A Project Zomboid Crash Course: Sweaty Weeaboo Simulator

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[@pontiac_montana]

Why does every single Project Zomboid content creator have such amazing voices? I sware every single one of you was built for the microphone. I apologize if that comes out rude but I mean it as a compliment!

[@CJnDJ]

Cause everyone who plays this game comes out in life as a massive chad

[@user-ik7vm1kt6q]

nurse

[@derkavondangerkill7628]

Cigarettes

[@codyrollins3894]

Have you watched any of private Limes videos sounds like one of those child molesters on a children’s program public access TV

[@prophecyfulfiller]

ambiguousamphibian

[@A-Rather-Dubious-Character]

I consider it divine intervention when I create a new character, explicitly think and say that this character won't even last 5 days, and immediately find a "how to use generators" manual in the first house I loot - And then the first attack from a zombie I get is a bite on the neck. Javier Swarts. The almighty veteran man. Lasted 10 hours.

[@ARockyRock]

Played a park ranger who met a similar fate.

[@gubson-xy2ow]

do you have a god dam PLAN

[@dontpokethekenny]

I found a sledge hammer in my starting house, tripped out the front door and got bit.

[@Lowzerix]

just happened to me playing as an unemployed lol

[@idiot-yw5oq]

and the overweight fry cook living in high population louisville lives 7 months

[@plamf1278]

sunday driver is a death sentence, with this perk if you happen to get stuck or have an engine cut in a crowd of zombies (which happens often) you will not be able to go from 0 into zombies who have now surrounded you, sunday driver reduces your acceleration so much that you struggle to push out from a crowd of zombies and will die like this. a good replacement negative is short sighted (increases the speed at which you lose sight of zombies when you turn away which is fast regardless)

[@WhiskeyWater]

Don’t forget about clumsy

[@SakuyalzayoiTheMaid]

chads take deaf and die to a house alarm

[@andeeeyeyou7665]

You can negate short sighted (apparently) by wearing glasses

[@currently_In_stealth_behind_u]

short sighted does nothing

[@golfwang3769]

glad someone said it. sunday driver is f tier

[@thegamekiller3891]

Everyone forgets that smoker is literally the best perk in the game. Your anxiety is dictated by your severe nicotine addiction. Best negative perk ever

[@yuanmalab3821]

Depression can be fixed with it too

[@arthas640]

Funny thing is that can sort of work IRL. Part of the reason why Finland did so well against the Soviets despite being massively outnumbered and worse equipped is thought to be how cold, calm, and calculated the Finns were both with the officers and with the frontline troops. That was partially a cultural thing and due to training but it was also due to the fact opiate and amphetamine use were pretty high, some combat troops took amphetamines to stay awake longer and opiate use was pretty heavy as well. The opiates not only dulled things like pain and curbed appetite but also dulls emotions making you really calm and calculated and deadens things like discomfort. This kept their men from panicking, helped officers to make rational decisions, and while it didnt really boost morale it kept it from dropping too much. Cigarettes arent nearly as good at that but large intakes of nicotine can make you calmer, especially if you're already a smoker.

[@mftarik1255]

I smoke a cig when my character does I could take whiff straight out of an car exhaustion without coughing now

[@dosidicusgigas1376]

You can also use mods to set an amount of days to quit smoking, to balance it out you cough when you do have a cigarette so its pretty dope

[@RandooGaming]

@@arthas640 germans also used some drugs, like Panzerschokolade and pervitin

[@Eissey1879]

Sunday driver has a hidden negative stat, you burn way more gas. As for the multi-hit thing in the community, who cares, play how you want to play.

[@Ruby_Rooz]

Oh didn't know that! That's cool to know.

[@CaptSocrates]

Didn’t realize it burned more gas either. My main gripe is being unable to tow anything or go off road.

[@littlebubbie726]

Multi hits for wimps. In real life you’d be struggling to bash one skull never mind four in one swing 🤣🤣🤣

[@littlebubbie726]

@@Ruby_Rooz speed demon burns more gas, but you find you actually traverse the map at hypersonic speeds, just remember when your swerving the zombies trees kill. I love this game, so many ways to die it’s incredible. Just had an 8 month kill fest come crashing down because like an absolute tit I jumped in a window where some sneaky zombie who ignored the deaths of his mates stood in a corner waiting for me. Bitten on the crotch what a way to go.

