Infection Free Zone gameplay Guide on surviving combat, growing food, scavenging and building a base

[@RickyRamsey-kh2gm]

I think a big tip some are forgetting is that you can partially adapt buildings to save on resources and construction times.

[@perafilozof]

This is a great tip! Thank you very much for adding it. Left click and drag with the option to build correct ?

[@RickyRamsey-kh2gm]

@@perafilozof you got it dude! always be learning!

[@RickyRamsey-kh2gm]

Also they can be a bit tricky to defend because the game splits the building in term of garrisoning your teams. Be sure to have a team in each part of the building to maximize defense

[@dkburford]

This game looks sweet. Can't wait to play it.

[@perafilozof]

Thank you for the comment. I am happy to hear that ! Have you played similar games before?

[@daniellecruz3311]

This game seems good when I tried it, but what irritated me is that it lacked tutorials, which made me ended up here.

[@perafilozof]

Well it has some tutorial tip popups as you play, but indeed it needs a more indepth interactive tutorial in game to introduce players to the gameplay mechanic. Thx for the comment!

[@kayceec43]

Game devs don't seem to really care about tutorials or information anymore. We are expected to research it ourselves. It sucks

[@orbital78_]

Rough game, and still some bugs but I am enjoying it so far. It should keep me occupied until Manor Lords comes out later this month.

[@perafilozof]

Hi and thanks for sharing your impressions of the game with us. As for Manor Lords... Stay tuned in... Soon

[@biofringe4983]

Best thing about Banished is that I'm no longer addicted to it. Still addicted to Banished-Like games but that's another story. :)

[@perafilozof]

Haha, I know the feeling well my friend. Thank you for sharing. Hope you will enjoy more such games without the "addiction" :)

[@trumplostlol3007]

This is exactly what I think. this is Banished with zombies and militants. It is a simulation game with not much weather and space problems, but zombies and militants.

[@perafilozof]

Close enough. Yes, I agree. And it is really fun. Thank you for the comment

[@wiry7428]

Questions here : 1. I found fuel trucks occasionally. How to utilize the fuel in the truck? 2. I build farms and 1 cookhouse. But the food production process is very slow which compells me to keep up with the scavenging to feed my zone. How to utilize farm and cookhouse to get a self-sufficient zone?

[@perafilozof]

Hello, 1. Use it to drain the fuel for cars And Ram a bunch of enemies with it :) 2. It takes a lot of farms to completely stop getting canned food from the map

[@zardzewialy]

Instead of leaving buildings close to base for later I just start the game by making 3 squads since the game gives you weapons for two fully armed and one half armed squad. Then the two fully armed squads rush to find a vehicle while the half squad is looting the immediate area to gather some basic supplies quickly. Having vehicles is the biggest difference in the early game, since even the smallest sedan can carry as much as several squads while moving many times faster, so in total one squad with a car is worth 5 to 10 times more than the best squad possible that's running on their feet.

[@perafilozof]

Yeah, you are right, the vehicles are a game changer in this game.

[@averygoldfish7028]

One thing that shouldn’t be overlooked is that you need room to expand, a really small town or a peninsula doesn’t leave a whole lot once you get to 300 people

[@perafilozof]

Good point. It is a nice place to learn the basic but not to get to the end game. On the other hand having open areas around a few buildings makes for a great killing filled and opens up lots of fields of fire.

[@Original50]

Banished! Yes! Juggling the workforce to suit the demands. At night, I create a well-armed garrison squad, then send out patrols made of two squads each, to keep the scavenging going safely 24/7. Also I scavenge high-value locations with more than one team, to clear it faster. Still tinkering. I may experiment with 'outstations' with a tower and a small warehouse to speed-up clearing of more remote locations. Anybody know how the algorith for zombie-spawning and horde-size works? 🧐

[@perafilozof]

Hello and thank you for the comment and sharing your gameplay observations. Glad to read Banished struck a cord with you too :)

[@connor.2.1]

I love this game but find it pretty difficult to get past day 20, it’s annoying I can’t get my squads to just get back in the cars, they will just leave the car behind to walk back when inventory is full rather than getting back in the car, pretty annoying to have to spend a whole in game day to go and get the car again. And the number of survivors does not increase very quickly which sort of ruins the city building aspect of it

[@perafilozof]

Hi, this is something the developers could probably fix with ease. At least the first part. You should post about it in their discord or steam discussion board. As for the second part, I also agree, but it also depends on can you support that population.

