How I Made My (Mostly) Rage Proof Stilt Horde Base - Insane Nightmare 7 Days to Die Episode 17

[@IzPrebuilt]

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[@nikkisimms8075]

I love how much this episode sounds like an old food network cooking show. 😂

[@DavinStewart]

29:20 My theory is that if a zombie is blocked by other zombies, it'll start bashing blocks around it. I've seen this happen a lot on my bases. Very annoying.

[@kodiakash]

Having built a similar base this is my theory as well. Limited ramps up, they would destroy them. I tripled the ramps to give them more paths/room and they didn't destroy anything.

[@OmikronTitan]

Yeah, I like the poles a bit more for the path rather than the thinner round poles. Zombies will start slapping the path a bit regularly with the thin poles as they look ahead and see their brethren blocking up the path. With the regular poles they seem to think they can still slip by to slap you. It still results in them falling off as they try to shove forward (if that is the intent with the round thinner poles).

[@OzFugazi]

the one square at the top of the middle pillar. place one iron hatch that faces you, and leave it open. they will leave the block alone, try to hurdle the hatch.. and fall off. the hatch itself should also take no damage. great base design! thank you for your "accidental" genius. all the best.

[@OldmanJM]

There is a forth kind of base for PVP. It's a trap base, designed to lure in enemy players and trap and kill them, those are the most fun!

[@LagunaFox]

LUL People actually do PvP in 7 Days to Die?

[@OldmanJM]

@@LagunaFox Yes, there are a few servers dedicated to PVP. NAPVP is one of them, they can have anywhere from 10 to 40 players on at any time. Old Man's Hobo city is another.

[@neuro3423]

The soldier at 32:55 becoming Neo and dodging the rounds lol.

[@Dr.Slaughter]

So Ive gotten back into the game recently and ive found a hoard base that works really well. Its basically a pit with platforms to drop down onto every few blocks. Zombies see this as a way down and dont attack they blocks much. At the bottom, there is a square room that funnels to the area the player stands. It funnels down to a more narrow 3 blocks wide area for easier shooting. Its all in their line of sight and the same level so they dont try to hit anything. What protects the shooters are iron bars with a block missing at head height. Zombies will see you at something they can hit and will NOT attack blocks. Usually they just flop down and you can shoot them as they stand up. If they get close you cam just step backwards and they are forced to hit the bars. There are 2 steel doors on the side that lets you into the zombie area. Theres a door behind you that leads to a long hallway. In the Hall, there is a hatch at waste hight to shoot over and block zombies just in case, and another steel door. At the end is a ladder to the top. Zombies dont try to get in this way. So far I'm at day 62 and ive done more damage to the base by shooting zombies than they have. So far so good

[@homohawk]

Loved watching the base come together in the previous episode. Always a pleasure to see your fevered brain work

[@redvenge709]

This is a thing of beauty. I know you are calling it a "stilt base", but to me, it's a "Desert Vulture base". It's perfectly designed for the Desert Vulture. Killing 20 zombies with one bullet is just amazing. You've made something that is efficient in terms of materials AND ammo. It's beyond awesome.

[@stevedixon921]

My observation is that once the zeds get within 11 blocks of the player (horizontal or vertical) they have a chance to enter destroy area mode. Thus, when they get to the top of the pole in front of the player they may just decide to hit that block. Nothing to do but shoot them to reset them. Being at least 12 off the ground really reduces the amount of damage you have to fix later.

[@thebullhornstreamer4742]

Wow! Just wow! I was looking for your End game horde design video and I was going to make that (Still am after this one) But I seen this video and this thing really is like you said, nearly an AFK base! I love it! :)

[@FACEBOOKS-WBDS]

This is a cool use of pathing. I do almost the same but, use double tall centered plates instead of poles. Also if you make the block you stand on 1/2 shorter it lines you up with head shot's.

[@Wanderinpaladin]

My personal favorite pathing block is the Security Grate centered. You can shoot through it. it's thin and they fall. To prevent shooting pillars I use the metal truss block. I used to use the pyramid foot at the bottom but started using Guns Nerds and Steel's method. The Half Triangle plate can line up with the ramp blocks, plate blocks on the regular blocks and the zombies will walk around to the ramp up and not bash on the side, much.

[@activevolve2669]

Sick base! So glad you got something solid like this after the experimenting :) :) :)

[@theritchie2173]

The split-stack-alternate-rotation 'trick' just blew my mind, it's always been one of the most irritating parts of the game (obviously apart from the random crashes, disappearing vehicles etc).

