I Broke 7 Days To Die (Alpha 20)

Do you struggle on HORDE NIGHT? Fear not, today we look at an AFK Base I designed which can be used from the first day 7 horde (made from wood), and upgrade it to take on the day 35 horde (using cobblestone) and finally the day 7000 horde (using steel)!
Before that I explain how I came across this and give you a quick run through on new block HP.
This can be adapted to suit any play style, AFK or full on carnage use the blue print to make this base suitable for you.
Chapters:
00:15 - Block HP and sizes explained
1:05 - Day 7 AFK Floating Block Explained
3:28 - Day 7 AFK Horde Base Explained
4:33 - Day 7 AFK Horde Night
6:59 - Day 35 AFK Horde base Upgrades
8:03 - Day 35 AFK Horde Night
10:09 - Day 7000 AFK Horde Base
11:39 - Day 7000 AFK Horde Night
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AFK Base VS Day 7000 Horde - 7 Days To Die Alpha 20

[@PriMate]

This has now been patched 🤓

[@UlferTheWolf]

this still works

[@PriMate]

Does it? I keep getting told its been patched and doesn't work anymore

[@thegamerdudeabides]

@@PriMate no offense, but how are you going to make a whole video on something that was obviously not intended. Hear it is patched out, and not just test it yourself?

[@PriMate]

No offence taken mate, I've had a whole bunch of people tell me it's patched, and a whole bunch have a pop at me for "wasting their time" as I haven't told others it has been patched. So to save hassle I just said its patched, pinned it, and moved on lol alpha 20 is out in a few months so this will all be a thing of the past anyway 🙂

[@thegamerdudeabides]

@Primate That is an absolutely fair response. And thank you, I realized afterwards it might have been somewhat confrontational the way I asked the question. I appreciate you not taking offense and explaining to me your situation in a level headed fashion.

[@andreabori4492]

This game is not about killin'' zombies, it's a war between the players and the devs.. haha

[@PriMate]

And the players always win 😈 haha

[@andreabori4492]

@@PriMate IRL I'm both a dev and a player haha I am a mercenary haha

[@PriMate]

Haha 😉

[@JustAKomiFan]

It issss lmao

[@ChefBoyareB]

Use the number blocks. Like 0, 1, 2 and so on. You can use the , and ' that is just as thin as the sheet. But they have full HP. So a concrete , is 5000 hp. You can also use the corner door trim. It's a tiny cube in a corner. Smaller than the cube trim.

[@PriMate]

Oh really?? That's cheeky, I love it! Didn't know that, thanks Chef! 👍

[@Gr0nal]

I tested this out. The commas and apostrophes seem to have the same hitbox as a half-width sheet, I think. You can walk across them as if they are solid. Still good compared to a sheet, but not as good as these cube 5m bits

[@PriMate]

Thanks for the test Gronal!

[@crapsound]

I tested this as supports for my kill corridor and they worked like a charm. I was just stupid because I didn't bring any materials with me to repair with. But they were all going to the intended path. Many thanks!

[@lordmech]

@@PriMate want to bet that in a patch they make this not work cause it seems EVERY time players find a way to be safe the FunPimps remove it. funny they play the game how you want as long as you play it the way they want.

[@GunChronicles]

Why settle for a slice of cheese when you can just have a whole block. Lol. This base is just plain brilliant. Well played sir... well played.

[@PriMate]

Ha! There's plenty of cheese to go around 😜 glad you enjoyed mate!

[@PriMate]

😜🧀

[@zedinator]

I like cheese, I like cheese a lot tasty

[@Caírech_Damán]

I've made this type of base before only I left the center open so I could throw molotovs down, 1 or 2 will just about wipe out the entire wave of zombies. Works great and mostly just minor block damage on the small blocks.

[@PriMate]

Great idea 💡

[@luissan515]

Add some floating turrets. And as a useable base build your crafting tables from one side of the base to the other to keep yourself occupied at night and keep them from hitting one spot.

[@Thealbertbp]

I did the base and I can confirm that still works. This is a masterpiece base!! You are a legend!

[@PriMate]

Haha! Throw them an extra maolotov from me 😜

[@zeonb]

how do you deal with the demolition zombies?

[@genericasianperson6405]

@@zeonb aim very good away from chest if you need to just start hitting limbs

[@PriMate]

Lots of pipe bombs of molotov cocktails! 😈

[@Thealbertbp]

Best thing was to build 2 towers conected and just go from one to the next one. Another big point build a hatch inside de base and just drop molotoves!

[@mementomori5580]

Don't know if they changed anything in the behaviour, but based on my test those blocks to take quite some damage from enemies to the point where I don't think they will survive for a hord night unless you constantly try to kill those zombies before they can hit around. Tested a few blocks and the "door corner trim" seems to have the smallest hitbox while still having full health and not being hit that often by enemies, but still at risk and not being AFKable.

[@zedinator]

Now starting a new playthrough with that in mind. How I will be building is dig a one deep base so that standard blocks can go in. Upgrade them as far as possible. On top of that the thinnest frame I can find whic, I think, is the sheet so that it can be flusg which 2 out from the edge, just to make sure that there are no gaps for hose pesky brain munchers. Then those door corners. Hopefully, it will work with DF. Time will tell

[@fiftymk_fox4914]

they removed them

[@Lucifer2207]

Great video mate, really informative. I just recreated your build on alpha 20.5 and unfortunately the zombies have gotten smart enough to knock out the blocks. Was still fun to build though, thanks for the video!

