VHS Skill Tapes Are The Best

There's been this meta of spending the first week in game catching as many life and living episodes as possible to really min/max your start. It's no longer necessary. The start of the game has a lower zombie population that builds up to max. You can check this out in the sandbox settings. This update lets you can take advantage of the reduced amount of zombies to quickly gather up everything you need, read all the skill books you want and then watch the VHS tapes for those sweet sweet levels. No more rushing to keep up with the L&L episode schedule.
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/ retanaru

[@fhqwhgadsGT]

Honestly kinda glad they're shifting the couch potato first week meta, I never really liked doing it. Also feels like a natural addition for Multiplayer, as it gives people who join later in a server a chance to catch up on the shows they missed in the early days.

[@Noschool100]

ya, plus it also creates an interesting choice, like you can either just watch the shows for safe decent early xp gain, wait and risk going to Louisville for like half of the tapes to watch after reading books or just rush to Louisville asap while zombie count is lower but you are less prepared.

[@flannn6]

It also helps when you die and get a new character. Just have a library in your base and you're all set again =D

[@booboosousa2945]

@@flannn6 This has been my favorite thing about it w/r/t MP. Now im not at a disadvantage against players who joined during the first week when the TV is on, I can gain skill safely as long as I have my stash and books.

[@VagineerHuur]

The couch potato meta is still here, You can get exp from the tv, and watch it again on VHS and get exp again

[@fhqwhgadsGT]

@@VagineerHuur True, but I wouldn't rely on this as it's most likely a bug and will be patched. Even as it stands now, at least you aren't SoL if you miss the free XP from the shows, and you get that extra chance if you lose a character.

[@quaketheduck1247]

Remember, VHS tapes have a limited lifespan. So if you plan survive as long as possible you should convert them into the DVD format or even store them on a HDD. Good luck out there.

[@frederikw4028]

Wait, what. Why is that?

[@silverbane8065]

@@frederikw4028 I think they mean out here in the real world server. Temperature, humidity and sunlight can cause irl vhs and audio cassette tapes to degrade, as can constant watching over and over (stares sadly at the worn out copies of home taped batman and legend) Unfortunately, so can home made DVD (store bought ones last much longer though) and non solid state HDD also wear out. I'm hoping for maybe crystal storage one day, or something that lasts more than a couple of decades.

[@ketch10]

Good luck out there, Fitfam!

[@Pierce1996h]

@@silverbane8065 there's some promising new research out there in advanced data storage. I heard scientists working on a new format that should be able to hold data with much lower loss for over 3 decades without much damage. They called this material testes. Apparently a lot of stuff is already stored there.

[@truec0re193]

@@Pierce1996h 🤦‍♂️

[@NeosDany]

Going to university and studying hard to learn?: ❌ Watching VHS on TV: ✅✅✅✅✅✅

[@nerfherder4284]

Unless it was patched, you can get XP from the VHS tapes even if you've watched them "live". So do both.

[@DezZzO_YT]

I really want for it to be patched, because now I still have obligation to myself to watch TV early one for that maximized EXP. If you only get XP from either TV or Tapes that would make perfect sense to ignore TV and go for Tapes.

[@jonathansoulard9252]

@@DezZzO_YT or you can just pretend its patched and not watch tv in you playthroughs

[@DezZzO_YT]

@@jonathansoulard9252 it's really hard to trick your brain like that :P

[@smokecrash2147]

Just dont pay taxes

[@clarkedawe3464]

The issue arises in servers where vhs’s are hard to come by, and the tv shows have long since ended. Then the only way to level up is old fashioned grinding.

[@Retanaru]

Peeps be hoarding the tapes. We made a library for everyone to level up new characters like adults.

[@rumbleroller2154]

@@Retanaru Peeps do be hoarding, doh. VHS tapes barely weigh as much as a tube of lipstick. They'll just waltz into the stores with a garbage bag, loot all, and bounce out...

[@quinnlee-miller9792]

@@rumbleroller2154 tapes are valuable bargaining chips after you've watched them; put them in a library behind a locked door or something, and give them away for like, a berry salad apiece or something.