[@connor.2.1]

@@perafilozof yeah never thought of that tbf, I’ve currently got 110 people, that came pretty quickly, however there literally was only 1 car on the whole map and now it’s bugged so venturing out takes the absolute piddle

[@perafilozof]

Wait what? A single car?

[@connor.2.1]

@@perafilozof literally, and you venture too far out your squad gets mobbed by a swarm or raiders, because they won’t just stop and fight automatically, you can babysit them either otherwise you get nothing else done. 1 bloody car! 😂

[@wiry7428]

Squads will automatically moving scavenged supplies into vehicle's trunk when they get their pocket full. And when the vehicle's trunk is full, it will return to your base along with the squad to drop the supplies. If you do multiple scavenging on several buildings with vehicle, do not alter the route manually while your squad on foot, as it will make them return to base on foot rather than utilize the vehicle they came with

[@kontvogel5078]

A thing that I would like to see is the ability to multi adapt a building. Like 50/50 or a 25/25/25/25

[@perafilozof]

Yeah, I hope they add that. You can write your idea in their discord or steam discussion boards. How far did you get in the game?

[@kontvogel5078]

Just joined their disc, and will mention it there!

[@perafilozof]

@@kontvogel5078 Great!

[@kontvogel5078]

@@perafilozof Oh and I'm not that far yet, only at 300 survivors and somewhere at day 40/50. Only 14 hours into the game in 3 days time hahahha.. so addictive :)

[@perafilozof]

Thank you for the reply! Good luck with the playthrough! Save as many as you can

[@bryan-7997]

I was actually doing pretty well with the game but after week (?) 35 the game starts throwing at me swarm every other week. Sometimes the swarm doesn’t appear but then the next night I got 24 hordes with about 12-18 infected plus a alpha leading them. Melted my defences in seconds and it ended my run at week 46 (tried baiting them with car with AR squad but not enough). This was on easy setting just to have a handle of things. Apparently people have the same problem too and it’s because of the latest patch where swarms would go crazy in size for no reason. I know it’s still EA but that is still BS.

[@perafilozof]

Hi, that is indeed something that needs to be balance by the developers to keep the game hard but not impossible.

[@sidvanhound]

Very helpful thanks. I have to keep watching YT content as the game won't help me ! Time fly's away when I play this and it's just EA.

[@perafilozof]

Hi you are welcome. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this game with us.

[@shogomadBFG]

Great Info! Thanks! Subbed.

[@perafilozof]

Hi, and thank you for the feedback. I am glad to hear that. What do you like most about this game?

[@shogomadBFG]

@@perafilozof I love the Zombie Stuff. Survivor's, Guns, Vehicles, and Bases.

[@perafilozof]

Ah, nice, I have my own eye on a few such games. There is one I showcased before , it is a bit silly, less serious than this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6KaloqJd8qpsJo

[@shogomadBFG]

@@perafilozof Thanks, put it on my Wishlist for later.

[@Ace-zs4te]

Reminds me of The Last Stand Dead Zone

[@perafilozof]

Hmm, I am not familiar with that one. I will have to look it up. Thank you for the comment

[@crusaderssoul6272]

A tank would be nice ,traps ,upgrades on towers walls buildings cars ,more missions story and plz let trees grow back, im on day 106 and its hard but i luv it mho

[@perafilozof]

You reached day 106? Dammm ! Congrats! You rule! What are your best tactics?