[@kkiouris5719]

@@littlebubbie726 the difference with real life is,this is a video game. Not everyone tries to play dark souls in project zomboid mate

[@Maksie0]

One fun thing to do is to get a mod that adds more spawn points, spawn in Louisville, and try to escape the city.

[@apocalyption5490]

or try to survive the city from the beginning like a Giga Chad.

[@The_Unknown_Wanderer]

Trying to take over the mall in Louisville in the run I started a couple days ago! Just made it there before I called it on the play session. Gonna try and scope things out a bit and check the parking lot before I eventually try and lure a massive bunch of zombies away from it. Gotta start emptying it at some point cause it's gonna take forever. The hordes I eventually lead far away are a problem for future me.

[@The_Unknown_Wanderer]

Should add I used a spawn mod to spawn in the city from the start too. Unfortunately spawned in the right southernmost point, but it could have been worse. At least I didn't spawn in the left southernmost point. (And since the bottom right is sparsely populated, I didn't get immediately overrun and encountered very little zombies to start)

[@chedsalvia6270]

"Escape from New York"

[@dosidicusgigas1376]

I was walking in LV and a lawn blew up, killing me. That was like 3 days ago and I still have no idea which mod is responsible. The explosion was like a pipe bomb or mine lol. 10/10

[@crystalplanes4235]

I never had a guide that actually was “Good” so I always play apocalypse like a complete troglodyte and somehow managed to survive a week and 2 days to then find out that my survival was a lie as I was doing everything wrong and in the wrong build this actually helps me although I am no longer new to the game but I’m not a veteran either but this is the true guide I personally think everyone should watch

[@NicholasEzclapz]

What?

[@monovengbitegheclaudearmel1441]

It's the most comprehensive guide I watched. And a did watch some good guides. this one is straight to the point. Only thing for me is that it describe the logic behind his style. I always end up doing things differently because I enjoy the game so much lol. For example, I play only apocalypse. then only muldraught. I find soldier boots the most effective weapon for beginner, And while I am still a begginer and don't even know how to build or drive, I intend to turn a whole neighborhood into a base. second location for me is the lumber yard

[@Ipam6]

Lol learn to use commas and periods man, jesus.

[@stanlee2738]

not the best guide tho, he made a few mistakes but still fairly good

[@himedo1512]

@Gaming Martian there definitely is. You will find certain playstyles will kill you

[@TheMadmanAndre]

The reason the devs apparently picked Kentucky is because it was where the Night of the Living Dead took place. They also thought that the town of Muldraugh would be a fun place to start due to its unusual layout (the entire city occupies one side of a highway)

[@BariNgozi]

I like that the zomboid community encourages people to play the way they want. I'm currently grinding a sandbox character intended to max all skills, so that world has low population, no infection, no helicopters and I make a copy of its save file before playing. I really love the long form progression of the game. Feeling how much better the character gets at certain skills is very satisfying, aiming, short blade and axes especially.

[@cezarsoba]

If that were true, those guys in the comments wouldn't call the ones playing with multi-hit "wimps". C'mon, we both know the community isn't that willing to tolerate experienced players playing with multi-hit, to the same extent as needing to stay silent about it, like a gay in Russia/Ukraine/Moldova or in sports. Every community has these backseat, superiority complex gamers that actively ruin people's experience with this game. I will not bash your comment, but please be aware, If you post this comment anywhere else other than here, you will get hate for playing on sandbox and "enhancing" your experience.

[@Feezwa]

@@cezarsoba Eastern Europe feels, thinks and has totally different wounds and perspectives compared to the Western counterpart. Homosexuality became the best political weapon to further and push weird policies. And without its political charge, being gay reeks of weakness. Not good to maintain a structural and integral society ! And to mess around with you about Project Zomboid ^_^ Playing it on Sandbox mode is like playing Counter-Strike with bots and thinking you are Global Elite XD !

[@justanotherinquisitor7962]

@@cezarsoba Imagine playing a game and thinking that the thoughts and opinions of random people actually matter in whether you'll have fun or not. If you think that people who have nothing better to do in their lives other than sink in over a thousand hours in a game you like have any say in how you're "supposed" to play the game. I suggest closing the multiple reddit tabs you have open, shut down the computer, actually go out, talk to friends/family and enjoy life. Once you do that and get back. You'll find out that their online opinions are like Brazilian Bills. Useless and Plenty.