[@zulucruz664]

@@Retanaru That’s very democracy and very civilized of you and the people of your server

[@truec0re193]

@@zulucruz664 democratic*

[@Michaelonyoutub]

I feel like in big multiplayer servers, big groups of players might make their own libraries full of skill books and vhs tapes to help quickly level up new players to their groups, which sounds pretty cool, and might lead to some interesting interactions between groups trying to complete their collections or raiding each other for information

[@TheHoodiedThief]

On the private server I play on, this is what we do, but then “The Forest People” (as they call themselves) attacked and burned our heretical technology for their tree god

[@MajinStrach]

@@TheHoodiedThief This sounds like a server o would love to try man

[@jakewebb7995]

Already happened. XD factions in the server i play are expanding exponentially. Eventually it will be all out war... And we dont even have pvp on XD

[@jamesdavis1917]

On my server we have a room with 6 tvs and some bookshelves so that you can start 6 tapes and read a book all at once

[@dingmoth1837]

@@TheHoodiedThief how does one join this server?

[@Alabar3000]

Guess whaaaaat, you can watch both TV and VHS to get double the xp

[@zaikolebolsh5724]

Guess what, you can have multiple TVs on to shorten time... Ps: i have no idea if this works but seems possible

[@prodr0xxthefirst267]

@@zaikolebolsh5724 I don't think so because if I'm not mistaken, the shows are on a programmed schedule and only appear on the TV's for the first week? I'm not 100% but they definitely do stop after a while

[@zaikolebolsh5724]

@@prodr0xxthefirst267 yeah, but multiple tvs with multiple vhs

[@prodr0xxthefirst267]

@@zaikolebolsh5724 oh I see! yeah maybe? If I survive long enough in my current playthrough I'll try that out

[@MajinStrach]

And if youre stacking tvs, might aswell do so short term and then dismantle them for xp

[@SirKaldar]

VHS tapes are great. I'm juuuuust OCD enough that I can't start a run without watching every show. Just knowing the tapes are out there means I can ignore the TV until I have the time and spend my first days setting up a safehouse or base and clearing an area. It also adds a goal for me, now I need a kickass video library! Gotta collect all of the CDs as well!

[@entelin]

* and also the fact that technically min maxing is skipping the tv and waiting for the tapes because you can make full use of books.

[@anmerpozzo]

You can watch the tapes multiple times in MP. Just log out and log in.

[@Kaytrox1]

I dont have the best nose in the world, but I do smell this patch approaching from a mile away

[@MacManChomp]

I've been watching your videos for the last week, and I've never even played this game. I just like how straight to the point and informative the content is.

[@SuperEffector]

Yeah I saw just how good this was in your stream vod, there’s a VHS for every TV show right? Although it does feel like Woodcraft is just too useful to skip in the beginning.

[@Retanaru]

Seems like its one for every skill if you include the "Home VHS" ones as well.

[@timmy_payne7780]

@@Retanaru what skills do the home vhs ones cover?

[@Usmodlover]

@@timmy_payne7780 look at the wiki, there is also an entire extra series for mechanics iirc

[@Adle_veoa]

@@Retanaru Is it possible to instantly upgrade your skill if you put TVs around you and put VHS with different episodes in each one?

[@RyukMenmoria]

@@Adle_veoa why waste the tapes read the books first for the boosts and then you can hit max fast

[@ZeFluffyKnight]

I always used the VHS mod so I am glad it's in game now. It makes sense to have these honestly.

[@Dragonicswordlegend]

The mechanic VHS is especially useful early game if the good condition cars have no keys. One skillbook and a VHS can get you to level 2, have stopped picking Mechanic as an occupation ever since.

[@OfficialExplosionMusic]

There's a bug with cigarettes I've found. Pressing sprint before you finish smoking gives you the full effect of the cigarette, while also keeping the cigarette. Not sure if any other action canceling things work, but sprint has been doing it pretty consistently. Don't let the green bar finish or get too close to the end.

[@edykrb1533]

Wow.. this is a lifesaver.. free points. can you tell me which % of the bar is green when you start running?

[@OfficialExplosionMusic]

@@edykrb1533 idk if this bug still exists but at the time of this comment it had to be somewhat completely filled. I'd say about 97%. If it is about finished it'll consider the cigarette finished as well. Too early and you waste the fuel to light it but you keep the cigarette.

[@edykrb1533]

@@OfficialExplosionMusic i would waste a lighter or two to master the dark arts

[@OfficialExplosionMusic]

@@edykrb1533 be warned, once you head down this dark path there is no turning back.