[@PriMate]

Glad you enjoyed Lucifer! Yeah the devs have started bringing out a lot more updates to patch bases, it's a shame some of them don't work anymore. Glad you're enjoying the game mate 👍

[@hessian144]

i haven't played with the blocks much but you have found something very interesting there. thanks for the video!

[@PriMate]

You're most welcome Kenny, and hope you enjoyed! 😁

[@bobologic6849]

just brilliant...another floating base design that breaks the game...well done

[@PriMate]

Haha glad you like it Bobo 😉

[@GreaseMonkNL]

Nice find! Technically you could probably log out and back in after 2200 to avoid trouble, or keep driving around, or stand on top of a scraper, theres a lot of ways to avoid the 7th day. But this way, you can have some fun with the few arrows you have. Good one!

[@Phlyinhigh]

cant drive or ride bikes on the blood moon hordes im pretty sure

[@PriMate]

If playing solo, you can't skip horde

[@themonsterunderyourbed9408]

I can't miss out on that xp and loot

[@ambushbugz]

Ok well done, I'm subscribing ! That was a good plan actually

[@PriMate]

Dan Dan the zombie killing man, he can't kill then no one can! 😈

[@brandonzanzig3200]

Thanks for showing that block bro. Been looking for replacements to my old blocks with this new alpha. Mad respect.

[@PriMate]

Glad you like the new find mate! Use it and kill off the things 😈😜

[@jaxsonbateman]

Seems good - I can imagine having some turrets 3+ blocks high facing inwards would absolutely devastate them, or having the turrets facing towards the center box so that it can take out the conga line while you run around would also work well. I'm always looking for ways to break the AI and this one seems really good. If you want to try one that I've come up with (admittedly based on a design for previous versions, updated for A20) - Pillar 1m Cap along a wall, acting as a bridge for the zeds (they will try to run across it). They can usually make it across if you leave it at that, so on the block above you put Pole 1/2 sticking out from the wall - it's small enough that they'll still try to run across it, but unless they crawl they'll end up getting pushed off, and 99% of them won't crawl (I'm sure there's a layout for it that will eliminate that as an option, perhaps a pole at the top on one cube, and the bottom but adjacent on the next so it forms a mini gate). Allows for a pretty easy infinite looping strategy, and works well with turrets (which I mention again as the premier A20 method of dealing with demos).

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

Clever trick man well done!

[@PriMate]

Aye GNS! Thanks mate, just want to keep TFPs on their toes 😉

[@forstirling484]

GREAT FUN, the point of a game is to have fun and this is lots of it. in a voxel set up no matter what the shape, the game sees a block, excellent

[@PriMate]

Glad you like it Forstirling! And yes indeed, all about having some fun 😁

[@HellsJanitor]

great take on this style of base. Ingenious.

[@PriMate]

Glad you like it HJ! 😜

[@HellsJanitor]

@Walking Jedd Gaming very pleased to hear it! Thank you!

[@BeeToBee-pf4fc]

U made a subscriber of me with this 14 min video 😊…brilliant idea and looking fwd to try it out . Well done 👍🏻

[@PriMate]

Glad you enjoyed BeeToBee! And thank you, you're too kind!

[@pantango5503]

Thanks for this. I might use this for my wasteland outpost. If I get the courage to go there again...Lol!

[@PriMate]

Haha! You got this Pan! Go for it, full auto machine gun and a tonne of bullets 😜😈

[@baconvonmeatwich]

It's a nice cheese base, but I would worry about the Demolishers in the later games stages. Other zombies can hit their button and set them off.

[@PriMate]

I should have blown one up to see what happens 🤔 will remember to do this next time 😂

[@ericsfishingadventures4433]

That's what smg and shotgun turrets would be for, since they don't set off the demolisher buttons anymore, that could help. I prefer to be proactive with my base design, but I get what your saying. Enough of the zombies slapping each other around because they go into "destroying" mode could cause problems, obviously.

[@baconvonmeatwich]

@Walking Jedd Gaming I thought they used to, but you got me to thinking. I found several KZbinrs who have tested what sets off a Demo. Blade traps and turrets no longer set them off, but no mention of zombie hits. Maybe I imagined it.

[@sivina]

let 's predict what 21.1 stable patch notes about ================================== Alpha 21.1 Stable Is Out! ◎changed horde zombies now target cube 5m dome middle 06 block at first priority . /s yup that's it, 7 days just getting more and more weird if tfp devs keep battling players about this kind of base building mind game, It's great to have more and more players invested their time to develop this kind of base building to have fun, or battling the ai system , truly feel thanks for them, but in the other hand, 7 days should not fall into this mind games loop hole. but if you ask me, will I build this base and play tho 7 days horde? Sure i will, it's free real estate right? Thanks for your video man

[@PriMate]

This made me laugh IRL 😂 Hope you have fun with this one mate 😜

[@RIPunknownone]

this block has been patched fyi, only has 5 health at concrete now. but you can still use the small cube corner block (something by that name). its just slightly larger, has the same effect, still has 5k health with concrete.

[@PriMate]

Oh has it? Lol I didn't even know! Thanks for the new info 👍

[@RIPunknownone]

@@PriMate it's kind of annoying that for a sandbox game that we can play however we want. We keep getting forced to play the game the way they want us to. Like whats it hurting? "You can play the game however you want.... but if you do something we don't like we will change it!"

[@infreno848]

hey man nice vid , i tested it and it works great , i mixed it with the afk loop base from "Not-A-Gamer Gaming" including a bashing corridor , and 2 spots for sledge turrets with a pit ,works awsom , thanks man

[@PriMate]

Ah nice! Sounds like utter carnage! 😈 glad you like the base, and thanks!