[@g3synth205]

9:58 - Hay bales still work too :) Vehicle is nice in that you can move it around as much as you want without having to craft something new.

[@hk-4714]

Suggestion: A robotic sledge for that square portion in the center would send them flying nicely and slow them down even more, potentially making it pretty close to a true AFK base. Having them knocked down might also interrupt that pause to strike that they are doing. I don't recall, but I think the robotic sledge also deals glancing blows? You could add burning mod to it for extra dps though that might run the risk of setting off cops in less than ideal places. I'm sure the base is more than strong enough to handle that happening on the odd occasion. A robotic turret on the roof for the vultures with some spikes would deal with those pretty effectively so you won't have to take your attention off the incoming horde and zooming with a rifle. Rifle would be superb for this base too with how long the entrance is and with Penetrator.

[@nicholaspablocmith3165]

Great content. Much enjoyment here for me. Have you considered using different blocks for the pillars? These two: Cube 5m Dome Middle 06 Door Trim Corner Block These blocks are the same strength as their full sized counterparts, use a full block space and require the same amount of material to construct. BUT they are physically much smaller in size. The zoms seem to be less likely or able to give them a wack, especially if it is an incidental one.🧐

[@Doudou27930]

Hello mister IzPrebuilt. Since your not far away from the Wasteland, you also could make your base next it, enough to loot the bags when your in the Wasteland, but enough far to still be in the Forest biome to not undergo the boost of your gamestage. Am I understandable ? 😅

[@LamontGranquist]

16:04 this tip may have just changed my life

[@wildaxeman8698]

i built rage free base too. almost afk. good to see other bases ❤

[@FishyTheKid]

These uploads are awesome, I loved the last episode making the home base. Going to replicate it on my world.

[@BIGV1N]

The finished form is so cool! I'm going to give some version of this idea a shot for my next base!

[@BigSunn0]

I have a server on my old computer and I built this horde base combined with the electric fence base. Its just an xp farm. The only problem is when we have 3 or more on at the base there are so many zombies they get congested at the base of the stairs. Max zombies set to 80.

[@MisterPuck]

Shotguns are good, though I wish the Autoshotgun didn’t have such an ear-grating sound. That, the Nailgun, and the Desert Vulture are all terrible on the ears with frequent and repeated use.

[@timmay6699]

You have quickly become one of my daily watches keep up the good work great information and you have given me some really fun ideas for my own playthroughs thank you izprebuilt

[@BranditoElBanditoBurrito]

You know the ins and outs of the game. I have died so many times and still haven't gotten steel unlocked. Thanks for the info.

[@pengurrito7136]

There's a "center T pole" block (not sure of exact name) you could use for that middle support to keep the block sizes the same.

[@airmanwelch]

I was the 1k like!!! I feel so proud!!! Keep up the great content brother!

[@cartergrennn2056]

I can't wait to not put those extra ramps you were ranting about and then I'm gonna come back and tell you it didn't work

[@silverjohn6037]

I haven't really tested it on A 21 yet but I found setting a sledge turret with a burning mod on a platform to the side of the bridge and it will knock them off the side of the ramp and the burning effect seems to count to keep them from frenzying. It doesn't hit every zombie and bears don't seem to get knocked off but it does help to thin them out.

[@deeyohdubbelgizzle3919]

I made a base similar to this but I made the path leading to me a 45 degree incline ramp to further slow them and to increase my odds of getting headshots when shooting at them. It ended up working pretty good but I eventually had to raise it up high enough that cop spawns couldn't spit at me until they were on the ramp. Might be something to play around with when horde difficulty starts getting closer to maxed out.

[@jjaaacobbbb]

W upload, im fairly new to the game and watching you has helped me alot.

[@LordRazer3]

For people that might worry about the zombies not being able to path that far...don't. They have a range that they will willingly follow of over 2000 tiles. That's about 60 blocks up in a 5 by 5 spiral and then back down another 20 flights.

[@whatsagrinder]

Ares approves of your ammo stash, and rumor has it Odin and Tyr are also pleased.

[@HangryDadGaming]

So, There is another way to stop them from hitting the sides... if you use the triangular catwalk floor, for some reason it is not seen as a pathable block by the zombies, so they will ONLY approache your ramps/stairs from head on. You use the catwalk as a sort of armor plating on the left and right sides... it stops them from trying to come at the steps/ramps from the side.