[@reznoovoronov2072]

You can get double XP for watching life and living shows and the vhs episodes. I tested this multiple times with the first episode on fishing in exposure survival. Started new character, watched first episode on fishing, leveled fishing to level 1, went and watched episode on VHS about fishing and got all the exp again, fishing now level 2. Same with all woodcraft episodes.

[@georgiegan]

VHS tapes is a good shift away having to plan your first week around the show timing to maximise exp gain. Also good for players to learn new skills in the later stages of the game, instead of having to grind up from level 0.

[@unperson5713]

Thanks. Video stores were a great addition.

[@auklin7079]

PSA: if your hosting a server for your friends. Everytime you restart the server, you can rewatch all tapes and get experience from them again. This is an repeat of a recurring exploit where you can restart the server and the shows will play again.

[@SwagbobKushpants]

This actually works if you disconnect and reconnect. It also applies to the mechanic once a day xp gain, if you reconnect it resets as well. Restarting the server is just a long way to reconnect in terms of this exploit.

[@AtrociousAK47]

so it is only when you reconnect? i thought it was once every in game day, guess thats explains why I didnt get the usual boredom reduction and xp the last time i flipped on my 3 tv's to watch

[@DojuOG]

@@AtrociousAK47 Its lame af, Makes the game a joke. One tape in each skill + books and you can max pretty much everything in like an hour or two IRL time. Just read -> watch -> relog -> repeat.

[@Flikanik]

You might as well just use the console commands to give yourselves xp instead of bothering with such exploit considering that you are willing to cheat anyways.

[@auklin7079]

@@Flikanik that's not the assumption to make. Read that again knowing that we noticed this and moved the TV out of the common area in the safehouse to avoid accidently getting double XP.

[@ryeply]

Would be interested to see how Lucky works, specifically in multiplayer sessions. I've heard that it loads loot per container, or sometimes even per cell. A lot of misinformation you could end

[@RetroKane]

afaik, the loot table with lucky always spawns, but only those with the trait can see it, even if you search the same container. I'll try to find where I heard this

[@mekkiepoo]

recent update removes lucky trait from multiplayer servers... im guessing that means its on by default

[@dedstring]

Best of luck with your channel man, and congratulations on all your success so far

[@koemi8255]

There's a post on the subreddit detailing these VHS store locations!! Go wild, people 🥳🥳

[@StonedTroopa]

This would have been the best but in my save none of the tapes spawned in Riverside... so back to grinding. 😅 But hey 2 months and 21 days surviving. 👍 UPDATE: I took the time for a road trip from Riverside to Muldraugh just for those vhs tapes. It was a dangerous but relaxing experience. 😅

[@Retanaru]

You can always drive to a different store.

[@StonedTroopa]

It's toooo farrrrrrrrr~~ 🤪

[@olaf5929]

@@StonedTroopa it's never too far to avoid the lightbulb and car window grind.

[@dnaderelmasry7973]

@@olaf5929 damn you, lightbulb and window grinding. You ruined my free time

[@silverbane8065]

Check the poorer housing areas for cardboard boxes too, I found a stash of them in one house. (Granted, my spawn rate is high as I'm messin about in custom sandbox, but that does not mean you won't ever find a vhs hoarder. I found a toilet paper hoarder house a couple of times now lol. TP even in the fridge and icebox XD)

[@Retanaru]

The TP event is such a scam. Completely removes any real loot from the house.

[@silverbane8065]

@@Retanaru just cracks me up when I find one. I just have to double check, but when I've checked a bookcase, the fridge and the oven, and its stuffed to the brim with loo rolls I remember the fights back in 2020 for them and chuckle, imagining it was the house of one of those folks who never used it all up XD

[@jeditoothpaste8903]

Shows how much I know, didn't even realise these new buildings were even in-game; I was gambling in houses for good tapes

[@HyruleOrphan]

One thing you should have mentioned: The tapes stack with live and living (At least in mutliplayer) Me and my friend were able to watch the woodcraft show and gain EXP watching the exact same episodes on tape.

[@shii5795]

Gonna add this to a saved video list.

[@risingdead12]

Wow, these short videos really help your channel out. Start adding longer videos in the mix. I think guides about your first 7 days would be a nice suggestion.

[@JesterOfRavenholm]

One thing I'd love to see a comparison for would be the lore settings for memory, sight, and hearing. I've toyed around with my own sandbox settings for some time, but as I can't find much information on the specifics of zombie lore settings I've mostly just been adjusting by ear.

