Surviving Your First Week In Build 42 - DAY ONE! A New Player Guide To Project Zomboid!

[@tomyparkk]

I LOVE THIS GAME. After about 323 hours in 41, I can really see the vision with 42. It has its bugs and issues, yes. However, I can see where this game is going, and I am HERE for it.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

It's a great time for Zomboid that's for sure :)

[@tomyparkk]

@@MrAtomicDuck Right now, I only play PZ and Helldivers 2. And the last 2-3 weeks have been quite fruitful for both hahaha I feel spoiled with sudden authentically great content

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Helldivers 2 is one of my favorite games too :) Great for a round or two with the boys, sometimes I'll just drop into a random lobby of lower levels to drop them some high-level stratagems to mess around with. It's always a good time.

[@albertoandrade9807]

As a regular CDDA (the game. Not the challenge) I can say I love alll of this updates!! It totally changes the approach

[@callmelou5397]

​@bunchacolors1501 hey hey cmon man no need for the rudeness plus the devs already adressed the issue the artist that made the original poster for Bob was the one at fault and they didnt have time to check because of the time crunch to release the unstable beta of b42

[@swanky2202]

Couple of things to consider: - Treat each Point of Interest on the map as a giant warning sign. Police & gas stations are heavily populated with zombies. - a panicked player will usually do something stupid. If you can, consider your options. - Never forget to remove broken glass, never forget if you have something cooking in the oven, consider when to leave your car running, those sort of things. - contrary to going up against humans, I personally find it better to not skirt around corners tightly but leaving a bit of space going around them. Zombies lurking directly behind a corner won't be able to surprise you this way. Group your goals into shortterm, midterm, and longterm. This way you can focus on the most pressing matters first and mark other things on the map for later. Shortterm: - find a melee weapon. Anything at first, later something that you're comfortable with. Blades can now be dull, and many things can break fast so that's a thing to keep in mind. - Find a bottle. Any bottle, and once empty you can fill it with water to drink. - Find something to eat. Can and bottleopeners (I assume that the latter is necessary at least) will open those cans for you. - a bag or backpack. You can craft a simple one out of sheets but it should be upgraded asap. - a flashlight, a pen/cil and a digital watch - find a safehouse at the edge of town, or out of town, preferably something gated with two stories (sleep on the upper floor). Close the curtains so zombies can't peek inside and won't be attracted by light. - A car can be a lucky find early, especially with a key and gas. Otherwise you'll need gas, a hose (to siphon gas), electrician 1 & mechanic 2 to hotwire one. - a magazine how to craft molotov cocktails (another new gate to keep players from surviving, especially the helicopter event) - A hammer, a saw, nails, a screwdriver, and an axe. The latter is to chop down trees which can be sawed into logs which can then barricade your windows with. Good early game fortification. The others are the trifecta of things you always want in your backpack when you need to dismantle something, like a door. - a small amount of medical equip - painkillers, betablockers, antibiotics, some bandages, desinfectant. If you fear a deep wound, a surture needle and a holder. If you run anything that messes with sleep, sleeping pills. I personally keep a selection of those in the side of a car so I have quick access to them when I'm on the road as well. Midterm: - a working car. A lugwrench, car jack & tirepump. - a safe place to stay. - the Emergency Broadcast Frequency for radios. You can pick up radios with the pick up function top left side of the UI. It will update you with events and weather forecasts every hour. If you find it early enough it will also warn you the day the helicopter event will start (Air activity detected) and when the power is about to go out (Power fluctuations detected). - a plan how to survive - farming, trapping, fishing. - Books and magazines to learn and level skills. - if you haven't already, an axe or a crowbar are fantastic for opening locked (garage) doors. Longterm - Setting up a farm - Setting up a method for high calory food (Trapping, Fishing, Hunting) - Two generators and a magazine how to hook them up (1 for your home, 1 to throw into a car trunk to hook up gas stations) - Equipment and skills to shore up your house defenses, farm, and repair equipment and cars (Welding mask, welder, some fuel for the welder to be able to learn metalworking). - depending on when you start, winter gear. - sledgehammer for house renovations and opening up any locked up areas. - Guns can be useful clearing out big piles of zombies. But: They require a lot of levelling investment in vanilla, and even more ammo because the large soundradius will attrack much more zombies than you expect. Depending on location, several hundred rounds / shells and betablockers should be brought. By @jackochainsaw - ancient stoves for providing warmth indoors during winter. They double as ovens, too, which makes them very useful to have. - a 2nd safehouse with a car, gas, some supplies and water. Can be useful when you're away from home on a run, or your first base gets overrun for whatever reason.

