While they can break player-made objects, they usually only do that if they know there's someone there. It's quite possible to exist in an infested area if care is taken to be quiet and stay out of sight. The main challenge is to ensure you're not detected as you enter.
4 of my friends and I decided it was a great idea to start a save file on top of the tallest building in Louisville and work our way down. There's a LOT of zombies in Louisville lol.
The Louisville mansions they just added in the newest patch are probably the coolest places i've seen to base up. Like the ones deep in the city, not on the water front. Most of the houses have tall fences around them on 3/4 sides and all the mansions are LOADED with loot. Some of them even have infinite pools of water you can draw from. Sadly, none of the online maps have updated with them yet.
My gf and I made our base in these 3 warehouses in the upper Northwest corner of Louisville. We fenced off the big area, using the pre-built fence to our advantage, and we renovated the smallest warehouse into our living area. It's a nice little hideaway surrounded by a lot of wood pallets and metalworking tools for initial building, metal shelves, 300 or so batteries, two parking lots for us to stock up on cars/gasoline, and SO much storage space. We plan on fencing off even more so we can start a farm once the winter is over and to give us safe access to the river.
An even more ambitious spot I was looking at was the gated community to the left of the base @2:30 . You could in theory block off the 3 entrances and turn it into a safe town. Unless it's too big of an area to stop zombies from spawning.
The house with the watershed is unique, because is one of the 2 points where you can build a bridge for cars into the river, making it perfect for a floating base, very good place for multiplayer.
Small fire station in south-east of Louisville. Its main advantage is that several windows on the second floor lead to a fully fenced part of the building, that is, you can hang rag ropes down, completely barricade yourself and not be afraid that someone will tear them off. Despite the abundance of residential buildings, there are few zombies here, and you can get to the northern part of the city by car in a minute. Also it has roof access so you can create a small farm and place some barrels here. As for me, this place is almost perfect for a solo player.
Thanks for this. I was setting my base at Rosewood FD with the intention of moving to Louisville later but now i'm thinking of just moving up now and barricading it before winter.
@@g00sepocalypse Правда вчера же случился один казус)) У меня прохождение без респавна зомби, и я поставил респавн через 1к часов, не учитывая что я доживу так долго. Ну и все зомби вдруг зареспавнились, а учитывая что у меня ещё и 2 мода стоят на активных зомби, то эти черти полезли со всех щелей. Еле вывез, правда сломали одну гаражную дверь и я потратил около 200 патронов.
The golf course club house is perfect. Iron fence between you and the city, wilderness on the other side, with water deeper into the golf course. Lots of room to renovate inside, parking lots next to you, and across the road is the train lot, massive parking lot, a hospital, and a gas station. It's an extremely central location in the city so you are never too far from anything. I always make my base there.
I'm pretty sure zombies won't break fences that exist at the start of the game. If you didn't build the fence they will never destroy it. So the other houses with a fence all around are just as secure as the one with the second layer of horses around it. There would be other advantage though. Having all those houses and fences would let you hop fences and do recon before going out into the infested areas pretty safely.
You have inspired me to aim for my Louisville base to be final location you showed. I’m currently doing a series and this will now be my end game for my solo apocalypse run.
The 3 walled-off houses you mentioned as being maybe the best ARE very good, you are right. I have noticed that when you have extra heli events (I use the expanded heli events mod too) they do regularly get swarmed by Zombie respawns following the noise of the choppers, and make you have to actually do base defence against hordes. A plus and minus in my mind. The gate that I build in that chokepoint has been destroyed so many times in my game. I have to do regular excursions for hinges and door handles.
In the police station and prison there is a indestructible fence with no gate so it cant be broken into the only way zombies can get to you is jumping on the prisson roof from a window on the second floor of the police station and the dropping on a 1 tile space
Personally I really like the high-rise apartment building with the garage, it is a relatively easy to block off location with a few walls and some harmful barricades to prevent zombies from accessing your home, it has plenty of space to reside in and you can destroy the ground floor stairs and have a sheet rope to access the upper building, making for an excellent safehouse.