[@Retanaru]

Hearing makes your noises louder/quieter. Sight is only spotting distance I believe, I didn't heavily test it though. I messed with memory but can't tell any difference.

[@JesterOfRavenholm]

@@Retanaru Thanks for the quick reply man, didn't expect one. yeah I haven't noticed much of a difference between memory settings, my thinking is that it supposed to affect their "object permeance", or rather survivor permeance. I had originally wanted to decrease the hearing of the zombies, but found setting it to poor is much too low. While Normal is fine, I'd like to slightly adjust it.

[@benflammer7217]

Love that I hear RuneScape music in the background of so many videos that are not about RuneScape. It feels so nostalgic and comforting. The thought just occured, would listening to RuneScape music while working at my job help me grind productivity on a higher level? Probably not for me, as I am a firefighter/EMT, and I'm sure it would be disruptive, but for someone with a desk job? Just a thought...

[@Thingsyourollup]

Im that guy that never reads patch notes who just discovered one of these VHS tapes yesterday. It was for mechanic skill, which I didnt even know there was a show on TV for mechanics. Anyway, I waited to watch the tape until I got two skill levels in mechanics and I found the volume 2 book and read it. That one tape took me through level three and after, i only had to swap headlights and battery in one more car to ding level 4. They definitely feel a bit cheesy but for slow grinding skills like mechanics these VHS tapes are a lifesaver.

[@ryuhanja3415]

It was such a good edition and makes sense

[@SuburbaniteUrbanite]

finally, TVs have a use after the stations sign off.

[@Odijis]

Yeaaaah baby!!! No need to hoard watches for electrical anymore

[@kazmark_gl8652]

Blasts, I was just in March Ridge and missed the VHS store.

[@stonegearus7805]

So you can make a little movie place to just enjoy the VHS... okay, that's great.

[@GoldenMinotaur]

They stack. You can watch life and living first, then when you finish the tv min max go get the tapes and the same episodes give XP again

[@EveryTimeV2]

Depending on server settings these are incredibly useful. Some public servers can be running for weeks and the power/water went out ages ago. If the server has loot respawn (and it should if its a sane pubby), you should hit up the VHS store and the bookstore as soon as possible. This makes life a lot less shit when your only character with 3-4 In carpentry dies to that 25% laceration infection, and you don't have even any doors left in town to dismantle to grind them back. It can still be a massive problem to lose more skilled characters due to furniture having no respawns on a server, but VHS tapes make it less painful.

[@ForgetfulHatter]

all these stores have a front room and a backroom to noclip out of reality into and get lost forever in.

[@Zetheek]

Subbed, great channel.

[@MagnumSanada]

>I don't have to grind out light bulbs anymore. THANK YOU KINOPLEX.

[@Ricksdetrix]

Im pretty sure theres a glitch where you get xp from watching the show live and also from watching the tapes. I did it a couple of times, don't know if there was anything triggering it though

[@paskky913]

In MP at least, there is a glich that allows you to rewatch every VHS tape on rejoin. Pretty annoying if you want to go legit and many people have to watch the shows.

[@GamingTig]

I've noticed this in Singleplayer too. I had watched all the TV shows in the first week, and still got the extra XP boost from all the VHS tapes later.

[@driiifter]

Yeah I'm done watching the TV shows now that Louis is out and the map project is updated. The mall in Louis is actually not too bad compared to the center of the city.

[@dnaderelmasry7973]

Louisville mall is doable even in vanilla if you have guns and ammo on "normal" setting instead of rare.

[@horiabodeanu7641]

Osrs music. The nostalgia!

[@ElizavetaSmekh]

Thank you! I didn't know that there are vhs shops in game and searched them in houses only.

[@Shamino1]

There was a bug on my multiplayer server (Feb-March 2022 before the recent update) where if you moved a television from an elevated position to the ground, you could rewatch tapes. We had one player metagame his way to 10 in every single stat you can train via VHS tapes in this manner. He would watch the tape, get the max XP, read the book, move the television, reslot in the tape, and the game would not recognize he had watched it before. I'm pretty sure he got to Mechanics 10 within 3-4 days and he maybe worked on a car twice in that entire time. I managed to get to foraging 6 without ever once using the new foraging mechanic this way. It is a little busted. Maybe they should just increase XP gain rather than adding in such a busted mechanic.

[@Retanaru]

Before they started fixing the ways to rewatch the vhs tapes I found a room with 10 tvs in it. You could watch all the episodes at once, relog and do it again. Then the subreddit tv memes began.