[@evankim2406]

One quick thing to note about the "molotov cocktail magazine", is the fact that you can't craft it even if you had one. (And I'm pretty sure there isn't even a magazine for that.) Currently there is no recipe for it in the crafting menu, but I do believe the devs will add it back eventually. For now, if you really want to use fire to deal with the zombies, you'll have to find three stones and make a campfire. Alternatively, you could pick the "Engineer" profession and get some gas to make a "firebomb".

[@jackochainsaw]

Not a bad list. With regards to gas stations, I do two things. 1. Put up metal racking right near the pumps (you can keep full gas cans and those you find on the way around, electronics and a screwdriver to repair the generator, you can also keep spare charged batteries and a battery charger here for your vehicles). 2. Put a permanent generator at the gas pump. I tend to put it right in the middle of the pumps under a roof (if they have one). For the winter, great idea to get a wood burning stove as it not only cooks your food and disinfects tainted water but warms the room up too. In addition, you don't need gas to fuel it and it provides a source of light. Pro tip, use zombie socks and matches to light it. Eventually lighters will run out of fuel, but matches last longer. The last thing I'd suggest is a secondary base. If your primary one gets overrun for any reason, or you are simply too far away, a secondary base can be useful to shore up until you can get back. Leave a few working cars, food, and gas there.

[@DBZHGWgamer]

Zombies aren't attracted to light, unless they changed that with this build?

[@minksmithsonian]

@@jackochainsaw big agree on back-up bases/ FOBs (forward operating base). To me this is just a zoomed-out aspect of always having an escape plan. If I come across a good candidate in a given neighborhood (doors and windows in tact, edge of the area, second floor, fencing, or otherwise easily defensible…), I’ll sometimes cut that first day of looting short and fortify + throw a few planks up on the windows. If the main base doesn’t need attention for a few days (see: generator), it can save a lot of time and risk to just shack up somewhere temporarily while dealing w an area. When finished, head home w the best loot. Leave what you don’t need behind, and come back for when/if needed. If things go sour somewhere else, retreat to whichever FOB best suits the given emergency. Even early game it’s a good idea to know what your options for even just safe houses to run through and lose a horde are. This is why I unlock all doors to any house I enter. Never know when you might need to get back in in a hurry…

[@swanky2202]

@@jackochainsaw Good call. Those antique stoves are great for heat and useful as oven at the same time. Usually not using a 2nd safehouse myself as I don't tend to stay in one place for too long before returning and also mostly playing without respawn so places stay empty (and mostly because crops and freezers being on a timer in 41) but I can see the appeal. Going to add those above.

[@Pr1vateLime]

I hope you can lean more into walkthroughish content! You got the gab for it! Good video!

[@agentblue4310]

You're videos aren't too bad yourself!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Appreciate it, Lime! ♥ Hope B42 is bringing you great things and you have a wonderful Christmas :)

[@AiSyYoo]

these comments gave me my daily dose of wholesome ❤

[@tibitzu365]

oh hey, my two favourite youtubers

[@PatrickMG19]

In case anyone is wondering: if you hover over a key, the things it unlocks will highlight on the screen. you can see this around 10:16

[@Tester-z4p]

Please do more of these, i love letting these run in the background and learning new stuff while playing pz

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Keep your eyes peeled! Might have something for you guys sooner than you think :D

[@theoneandonlygustav1992]

What pairs well with a nice Duck? A house alarm of course.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

I am actually cursed

[@alargefarva4274]

This is how you died…

[@Lithar1987]

They bit me near the factory west of riverside, the sheep will die of hunger!! 😭

[@vasa_kot]

Survival of the fittest. Have little faith in them!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

We lost a good one... But we go again!!

[@the_crius]

Sheep... eat grass.

[@CryptoBalkan01]

I know you bro you play the long dark too

[@RadishAcceptable]

Just a quick recommendation for keys. After you unlock what they unlock, you don't really need them anymore. Once I find where they go, I have a habit of world placing them on the kitchen counter after unlocking all the doors. That way they aren't weighing me down and I'll also just know where they are if I happened to miss a door. Pretty much the only keys I keep on me anymore are car keys. Good video! Love seeing more people interact with the game.

[@HaleTheFreeVoice]

They weigh down now?!

[@Lineproof]

@@HaleTheFreeVoice yeah and it kinda makes sense. When you have a billion keys on your keychain, you’ll definitely feel it.

[@HaleTheFreeVoice]

@ indeed

[@jam9795]

How do you whether the key opened the door or whether the door was just unlocked anyway? Ive never paid attention to this til now

[@RadishAcceptable]

@@jam9795 If you have the key, you can lock and unlock the door from the outside with the right click menu. If the door is locked, and you have the key, you'll hear it unlock as you open the door.