[@lheurech]

I don't know if its by design, but I can't find a single gun except police stations in Canada hahaha

[@perafilozof]

Hahaha! It would be fiting. Meaning those folks are doomed in a scenario like the one in the game :) it would be an interesting question for the developers on Twitter

[@williamheary1700]

Just wish it wouldn't crash with frequency in correlation to how many buildings I've search.

[@perafilozof]

Really? That is an odd bug. Have you found any Steam discussion board threads about it?

[@williamheary1700]

@@perafilozof yes and no. So I've done 2 playthroughs until late game. The first one I started having major crash issues @200 pop with most of the playable map cleared. I was playing how I wanted to play and see fit, which was horde the map resources and build walls around a large area before dedicating staff to food and ammo production. The game started crashing so easily that I had to abandon the save. The next one I decided to play as passive as I could with map exploration. I reached 500ish pop and once again the game became unplayable due to frequent crashes. Not to mention the other bugs that came up like squad banners disappearing until reloading the save, and when your warehouse becomes full your people dump everything at their door step instead, but you can't see that either until you reload the save and go clean it up. Best to get a truck for that. To the question, most of the threads I saw on steam say that it is more common for crashes and major lag to occur when population gets high. No fix unless the devs do something about it. Also, hord attacks often break and stop coming after pop 200ish when playing with high hordes. As someone that does more than dabble with code, I want my money back. I'm here to see if they are going to do another hot fix update or note, and it looks like they want to add more to the campaign story instead. Just what I can tell from the patch history so far.

[@perafilozof]

Oh, I see your point. I am very sorry to hear that you couldn't enjoy or finish your playthroughts.

[@williamheary1700]

@@perafilozof Well it's certainly not anyone's fault. I don't really even blame the devs. They aren't Ubisoft with infinite money or another corporate studio so the deadline can easily be hard set on just how long they can pay the team. I'm just not happy that I have stumbled into another Project Zombiod development scenario. At the same time, even though I'm really upset, I can't wait to see what content they add in future updates, but I do want more big fixes and optimization first.

[@perafilozof]

I am glad you have the understanding of the situation and the patience to go along with it. What draws you to such games?

[@xj770HUN]

Ah, banished... All of it was good, but the music is 10/10 Nah, not the music the mood!

[@perafilozof]

Hehe, true. Hopefully the developer finishes his new project soon.

[@Parvus_Symmachus]

I would love to have a choice in the HQ on this one, i get only one of the buildings in the northern line and its a **** position for an hq. But i really like the overall area. Even when i move manualy to this location doesn't work for me tho :(

[@perafilozof]

Hi and thank you for sharing your thoughts on this feature with us. I hope so too and the developers might add this in later content patches. How is your run going so far?

[@Parvus_Symmachus]

@@perafilozof Very bad, its not the same Building as in this video, and i struggle very hard with the poor line of sight. Its no fun when the HQ building is a liability because its squeezed between between 2 buildings and the entrance is not on the inner side of the area (to the south) instead it faces the wall. Also not be able to move out of an HQ and take another one. I don't understand how its possible in this video to have this building as starting HQ. I wanted to hunt for the achievements after i watched this video i started with this map because i really like the layout and stuff but i give allready up on this and move on to custom locations.

[@perafilozof]

@@Parvus_Symmachus From what I can tell, and some other comments by other players, when I made this video the game version was older than you are playing now. The developers probably changed the location of the HQ on this map in a later version of the game than the one I used for making this video.

[@wilfred8391]

i dont know if it was broken for me but i had the zombies just swim across bodies of water

[@perafilozof]

Hmm, not sure, haven't played for a while. But thank you for telling me.

[@mageguest]

I know this may seem stupid, but are bows craftable?

[@perafilozof]

Hi, you can't build bows for your squads. But you can use them at the towers and gates. Click on the tower and gates, and select bows because the default is guns.

[@scypho6874]

How can i make fertilizer?

[@enderclasscraft6411]

i like the game but im having troubles to open the building stats to repair them

[@redactedrider7606]

Click on the building. A pop up should come up giving you the info about the building. On the bottom left (pretty sure left, might be right...) of that pop up box there will be two hammers. One for deconstruct and one to repair.