The Fire department in the east: -fantastic loot spot very near it, a gas station not far as well. -garage door & massive garage -you could use the tall fence of the tennis court to make it 100% safe really quickly. -edge of the map there aren't that much zomboid around -don't need to build stairs: you can steal a metal drum at the louisville checkpoint, use the helipad to plumb a sink early on and don't need to worry about water even if you re level 3 or 4 carpentry at the time. You can also farm on it. -generator near in the concert area cons: there is an ungodly amount of zomboid in Finnegan Research Group, but it's a good challenge. I says it's a con but it's a plus: it's a lot funnier than the spot given in this video.
as someone whsoe been playing the game since 2014, in my first spawn in louisville, clear it out game (i avoid guns so this is a much longer ordeal) i chose construction worker, my usual go to, and got the construction yards near the mall to the east, so i got to the 3 gated mansions, set up a main base there, and have been slowly working my way inward, killing most zombies i see, ive set up small safehouses (no stairs, secured first floor, but no outer walls, just temporary homes incase of emergency), and i intend to slowly make my way into the city, looting every building, every individual apartment, and even take over the 7 story building, turning that into a final mega base. Also the fences you mention at 3:40, those cant be broken by zombies, unless a major change just came out, so that entire central area is securable by a few fences and a gate
There are three boardwalks in the northern shopping area that I like to use. Nothing beats the waterfront view. The mall is nearby. The baseball bat factory is nearby. And you can make a bridge from one boardwalk to another as an escape option.
I hit up that 7 Floor Penthouse in the center of Louiseville that people were mentioning. If you test around the River Road to Louiseville, it's not that nightmareish. The locations of PZ have scaling zombies. 1-5 here, 20-50 there. If you've experienced Mulrdraugh, the River Road in Louiseville is about roughly the same. Anywho, it's pretty boobs because it's just 1 staircase to knock out. Tons of area for sheet ropes. Only downside? Once you get to those stairs a frickin' MASSIVE horde of Zoomers just start pouring out. But once you clear the place out, it's got quite some security. And with being in the center of town - possibilities are endless.
My favorite spot is the UStorit about 2-3 blocks East and a block North of your last suggestion. It has a double gate outside on the South end and a window to demolish and replace on the North side of the main building. Once those two entrances are addressed, you can do a lot with the building and storage areas. I usually break out the West wall on the top floor and put my rain collectors there. The car lot just South of it is a great source of parts and mechanical practice too, and on longer games it can be secured (double gates on the West side) and used for a huge garden - I often build at least one pedestrian bridge over the street between the two lots and shoot zombies from it. Alternatively, just start small on the scrapyard if you want, there's a little shed in the NE corner that will serve as shelter while you formulate your schemes and plans. There's a forest and construction sites immediately to the East for wood and when you feel brave, the mall is just a block or two North.
I love your videos. That last spot seems very ideal for a base. As a solo player it would be hard, but I love the challenge, and may need to try it out.
Knocking out the escalators in the Louisville Expo center makes a great base on the second and third floors. I'll admit that it's a tough one to pull off, but it's great when you can just climb a rope and wait for the hoards to leave.
I've actually seen a 100 day Louisville survival run that used this base idea at 3:20. he didn't even gate the front of the street or barricading the surrounding houses, he just ended up clearing out the houses, he just used furniture as a make shift barricade
Near the first pick for the shelter ideas, I made a small base on the larger house right next to the exclusion fence, the farthest and most isolated. The 5 days I've been there so far I have had 0 zombies and the best area for logs to make walls, along with time good storage in a shed
My last few runs have holed up in the houses you showed along the river (the high end ones in west Louie) and honestly? On default zombie spawns that entire road REALLY struggles to repopulate. You often have a pretty hectic initial fight as you clear out your house or the entire road, and then you end up with one of the most quiet places in louie, definitely one of my current faves since they give you so much built in fence protection, infinite water, and you're RIGHT THERE in terms of getting to the action. The third and seventh houses starting from the bottom going up are my go-to, but I had a coop run hole up in the triple garage house to much the same effect despite being much more north along the road, nice place. Just be careful not to get cocky and assume the quiet street is reflective of nearby looting locations. Losing a character because I assumed the entire area was quiet was rough; From the nearby apartments (that spawn generators out the wazoo!), to the elementary, to even the nearby office buildings- the second you leave the street the spawns remind you of where you are lol Nice stuff, been enjoyin' these overviews of various Knox finds :D
Just southwest of the Baseball Stadium is an office building with many floors.It's not hard to wall off the outside with doors and wood walls between the outdoor pillars. Take out the first floor stairs, and you can set up multiple rope ladders to the ground. Roof top is wonderful for a garden. I survived four in game ears at this location with exceedingly little trouble.
N of LV Central Hospital is a building that is a U shape made for a group of people with W and E side having Garages and it has tons of rooms in the upper floors you just need to barricade the N and S entrance with 2 lines of fences and youll be set (I would suggest making the South side completely fenced off with no gates and North with a fence)
I like those houses on the west side of Louisville near the race tracks. Good homes, garages, proximity to water for farming and fishing, close to town to go for supplies. Not too many zombies (well some, but manageable).
