Unveiling the Switchback's Horde Base Evolution - 7 Days to Die

[@WaywardEko]

This base was built and evolved over the course of my first 1.0 playthrough livestreams You can see it being built in game here: kzbin.info/aero/PLDRZ6PYEiJSJlHVGqDOwKgEw6HplNCXPN Let me know if you have any questions! Eko

[@Jacksonnn33]

thank you for this I will def watch the series

[@billmiller2471]

I appreciate all of this the base stood amazingly strong on my day 35 horde. My question though is there anyway way to incorporate the exact same base in a two player build and not sacrifice stability

[@SicknessWin]

Firstly, thanks for a great video for someone just beginning the journey into 7dtd! Now, the question. I've built an exact copy of your base, but i seem to be having some issues with zombie pathing. It's 11 blocks tall, with 10 spikes on the center column. I've only upgraded the entrance where i fight them to cement, and all of my lower part of the base is steel. Yet, somehow there seem to only be around a third of them climbing the stairs, while most keep hitting the steelpart on the groundlevel? Most of the ground level is cement as foundation whilst the pillars are all the first 2 levels with steel. Been trying to figure this out, but i can't seem to find a solution :/ You happen to know of one?

[@tesseract2365]

@@SicknessWin Sounds like they are going into rage mode. You want to zombies to fall 13 blocks or more otherwise they rage and will attack your base. Keep in mind the zombies pile on one another so if they fall on a heap, you can take a few blocks away as well.

[@SicknessWin]

@@tesseract2365 I figured it out, and oh my do i feel sincerely stupid after i did. I had simply forgotten to close the door for some reason, and had just never noticed. Had never used powered doors before that, and it was connected to a timer, but the timer had max connections if i recall correct(?), which took away the one for the door.

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

Huge props for the effort you put into your base builds (and tutorials)! Inspiring!

[@Moalex1981]

Truly amazing, that’s a lot of hours looking for the blocks, materials, etc., for each upgrade… 👍🏼

[@shaneflannery5267]

Creative mode 😏

[@Moalex1981]

@@shaneflannery5267 try to replicate the same with all the info he put on and see how many ours will take you to do it… Remember, he’s the one who makes all the researching… Sometimes we don’t appreciate all the effort they do for us…

[@CtrlAltElite404]

@GunsNerdsandSteel I was hoping you would see and comment on this build!! His editing style and attention to detail reminds me of the hard work you put into your videos. I have really been digging the base upgrading set to the beat of the music! G9 does this as well and it's always one of my fav parts of the video. Huge props for all the amazing 1.0 content you have been putting out. The camera angles, sound effects, super clear and articulate voiceover, and level of commitment to your base design keep me coming back for more!

[@WaywardEko]

@@shaneflannery5267 I use the most appropriate tools available ... and to rapidly prototype bases, I do often build in creative because it's the most efficient use of time so I can get content out to HELP people learn to build. But if you want you can see me build it in a live playthrough ...kzbin.info/aero/PLDRZ6PYEiJSJlHVGqDOwKgEw6HplNCXPN

[@alexishuon8440]

So I do not know if people know how much work you put into editing that video but I have to let you know how I appreciate your level of dedication and work in those videos. I do thank you directly for this. I have to say I tried to follow couple of base video for 1.0 but I got twice my ass handed to me and then yesterday small update broke my world, probably due to mods I use. I will use this today and again thank you very much, I love everything in your video, the tone of voice, you pace, the way you explain each step to make noob friendly for us. Just Brilliant !

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks for taking the time to provide that feedback. This was by far the biggest tutorial vid that I've done so glad to see it's resonating well!