[@icehoof]

"And I make a copy of its save file before paying" You know ... I've been wishing I could make saves, completely ignoring that I guess you can, I feel dumb

[@BariNgozi]

@@icehoof Yeah man just copy and paste the save file you're about to play to your desktop so you don't have to worry about losing everything if you die, can always erase a dead save and paste where you were right before a lethal mistake.

[@thcrmsnchn1056]

The fact that you can drink from the Ohio River is without a doubt the greatest crime against God and nature depicted in this game. I’ve lived next to the Ohio river my entire life so it never even occurred to me playing the game that the devs would do something so cruel.

[@randomtexanguy9563]

the water in the river is tainted and drinking too much will kill you

[@patrykpatty5835]

Theoretically stacking the negative perks obese, feeble, and unfit is extremely efficient. You basically get such a massive penalty that your stats should be in the negatives, but since they cannot go below zero you are getting free points for min maxing so hard. In reality however fitness and strength takes an absurdly long time to level up. Leveling from 1 to 5 takes a decent amount of time, however getting to level 8/9 takes incredibly long which is what makes the athletic and strong traits so good. Honestly just get the mod that lets you raise the fitness and strength XP multiplier to 5x

[@AlexaAXAG]

to 5x? I put that to 20x and still takes a while

[@reece42069]

@@AlexaAXAG well it is supposed to take a while it’s impossible to get fit overnight it is a long process built on consistency

[@arthas640]

I wish they'd just let you customize characters as you see fit without a mod, maybe just disable achievements. I like games where I can start with a massive edge like high/max stats or stacks of money/resources but compete against hard opponents or impossible situations.

[@thatprim3evil899]

@@arthas640just mess around with the sandbox settings. Give yourself a bunch of free trait points so you can have whatever traits you desire, and then change the zombie settings to whatever you feel would provide that difficulty you’re looking for

[@LTMenezes]

​@@arthas640sandbox mode you can choose 100 free points and get all the good traits. Although you seem to avoid moded solution, there's is a mod called Insurgent Black Ops profession, that's pretty much what you describe, you should take a look.

[@frevee5748]

This turned out so good man, it's really clear how much work went into it. I hope it gets the attention it deserves and that you're happy with it, cuz you damn well should be.

[@nuyabuisness7526]

One of my favorite memories was trying to clear out a horde by setting it on fire. I am not making that mistake twice. The horde burned down half the town, my base, my backup base, and me in the space of about 4 minutes.

[@Kokorocodon]

Don't lead them to the homes homie

[@afailureofaanimator6744]

Just do it in car park

[@gerardserra4175]

My last character was bitten so I fought a group of them, throw a molotov but they wouldn't die 😵 I stepped into the fire and were reduced to ashes, he died without turning into a zombie as if he never existed

[@connorjm1782]

rookie mistake

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

Start a fire at a place where you can keep cirkeling around the burning horde, never leading them close to anything you don't want to burn

[@jasperrice8456]

The reason a bag makes things "weigh" less is because the amount of space an item takes up in your inventory is not only determined by its weight, but by how hard it would be to carry. If something is hard to carry, but not heavy, it still has a high encumbrance value. Carrying a bag makes it easier to carry a greater volume of stuff.

[@dakotadonelson6647]

Exactly what i thought too. If you had 10 cans of food it would be a pain to carry in your arms but easy stacked in a bag

[@oxan7594]

The delivery of “you little itty-bitty ipad baby” was phenomenal

[@Breadn]

This game has one of the best communities I've ever seen. Everyone is really nice, helpful, and entertaining. Great video, man.

[@sadking767]

I recently bought zomboid and your guide helped me out very much I'm actually in awe that your channel does not have more traction because you deserve it man this video was a work of art thank you

[@Ruby_Rooz]

No you 🥺

[@joyu2105]

I feel like the quote often used in relation to dwarf fortress fits here aswell "Losing is Fun"

[@jamesmaddison7056]

Best guide i have seen so far. I saw a link on reddit for this video. I am glad watched it. It has helped. Thank you

[@Ruby_Rooz]

The idea that this is the best you've seen is terrifying. But thank you :)

[@oopomopoo]

Sunday driver is sleeper killer trait in my opinion. While a slower max speed is perfectly fine, the issue is that it affects acceleration of the vehicle, not just the max speed. This means if you off road, you are driving at a crawl. If you have to reverse off road, you are going at a snails pace. The biggest killer is that if you are in a procarious situation and need to get out fast as zombies swarm you, your car has less power. It will take you 2 to 3 seconds speed up enough to escape the zombies, and worse, if zombies surround your car, you may not have the power to ram through them resulting in death because of a 1 point trait. This is a great guide though, definite thumbs up!

