep.32)

The Sepdiurnal Virus is rapidly changing and the Red Moon Phenomenon now occurs every single night... In this playthrough I'll be spinning a wheel to determine the difficulty each day (aka viral mutation/evolution). Some days will be easy, others will be very hard! And each day there will be a horde night. How long can we last before we're overrun by the undead?!
Zombie X-Factors:
👉Head Shots: Zombies ONLY take damage from head shots
👉Screamers: Zombie screamers spawn more easily
👉Super Hordes: Wandering hordes will appear more frequently and contain more zombies
👉City Infested: Cities will contain extra zombies
👉POI Infested: POIs will contain extra zombies
👉EVERYTHING: All of the above will be active
Settings:
🚧Difficulty: Wheel Spin
🚧Blood Moon Frequency: 1 Day
🚧Blood Moon Count: 64 Enemies
🚧Zombie Day/Night/Feral/Blood Moon Speed: Wheel Spin
🚧24 Hour Cycle: 90 Minutes
🚧Player Block Damage: 150%
🚧AI Block Damage: Wheel Spin
🚧Death Penalty: Injured
🚧Drop On Death: Delete All
🚧Loot Respawn Time: Disabled
🚧Claim Size: 71 Blocks
🚧Wandering Horde Multiplier: 5x
Mod List:
➡️Izayo's Firearms Mods: 7daystodiemods...
➡️Blood Spill Effect: www.nexusmods....
➡️Craft From Containers: www.nexusmods....
➡️GNS 2x2 Dew Collector: www.nexusmods....
➡️GNS Beautiful Bases: www.nexusmods....
➡️GNS Weather: www.nexusmods....
➡️OCB Claim Auto Repair: www.nexusmods....
➡️OCB Lawn Tractor: www.nexusmods....
➡️OCB Stop Fuel Waste: www.nexusmods....
➡️OCB Water Shader: www.nexusmods....
➡️OCB Light Enabler: www.nexusmods....
➡️QuickStack: www.nexusmods....
➡️SimulQuests: www.nexusmods....
➡️WMM Game Options: www.nexusmods....
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@Guns,Nerds, and Steel: I use the ClaimAutoRepair as well and i set the repair speed in /ocbBlockClaimAutoRepair/configs/blocks to (ClaimAutoRepairSpeedFactor 20000). This means he repairs a block instant but the speed is the same so it's not OP as fu.. :) Maybe you like this idea for your playtrugh. By the way thanks for your great and entertaining content in 7dtd!

[@12Beastn]

The base building aspect of this game (and every crafting/building/survival game) is my favorite part of game... which is why I love your series... Even in a Horde every night series you still find time to build awesome bases... most other 7DtD content creators will do bare minimum mostly leveraging premade POI's

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

I think I usually try to alternate from converting a POI into a base and building my own from the ground up. In the last series (The Wasteland) I had an awesome custom base. That means the next series is set to be a 100% custom made base. No comment on if I've been working on any designs lately...👀

[@MuricaRules]

@@GunsNerdsandSteelyou are 3 days late on the weekly report for Helldivers

[@Stiles2004]

To echo this, I love seeing cool bases but most creators don’t focus on that. I’d love to see you do another ground-up build in your next series

[@lordfluffatized3135]

​@@MuricaRules He said he's not doing them anymore

[@MuricaRules]

@@lordfluffatized3135 really? That makes me very sad as it was one of the things I would use to catch up when I wasn't online

[@rufuszell]

anyone else notice the claim repair block asked for clay soil? they want to repair the dirt under the base that the zombies dig out every night but he forgets to put clay in the repair blocks, its bottlenecking the repairs as they wont move on till the ground under the base is fixed.

[@moonshock]

Yeah I did. Those repair blocks are great and all but they should retuned to only repair structures and ignore things like dirt and the like. I don’t know if they do already, but it would also be nice if they automatically repaired the most heavily damaged blocks first.