[@perafilozof]

Hi and thank you for sharing your tip with us!

[@enderclasscraft6411]

I Guess My Game has a glitch

[@bartomolev6682]

i realy want to love the game but the walls are made of paper and the towers don't have enough range, i wish i could just select my civilians and tell them to take bows and protect their homes instead of sitting inside and waiting for death.

[@perafilozof]

Hi and thank you for sharing your impressions of it. I know it is hard to defend and that was basically the idea. Have you tried to come back with squads and help defend?

[@Hunter-jo8ud]

They should fix it that infested can get over water and you should have guaranteed loot for big buildings. I cant be that it takes ages and you dont get any loot.

[@perafilozof]

I guess they are not like in the movies :) but I get your frustrations with that. Nasty

[@redactedrider7606]

I mean they're not zombies. Even in the game it hints at them being pretty smart, so personally them being ableto swim is fine with me... even if it is kinda annoying for some bases lol They're more like the infected from will smiths movie "I am legend" TBH i'm pretty sure they are actually supposed to be the exact same. One squad will tell one came out into the sun and stared your guys down before going back in, one squad will find a trap with meat, you have alphas that will lead groups, the infected dogs, etc. All this happens in that movie.

[@Hunter-jo8ud]

@@redactedrider7606 There should be an option to change it anyway at least. I would like to have a island fortress you can defend so it would be very easy to defend against the hordes. And somehow they are zombies, same like in Days Gone for example. They have no feelings left, they dont think, they eat flesh and they just want to kill you. Even 28 Days Later infested are somehow zombies for me cause they look like ones and their behavior is mostly the same.

[@sawyergrant5532]

Where is that city you started at KZbinr? Id like to give thst a try!

[@perafilozof]

I picked Peschiera in Italy.

[@bonbondurjdr6553]

Is the city layout the same as the IRL one? If yes, that is neat!

[@perafilozof]

Hello, and yes. The in game maps are taken from the real world. So you can basically play in your neighborhood, if it was available online as a map at the time of making this game have you played similar games before?

[@bonbondurjdr6553]

@@perafilozof I have not played similar games before, are there other games that use real-world maps? And, if the map of the city was available online? From Google Map or somewhere else?

[@perafilozof]

Well, driving and flying games do. Wargames do you real maps too as do Supreme Ruler games.

[@bonbondurjdr6553]

@@perafilozof nice suggestions, but they look a bit too complicated for me... big fan of StarCraft II ATM.

[@zemek1234]

@@bonbondurjdr6553 Well, you should try 911, or the newer 112 Operator from the same developer as Infection Free Zone. There you play the title operator of emergency numbers, you answer calls in which you decide whether to send the police, rescuers, firefighters, etc. and you operate on a large tactical map, where in real time (although with the possibility of pause) you deploy your units and send them to the appropriate locations. places and events. Of course, the game allows you to play in any city of your choice and even tries to reproduce individual houses, hospitals, police stations and others. I highly recommend

[@dualysmirtin5144]

I dont now i was atack buy 30 Hordes in 1 night impossibil survival is this normal ?

[@perafilozof]

Sounds normal enough. Did you try to use the advice from this guide and lead them away? Separate them into smaller groups? Kill them off from vehicles by kiting them?

[@MrPuddinJones]

This game is hard to just rely on base defense strategies- you gotta actively kite the horde around with your car to thin them out, set up towers and use the car to kite groups away so your base doesnt have to tank the entire swarm in one huge rush.

[@perafilozof]

Exactly. Great tip there. Thank you for sharing

[@Blanny1974]

How did you get to choose a different HQ building? It is set as the middle building on the north side for me. I have tried manually selecting the grid instead of choosing it from the list but it doesn't make any difference.

[@perafilozof]

Hello, do you get the same building with each new playthrough? Have you tried to start fresh a few times?

[@tommyigoe3952]

Thanks for the helpful tips @perafilozof :)

[@perafilozof]

You are welcome! How do you like the game so far?