[@Thevideofish85]

Agreed! Thanks Eko, you can see the love you put into this base and this video, like all of your content. That extra effort goes miles

[@trishlynn8075]

That was well said and put I can also agree on day 50 on my 1.0 I love the thought of giant useable bases but the off the top details to to each and every build is wonderful

[@shee1313]

100% agree! First of all - many thanks, Eko! Have to say, that I´m german native (Austria) - so it gave me a little hard time, to find out all the right blocks you`re using, but I spent my nights figuring out and preparing them - and I can say: your tutorial also works fine for german speaking people! 😉 Took some time to integrate your base to my existing game - but with the advantage of having another "working" base next to it - now everything works like charms! Again tahnks a lot for your effort, Eko! Lovely regards from Austria! 👍😃

[@jimbodee4043]

I love that you detail the raw resources, then show what they can make and then go through all the different shapes and how to get to them in the menus.

[@WaywardEko]

Trying to make these for anyone to consume! Glad you enjoyed!

[@Thetenmaumau]

Prob the best tutorial ive ever seen, the lvl of patience and dedication to your fanbase is nothing short of commendable.

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly!!

[@SimonCleric]

Has to be one of the absolute best 7 days videos I've seen. I love that it's not just "put cubes, put railings, done", but actually an aesthetically pleasing base. Pure art.

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly for that!

[@WaywardEko]

For anyone struggling to find Baluster Rail 02: When you go into the shapes menu, it is likely that basic shapes is highlighted in yellow on the left side which show categories of shapes. Click again to unhighlight it. Then in the search bar type ‘bal’ Baluster Rail 02 will be the 3rd shape.

[@jeremyblaiklock4243]

You know... I've watched a LOT of base build videos lately as I'm learning the game, and I keep coming back to this one for it's simplicity and effectiveness. Well done!

[@WaywardEko]

Glad it has helped!!!

[@danielwilms6919]

Immediately after 1 minute I liked the video when I have seen the different iterrations of the bases side by side, the checkerboard pattern floor to easily count the blocks, the number of resources needed. Well done! Update: And the video got even better after that!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much for the feedback!

[@mr_selfdestrukt]

Such a great base design. Super fun to tweak to ones liking as well, while keeping the core design in place.

[@WaywardEko]

Tweak away!!

[@fierykaku]

Day 7: Materials: 0:57 Shapes: 1:23 Day 14: Materials &Shapes: 15:05 Day 21: Materials &Shapes: 23:20 Endgame: Materials &Shapes: 28:09

[@WaywardEko]

I almost added those timestamps but it made it look like you had a 5 minute section covering the materials and shapes.

[@fierykaku]

@@WaywardEko i am directly making steel stuff so these time stamps are helping me to track in case i make doubles so guessed it might help someone else too

[@Jacksonnn33]

good looking out

[@shiykat]

Firstly, thank you for the massive effort you put into this! It was well worth the wait! 💝 As far as single video or separate for the stages, there's pros and cons to each. I will personally be fully content with whichever works out better for you. The individual videos would give us the early version sooner (which is nice), but I also like knowing how the build will need to evolve later even as I'm building the Day 7 base. Also, listing the materials needed... 👍👍👍 Now I know how much to collect before I start, so I don't have to stop in the middle of building! ❤(I hate running out of materials in the middle of building.)

[@WaywardEko]

I get that ... I kinda changed format on the material listing mid vid ... one of the challenges of making these is you almost always forget one of the parts ... and then start recording. So trying to learn better ways to do this but still let people know what they need up front.

[@ymer3410]

straight up wish more people would have this level of dedication the world would a better place if so cheers man

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much!

[@ShaolinViolin]

I have never seen such a high quality build video with attention to detail.... I never had to rewind and keep checking because you are so thorough. Keep it up, would love to see more base videos 😊😊

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly for the feedback!

[@ImmaPandaRawr]

Thank you for breaking this down so easily, currently just finished the 7 day horde version just in time for my horde night! It was easy to follow and build as I went. I appreciate the explanation of every resource I’d need and every shape block. Can’t wait to test it out!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly and enjoy!!

[@jasiririks]

We built this out of cobblestone for our day 35 hoard and at first it was working really well, they would drop into the pit where we had a bunch of spikes. But then the zombies started attacking the stair supports for some reason, we had only made single pillar stair supports because we didn't think they would bother with that. After the stair collapsed they started attacking the main base supports and we had to abandon the base or it would get destroyed. I'll try with heavier stair support this time. When it works it works really well.

