How To Build Your First ALPHA 21 Horde Base - 7 Days To Die Survival Guide #3

[@IzPrebuilt]

Episode #4: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2HOc4WqfauKm7c

[@andrenikolai1061]

Thanks!

[@RyanLawson-r9u]

Is this still usable for the PS 5 V1.0?

[@neviscf6240]

Yo, just wanted to say as an almost completely new player(did one longplay by myself), this guide is actually super informative and clear. Watching you not just go through this episode but all the rest of the ones youve posted have been an ENORMOUS help to me learning what bits i didnt know about after playing almost 100 days in A20.7 before moving to A21. I was playing on scavenger - adventurer difficulty on my first play. In my new world, i started nomad, then went to warrior, and am now vibing on survivalist just past my second blood moon. The blood moon base worked absolutely perfectly for me(no zombies even broke any other objects other than the stairs. I know this kind of thing is second nature for you, but ive learned an absolute TON about how to actually make the most of every day and about just the game in general. Thank you so much for all the work you put into this series to help people who want to get into 7Days but dont know how. Keep it up mate, i hope you go big!

[@Raven-Blackwing]

Im not used to seeing the spear not just holding its own during the horde, but borderline thriving.

[@icata12345]

are spears good now??

[@gippy101]

@@icata12345 yea very good, have power attacks and attack through multiple enemies

[@boney2982]

@@gippy101 and the range oh man the range is beautiful alongside all the upsides

[@aestevalis0]

Spears have been good. @@icata12345 Spearman's been my jam since they were added.

[@DautFromX]

Tips to make it even better; replace the bridge with something thinner like centered poles or railings, so zombies fall down more easily. Make it double stacked on top of each other so that if one section breaks because of demos or cop spit, the zombies will still have a path. Additionally you could build pillars on the side of the bridge with electric fencing spanning between them.

[@williamwallace5655]

As a person with learning disabilities I want to say I appreciate you because now I can survive 😂😂. You sir are a legend and have gotten a sub for life from me. Again I'm sure pros call this cheese and worthless but for someone like me with no friends or help, you have given me the best experience and chance to survive. Ty❤❤ also why them birds harassing you during the video 😢😢

[@nikkisimms8075]

Nice to see our trusted old base still holds up!

[@RealYarnIsRealer]

Prebuilt, thank you for the 500th video that helps me and other people understand the game or just help me get better! (seriously)

[@IzPrebuilt]

It's actually like my 207th video but you're welcome lol

[@Rws4Life]

@@IzPrebuilt Maybe he's from the future lol

[@minos3258]

I just realized how insanely good a Bycicle might be in a Zombie Apocalypse...

[@Googurz]

I just build an enclosed space on the roof of a gas station or similar building and use a simple set of blocks to climb on/off the roof. I take away the top block to keep zombies from climbing or jumping up. The walls of the building are so tough that you can avoid the horde as long as necessary and just pick them off from the roof at will. No fancy building or planning really needed.

[@summerboy8592]

This helps A LOT. Not because I'm building my base exactly like yours but you explained a lot of amazing points to understand how I can make MY base better. Thank you! Subscribed!

[@tremas3329]

Just did my day 14 horde with a similar base(I like a longer "runway" for the zombies to get to me) and using a tier 4 hunting rifle. I was able to make several rounds of AP 7.62 and used a combination of that and the spear and it absolutely crushed the hoard. Penetrator perk is still super strong with the hunting rifle.

[@thatjoejuggalo]

i'd recomend changing your bridge from a full block to upper centered pole and that way the zombies dont pile up as much...and will be forced to single file or fall off and then back around again...gives you a little more time to spread your stamina usage...just a thought

[@pengurrito7136]

I used this design for a21. It worked great for day 7. But for the day 14 horde, only the first batch of zombies came up the ramp and attacked the opening. All zombies after that attacked the supports beneath me, trying to collapse the structure. I knocked out the rail, plate, and beams and was going to rely on the hatches as barriers. But even with the hatches down, making me fully exposed, they still didn't route to the opening. Luckily I had enough molotov cocktails to thin the herd and I didn't die. But why would they change behaviors in the middle of horde night? The only difference from your design is that I had barbed wire set down on the on the path up to the opening, but I had them down on the day 7 horde too.

[@Julix00]

I just built this base and read your comment anyone encountered this problem too?

[@OmikronTitan]

You can pretty much just use basic frames if make a platform 11 high (to prevent area destruction) and make a pyramid staircase a small gap away from it. Reinforce the fighting position and the first few steps and you're golden. Takes about five minutes. Upgrade from there later on for spiders/cops on harder difficulties.