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

I've put a bunch of clay in them but with the claim size set to 71 blocks, it has a lot of ground to cover lol

[@ampeg187]

@@GunsNerdsandSteel as i said in one of the previous videos you should reduce the land claim size to like half and put repair claim blocks in the center of the base and it should start repairing more efficiently

[@gamemeister2905]

Honestly, they should be configurable what you want them to repair. Like, personally I wouldn't mind the upkeep of having to put each material in it all the time because micromanaging like that does wonders for my attention. That being said, I see why it would be annoying for others. That's why I say have it configurable, easiest way to make everyone happy.

[@strategieswithsasquatch]

Sleek, modern, efficient. Really impressed how quickly you take concept to reality with your building.

[@andrei6109]

Really nice video, as always! I especially enjoy this series cause it contains more base-building and uses the base to fight hordes of zombies.

[@moonshock]

Great stuff, Tem! Keep it coming!!

[@KyleSage35]

Seems like the flechette rounds would most likely be bleed inducing rounds. Also if your experiencing any lag around your lit up base it's caused by the shadows, for whatever reason 7days has been having trouble with shadows.

[@stefanbehling4251]

You gotta craft a board with "days without infection".

[@magnus33john]

The repair blocks can get stuck if a block is damaged when repairing it rare though. Also they don't need to be near the claim block as long as they are on the claim. I would spread them out as the closer they are to area the more likely they are to repair it first.

[@ManBearNoPig]

The curious deer is back!

[@mitchelkral8190]

Good morning everyone!

[@Spicy6969]

You're not parking the motorcycle out front with the headlight on, which is also why it's so dark.

[@richardsnyder5901]

The garden skylight woulg be MORE than sufficient. Though, the scaffolding ladders already allow enough light for your whole garden.

[@Jasenspeed401]

Loving the series! Loving the building and today's episode was no exception. I was wondering though where did you get the "window ramp outside corner bulletproof full" shapes? I can't find it in my shapes menu, and we're both playing the same version of 7d2d. Is it part of Mod you're using? If so, can you let me know which one? I love the way your base is shaping up and I want to add some of what you've done, to mine. Thank you so much, can't wait for the next episode.

[@charliefowler4225]

Great episode!

[@ericharris1853]

You need rad mod on all your weapons to help your self out I think you can make it but I don’t know 🤷‍♂️

[@ethanholmes6306]

Someone mentioned a mod to increase loot bag time. I’m suggesting a mod that lets you craft a larger backpack (that you then need to unlock spaces in, if you feel that’s cheaty, which. I know people cry about.)

[@jmo1208]

😅ya stay away from the explosive slugs...ask two tone towers in my game how I know lol. (Flattened it with a few shots to pillars) They are basically high powered AOE breaching slugs.

[@belshamaroth9861]

What about some bullet proof glas between the pole where the zombies are walking? back to back ad 7000 HP when the next demo blows up

[@bluevader13]

No expert here with a repair block, maybe they can't repair steel if they can't do the tier of block that it's lower? There was no concrete in them? Maybe they repear by lowest health block first?

[@brandonrogers580]

What if you made a thin walk way for them to exit the base kind of like what you have on the second floor just dig another pit on the other side and use metal pipes for them to run across to they don’t get hung on the corner

[@ericharris1853]

The steal need ten not 7 😆 at 17:56

[@ericharris1853]

Or more

[@itsjustme8947]

GNS, (or anyone else) which firearms mod/ammo mod are you using?? I need to add a little 'spice' to my vanilla and frankly am just too lazy to go back and find out. Sorry.

[@Biggles-747]

why don't you use the longer loot bag mod?

[@pamlange7289]

Have the save problem with electric fence posts on plain vanilla... Nothing to repair but sizzling whole time without working... Seen it with other content creators as well... Sucks

[@trashiestpanda7846]

I think you should download a mod that makes loot bags last longer, imo it's unreasonable how quickly they despawn.

[@chrishubbard64]

Agreed, I know they are out there because it really sucks that horde night lasts as long as it does, but the funpimps programmed the loot bags to not even last close to that long. I get the lag issue of them hanging around all day long, but is it really that bad to take a basic day length then set the bags to last from 10pm to say, 5am?

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

I've considered it, but at this point I don't need anything that the loot bags provide

[@chrishubbard64]

@@GunsNerdsandSteel That is a fair point.