[@WaywardEko]

Yeah - day 35 you need to be up to concrete and have the full base built!

[@Stelyns]

I'm not exactly sure about the specifics, but I'm pretty sure the zombies are being triggered into rage mode when they fall. I think it's 13 blocks to avoid it completely, 11 blocks if they don't hit anything on their way down. But they love to clump up and fall on each other's heads, falling only 9 blocks of height since they landed on a zombie, I imagine spike traps would reduce their fall distance too. So I think it's a good idea to have a 13 block gap just to have some headroom for these situations, if you don't wanna build higher you can dig a pit 2 blocks deep all around the zombie path, make sure they have an easy way back to the path though

[@Mariusz803]

Some things to improve: 1) make it min 11 block high so they don't go into rage mode when falling (preferrably 13 to be safe when double stacking), 2) use pole then door, so they don't stack side by side at melee point, 3) use spiral stairs to save blocks and space rather than ladders or long stairs. Looks cool though! I'll try a variant some day when V1.0 is officially released.

[@WaywardEko]

It is 11 blocks high :) and more after you add the pit. Pole is a single point of failure - the combo cube + 2 narrow tips allows for redundancy. Spiral staircases would absolutely be a viable choice!

[@Mariusz803]

@@WaywardEko I should have mentioned to stack two poles ontop of eachother to have that redundency. Will try so since V1 already came out!

[@ItsRemnant]

Okay first of all, Eko, the algorithm is god-tier for bringing me here because your videos, ESPECIALLY this one, are absolutely top freaking notch. Thank you so much for this, and goddamn your community is full of creative people! Secondly, 19:52 is the absolute highlight of this video to me. No idea why, but the scaffolding just casually collapsing beneath you (or whoever was with you) on the right was absolutely hilarious.

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly! This was a massive lift video to put together but super proud of it! The scaffolding thing happened on accident ... totally did it to myself and realized I had to leave it in!

[@ItsRemnant]

@@WaywardEko As you should be! It's phenomenal. I'm glad you left it in, all the best to you, looking forward to seeing more

[@SodoMojo22]

Functional and aesthetically pleasing. Love the base, appreciate the detailed breakdown and will be giving it a go. The little additions of how and why as you went were great.

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks for that feedback. Was hoping to get this out earlier, but it's those little details that I hope make this followable even for new folks!

[@MatthewThe69er]

Crazy coincidence, we have the same pfp

[@WeazelNewsLucid]

Thank you for this. I LOVE THE BRICK NAMES listed on the screen when you are using that brick. I am doing this base almost brick for brick. Had to widen the fighting window since I am in a game with 3 others. The base held up well until our first demo zombie (with 30 seconds left of horde night). Will continue upgrading! Really well done!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much!!

[@reallybadgamer]

This is an AMAZING VIDEO! So cool to see the evolution of this base design. I hope you get a TON of new subs. You deserve it.

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much! Appreciate the love as this one was such a big lift!

[@Reflexologus]

very detailed guide with good tips! you adress every little detail one needs to know, very beginner friendly, visual representation is also awesome thx

[@WaywardEko]

Glad it helped! Thanks for the feedback!

[@belladivine7944]

I always love your builds and the details you give so people can build it, including amount of mat needed. The work you put into your videos shows how much you enjoy the game.

[@WaywardEko]

Glad it was helpful!

[@belladivine7944]

@@WaywardEko yes it did, hubby wants to build it now. we play together and also solo. he is going to use some parts for his solo game.

[@ruthlessdavid8874]

It took me about 4 hours to build the base but it’s very worth it 🙏 thanks for your great work and a well done video 🤘🏻

[@WaywardEko]

Glad it's working for you!

[@Joutre_]

I love your build videos! They always give me new ideas. I love that you break down the shapes that you use so it's easy to know how to create the shapes and angles and designs. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to helping us all be better builders!!!!!!! 🎉❤

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks Joutre!!!