[@zwenkwiel816]

Yep always pick speed demon

[@AnonymousMoth]

@@zwenkwiel816 I would rather run directly into Louisville, no clothes no weapon and find the largest horde than ever pick speed demon

[@zwenkwiel816]

@@AnonymousMoth lol I don't see the issue people have with speed demon. like you don't have to hold W the entire time and cruise control is also a thing....

[@SmolAndAngyyy]

@@zwenkwiel816 it heavily increases gas use like Sunday driver does.

[@zwenkwiel816]

@@SmolAndAngyyy running out of gas has never been an issue for me though, getting stuck on zombies cuz you lack the power to off road or drive through a horde seems to be a bigger problem to worry about imo

[@Nacalal]

You can drive fast just fine, just remember to use the speed limiter (Shift+W/S) to control your speed and remember, the speed limit's posted on the side of the road for a reason, doing 95 in a residential area is more dangerous to YOU than the pedestrians.

[@federicocaputo9966]

Not that we care about the pedestrians

[@ImadZeryouh]

U conserve more fuel by tapping the W and keep RPM under 3000. The cruise controll wastes fuel, Just so u know only to use when u have alot of fuel.

[@BreadTeleporter1968]

Just don’t crash

[@notme5844]

Its actually really neat to go look on google maps at all the places i've been surviving in. Kind of uncanny how close certain parts of the map are to IRL.

[@dacodabouziane]

By far the funniest and greatest project zomboid informational video that I've ever watched, well done

[@thecjwolfpack]

Every once in a while I stumble upon a channel that hasn't blown up yet but soon will. You are definitely one of those channels. Keep up the content!

[@drpompo]

There's another very big perk to Burglar that often gets overlooked. The immediate "nimble" bonus makes a huge difference in early combat, combine it with stout and fit and you can immediately start taking out big groups with relative ease. Hotwiring right from the start can also be nice when playing on default settings where most cars are fucked up for no reason, just pick a decent one and hotwire that fucker and go find your base.

[@arthas640]

Agreed, hotwiring is a real game changer and can help you find a good base from the very beginning rather than setting up shop in a random place until you can find someplace better or starting out near a ton of zombies and having to avoid them on foot. Especially useful since if there's a horde near a good supply spot you can use the car as a distraction to lure them away while you double back and loot the place without needing to worry about a horde outside.

[@nubs2594]

15:44 I like to think the reason bags n shit reduce weight is not because its actually making it lighter, but because you're not carrying around 50 fucking cans in your hand and pockets. Not technically making them lighter, just freeing your hands.

[@zaywoe2311]

I have almost 500 hours as of right now and a month and a half in a playthrough, and the way you put is hysterically accurate more so then other videos. Finally reached the point though where balancing your activities from passive to aggressive kind of helps with the flow.

[@The_Unknown_Wanderer]

My rationale for multi-hit is collateral damage. I push something over, it's gonna fall into things around it and might knock them down too. Same thing with the undead. I swing something, it might clip another zombie or the one I hit might bump into one of its nearby buddies.

[@dichebach]