I moved into the fenced in military area with the burned out towns, they’ve got areas inside that’s basically secure as secure can be with no way for them to really find their way to you, the only issue is the lack of water access but that’s not much of an early game issue, I mean come on I get a generator and a bunch of guns in there all I needed to do was find food and water and bring a fridge and tv with a grill over and now I’m set for success. When I play zomboid I’m always strategizing and being in control of the border of Louisville is now my goal, a goal I’m already working on, my long term unobtainable goal will be to over time clear Louisville with pure firepower and sheer willpower.
This place is fun. A VHS store in the main area of louis ville a 30 second walk to a gas station. Its roof is good forfarming and a nice challenge to conquer
my default LV base is in the culdesac NW of the city near fires station and police dept. all you need to do is base the farthest house at the end of the lot and plug up the entrance. it’s surrounded by high walls so zombies can’t path to you even if have a generator on. if you have more people, survive will be easier and loot is everywhere.
Gigamart right under the park is such a good place to base, relatively low zombie count, lots of food and tools to fortify as well as high sledge chance and lategame weapons
Something also about that one neighborhood is that ingame built fences wooden or not usually zombies wont break, however I still believe the number 1 area is the 3 huge mansions, this also allows you to take the trait claustrophobic so you dont have to really worry about panicking all the time.
I've made myself a louisville base in the tower centered in the train yard a couple times now. Roughly central to louisville, but relatively isolated, and lots of space outside to build relevant defenses.
There's an abandoned warehouse and office a bit north of the trainyard that I personally like to base up in, its surrounded by a metal fence, and for some reason in my experience there aren't many spawns around it so its decently easy to clear.
By far the best times i had in this game when i did NOT know what the zomboid world looked like and just made a base in the house i spawned in or something near it
my fave is a luxury house near lake...not only near water resource, but also near gas station. other area south of the house also have a high metal fences so its really save...
My friend and I are a duo survival squad and we converted the bat factory into our base. I walled off the back portion to the river for protected farming/fishing.
My current Louisville base is in Pawnshop and Cafe building in northwest part of the city. I think it's great, tons of industrial buildings and living homes nearby. Destroy the stairs and no zombies can get in.
Im having my first good run, living at the most northern house by the river. Was looking pzmap just today for a place closer to the mall and decided exactly for this last "village" since its a giant locked square with infinite scape routes.
I set myself a challenge to clear out every zombie in Louisville on insane population and found that the gated community just before all of the industrial zoning in the north west is the safest place to protect against migrating zombies since there's only one entrance, and firing a gun at the end of the street is usually safe to do since zombies on the other sides of the fences are too far for their pathfinding to get to the gunshots
I've made a base in the small fire station in the right down corner, and im happy with it. At first there is a bit of zombies, but after you clean out them, this place becomes a paradise :) Also, this is my first time making a base in louisville. (Survived here for 62 days already)
I just barricaded 3:20 today, This place would very cool espcially if you are able to find a generator, it can supply multiple house with electricity, and the noise is not loud enough to attract zombies from the outer neighbor houses
I suggest the train yard more for a better choice, you can get lots of tools form the hangers, the parking lots is not far form the place, it have a small container office that had a fridge and a microwave, the control tower had a radio and tall enough to be not heard by zombies, gigamart is just 30 seconds drive next, there is a garage just west of the entrance, it is walled off, and that you have a very large plot of free space to build, and you have multiple exit that is not consider suburban area so less zombie would be spawn there. Just don't go near train station and build some rain collectors then you should be okay.
You missed out on the abandoned warehouses just north of the train yard. On normal zombie pop, this place is super easy to secure within the first week. Worse comes to worse, the mansions to the west are easy enough to cheese with the fenced off neighborhoods due east.
There is one large suburb near the top left of the city on the edge of the industrial area that's completely fenced in like the last place you showed with the tall wooden fences that are indestructible as far as I know, you just have to gate off the entrance and you are secure. its a very big area with 12 houses all to yourself once you get it walled in.
I'm curious to know how you go about prepping and then moving into Louisville. Guessing some minimal prep, a way to lure hordes away from your chosen area to get that initial foothold. Could make for a neat video.