[@trashiestpanda7846]

@@GunsNerdsandSteel That makes sense, for me personally I find it more annoying that anything that a lot of them despawn without you being able to get them due to the horde still being active :)

[@dawnsever7093]

I've really enjoyed the longer episodes. I know its not a super popular opinion, especially with the algorithm, but I really enjoy having more long-form style content going on the side while I slog through work during the day

[@cestlavie4062]

As someone who watches many channels. The longer videos are usually sought after. Anytime a streamer polls it’s always majority long videos.

[@AsiiplyOff]

32:18 Spinning Dawg

[@aspirinlegend5563]

DO A FLIP!!!

[@Damian125id]

Always love building episodes like this, it's always been your strong suit. You should do a house flipper like glock sometimes.

[@oldtimergaming9514]

Except for the random cobble, wood and not properly filling in underground areas. Drives me nuts when he then complains when he didn't finish upgrading before the painting.

[@tt_dynomite]

I know it's coming, but I always dread the part in each series where, inevitably, the base becomes a basic survival block. I always like early on when the base is more unique

[@paladindaril]

Yeah his base are literally always the same. Same mechanics for defence and so on. I loved is base during Hop radio. Now that was fun !!

[@yankeefan83]

Wait are you really gonna leave the turrets on wood frames with the amount of demos and cops that have been breaking blocks in your base? Youre either extremely over confident or have short term memory loss lol

[@Dav3Th3Wav391]

The 2 day episodes are definitely an improvement 🙌 👌 . I Watch ur content every morning so thank you!

[@coreyperez8817]

The garden won't grow under glass unfortunately. I've tried. You have to have "Open Air" in order to get plants to grow. I don't remember if it's 1 or 2 block radius, but most likely you'll need to replace the glass roof part with something like railings to get the garden to grow.

[@ericharris1853]

Why not just add one more layer on top then farm plots but I’m at 4:37 right now so all wait to see you what you will do until the end

[@ericharris1853]

Yea you should have just upgraded what you took out then added the concrete on top of that then add farm plots but that’s just me at a drunken state 😆 where is the sun rising and settings? Is there shadows on your farm plots ?

[@ericharris1853]

I will see in a bit just have to Watch to see

[@CptxGhost]

The explosive ammo doesn't do much directly against Zs in my experience. BUT, boy, if you hit any blocks. So, I wouldn't recommend using them in your own base. Fun to flatten houses with them.

[@rayquinn1974]

Lookin' great, Tem! You're mod savvy (thank you for yours, btw!) and I'm curious if you've considered applying your Dew Collectors tweak to Blade Traps? You'd spare yourself a bit of work if the rotor only took a 1x1x1 for placement, leaving the blades free to spin over your steel wall styling. I enjoy and appreciate your planning, experimentation and revision process to these projects, especially that what you build 'makes sense' while being effective and aesthetically pleasing… so thanks for all the hard work!

[@joeb5316]

If you get bored in the near future, any chance you could do a generic QOL mod setup for 7DTD video updated for 2024 Hoss?

[@jccmuir]

If you shock falling Zombies they glitch through blocks, it happened in your bedrock base too and its happening here :)

[@richardsnyder5901]

I don't know why the loot bag timer is so low. There needs to be a setting for that. Until then, it IS a simple value change in a file. I ALWAYS up that quite a bit.

[@NE-BO]

Pillars on the half mark you made on the base with shotgun turrets facing in, would cover 80% of the main area in the middle where birds are most likely to land, then do smg turrets on the corners. Maybe overkill but it'd be badass

[@kyllbs1]

I wish you could control the spotlight temp and intensity. Those two you've got in the fighting position are so bright and incredibly white. I wish you could turn them down a bit and add a little warmth to them. Right now everything feels very washed out when it's dark out with the full intensity of those spotlights.

[@Vognee]

Love base building and design decisions. Though each time demo goes off your critical decision making adds to the fun as well

[@richardsnyder5901]

Selling unrepaired tools?... You really ARE hurting for glue, huh?

[@temptedadverse]

I wish it was just a helicopter instead of a gyrocopter. I would love to have Helipads on all my bases.

[@skyknight6467]

What about blade traps above the pit ladders to tear off heads? Might block explo but you haven't been using that much at all.