[@W1se0ldg33zer]

I have that type of stairs at the bottom so they can go up easily and not bunch up but I did have one stop on the side stairs and beat on another stairs. So don't count on that ramp to be stopping some from randomly beating on some blocks because they'll do that. They'll stop short and pick on a block. Won't go for stairs.

[@kjmagnon]

Love the concept! I will definately try this for my next hoarde base.

[@alexanderbulgakov6201]

Finally a new episode 🧑🏻‍💻

[@djbeasley4683]

You can build an amazing pyramid using that build structure.

[@RavenAdventwings]

This is the kind of horde killing base I've been experimenting with since A19. I'm still trying to get it to work with a slanted ramp so as to easily collect the fallen loot bags that drop during horde night. I might give the wedge blocks with an off-ramp (an A18 base design) another go. I really dislike having to jump all the way down to the ground to collect my loot (lol).

[@MDWFlipIt]

The Stilt Base. The embodiment of "dumb enough to work."

[@Md936S]

Hmm. When the series ends would you consider making a day 7k horde night? On the end game version of the horde base just to see how much punishment it can take XD Maybe make a poll on whether you should be max lvl or just stick to the perks you had at the end of the series?

[@Anglostar]

Damn it, I literally just finished my luddite horde base and this looks much better.

[@davidevans7477]

Interesting idea, i like the electric fence base better though. If it aint broke dont fix it.

[@masterofthedeathwing2839]

i dont like the way the terrain intersects with blocks, so when i make a path, i make 1 long line of blocks sunk into the ground, then i put plates over it, to make the path and hide the wedge that the dirt makes when it touches blocks, looks much nicer

[@Louis-jz5bv]

Love the content you really know your way around 7 days I must say

[@Diarmuhnd]

Nice, awesome info ! Thanks IzPrebuilt

[@Spitfyre32x]

Hey IzPrebuilt! I tried out this base design for my day 98 horde, first time playing for that long. I also noticed them stopping weirdly at the platform in the middle. I’m interested to see what refinements the community can make

[@PaiRhoRaven]

The zombies have a block damage thing going on now. They switch to it rather fast. Even with perfect paths. I used this as a distraction. My hord night base is just afield of 2x high mini columns, two spaces apart in a grid. Drive them nuts, they all stop to smack blocks, often cement or steal. You just walk by and head shot them.

[@Scifisarah]

I always build the bases for our family's 7 days games but need to figure out how to make room for 4 people to shoot. I always end up with a back in my face, or if i make multiple paths all the zombies ignore the extra options and go the same way

[@abigor46]

I put railing on all the corners of the ramp top parts ( like flat part and they just follow the path )

[@jrbarnes03]

I raised up your end game style base to 13 blocks up, which gives me more time between waves.

[@billstephens396]

Love the dedicated Thick 44 flag... We didn't lose him, he's just off raiding a base on his own... You're nothing!!! Love ya, Thick!

[@thomasryll6828]

greetings from Germany, nice episode, you are great. See you next video.

[@elvisnotdead2149]

I love your videos but one suggestion, IF YOU ACCIDENTALY MAKE ANOTHER CONCRETE BLOCK STEEL BY MISTAKE, PLEASE ALSO MAKE THE ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE STEEL FOR SYMMETRIC PURPOSES !!!!!!!!! ... great videos man keep it up

[@elvisnotdead2149]

im having nightmares with your asymmetric looking bases man, its killing me

[@JohnSmith-io4wm]

Spider-base! I wish I was a 10th as smart as this. . . ❤

[@Jane-Doh]

Accidental Genius is the very best kind 😂

[@DrippyDrag]

Great content man keep up the great work !

[@W1se0ldg33zer]

I've been getting ones that will stop on my pathway and beat down on it or they'll just start swinging at the air.

[@theorulez]

*Wonderful build!*

[@famijher]

Prebuilt's new base. Brought to you by Habitrail!

[@petethebeat4868]

I recently designed a very similar horde base which generally works fine. But sometimes the zombies bevave very strangly. They seem to want to destroy the pillar from above by attacking the path block directly above the pillar, although the way is clear. Sometimes they even run past those blocks, then turn around, run back and start attacking them without me interfering with them. And I have blocked my fighting position only with a hatch, so that cleary is the "soft spot" for the zombies. I have observed that behaviour with your base too: 29:19 You too commented on that. My path ist a 2 block wide solid block path, no transitions. Any idea why that is happening?