No, the fire station in the south-west seams to be one of the best locations. You can use plumbing with a water collector barrel by default. Coords: 13944 x 3053, cell: 46x10, rel: 144:53.
i think the first two options arent great, i wouldnt base up anywhere that isn't walled off cos your risk of random zeds is always there. we're currently making our base in the gated houses shown at 2:30 on our multiplayer server. sealed off the entrance with log walls and a watch tower. it's the perfect location. full protection, unlimited water, and close enough to the city.
There is a brewery that has easy access to the river and it's surrounded by tall fences And next to a gas station. I aalso like the military checkpoint at the south end or maybe that sort of away from it but with all the fences and other stuff in it it can be a pretty good base to use especially with other players.
I always just find a farmhouse just outside of town, that way I can take advantage of the short distance of town, and the early game water and power supply. All you have to do is get a car then it’s simple living, lure the zombies to one side of town then loot away.
Currently trying to start a base above the pawn shop. I'll let you know how I die... *Alarm went off in potato factor and got swarmed by spud hungry Zs
Has anyone tried making a base in the central park? Like a mix of wildreness living with Louisville surrounding you. It's something I want to try, but pushing my way through all the zombies only for it to be impossible is too big of a time-waste for me right now.
I downloaded some Louisville start locations and the first one I got was in a farm next to a trailer on the outskirts of town. Been playing it since and on day 25 I'm just now heading in for loot. I bet I will die by surprise zhombie around the corner
if you dying in starting cities you wont survive there . LV is great but you need to know how to walk around zombies not to fight with all of them . Perfect way to learn it is to walk from westpoint to Louisville.
a place i planning on making my base is on one of the apartments but the only thing that is stopping me is not having a group of friend so we could each take a floor our maybe even each have a room
I’m gunna be honest. I’ve been playing PZ for about a year..and I have yet to get the courage to go into Louisville lol I’ll go once I stop panicking in “muldrag” ;)
the 3 initial suggestions are trash. A base w/o tall fences around is not a base and why would u build a fence around if u can get a place with it from the start?
The military base is the actual best spot. Entire thing is gated from all sides. Already has front gates and back gates. Zombies simply cannot come inside at all and have no chance to ever.
"Soon the developers will be adding livestock to the game" That was a soon with a * next to it lmao. Well, I'd rather the devs have time to cook, I'm looking forward to basements.
Ok challenge accepted. I’m a 3500 hour pz vet and only play solo as my internet connection is so crap I can’t get onto a server, so I will take over that last spot and become invincible! 😅 I’ll let you know how I go lolol
The Last option you showed I don't think zombies can break those wooden fences ? or have they changed that ?
actually you might be right i don’t think they can, i completely forgot about that lol
@@spoodle Might wanna pin a comment mentioning that for anyone who watches the vid later.
@@spoodle i remember seeing one of those fences broken but it might being on a multiplayer server so take it with a grain of salt
Zombies can break any player made walls or fences, and all doors, but not the prefab 2 high wood or metal fences.
While they can break player-made objects, they usually only do that if they know there's someone there. It's quite possible to exist in an infested area if care is taken to be quiet and stay out of sight. The main challenge is to ensure you're not detected as you enter.
4 of my friends and I decided it was a great idea to start a save file on top of the tallest building in Louisville and work our way down. There's a LOT of zombies in Louisville lol.
I killed over 4000 zombies in Louisville. I'm only a 1/4 through the city, and I ran out of ammo 😭.
The Louisville mansions they just added in the newest patch are probably the coolest places i've seen to base up. Like the ones deep in the city, not on the water front. Most of the houses have tall fences around them on 3/4 sides and all the mansions are LOADED with loot. Some of them even have infinite pools of water you can draw from. Sadly, none of the online maps have updated with them yet.
Are those the ones near the park on the east side-?
Where at?
Where? Mod or vanilla? Share coordinates okease
theyre so dope
I would certainly appreciate some coordinates.
My gf and I made our base in these 3 warehouses in the upper Northwest corner of Louisville. We fenced off the big area, using the pre-built fence to our advantage, and we renovated the smallest warehouse into our living area. It's a nice little hideaway surrounded by a lot of wood pallets and metalworking tools for initial building, metal shelves, 300 or so batteries, two parking lots for us to stock up on cars/gasoline, and SO much storage space. We plan on fencing off even more so we can start a farm once the winter is over and to give us safe access to the river.
That’s an ideal spot for me n my gf u think?
An even more ambitious spot I was looking at was the gated community to the left of the base @2:30 . You could in theory block off the 3 entrances and turn it into a safe town. Unless it's too big of an area to stop zombies from spawning.
Great idea
The house with the watershed is unique, because is one of the 2 points where you can build a bridge for cars into the river, making it perfect for a floating base, very good place for multiplayer.