[@Khether0001]

This type of content if phenomenal for new players (like me) who want to give this game a try but are a bit overwhelmed with everything Explaining why you're making your decisions is invaluable advice! Thank you! Looking so much forward for the continuation of this series!!! =)

[@callmelou5397]

I feel you when i first started i couldn't get past the first day but here some quick tips: -save your stamina you dont need to run when escaping zombies you walk faster than them. -Do not take unnecessary fights if you can sneak past them do it but if you HAVE to fight do not take them on all at once sneak and wisper at the horde that way you can fight them one zombie at a time. -Find skill books asap as those provide an xp boost of x3. -find a generator which usually spawn in warehouses and sometimes in garages. -towards the end of your first week i would advise to baricade your house and STAY INSIDE for a few days until the helicopter event passes by as it will attract hundreds of zombies to your area and if the heli sees you it will follow you and keep attracting zombies to you until you get overwhelmed.

[@sokar_rostau]

7:45 it would have been worth mentioning here that the B42 default settings cap xp gained from both TV and VHS to level 3, which heavily impacts their usefulness and makes reading the Carpentry and Cooking books all the way through a serious decision.

[@DevilHunterJax]

One thing I noticed you didn't have on that would really benefit new players is the combat outline (can't remember the exact name of the setting) where it will show a highlight around a zombie if you'll hit it with your next attack. Can really help avoid those moments where you think you're gonna hit with a swing only to miss and get bitten.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Really good point, I can maybe bring that up if I do a series of these :)

[@gorp_4]

@@MrAtomicDuckyou should do a series I enjoyed this video a lot

[@mariovwcardoso5970]

@@MrAtomicDuck Who is gonna say no to a duck series on PZ?

[@evilspyke5760]

doesnt matter. a highlighted zombie still can get missed and you get bitten. you can also hit a zombie not highlighted when there are 2 or more and get bit. you can also stomp on a zombie when there is a zombie walking to you and get bit. you can also hit the furthest zombie from you instead of the closest one and get bit.

[@dovahkiindragonborn7669]

I feel like it just teaches people not to pay attention. You really dont need it if you zoom in for fights.

[@kingharlaus43]

I have like 1200 hrs and I’m still fumbling with build 42! I love how it’s no longer possible to grab all the books and shows in one week. I don’t feel compelled to rush when I start the game anymore.

[@minksmithsonian]

Yeah, I love how B42 is massively extending the early game, and *especially* the mid game. No more being OP by November, I’m soooo stoked

[@luciusbright]

Can you please explain what are you talking about? You can't see the shows and read the books in week 1? Why not?

[@minksmithsonian]

@@luciusbright generally speaking, you want to read the books before watching the shows. The XP multiplier can be massive. However, in the first 9 days while Life & Living is still on the air it’s unlikely to find the level 1 books you’d want w/o specifically prioritizing a book store or school. If I were to find, say, Cooking 1 in the early days, and my affairs are generally in order, I’ll spare a half day to read it. If I don’t find the book, I’ll still tune in anyway. So unless you have something important to do just to make it to the next day, Life & Living is generally worth watching while it’s on the air in those first days, book or no book, especially carpentry. But later in the game, whenever you find VHS tapes for skills, you should always wait to watch them until you’ve read the book that corresponds to the your level.

[@zaraheart]

@@kingharlaus43 I made the time to read books super low. Like .1 lol So it doesn’t take forever and 5 years just to stare at my computer screen while my toon reads a book 😅 One thing I appreciate about this update are some of the new sandbox options. They still have much work to do though. Many things are so wonky and off. But that’s why it’s unstable. So they can fix this stuff. B42 still has a lot of work needing done.

[@neilm.2482]

I'm getting ganked constantly. Totally different and more "realistic" feel. I can't crush 20 zombies in a row without getting too exhausted to swing.

[@aquine3130]

Just got the game, so this video was just what I was looking for. Very informative. This as a series would be very useful. Thanks

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Glad I could help! Keep your eyes open, definitely gonna be doing a full week at this rate :)

[@TheNolimitcity]

For the key naming convention: Probably doesn't matter on a short vid/playthorugh, but there are a couple different towns that start with 'R' (Rosewood, Riverside) - The convention might work better 2 letters. RW1, RS1 etc. - Additionally - The best thing would be for the game to add street names and address to the residences. That would make naming much easier to just name it after the address.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Would love to see that as well 😄 Probably a lot of work though to go through the entire map adding things like that.

[@orang3096]

I really appreciate you explaining why you picked certain traits. Often, i encounter youtubers either picking a trait without explaining why or suddenly having a trait that you didn't see them pick, and it gets very confusing

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Yeah absolutely! There's a lot of "meta" builds you can pick but tbh I find as a beginner you're better off keeping it light.