[@tootsitroll9785]

There’s a way better way and your welcome in advance. True floating platform. 1 place wood frame on ground. 2 place 1 piece of forest ground on top of frame. 3 plant tree. 4 wait. Let free full grow. 5 place blocks up on the tree trunk about 8 blocks or more up the tree parallel from each other same hight. 6. Chop the dirt and let the tree make the falling noise, tree will just disappear. 7 place a block between the 2 leftover from the tree in the air. 8 repeat process as it won’t hold forever. Only one of those two blocks holds weight and the other 2 in the single process counts as 2 in supported. That’s how it’s done you will have to do several tree and block set ups so miss well plan and plant all at once. This should still work I have done it a lot and it’s 100% free from the ground at any hight, just place higher wood frames then plant dirt and tree. It’s a pain high up but it’s so worth it. I also build buildings with no protection on the ground and it’s safe by using methods of non detection and a ramp that dumps them off my building with normal legs to the ground it’s impervious.

[@DomoArigatoMrRobaito]

The Fun Pimps "Zombies will now target everything that supports anything because we're reactionary and can't allow you to play the way you want,"

[@PriMate]

😂😂

[@stormwagemaker9940]

Gamers:tm: when devs patch an exploit that made the game an actual no brain Droid game

[@DomoArigatoMrRobaito]

@@stormwagemaker9940 Every Gamer (File Not Found) using exploit to make the game an actual no brain Droid Game.

[@Seffyzero]

@@stormwagemaker9940 To be fair, the game even without this exploit is a no brain droid game. There's no challenge in hordes at all. Jump on a bike and just cruise the entire night, dig all the way to bedrock and run up and down a tunnel all night, build a tower base and waste ammo all night. No challenge, no exploits, no danger. The ONLY way to fuck up a horde at any level is if you don't properly get enough materials for your base, or if you don't have enough ammo. And then you just die. Or bike away if you have a bicycle, lmao. There's no inbetween. You either cruise with no challenge, or you're just dead and with no way to recover that night. Don't try to pretend that THIS exploit is what made this game a braindead easy game, rofl

[@The_WhitePencil]

Yeah it's truly a shame when game devs patch game breaking exploits, all games should be so easy to win that you don't even have to play them!

[@LordDaret]

Even if this is patched, I still stand by the invincible Traitor Joel base design. Definitely not a day 1 design nor easy to make, but once finished it is pretty much an afk base.

[@kyleuhlich8785]

Link please?

[@LordDaret]

@@kyleuhlich8785 there is no link. It was just something I thought up years ago and worked perfectly. Still sort of works today.

[@tommyigoe3952]

Just seeing this a bit late. Brilliant design. In Alpha 1.0 I have been using the steel double double end that function the same way. Cheers

[@PriMate]

Ah nice, glad you found new ways to trick the zombies Tommy 🤜🔥🤛

[@bleuberry9636]

This is great - love that it’s just smart engineering as a way to outwit them… well done!

[@PriMate]

Glad you enjoyed Blue 👍

[@michaelbockert8280]

Yeah you can make a tunnel with steps where they think they can get to you but they can't and fall, do no damage then immediately run back to steps and go down tunnel again looping.. makes it easy to just sit and chill and shoot as they keep running down death tunnel. I think if you google Death Tunnel you can find the video on how to make.

[@Fairburne69]

If you want an afk base there are two easier better options. A large lake or a large platform. Mobs can't spawn on certain blocks. They can't spawn outside a certain range which I think is 30 blocks. So build a platform 61x61 or larger and mobs can't spawn and attack you.

[@PriMate]

True

[@Kraken85]

good work dude, great vid. better then my horde bases

[@PriMate]

Thank you brother! Glad you like it 😜

[@Kraken85]

@Walking Jedd Gaming I’ll always support my mate primate

[@PriMate]

🤜💥🤛

[@PlotArmor101]

@Primal GOT distracted. BTW great ideas. I was trying to figure out how to build a floating base with some altitude. Thanks!

[@PriMate]

You're most welcome

[@antirevomag834]

While not planning on abusing this, because i like fighting the hordes, i can see alot of neat possibilities from this.

[@PriMate]

Same! I actually don't use these bases, I just like showing other people how to make them 😜

[@sfire8111]

Nice video mate. You should do more of these for the people who are new to 7 days

[@PriMate]

Yeah I will do mate! I've had a lot on with Job and house move, but be ready for a full attack now 😜

[@jasonstatham5879]

What if you just dug a deep pit all the way down to bedrock in the middle for them to fall into? I've seen some where you put a little disk about 5-9 levels down and they will jump onto it and then just fall. Once they are all down, just drop some grenades/molotovs down

[@PriMate]

I've made a similar base like that before. Check out the other base videos I've released 👍

[@kathrynck]

You can do this with sheet blocks (like plates, but thinner). I think there's actually less hitting of blocks with those. Unfortunately horde-surviving cheese is usually not very good for xp/loot. But it is kinda fun :)

[@PriMate]

If you watch the first 60 seconds, I explain why sheets are not good and why we opted for the small triangle bits 😂

[@suspiciousninja1220]

Did you not watch the video????

[@PriMate]

😂😂

[@Careonovam]

That's false. You can always expand on the killing potential of cheese-bases by using turrets, traps and guns. bases utilizing sledgehammers are very simple to make , just place a few traps where the kicked down zombies land and voila - loot and exp.