Small fire station in south-east of Louisville. Its main advantage is that several windows on the second floor lead to a fully fenced part of the building, that is, you can hang rag ropes down, completely barricade yourself and not be afraid that someone will tear them off. Despite the abundance of residential buildings, there are few zombies here, and you can get to the northern part of the city by car in a minute. Also it has roof access so you can create a small farm and place some barrels here. As for me, this place is almost perfect for a solo player.
Thanks for this. I was setting my base at Rosewood FD with the intention of moving to Louisville later but now i'm thinking of just moving up now and barricading it before winter.
Топовая база ведь, скажи? Уже 62 дня там выживаю, сплошной рай
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@@g00sepocalypse Правда вчера же случился один казус)) У меня прохождение без респавна зомби, и я поставил респавн через 1к часов, не учитывая что я доживу так долго. Ну и все зомби вдруг зареспавнились, а учитывая что у меня ещё и 2 мода стоят на активных зомби, то эти черти полезли со всех щелей. Еле вывез, правда сломали одну гаражную дверь и я потратил около 200 патронов.
@@derkoflagen9882 Хахахаха
The golf course club house is perfect. Iron fence between you and the city, wilderness on the other side, with water deeper into the golf course. Lots of room to renovate inside, parking lots next to you, and across the road is the train lot, massive parking lot, a hospital, and a gas station. It's an extremely central location in the city so you are never too far from anything. I always make my base there.
I based there aswell a bit annoying when zombies wonder in from the wilderness bit
@@harryrimington9698 given the city its in, its a small price to pay lol
1:49 I thought slenderman was in the house for a second lmao
I'm pretty sure zombies won't break fences that exist at the start of the game. If you didn't build the fence they will never destroy it. So the other houses with a fence all around are just as secure as the one with the second layer of horses around it.
There would be other advantage though. Having all those houses and fences would let you hop fences and do recon before going out into the infested areas pretty safely.
You have inspired me to aim for my Louisville base to be final location you showed. I’m currently doing a series and this will now be my end game for my solo apocalypse run.
The 3 walled-off houses you mentioned as being maybe the best ARE very good, you are right. I have noticed that when you have extra heli events (I use the expanded heli events mod too) they do regularly get swarmed by Zombie respawns following the noise of the choppers, and make you have to actually do base defence against hordes. A plus and minus in my mind. The gate that I build in that chokepoint has been destroyed so many times in my game. I have to do regular excursions for hinges and door handles.
In the police station and prison there is a indestructible fence with no gate so it cant be broken into the only way zombies can get to you is jumping on the prisson roof from a window on the second floor of the police station and the dropping on a 1 tile space
Personally I really like the high-rise apartment building with the garage, it is a relatively easy to block off location with a few walls and some harmful barricades to prevent zombies from accessing your home, it has plenty of space to reside in and you can destroy the ground floor stairs and have a sheet rope to access the upper building, making for an excellent safehouse.
The Fire department in the east:
-fantastic loot spot very near it, a gas station not far as well.
-garage door & massive garage
-you could use the tall fence of the tennis court to make it 100% safe really quickly.
-edge of the map there aren't that much zomboid around
-don't need to build stairs: you can steal a metal drum at the louisville checkpoint, use the helipad to plumb a sink early on and don't need to worry about water even if you re level 3 or 4 carpentry at the time. You can also farm on it.
-generator near in the concert area
cons: there is an ungodly amount of zomboid in Finnegan Research Group, but it's a good challenge. I says it's a con but it's a plus: it's a lot funnier than the spot given in this video.
as someone whsoe been playing the game since 2014, in my first spawn in louisville, clear it out game (i avoid guns so this is a much longer ordeal) i chose construction worker, my usual go to, and got the construction yards near the mall to the east, so i got to the 3 gated mansions, set up a main base there, and have been slowly working my way inward, killing most zombies i see, ive set up small safehouses (no stairs, secured first floor, but no outer walls, just temporary homes incase of emergency), and i intend to slowly make my way into the city, looting every building, every individual apartment, and even take over the 7 story building, turning that into a final mega base. Also the fences you mention at 3:40, those cant be broken by zombies, unless a major change just came out, so that entire central area is securable by a few fences and a gate
There are three boardwalks in the northern shopping area that I like to use. Nothing beats the waterfront view. The mall is nearby. The baseball bat factory is nearby. And you can make a bridge from one boardwalk to another as an escape option.