[@Haplo699g]

Loving these longer episides, thanks for the hard work!

[@bigmikesdaydreams2235]

Does the auto repair block repair one block at a time, or multi blocks? Also is there a minimum amount that has to be in repair block at all times to keep working? Or do they shut down?

[@virtuaconker85]

why not use a chainsaw or auger when doing demo work? im certain its faster than manual tools.

[@jek9056]

Im playing darkness falls and for my base i took inspiration from fallout 2s enclave oil rig for my base and imma say its coming along beautifully

[@gothenmosph5151]

I love ya Tem but it'd be peak hilarity if demos made the farm come raining down one night.

[@ПримакІванВолодимирович]

Why don't use dart traps with penetration ammunition? It could or unless should soft all zi in a raw.

[@chuckweb66]

Going to miss the bell tower but I think the landing area is going to work. Look forward to seeing the first landing.

[@georgehadley9080]

you will want the zombies to walls around with there left side being hit by the blade traps. the demo zombies are taller and the blades will hit the demo-button.

[@JollywoodJoel]

Fletchette rounds just apply bleeding, at least from my testing

[@nicholascapell2397]

I dont know if this is still an ongoing series, but plants will grow under a cellar door, but im not sure about the glass blocks

[@ogremark5]

I'm not sure you can place a vehicle down on a half block or plate....

[@jacqueshansjosten4755]

A good way to get paper is scrapping the old paper money. 1k is like 700 paper

[@ozymondiaz4031]

To cover the switches, use sheets. They are completely flat. Not much for block hp, but they shouldn’t be getting hit

[@joshuadavis7606]

You could put dart traps aiming at head level at the zombies running around the base

[@user-ip6wq7vr7m]

I love this game but my one weakness is base building, absolutely suck at it lol.

[@majortwitched]

I tend to have dedicated anti-demo weapon with AP loaded. Swap to for a demo then reload and swap off.

[@Wanderinpaladin]

To get them to not get stuck in the corner you could just put ramp blocks so they get shunted to the opening.

[@puristgreen]

sorry to be a stickler but plural of bear is bears. Thanks for the great content.

[@mikeriley2475]

You should put a wedge block in those inner corners so they slide out!

[@petepaul8183]

WHY DONT YOU PUT THE TURRETS ON THE CORNERS OF THE ROOF WHERE THE WEDGE CORNER BLOCKS WOULD GO

[@SEVERKNIGHT]

Your base bui;lding episodes are my fav.

[@heclanet]

😂😂😂I really think you are an architect who became a streamer

[@PaulPittman]

isnt there a mod for the loot bags to extend the time before they despawn?

[@paladindaril]

Love the video as usual buy man why so much light 😂

[@AleEstranho]

Thank goodness a little break for our Temreki

[@abbie3431]

Thoroughly enjoying the double feature episodes 👌🏼

[@dylanrodkey6637]

Is the plan to finish this series right before gold release?

[@GamingAfter50]

Great hordes, love that penetrating ammo. I really like the base extension, it looks much better than before.

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

It hilarious to see 1 bullet cause the 4th zombie back to go flying out the back entrance 😂

[@GamingAfter50]

@@GunsNerdsandSteel I second that! Yes it is, it's very satisfying.

[@coatesville9131]

You can buy lots of paper from trader

[@timos9416]

what mods are you using?

[@Gochen86]

If I'm remembering correctly, flechette ammo is generally more aerodynamic than other types, and if it works the same here like it does in a few other games I've found flechette ammo in (usually modded in, as is the case with Fallout 4) then they're meant to cause bleeding wounds, enhancing your DoT numbers. I could very well be wrong, though.

[@yankeefan83]

Yes and IIRC they are supposed to penetrate though multiple targets.

[@davidgillon2762]

IRL shotgun flechettes are basically a nail with a tiny fin at the end, they have better range and penetration than shot, but that's more due to higher sectional density than actual aerodynamics. How modders model that is more down to individual preference than real life performance.

[@kmatsu3035]

Can someone explain to me if this spinning wheel for the difficulty settings is a mod ?

[@ssmith3573]

External to the game and edited in, but he uses a mod to make the settings easy to adjust.

[@michaeljahns5719]

How does your workbench access other inventory's?