[@kathrynck]

@@Careonovam You get less xp from trap kills vs. player kills (even if spec'd heavily into intel). And cheese effects cause your targets to fall, and re-path, which takes time. The ideal scenario is to soften the zombies up with traps, while avoiding a large number of trap-based killing blows. Then kill them with player-fire. And leave very minimal survivors. Every zombie which falls, is another 15 seconds (give or take, depending on base design, and rage mode) where you either have a zombie not being killed, or being killed by traps for substantially less xp. The idea set-up (for XP and loot) is traps, then kill zone, then more traps. Soften your targets with traps (ones which don't slow them down), players kill them in the kill zone (slow them down there), and then traps catch any stragglers. If you're optimized, some zombies will be killed by traps of course, just because zombies have different amounts of health. But if you balance out the damage rates, you can get the bulk of the zombies to die in the player kill zone, in a steady stream which is constantly fed with more zombie spawns, pre-softened for player kills. That said, you could cheese them into a pit and use molly's or explosives as your kill zone. Cheese can work with that. But all in all, they die faster (and spawn replacements faster) if you kill them with direct fire. If you kill zombies 1 through 10 sequentially, then zombie 1 has already spawned an inbound replacement by the time you kill zombie 10. If you wait for 10 zombies to group up in your pit though, and kill them all at once, there's more waiting involved. All depends on what you're focused on. Survival is easy, min-maxing xp & loot though involves quite a few considerations. Timing can be important too. Depending on your game settings (daylight length and minutes per day) loot bags may not last all night. That can make it useful to have a base which can throttle killing rate, then go full power at a specific time during the horde. Cheese can be good for that. But that's IF you prioritize saving resources over XP that is, but still want fat loop bag stacks. If not, go full throttle all night for the XP too. Either way, it's good to have dump chests to dump 90% of your gear into the moment the horde is over, and multiple dump chests around the loot bag drop areas to stuff loot (for space) into as you quickly pick up bags. On my best base builds, I go to great lengths to help the zombies get into the kill zone as fast as possible. No jumping stairs or anything, I want a smooth fast flow into the kill zone. I'll even clear landscape obstacles which would slow their pathing, so they can come and become loot & xp faster. This is only IF you're min-maxing for XP & loot though. It's a sandbox, there's no right way to play the game. I like to min-max: XP per second, loot per second, and base repair resource cost, as a kind of 3-way puzzle. Survival should be kind of a given with a good base design. And how a base handles Demo's is the real litmus test for high game stage viability.

[@catgotgame]

Nice one prime. Would use this as a regular base to make things without the worry of drawing in a screamer, but still use a different base for horde.

[@PriMate]

Glad you like it CGG! 😁

[@nowherefool5869]

you can combine this with a 1 tile bridge (like the basic horde bases have), but have a powered door (garage door/draw bridge/whatever) in the middle, connected to a floor trigger.. so it would handle crowd control by dropping down excess zombies. ie : if you place plate trigger X tiles away from the trap door, then it would only let X amount zombies through and dump the rest of them to the floor below. so even if zombies enter rage mode, they'll just end up trying to attack blocks they can't hit, before they get bored and try to run through the bridge again. (coz some people like using horde night for leveling up combat skills) edit : you can also put aesthetic "support" columns (like a tripod or arch), so the base doesn't look like it's floating on air.

[@PriMate]

Some great ideas here, I love it!

[@amano_niroku]

With the α20, I came up with the idea earlier than anyone else in the world.

[@PriMate]

Glad to hear.

[@XodiaqKey]

This gives me so so soooo many ideas Absolutely brilliant, thanks mate

[@PriMate]

You're most welcome! Glad you enjoyed 😜

[@wowdante]

If you wait long enough, the game breaks itself.

[@PriMate]

😂

[@sweatyoutdoorsman3851]

@neebsgaming this is a base that y'all should experiment with. I think Simon should be on top of this one, his dialogue would be GOLD!

[@PriMate]

😂😂

[@crapsound]

This is interesting. And I've read a comment for another substitute block for use. I'll just use this technique to create a foundation for a kill corridor, just to work around their "rage" mode. I just hope it works. XD

[@PriMate]

There has been a few suggestions Danny, which one are you thinking? Their rage mode in imprinted in their AI, do fall rage mode can he avoided but they will also cause other zombies to go into rage mode. So its inevitable it will happen. Best to focus in how to mitigate it 😉

[@crapsound]

@@PriMate just using smaller blocks as a foundation. Last time I tried a kill corridor but I used an old building as part of the base but it was too big, too high. Then I tried building a robo sledge base but instead of going through the path they just decided to go for the foundation of the part of the base where we stay. I've been told several times that they go towards the least resistance. My best guess was my foundation was weaker and faster to get through than going through the path I made for the robo sledge base. As of now I'm seeing this as my best bet to completely negate these "ZOMBIE JERKS" trying to go after my base supports and just have them all go through the path. I was planning on using sheets as per jawoods video. Then I saw yours and learned of a better substitute. Then I saw a comment talking about smaller block shapes to use. I still plan on using 2 block high supports and have the 3rd one above just be normal blocks. But I'm hesitant about it. Maybe I'll just follow your tip and have the tiny block supports 3 blocks high.