I hit up that 7 Floor Penthouse in the center of Louiseville that people were mentioning. If you test around the River Road to Louiseville, it's not that nightmareish. The locations of PZ have scaling zombies. 1-5 here, 20-50 there. If you've experienced Mulrdraugh, the River Road in Louiseville is about roughly the same. Anywho, it's pretty boobs because it's just 1 staircase to knock out. Tons of area for sheet ropes. Only downside? Once you get to those stairs a frickin' MASSIVE horde of Zoomers just start pouring out. But once you clear the place out, it's got quite some security. And with being in the center of town - possibilities are endless.
My favorite spot is the UStorit about 2-3 blocks East and a block North of your last suggestion. It has a double gate outside on the South end and a window to demolish and replace on the North side of the main building. Once those two entrances are addressed, you can do a lot with the building and storage areas. I usually break out the West wall on the top floor and put my rain collectors there. The car lot just South of it is a great source of parts and mechanical practice too, and on longer games it can be secured (double gates on the West side) and used for a huge garden - I often build at least one pedestrian bridge over the street between the two lots and shoot zombies from it. Alternatively, just start small on the scrapyard if you want, there's a little shed in the NE corner that will serve as shelter while you formulate your schemes and plans. There's a forest and construction sites immediately to the East for wood and when you feel brave, the mall is just a block or two North.
I love your videos. That last spot seems very ideal for a base. As a solo player it would be hard, but I love the challenge, and may need to try it out.
the lake/ River in the townsquare is also the perfect place to build. safety 100%, easy to access everything
Knocking out the escalators in the Louisville Expo center makes a great base on the second and third floors. I'll admit that it's a tough one to pull off, but it's great when you can just climb a rope and wait for the hoards to leave.
I've actually seen a 100 day Louisville survival run that used this base idea at 3:20. he didn't even gate the front of the street or barricading the surrounding houses, he just ended up clearing out the houses, he just used furniture as a make shift barricade
Near the first pick for the shelter ideas, I made a small base on the larger house right next to the exclusion fence, the farthest and most isolated. The 5 days I've been there so far I have had 0 zombies and the best area for logs to make walls, along with time good storage in a shed
My last few runs have holed up in the houses you showed along the river (the high end ones in west Louie) and honestly? On default zombie spawns that entire road REALLY struggles to repopulate.
You often have a pretty hectic initial fight as you clear out your house or the entire road, and then you end up with one of the most quiet places in louie, definitely one of my current faves since they give you so much built in fence protection, infinite water, and you're RIGHT THERE in terms of getting to the action.
The third and seventh houses starting from the bottom going up are my go-to, but I had a coop run hole up in the triple garage house to much the same effect despite being much more north along the road, nice place.
Just be careful not to get cocky and assume the quiet street is reflective of nearby looting locations. Losing a character because I assumed the entire area was quiet was rough; From the nearby apartments (that spawn generators out the wazoo!), to the elementary, to even the nearby office buildings- the second you leave the street the spawns remind you of where you are lol
Nice stuff, been enjoyin' these overviews of various Knox finds :D
Just southwest of the Baseball Stadium is an office building with many floors.It's not hard to wall off the outside with doors and wood walls between the outdoor pillars. Take out the first floor stairs, and you can set up multiple rope ladders to the ground. Roof top is wonderful for a garden. I survived four in game ears at this location with exceedingly little trouble.
N of LV Central Hospital is a building that is a U shape made for a group of people with W and E side having Garages and it has tons of rooms in the upper floors you just need to barricade the N and S entrance with 2 lines of fences and youll be set (I would suggest making the South side completely fenced off with no gates and North with a fence)
I like those houses on the west side of Louisville near the race tracks. Good homes, garages, proximity to water for farming and fishing, close to town to go for supplies. Not too many zombies (well some, but manageable).
I moved into the fenced in military area with the burned out towns, they’ve got areas inside that’s basically secure as secure can be with no way for them to really find their way to you, the only issue is the lack of water access but that’s not much of an early game issue, I mean come on I get a generator and a bunch of guns in there all I needed to do was find food and water and bring a fridge and tv with a grill over and now I’m set for success. When I play zomboid I’m always strategizing and being in control of the border of Louisville is now my goal, a goal I’m already working on, my long term unobtainable goal will be to over time clear Louisville with pure firepower and sheer willpower.
This place is fun. A VHS store in the main area of louis ville a 30 second walk to a gas station. Its roof is good forfarming and a nice challenge to conquer
my default LV base is in the culdesac NW of the city near fires station and police dept. all you need to do is base the farthest house at the end of the lot and plug up the entrance. it’s surrounded by high walls so zombies can’t path to you even if have a generator on.
if you have more people, survive will be easier and loot is everywhere.
