Our Favorite POI Horde Base! - 7 Days to Die 1.0

[@pseudoposse]

Hope this all was very informative! Feel free to share your favorite POIs in the comments! Let us know if you like these longer build video formats or if you prefer faster and more concise. Thanks for watching :)

[@TBoNAtl]

Also, on our current map this POI is across the street from the Box Factory which is our main base. I made massive horde base out of it once in Darkness Falls. You should check it out.

[@pseudoposse]

@@TBoNAtl Cool, I'll take a look at it!

[@UNKNOWN-xt6ve]

I hope you do the "funny way" in the next video, its called: "The Trapper", because you can only use "landmines" (all types), i'm tried "landmine trapper" perk and i thought it's super fun, but we need to build a good base for that funny perk, make sure you don't kill yourself with that dangerous things, haha😻🤤

[@UNKNOWN-xt6ve]

You should max: Landmine perk + Demo perk in Perception first, you also need max the Gain XP from Traps in Intellect, so that's work, i'm tried to sharing that funny perk to my friends but nobody want to try it, so i hope you make a video about it and make them like it, ty again! 💣💥

[@UNKNOWN-xt6ve]

We need to keep placing new landmines on zb's path of attack and still keep a safe distance when they trigger the landmines and it explodes

[@theragingsky]

Let Taco out of the mines and up into the executive high rise. #JusticeForTaco

[@pseudoposse]

Taco approves this message :D

[@osarmys]

#JusticeForTaco !

[@mrsigma78]

I prefer this kinda bases (POI all-in-one) and this kind of build guide. You gave me some new ideas for my next base :)

[@silent9pc]

Same, and it's so hard to find good ideas for an all-in-one

[@pseudoposse]

That's awesome to hear! Hope the ideas serve you well.

[@ribonichigo]

my favorite POI to turn into a base/hoard night is Huenik Farm. If you place the land claim properly, every week you get a bunch of meat from the hogs respawning in the barn :3 and then the building itself is very cozy to live in.

[@18videowatcher41]

I always love learning new tricks like that one with the circle plates and the window arches! 😄

[@pseudoposse]

That's awesome, glad to show you the way! If you haven't already, check out our 80 beginner building tips video for some more ideas :)

[@18videowatcher41]

Sounds good, I'll check them out! I may not be a beginner at this game, but that doesn't mean I can't still learn some things from the video.

[@TBoNAtl]

I stopped a minute in to say I just used this POI for a horde base a couple of days ago. It's a fun building. Can't wait to watch the rest of the video!

[@pseudoposse]

Fantastic! How different was your design from mine?

[@TBoNAtl]

@@pseudoposse Same main fighting position but I ended up moving the approach pole over one so it wasn't against the wall. The other main difference is I rerouted the path on the second floor so the zombies wouldn't land on it when they fell from the fighting position. We had an explosion down there the first horde night that almost took out the floor we were standing on lol. Still have a lot of work to do but you gave me some cool ideas. Great video, thanks!

[@pseudoposse]

@@TBoNAtl Yeah moving the pillar over from the wall will cause less damage against the wall and open up another side for zombies to fall. In the day70 horde, I took out some of that floor below as well so zombies wouldn't land directly on it. i can imagine some demos/cops can take it out pretty quickly lol. Happy to give you some cool ideas, good luck!

[@roscopcoltrane]

This is one of favorite POIs to use. It works so well and you can repair the roof to make your garden.

[@pseudoposse]

Absolutely agreed! The garden idea is great.

[@elphoenixx6127]

Great video guys! you never cease to amaze me with your knowledge and delivery. The editing is absolutely wonderful as well! From Minnesota with love.

[@pseudoposse]

Greetings To Minnesota! Thank you so much for the kind words!

[@Silentstempest]

I love the full explanation of the build. It was great!

[@pseudoposse]

That is great, glad you enjoyed!

[@IamwhatGodmade]

Love all the work y'all do. I have learned so much and as such have built a really good stand alone horde/craft base based off your helpful ideas. It's my own build with the ideas for pathing from y'all. Thanks so much.