[@PriMate]

Give all your ideas a go and see what works, learn by doing is the best way 🙂

[@entertainmentranger4140]

200 IQ Base right there. Very nice.

[@PriMate]

🧠

[@KeithOlson]

The thing is, if they made both the blocks and the zombies MUCH more realistic, everything would work out. 1. Flesh and bone are softer than stone. Once you build with cobblestone, only explosions, acid, and hard kinetic strikes have a serious chance at damaging blocks. (Give the biker zombies chain wrapped around their fists, for example.) Fists should do VERY little damage to wood, so zombies should take at least ten times as many attacks to break down a wall, for example. 2. Likewise, solid rock should have a LOT more hp per block. (Some of you might not be aware of this, but in real life, it takes a lot more than a dozen or so swings with a pick to break down a cubic metre of rock. Just sayin'.) 3. Blocks need to be recoded so only solid parts are considered passable. 4. Once a certain number of zombies is in a cell, it should be considered an 'undead block' and other zombies can climb on top, as in WWZ. If a zombie in an undead block dies/gets knocked down, a random zombie above should fall into the undead block to maintain it. 5. Measure structural stress in PSI. The smaller the cross-section where two blocks meet, the less stress it can handle. 6. Wood should be cheap and easy both to build with and destroy. Building with cobblestone/concrete/etc. should be EXPONENTIALLY more expensive and difficult to build with. Building the typical concrete castle should take a dozen people a few weeks just to grind the materials. 7. Most taller non-wood buildings should have deteriorated enough that it wouldn't take a lot to bring them crashing down. This would make building a base in one during the early game MUCH less desirable. The player would have to balance the added protection against the chance that they will lose everything if attacks take out the wrong blocks. Basically, the early game would usually consist of fortifying a wooden house as you gather the insane amount of resources needed to make a cobblestone-shelled base. (The main structure would be wood, with 'armour plating' of harder materials to protect the wood.) ...but those would still be viable bases, as zombies would have a much harder time busting through your defences. Heck, if you were willing to spend the time, an underground base would finally be a legitimate possibility. Does that make sense to y'all?

[@PriMate]

I think a lot of this all makes absolute sense! Although....if you make a game too realistic, it gets boring quick. Right now they have tiers on all aspects, blocks, skills, weapons, hordes, and it all scales up. I think the scaling helps but unless zombies are running or feral, the game is very easy. Some of your suggestions would 100% help with this, like stacking zombies such as world war z, that would be challenging and really make you think about what to do!

[@KeithOlson]

@@PriMate Hmmm... having SUB-tiers for blocks would be interesting. Have a 'Builder' branch with 'Carpentry'/'Bricklayer'/etc. sub-branches. Each level lets you make higher-tier wood/cobblestone/etc. blocks and do so faster. There could even be overlap, so, for example, a T3 wooden block could be slightly stronger than a T1 cobblestone block.

[@autolicious]

Makes a lot of sense...and it would kill the game in a week. Most people don't have the time to put into a game that these kinds of changes would require. No time means no players means dead game.

[@KeithOlson]

@@autolicious I'm not so sure of that. By nerfing both the blocks and block damage, I'm confident a balance could be achieved, especially considering you can set XP gain to be *MUCH* higher if you want, which would make leveling up the extra skills not so much of an issue.

[@hockallz2157]

This was silly and I love it! The only additions I could think of would be hatches on the bottom to throw Molotov's or pipe bombs at them as they run aimlessly underneath. I've no idea what the hit boxes on those blocks are like though, I'd probably set myself on fire 😂

[@PriMate]

Hahaha same here!! Would be a sizzling money after the first molly throw 😂 glad you like it mate 😉

[@chrishubbard64]

Yeah id stick to pipe bombs myself. Play a game of plinko or a pachinko machine as it bounces its way down to the bottom then explodes. This was a hilarious base setup.

[@PriMate]

Haha that actually sounds like a tonne of fun 😂 glad you enjoyed it Chris!

[@wren842]

@Walking Jedd Gaming Ah, the Glock9 method.

[@C.R.Johnston]

heh heh heh, thx for the Info Time to break some AI Pathing, and play with Spikes :)

[@PriMate]

😜

[@Salkinmusic]

Good XP base 😃 Tons of options with this base idea, thanks for sharing 🤙

[@PriMate]

You're most welcome Frex! Glad you like it 😁

[@Salkinmusic]

@@PriMate Left a sub! I like your content 😉

[@PriMate]

You're too kind, thank you 💙

[@WhClaus.]

This is pretty interesting! You earned a subscriber

[@PriMate]

Appreciate it Wh Claus! And glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@ericsfishingadventures4433]

And here I thought Josh loved the cheesiest of bases, Mr primate you sir have outdone yourself sir! Lol 😂 🥮

[@PriMate]

Ha! Glad you enjoyed Eric 😂 i have more super cheey bases coming so keep your eyes peeled 😈😜

[@georgetomlinson4849]

Sick! It’s like you have the perfect defense

[@PriMate]

Glsd you like it George 😜

[@georgetomlinson4849]

@@PriMate 😜 it certainly is impressive you should try make it one day in a playthrough

[@timberwolfbrother]

Base did great with some added bladed traps around the perimeter

[@PriMate]

Nice!

[@ViciousVioletteLV]

Mr. Primate I bow down to you for this idea.

[@PriMate]

Viiiiii!!!! How the devil are you?! 😁 you madam, dow down to no one 👸

[@tigrecito48]

lol... you added the zombie force field like a week before they get rid of it in the new alpha patch... i made a HUGE entire base surrounded by force fields after seeing jawoodles video... 100s of hours of digging out trenches & mining & building.. i had 3 layers of force fields with walls between each one.. i was finally starting to upgrade to steel and now they patch it out lol

[@PriMate]

Haha! I know they proper screwed me up with the new arrow slit patch 😂 I think I may have a new version, will do some more testing and let you know!

[@tigrecito48]

@@PriMate i updated to alpha 20.1 and then reverted back to 20.0.. i will update after i finish this playthru...

[@Nightrailer]

I hate to say it, due to the inevitable backlash. But 7d2d needs to have 2 separate modes. A mode where Zombies are smart and can get past any base mitigation tactics (underground -/ aerial / etc). And a mode where they cannot. Sometimes I just want to hunker away and not have to worry about them. Can you imagine if Minecraft was that way? That no matter what you build they will eventually get through?