An excellent introduction. I would only substantially differ on one point. Tailoring is NOT a "leave it till later" skill at all. It is not difficult to get tailoring to Level 10 within a matter of days (esp. if you know a bookstore where you can grab all the books). Having Tailoring at Level 10 offers an enormous amount of protection. There are some pretty good threads about it on reddit. At high levels of Tailoring, the protective value of patches is higher At high levels (maybe 8 or maybe 10 I cannot recall) you can COMPLETELY repair items, meaning restore them 100% condition. At high levels the chance that you can remove a patch or a padding and get all the materials back is higher. You gain Tailoring XP by ripping up garments (scissors required for denim and leather garments) So with all that said: the best min-max gambit is to: I. As early as possible, get hold of a scissors and set it to fav so you never put it down II. Every time you kill ANY zombies, operate so that you create "safe areas" around the corpses. Then return to the piles of corpses and rip up EVERY SINGLE GARMENT. III. Keep ALL THREAD (you can consolidate small fragmentary spools into full spools with the right-click menu. IV. Keep ALL DENIM and all LEATHER. It is good to have some ripped sheet material too, but if you actually keep "all of it" you'll have thousands. I've got a whole 70 capacity crate full of it, plus another couple hundred in a truck and another 1500 in a pile on the floor! V. You level up Tailoring primarily by doing sessions of adding padding to a garment (Overalls is ideal as it has the most slots that can take padding)--use Add padding to all and full speed mode to reduce tedium--then remove all padding. Rinse and repeat. At lower levels this will burn through your materials, but as you get higher level you manage to get back more and more of the material VI. Denim gives more XP than sheet material and I think probably leather more than that too. However, it is smart to keep all your leather for once you get to Level 10 Tailoring and then use it to make your Superman costume (My toon has 100% on all body parts except Neck and hands which both have 20/25% Bite and 40/50% Scratch protection . . . I have yet to find anything to cover neck so that is just form a leather jacket with padding on the neck and I don't know if there is anything actually better than standard leather gloves. ADDIT: I would also disagree with your take on Mechanics. Mechanics is possibly the best skill in the game, as cars are incredibly powerful if used wisely and the difference between a well-tuned, fixed up car and a beat up jaloopy is also gigantic. Metalworking, mainly because of how useful it is for doing bodywork on cars is worth getting to at least four. Cars also magnify your looting capacity enormously. I'm driving around a 1992 Chevy Tahoe that is at about 90% condition (unless I fuck up and ram into a fence or something). Set the cruise control to 5 mph and (a) zombies basically cannot hurt me as well as (b) zombies mostly cannot hurt my car (they will take swipes at it but if you keep moving their ability to do this is much limited. Keep the driver window down and the firearm handy and you can easily mow down hundreds of zombies in a matter of a real-time hour or so and at almost zero risk. This Tahoe has a "trunk" carrying capacity of about 130, and it has six seats (counting the drivers seat) so that is 5 x 26 additional carrying capacity inside the passenger compartment. Being able to haul off 6 large pieces of furniture like household fridges (or even as many as 3 popsicle fridges) in one trip is gigantic (fridges being a good way to block ground level doors and windows). One last point: put your barricades (and blocking items like fridges) INSIDE the house/base/building. Block off ALL the ground level entry points from inside: use sheet ropes to get into and out of your base.

[@doge3287]

Thanks for your comment, this helped me out a lot!!

[@jimpickensismydad8727]

Wow. just wow. im so surprised with the quality of this video, despite you being so small! I was entertained the ENTIRE time. I was shocked when i went to your profile and you had less than 500 subs. I figured you had hundreds of thousands of subs while watching! Amazing video, i hope you keep up the amazing work!

[@Tronnbro]

Don’t know why I’m suddenly getting recommended tons of underrated KZbinrs making PZ videos but I’m loving it.

[@Zanaki113]

Honestly lol, go out on a supply run, fight off hordes of zombies, somehow come out without so much of a scratch, friends are confused how I'm alive, we get back to base and I get instantly bit walking past a corner. Corners are my greatest enemy.

[@Dover78]

I try different builds but I always end up falling back on taking Strong and Fit balanced out with High Thirst, Prone to Illness, and Weak Stomach. I just always find Strength and Fitness to be more of a pain in the ass to grind up than the skills are and being able to fight off hordes from day one makes surviving so much easier.

[@delugesofgrandeur]

Absolutely if you can get Strong + Athletic with your negative traits, do so. Brave and Handy are the ones I'd skip in lieu of traits that bolster strength and fitness.

[@misterkunnyfunt]

Just wanted to say this is one of the best zomboid guides ive ever seen. i have often linked it to other friends starting out. thankyou you so much

[@subjectnamehere1965]

As a veteran player, rosewood is always a good choice. However i only stay there to loot the book store and fire dept. or the military base. It's also close to a bunch of warehouses.

[@kitten666kat5]

This is by far the absolute best intro and breakdown I've seen😊

[@Farmer_Thanos]

This video is amazing, the tone and comedy is on point

[@dredd2063]

Just found this video through my recommendations and your stuff is gold my man, keep up the good work

[@varold8678]

Excellent and funny guide, I enjoyed it! ... And I totally agree with your take on the multi-hit controversy. A stout/strong person would DEFINITELY be able to shove multiple rotten and clumsy zombies down. Or slam a bat into one so hard, to where it'll fall into others for a multi-knockdown.

[@ZeFluffyKnight]

Sunday Driver sounds like free points until you have to swerve a hoard and next thing you know the zombies can walk in pace with the car and kill you.