[@pseudoposse]

I really enjoy hearing that feedback! My whole goal is to get people building using a wider variety of shapes and to expand their comfort zone. Always happy to inspire!

[@akuokami1677]

I'd definitely like more of this just different poi's

[@pseudoposse]

Good to know ;)

[@sweetpepino1907]

Same here. It's fascinating seeing POIs being retrofitted like this.

[@tommyigoe3952]

Thanks again Taco/EerieKnight, luv your content. Now I wanna go find this remnant. I spend most of my in-game time trying to build something from scratch or fixing an existing structure. This is where you guys come in for inspiration and FUN :)

[@pseudoposse]

Happy to hear that! Good luck with your build! Many different things can be done with this POI so have at it!

[@SaiceShoop]

Enjoyed the build would like to see more of these

[@pseudoposse]

Absolutely, noted!

[@theguru143]

Great video (as usual). Taco, you created a very cute character once the goggles were off and I could see the face. The molotov burning Taco was funny, but I was a bit uncomfortable staring at the almost naked Taco, lol. I'm use to you teasing poor Pseudo, but the rest of us? So meeeaaan!!! Also, I WANT to comment about her having the ability to be "louder", but I've played a game with you guys before and she is a vicious Taco and scares me : ) Let's just say that it may involve practicing to make mini tacos. It's a difficult skill to master and may require lots and LOTS of practice to master

[@pseudoposse]

Two things taco loves in this world...teasing me, and burning things :D And yes you hit the nail on the head, anger taco at your own peril ;)

[@khugansixtyeight]

Longer and inadept videos are the best, and thank you both.

[@pseudoposse]

You're welcome :) Glad you like the in-depth guide!

[@stevencopeland6157]

Great video🎉 The dead rooster is a great hoard/POI base, you can format the basement loot room into a living space and the upstairs becomes a great hallway of death to slay those hoards

[@pseudoposse]

Sounds awesome! I'll have to take a look at it :)

[@BradAhrens]

Guys really live in apartments like this and don't see any issue.

[@kami3989]

One defense trick I use quite a lot is having a "Cube Hollow" ontop of an unpathable block (or just a hole) right at my fighting position between the zombies and my scaffolding ladders. With the Cube Hollow's hole facing upwards, zombies see it as both a pathable block AND an obstacle to destroy (You can do this with many of the railed catwalks too but I find Hollow Cube works best because it has a wall in all 4 directions). Make sure there is something above it to prevent zombies jumping into the hollow cube and they will try to destroy it to get through, but in doing so, they destroy their own path to you! You can then extend your fighting position as wide as you want and when they destroy the closest hollow cube to you, they will look for another path and destroy the next hollow cube, constantly getting distracted while you deal with them. You can easily repair or replace the hollow cubes through your scaffolding ladders and restore any of the broken paths throughout horde night too

[@pseudoposse]

That is a very nifty alternative way of dealing with the zombies! Quite diabolical!

[@MrMagyar5]

Once again, super informative. I've used the Pass N Gas #4 for a solo build for both my main base and a horde base together. It was perfect.

[@pseudoposse]

I've used Pass N Gas in the past. It can work quite well.

[@grollgrimm5827]

Possible ideas for future videos based on questions I have: Ammo types, the desert eagle has penetration, does that improve with AP? What damage do each guns have with each ammo types, and are some of the ammo types just not worth the resources and which are great? Also, converting a POI into a base, if you use a tier 5 POI is the loot after the hoard really better? Does it improve with the same POI base in different biomes? At what point doesn't loot stage matter and you can chill in the forest and still get top level loot? Love your content btw!

[@pseudoposse]

Love the idea! I made a video like that way back in Alpha 20 but just for turret ammo. But that could be a nice idea to revisit but include all ranged weapons.