[@PriMate]

I make these bases and promote them, so new player have somehow got safe whilst they learnt to play. The seasoned players are in uproar about bases like this, the new guys love it

[@DayZDad]

That base my good sir IS F- -KING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@PriMate]

Haha glad you like it LC! 😂

[@DayZDad]

That is definitely worth a sub. Have a great day!!!

[@PriMate]

You're too kind! Have a great day also 🤜💥🤛

[@Hollowsoldi3r]

Check out door hinges... I think is what they are called

[@PriMate]

Door hinges? Hmmm...OK will do you have me intrigued 😏

[@marcg210]

that's pretty cool. They did return plates to normal health at some point, even so, those little blocks are much better it would seem.

[@PriMate]

Apparently they did, but still shows at only 5% of original HP? Strange. Hopefully these little buggers do the trick 🙂

[@marcg210]

@@PriMate maybe I am thinking of the plates and not the sheets. now that I think about it, it was easy to tear up the sheets I use to cover the gap between ground and blocks and I haven't done a floating base since before the nerf.

[@PriMate]

The surface area of sheets and places is massive, very easy for the zombies to hit! These little triangles are much harder 🤓

[@TheTrailGamer]

Awesome thumbnail as always!!!!!!

[@PriMate]

Glad you like it Greensquad, and thanks!

[@ncamon]

Wouldn't this work well with the spiral ramp tower that has them jump off? If you put all corners next to each other then you could have a floating crystal shape central support, and even increase the distance from the ramp to the walls without loosing integrity.

[@PriMate]

Yeah, sounds like it would work. Have you tried it yet?

[@ncamon]

@@PriMate It seems fine and works on the small scale. Large scale looks a lot more interesting. Tower sides have more of a textured look to it. The 8 block corners that meet look better to me, and I even gave it a wider base as the empty space is still nearly an entire block away from the original edge. The ramp and walkways also get a little more support as they technically can be connected to the tower by one block in the middle of each side.

[@DarkKyugara]

While I was digging a pit for my base, I was able to dig the ground perfectly enough to let it with 1 HP, and the surface area was so small that was invisible. My friends and I weren't able to hit it again, but it was physical, it was there, we couldn't place a block there, we couldn't pass through because it was an obstacle. In the end, we end up exploding it and removing it with AoE damage... This probably happened with you as well, so I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. Maybe using this could give you some tricks of creating a floating base? Just sharing this experience =)

[@PriMate]

Ahhh I know what you mean, low hp make the block shrink very small and maybe the zombies won't be able to hit it. Interesting stuff! Thank you Kyugara 😜

[@dayzkiller-wp2gy]

just done it still works thanks for telling us primate

[@PriMate]

Ah nice, glad it still works! You're most welcome mate 💙

[@marcuscurtis7722]

Have you considered using letters? They are just as thin a sheet but they have full hit points.

[@PriMate]

Ahhh good idea!! May actually use those next time!

[@marcuscurtis7722]

Glad I could help

[@PriMate]

👍

[@unparadoxic]

holy shit this game is still in development! I totally forgot about this game!

[@PriMate]

Tis indeed...and still fun as hell 😜

[@unparadoxic]

​@@PriMate good sir, i say truly with that statement

[@HaidaWay]

This would also be great for people who want 10 forges going along with cement mixers and chem stations

[@PriMate]

That's very true Al! Would be great to keep those pesky screamers away 😜

[@kathrynck]

That's why I usually try to build my home base as a horde base for the first few weeks. So that it's pre-made to deal with screamers & wandering hordes.

[@PriMate]

Good choice Kathrynck!

[@josepndenardo9942]

Oh good I can fall asleep while playing my favorite

[@PriMate]

Each to their own Josepn

[@TizonaAmanthia]

have you done any testing on those thin poles, in a 2x2 cluster? also if you're in the air, and zombies enter "Demolition mode, what do they do, I do like the little corner that's neat, but I do wonder if it's any better than the super thin poles. the .025 I think they are?

[@PriMate]

I'll have to give them a try, I've not done any testing with them 🤓

[@TizonaAmanthia]

@@PriMate I look forward to seeing the testing. For my own usage, they added a new set of "cladding" which is basically just shy of a full block, so you can see the underlying block. so my elevated platforms are usually on full block, with all sides with cladding and then the .02 pole or what ever it's called in the corners. so a "two" blockspace, ends up with TWELVE columnar support. otherwise I do quads of those smaller poles, for a small 2x2.

[@yhonue]

Hi, can you tell if they enter in 'Destroy everything' mode after falling, do they hit the blocks? Thanks!, was a fine video!

[@PriMate]

Hey Yhonue! If they fall more than 4 blocks (so on the 5th block and lower) they will take damage. If they take fall damage they will automatically go into "rage mode" and attack blocks for a while before pathing to the player again. So yes indeed, you are correct, fall damage will cause them to rage 🙂👍 And thanks! Glad you enjoyed it mate 😜

[@PriMate]

After the day 7,000 horde I did see some damage, but we were talking 200-300 damage on a 10,000 steel block. They did destroy a few foundation big blocks, not the small ones

[@iron_side5674]

I think i´ll be using those as supporting blocks in a less cheesy build :P It´s just nice having the peace of mind that they 100% wont smash something haphazardly.

[@PriMate]

Haha yeah it doesn't need to be this cheesy, I just wanted to take it to the extreme...because why not 😂

[@iron_side5674]

@@PriMate I absolutely appreciate it. There´s even people who have that as a principle i´ve heard. Play on the highest difficulty possible. Exploit everything that can be exploited.