[@RedRuM85]

Can't wait for day two... QUACK

[@MrAtomicDuck]

And quack to you, sir Bob

[@0michelleki020]

Dustmasks etc, now have a use for blocking the stenche of corpses.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

This could be a really good one for clearing bodies at your safehouse.

[@0michelleki020]

@@MrAtomicDuck True, i believe that gasmasks are the best since there's also filters for them, i honestly would not be surprised if you could puke if the stench is real bad and end up sick or hungry.

[@skoovee]

they also have a very high discomfort, so you should take it off if you are not around corpses

[@lawsen3719]

​@skoovee what does discomfort lead to? I still haven't figured this out

[@lawsen3719]

​@@0michelleki020is the bad smell feature like corpse sickness from build 41?

[@Butter-Bot]

Very well explained for new players! Please yes, continue this series

[@pymdschemr7139]

Hope you continue the series, I really enjoyed this slower, explanatory video.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Thanks, will do!

[@jackssmirk]

I'm definitely not a beginner anymore, but I still love watching videos like this. I'd love a series continuation.

[@DontBeMadBro]

Game changer for me is the ability to access bags inside of the car (on a fotel for example) as well as access to the back in some bigger vans. This is so great and huge!

[@TravMenace]

I noticed this yesterday as well. honestly the amount of small but impactful changes is blowin my mind

[@wecamandwewill2564]

Thanks mate! I played a bit of 41 but I am reinvigorated because of build 42. Appreciate the helpful content!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

No problem 👍 Glad you've found some new joy in the game!

[@0michelleki020]

with over 900 hours in the game, i think i'll just do what i normally do. Create a basic safehouse in the outscirts of town/city, get stuff like foodstuff, tools, etc, and then a car to move away into the wilderness.

[@celladoor_uk]

I never used to do this but I have found it's the only way I donl;t immediatly die in this current build and I love it. I ended up moving into the ranger station just southwest of riverside. It's so cool out there. I finally found a rifle too so I can start hunting and trying the whole wildman approach.

[@hyouzanren1846]

Naah, much fun building base in louisvillesl city more "neigbours" to interact with😊❤🧟🧟🧟🧟🧟🧟

[@celladoor_uk]

@@hyouzanren1846 Can't argue with that logic. 😂

[@JBrodo]

Question - what do you do once you have set up your base? I've gotten to be proficient with setting up base and farming... But then I get really bored and am like now what? 😂. (I'm not the best at multiple zombie combat, so I can't negate my boredom by changing into a hoard and not ending up dead 😝)

[@0michelleki020]

@@JBrodo tbh, i just keep myself busy, like foraging, fishing, looting the nearby city, i've set up my camp near Camp Arthur in the south, so there's still stragglers that needs to be dealt with. Having some chikens and sheep is neat to, though the drive is tedius if you dont have a trailer for animals.

[@pacecomer9774]

First Time Channel and Game viewer: I just bought the game completely on a whim, no previous knowledge but I heard it was fun. Thank you for providing a comprehensive video on how an average experience may go. I think a series would be very easy to watch. I can see this game becoming a very big time investment if i let it! I'll keep an eye out for Day 2!

[@philc5265]

My favorite part was “and immediately I’m only going to have to deal with zombies from one direction.” I could not for the life of me stop thinking about One Direction as zombies coming after him for some reason. Great video. Appreciate the tips for 42!

[@elis435]

really good video , ive owned PZ since like early early alpha when it was coming out , but never really played it much so I am kinda a noob , and with build 42 around the corner I really want to play it alot with one of my friends , and this video helped alot

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Awesome, glad I could help :)

[@viren_jalkun]

You forgot one useful beginner tip. Being slightly over carry weight will train your strength up.

[@viren_jalkun]

Also I was going to make fun of you for completely missing that digital watch, but you found it luckily not long after

[@Lineproof]

it also lowers your endurance more though

[@lawsen3719]

that is a horrible tip. Training strength is only good to do while fighting or exercising. If you're carrying too much stuff you'll constantly have to deal with stamina issues, you won't be able to run or jump over walls, and can't fight for long time, also higher chance of tripping when panicking. It is an overall downside.

[@Mystb_cs]

worst advice I've seen bro trying to get people killed

[@xSmoothIce]

@@lawsen3719this is exactly what I was thinking. So many debuffs for training strength. Just excercise for 20 minutes atp

[@carlthegamer9215]

Love this format, i want more, lots more!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

More to come!