Gigamart right under the park is such a good place to base, relatively low zombie count, lots of food and tools to fortify as well as high sledge chance and lategame weapons
Something also about that one neighborhood is that ingame built fences wooden or not usually zombies wont break, however I still believe the number 1 area is the 3 huge mansions, this also allows you to take the trait claustrophobic so you dont have to really worry about panicking all the time.
I've made myself a louisville base in the tower centered in the train yard a couple times now. Roughly central to louisville, but relatively isolated, and lots of space outside to build relevant defenses.
When I set up in northern Louisville:
And those who tasted the bite of his blade called him, The Doomslayer.
There's an abandoned warehouse and office a bit north of the trainyard that I personally like to base up in, its surrounded by a metal fence, and for some reason in my experience there aren't many spawns around it so its decently easy to clear.
By far the best times i had in this game when i did NOT know what the zomboid world looked like and just made a base in the house i spawned in or something near it
For those riverside fenced off houses you can also sledgehammer the stairs out and use a sheet rope to completely secure the upstairs
Those three gated houses, the one with the lake is my current Louisville outpost. Main base is still in rosewood
my fave is a luxury house near lake...not only near water resource, but also near gas station. other area south of the house also have a high metal fences so its really save...
My friend and I are a duo survival squad and we converted the bat factory into our base. I walled off the back portion to the river for protected farming/fishing.
There is a place close to the south army checkpoint, its a Power station and in my opinion its really good place for base.
I’m so happy this game has Louisville I live in Kentucky near it and I just love the idea of playing a game where it’s in a a zombie apocalypse
There's a skyscraper with a penthouse on the top floor. Put up some solar panels, knock out the stairs, and it's high livin'
My current Louisville base is in Pawnshop and Cafe building in northwest part of the city. I think it's great, tons of industrial buildings and living homes nearby. Destroy the stairs and no zombies can get in.
Im having my first good run, living at the most northern house by the river. Was looking pzmap just today for a place closer to the mall and decided exactly for this last "village" since its a giant locked square with infinite scape routes.
I set myself a challenge to clear out every zombie in Louisville on insane population and found that the gated community just before all of the industrial zoning in the north west is the safest place to protect against migrating zombies since there's only one entrance, and firing a gun at the end of the street is usually safe to do since zombies on the other sides of the fences are too far for their pathfinding to get to the gunshots
Nowhere, that's where. Head for the sticks and live the quiet life!
I've made a base in the small fire station in the right down corner, and im happy with it. At first there is a bit of zombies, but after you clean out them, this place becomes a paradise :)
Also, this is my first time making a base in louisville.
(Survived here for 62 days already)
I just barricaded 3:20 today, This place would very cool espcially if you are able to find a generator, it can supply multiple house with electricity, and the noise is not loud enough to attract zombies from the outer neighbor houses
I suggest the train yard more for a better choice, you can get lots of tools form the hangers, the parking lots is not far form the place, it have a small container office that had a fridge and a microwave, the control tower had a radio and tall enough to be not heard by zombies, gigamart is just 30 seconds drive next, there is a garage just west of the entrance, it is walled off, and that you have a very large plot of free space to build, and you have multiple exit that is not consider suburban area so less zombie would be spawn there. Just don't go near train station and build some rain collectors then you should be okay.
You missed out on the abandoned warehouses just north of the train yard. On normal zombie pop, this place is super easy to secure within the first week. Worse comes to worse, the mansions to the west are easy enough to cheese with the fenced off neighborhoods due east.
There is one large suburb near the top left of the city on the edge of the industrial area that's completely fenced in like the last place you showed with the tall wooden fences that are indestructible as far as I know, you just have to gate off the entrance and you are secure. its a very big area with 12 houses all to yourself once you get it walled in.
I'm curious to know how you go about prepping and then moving into Louisville. Guessing some minimal prep, a way to lure hordes away from your chosen area to get that initial foothold. Could make for a neat video.
Meanwhile, i'm living in one of the highest apartment in Louiville. Nice video
No, the fire station in the south-west seams to be one of the best locations. You can use plumbing with a water collector barrel by default. Coords: 13944 x 3053, cell: 46x10, rel: 144:53.
i think the first two options arent great, i wouldnt base up anywhere that isn't walled off cos your risk of random zeds is always there. we're currently making our base in the gated houses shown at 2:30 on our multiplayer server. sealed off the entrance with log walls and a watch tower. it's the perfect location. full protection, unlimited water, and close enough to the city.