[@beingsaved556]

The amount of work you put into this video i have to say thank you. GOD bless you.

[@WaywardEko]

You're very welcome!!

[@CtrlAltElite404]

Just wrapped up my day 21 horde in the winter biome with this. Had 3 demolishers and unfortunately the 3rd one popped right at the choke point. Blew the iron door to smithereens but everything else held up, including the electric fences! I am a handful of books away from powered vault doors so that's my goal by Day 28. I love this design and the time you put into this video to help us build it has not gone unnoticed, huge kudos my man!

[@CtrlAltElite404]

The only change I made was to put some bars above where I stand surrounded by ramps giving me a wide-eye view of the sky. I prefer to blast those little bastard vultures out of the sky myself for now :) I should also note that I did not have time to widen the stairs or add the grenade pit, and it still held up under a Day 21 horde night in the winter biome where 3 demos and LOADS of cops came to the party!

[@WaywardEko]

Glad it's working well for you!!

[@lancefulcher5544]

Wow, Next level build!! Never seen anyone do the progression and all the pre planning you do. Great work.

[@WaywardEko]

Thank you!!

[@bradenwoollums9643]

You are AMAZING! You're guide is very through and you put outlines for how long blocks are placed for to make it easy to build.

[@WaywardEko]

Glad it was helpful!!

[@fruzeniusgames]

I don't know if it was intentional, but I loved that the first two hits of the club in Horde Base day 7 went with the music drops. That aside, fantastic base. Love to see the evolution, I might be building this one on our server

[@WaywardEko]

100% intentional. It's the little things that makes the edits take longer but is sooo satisfying.

[@fruzeniusgames]

Love it! The musician in me appreciated every single one.

[@Xorcist1994]

Your base builds have always been a big help when playing this games, even in overhauls like darkness falls and the age of oblivion. Can’t wait to build this one in the wasteland mod as I wasn’t sure I wanted to do the eko box again in there as I made a much larger version for 4 players to defend in df and found that it was a pain for just me and it was mostly to have a full base for myself.

[@WaywardEko]

Enjoy - this is a significantly stronger base than the Ekobox. It scales and has more space for traps.

[@PhunnyConflicts]

im not a horde base type of person, but ill say that this video is nothing but quality. nice job!

[@snarkyeconomist2141]

Yes, I typically "fight where I live", but this design could be adopted. Increase the platform level from 7x7 to 11x11, add a second level, one for living, one for fighting.

[@amocv]

one of best guide ever i see in youtube at all

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much!

[@BDSquirrel]

That is a pretty cool and good looking base. Having the zombies have to run on switchbacks is a good way to keep them from entering rage mode. It doesn't immediately activate upon a fall. There is a timer. If you can make them run about for a bit, the timer runs out. I made a simple pill box on stilts base that forces the zombies to run at me with a narrow walkway. This causes many of them to fall down from a traffic jam and allows for a nice rifle build to abuse it. The penetrater perk with AP rounds makes it especially deadly. It also allows for one or two teammates to join in on the fun. Later on, with enough points in traps and wiring, I fill the floor with blade traps all around. The traps kill their rage mode as they take new damage and softens them up with extra damage before they can run back up the ramps to the narrow walkway to get to the pill box.

[@WaywardEko]

Drop some pics in discord when you get it setup! Love seeing how people riff on other ideas!

[@Goofy_The_Scot]

Fantastic tutorial mate - i've just finished building it on my Navezgane playthrough, looks great! Only broke my leg once 😂

[@WaywardEko]

If I don't break my leg at least once building a base, I don't feel like I put in the sweat!

[@1776-RoundTwo]

I don't think it's possible to improve on these build guides any more than you've done. Absolute masterclass on the subject. Thanks for all of the work you put into helping us stay alive in the apocalypse!

[@WaywardEko]

There's always ways to improve!! I look forward to seeing other's takes on this that will move it to the next level!

[@robertartigue5541]

I used the extra space in the middle of the interior to extend the fighting window to make a steel hatch fighting hallway, probably wont need it but i love my hatch hallways :) Love this build in my current world! Thank You so much for the top notch content!

