Tricky one eh, hmmm, in terms of starter base it is Vogel house. For my base after the spawn one is the church on meagher valley. The best base on the maps is 100& strip mall on drucker
I would like them to let players build their bases from scratch....like fallout 4 settlement building system...in which the player is in full control of building wall by wall and every other aspect of the settlement....or at the very least, let the player add substantial upgrades to the predetermined bases, like upgrades walls, to be able to move and remove items like car wrecks and use them for crafting materials like scrap metal to reinforce walls or make metal stuff, also the ability to add better defenses to deepen the immersion, like mounted machine guns and spotlights maybe even automated drones that can identify friend or foe...
@@DarkRipper117 That's something I would like to see be implemented for SoD3 rather than spending a lot of resources to overwrite their current system that seems easier to implement from scratch while developing the new game.
I personally would love to see in State Of Decay 3 them doing away with these pre-built bases, and/or making there MORE to do with them. Because (in my opinion) it would be much cooler to see a system implemented where you could like (maybe at a huge cost of influence or materials) secure buildings 1 by 1 and connect them into your own unique base. Maybe you take 1 house for 500 INF, and then it gets a small space for a single buildable slot and includes like 2 beds for free and then you could either build fences around the perimeter manually, or they'd spawn/generate around any territory you claim/link to expand your base. Then every additional building (based on distance/size) you add would become gradually more expensive and start requiring more resources to maintain. It'd allow players to actually create our own original bases/communities without all just picking (the best) bases every time and could allow them to make running a community more of a challenge. That way the bigger you expand, the more costly it becomes, and the easier it is to get conflict between survivors. Eventually it becomes just harder to defend overall as you're just getting SOOO much attention from the undead, and you'd be faced with challenges like out of the zombie films where you risk having your community collapse because of infighting or resource depletion. Plus having a community of like 10+ people could allow them to add events where maybe someone unhappy becomes a traitor and opens the gate during a siege, or if they implemented your members going on scavenging runs like in SOD 1, they could have someone get bitten and try to hide it (at which point if you aren't actively caring about your community or paying attention to them, you'd miss the signs and they'd turn in-base and attack someone). Overall I just LOVE the S.O.D games and I believe that they showed over the last year with their continued updates/support that they have a TON of potential still left to keep these games fresh and gradually improve upon what makes them so fun.
I like your idea. I think a good rule would to only allow players to claim 1 building for each person in their community. The survivors dont necessarily have to live in a building by themselves but limiting players to have only 11 buildings if they have 11 survivors seems perfectly fair.
Idk if it's true but state of decay 3 might be a free build for the bases. Implying u get to choose every slot n everything is breakable so that u can replace the prebuilt facility with something else of ur choosing
@@NathaNeil27 I think that it would also be interesting if they raised the cap of survivors, or removed it entirely. Then maybe just add a difficulty scale for having more people. So that eventually if you decide to build a big fortress with 30 people inside, you'd get massive hordes of zombies attacking (or just lot's of special zeds), major resource penalties, morale penalties, and it would make you actually be required to actively be engaged with your community and making sure the place is running smoothly. Then if everything goes to heck and zombies overrun the place and kill almost everyone, the difficulty would drop down again and you could take your survivors and start over. Because I'm personally a big fan of management/community-building games, and I always felt like S.O.D had more room for making you feel like an actual leader and having to be in that position of responsibility. While at the same time if they had like difficulty scaling they could also reward players who prefer smaller communities/play-styles by giving bonuses that offset less people/resources.
This idea is by the Rebuild game, it a cool game but more of a turn base window clicker... Yeah it's good if they can incorporate the Rebuild game concept on state of decay,
I for one would not like full customizable bases (like Fallout 4 Settlements) but I'd really like the ability to spend materials and influence to fortify bases, like strengthen the walls, close the gaps and increase the safe zone around it. Also the ability to spend materials and influence to clean up the map per zones, which would remove wrecked cars from the road and allow us to drive around easier.
Maybe update or next game but if love to expand the base into the outposta round and build up a larger bade that would come with its own pros and cons that and letting us spend time to clear roads and bullets to clear a xone of zeds
I’ve been saying this for years. It would be cool and it makes sense for some bases. The campground base where Whitney field is has so much empty space, the barricaded strip mall has the roof, etc. there is no reason we can’t build on everything.
I actually really love the Fortified Bridge in Cascade Hills, I know it's not the "best" base on the map but the location is still pretty good and it has got to be the easiest base to defend in the game. Only two entry points which are covered by the walkways ontop of the bridge in which two survivors can be placed with guns. I ran this base with 6 survivors and it's such a unique base compared to all the others in the game. I enjoy it even if it isn't the most powerful.
My absolute favorite base as well. It was so bittersweet moving out. I used to make sure I get home by sunset/sunrise and just chill at the top floor and watch the river flow by. Very defendable base as well.
can someone tell me what is ment by END GAME? In reality there is not much to do on those maps if we talk about completing the games story. Destroy the hearts do leader quest and boom ending. Or am i missing something?? if yes then what?
Huge bases: lumber mill for production, container fort for everything else, smaller bases rusty rosies in providence ridge, everything else is just ok. Wish they'd add more bases, so many opportunities for great ones, like that junk yard across from whitney field, it'd make a great base.
can someone tell me what is ment by END GAME? In reality there is not much to do on those maps if we talk about completing the games story. Destroy the hearts do leader quest and boom ending. Or am i missing something?? if yes then what?
Providence Ridge has a unique property of being a map where EVERY base is viable. The fenced warehouse has been my absolute favorite due to sheer customizability. If you have each of the RT base components, it becomes an extremely strong base.
Would be so cool if you could capture every single outpost in the game and put 2 or 3 survivors on every outpost big or small so People can capture the entire map like a world fortress and have the entire map full of people killing zombies on a massive scale
can someone tell me what is ment by END GAME? In reality there is not much to do on those maps if we talk about completing the games story. Destroy the hearts do leader quest and boom ending. Or am i missing something?? if yes then what?
@@tanelviil9149 well yess it get to be repetitive but each different role can give you different ways to start the story with better and better upgrades or equipment each time and you can allways change the map and theres allways grinding loot in this game for me its cool i dont mind playing it a million times but really wish they could keep updating the game with more content its like the walking dead game we never got i think theres a 3game in production maybe thats why we got a smaller game in this one cause maybe the new one could be much better on next gen console and PC
Well with the new update coming this year it will be similar to that when the new infestation and plague heart update is out. You will need to strategically place your outposts to protect your base so you don’t get swarmed so with the new update your outposts will have more defensive purposes.