[@afacelessname1378]

I did the trailer POI earlier today. I knew there was a dog but couldn't remember where it was and I had decided the double loot the mailboxes. Needless to say I didn't see the dog until it was chewing my bum and by then it had already made a mess of me. When I reset the POI I got the dog with minimal damage but failed to see the snake that had spawned on the reset. It was a bad session.

[@darrenl3289]

I empathize. The animals seem to be the real threat. Exact same thing happened to me at that POI but no snake. However I have also got gored by two pigs that snuck up behind me side by side while I was aiming at a zombie in the road. They wiped me out in like 3 seconds. Instant broken leg, bleeding, dead.

[@ninetailedfoxcommander3627]

This video was quite informative for me because I transferred from the ps4 7 days to die to the PC. Any how great video!!

[@RyanRyebread]

Same! I just got on the PC after playing on Xbox for years. Love his helpful insights and sexy voice.

[@Crusher2100]

No1 pointing out that on day5 you have managed to read about 300+ magazines to have unlocked the ability to craft all this at those levels? CM carries you much bro.

[@rremnar]

I was thinking the same thing. How the hell does he have a hammer by day 5? I had to make a base just using the stone hatchet and I couldn't get it done in time. So I moved horde night to 2 weeks. That gives me enough time to find books get the resources I need. Some of it you can buy, but there's no way to get it done in 7 days unless you're lucky and can stand hitting a block slowly 6 times to upgrade to cobble.

[@mr_wilkins]

Love this base. Easy to set up and getting all the experience from building it is a great bonus.

[@famijher]

Why is it Prebuilt can make a Game like this seem Extra Interesting? It is one of the Mysteries of Life.

[@prepareuranus8097]

the absolute irony is that iv got myself in the rafters of a firehouse too. the zombies mostly go for the garage doors. and when they hit about 60% health the middle opens up allowing you to shoot and stab through the gap. its quite effective actually because i can repair the doors with very little scrap iron.

[@abbynormall207]

I like making a base in the big firehouse. I’m gonna try the small one next run and have them run through the fire first

[@nathanharrison2]

one trick i learned from Glock is to use a wedge shaped block to force the zombies off the pile up. bonus points if you use a corner wedge and make them fall off entirely on this design

[@tpeel6309]

Although i knew a lot about the build process, i can appreciate your information sharing. I needed it when i first started for sure! Fun video and a great way to showcase your spear! Thanks for another great episode!

[@dra6o0n]

Water, unless you get lucky with your RNG, water is an issue until day 3 or 4.

[@TheKruxed]

I appreciate the sped up bits rather than cuts

[@farty90]

Love your stuff man, been watching on and off for a few months, recently got back I your content, really enjoying your new playthrough. Thanks for making these

[@Snoogen11]

I don't know why I'm here... I survive 64 zombie, gamestage 200+ hordes all the time... but when Izprebuilt releases a tutorial... I watch.

[@jamesaust3272]

I was bamboozled! I came for a build video and stayed for a let's play!

[@kitkami]

Did this for my 4th horde but added a auto sledge, an electric wire, and a shotgun turret on the top for birds. Made it all out of concrete. Held up fine.

[@flaminx0r]

Love your content, thanks for the tips!

[@MrZrazies]

When I first started this game long time ago. All I did was digging. Made my own fortress underground but was lot work but one floor a time then dig under the floor.. all while zombies still on the ground. Good times…

[@tictactic7909]

Good, good. I respect the pause to take out the evil vultures lol.

[@dennisdenizard1470]

With Spear Hunter Maxed, you can spam power attack without much stamina loss. It's kind of fun! I love the idea of padding for extra block hps.

[@Thundeelord2009]

Its kimd of nice seeing you doing a LP and looking like you dont absolutely hate it.

[@ieatemos]

I just found you and stubbed not too long ago, but I'd like to say that I enjoy your voice, work, and in depth analysis.

[@bruswayne]

Add a little cheese by using opposing plates at the bottom to create a floating base

[@ImezRuez]

I like to use plates on edge for my side walls for a little extra elbow room

[@pakoolafaloopa69]

Upgrading building blocks is always wicked EXP/XP. So is collecting cement and cobblestone from pallets. Search out Carl's corn, (big sign in front of the house), yes, it's a house. Lots of EXP/XP from both resources. also a few things to have or take to get extra EXP/XP but I'm not into spoiling things for the peeps as to what those things are. Loot for em'.