[@HTFGamesStudio]

05:10 There is also veteran occupation that cancels panic. I used to play it when I was learning the game

[@ninjacoom2310]

Great video. Couple points, if you check the sandbox settings for Apoc settings. You'll see that Zeds are mostly set to Random now , this is why the Zeds act differently (as well as the new stealth). Also with spawn areas. There is a setting to clear spawn room / house / area. As default, it's house and area. Disabled this, and you'll see the true population values for the area. Boiling water is still bugged as of patch .2 and the only option to disinfect is alcohol, you can check the options by clicking the two arrows in the crafting menu. This is also how you select what to use (like using rags over rope for walls). But another good beginner's video 👍🏼

[@cliffordrihn3988]

Nice vid. I've noticed the more I've played this game how much more I need to just chill the first few days. Everything is abundant, usually mass hording isn't efficient until you find that long term base, and you definitely don't need to go mass murdering zombies yet. Just catch those shows, some early books can really help expedite early skill leveling, and keep an eye out for certain key items, hammer, screwdriver, bottle, backpack, preferred weapon, etc. next major step is reliable transportation, lots of gas, and finding your base

[@felipeaugustoarrudacampos4092]

Keep posting, i am new at the game and loved your tips

[@MrAtomicDuck]

More to come!

[@StonedRedneckMarine]

Yes, please do a video for each day. I'm waiting until stable but I am quite curious about the update.

[@IceColdNukaCola]

Loving the series!

[@perpetualchild]

I was following the Thursdoid drops in general, but there are so many smaller features surprising me in B42 that show how much love the devs poured into this, like the spawn map and the makeshift bag, the little animated guy when you're loading your last game

[@minksmithsonian]

I would’ve grabbed all of those red cups- plus any other vessel that can hold water- and brought them back to base and fill them w water. For anyone new reading this: The water will turn off at any point in the first 28 days. In a residential area, you’ll be able to pull from the pipes in surrounding homes, but it can be a pain and of course can be dangerous to have to keep going into homes. Having a store of water built up at base is suuuuper helpful. The run you forget to do this, will be the run it turns off on Day 2 lol

[@OCinneide]

This is one of those things that until you are caught out by it you aren't going to do it. I've always got on fine just looting houses for water but I do fill pots with water when I am out looting early on.

[@epicboomshine6595]

I had this happen to me on day 2 once. Luckily I usually start my runs on the Rabbit Hash map mod, it has a free couple of wells in the town and farm, but not having easy house water was a pain in the beginning.

[@jackochainsaw]

I was doing this too. Fill up all the pots and pans. If they have stuff in them and it has gone off, empty out then fill them with water. It's also good if you have a surplus of drinking bottles to fill all of those as well, and just leave them in one house that's not your base. I put the wavy signs on it in blue pen. I know its a "water station" then.

[@minksmithsonian]

@@OCinneide I hear ya, but I find it can be really helpful early game during those inevitable base changes to just throw all that water in the car and know it’s at least taken care of, for one example. I just hate those moments when I realize that if I’d just been more thorough the day before, things would be that much easier in the days to follow. Esp when looting this close to base, at the outset I’m a total loot goblin when not working against a clock or towards an esp crucial goal. Just cross the street and drop it all off. If the curtains are closed, you can always sort it all out on helicopter day.

[@josephmatthews7698]

Love the muscle strain. Makes so much more sense.

[@redblue5140]

8:14 this isn't true anymore, zombies can spawn in starting house basements

[@MrAtomicDuck]

NO WAY god that's terrifying 😂 This would catch me completely off-guard.

[@martins.4240]

@@MrAtomicDuck It happened to Lime, there was a single zombie in the tiny basement of his starting house.

[@RickestRick666]

I enjoyed this! Have a few hundred hours in PZ an its neat to see somone else thought process Itd be a kool series! 🤘👽

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@Feldynn]

Addendum to the "Zombies don't spawn in your starter home" comment, this DOES NOT include basements (yet?). I just started a new game in a house with a basement, the house area itself was empty as usual but when I went down the inside stairs into the basement I had quite the jumpscare as one lurched out of the gloom at me! I assume it's down to the procedural generation of most basements and this one being a random one so not fixed to the building like some basements are.

[@Björnvar]

For anyone lookin for long term survival, the mccoy ranch nearish to muldraugh is by far the best place to go, you can reach it by driving north of muldraugh and turning left at the intersection with nolans used cars, you are looking for a dirt road with a log fence and gates at the first bend down this road.

[@sneakatchoo3763]

Awesome. Very helpful for my n00b self. Thanks.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

No problem! Day Three will be out soon!

[@MrTricksleR]

I like finding a van and make it my mobile storage unit. Also I love what they've done with containers in b42. Now you can put bags in the trunk and fill them up, makes sorting loot handy

[@private577]

Nice blues riff in the music!!! Also yes I definitely want to see 7 days!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Coming right up!