I literally transferred my community 3 times in a row before settling in Farmland Compound. The fact that it has 4 large slots and is the most central point on the map made it a no brainer. I also really liked the fact that there are multiple enclosed buildings one of which actually has bars on the window so it actually feels like the most comfortable living situation.
@@shmodzilla true it has the best location and accessibility of all bases, it barely has debris to block as well unlike container fortyard which is a pain to get out of
@@arvintob yeah I understand devs are looking at game "balance" giving bases pros and cons but I swear a lot of tye times devs forget the most important thing. Games are supposed to be fun and they go and take away the run with absolute piss poor locations or debri ,nerf items in bases ect. That's pure laziness instead of making better balance. Same goes for the part of the city in the south littered with vehicles in trumble . It doesn't add anything except annoyance.
@@shmodzilla i wish that you can just upgrade your bases instead of having different base sizes, like spend influence to expand the area a bit like that because i really dig the bridge base but it's so tiny haha
When I play providence ridge I usually b-line the truck stop. The free watch tower is great for clearing the local area, and during the tutorial you claim an ammo outpost. Power and water are easy to get on the map, and the two large spots means you can build almost whatever you want. The biker kitchen makes it a solid option for a trade leader, since you can make moonshine. It's not as good as the distillery on Meagher valley, but it's a nice boost to influence.
The bridge fort is absolutely amazing. #1 pick for Cascade Hills If you have your active survivor as gunslinger you just stand in the middle with an energy drink and lay em out. No mazes or corners clear line of sight. If shit gets outta hand though just run to safest edge and climb a ladder and throw down a pipe bomb to clear the mob. My first time here it was "safe" between two plague hearts. It was like going to war with the zeds just non stop assault fire and all the plague samples i could ask for. This nostalgic moment and how easy it is to defend sold me on bridge fort. 10/10 for small groups of survivors. Cascade Hills though... Every base has the same problem... The number of living people in your base. Seems like theres never enough beds and all your free play slots/outpost go to beds which is why container fort is usually a must if ur there for the long play. I never have a problems with resources on this map but the moral and fatigue is real
I like you also love the truck stop and have used it many times on many runs and it's great to use throughout the game , great video. keep up the great content.
Exactly. That's the main thing I would like to see. You should be able to move stuff around, place things exactly where you want them, not just predesignated squares. Main buildings I understand are already built, so in real life you are not likely to tear down a building. It would also be pretty cool to have like a tow truck or wrecker that can hook burnt out cars or large objects around the map so you can move them, or build barriers etc.
Yes, this game sorely needs something like that, and who knows, maybe people would love to upload their bases to the mods pages so that other people can play with them...this is a game that would greatly benefit from a base building system like fallout 4s.
can someone give me the short and direct version of this long video??? I listen and listen but him constantly talking about different things made me so confused. In the end he keeps talking about more things than i have SLOTS to use- So what are the most importand things to build in your base first??? the most importand things??? I am at the Fortified truck stop ( rusty rose ) on the map Providence Ridge So i made the infirmary and a 2 beds place and i repaired the morale food slot .... but i don't know what should i now focus on more... should i destroy the car stuff to get one more big slot?? I don't know what to build next. ( also where you get building material ??? is it random loot or you have to get it from specific places?? )
Earned a sub here! The simple fact that your favorite map is Drucker County made me a fan! I don’t know why everyone hates this map and please don’t say bcuz of the driving! Show me a base you don’t have to drive on!!! The Mall is my favorite base on the game, period! Drucker is the best map for me and I’m glad to see someone else like it as well.
I find the church in cascade Hills good to get in early you can ring the bells and farm influence really easy plus centre of the map and easily defended on all difficulties with the built in watch tower I did my first 100 days survival in it with the trade depo and max population.
i wish they added more bases into the game, i always wanted to have the hospital as a base, But the main thing i wanted which i was disappointed in were better outposts, yes they added it so you could upgrade them to get better perks, but i always wanted them to act as minibases, and allow you to build them up in certain ways depending on what they were, or even have you build your own facilities in them for the larger ones and have the ability to move your own guys or an enclave into them, maybe if you take a gunshop you can build a sniper tower on the roof and it could double the radius of defence and add the call sniper support when you move an enclave into it, or you could turn it into an ammo factory, have an enclave crafting bullets for you and if you pay fuel or something they could even make bombs. turn houses into bunk houses where more people can sleep in but it causes mini hordes there more often, or turn it into a scout house where in a huge radius you get the scout ability and it gives you the ability to call an ally or one of your guys as back up who will show up as a companion. turn medical facilities into makeshift hospitals, you could send guys there rather than build an infirmary in your base by building it there and having an enclave or a doctor move in there from your community. or turn it into a plague research facility where you provide them with plague samples and get free plague weapons. simple things like that would add so much more to the game, it would mean outpost locations mean a lot it would help push you towards other bases too, if you can build beds, infirmary, shooting ranges and kitchens elsewhere then why would you need so many build spots? you could stick with a smaller more central base like the bridgefort the whole way through, if you wanted you could even take a more advantageous outpost somewhere more central and use that as a command centre where you do all your looting and minibase management from rather than your main base, i feel like its not an outlandishly huge change that would add so much more to the game
I love Container fort, it's massive base with very good natural defenses, and it has plenty of spots, both small and large so you can customize it as you want. Also I think it comes with built-in workshop, which is great as it saves you material to build\upgrade it, and you can tear it down if you don't need it, for example if you have Red Talon Workshop. I personally use some mod which makes Armory and Workshop integrated into one facility, so I don't really need that workshop, instead I build Red Talon barracks.
By far far far - Farmland Compound- I always wanted to play a base where I can do whatever I want & I am a long-term Survivor so, This base is huge 3500 influence is nothing but for me: Farmland Compound 2nd Prescott Fire Station or Lumber Mills base 3rd Whitney fields 4th & last Squelones Brewing Company For the future map or sod3- I want a base of 5large & 5-6small even 5000 influence I will make sure to get it & get in Appreciate the effort plze continue the gud work 👍🏻 The Turk - Muhammad Ali from Sweden 🇸🇪🇹🇷😁👊🏻
Thanks a lot! , I played sod1 for yearsss and I played sod2 hard for the first few months but haven't touched it in a few years . So this video was super helpful . Keep up the great work buddy!