[@yugotoshio]

started playing this week and your videos been helping me a lot thank you bro

[@coreybell4106]

im learning so damn much. This guy is the truth!

[@Redsandjunkie]

How did you get a level 4 steel axe on day 5?

[@SirBlaze75]

I double the height of the base so that zombies take fall damage, i also double the length of the walk way and put 1 high railings every 3-4 blocks along the walk way, it thins out the zombies that get to your fighting position so you don't need that to be as long in the early game so few needs of hatches, also if i get a sledge turret early enough i stick that out front on its own little side ledge to knock zombies off and away from the walk way

[@TagZ13]

I love the Spear now, can see it getting a nerf.

[@EjTongol-zl3qu]

Here we gooooooooo

[@jsamue12]

usually make something like this for a day 14+ horde as day 7 is kind of a joke. Made a wider variant of it for a day 7, 5 man horde on A21, and the second wave smashed smashed through all 12 cobblestone blocks keeping them out, murdering us all. The desert gamestage modifier is no joke, ferals and cops galore.

[@RegentofSparta]

Well I just learned something - I did not know you can change the quality of crafted items by the arrow!

[@jake5773]

Very nice. I typically build a 5 high platform with bars to shoot down through for the 7 day horde. After that I start working on my killing corridor, which requires a lot of concrete.

[@arcticblue248]

Thats how I usually have built bases, with better equipment I could dig a huge hole under the platform, down there I could build like electric fence so it killed off any zombies there, also had 2 of those junkguns working at the gate that was only 1 block wide... and long so they had a very killing field there.

[@hamakaze1364]

I remember my first horde night base and how scared i was. Litterly no joke i put varv wire round a crack a book enterance. Granted this was years ago but that was my very first kill box. I been a fan those for a while. Current build i have after soending so long away i am suprised how much i changed. And experimented Did you know you can place doors on its side? Make pretty knifty trap doors, i use that trick to bridge out to some elsectric traps like a maintance hall As well as i choose which avenue the zombies go down I winder how hard it would be to get sonething to get a blade trap accessable

[@zareethanthegamer]

The same way you built your alpha 20 horde base question answered, seriously tho your content is great and has helped me learn a lot about the game

[@michaelknightmustdie]

Tried and true, though I think we all have our own spin on it. Although I always put plates in the lower 2 blocks of any "oh sh*t" ladders so you don't get trapped where you can't jump up.

[@redefv]

That reach on the spear is amazing.

[@stixaw]

Now I need to try Spears that was amazing Thanks Iz

[@DJRaevenHeart]

Yay, Vultures aren't completely borked in A21. Can't stand their ESP hax that let them change direction as soon as you aim on them. At least that's what's happening to me. Have to wait until they're in their dive, but sometimes they move even then.

[@aplainname5849]

love your vids, always a blast to watch and yes, very satisfied lol.

[@BobRoffey]

Great video, thank you, I have liked and subscribed. Will you be doing an advanced build video?

[@Mark-qj5kp]

Oh snap! Thanks for sharing this. Makes me feel good for my first day 7 horde. I may not even have all the metal hatches yet, but I feel I can make it work. Not on nightmare mode 😅

[@straight2thepoint790]

i dont even need to watch these videos (8k hours deep into this) i just do it because i like hearing another turbo nerd at this game.

[@qwoeppel]

If you put upside down ramps above the front door, the zombs can not pile up. And it only costs 3 blocks.

[@elduquecaradura1468]

so this... "trick" of farming tier 1 fetchs even if the magazines bundle reward get nerfed, it still a great idea to farm a lot of items at a relatively low cost, not needing to farm gunpowder to my love the pipe bombs is already a winning point in my view :D btw, I have been watching enough, I'll suscribe, I like how you play, practically like a total pro (and I love that)

[@dvinceeE]

if u upgrade to steel this base last long, but the problem on day 50+ is that explosions of cops demolished the staircase. Maybe is good idea for upgrade to have a second entry with electric staircase to open or close when the main entry collaps?

[@patrickblind998]

I am on day 49 of a no gun run and honestly, the spear and crossbow combo has been a breeze. Plus all the guns and ammo/brass is just cash so money comes in quick to enable you to jump up in spear quality very fast.