There is a brewery that has easy access to the river and it's surrounded by tall fences And next to a gas station.
I aalso like the military checkpoint at the south end or maybe that sort of away from it but with all the fences and other stuff in it it can be a pretty good base to use especially with other players.
I always just find a farmhouse just outside of town, that way I can take advantage of the short distance of town, and the early game water and power supply. All you have to do is get a car then it’s simple living, lure the zombies to one side of town then loot away.
The warehouse in the extreme upper left of louiseville, close to the sea, have parking lots, and close to the army gun prep
bro me and some boys made a kickass base out of the closed-off three-house spot in Louisville with a bunch of generators and a DIY car shop lol
i meann the watershed house looks pretty sick
Theres a small firestation on the southeast of the ciry I enjoyed using.
Currently trying to start a base above the pawn shop. I'll let you know how I die...
*Alarm went off in potato factor and got swarmed by spud hungry Zs
Inside the Fence close to the military camp :) It has 4 houses, is close to water and is super safe
Has anyone tried making a base in the central park? Like a mix of wildreness living with Louisville surrounding you. It's something I want to try, but pushing my way through all the zombies only for it to be impossible is too big of a time-waste for me right now.
That is my run right now. More challenging than proper wilderness in regards to zombies but sort of same feel while being closer to things. I like it.
Ive lived in all the **in city** location, they do work really well, the last one do require a group but its worth it ^^
tho the later one was overrun on my end, living mid louisville tend to end this way
I like the train yard next to the military base
The vet is a pretty nice spot
I downloaded some Louisville start locations and the first one I got was in a farm next to a trailer on the outskirts of town. Been playing it since and on day 25 I'm just now heading in for loot. I bet I will die by surprise zhombie around the corner
I have played PZ for almost two years and i NEVER explored Lousiville. For me is still a brand new game :3
Those fences are unbreakable
Is it fine to use the Louisville spawn mod? I have never been there because I die because before even leaving the town that I am spawned on
if you dying in starting cities you wont survive there . LV is great but you need to know how to walk around zombies not to fight with all of them . Perfect way to learn it is to walk from westpoint to Louisville.
Very good video, you deserve the like❤
northwest warehouses are my favorite base location
a place i planning on making my base is on one of the apartments but the only thing that is stopping me is not having a group of friend so we could each take a floor our maybe even each have a room
As someone who has lived in Louisville, KY in real life, I agree, don’t live downtown, Fern Creek, Hillview or J-Town are the more chill areas. 😂
Can zombies destroy those pre existing gates in the gated houses near the river?
I’m gunna be honest. I’ve been playing PZ for about a year..and I have yet to get the courage to go into Louisville lol I’ll go once I stop panicking in “muldrag” ;)
About the last Base location in your video... Are zombies able to destroy the walls?
Chugs brewery, right on the river. Enemy spawns are minimal.
3:43 these are large and safe fences
yeah i forgot about that lol my b
Well im using my plan living in 2 and 3rd floor or roof building my own farm using escape rope from widows or fence for hunting
Scarlet Oaks Distillery.
thank you so much
The zombies can't break the tall wooden fences.
I wish there was a mod to make them thumpable and destructible by zombies tbh.
You visited my house! its on the western mansion row. the one with black fence kennels and US flag
dont think zombies can break pre-built fences
I'm currently setup in the baseball stadium, there is no advantages to this and there's hordes everywhere, I just think it's cool so I did it anyway
i literally made my base in the middle of the park, theres like a little bar there
the 3 initial suggestions are trash. A base w/o tall fences around is not a base and why would u build a fence around if u can get a place with it from the start?
Can we have a best frames per second tutorial?
I seem to lag every time.
The military base is the actual best spot. Entire thing is gated from all sides. Already has front gates and back gates. Zombies simply cannot come inside at all and have no chance to ever.
The best base in Louisville is at the Rosewood fire station
The house with the three garages is best.
i wanna be near the mall me and my friend are building are own base near mall and carpentry store we just need a source of water
thank you a lot
"Soon the developers will be adding livestock to the game" That was a soon with a * next to it lmao. Well, I'd rather the devs have time to cook, I'm looking forward to basements.
Ok challenge accepted. I’m a 3500 hour pz vet and only play solo as my internet connection is so crap I can’t get onto a server, so I will take over that last spot and become invincible! 😅 I’ll let you know how I go lolol
1:10 still waiting on that but whose keeping track of time.. haha not me
Me.