[@Ebola419]

Alpha 21 guide on what skill builds to do plz

[@matthewuzulis5016]

For that problem area, I don't know why you even need to do that diamond kind of shape there? I'm not fully aware of all the blocks available but is there not some kind of T Pole that could be used instead? this way once the zombies get on the initial pole which seems to have no problems they just have a single line to run down. I get wanting to avoid the look where blocks don't connect but is it worth a possible fatal flaw? once they take out that one block then they will be hitting the block behind and in front and once one of them is gone so is their path which would not take long after the initial block. I love the idea behind this design, just would go with scaffolding ladder floor to look and shoot through and would do bars all across the ceiling just to make it easier to shoot through. But I lean more practical over looks. I'm not one for lots of storage at the hoard base but I usually keep 2 boxes there, one with a bit of supplies like medical, ammo and weapons I only use on hoard night just so I don't have to worry about forgetting them at my standard base, and another box that is left empty for gathering after dealing with the hoard just to dump stuff into.

[@jonnyc4744]

Someone has the decorating bug. "My brain works in squares"

[@NeroZashi]

3:20 Or you could place down some Hay to stop fall damage 👍

[@richjenkins6831]

Awesome video. Does this base still work in 1.0?

[@TheLordNugget]

Holy hell, you do know that the zombies in this game path better than the Appalachian trail, right? You can do the same thing with a winding pathway. There's no need to build sky high bases. Hell, I think my next base build might literally snake back and forth like a coiled snake. The zombie freaks don't even fall off full blocks running at full tilt despite the winding pathway. You can easily get them to the point you want them at, and then to get them to fall where you want them to fall. The pathing is hardly zombie-esk but that's what The Fun Pimps have left us with.

[@malpheus4299]

The base is sky high to avoid zombie rage mechanics.

[@NWA-TjalfeTooStonedToAim]

What if you build it in a lake or on a coast like a Maunsel Sea Fort? .. I know its a lot of work and it probably would turn into a clusterfuck but it would look cool :)

[@666stonewall]

Good thing you brought those vitamins. God knows that ONE vulture that hit you would have been a triple crit, broken leg, infected, bleeding XD That is one ugly but effective base!

[@burpostockings]

I always put a little wall safe or crate in my horde bases that are full of spare reinforcing supplies and a stack of medkits. I always forget to bring supplies with me. And i just leave medkits everywhere lol

[@banu6301]

I've always wondered how the zombie pathing actually works. For example if I say on top of the pillar at 4:25 do zombies think they need to destroy every block or do they know the pillar will collapse after 1 block is destroyed? Aka do they know about structural integrity?

[@banu6301]

​@@chrishubbard64 Thanks for the response! I still have some questions if you don't mind :D So like if you have a steel pillar like that one and 6 blocks of concrete (which they need to destroy to get to you) do they choose destroying 1 steel block or 6 concrete (because they think they actually need to break multiple steel blocks instead of just one) Unless I misunderstand the "If we destroy these 6 steel blocks down here, the entire base will collapse.". So like they have no clue that destroying 1 block brings me down, but they do somewhat think about the integrity >

[@AndiKoehn]

That would be perfect for penetrater perk and armor piercing rounds. 🙂

[@ChesterRico]

20:20 this is the way.

[@puppetothepuppet]

I love it! :)

[@jlaw131985]

Have some algorithm boost

[@andrewjohnson7080]

Comment for the algorithm

[@farty90]

Thanks for sharing!

[@0Ninja0Dude0]

I wanna just turn the base into a giant pixle art trench gun with a tripod after seeing it from a distance

[@grevedanko]

Everyone say Demos spawn in after game state 150 but I got them last night and my game state was 120 actually. Wonder why?

[@adrewbateman1760]

I’m about to build this

[@darkstargaming4908]

Wonder if this base would work over a river to slow them down even more.

[@daddyminihulk3763]

Hey prebuilt did you see someone made a video about the demalition zombies being bugged making it so you can barely shoot them 9 blocks away? Have you noticed this in your games?

[@IzPrebuilt]

didnt see the video but i did notice the problem yes

[@jmack5182]

New name for a new base "Stilt a Joke Base"

[@thedarklorddestroyer5882]

Just one more thing i recently discovered - you can "speedbridge" in "minecraft bedrock" style. Just aim at the top edge of the block and you will be able to attach another one to the side. P.S. It does not work with every single shape. I am very terrible at explaining things but i hope you get an idea.