[@mynickisnick8270]

God damn, this is the kind of video quality you'd see from a 100k+ subs channel. You're amazing!

[@pavelZhd]

Regarding carpentry leveling: double wardrobe gives as much xp as a double bed. But it requires a saw to disassemble (while bed only requires a hammer) and you need to drop all the trash out of it before you are allowed to scrap it. But still worth knowing if you want to max your carpentry leveling from limited area. Electrics: get a screwdriver. Find a vehicle. No matter what condition. Uninstall the radio. (if you want to be a minmaxer then put it back in for some more mechanic xp and then remove again) Use funtiture->place to put the radio on the ground. And then once it is on the ground and pixelated disassemble it. This way you get 5 times more xp. Assuming you have the beginners book getting to level 2 should take about 15 radios. Also you can scrap all the radios and tvsets you find in houses. When they are placed as furniture. If you find a radio in a container - place it as furniture. Unless you are actually hunting for materials. In that case you should disassemble them as items. Spears: if you have wood glue you can fix spears. If an item is strapped as a spearhead, and then you detach it from well repaired spear, its quality will be inheretrd from the spear. And on top of it the number of repairs the item received for diminishing returns purpose will also be set to 0. So machete can be restored indefinitely if you have enough wood glue and duct tape. And machete with appropriate skill is a one-swing-kill weapon.

[@HoboTango]

Alright that was the best Project Zomboid recap ever. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@TurtleShroom3]

"*FUN IS FOR BABIES. IT'S TIME TO SWEAT.*" *Me, who turns off guaranteed death and has a Respawn Mod:* "I guess I'll die anyway."

[@Sevness]

Good, solid advice, no bullshit, no fluff, direct, and educational while still being interesting.

[@klink420ish]

Man I just discovered your channel and i absolutely love your deliveries

[@johnnyelevenbravo6464]

Only 1k subscribers? That’s bound to change with how well paced your content is man! Had me intrigued every second of the video. 👍🏻

[@mikemonoc3288]

The “average joe” casually stealing and carrying three of the dumbbells that the “gigs chad” lifts with ONE arm

[@arthas640]

I've always thought gym equipment would make great zombie weapons. Get a bunch of small to medium sized plates for a barbell or dumbell and huck them like oversized frisbees at zombies from a roof, even if you dont score a headshot 10-25 pounds of lead falling from a second story or roof would still cripple them if it hits a shoulder or leg and a large 45 pounder will flatten them like Mario jumping on a goomba. A barbell without weights would also make a decent blunt "spear" you can jab at zombies heads, ideally from a slight rise like some stairs or a raised platform, a good poke or two will cave a skull in.

[@mitchellsheridan5252]

Absolute masterpiece of a video sir. I subbed, keep making fun stuff.

[@jasperjones6389]

great vid man this is put together so well man this needs to blow up

[@brylythhighlights4335]

Underweight isn't better for being able to eat (well, that's nice) But it's taken because it can be worked out 2-3 times faster than overweight, and (many more times) faster than obese, BUT: It lets you take the 'fit' perk, which gives a MASSIVE hidden bonus on top of the actual fitness change. Also, it bears mentioning, ammo is *not* finite, you can very rarely find ammo from foraging

[@commisaryarreck3974]

Foraging? I get my ammo from corpses, half of kentucky seems to be armed to the teeth even with very rare guns

[@arthas640]

@@commisaryarreck3974 True in real life too. One time at work a guy pulled out keys for a work vehicle out of his pocket and some .45 rounds came out with the keys. Turned out he'd just forgotten a handful of bullets in there from target practice the day before; I've also had coworkers show up with loose shell casings or bullets in their tool bags they forgot in there.

[@wolfenden6529]

I've let one of my generators almost go down to 0%. I had no idea they could explode until I watched this.

[@chupetaparamahboy]

great video, the effort and time that went into it really shows whatever you're doing, just keep doing it fam 👍

[@Alt-rockk]

In all honesty, this is the best PZ beginner's guide on KZbin. Every other content creator gets bogged down in the nitty gritty mechanics and totally ignored the actual gameplay. This was so straightforward and to the point about what you should be doing. Kudos bud

[@hhhhhh-pr6ul]

why does he sound like master chief

[@mythoceanas8874]

I agree obese is the better trait, lets you get into the nutrition habit early. Sunday drivers' reduction to horsepower is terrible for a single point. Especially late game.