[@reynac8016]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE TACO 😃

[@gr8scape8]

This video begs the question- What does it take to be friended by Tacobear? Are her standards a bit too high? Is she just a loner who just wants to throw her molotovs in peace? Stay tuned to find out the answers to these & other critical questions like why she keeps on undressing in front of us..... This video was great even though Eerie was in it 🤣 All i gotta do now is find this remnant in the snow biome, since I'm setting up my 3rd base there. Keep up the good work & we will keep watching.

[@pseudoposse]

To answer the questions: Don't annoy her, yes very high, and yes...all shall burn :D Agreed, I tend to bog down the video :)

[@BillPickle]

"He beat off too close to my ramps" ayyo?????

[@pseudoposse]

I can neither confirm or deny 😆

[@g3synth205]

timestamp - 4:00

[@terrorcuda1832]

I actually built an all in one base out of this building in a previous playthrough. I rebuilt the roof level for my base. My horde fighting structure was on the side of the building, not in it.

[@pseudoposse]

That is pretty interesting! Did you do anything within the base itself?

[@terrorcuda1832]

@@pseudoposse I did something similar with the main floor with replacing the floor. I went the opposite direction on restoration and I was revitalizing the building look and rebuilding the walls. The interior was mostly empty, but I had added in several support columns as I had completed my base on the roof level. My horde fighting location was on the 4th floor. I had a wall of ladders leading up to that height and then a standard double ballistar rail position with an 0.05 pole for the zeds to run across. Later game a couple of shotgun turrets and double junk turrets. Now I want to start a play and find it again lol. I have a feeling that it was A19 when I built it. I really liked your interior fighting position. Good job!

[@DamaliPontis]

My husband and I like using the Navagazene Hospital, we use the broken staircase as a fall pit

[@tpeel6309]

Great video y'all! I think the base upgrade/repair was interesting and went at a good pace. It's not something I'm used to from you but it was quite enjoyable to watch and I'd like to see more. It was nice to see Taco there slaying zombies again. Any thoughts doing a playthrough any time soon? Great job on this episode! Thanks Posse!

[@pseudoposse]

Thanks for the feedback. We'll continue to experiment with video pacing and in-depth build guides in the future. Taco and I have been frequently discussing playthroughs so it will be coming, though an exact time frame I cannot give at this moment. Sooner rather than later as we are both itching to actually play.

[@randyrhoads4737]

Watching the evolution of this POI build was amazing. Although I have never used God mode, I still think this could be realistically achievable. I also don't have much experience with the IMMENSE amount of shapes in the shape menu (always daunting for me), but this seems simple enough and works great! Thanks for the inspiration. Also, Taco's settings may need some work.

[@pseudoposse]

God mode definitely made the building faster, but since a lot of it is just repeated, building without cheats would take a bit longer, but not by a whole lot. A lot of the wall upgrades can be made from the existing path. Noted about taco's settings, thanks :)

[@jasminread5663]

I find building a base from scratch a little daunting so using a POI like this feels so much easier! Especially when there is just myself and my partner playing 😅

[@pseudoposse]

This definitely saves a ton of materials to make a base of equivalent size from scratch! Two people should be able to repair this POI no problem :)

[@fishdrowner01]

Just recently found this channel but I love when a new video comes out! Keep up the good work!

[@pseudoposse]

Very nice of you to say! Welcome to the channel :)

[@cerberes]

Would you feel like doing a series where you play like the show Zombie House flippers. Start with a crappy house and fix it up until Day 7 horde. Fix then house back up and then move on to a different POI. Maybe spend 3 hordes in a zone before moving on to harder POIs to fix up and flip.

[@pseudoposse]

That is a very interesting idea! We would definitely consider that for a future series.

[@cerberes]

Just found your channel and think I'll hang around for awhile. BTW.. All Taco's scream when you bite into them.

[@pseudoposse]

Hang around, grab a drink, put your feet up, and relax :)

[@HellGirl347]

yeah! one of my fav buildings i think i turned it into my horde/main base back in like A20, it takes time to clean up but its pretty sturdy and so easy to convert.