[@highxfive]

"Dog house has a pillow." LOL that's classic.

[@roisin1748]

This is exactly what I needed... I already have 40hours on this game but still not surviving more than a week 😂, thing is I watch so many videos where everyone is so pro and it feels like you must do the same...so it is so cool for me having this content to watch too🎉 Cheers!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Really glad you found it useful! Looks like we'll be turning this into a series :)

[@roisin1748]

@MrAtomicDuck yayyyyy

[@alexandregobin8017]

Nice video ! My new meta for character creation is... The burger flipper ! +1 in small bladed weapon and +1 in maintenance is nice to start with ! Small bladed weapons don t give t a lot of muscle strain, and then you can get a crowbar to level another weapon. And you still are left with +2 creation point !

[@Simple_Hobbit]

tip if at the start you make your game start time 5am you get a free Exposure Survival

[@GuyF67]

I watched the full video. very entertaining. would love for you to make a series (:

[@tanigood-channel]

Nice video!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Thanks!

[@axeluz1]

Great content ;) keep it high! And yes, please do the extra content for the goods :D

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Thanks! Will do!

[@tianx9275]

Muscle strain still needs quite a lot of work to balance it out. I am glad you are able to turn it off for these who likes more combat and less stealth.

[@skoovee]

i think muscle strain is fairly balanced for how apocolypse is "meant to be played" but people turning it off and reducing it is fair, especially if you are used to pre b42 combat balance

[@tripleaarcade]

I haven’t really noticed it. Just used fences and stomping

[@Kumieta]

I'd love to see a few more episodes of this playthrough!

[@mestiarcanus]

8:16 - I had a zombie in the basement of my single player spawn house once so there's definitely instances where it happens.

[@Drie_Kleuren]

Gymnast is VERY good. That nimble xp boost is huge. Also just starting at lvl 1 is nice. Often I can get lvl 3 in about a month. It might not be something for the short term, but high nimble is very good and nice for the long run. It really makes a difference after a few months or even a year in...

[@TheOnlyTrueDedicated]

I was literally thinking this morning I should try to get back into Zomboid, and my Steam page showed be that 42 Unstable came out a week ago. I knew immediately I had to find your channel to get a grasp of how things changed before I dove back in

[@Feldynn]

"Echo Creek doesn't have as many useful locations.." that are shown on that map! Without giving anything away beyond that I'd say go explore the area up there 😁. I don't recall if this was in B41 and I just now noticed or if it's new for B42 but for the Smoker trait you can light a cigarette at the like from an oven that's turned on or when in a car, because they used to have cigarette lighters in them in the 90s as standard! One thing I would recommend for new new players that are struggling is always the Custom Sandbox options, there are some really handy individual options in there but it's a lot of data and options to sift through so not for the faint-hearted. Things like Multi-Hit and Starter Kit can be handy ones (I forget if the melee / ranged highlighting is in the sandbox or regular game options but those can help too), even turning down / off the muscle strain if necessary, beyond that there's some handy default option sets to choose from too like Initial Survivor which really lowers the number of zomboids to start with and the max population among other handy things if I remember right. Great series, Mr Duck, the one thing PZ never seems to do is run out of new and sometimes completely random and unexpected things we can all learn! 😁

[@ayoubmathlouthi1196]

W8ing for day 2 man ❤

[@LaughingJack6]

Bro yes ! Please do the 7 days, this was awesome. This game is so much fun but surviving a long time can get pretty difficult haha

[@glockgalore]

just bought project zomboid while its on sale, i've seen content about it so much but im just now trying it watching this as it downloads

[@torpedoz7768]

Would be sick to see more of this series ❗️

[@robertwildschwein7207]

Build 42 has changed so much and while some things have gotten easier, the game mostly got a lot harder now with more aggressive zombies and high priority areas being a lot more packed ith zeds.

[@blue_kit_red]

An important thing to consider that took me about 150 hours to realize. Being over-encumbered, even very slightly may not seem like a big deal, but it has killed my 2 month old character before as I was a little bit over my capacity while looting for a while, not realizing it constantly drains a certain amount of your "fatigue" and prevents passive regen while walking. I was fine until I suddenly became fatigued while walking away from zombies until it slowed me down so much I got caught by a horde. I am amazed I even lived that long constantly moving around like that.

[@jsykesy5901]

sorta new player here, took a couple months off the game, completely forgot some of the more intricate mechanics and I spawned Echo Creek, my longest surviving day is there, 16 days, so if you're new, i would defo recommend

[@georgenipper5016]

This game looks so much fun and i really wish it was possible for it to come to consoles..thank u again for all the helpful tips and tricks

[@MrAtomicDuck]

No problem!