[@WaywardEko]

Glad it's working for ya!

[@MichaelKite]

@WaywardEko, love the video and the base. It is working well. I was able to keep pace through day 14 and even upgrade everything upgraded to cobblestone on day day 21. I am on day 27 and still do not have near enough forge books to have a mixer. Your videos are awsome! It would be helpful for noobs like me if you explained what skills you were investing in to keep pace with your time line. Keep up the great work.

[@WaywardEko]

Lots of tricks if you are struggling w/ workstation books. Put a single point into lockpicking. This will singularly boost your chances for workstation books up to level 15 in workstations. Also keep an eye out for cement mixers - they almost always have forge ahead mags ... to that end you can always follow the trader line through quests as each trader will have a few cement mixers/broken forges. Finally .. watch for the traders to sell the workstation mags.

[@Shankscy]

Genuinely spent about 30 mins looking for this vid for like 2 small details and they were worth it love you vids so far. Keep up the great content 💪💪btw gyrocopters are the best but also the worst 😂

[@WaywardEko]

I'm so bad at piloting them... also thank you!!

[@matthiasrollert5105]

Love how detailed your tutorials are thank you

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much!

[@jeepnj2502]

No 1 video is perfect. Lets u plan ahead according to your mats at hand and know what items to collect

[@WaywardEko]

Glad you enjoyed!! Thank you!

[@YokoJrGaming]

Watching this build was great! I loved the details you provided. I actually built this base while you were building it on the streams and really like the upgrades you did with the base and the changes made.

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks! Hoping it gives some answers that folks were asking on stream!

[@YokoJrGaming]

@@WaywardEko It has definitely helped me out. I was excited to see how you were going to do the pit and the design for it is really nice. Keep up the great work on both the streams and the building tutorials!

[@ushosk2126]

Great video and thanks for being the only one that i seen that showing exactly how you built the horde base.

[@WaywardEko]

Glad you enjoyed!!

[@sanamihome]

Love this base and it's evolution! Thanks for all the work you put into this very clear tutorial!

[@WaywardEko]

Thank you and enjoy!!

[@aprilspencer6293]

best tutorial i have watched for a base BY FAR!!!!!! thank you for all of the work you put into this!!!!!!!! bravo good sir!!!!!

[@WaywardEko]

Thank you so much!

[@aprilspencer6293]

@@WaywardEko ur very welcome!!!!! 💜

[@ZODIACTROPHIES]

Instant sub for this video. Live the design and so well put together !

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly!

[@onionring_legend8901]

I started getting back into 7 days on console and this tutorial is absolutely perfect. You earned yourself a sub sir!

[@WaywardEko]

Glad it helped!

[@onionring_legend8901]

@@WaywardEko hey, I dont know if you will reply but I am building the base in my playthrough and I found out that dogs stack up between underneath the stairs and that little foundation to keep the stairs from collapsing. Is there a building mistake or something else I am missing? Thanks in advance!

[@AltinsGaming]

Fantastic base design and great how to as well!

[@chadburchett4170]

love how detailed and simple you make the tutorial! definitely want to see more like this

[@WaywardEko]

This is the direction I'll be going with the channel - more build focused blended with some mechanics vids.

[@IXXIMASONIXXI]

I've built my base very similar to this. Yours just looks way more pleasing to the eye and I defitnitly took some notes and going to give my base a new facelift :D

[@WaywardEko]

Please beg borrow and steal! We all get better snagging pieces from each other!

[@thecheeseman4296]

This is really cool, I get the vibe of building Lego watching this.

[@CrabClownJimmy]

You have an absolute gift, sir. Can't wait to celebrate 20k with you!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks as always for the support brother!

[@Celleroth]

Great video; I appreciate how you broke it into stages. This is my first video seen of yours, and you've earned my subscription. Keep up the good work.

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly for that!

[@Alaserus2024]

Incredibly detailed breakdown. Super helpful video. Subbed!