[@maclegend9169]

In MP, you can log out and back in the server and watch the same vid again for XP. I got level 10 carpentry without dismantling or building a single thing.

[@oey3765]

Did in single player it works too?

[@NeinDao]

i wish there wa a list of all the tapes that give skills. since the first aid tapes don't have obvious "skill" names like the "cooking show" and maybe there is more that i have not found yet. and i don't really wanna try them all

[@clarkedawe3464]

There is a list. Go to the info screen where it shows your character weight, and then click the little tab button called training materials or something. It keeps track of ALL skill books, shows, and special magazines that you’ve seen.

[@NeinDao]

@@clarkedawe3464 to me it just showes every vhs and not specifically the skill vhs.

[@arcanumelite4853]

@@NeinDao yes it keeps track of all of them you have watched... useful because they dont help with boredom if you watch the same one again... which is the reason to watch the non-skillbook ones.

[@rumbleroller2154]

@@NeinDao You can actually narrow it down. More Skill Tapes go about Ep6-ish, and they're all clearly written. Very helpful, btw...

[@NeinDao]

@@rumbleroller2154 there are a lot of videos with episodes that do not give skills and there are videos with no episode number that give skills. like all the first aid vhs i have found have names. i think its like war something. and then you have episode tapes like magical woodlands that dont give skills. i cant find a system as to identify the skill vhs.

[@RoseDragoness]

dont forget the home vhs that don't appear at these stores, there are those for skill tailoring, metalworking, first aid, and electrical. Check wiki for info.

[@daviddavidson505]

Skip the electrical/mechanics grind to hot-wiring? Say no more.

[@KevinOConnell00]

The VHS tapes are tracked differently than the educational videos at the beginning of the game. You can watch all of the TV shows and watch the VHS tapes to gain double experience.

[@Madhijz]

I eagerly await the Red Letter Media machinimas

[@redblack9618]

All I want is like. A media junkie trait or profession that starts me with one of each book and skill tape.

[@bossmeep6467]

From mod to finally officially part of the game

[@wantedpwner]

Ah, Oldschool Runescape music.

[@rimanpele]

Seems like Nurse will have an opponent for the times to come

[@tonyzambone762]

don't tell anyone, but it seems like you can rewatch VHS tapes on multiplayer servers by relogging.

[@ocdmodernwarfare2049]

I don't know why people are not freaking out over this, but for the vanilla game you can only watch the vhs once to reduce boredom/gain xp. If you died and make a different character it won't work unless you start a new game. I have been at low/none existing skills for a long time even after 100 hours because I don't feel like having to abandon everything and start fresh

[@Retanaru]

This oversight just recently got added.

[@TheKevinFanClub526]

Found a bug with VHS tapes. If you have watched them, die, then start a new character, you cannot get exp or boredom from VHS tapes. It seems like VHS tapes do not get reset when you die.

[@user-xd7rc6eo8n]

Im 300 hours into this game and im just getting well now. Im hooked.

[@themonkeyhand]

You can watch the show on air and then watch the VHS of that show and get double XP.

[@superlakueman]

There are also certain Home-recorded VHS tapes that can give skill too.

[@JosephHarner]

And these can't spawn in VHS stores, so it's back to tediously looting every damn house and storage lot to find them...

[@dnaderelmasry7973]

@@JosephHarner just as God intended

[@badjoojoo85]

theres a vhs store at the strip of shops across from the turbo building south side in louisville but you cant see the sign its the second store from the top with the stairs on the back

[@pierate4701]

The front room cannot have Home VHS tapes The back room can Home VHS tapes are rarer than regular skill tapes for this reason, because the most reliable way to find the ones that give skill xp is by searching homes and the odds are pretty damn low.

[@theisgood0]

The Thomsons is my favourite VHS tape. 😉😉😉😉

[@BBBushy]

All we need is a way to get herbalist and how to use generators on VHS or CD and illiterate won't be worthless outside of rp.

[@yagak2292]

You are the best!

[@Bober909]

Patrick Bateman's favourite spot...

[@quinnlee-miller9792]

I found a mechanics vhs tape and the first book; it was unbelievable how easy those first 2 levels were to get. If that's the same for any skill, then grinding has just gotten far easier; absolutely save these tapes for after youve read the respective books, unless truly desperate

[@zwenkwiel816]

It's kind of OP though, like it's either changing a gazillion light bulbs and batteries. Or reading a book and watching a tape. Like why ever grind the old fashioned way?