[@jdhutchinson506]

This is all painfully and hilariously accurate. I blew carrots out my nose. I laughed so hard. I was eating them at the time.. it's not a chronic condition.

[@froggothemaniac2180]

Veteran be like: While you were studying the blade, I was studying the firearm, and now you wont see me closer than 30 meters away from any zeds.

[@kennethsmith5383]

I just found your KZbin content...I dig it. Great presentation, great humor, 10/segs would bang again.

[@saturn12002]

"a friction fire with a body pillow" I'm dead.

[@cameraon628]

Absolute masterpiece of a video. Genuinely bewildering this man does not have more subs

[@jamiiedev]

BRO how am I getting genuine life lessons from this video :Ddddd (you got my sub cutie)

[@dpq06]

how has the first 15 minutes of a Project Zomboid video make me feel the need to get my life in order

[@mfultimate]

as a kentuckian, its so surreal to see a zombie apocalypse set an hour's drive from my house

[@storm7448]

Out of all the randomized character names you flipped through in the opening part the one I specifically saw was Harry Cox

[@augistry5439]

Veteran is a great occupation simply for desensitized, completely negating the panic system and the need for ways to reduce it really helps both early and late game, the aim and reloading are nice to start using firearms sooner if you are so inclined as well

[@tacokoer7821]

Sunday driver is easily dealt with? In case you wanna stroll around your local town, sure. But as soon as you plan to move out into a different town such as louisville, the speed cap will really start annoying you. Oh yea, driving on dirt roads and grass is also gonna be a no-no since most times it slows you down to a crawl.

[@WhiskeyWater]

At least it’s not clumsy

[@youdontknowmegigna]

15:40 To whatever random person may read this: Think of it not as reducing an item's weight, so much as the ease of carrying it. Sure, you could hold ten books in your hands, but that'd be unwieldy and difficult. A backpack makes carrying ten books much easier and frees you up. So instead of thinking of carrying capacity as "weight", I think of it as "carrying ease".

[@jameshulm8580]

26:17 similar thing happened to me, was doing really well, had survived the helicopter event a few days prior, staying ahead of a hoard, only for my laptop to remind me that I was low on battery, forcing the game to be alt-tabbed, and I died. Still salty about it

[@arthas640]

I'm a shameless save scummer for that reason. Nothing worse than dying in a game because your keyboard or mouse battery died or the little laser thing on the mouse got blocked by a hair and you get eaten

[@shnordo]

You make a lot of great points and I love when I get to see extensive reviews on my favorite game. I have been playing Project Zomboid all the way back when the game was supposed to be a mere story driven concept following Baldspot (aka, Bob) and Kate. I could talk for ages about all of the unique mechanics that I love about this game, some of which is being given the authority to play the game the way you want. If you get a negative reaction solely because of the choice of settings you choose to use, then you are being gatekept my friend. I also am from the frame of mind that appreciates all of the options available to the gamer be it through adjusting the settings or downloading mods. I see no difference between using multi-hit and subbing to any of the vast number of quality of life mods on the workplace. That all being said, I play with multi-hit and have just recently started making a heavily modded Project Zomboid series despite my apparent lack of editing expertise just to see if anything happens, and I am currently three months into the journey of my first survivor. My point is I play the game the way I want and I will never let anyone tell me how to enjoy playing my favorite game. We all play the same game, and regardless of any setting you choose or any mod you install (other than cheats) Project Zomboid is STILL one of the most difficult survival games and honestly you could take the zombies out of the equation and I still believe that the mechanics of this game sans zomboids would make a very enthralling gaming experience ~ but we all know that would be way less fun, so no self respecting PZ enjoyer would degrade themselves to that extreme (sarcasm - you do you, boo boo). I felt the need to leave my two cents when I heard you mention your disagreement with the community about using multi-hit or not. I am on your side completely, but I am more of a mind that would rather spend my sparse free time playing my favorite games the way I want rather than falling to peer pressure being aided by extreme gatekeeping by a community that should be working together to spread the word about this spectacular game rather than trying to defeat your fellow survivors over personal preference. Have a great day ~ :)

[@Baritu]

Just bought the game and came across your video. Great video! Thanks for the tips!

[@callumtrott7661]

There’s only one master of your ultimate fate in this cruel game, and it’s the generator Manuel, pray to it twice before starting a new game to increase Hope stats on its spawn

[@tralphstreet]

I have 60 hours in Project Zomboid. I've yet to make it past day 6.