[@pseudoposse]

Great!! You should revisit it sometime and give it another try.

[@DefiRules]

thats the content i really wanna see... its not some pure bridge cheese gameplay somewhere on a plain field... its a vanilla POI turned into something great. Sure you used also the waypoint cheese, but if you know you know. i take great inspirition from your video :)

[@pseudoposse]

Definitely an element of cheese, but I think it came out looking pretty clean. Glad we could inspire you, good luck :)

[@LadyDebs]

Very cool. Can't wait to try it in my own world. 👍❤

[@pseudoposse]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@IIBRICKII]

Thanks for the ideas :D

[@pseudoposse]

No problem!

[@maelstrom2594]

That is a great build. I love building in remnants whenever possible but with 1.0 it seems the early towns I find myself in never have any good ones. I'm usually into the desert biome by the time I find a decent sized city with some cool POIs. Maybe I need to change my map generation. I'd love to see a series with different remnants turned into bases. Anyway, see you in the next one.

[@pseudoposse]

Remnants are well suited to converting to bases which I think is the intention from TFP if I remember correctly.

[@jchysteria]

I personally love your design style and color choices.

[@pseudoposse]

Glad you think so!

[@abbynormall207]

I like building on the roof of crack a book, it’s long so it‘s good for gyrocopter runway. I put a forge on each corner and that seems to help with screamers not showing up quite so much. The little room on the roof is perfect size for storage crates, workbench and chem station.

[@pseudoposse]

That sounds pretty nice!

[@abbynormall207]

@@pseudoposse the bigger pass n gas store is also good for it. There are vending machines on 2nd floor if I remember right, along with is a kitchen and a big office. Lots of room for storage and crafting.

[@petergreening1334]

Fire station 3 is also a good one for converting into an all in one base, it has the potential to have 2 working vending machines, the roof is large enough for a garden and a gyro landing/launching platform

[@abbynormall207]

@@petergreening1334 yeah, I forgot about that one!

[@theseverse7708]

Nice to see you do a POI build

[@weldabar]

I love this POI. I used it in a recent alpha through late-game as a horde base. As seen here it is easy to get it functional, and fun to upgrade it as you go. Also inform Taco: there is no such thing as "over engineered" when it comes to a horde base, ha ha.

[@pseudoposse]

Haha Taco will be glad to hear it!

[@christopherwalls3347]

wait is this the guy who makes the fallout 4 tutorials but his couple channel?? lets go!

[@natiive1444]

I'm on day 112 and still do horde nights at my first base, mee maws just west of trader rekts. It's small and I've had to rebuild the front of the house a couple times lol. I didn't intend to stay this long but other attempts of doing hordes anywhere else just hasn't been as good lol. I always pick poi's that are just a bit to big and it seems like they sometimes spawn within my walls like at a big shotgun messiah. In Mee Maws I trust.

[@rosebrent9440]

I like to restore and improve pois for my crafting bases. Horde base will usually be on the road out front and connected so screamers will still path that way.

[@pseudoposse]

That is quite convenient!

[@engineerbeta1515]

My favorite is Buddies Grain, it's an amazing location but needs a lot of renovation

[@pseudoposse]

Lots of renovation is definitely a plus for me :)

[@engineerbeta1515]

@@pseudoposse I turned the upper floor into the living area, built more floors and supports to keep the whole thing up and it's a really cool view. I turned the staircase and catwalk into a spiral of death with hatches and 2m hallways to stop zombies, I just need to figure out how to handle the Vultures

[@pseudoposse]

@@engineerbeta1515 That sounds awesome!!! For vultures, consider simple wood spikes above your position. Or if that isn't viable, try to put the spikes covering any gaps that vultures like to fly through. That should take them out.