[@ultradude4178]

All the additional instructions made this so easy to follow keep it up bro

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much!

[@ryokkeno]

A nice base for sure. It highlighted several areas for a rugged beatification as well.

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly!

[@Twilzeth]

Incredibly well thought out and made video. Simply perfect!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much for the support!

[@Gary87]

Thank you! As a console player the change to 7dtd have been a lot to relearn 😂 This base design is going to truly help as I tried the old console base for the first horde and only just held on for the night!

[@WaywardEko]

So happy to have the console folks on the new version!

[@Tazman345]

only started getting into 7 days and must say this is amazing, im here cos of iSyzen and defo will be implementing this base design when i get into the game proper. amazing video

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much!! Enjoy!

[@HellsJanitor]

Functional and stylish. Your builds and designs are a thing of beauty - excellent job 🙂

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much Sir!!

[@Schabanane]

Insane Work man! Insane!

[@fredmthomas]

Eko, I love your videos. Loads of design work and effort have gone into them. You take your time and explain them so well. Have you thought about using bottom plates at ground level and top plates at face level for your structural supports? If gives the zoms less to hit and you can walk through the space, as well.

[@WaywardEko]

thanks so much!! I generally stray from mechanics like that which appear to defy real world physics - just a personal preference.

[@fredmthomas]

@@WaywardEko I used to be that way, but Minecraft broke me. :D

[@Ova-bv4os]

scaffolding block rather than baluster might be better as it allows you to shoot and strike through, but completely blocks cop vomit unless you shoot straight down the barrell which they never have for me so far

[@WaywardEko]

Completely valid option!

[@MadMonkey2035]

the video was 🔥🔥. good camera work too

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly!

[@seotenin]

Very nice base design And I like how you explained everything Even after 4000 hours, I learned somethings Thank you

[@WaywardEko]

Appreciate the feedback!

[@Astromedic88]

Great looking base and great guide, I'll certainly be trying my hand at building it.

[@WaywardEko]

Make sure to drop a picture on my discord when you're done!

[@RookieEyes22]

Always amazing build tutorials Eko! Thanks for all the time you spent creating a great guide and for making it easy to follow!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much Rook!!

[@bad.wiitch]

I play a lot of sandbox style games, saw a shit ton of tutorials and your tutorial was one of the best I have ever seen ! The comments speak for themselves I think :) so thank you so much !! I have a little question, I also like to work with farm plots, any tips on where to build my farming area that would not derail the zombies ? Would anywhere work or should I pay attention to particular placements? I'm too scared too fuck everything up for 10 farming plots hahaha thanks again ! 🙏

[@WaywardEko]

When I did my playthrough series, I just put them a little bit away from the base with a cute little fence. You just don't want them getting hit with random cop spit during horde night.

[@anthonyfoote3178]

Ive played since early alpha and this may be the best base builsing vid ive seen

[@WaywardEko]

Thank you so much for that!

[@RoseDragoness]

I would add blade traps surrounding the foundation pillars then and a single wiretrap on the pit nearest to base to reduce the digging zombies. Thanks for the vid and the community server, I have so much fun!

[@WaywardEko]

All great ideas!

[@shadow-jc3vp]

Amazing video. So well done. My only tiny gripe is the unrealistic idea in 1.0 that you can get all these materials by day 28. Steel now takes lvl 60 in workbenches. So unless I am missing something here, good luck getting these crafting stations and resources in time.

[@WaywardEko]

You can absolutely get the materials. The crucible is sold very often at the trader for 15k dukes. That said, once you combo up w/ some enforcer glasses, sugar butts, .44 book for 5% barter, awesome sauce ... you can get it down to around 9k dukes. That is the best route.

[@Shaknor]

Great breakdown and build as always Eko

[@WaywardEko]

Thank so much!!

[@leastenhouse2375]

Just catching up on your live streams. Love this base. Been waiting for this tutorial for what seems like ages 😂. Great work. Keep it up ❤

[@WaywardEko]

It was a beast of an edit - tried to make it as new player friendly as possible.