[@paladindaril]

Mod

[@inuaslukimis8538]

what mods is he using or none?

[@mechanical_chaos]

Joes, Moes, and other bros 😂

[@jiwablurz307]

used mod for longer loot bag

[@MisterTherapy]

BUILDINGGGGG 🎉❤🎉❤🎉

[@Marc_von_Hoffrichter]

Thanks Tem, cheers cobber.

[@wtftolate3782]

Nice long video.. TY

[@luisjdavis]

AUTO LOOT BLOCK 🤩 It’s been awhile since you and Arleen have danced, is the romance gone 😂 Great Build, love the glass !

[@VyseRogue13]

RIP Bell Tower...

[@louenlight]

I like how you built a POI into a base that functions very well. I really enjoyed watching your series. Hopefully, in the future series, you'd convert a bigger POI like tier 3 or 4 apartment buildings

[@nonenone4618]

The shotgun Frag slugs are great for clearing a group of zombies. They act like the exploding bolts/arrows. You have to shot the ground UNDER the zombies, not at the zombies. The detriment to the frag slugs is that they do a lot of block damage, so not very good for a horde base. Great for wandering hordes though. Also, there are a few mods for making stronger blade traps and even trigger plates.

[@Damian125id]

I think that the exploding fragmentation slug is based on the french fragments slug? which is basically a hollow point for shotgun shells. It works like HP ammo in game, i think. Don't take my word for it.

[@Mmeyers101]

I didn't have the highest hopes for this series just based off the premise TBH. But boy was I wrong I think this may be in my top 3. Great work as always pimp!

[@arthurschexnaydre7267]

Hey there Tem! Great video. Question about the repair blocks. Do you have a way to test if you had 1 block per material if they would be more efficient? You could have one per material with extra steel or concrete in the wood and cobble ones that way you have 3x steel or concrete repair focus and the repair blocks aren't running through logic for multiple materials. Edit: changed steel/concrete to steel or concrete. Which ever is the most abundant in the base.

[@Bomag1600s]

No bell tower :(

[@ancalagonyt]

For getting iron pipes, and lots of electrical/mechanical parts, gas, springs, and other things, putting points in wrenching is really good. With 5 points in, it doubles the salvage (and increases wrenching damage), so you can just find a POI with a bunch of cars in it to rip them all apart quickly, or just casually rip apart cars or buses you come across while looting other things. Normally when I play a perception build, I max out wrenching early, so I never run into any sort of iron pipe, spring, or electrical/mechanical part shortage. With recent changes, it's no longer all the gas you could possibly want, but it's a decent amount. Also, you can get a decent amount of batteries, which lets you pick and choose, so battery banks tend to get filled with t6 and t5 batteries.

[@AkiCheoli]

The garden roof is gonna look so good! Im glad you decided to give the farm a proper build. Im excited to see the end result.

[@mitchelkral8190]

I can't direct a master at his craft, but there are two things i can mention: Glock used a loot bag mod that allowed them to stay for 30 mins. If you felt inclined A pyramid structure with cubes instead of stairs would cause the zeds to jump up to the fighting position instead of running if you needed to slow the flow of attack for repair or heals. Yes they might start to beat on some of the pyramid, but its to catch a breath anyway. Youre amazing!

[@Ninsidhe]

I love the rooftop design with the atrium for the growing area 🌳 Builds and gardens are my favourite part of episodes along with the editing to music- this was a primo episode indeed. What about some punching sledges to stop the bottleknecking on the poles so that you have more time to headshot demos? I confess this suggestion is more because I find the visuals hilarious than because of practical fighting strategy 😁

[@toxicbenis3862]

Hey GNS loving this intense series🤘, and quick question what weapon do you suggest which isn’t the club?

[@ThePurplemaneater]

Your crops are good! They can definitely grow under bulletproof glass. I have an underground base and an underground farm, and I use bulletproof glass to prevent zombies from randomly falling through the holes to my base, and I've never had an issue growing.

[@danielwilms6919]

I have to admit, I enjoy watching base building more than doing it myself.

[@josesaldanha2683]

Sugestion: Destroy that corner on the two exits, and put blade traps sideways with the tip of the blade head height.