Nice review, covering almost everything necessary. I do have 2 counter points though: - You left out the biggest advantage of Container Fort: it is basically a huge watchtower with almost everyone on the wall shooting, only 2 carefully guarded entrances and 1 weak point for zombies to climb in (provided they can get through the rain of bullet). Easily the most defensible base in the entire game. - Huge fuel storage and latrine are generally waste of slot. There is no reason to hoard fuel and you have far superior facilities for morale (still, RT officer quarter and lounge). Rosie's truckstop is alright because the storage is also a watchtower, but Mike's concrete is flat out bad.
@@cr7ey870 Then build a watchtower, problem solved. You get 6-7 people constantly on the wall shooting and a huge threat reduction bonus (only relevant in normal/dread zone).
Honestly, I don't understand why having a facility's full benefit (4 people on the wall and threat reduction) for free and without it occupying a facility slot is annoying.
All members in my community have 50 cal snipers that absolutely melt everything that comes near the base even juggernaughts. They last about 5 seconds with 8 50 calls to it's head.
Yep, Mall and Fort are my two all time favorites. Especially Mall since once you got that base you virtually beat the game no matter what difficulty you’re playing.
Crazy thought.. with the update a future update focusing on longer play communities.. I’d love to see a way to make our community stronger with red talon like training manuals
I feel like the Warehouse in Providence is pretty good. Has around the same number of slots as Mike's, I believe, but it's bonus is that it grants a bonus to all storage. That said, there are four doors in the fence, and a few spots the zombies can climb in, but overall I've found it to be actually pretty decent.
The container base is THE best in the game imo. Sure, it is on the bottom of the map so driving is needed but I like driving around, it adds to this immersive survival-like feeling. It has every single outpost type around it including electricity, water and silo. It is the esiest base to defend and it has 3 parking slots surrounded by walls so it can be blocked by cars and make a car defensive wall and it can carry up 10 people. What else you could want from a late game base really.
I just started playing this game, I ended up in Providence Ridge first game and when I had to move the first time I moved to the Truck stop and never left since, I have 9 members and basically doing perfectly fine on normal difficulty. I built 2 beds and 1 small workshop inside, 1 small garden and 1 large field hospital outside and kept the car workshop and with outposts all of my needs are basically met. I have 1 electricity, 1 water tower, 1 ammo, 1 food, 1 material and 1 gas outpost atm, all of my consumptions are 0 or higher and morale is through the roof (I also have a survivor skill, that got me +2 beds and a morale boost).
I agree with all of your choices, EXCEPT for the Corner Office. Although it’s easily defendable, it’s very close to the zombie spawn points which can lead to many sieges and ultimately, more community members being injured and possibly more deaths.
Ive played corner office on a variety of difficulties, and i agree. On lower difficulties where it isn't much of a problem, using corner office for its map convenience is perfectly fine, even when juggs spawn literally next door. But when the risk is much greater, a little but of map location convenience and a unique base design just doesn't outweigh the benefits you would be able to get from the more out-of-the-way bases
can someone give me the short and direct version of this long video??? I listen and listen but him constantly talking about different things made me so confused. In the end he keeps talking about more things than i have SLOTS to use- So what are the most importand things to build in your base first??? the most importand things??? I am at the Fortified truck stop ( rusty rose ) on the map Providence Ridge So i made the infirmary and a 2 beds place and i repaired the morale food slot .... but i don't know what should i now focus on more... should i destroy the car stuff to get one more big slot?? I don't know what to build next. ( also where you get building material ??? is it random loot or you have to get it from specific places?? )
This really showed me how varied people preferences can be because for me Cascade Hills has some of my favourite bases in the game, I love to do small community runs where I only have 4-5 people for my whole play through, for these Bridge Fort is my absolute favourite base in the entire game. I also love the Corner Office for these runs too when I'm on Cascade Hills and feel like something a bit different. Church on Hill is also solid in my opinion for 6-8 people though extremely susceptible to zombies which I definitely understand if thats a big no-no for a lot of players and on top of all that in my personal opinion for me Container Fort is just the best 1750/3500 base bar-none.
@@DisastrousIntentionally Hell yea, when I moved my forever community to Cascade for awhile I was planning on just doing a short stay at the Corner Office because its my favourite base in the game before going to Container Fort but I ended up just staying at the Corner Office for the stay on Cascade
I don't find the parking slots on the Strip Mall too problematic as it has a huger amount of space around the base to park cars around the slots. Also The Lumber Mill has a bunch of slots but I noticed that being a mostly open outside base it has a HUGE issue with noise generation compared to other bases. Finally Rosie's Truckstop becomes easily endgame base material if you have access to prestige points to spend in order to buy the Red Talon base modules.
Personally i found Fort Marshal in Trumbull Valley to be a decent base with its pre built shooting range, mobile canteen and infirmary and it only has 2 main entrances with 4 parking slots
You can go to the base menu and access everything you have built without needing to physically move your character there. Same with building consumables or upgrading outpost. All of it can be done from the base menu, so just hit the select button, you can view the map, community and base menus and difficulty settings
I have a forever community based out of Squelones, aptly named "Party House". Whenever my wife or I would finished another community, we would trade our most valuable and favorite items to each other and it would all end up at the brewery. The amount of loot they're holding now is beyond obscene. And the infinite supply of renown for trading is a plus. I spend most of my time driving around in my wizard van selling our goods, or have my leader call the traders over to us. Insane.
Was a great video that definetly was needed for 2022. Because lots of changes has happened and there are tons of youtube videos about best bases and such... which dont get me wrong they were good videos at the time. But this was one of the overlooked yet definetly needed. And I gotta say good job sunny thank you as well. Hope this video finds alot of new players that are looking. But to me personally that Meagher Valley is the best map because 1: its a flat map ish that you dont have many obstacles in the way and can get anywhere really quick. And 2: that baseball base is too OP for me. The built in bleacher area that the people guard is pretty neat tbh. Comes with 4 parking spots which is huge for me as well. And then the open customization options inside. Plus you have that whole great variety of parking all around with that trail area in front of it.