[@leastenhouse2375]

@@WaywardEkoI’ll bet it was. I’m just coming back to 7days since alpha 20. Wow there are changes made. Loving 1.0 and loving your live stream. Almost caught up so hopefully be able to see you live soon 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Amotaraso]

Very well done video and tutorial! Best I have seen out there in forever. Also a really cool base! Got a lot of inspiration from watching this :-) Well done!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much!!!

[@prborg_YT]

Just used this for my day 7 horde and plan on upgrading ut to the day 14 one. Worked great but had a couple close calls because zombies decided to crawl on each other and block the door. Also the broke the double pole and valister while i was dealing with a zombie that got in. So if your doing insane 64 count hopefully you get some cement mix or you get lucky with ammo drops pre horde. Otherwise keep that door open?closed? and shoot them with arrows as they fall down.

[@WaywardEko]

Opening the door can be tricky when they stack up but usually you can get an opening. You could technically leave the door open all horde and they will keep trying without going into rage mode. Yeah - I tested on Survivalist ... so on Insane you'll have more stack up dealing with the crazy HP numbers.

[@manch-_-]

Amazing job man, many thank for your effort, its a huge work! Base looks beautiful! Subscribed

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly!

[@donboisvertjr6990]

This is awesome! I can't wait to build it tonight! I've been looking for a good early base idea I can bring into late game

[@WaywardEko]

Enjoy!!

[@dszombieqx715]

love this tutorial, complete description and easy to follow instructions, i sub'd and gave it thumbs up, how could i not ... thank you and hang in there, your channel will grow, it just takes patience, other than that, as far as i see you got what it takes to be successful; cheers!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly for the support!

[@Basada79]

One of the best instruction videos I have seen.

[@WaywardEko]

Thank you kindly!

[@schylernoneya145]

Been using your base design with a few minor tweaks since 1.0 came to console. Works pretty dang good, but playing with 1 or more friends most of the time and trying to modify it for ranged positions and robotic turret placements.

[@WaywardEko]

Glad it's working for ya! Would love to hear about your modifications!

[@schylernoneya145]

@@WaywardEko For starters I noticed Robotic Turrets don't fit in 1 full block gaps, so I put a 3/4 block on one side to fit them in, with plates on the outward facing sides to make it look more solid. Not 100% sure on positions yet, might raise the roof a block or two higher to put elevated positions adjacent or above the electric wire traps.

[@schylernoneya145]

@@WaywardEko latest iteration I have done of it has the following modifications: First blocks on both sides of the fighting position have been replaced with cube 3/4's rotated to where the missing part is facing away from the fighting position block Then I placed plate ramps rotated where the sloped side faces the opening for the fighting position on the inside and outside of the cube 3/4 spots to cover the gaps, and above them to smooth it out. Then placed a column of 3 high scaffolding ladders rotated on their side next to the original fighting position, with plate ramps smoothing it out on the top and bottom. Along with stairs in the inside of the base ascending outwards towards the scaffolding ladders with a 1 block gap, followed by a hatch on top of the gap between the stairs and the scaffolding ladders. From there everything is pretty much the same, that makes 2 spots where robotic turrets can be placed underneath the hatches, and additional players can stand and fire on top of the hatches. For a player to fit in there, either crouch or walk in pretty centered, or perhaps replace the block directly above those positions with a cube 3/4 with the space facing downward, and do more of the plate ramps for smoothing as needed.

[@liveoak84]

Been looking for something like this, nit walk-throughs. Got a sub and like from me for just how well explained and step by step this video is.

[@WaywardEko]

Your kind words mean a lot to me. I appreciate the support!

[@jupiter3575]

That's a great base. I'm definitely going to try it out. Thanks for the video.

[@WaywardEko]

Enjoy and thanks!!!

[@o0liam10o2]

Just done my first horde night after finishing the base. Worked a treat.

[@WaywardEko]

Awesome!!!!

[@TheShape76]

What a fantastic tutorial. Really good. Thanks!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly!