[@PriMate]

Ha! Yeah those people make me laugh 😂

[@dravem]

To do this, why not just turn on gode mode of make your blocks invulnerable or something? What the point?

[@tigrecito48]

you have to be careful when running around not to get too far away.. i was trying out doing really long places to drive my motorbike during horde night.. i did a velodrome, but i used zombie proof walls after watching a jawoodle alpha 18 video.. not realising they didnt work in alpha 19.. but anyway then i built a long path with a roof to drive along cos if you get too far, birds spawn in all around you.. that worked really well apart from that i forgot to put a roof on the linking bit between my tunnel & the velodrome.. so i ended up dying as i went between them... but yeah.. i thought it would be fun to drive my motorbike all night protected by a roof

[@PriMate]

Sounds amazing! Lol did the birds spawn in the tunnel?

[@tigrecito48]

@@PriMate no outside but they kinda flew partially thru blocks and still hit me a bit... i messed it up by not joining up my tunnel to my velodrome with a roof youll see if you watch the video although my videos arent great quality (10 year old computer)

[@PriMate]

I'll check it out Kevin 👍

[@tigrecito48]

@@PriMate thanks

[@PriMate]

💙

[@PlotArmor101]

First thing I am going to say is the 7DTD is a really well done sandbox game and although slow in substantial additions, still is fun to play. (finished pep talk).IMHO all these nerf patches they are doing has been sort of pointless. The game from the start allows mods, which unless they spend their time hard coding everything is a wasted endeavor. Even with that, the amazing modding community will create a workaround. If they want to stop people from finding 'exploits' don't allow modding. That's not going to happen because just like Bethesda's undead Skyrim, Fallout, etc., you are guaranteed profits because the modders uptick replayability (thus purchases) tenfold for decades after. So, are they going to disable mods? HELL NO! So what's the point in what they're doing now.... busywork (with all that staff expansion)?!? They need to just work on finishing the game. Start working on giving ALL those backers the game they promised them. Or at least look like you're putting some effort into it (like maybe bandits, it does not have to be perfect ... that's what patches are for in a game that's been EARLY access a LONG time). I think the players have more than proven their tolerance and patience.

[@theoldbluenorseman]

Nowadays, this guy probably works in NASA

[@PriMate]

Currently in the moon, bad reception, say that again?

[@jace6916]

Does it still work because the big buff zombies that blow up broke it very fast...Or did I do it wrong.

[@beanstalk1309]

I'd love to see how this does against cops and the demo guys when they both actually explode

[@PriMate]

Oh I spawned in 25 demos once I was done recording and had a little fun, of course 😈 haha Held up well! Part of the corner fell but its no different to having solid blocks underneath, all blocks will go eventually. This was patched out in the last update however

[@DarinHolbrook]

I have that same frame rate issue you have. It’s so annoying and difficult to play. My computer is brand new GTX 3070 i7 32GB RAM. How do we get that choppiness gone?

[@PriMate]

Lower settings, I have Similar set up, the game isn't well optimised, no amount of good tech can counter badly optimised games

[@deepblueyonderspage]

Brilliant! Thanks for the share!

[@PriMate]

You're most welcome Deep Blue!

[@KayZero]

Do you think the door trim corner piece would have an even smaller hitbox? or abouts the same?

[@PriMate]

Not too sure? I will get it a test, thanks! 🙂

[@questionasker8384]

I know you showed it at the beginning but I can't do what you did so I could make a base, if anyone has a vid of how to rotate the dome on the blocks to build on top of it lmk in trying to make that base you made on 3:32

[@PriMate]

I'll try and explain: so you grab the block and left click to get the angle you want. Then place. Hold R on ybe keyboard and select "advanced rotation" and left click until the shape is as far away from the first placed block as possible. Then place. Then repeat again and again 🙂

[@questionasker8384]

@@PriMate so it could be any angle then I just copy rotation n do it to the entire platform? So just put one on the bottom corner then advanced rotate until it's on the opposite corner but on top I'll just go n try it again, I appreciate the reply 💯

[@PriMate]

@@questionasker8384 that's it mate!! Just create as bigger gap as possible as you're good 👍 And of course, anytime! Glad to help 😁

[@SEAN-tk8xf]

Wow best hord base ever. I going to use it. :))))))

[@PriMate]

Kil ALL of the zeds from the top of it Sean 😈😜

[@archcabbage]

Fascinating! Does this still work or did they update it and it's no longer a thing?

[@PriMate]

Patched out

[@liatka9661]

I saw that subscribe storage! 😂 Great video!

[@PriMate]

Ha! Well spotted 😉 glad you enjoyed Liatka!

[@liatka9661]

@@PriMate It worked, it got you a new sub!

[@PriMate]

Appreciate it, welcome and thank you! 💙

[@sdw2911]

Really neat and useful Sharing a bit of criticism though I’m only five minutes into the video at this point and a LOT of redundant information showing hit points once was sufficient enlightening that the structural integrity was the same once was sufficient etc etc Wish you luck on your endeavors never thought of something like this 👍

[@PriMate]

Glad you enjoyed snd thank you for the feedback also 👍 much appreciated

[@savagedolwean5387]

Wow this looks so nice, looks the did not sealed any damage to the structure hehe I want to try this

[@PriMate]

You should!