[@quinnlee-miller9792]

@@zwenkwiel816 you aren't guaranteed a book and a tape for the same skills; it could take months before you can exploit this. For example, mechanics; nobody in their right mind would wait to hot wire cars for a tape and a book just in case. You need a car ASAP. Not to mention any tapes and books you do have makes a new character far easier to train back up to where you were! That's a killer for a lot of people. It seems to do alot more good than bad. Plus grinding sucks ass

[@zwenkwiel816]

@@quinnlee-miller9792 if you visit the library and some vhs stores you'll have everything you need to get a bunch of levels in most skills. it's not that hard. like the 3 VHS stores in Louisville have 100's of tapes in em and if u have a car and a duffelbag u can loot em all dry in an in-game day. little trip to one of the libraries (that you pretty much pass on your little tour) and you should have everything you need to level all the VHS skills quite a bit. just feels so much easier and different from the grind we had before. like before I'd make a mechanic character. pick some mechanic perks to level faster and get to the grind. now any char I make can pretty much have whatever skills I want within a few in game days of watching tapes. specializing is pretty much dead. just pick fast learner athletic and strong cuz all the occupations are now a waste of points....

[@quinnlee-miller9792]

Dude, by the time you're able to survive Louisville and loot all these stores, you're in the endgame and shouldn't have to grind all those levels. Frankly, you've earned it, being able to get through goddamned Louisville. To get to and enter Louisville, you need a functioning car, enough gas to get there, a sledge (a .1 or .01 drop rate now), as well as some combination of skills that get you there. Specializing isn't dead, because you still need to survive to see Louisville, and actually find the stores. This again is endgame, where most characters have already secured their livelihood; at that point you need to spend hours of real life time grinding mindlessly. The tapes remove that and allow appreciable gains; hell, I haven't even crunched numbers on how far they can actually take you. My mechanics example was levels 1-2, but the book and tape combined might not do the same at 5-6. In other words, this still isn't an issue. You need to survive the early game to even get a chance to use these, unless you spawn in Louisville.

[@zwenkwiel816]

@@quinnlee-miller9792 haha u joking? getting a car in westpoint and driving to LV is the first thing I do. get me one of the mansions by the river and i'm set. most of the VHS stores are pretty easy to get to especially the one more to the south.

[@scrublord2615]

hey do stuff like walking through bushes, trees, falling over fences, and climbing through broken windows insure zombies? i dont clear broken windows in my survivor base even after boarding usually because i feel like the broken glass helps but i dont know

[@readytopay1488]

Bro can't tell how tf Im soo lucky but exactly this part of the store is "selling" and just empty

[@darkmoon4135]

I once found a house with like 20 VHS tape in the woods. I think it was someone survivor house.

[@lootjunior]

damn, carzone levels mechanic? i always ignored those as I didn't know the show from tv :(

[@nicolascavalcante1164]

video tip, do rain makes enough sound that you can sneak around zombies?

[@In1quity]

Question unrelated to the video, my friend says that when clothes are bloody, zombies can detect you faster. I don't know if this is true or are there any bad effects having bloody clothing except a wound getting infected faster.

[@Retanaru]

They used to have a smell mechanic, but it was removed.

[@natalya_volochay]

I though of multiple (8) tv’s in one room, simultaneously running different shows, will it work?

[@mekkiepoo]

If you watch on TV, you can still get xp watching the vhs later.. so double skill for being a couch potato still. :)

[@ryanzeong4470]

If the fitness tapes does not give experience directly, does it give boost, like 125% experience when exercise?

[@teemutuohimaa]

I think it might do something like that.

[@MsHojat]

Anyone notice how Simon's Fitness Club doesn't seem to do anything? what's it supposed to do aside from entertainment? I guess it's just a bit of a misleading title. Also note that there's some home VHS tapes that provide skills to things like tailoring, electronics, metalworking, and first aid! Of course first aid is completely useless in this game right now.

[@KaffiRawr]

Why is first aid useless?

[@Retanaru]

Seems like they wanted it to do something and then never finished it.

[@visitante-pc5zc]

Not completely useless in pvp

[@Tsukasa-TheWizard]

@@KaffiRawr The long and short of it is; First Aid only REALLY helps in that your bandages last longer with higher first aid, doubling the length @10. Its nearly impossible to 'grind' first aid as well, so even with skill books and a VHS, most players wont see it go past 4.