[@dksannkat141]

Liking this gameplay series 👌

[@droppedmydagger3834]

My buddy always sleeps on candy and mega crush buffs. Last horde night they died 7 times within a few minutes complaining about stamina and being too slow while asking how tf i was so fast and always running/able to kite back..... -We never build any defences for our first 3 horde nights, we just kite in a random street with melee, and only use guns if we really need to-

[@UaG2423]

My alpha 16 base design still works in a21 god bless them rails and traps lol

[@sdunn5643]

I just stood on top of a building and picked them off with stone arrows. No need to build a complicated setup. I didn't even start constructing a base until after day 21. Still fighting hordes from atop buildings ... less work and you just move on to another building.

[@jivasjify]

If you were to make your own home base from scratch, not horde base. What would your home base look like mate? Could you make a video of one. I am trying to see if I can make one of my own from scratch rather than make one from an already made building.

[@fernandoi3389]

I'm new to the game, what happens if you stay in your house base ? they destroy the house ?

[@pledgeddruid1]

This helped a lot thanks.

[@ВладимирМалявкин-л9о]

На счёт баз на превью, которая имеет форму куба вы не правы, есть старый баг с люком и проваливанием игрока в строение- не застревание а именно проваливание в здание из одинаковых кубов. При этом можно вести огонь по зомбям и выйти из куба.Это самое лучшее здание для встречи орды- куб 8на 8 на8 блоков из стали даже демолишеры не могут сломать.

[@deletekeys]

Tried making this fort for horde night 😂 the fucking game knew it. A pack of 5 freaking dogs attack me…I survived but damn…let me prepare lmao

[@WynnCharmer]

You know that there's a 3*3 block you can make. It's either 3*3 or 3*5. Something like that. Making it easier to build. Course you lose out in exp. (A little). But hey, you'll get levels the longer you play. Very easy. Though, not sure if it is still in 21. Haven't played newest update yet.

[@vovkapark2334]

I was here only for Shift + R. Thanks a lot man xD

[@Easyflux]

Only thing I'd point out is upgrading that lip to cobble as well. If it goes, so does your door. Other than that it's a solid ass horde base for the first couple of hordes for sure 👌

[@DuckAHoy]

Loving the series so far, do you think youll do one of these for insane nightmare..?

[@aestevalis0]

Also, if you're doing a bridge base like that, something else you can do (again, if they haven't fixed the pathing) is use half, quarter, ramp & pyramid blocks to create holes in the bridge the ai is too dumb to avoid since it sees them as a whole block & not just a wedge tip

[@violetteplague3043]

You're spoiling us with all of these videos.

[@JosephDiveley]

I prefer to put an electric trap and a blade trap at the top of a ladder and taking a nap in between repairs to the blade trap. Good for at least 8 weeks before you have to get fancier. Then alway build you base 15 blocks high with a door you can jump out of if needed because there is skill you can get that if you have 5000 gold or more in you inventory you can jump 15 blocks down and take zero damage. Also if you are more than 14 blocks off the ground the zombies won't know you are even there except on horde night and if they are feral. I like to have many ladders going up and then having those paths converge to one path in case they like to destroy a ladder or two because of random anger issues lol. They only thing I hate about 21 is that they made robotic turrets kind of useless because they added lead to the cost of ammo which makes it a pain in the arse. I mean it's a very inefficient weapon who only blessing was that ammo was very cheap to make. Now ammo is expensive and a pain so it's useless.

[@ravenking5558]

I wish bridges generated in random worlds, because the ones in the navesgane map can convert into this super quickly.

[@josephphelps5213]

Good build. Cheers.

[@bcav712]

26:37 I feel called out

[@stratmatt73]

This base or some variation of it is what I've used since I saw your Desert Ranger series, a year or so ago. Thanks bud.

[@QanarIsDelirious]

Looks chill i guess i can cheaply Upgrade that with a 1x3 Window to Fight with My Trio in Coop .. or in General increase the size of the Players Bunker on top

[@misterdjpookie5790]

maybe its because i made the bridge part 1 block less, a few zombie tends to smash the walls a bit before pathing up the stairs.

[@linfizzy]

Please don't tell the fun pimps how good something is cause they'll just nerf it. Lmao. Good base, though I've never built a hatch corridor before. It looks very effective

[@Ray-co9xy]

great series, how would you do a horde base for multiplayer (3 -7 regularly on horde night)

[@Gardolind]

It looks like this base could be modular, just build multiple - possibly facing multiple directions. Then simply connect them to a central room where you can probably keep a chest or 2 of supplies. Should be easy especially if you have 1 or 2 people focused on gathering resources for the week leading up. Or, make the corridor a little wider so multiple people can stand in it.