[@RealPersonOfColor]

Please consider making a 'live stream' play list so you dont have to delete or make private the longer live stream sessions. I quite enjoy listening to all the other stuff you may have decided wasn't needed for this video. Please and thank you! Love your videos, you're teaching me the ins and outs of this wonderful game, have a great weekend!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

I'm not sure what you mean? I have a 2nd channel where all my live streams are uploaded :) Just search "MrAtomicDuck VODs" and you'll find it.

[@davidcohen4518]

Doghouses were absolutely lootable in B41 and sometimes had suprisingly useful things like guns and ammo, but that was obviously nerfed and now you find things that make sense, pillows, toys and water bowls

[@Sol_Smiley]

I had a game where I chose the smoker perk. I found a pack of ciggies and no lighter, but when I walked next to a oven (which I turned on) it let me smoke a cig. Which makes sense, but it seems like they added that in with the new patch. Pretty cool!

[@BillikinWhisker-w9s]

Love the new vid - can you do a guide on set ups, the differences of starts (appoc, builder etc) and what sandbox can do to change your gamepla

[@ismail-h4r3t]

hakikaten build 42 hakkında yararlı bilgiler veriyorsun mesela carsaftan canta oldugunu ilk defa goruyorum bu mukemmel birşey

[@garrettbaker8098]

Do I want to see more videos about build 42? ABSOLUTELY! Ever since the release, I've been living and breathing zomboid. I came back after playing about 800hrs of 41 and I have to refactor the way I do things due to the muscle fatigue thing.

[@AbsentMindedSpazz]

Projext Zomboid is one of my top 2 favorite zombie survival games. Its tied with State Of Decay 2, but its begining to to take the number 1 position. With the unstable build 42 ive been playing, if thays just the prelude to what the full release of build 42 is gonna be, project zomboid will be my number 1 favorite zombie survival game I have over 1000 houra in project zomboid, and i love it so much. Builf 42 is so much harder than build 41, with the adition of random runners, OMG! If you've never encountered a geoup of runners, you're dead, well oerhaps not but it is very very difficult to get away let aline fight them. If you see a small group of maybe 3 or 4, or a spread out group, you still need to really weigh the odds, unlike in build 41 id the was a large group, you could just walk backwards and the zomboids would just line up in a nice straight line comming after you and it was very easy to take them all out. Now, in build 42, the zomboids DO NOT form a straight line their path pattern is random, and you can get overwelmed quickly.

[@JoeyClover]

Yes please, make this a series!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Looks like I'll be doing just that :)

[@Josh902]

I enjoy this game so much but i suck so bad at it videos like this is so helpful to me even tho i die barely 24 hours in lol

[@Fedes47]

Love stuff like this as a returning player

[@Carnivore-Chronicle]

I literally didn't go to work for 3 days straight and slept 6h during that time, and played B42 all that time, beast patch

[@tanukichikurumi]

The rag cleaning is definitely a bug cause I could do it using water bottles but not with a sink

[@Hppjohg]

Having a lot of fun with sandbox rn, extra skill points and increased loot

[@carlosalbertohernandezojed8290]

During my first B42 playthrough i started in Riverside, precisely due to the new systems (combat, muscle strain and stealth) but i realized that sometimes, after hitting zeds, sometimes zeds would turn around, as if one every few hits was louder (without a sond queue, though), so i went to Retanaru as one of the most reliable sources of information for making Project Zomboid a nerd's dream and indeed, he also found out that at random times, some blows are louder than the rest, close to screaming (Q) and as such, it snowballs zeds, causing an endless wave of those guys. No idea if it's on purpose or a bug, but already reported on Steam forum, it kinda defeats stealth and/or combat changes. The video is called Build 42 Combat Changes Explained - Project Zomboid, should check it out ;)

[@ninjacoom2310]

I believe the grunts and huffs are tied to fatigue (or at least meant to be). Fitter characters experience this less 👍🏼

[@carlosalbertohernandezojed8290]

@ninjacoom2310 Huh, never thought about it, but this means that starting out you attract more zeds? Also if so, the sound queue should be clearer, but I'll watch out for this

[@ninjacoom2310]

@carlosalbertohernandezojed8290 I only really noticed the character noises when already fatigued. Occasionally, when missing a swing. Could be a coincidence. But if not, adds immersion.

[@joelwright8320]

In regards to Life and Living: You get experience from the taped VHS episodes even if you caught the original airing of the episode.