[@engineerbeta1515]

@@pseudoposse The whole place is built out of 1/4 plates so you can't place spikes along the wall, the vultures either fly inside or try to attack you through the windows

[@HeckinBigBoi]

I love your videos. I hope I'm not offending you when I say this but your voice kind of reminds me of Joe Pera. Very pleasant to listen to and super easy to understand. You could have sleep aid of all your videos just talking about building bases. Just as long as you cut out all the screaming zombies. XD

[@pseudoposse]

Not offended! Maybe sometime we'll have to mute the zombies :D

[@RobinsNestGaming]

OI!!! LMAO. She quiet in the streets... im sure the rest is self explained there. Lmao

[@JohnJelenJJ]

I created a good horde base in this remnant too 😂

[@pseudoposse]

Yeah it is a very nice POI to make good horde bases :D

[@osarmys]

I guess taco having to dress every time is because eerie uses a new world each time:)

[@pseudoposse]

Or maybe she is just always changing outfits :D

[@hyperbloq5163]

Awesome! More of these please.

[@pseudoposse]

You got it!

[@hyperbloq5163]

@pseudoposse 👋✊️🤝 Forgot to ask: I do rwg but always finding the eco building (5k blocks to start) a nice poi, love to see how you change that to home/horde base. (There's also sand to do a pit)

[@EMES365]

The nerve of that zombie beaten off too close to your ramp. What if he got something sticky on it? 3:58

[@brockmassin1290]

I do enjoy the in depth ones...

[@davidhuang8406]

Step 1: Hire taco Step 2: Let her do all digging and work Step 3: Do all building while she toils away in the mines No wonder taco brought out the shotgun 🤣

[@pseudoposse]

Yeah I did bring that upon myself :D

[@reynac8016]

@@pseudoposse EERIE, please leave taco alone lol

[@ericmatthews4245]

You guys are awesome, could you do the build like this for the Aldos Cabinets POI. I've found it in a couple games - and wow. I think it's really good. But I have difficulty keeping it together by horde 7.

[@pseudoposse]

Not sure if I can think of that one off the top of my head. Will have to try it out!

[@AndiKoehn]

Nice work! 😊 Using a prefab saves so much materials. Taco may turn off motion blur and get rid of the wishy washy graphics when turning. 🙂 Also helps with performance. 😉

[@pseudoposse]

Quite true, taco can spend less time toiling away in the mines 😆. Speaking of her, that is a good suggestion for taco. I'll have to do that for her.

[@bannankev]

Lets go! 💜

[@Zonker66]

Taco's a screamer? RUN!

[@pseudoposse]

🏃‍♂🏃‍♂🏃‍♂

[@Misimpa]

“Testing, testing”

[@rodneyhammonds8647]

Can you make a video on the barbwire spools? As they are very confusing on the damage they do. The zombies get blood n stuff on them but they never die. Is it just for slowing them? Can they break? Does it only hurt the heads? What's the deal?

[@pseudoposse]

I can try to use them somehow but I generally avoid them due to how fragile they are. The barbed wire doesn't do a lot of damage but it does slow zombies down. They have low hitpoints so they can break rather easily.

[@farty90]

❤

[@pseudoposse]

😄

[@karltang9590]

32:00 Taco开黄腔了哈哈哈

[@pds72]

I've been using Jerry's Fill as a starter for the first couple of weeks until I am ready to venture off to the desert and build a permanent base. It is the Pass-n-Gas with the ranger tower in the back and the broken red building on the side. Repair the fire escape and build a bridge from the red building. I like this building as it is cheap to convert and most starter towns will have one. On the topic of POI conversions, would you happen to know what the Trader Quest that is remarked out is? Where the "#" is for tiers 1,2, or 3. There is also a defense horde group for spawns. It is possible it would be like the night mission where you show up at a certain time and prepare the POI for a mini-horde over the night.

[@pseudoposse]

Don't know off hand what Trader quest that refers too. I'd need to do some digging to try and figure that out.