Make it where you can create and grow a base anywhere. If you pick one of the premade ones, you use less materials. If you pick a random building, an open field, and start expanding, material costs go up and nullifying the staging area. 3 or 4 for each building. You can make a super base, but have to work to keep it up and running. Im at the point now where I don't have to gather anything to and still in the positive for everything.
Seems like almost everyone will like that ...I would love to be able to salvage car wrecks and other resources from buildings, and yes being able to make a base anywhere in the map would be a big yes....also more varied defense upgrades like mounted machine guns and drone stations.
Squelones Brewing Company, Meager Valley is hands down one of the funnest bases if you have an interchanging trader/warlord leadership whilst having the Builder and Sheriff boons active. Try it out sometime. Loads of fun. Pretty much buy anything you want with the sells from Craft Beer from the Stills and have free reign of the map with the warlord perks/buildings and trader for all the high end weapon/mod purchases.
I just wanna be able to pick my own bases, and to be able to board up windows again. Also, bridge fort will always be one of my favorite bases. Kinda limited but it’s super unique. For providence ridge, if you build at the truck stop, you can use the river to go straight down to Prescott. I usually just drive down that way so I don’t have to use the roads and save on gas.
For the Container Fort on lethal - Castle defence (built in watch towers with no cost). Roads are still good and you get the local traders/missions spawning in good locations. The pluses heavily outweigh the downsides for me. Only negative is if you're moving maps with a large group its usually defended by about 5 hearts unlike Trumbull with its 2! :)
I have a few picks for each map, my pick for Drucker County would be the Strip Mall, though I like the Cabin Lake Park as well. I build up at the Knights Drive In and move later to one of the two locations. Meager Vally has the Brewing Company as the best base imo, the Farmhouse is a great starter and on lethal I LOVE to go staight to the Police Dept. to make ammo but seem to end up at Camp Kalenqua as it is my fave, though I know it is not the best. Cascade Hills best is the Container Fort imo, though I also like the Corner Store as well. Trumbull Valley has the Farmhouse as best base imo, but I also like the trailer park, which is well defended if you have sniping towers, and the Red Talon base is good as well. Providence Ridge....that's tough 4 me they are all good but my pic would have to be the truck stop because of what you can do with it. The firehouse would be the best but the workshop cannot be fixed to be a red Talon Workshop which would repair your gear, so it just takes up space though I do like the sniping areas. All in all, my favorite map....Cascade Hills, because you have more ammo outposts, and the ability to double up on your staging materials gained, but my favorite base is in Meahger Valley and is Camp Kalenqua, it just looks so cool!
Agreed, BUT...... That would just be overpowered and eventually become an unstoppable fortress, there would no longer be a need to play the game at all due to being so self sufficient, it MUST be balanced to get you to leave the base and scavenge, but i agree it would be cool but just not viable, gamers would just get bored and "nerf" themselves by not upgrading it
My favourite base is Whitney Field. It's just so easy to defend and gives plenty of options. However, I do enjoy the drive in theatre base, also easy to defend as it's kinda out of the way.
The abandoned red talon base is also very good. It comes with a built in cleo fire support and supply drop module which you can farm for daybreak goods. It is also supper easy to defend.
My biggest concern is that it will become too farming/crafting heavy. I like many of the ideas that people present, but I've found that (at least in my opinion) SoD in general has a much more enjoyable balance of crafting/base building to fighting to resource gathering than pretty much any other zombie apocalypse game I've played (and I tend to try them all). I am not going to be disappointed if it goes that route, but I think they've got it balanced very well right now. Just maybe add some complexity to resource management as opposed to adding the "chop down trees to gather logs to make a section of fence" sort of thing.
Agreed, its simplicity is what attracts people, and the rucksacks make sense, like a bag full of pipes or some shit, plumbing in general would be extremely important for irrigation, or sacks of rice, things like that you know? I personally loved it when i first started which was only a week ago now, and im LOVING im simplicity UNLIKE seven days to die, i loved that game but damn it got super annoying alot when it came to resource gathering.... Like you damn near had to know real life shit in order to craft in that game but this one? Nah anyone can pick this game up, simplicity isnt always a bad thing, in fact its often the best thing if you ask me
Farmland Compound in Trumbull, followed by Container fort. You forgot to mention the easy defence of the container fort. It only have 2 entrances, so you can easily control the attacks
They can climb over the fence at the side but you can block that easily. I use a red talon tower there and it blocks them as well. But what a riot . I let them come right in lol
yea prescott fire station was where I did my first lethal run to get the builder perk. the built in water and power was incredible. I really wish bridgefort had a tiny bit more building capability, the location is great and a pretty cool design as a whole. other than that all the other top twos I agreed with. and the more I play (2k+ hours at the moment), the more I like the farmhouse in trumbull as the best overall base (for a large community) in the game. and once you get the cleo array it becomes OP
Good placement of a watchtower in the container fort leaves only two doors they can go through, both of which can be blocked. It's by far the easiest base to defend and I've just stood there during a siege and let the npcs win outright without even an injury. Of everything, that's why I love the container fort. You almost can't fail at defending it.
Camp Kelenqua in meager valley is def slept on. Costs 5 people to start, comes with 8 beds so it's a mid to late game base. Has a built in kitchen and water facility with 2 Large slots and multiple small slots. Def recommend 🤙
I agree with your list. Strip Mall used to be my favorite, but now its the Farmaland complex. But I hate Trumball. But I usually end legacies at Mikes or the Brewery. Great list
I wish we could have better bases for smaller groups sometimes I like playing with like 4 people. Being able to make some of the outpost home bases would be cool.
I’m playing on the Providence Ridge map right now and starting a “farming” community. I actually find the lumber mill base is perfect for unlimited farming of resources. I can farm pretty much everything with the right setup and that base without ever leaving the base really. The best part about the lumber mill is unlimited building materials for only labor which can be used to craft parts. With the CNC mill mod in the workshop you get 90 parts in 2 minutes using building materials. So after that you can sell your unlimited parts for 1 influence each. 1 part=1 influence so 5,000 parts is now 5,000 influence! Unlimited influence. I actually have 10k parts and influence in that community right now and my base is the biker bar still. I like the biker bar because while I’m grinding parts I’m also grinding moonshine and jugs of ethanol using the biker kitchen. I have over I have over 50 jugs of moonshine made so far which is probably worth thousands of influence on it’s own. All my extra resources I will be exporting to my other communities on harder difficulties.