[@saa_shady780]

Love all your builds eko!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks for the support!!

[@liquidbotanorama3786]

Brother. I speak for all of us. THANK YOU!!! simple as that, thank you man, you're a treasure

[@WaywardEko]

Really appreciate that!!!

[@TheHomeOfEverythingSimulation]

Love this base, I used the same with a few minor tweaks. I am going to add a rear part for dew collectors, some farming and a vehicle storing garage down below towards the rear and a Gyro spot on the roof :)

[@WaywardEko]

Love seeing people make their own tweaks!! Please drop by my discord and drop a pic when you are done!!

[@themastertater420]

im just finding your channel today......man.....dig your effort sub earned

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly!

[@skyknight6467]

Good stuff man I like the full walk through.

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly!

[@rpbns]

Great work man!

[@tomnoeth]

Awesome work, man! Thanks a lot ❤

[@WaywardEko]

Thank you!

[@Whistor]

Been waiting for this, I'll be building one out in the wasteland on my solo just for the adventure. Thanks for all the work I know that went into this.

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much Whistor!

[@biolazer]

I love this base but any ideas on adding like a garage for vehicles? Maybe extending the back?

[@WaywardEko]

You could do something similar to what I did on the Eko Craft ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/qavbeXlrjqx3apY

[@biolazer]

@@WaywardEko idk if I can do that with 11 blocks high 🤔 to much of an incline, I was thinking more like a dra bridge but that's a good option

[@Alma_Tadema]

You are a genius! I love your base and video!! I'm gonna try it my next 7D2D game😆

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly!

[@gazzalanche]

Love the vid, the editing, the details. LOVE the base design!! Question for anyone... Have you ever had the vulture fly in through your windows? I did on day 21... scared the bejesus outta me! Might be worth switching the windows to the security grates maybe, let the light in but no glass for the vultures to break.

[@WaywardEko]

hahah thanks! Yeah - I accept the risk cause I like the views but you could absolutely do security grates.

[@gazzalanche]

@@WaywardEko update... I hadn't upgraded them from day 7... they were still wood. My apologies haha

[@chadcrowley7627]

Dig a pit 20 blocks down and at the bottom put pillers about 3 tall, in the center cover the floor with cone spikes you should be able to loot bodies from between the pillers your diameter should be 10x10, then add a tunnel from your trap to a ladder going up from about 5-10 blocks away.

[@WaywardEko]

I'm not sure I'm understanding the concept? Why 20 blocks down?

[@chadcrowley7627]

@@WaywardEko the fall damage will do most of the job then finishing them off won't be a problem.

[@WaywardEko]

Fall damage is pretty minimal and only does % dmg so can never actually kill.

[@chadcrowley7627]

@@WaywardEko but it does a lot of damage to zombies right? And if so it shouldn't take much to kill them after right? and you could dig deeper than 20 blocks as well.;I haven't been able to play the 1.0 version so I guess I'll have to experiment on my own. 😀

[@ewomer100]

For me, in 1.1, some zombies can still crawl through if they do to jump up and are pushed down and up at the same time when there are zombies behind them.

[@dawsonking7893]

Would love to see more build guides with this setup!

[@WaywardEko]

More build guides incoming ... likely different bases and formats!

[@dawsonking7893]

@@WaywardEko that’s what I meant. Can’t wait

[@fruzeniusgames]

Second comment, I appreciated the long video, but I also would have loved a 3 or 4 part series evolving the base from week to week. There was another creator that did that (his channel is inactive now sadly) and it was cool to just see video to video how it changed.

[@WaywardEko]

I'm on the fence ... I'll have to see how this one performs ... it hurt me not to be putting out a lot of content but this ended up being near a 40 hr edit. That could have been 3 vids easily dropped in sequence.

[@fruzeniusgames]

Hoo-boy that's a lot of editing time. I hope this one blows up! As long as there's Eko content to watch, I know people will be happy

[@CookinWithSquirrl]

Fantastic work as always!

[@WaywardEko]

Thank you!!