[@DamaliPontis]

Off topic from the video but any advice for finding demolisher zombies? We are 41/50 on the challenge and suddenly don't have any spawning anymore

[@pseudoposse]

Once you reach a certain gamestage, they will start appearing in hordes at a lower probability. As you increase in gamestage, the probability you will encounter them will increase so just keep leveling up, and they will come more often :)

[@TancredTerror]

Hello everybody Streaming 7DTD since three weeks and I have got a question : are the bloodmoon hordes harder if player is into a POI during this ? Because I understand the game stage system but some people told me bloodmoon are harder if player start night into a POI -> difficulty is scale on the POI difficulty. Real or not ? 😳

[@pseudoposse]

Bloodmoon hordes are not affected by playing within a POI. The POI difficulty and Horde Spawn mechanics are separate systems.

[@dynamystic3050]

I prefer in depth builds

[@pseudoposse]

Thanks for the input :)

[@CLR3600]

How do you get that cinematic camera? Also i watched one of your videos where you could see the structural support status via color, was that a mod or something?

[@BillPickle]

I've also been wondering how people get those external shots during horde nights and such, I'm thinking maybe a second player in the world in free-cam? The structural support colors you can get by pressing f1, entering 'dm' to enable debug mode, then the structural stability view is a toggle option on the new menu that appears when you pause the game on the right side of the screen.

[@pseudoposse]

We have an older extra computer that we use for those general camera shots when I record builds solo, and also for when taco plays with me to record both of us. For the stability colors, if you go into debug mode and press escape, you can see some options on the right side. There is a checkbox to show the structural support.

[@nilslange2285]

Is this poi only found in pregen maps or is it in navezgane?

[@pseudoposse]

I actually haven't played navezgane in a long time so cannot say for sure.

[@BangBangKiLL]

Please make a video to optimise the game cuz there no video good enough to consider as guide.

[@pseudoposse]

Hmm that is a good idea!

[@BangBangKiLL]

@@pseudoposse So the game looks good but fps wasn't trash)

[@andrewburrow1187]

Where is this at? Coords? I have looked everywhere I play pregen 8 4

[@vagnartheviking2534]

you seem knolegbluble.... a question; does a lagre map means more pois (and therefore more variantes) or does it just mean more emty spaice between towns? awsome vidios, i like taco :) im new here so im gonne ring the bell now :) (ops, i already hit the bell)

[@jchysteria]

More POI’s for sure, definitely more fun imho. Some of the 8k and 10k maps have 10+ traders and crack-a-books. Should find most of the variants and multiple repeats.

[@pseudoposse]

As long as you don't lower the number of cities/towns, that is generally true. Taco thanks you!

[@vagnartheviking2534]

@@pseudoposse but its also more emtyness between towns, right?

[@fourrpaws]

@@vagnartheviking2534 can be but not always. Remember, the key word in Random World Generation is “Random”.

[@TavoCertified]

What are your specs ?

[@chevychevy022]

What happens when you build a horde base in a poi then you happen to have a trader mission there?

[@ShogunAsh]

If you place your bed there, or a landclaim block, it's SUPPOSED to stop that happening and stops POI blocks from resetting.

[@chevychevy022]

@@ShogunAsh thanks!

[@ryanneal4624]

32:00 :mhm: 🗒Taco's presence is notably subdued while performing the horizontal tango.

[@pseudoposse]

I was actually referring to how loud she gets when yelling at me :D

[@Quickblades67]

could someone give me the coords for this poi, please?

[@pseudoposse]

If you are in debug mode, press esc and click on the poi teleporter. Then you can search for the poi and teleport to it

[@Quickblades67]

@@pseudoposse Thank you very much

[@filypefx]

making art from rubbish, nice.

[@thrashpantera]

What nationality is taco?

[@KingDirtyThunderblade-hi4yf]

Taco's English is horrible, me ruv u long time

[@h.t.t.p.s.alex.w]

That's why you're #

[@ImCryzahh]

ill love to see what you can cook up with " remnant_downtown_filler_18 "

[@pseudoposse]

I'll have to take a look at that one!

[@ImCryzahh]

@@pseudoposse it’s currently one of my favorite poi’s I have it as a hoard/crafting base.