[@reviewguru5457]

probably can bet these building blocks will be removed by next Alpha :) Thanksssss you Ape

[@PriMate]

Most definitely! But don't worry, we will find more ways to break the game 😈😂 and haha you're most welcome lol

[@hoangnguyenvuhuy5535]

What happen to the base if this block is removed? Are they going to collapse the moment you load the game

[@PriMate]

That is a food question 🤔 one I don't have the answer to? I doubt they will remove them, they will juat nerf the HP

[@CaullyD]

3:21 dude turned into a who new person for a second lmao

[@PriMate]

Just one of my many personalities 🙃

[@bosgamers9536]

hmm i wrelly need to resownload this game agein you gave me some nice ideas ty nice vid

[@PriMate]

You're most welcome! And go for it, hope you enjoy Bos!

[@misterprickly]

I'm gonna try this for my next horde night!

[@PriMate]

Go for it 💪 let me know how you get on

[@misterprickly]

@@PriMate SHall do!

[@misterprickly]

@@PriMate Just managed to make a wooden version (had only 2 days) and it worked like a charm! Horde night number 5 was a huge success... Thank you!

[@PriMate]

No worries at all! And it worked with only wood? SWEET!! 😜

[@misterprickly]

@@PriMate I probably did more damage, with my shotgun, than the zombies did! It was like shooting fish in a barrel.

[@williamcrowley5506]

Can’t you only put up the triangles like “poles” they should just be standard support, should be able to greatly reduce the numbers, so it would be even harder for them to run into?

[@PriMate]

You could so yes, would still work 👍 would just mean less structural integrity for the main base build up top. If you wanted to build a base that was lol

[@lmmortalZodd]

can you make diagonal pillars so that when they come for your base they don't stand on your base's support?

[@PriMate]

Potential yes! Will give it a shot

[@flemmedetrouverunpseudo628]

Hi, They patch this base or note ? And question, can we fire in this base ? In the blocks ?

[@PriMate]

Hey, this has not been patched out, you can still build it 👍🙂 You can find the blocks in the shapes menu, I showed the blocks in the video, take a look mate

[@oNobodyo]

Should've flipped 'em to make diamond shapes, and your aesthetics are terrible, but that's a rock-solid proof of concept. Overall, I'm going to have to give you a thumbs up on this one. The next trick will be to optimize the kill rate, probably with explosives and molotovs, or maybe a dart trap ceiling... 😉

[@PriMate]

Oh wow...a thumbs up?! Are you feeling ok? 😂😉 Yeah this could easily be adapted for explosives for sure. Just wanted to showcase the base more than the fighting.

[@oNobodyo]

@@PriMate Actually, my arse is dragging pretty hard atm, but nah I said what I meant and meant what I said. I could've said something nice about the presentation and editing, but I wouldn't want you to get a fat head or anything. 😉

[@PriMate]

Hahahahaha yeah easy now tiger, not too many compliments at once, might start to think your being "nice" lol

[@oNobodyo]

@@PriMate I was with you there until you got to "might start to think" and then I burst out laughing and didn't read the rest. Is that better? you simpering malformed thumb of a man. Now leave the money on the nightstand and get out! 😏

[@PriMate]

Hahahahahaa

[@evilmike74]

Well, set the gamestage appropriately too. Those waves I get after the 3rd bloodmoon when not using creative with 3 to 4 players. Cops and the demolition guys blast the structures easily when you actually try to kill them because you want and need the xp. Still a nice build though.

[@PriMate]

Gamestage was maxed at lv300, a few people commented about this as I forgot to mention it. You can't make these kind of videos with friends, it just doesn't work unfortunately as its more tutorial based. Still, a cool concept 🙂

[@baconoverlord7982]

What difference does it make if you have stuff hard to hit if they are going to hit the floor... so why does it matter if you make the sphere blocks 5000 if the floor is 500 and it will collapse the base? The later hordes are as tall as that base, especially with DF installed. Plus the distance attacks that do DoT on blocks would crush that, sadly. It's a cool concept for a lower-tier blood moon though.

[@PriMate]

Yeah its just for a bit of fun, not specifically designed to take on any type of horde or mod. Just a bit of fun to give people ideas 🙃

[@papacharlie5692]

YOU ARE A GENIUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@PriMate]

🤓😂

[@PixelLifeGaming]

This is disgusting! I love it! NICE FIND!!

[@PriMate]

Haha! So much mature cheddar in this base 😂

[@PixelLifeGaming]

@@PriMate I took my lactose pills before watching this

[@PriMate]

Good call 😂🤣

[@rustybros]

patched in 20.6 I built it exactly like the video and the zombies are hitting the floating angles.

[@PriMate]

It was good while it lasted, thanks for letting everyone know 👍

[@Rengray2]

Roquefort, Havarti, Cheddar, this base: All are cheese. I should have followed Pixel Life's lead and taken my lactose pills before viewing. The only thing I can think of to make it cheesier would be to protect the base supports by surrounding them with JaWoodle's arrow slit "force field". Then they couldn't even beat on your base, and you're only dealing with vultures and cops spitting.

[@PriMate]

Haha! I'll stick a couple of those pills in the post for you 😂 Yeah I could have used the force field but wanted to keep it "moneky", if I were to use even a snippet of what someone else has designed there would a tonne of crappy comments lol

[@barendscholtus1786]

If you use the force field you don't need it to float anymore though. Different style.

[@PriMate]

This is true

[@Rengray2]

@@PriMate I hear you 100% on the "comments" - and really don't expect you to pull in stuff from other folks on your own videos. I did, however, play around with both last night...and building a horde fort with your method ON the arrow slit trenches? Probably earns a super gold medal in the World Cheese Awards. Lots of sad and confused zombies beating on the ground.

[@shawnhopkins5928]

Why not use forged steel for the base domes?

[@PriMate]

Could do 👍