Saw Mill was the worst for me personally. I actually liked the customisation of it, but on Dread difficulty every single zombie invasion was stacked with tons of juggernauts
I think dread has all attacks include multiple juggernauts to be honest... It definitely hurts my groups that dont have the cast making kits. But the new haven device is a great item to have in dread zones and higher... Especially on a permanent group
For the lumber mill the CNC mod for the work shop will help u rack up hella parts tho! . It requires 8 materials lootsacks for 90 parts and having a construction worker on ur team will really benefit this!
I had only Problems in Lumber Mill. The Threat Level was constant on full risk. Even with a Sniper Tower, one Watchtower and the Chirch as Watchtower Outpost, the risk level was bearly reduced and Zom-Waves were constant coming in. Then the wood machine witch you can use to produce Material was a nice Idea, until I used it. It raised the Risk even more and at the next Zombie Attack, there were two Juggernauts, six Screamers and four Berserkers running against us. My Leader died in that fight, thanks to a Juggernaut, witch made me leave the Base behind.
I had that problem, I seen a few juggernauts and thought I’d deal with them last because their fat asses wasn’t fitting through the gate. Their fat asses fit through the gate though.. lol
Currently doing drucker county and I started saving up for the strip mall as soon as I came upon the area. The location is a bit far but I like that immersion wise as a reasonable place to defend.
Odd that you mention your favorite base in the game is the barricaded mall in Drucker County because that's my favorite base as well. Not only does it feel more secure because I hardly ever get attacked. But I enjoy hanging out on the top of the mall. For some reason it feels safe even at night time. And I also love the ambiance/background noise they have there too. It makes the world feel a lot more immersive. I turned my music all the way down so I can hear a bit easier for things. That base definitely feels very comfortable. I even found myself going back to that map just because of that base being so comfortable. Lol
I personally like the saw mill, i propped a Sniper tower (builder leader) on the corner with the whole community decked out with sniper rifles to add some RPG elements even though haven device generally takes out everything, a haven device, and tons of food outposts, a cleo relay for cleo heavy rifle farming for my community
Sod3 really needs to focus more on the bases, i love the bases in this game but i feel as if they could have done so much better. I love knights drive-in in Drucker county but when i was looking at it i realized there was a massive parking lot with space for so much more to build, it made me wonder why i didn't have the option to expand my walls to build more base slots. Also having only 9 max survivors is really low, you want to feel like you're re-building society in a way, you should be able to choose whether you want a small community or a large one, maybe 20 max.
@@arcanumelite4853 Not really? It has 3 large, 2(?) small, a shooting range, latrine, kitchen, and built in watchtowers. Downsides are location and not as many slots as farmland
Just a small tip on the Farm base, you CAN put vehicles at those location the "Walkers" can get in. You can even put some on all doors except one (obviously the one you need to get into and out of the base from.
Fort Marshall is one of my favorite bases in my opinion granted it only has two big slots, one sheltered slot, and one small slot. But it comes with a military clinic when upgraded to "Military clinic 2" it's almost on par to the field hospital that you can get for having a Sharif Leader. Well that's my opinion y'all try it out and tell me what you think 🤔
Ive only really played Prividence ridge for completed dread, and a bit of meager Valley which games I restarted, and currently started a nightmare game in Cascade (first time playing map), I'd have to say teh fire station would be my favorite so far if only he survivors "used" the scout tower. Nonone in my community uses it to shoot from... I ended up buuilding a sniper tower to do that. in RL, or say common sense, I'd sue the scout tower as sniper tower, plenty of room to store ammo on the roof.
BTW I found out recently you can get 200 prestige points for fending off a siege which is really nice so you don't have to grind daybreak for prestige though you still have to play it to unlock stuff (Also Prescott fire station definitely can hold up to 10 survivors if you build a max out barracks plus have two small gardens and a staging area)
For the Trumbull Base #1 Or any of the Trumbull Bases with large slots: If you complete the _Meeting Cleo_ questline, you’ll get Cleo installed in your base, so long as you have power. With this, you’ll never have zombie sieges, plus any zombies that come close to your base are immediately killed by Cleo. _(You’ll notice zombies that are close to your base will suddenly have green eyes, give it a second and BAM! Their head has exploded thanks to Cleo)._ You can dismantle Cleo, but you’ll need to make sure you keep her Memory Chip if you are to rebuild her again.
I almost never build beds. I just keep my survivors so happy its the only thing they really complain about besides infestations. Also, I reckon if a survivor leaves the community there should be a chances for them to return later or become the leader of another group and maybe have a grudge against you! That would be cool. Or even being able to find their Zombie self somewhere.
11:30, i wish the developer made this base even bigger. i know its already a huge base, but it had SO MUCH more potential, the roof could have 2 or 3 large open slots and i dont even speak of the parking, if the base had all the parking it could have like 6 vehicles parking and not only 3. My biggest issue with this base was the number of open little slots, if we could have more in the parking or in the roof this base would have been kind of a creative mode.
I feel that some of the larger bases in trumbull Valley are a bit of a let down. Fort Marshall is a huge base and it feels empty even with all the slots filled.
not being able to put watch towers on the roof really disappointed me :( like it would be perfect, you dont even need to build the actual building and could just assign ppl to stand up there watching over the area.
What is your favorite base in State of Decay 2 on any map?
Also, give me tips and ideas for future guides you want to see Below!
Would love to see a video about outposts and wich you should get
@@Jeffy_Weffy broken n would make the game too easy. Undead labs still wants the game to be challenging but still enjoyable
Trumbulls real is red talon
My favourite base is the bridge fort
Tricky one eh, hmmm, in terms of starter base it is Vogel house. For my base after the spawn one is the church on meagher valley. The best base on the maps is 100& strip mall on drucker
In sod3 we need a prison base, school base, hospital base
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If we get a prison base, I’d be so down for an online walking dead roleplay
Nah, let us make bases
Or just let us make our own bases. That's what would make play infinitely
If we get a school base it will be an average day in texas
i would love if developers add more bases, especially now when SoD2 team is smaller. Bases are place where i like to spend half time of my gameplay.
Same here. Ive actually been using mods and such to have more fun with the bases. With minor base additions by Undead I would play this game forever.
