pro tips for surviving in state of decay

Search everything (Without Fast Search)Įverywhere you travel in this game you’ll find flashing containers, be they file cabinets or car trunks. Sometimes fire won't stop a zombie, so keep fighting. An infirmary is invaluable, but the aforementioned Workshop and Gym are good for starters as well. Once the trash is gone, start building immediately. How about a workshop for modding items and weapons? Time for trash detail. You want a fighting gym to practice melee attacks? Clear the area of trash. There will be trash strewn about, and that trash inhibits you from building new areas in your compound.

Here’s a tip your mother will appreciate: clean up your house when you get there.

Now those can be mixed and matched - Wits and Melee go hand in hand for example - but balance is key to victory. We recommend the following setup: someone with Wits for stealth clearing stragglers (more on stealth shortly), at least one person adept in close-range fighting, someone with good Medicine skills for making health items, and one with high Craftsmanship for building sections of your compound. You don’t want four characters who only do well with guns, because then if a zombie gets close someone’s going to get bit.

This will be the most obvious tip we can share, but make sure every character on the team can help the team in different ways. Thankfully we can help, as here are a few tips to quickly get you to a solid foundation.Ĭompounds are safe havens for survivors, so treat them right. Once you assemble your team of survivors and start to play the game, you may not know the best way to approach the early game. Surviving this harsh world will require wits, skill, and above all else a solid team of other players that you can trust and depend on.

Microsoft Studios and Undead Labs are again dropping us into a zombie-infested world in State of Decay 2.

Pro tips for surviving in state of decay