[@leearthcolonel4311]

I've played the game for 1139 hours in total in b41, very good experience, but i only played the ''get tf out of the city'' scenario, this time around my first serious playthrough in b42 is one of my best so far, right now my character is a smart, average welder that watched the news a bit, found them sad, and prioritised taking care of chickens instead. I tried taking everything slowly since muscle strain is a real thing and skills seem faster to learn(or atleast not such a pain anymore). Now im trying to find a blowtorch to expand my backyard to be safer and to be able to take care of 2 pigs aswell. Its almost day 20 and i haven't explored all of muldraugh, im having such a blast, i haven't been so excited about pz in sooo long, the devs are absolutely cooking. update: i died trying to find that darn blowtorch

[@jaffajack101]

One thing I have noticed with build 42 so far, is things can be too dark. In my current playthrough for example, it was 1pm in game, the room I was in had it's curtains shut and the light off, so I of course expected it to be somewhat dark, but it was actually pitch black, literally couldn't see anything at all other than the red dot that light switches have when they're off now.

[@Ralser526]

I’m genuinely so excited for multiplayer build 42

[@PookieMonster1738]

What’s the point in collecting residence keys?

[@albertoandrade9807]

I am a regular CDDA player (the game not the challenge) I am enjoying seeing all these changes. Looking forward to it

[@bravose7en]

I haven’t played this game since 2015. Wow, a lot has changed.

[@cyntamel]

I WAS THERE FOR THIS IT WAS SO FUN TO WATCH

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Thanks for all the support, Cyntamel!

[@cyntamel]

@@MrAtomicDuck always, duck!

[@usfarle5421]

Hi, I had like 20 hours on build 41, and the update frightens me even more Pls continue the serie, otherwise I might never launch the game again

[@Risran]

Im living vicariously through you. I'm still getting a black screen and background music. Love the videos, I'm a newer player so I'd love a 7 day walk through!

[@MooseyJuice]

Have you tried allocating more RAM to the game? Have heard that's been a fix for some players.

[@Risran]

@MooseyJuice no I haven't tried that, also not sure how. I'll look it up.

[@MooseyJuice]

@@Risran hope it works man

[@mostlikelee9337]

I used to take short-sighted all the time in B41 because it only effected the foraging range. But now you'll need to wear glasses otherwise everything further then 2 tiles is blurry.

[@sinzz7440]

love this video please make this a series with more episodes much love @MrAtomicDuck

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Appreciate it! More to come.

[@_macz]

I love the muscle mechanics makes the game more enjoyable in the long run

[@Neo-Ghoul]

the zombie population is definitely crazy. CDDA is extremely hard now, you got to fight a small horde just to rest in the farmhouse north of Muldraugh

[@Vanished584]

The best improvement to the game is the fact the game doesnt crash as its loading the world. The amount of times PZ would crash by just turning down the volume or alt-tabbing is insane. ('This is how you died' screen)

[@yautjamerk9159]

I just lost my survivor at the shooting range West of Echo Creek... Got myself surrounded like a dummy, be careful there, you may find dead ends if not careful. So sad... This dude had even healed a broken foot, I had bit hopes for him... RIP Billy

[@MrAtomicDuck]

RIP Billy... We go again.

[@thothmark]

Thank you for the advice on keys. Oh and they need pack mule trait. Some of us can do that.

[@zakaryvanderbellen1898]

I usually take stout/strong for that its not as good as the modded trait of pack mule but it gets the job done

[@Mad-rg9sz]

Organised and Stout are a good combo for this. Makes your bag bigger and your inventory bigger

[@Zown-ej3fl]

I wish they kept it where you could get XP from dismantling things. At least keep it for the first couple levels of that skill.

[@sora3]

You can. In the Sandbox settings, there is an option to allow XP from dismantling. Currently, it's set to 0 which means it's off. You can set this to 10 which is what Build 41 had.

[@zwenkwiel816]

So how do you get xp now? I never liked the disassembling thing cuz if you run a server players will slowly disassemble everything and would even disassemble important loot containers..

[@sora3]

@@zwenkwiel816 through building ironically. I think the devs made it intentional that you should watch the Woodcraft shows first to get started then go out and get the building.

[@JosefSloanson]

When it was first introduced, I hated muscle strain. But after giving it some time, I've grown to like it. I do think it's a bit too strong right now so I usually bump it down to 0.5/0.6 in the sandbox settings. But that mechanic alone has changed the way I approach combat now. Same with the new aiming mechanic. This game (when it's fully developed in 20 years time) will be INSANE.

[@XmungaM]

Something I always do is start with a tank top, not for the insulation, but for the free rags right at the start

[@xmapa4677]

There is a chance for zombies to spawn in your starter house. I had a 2 story + basement in Muldraugh once. I searched the master bedroom and found a woman's ID in the night stand. I went to the basement and there I met the zombie of my late-wife. Great way to start the apocalypse.