I would like them to let players build their bases from scratch....like fallout 4 settlement building system...in which the player is in full control of building wall by wall and every other aspect of the settlement....or at the very least, let the player add substantial upgrades to the predetermined bases, like upgrades walls, to be able to move and remove items like car wrecks and use them for crafting materials like scrap metal to reinforce walls or make metal stuff, also the ability to add better defenses to deepen the immersion, like mounted machine guns and spotlights maybe even automated drones that can identify friend or foe...
@@DarkRipper117 Yea, it would be great, but im not expecting they could rework base system. I pray for less advanced feature.
@@DarkRipper117 That's something I would like to see be implemented for SoD3 rather than spending a lot of resources to overwrite their current system that seems easier to implement from scratch while developing the new game.
@@shmodzilla what mods Are you using
I personally would love to see in State Of Decay 3 them doing away with these pre-built bases, and/or making there MORE to do with them. Because (in my opinion) it would be much cooler to see a system implemented where you could like (maybe at a huge cost of influence or materials) secure buildings 1 by 1 and connect them into your own unique base. Maybe you take 1 house for 500 INF, and then it gets a small space for a single buildable slot and includes like 2 beds for free and then you could either build fences around the perimeter manually, or they'd spawn/generate around any territory you claim/link to expand your base.
Then every additional building (based on distance/size) you add would become gradually more expensive and start requiring more resources to maintain. It'd allow players to actually create our own original bases/communities without all just picking (the best) bases every time and could allow them to make running a community more of a challenge. That way the bigger you expand, the more costly it becomes, and the easier it is to get conflict between survivors. Eventually it becomes just harder to defend overall as you're just getting SOOO much attention from the undead, and you'd be faced with challenges like out of the zombie films where you risk having your community collapse because of infighting or resource depletion. Plus having a community of like 10+ people could allow them to add events where maybe someone unhappy becomes a traitor and opens the gate during a siege, or if they implemented your members going on scavenging runs like in SOD 1, they could have someone get bitten and try to hide it (at which point if you aren't actively caring about your community or paying attention to them, you'd miss the signs and they'd turn in-base and attack someone).
Overall I just LOVE the S.O.D games and I believe that they showed over the last year with their continued updates/support that they have a TON of potential still left to keep these games fresh and gradually improve upon what makes them so fun.
I like your idea. I think a good rule would to only allow players to claim 1 building for each person in their community. The survivors dont necessarily have to live in a building by themselves but limiting players to have only 11 buildings if they have 11 survivors seems perfectly fair.
Idk if it's true but state of decay 3 might be a free build for the bases. Implying u get to choose every slot n everything is breakable so that u can replace the prebuilt facility with something else of ur choosing
@@NathaNeil27 I think that it would also be interesting if they raised the cap of survivors, or removed it entirely. Then maybe just add a difficulty scale for having more people. So that eventually if you decide to build a big fortress with 30 people inside, you'd get massive hordes of zombies attacking (or just lot's of special zeds), major resource penalties, morale penalties, and it would make you actually be required to actively be engaged with your community and making sure the place is running smoothly. Then if everything goes to heck and zombies overrun the place and kill almost everyone, the difficulty would drop down again and you could take your survivors and start over.
Because I'm personally a big fan of management/community-building games, and I always felt like S.O.D had more room for making you feel like an actual leader and having to be in that position of responsibility. While at the same time if they had like difficulty scaling they could also reward players who prefer smaller communities/play-styles by giving bonuses that offset less people/resources.
omg i was just thinking about that and I think that it would be fantastic
This idea is by the Rebuild game, it a cool game but more of a turn base window clicker... Yeah it's good if they can incorporate the Rebuild game concept on state of decay,
I for one would not like full customizable bases (like Fallout 4 Settlements) but I'd really like the ability to spend materials and influence to fortify bases, like strengthen the walls, close the gaps and increase the safe zone around it. Also the ability to spend materials and influence to clean up the map per zones, which would remove wrecked cars from the road and allow us to drive around easier.
Maybe update or next game but if love to expand the base into the outposta round and build up a larger bade that would come with its own pros and cons that and letting us spend time to clear roads and bullets to clear a xone of zeds
The base building needs to be way improved just like fallout
Basically rebuild the map that you are on which is basically the point of the game, good idea makes sense 💪🏼
I’ve been saying this for years. It would be cool and it makes sense for some bases. The campground base where Whitney field is has so much empty space, the barricaded strip mall has the roof, etc. there is no reason we can’t build on everything.
I love the clearing idea a dev should note that for the next game
I actually really love the Fortified Bridge in Cascade Hills, I know it's not the "best" base on the map but the location is still pretty good and it has got to be the easiest base to defend in the game. Only two entry points which are covered by the walkways ontop of the bridge in which two survivors can be placed with guns. I ran this base with 6 survivors and it's such a unique base compared to all the others in the game. I enjoy it even if it isn't the most powerful.
I agree it's defendable but you can't make you're base self sufficient
My absolute favorite base as well. It was so bittersweet moving out. I used to make sure I get home by sunset/sunrise and just chill at the top floor and watch the river flow by. Very defendable base as well.
I wanted to use that one when I first found it but I had too many people. It looked so cool for like a scavenger or rogue style community.
can someone tell me what is ment by END GAME?
In reality there is not much to do on those maps if we talk about completing the games story. Destroy the hearts do leader quest and boom ending.
Or am i missing something?? if yes then what?
@@tanelviil9149 not sure who said anything about end game but this isnt that type of game.
Huge bases: lumber mill for production, container fort for everything else, smaller bases rusty rosies in providence ridge, everything else is just ok. Wish they'd add more bases, so many opportunities for great ones, like that junk yard across from whitney field, it'd make a great base.
Ahh that would be lovely. I've thought that so many time when I go near there
I was shocked when i saw that and it wasnt a base !
Yeah that junk yard i was also thinking that it could be a good base
can someone tell me what is ment by END GAME?
In reality there is not much to do on those maps if we talk about completing the games story. Destroy the hearts do leader quest and boom ending.
Or am i missing something?? if yes then what?
Providence Ridge has a unique property of being a map where EVERY base is viable. The fenced warehouse has been my absolute favorite due to sheer customizability. If you have each of the RT base components, it becomes an extremely strong base.