[@risz]

greatest zomboid guide ive ever seen i laughed so hard at the builder mode minecraft joke. really brightened up my day

[@Fullchristainname]

11:40 this mechanic is absolutely hilarious to me because taking pain pills while working out irl actually *inhibits* the formation of muscle tissue.

[@AbsoluteUnit1337]

Assuming the pain pills you’re talking about are anti inflammatory you’re right.

[@ThatOneGuySometime]

Says to eat the perishables as he eats a perfectly shelf stable pickle at 17:48 BRUH. THE PICKLE GOES IN THE POCKET. POCKET PICKLE.

[@billy_bobys8701]

his voice makes his jokes way better

[@MachineSpirits_]

As a canadian i can confirm we all menacingly walk towards people in RCMP ceremonial dress. The truth revealed

[@Mattsi]

Brother, I loved this video, your comedy is gold, and I would greatly enjoy collaborating with you 👌👌

[@onome9305]

need that

[@danielhutchison7259]

My major in college was carpentry. We did nothing but disassemble beds all day. Project zomboid is probably the most realistic simulator in history.

[@StabYourBrain]

While i usually play with Multihit myself most of the time, i think that turning off Multihit gives Firearms a lot more value in dealing with hordes. Instead of hoarding all that shotgun ammo, you now have to use it to clear out a larger and densly populated locations, which makes it a more valuable ressouce.

[@Spurrier01]

Very enjoyable watch mr. ruby. got a sub from me. Only a few days of playing and im excited to get in and die trying all this stuff

[@obliviousogre1908]

"Come on, you little weaklings, even the skinniest among us can push two bodies away." speaking straight facts

[@youtubewatcher4955]

I swear i thought it was just me when the game just decides to nope out and minimize the window right as i’m fighting a horde smh.

[@snorf9847]

Dude, you gotta continue making project zomboid content, your excellent with the edits and the voice overs.

[@yee2343]

this tutorial is so much better than other tutorial he's straight to the point and some stuff 123 hours playing i didn't know really

[@TheDespicablePatriot]

Ruby: Talks about being taken seriously by the PZ God Gamers. Also Ruby: Includes a clip of him using a spear in fishnets, a pink corset and bunny ears.

[@Ruby_Rooz]

yes

[@JohrnyReport]

The bags increasing your carrying capacity makes a whole lotta sense. It's a lot easier to carry 50kg on your back than it is in the front.

[@YourPalKindred]

I gotta disagree with occupation choice tbh. Burglar is so powerful for new players. Getting a working car early, when you don't know how to get one or the best ways to train mechanics and electronics, is such a boost to survivability. The sneak and lightfooted bonuses are great too. You should be sneaking anytime you even suspect zombies anyway, so the quieter you are the better. With lockpicking coming soon burglar is gonna get even better

[@XanaGear]

Let’s goooo

[@ANTlVAX]

true gigachads go unemployed with cats eyes, fast reader. knowledge is power and knowing your surroundings is key.

[@BaseDeltaZero1972]

The Dakimakura mods are a new low for PZ...as are the cosplay mods that provide the manga models, statues and costumes. I highly recommend them all.

[@aquaplush7531]

I like the abandoned factory in the ghost town by Riverside for a base. It’s a pretty remote and solid place, albeit full of graffiti and trash.

[@joyous18]

30:53

[@no_one_worth_knowing]

the most fictional part of this game is the limited amount of ammo, considering its set in kentucky

[@AuburnTigers111]

That's what I said!

[@Ruby_Rooz]

:)

[@kiwimarshall3937]

I'm glad to be the cause of this.

[@Pastelwrlds]

lmao.

[@corefrey]

I must admit , i adore your Video production. It is very entertaining.

[@soupcangaming662]

alright guys let's ruin his channel

[@Nockgun]

rip.

[@DireChris]

How do you only have 500 subs? I don't even play this game, and this was entertaining to watch. This is really well put together!!! Keep up the good work!!

[@supportloaf5669]

I’m ngl, this is one of my favourite reviews of a game I’ve seen to date

[@patrickhurley8]

I know a good bit about this game and still really enjoyed this video. Editing top tier voice top tier information top tier. Definitely subbed keep it up my guy.

[@YungAddy770]

I will definitely show this to my friends that I want to play this game