Hello All Survivors!

This post, as you probably would never guess in a million years, is going to be all about gathering resources and farming. I’ll try not to make it as boring as it sounds, maybe I’ll throw in a few jokes, shower thoughts or just random shit along the way. They also say sex sells, so I’ll see what I can do…

Most of this game is resource gathering (at the moment) and it’s quite involved in relation to going out, filling up your inventory, dumping it back at your base, shifting a few things around and then repeating the process. I’ve found that the best way is to focus on just one or two things at a time rather than filling it up with random trinkets that you don’t “really” need.

Pine Logs, Limestone, Iron Ore, Grass and Animal Scraps are the five main resources that you’ll be collecting. Wood and Stone are the easiest ones as they are the ones that are most in abundance. I tend to clump these two together on a run as they work well together. What I mean by this is that you’ll need a Hatchet and a Pickaxe to collect them (apart from the odd ones lying around) and to create the above you need, you guessed it, Wood and Stone.

Before setting off, make sure you have a few bottles of water, something to eat, a Spear and a Hatchet/Pickaxe. You can always make the last three when you get there so no massive drama. You can see my Inventory here on the left, this is what I normally tend to take with me when I go out on a run. Then head to either of the green areas on the map; Pine Bushes and Limestone Ridge. It takes 15 Energy to run to either one or you can wait 12 minutes if you want to walk. Might as well enjoy the scenery and take in the stench of decay while you can.

When you get there, stick to the edges of the map, run around and get as much as you can with the resources. In these zones you shouldn’t (I don’t think) run into any enemies stronger than a “Fast Biter”. These guys have 80 health, the spear does 10 damage per hit, but you can do 30 if you sneak up on them. As you’re running around make sure you pick up BERRIES! These are super helpful so that you don’t eat your other better food. They only give you 5 health at a time, but should be good enough after a fight to top you up so you can carry on. “Heroes Never Die”

As you’re going around the map, try to avoid as many Zombies as you can. I would also say that you can avoid the boxes of loot here as well. UNLESS you are running low on food/water. You’ll find that most of the loot boxes don’t contain “incredibly” important items. Every now and then you’ll get something not bad and think “Meh, I could do with this” but they are not a necessity. The only time you should focus on these is if you are coming to the resource location specifically to find something within the loot boxes, otherwise you’ll just clog up your inventory.

Loot boxes tend to give you things like: Nuts/Bolts, Metal Scraps, Duct Tape, Rubber Parts, Water, Bandages, Mobile Phone, Baked Beans and Vehicle Parts.

Another thing I would definitely do is kill all the Deer and Wolves you can. Whenever you go on a resource hunt, always collect Animal Scraps. Leather becomes really important later on when you need to craft better clothes and weapons. If your clothes get destroyed and you’re running around in your pants, don’t bother making new ones while you’re here. You might be able to kill another player and take some of theirs, but with the food you have and the berries that you collect, you can take on the zombies in this zone without an issue and heal yourself.

*** FIGHTING TIP ***

“The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club.”

I’m sure that this is probably incredibly obvious and you’re going to all shout “I do that already idiot!” But just incase you don’t, here’s a little tip when you’re fighting. If you’re taking on a player that has a better weapon and better armour, you can still take him out easily if you have enough food/bandages. You don’t need to try to run away and heal and you don’t need to keep opening and closing your Inventory. When they are close enough, tap the “AUTO” button in the bottom left and you’ll automatically attack the player/Zombie. From here press the “Inventory” button and watch your health in the top right corner. Your character will continue fighting for you in the background while you are searching your backpack! So, if you keep an eye on your health and you’re getting low, you can quickly tap on some food or the bandage to heal yourself while you attack at the same time! This is where berries come in handy because you can just rapidly tap all 20 berries and get 100 health back.

Once you’ve got as much as you can with Wood and Stone, head back to your base (again, run or walk, depending on how energetic you’re feeling) and drop all your shit off. Now if you’ve been running you would have only used 30 Energy giving you another 70 to play with. So do exactly the same but go to the opposite side where you collected the stuff from before. You can spend a good couple of hours playing the game and not really spending too much energy doing so.

When it comes to getting as much Iron Ore as possible, your best bet is heading to the orange zone called “Limestone Cliffs”. Your approach here is going to be a little different as there are harder enemies here. The main one that will cause issues is the “Toxic Spitter” because they run at you like a screaming banshee whilst puking acid on your face and melting your eyeballs out of their sockets. Well, maybe not that dramatic, but you get the picture. Firstly they are quick and they appear out of thin air like Houdini. They have 80 Health and they can do an AOE attack against you. When you go to this zone I would suggest taking two weapons, the Spear and something stronger. Use the stronger weapons on the Spitter and also the Bloater that hangs around, then leave the Spear for the Biter and Roamer.

Another bit of a long one here but wanted to make sure I covered everything properly. Hope it helps you stay alive a bit longer and get the right resources when you need them Thanks again for reading. Good luck finding new eyeballs!

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