[@joe-sy2gz]

Please can you make a video about a easy cheap horde base for three players like even for two or four

[@exiteternium]

why not do the metal spikes and use a 0.25 centered pole for horde night? worked in alpha 20.6 real well for me. and allowed me to use just a pipe rifle to slaughter brain eaters cause they kept falling off into spikes.

[@jonathanb1949]

I perfer ground level hatch bases. The pipe bombs work better with them as the zombies group up into larger groups

[@Salkinmusic]

Not all zombies has armor so AP ammo isn’t neccesary 😊 And it isn’t “your base design” but your base ingame yes, great base too but this has been build since the beginning of 7 days 😁

[@IzPrebuilt]

"ap ammo isn't necessary" it has 20% more damage than base ammo and on rifle class weapons you can use the penetrator perk to hit up to 5 targets with 1 AP round allowing you to potentially 5x the damage output per shot. And no, the precise dimensions of this base *are* in-fact my design. It uses concepts borrowed from various horde base designs throughout the history of 7dtd including the killing corridor (i learned from genosis), wayward Eko's barricade design, a bridge (i think i learned from jawoodle many moons ago), the addition of vulture guard railings is my own and the precise length, height and width of the base are also purely my own and the process for building it has been optimised over the years to be easy to teach to new players BY ME. I have been making tutorials on how to make earlier versions of this base for 2 years. So while I can't claim some copyright of the base and I wouldn't go claiming "they stole my design" if someone came up with this exact thing. I have every right to call it MY base design because it's literally the design I MADE to be my base using various sources of inspiration and innovation of my own. If you're gonna be a smartass you could at least be correct. 'Cus without the smart, you're just an ass.

[@Hellfire666]

I never bother with the steps at the entrance to the horde base because I figured it was better to slow them down and make them jump the blocks so that they are an easier target for molotovs but maybe there is a good reason to use the steps?

[@herogibson]

It just depends what you want your horde base to do. If you have a fighting position you’re confident in i say give them an easy way up. The faster they get to your position, the faster you can kill them and get xp. There are definitely bases you would want to slow them down and make them hop though. Both are ways to get them up to you, its just a matter of what you prefer.

[@johnperry3000]

Steel ax, 2 forges and a workbench by day 5? Thats odd

[@Skeithalot]

Great content.

[@DaveTormala]

Great video.. Gained a subscriber :)

[@queerdeer12]

This base doesn’t work. I’m playing a vanilla server. Day 42. Zombies busted through the first barrier in 30 seconds. Then to get over the hatches, they break into a crawl and just go over it. Base integrity was compromised after two hours game time on horde night. The vultures never flew above. They were waiting at the back door so once I had to make my exit, I was ambushed by multiple vultures.

[@evanbartishofski4910]

I played this game on ps a long time ago and there used to be a water glitch to keep infinite water in the base using a 4 block,scooping water out of it with a glass bottle and then scooping the rest of the water with a bucket out of the corner and dumping it back in would refill it. Does anyone know if this trick still works?

[@johnboog4437]

I’d like to request a video with your thoughts on alpha21. I think it’s a little bit underwhelming but haven’t seen any youtuber who share the same sentiment besides some of the things that you said on your live stream.

[@prefacedspore2745]

#askPrebuilt Are you planning on doing a more narrative playthrough in the new Alpha?

[@Crazmuss]

Haha day 7 horde! After update to A21 I can't even survive tier 2 POI. I tried 2 fetch/clear jobs and 1 tier 2 POI with no job, either way at some point I have like 10 Z spawned and no stamina to deal with them since spear take like million hits to kill a zombo, with decapitation chance being non-existent, while in previous versions I used to decapitate with fireaxe with 2 heavy attacks. And if I take firearm I am also skrewed as zombos are much faster than me when I am reloading. Keep in mind, I play on Nomad. So for day 7? I probably just die in 1007 time again, lol who need a base. I don't even have cooking pot yet on day 4!

[@Zombieknockin]

Waiting to see if the pathing change will screw up the base

[@sarsante]

Man I think they changed something for the stable version. I did this base in the beta and it was working just like yours, some occasional punching in the blocks below where we stand, but today I got my day 7 horde (warrior gamestage ~30) and for whatever reason the zombies destroyed the 2nd, 3rd and 4th blocks of ladders, don't ask me how or why. Luckily they were still able to jump their way to the bridge but it was so weird. I've footage if you want to see it, it was super strange.

[@MegaFubar123]

I dont get the option for crafting skill book bundle for tier 1 quests. Did they change this?