[@joh01749]

@@Tsukasa-TheWizard yes and no on the first aid grind. Walking over broken glass or jumping through a busted window gets you safe cuts to mend

[@thecriticalcanadian]

I dont know the drop rate, but ive also had luck finding tapes at schools and libraries.

[@demonic2young]

Have you done a video on guns and the sound ranges for the base guns cause i would love to have a visual comparing the quietest to loudest. I normally use guns to move hoards and it would be nice to know which would be the best choices in the situations.

[@Retanaru]

I'm trying a gun build out to see how I feel about them in the vanilla game. Sawed off shotty is the loudest and best for drawing hoards. With the newest changes I've been getting away with shooting the ms788 in towns without drawing hoards

[@reeceshugrue6167]

It'd be cool if fitness videos could give you a little extra XP while working out alongside it... Even like 5% boost.

[@quinnlee-miller9792]

I support this immensely; the current meta is either start at level 5 or level 9 fitness, and nowhere in between. The tapes giving more exercise exp could make it easier to start at say 3 or 7 fitness if you wanted and grind easier

[@topminator2991]

@@quinnlee-miller9792 meta is either starting at 0, 5, 9 or 10, because the fist levels are so easy to get, you can excercise for a week and get more than lvl 2 fitness

[@lowg7651]

if possible, i would love to hear here in the comments whetever im going crazy or not, or see a video about the zombies spawning in the latest update i swear these guys respawn based on how zoomed in you are, as im a person who zooms as far in as possible when doing combat, only to find out that zombies have appeared from thin air after zooming back out and looking around (this is also a reason i never bother with big buildings, as it seems like they just respawn in the rooms outside my field of view)

[@ketra1504]

It is most probably zombies coming from some place because of the noise that fighting makes

[@lowg7651]

@@ketra1504 nope, even after fighting and making sure none heard/are approaching, i walk off, zoom in. walking back and zooming out i see more have appeared in a docile state

[@zwenkwiel816]

@@lowg7651 that's not how spawning work in this game at all. Zombies are pretty persistent and by default they don't spawn in any cell a player has recently visited. Have to leave an area for some in game hours before spawning can ever happen...

[@lowg7651]

@@zwenkwiel816 hmm... thats definitely odd, happens way too often for it to feel that coincidental to me though... i am extremely unlucky too so might just be

[@zwenkwiel816]

@@lowg7651 you can use the debug tools to see a lot about the zombie spawns and everything

[@giu4295]

West Point VHS store when

[@jeremiahthompson9367]

Do the tapes completely replace the TV shows, or can I get the benefits of both? So like, I watch the shows, then watch the tapes for additional xp?

[@flyingsky1559]

Double XP for watching both

[@StoneKnight1]

aww yea runescape music

[@peaceful_stranger4987]

I’m playing the latest version of the game and came to the store at March ridge but didn’t find any tapes and there wasn’t even a sign of vhs store. What does that mean? Not all of these stores spawn?

[@Retanaru]

Are you on 41.65? It sounds like you got left behind on one of the legacy beta patches

[@peaceful_stranger4987]

@@Retanaru yeah, i checked and as it turned out i was playing on 41.61. Thanks :)

[@laurbster2680]

i also find them in houses and crap

[@xFlazz]

Is there not a VHS store in west point?

[@Little-Buster]

Does this mean we could level all skills (besides fitness and strength), to max?

[@Javakotka1]

Do you think Hemophobic is worth taking?

[@devRat]

Huh. I guess video killed the radio star.

[@tomaswav835]

get 5 tv's and just go ham

[@BOT-he3dg]

me who based in rosewood without a working car: yea they op....

[@Handles_arent_a_needed_feature]

When will rosewood get something

[@baixaki349]

They don’t work the second time

[@cyrusstoke11]

Can you do a vid on lucky. No clue how it works and cant find anything on it.

[@grimshackle3824]

can someone make a list of training tapes that give random skills?

[@Retanaru]

There's a list showing which tapes give which skills on the wiki. pzwiki.net/wiki/VHS

[@143jcm]

I didnt even know they gave xp so i never picked them up LOL

[@Mark-mt4xt]

Ah shiet I threw every single one because I thought they were just for entertainment

[@serg3y]

Can I have 5 TVs going at the same time?