Would be so cool if you could capture every single outpost in the game and put 2 or 3 survivors on every outpost big or small so People can capture the entire map like a world fortress and have the entire map full of people killing zombies on a massive scale
That's the way it should be!
That’s what SoD 2 should have been. Instead, they just made the settlement sizes smaller and removed most of the outpost slots.
can someone tell me what is ment by END GAME?
In reality there is not much to do on those maps if we talk about completing the games story. Destroy the hearts do leader quest and boom ending.
Or am i missing something?? if yes then what?
@@tanelviil9149 well yess it get to be repetitive but each different role can give you different ways to start the story with better and better upgrades or equipment each time and you can allways change the map and theres allways grinding loot in this game for me its cool i dont mind playing it a million times but really wish they could keep updating the game with more content its like the walking dead game we never got i think theres a 3game in production maybe thats why we got a smaller game in this one cause maybe the new one could be much better on next gen console and PC
Well with the new update coming this year it will be similar to that when the new infestation and plague heart update is out. You will need to strategically place your outposts to protect your base so you don’t get swarmed so with the new update your outposts will have more defensive purposes.
I literally transferred my community 3 times in a row before settling in Farmland Compound. The fact that it has 4 large slots and is the most central point on the map made it a no brainer. I also really liked the fact that there are multiple enclosed buildings one of which actually has bars on the window so it actually feels like the most comfortable living situation.
Herschel Farm vibes
Farmland Compound in Trumbull is definitely the best, especially since it's right in the middle
getting the haven device also from that map changes things A LOT
@@arvintob I only use it to set off continuous sieges lol. I love it. Ghost is right. You can offroad anywhere in less than a minute or two.
@@shmodzilla true it has the best location and accessibility of all bases, it barely has debris to block as well unlike container fortyard which is a pain to get out of
@@arvintob yeah I understand devs are looking at game "balance" giving bases pros and cons but I swear a lot of tye times devs forget the most important thing. Games are supposed to be fun and they go and take away the run with absolute piss poor locations or debri ,nerf items in bases ect. That's pure laziness instead of making better balance. Same goes for the part of the city in the south littered with vehicles in trumble . It doesn't add anything except annoyance.
@@shmodzilla i wish that you can just upgrade your bases instead of having different base sizes, like spend influence to expand the area a bit like that
because i really dig the bridge base but it's so tiny haha
When I play providence ridge I usually b-line the truck stop. The free watch tower is great for clearing the local area, and during the tutorial you claim an ammo outpost. Power and water are easy to get on the map, and the two large spots means you can build almost whatever you want. The biker kitchen makes it a solid option for a trade leader, since you can make moonshine. It's not as good as the distillery on Meagher valley, but it's a nice boost to influence.
It's also right next to the river which is your easy highway for driving down to anything in the south.
The bridge fort is absolutely amazing. #1 pick for Cascade Hills
If you have your active survivor as gunslinger you just stand in the middle with an energy drink and lay em out. No mazes or corners clear line of sight. If shit gets outta hand though just run to safest edge and climb a ladder and throw down a pipe bomb to clear the mob.
My first time here it was "safe" between two plague hearts. It was like going to war with the zeds just non stop assault fire and all the plague samples i could ask for. This nostalgic moment and how easy it is to defend sold me on bridge fort. 10/10 for small groups of survivors.
Cascade Hills though... Every base has the same problem... The number of living people in your base. Seems like theres never enough beds and all your free play slots/outpost go to beds which is why container fort is usually a must if ur there for the long play. I never have a problems with resources on this map but the moral and fatigue is real
I like you also love the truck stop and have used it many times on many runs and it's great to use throughout the game , great video. keep up the great content.
I'd love to see a fallout 4 style base building, so you can completey customise it how you want
Exactly. That's the main thing I would like to see. You should be able to move stuff around, place things exactly where you want them, not just predesignated squares. Main buildings I understand are already built, so in real life you are not likely to tear down a building. It would also be pretty cool to have like a tow truck or wrecker that can hook burnt out cars or large objects around the map so you can move them, or build barriers etc.
Yes, this game sorely needs something like that, and who knows, maybe people would love to upload their bases to the mods pages so that other people can play with them...this is a game that would greatly benefit from a base building system like fallout 4s.
I really do not like fo4 settlements but in this game I would enjoy it more.
can someone give me the short and direct version of this long video???
I listen and listen but him constantly talking about different things made me so confused.
In the end he keeps talking about more things than i have SLOTS to use-
So what are the most importand things to build in your base first???
the most importand things???
I am at the
Fortified truck stop ( rusty rose ) on the map Providence Ridge
So i made the infirmary and a 2 beds place and i repaired the morale food slot .... but i don't know what should i now focus on more... should i destroy the car stuff to get one more big slot??
I don't know what to build next.
( also where you get building material ??? is it random loot or you have to get it from specific places?? )
Earned a sub here! The simple fact that your favorite map is Drucker County made me a fan! I don’t know why everyone hates this map and please don’t say bcuz of the driving! Show me a base you don’t have to drive on!!! The Mall is my favorite base on the game, period! Drucker is the best map for me and I’m glad to see someone else like it as well.
I find the church in cascade Hills good to get in early you can ring the bells and farm influence really easy plus centre of the map and easily defended on all difficulties with the built in watch tower I did my first 100 days survival in it with the trade depo and max population.
i wish they added more bases into the game, i always wanted to have the hospital as a base,
But the main thing i wanted which i was disappointed in were better outposts, yes they added it so you could upgrade them to get better perks, but i always wanted them to act as minibases, and allow you to build them up in certain ways depending on what they were, or even have you build your own facilities in them for the larger ones and have the ability to move your own guys or an enclave into them, maybe if you take a gunshop you can build a sniper tower on the roof and it could double the radius of defence and add the call sniper support when you move an enclave into it, or you could turn it into an ammo factory, have an enclave crafting bullets for you and if you pay fuel or something they could even make bombs.
turn houses into bunk houses where more people can sleep in but it causes mini hordes there more often, or turn it into a scout house where in a huge radius you get the scout ability and it gives you the ability to call an ally or one of your guys as back up who will show up as a companion.
turn medical facilities into makeshift hospitals, you could send guys there rather than build an infirmary in your base by building it there and having an enclave or a doctor move in there from your community. or turn it into a plague research facility where you provide them with plague samples and get free plague weapons.
simple things like that would add so much more to the game, it would mean outpost locations mean a lot it would help push you towards other bases too, if you can build beds, infirmary, shooting ranges and kitchens elsewhere then why would you need so many build spots? you could stick with a smaller more central base like the bridgefort the whole way through, if you wanted you could even take a more advantageous outpost somewhere more central and use that as a command centre where you do all your looting and minibase management from rather than your main base, i feel like its not an outlandishly huge change that would add so much more to the game
This man is playing stronghold
I love Container fort, it's massive base with very good natural defenses, and it has plenty of spots, both small and large so you can customize it as you want. Also I think it comes with built-in workshop, which is great as it saves you material to build\upgrade it, and you can tear it down if you don't need it, for example if you have Red Talon Workshop. I personally use some mod which makes Armory and Workshop integrated into one facility, so I don't really need that workshop, instead I build Red Talon barracks.