[@meeserbaker]

Not java bridging but bedrock SPECIFICALLY? cuz in bedrock you can bridge out in front of you whereas in java you have to walk basically backwards diagonally placing them under your feet as you go. So you are saying with some shapes you can bridge out in front of you??

[@thedarklorddestroyer5882]

@@meeserbaker Yes. Mostly you can attach another block to full block or the block that "touches" far top edge of where would full block be.

[@thedarklorddestroyer5882]

@@meeserbaker In Minecraft Bedrock (unline Minecraft Java) you can watch over the edge of a block and attach another to it. In 7 days to die (at least for now) you can use similar way but instead of watching over the edge you have to aim at the edge of the block.

[@meeserbaker]

@@thedarklorddestroyer5882 ya like in java. In java you have to point it at the side of the block you want to attach the the block to. In bedrock you can just walk towards where you are going and right click and not have to put ur crosshairs onto the block ur standing on cuz normally people play with controllers so its easier. But have uses pc and mouse and keyboard so thats why its a feature for bedrock not java. But you are telling on 7dtd its the java method. Not the bedrock method. Btw the java method works on bedrock. And also he did do it in this video. Its just that in Minecraft shifting nakes it so you cant walk off the edge of a block.

[@thedarklorddestroyer5882]

​@@meeserbaker Uploaded a small video on my channel to demonstrate what i mean

[@W1se0ldg33zer]

There's no way I'd ever park my butt on a single pillar again. I have a 5x5 pillar now and that takes about 300 steel ingots to repair it after every horde. It catches random puke streams - I've been seeing puke streams coming from behind me over my head from vultures and coming from behind from cops. Don't know how they're seeing me since I only have an opening in the front. I'm thinking maybe it's lag causing it. Not sure but I have seen cops inside of POI's start puking in my direction before they even come out from a separate room.

[@commanderfoxtrot]

Question: How viable are pyramids?

[@yusufensardemirci4595]

Nice video thanks😊

[@DaHui21]

I didn't count the blocks when you were building but how far is that center block from where you stand to fight? I believe the tower was 12 from the central pillar which means you are standing 10 or 11 blocks away? I believe they are entering destroy everything mode still at that distance. I used the mechanic of not going into destroy everything 12 blocks away and my fighting position is 13 blocks from the center pillar and I never see that happen anymore. I think you are just a block or two too close and they don't seem to attack the pillar blocks or get knocked off easier if they attempt to....

[@shioq.]

would love to see the sniper rifle with this base

[@thaddycat5295]

Would it be viable to make the ramp that goes parallel with the tight rope 5 wide instead of 1 wide so that you could add 2 more tightropes(2 more lanes) that two more people could cover? Maybe put some electric doors in there so you can turn off a lane if a friend is absent for a horde night?

[@thaddycat5295]

Or would it be better to have additional lanes added by just making the base design again of the left or right off the defense room? I figured that might not be as good because you'll have to look around more potentially. Seems good to have all zeds coming from the same direction

[@carlitoroger9530]

Bro in day 14 in the snow i was getting recket by demos hahaha and idk how to survive anymore all bases i do , go boom 😢

[@malpheus4299]

You can align the floor so you are half a block down and then your gun will always be lined up for headshots. Hopefully won't hit the demos explosive.

[@Petrusiliuszwackelmann]

Can I build the base even higher so the died of fall damadge and if yes how high should it be. Can I. Also build a tower base were they climb a ladder the need to go to a cat walk and get knocked of?

[@MrAstral03]

Thx!

[@juanchoovera9]

i see a creeper on the mandalorian xD

[@Shadow.Darkraven]

could you replace the dirt with asphalt to make it extra secure around the horde base? or is that like absurdly resource intensive because I've always thought about doing that more horde bases

[@IzPrebuilt]

If you have the patience to do it it's certainly a thing you can do. It WOULD be more effective but it inevitably requires more resources

[@just_ed_07]

are the zombie mechanics in alpha 21 still the same as in console edition , patting and so . will the same system work on console , i really hate it that console always is left out of update's . there still making money of the game on console in the store's but we are still on 1.18 VERSION . probably console is seen at as a money cow to make big cash of it as soon there gold come's out , and there using pc to test stuff on ; we payed good cash to and deserve a update to, but he that is just my opinion . love the content

[@provo-go7717]

why not just use the great heist perk? the one that lets you drop 20 meters safely if you have 5000 dukes on you