By far far far - Farmland Compound- I always wanted to play a base where I can do whatever I want
& I am a long-term Survivor so,
This base is huge 3500 influence is nothing
but for me:
Farmland Compound
2nd Prescott Fire Station or Lumber Mills base
3rd Whitney fields
4th & last Squelones Brewing Company
For the future map or sod3- I want a base of 5large & 5-6small even 5000 influence I will make sure to get it & get in
Appreciate the effort plze continue the gud work 👍🏻
The Turk - Muhammad Ali from Sweden 🇸🇪🇹🇷😁👊🏻
Farmland spoiled me because its so good!
Thanks a lot! , I played sod1 for yearsss and I played sod2 hard for the first few months but haven't touched it in a few years . So this video was super helpful . Keep up the great work buddy!
Nice review, covering almost everything necessary. I do have 2 counter points though:
- You left out the biggest advantage of Container Fort: it is basically a huge watchtower with almost everyone on the wall shooting, only 2 carefully guarded entrances and 1 weak point for zombies to climb in (provided they can get through the rain of bullet). Easily the most defensible base in the entire game.
- Huge fuel storage and latrine are generally waste of slot. There is no reason to hoard fuel and you have far superior facilities for morale (still, RT officer quarter and lounge). Rosie's truckstop is alright because the storage is also a watchtower, but Mike's concrete is flat out bad.
that's what i hate about it , is basically built like a watchtower , but doesn't have a watchtower included or built in it annoys me sooo much
@@cr7ey870 Then build a watchtower, problem solved. You get 6-7 people constantly on the wall shooting and a huge threat reduction bonus (only relevant in normal/dread zone).
Honestly, I don't understand why having a facility's full benefit (4 people on the wall and threat reduction) for free and without it occupying a facility slot is annoying.
All members in my community have 50 cal snipers that absolutely melt everything that comes near the base even juggernaughts. They last about 5 seconds with 8 50 calls to it's head.
Yep, Mall and Fort are my two all time favorites. Especially Mall since once you got that base you virtually beat the game no matter what difficulty you’re playing.
Crazy thought.. with the update a future update focusing on longer play communities.. I’d love to see a way to make our community stronger with red talon like training manuals
I feel like the Warehouse in Providence is pretty good. Has around the same number of slots as Mike's, I believe, but it's bonus is that it grants a bonus to all storage. That said, there are four doors in the fence, and a few spots the zombies can climb in, but overall I've found it to be actually pretty decent.
I love it when my people start bitching about losing stuff cuz of storage, im over here like THAT IS A GOOD THING lmfao rofl, we could have nothing
The container base is THE best in the game imo. Sure, it is on the bottom of the map so driving is needed but I like driving around, it adds to this immersive survival-like feeling. It has every single outpost type around it including electricity, water and silo. It is the esiest base to defend and it has 3 parking slots surrounded by walls so it can be blocked by cars and make a car defensive wall and it can carry up 10 people. What else you could want from a late game base really.
I just started playing this game, I ended up in Providence Ridge first game and when I had to move the first time I moved to the Truck stop and never left since, I have 9 members and basically doing perfectly fine on normal difficulty. I built 2 beds and 1 small workshop inside, 1 small garden and 1 large field hospital outside and kept the car workshop and with outposts all of my needs are basically met. I have 1 electricity, 1 water tower, 1 ammo, 1 food, 1 material and 1 gas outpost atm, all of my consumptions are 0 or higher and morale is through the roof (I also have a survivor skill, that got me +2 beds and a morale boost).
I agree with all of your choices, EXCEPT for the Corner Office. Although it’s easily defendable, it’s very close to the zombie spawn points which can lead to many sieges and ultimately, more community members being injured and possibly more deaths.
Thats my favorite part about it lol.
Ive played corner office on a variety of difficulties, and i agree.
On lower difficulties where it isn't much of a problem, using corner office for its map convenience is perfectly fine, even when juggs spawn literally next door.
But when the risk is much greater, a little but of map location convenience and a unique base design just doesn't outweigh the benefits you would be able to get from the more out-of-the-way bases
Excluding green n standard zone lol
Haven device is a must for corner office lovers
can someone give me the short and direct version of this long video???
I listen and listen but him constantly talking about different things made me so confused.
In the end he keeps talking about more things than i have SLOTS to use-
So what are the most importand things to build in your base first???
the most importand things???
I am at the
Fortified truck stop ( rusty rose ) on the map Providence Ridge
So i made the infirmary and a 2 beds place and i repaired the morale food slot .... but i don't know what should i now focus on more... should i destroy the car stuff to get one more big slot??
I don't know what to build next.
( also where you get building material ??? is it random loot or you have to get it from specific places?? )
This really showed me how varied people preferences can be because for me Cascade Hills has some of my favourite bases in the game, I love to do small community runs where I only have 4-5 people for my whole play through, for these Bridge Fort is my absolute favourite base in the entire game. I also love the Corner Office for these runs too when I'm on Cascade Hills and feel like something a bit different. Church on Hill is also solid in my opinion for 6-8 people though extremely susceptible to zombies which I definitely understand if thats a big no-no for a lot of players and on top of all that in my personal opinion for me Container Fort is just the best 1750/3500 base bar-none.
@@DisastrousIntentionally Hell yea, when I moved my forever community to Cascade for awhile I was planning on just doing a short stay at the Corner Office because its my favourite base in the game before going to Container Fort but I ended up just staying at the Corner Office for the stay on Cascade
Quick side note did you know that there is a memorial for Sgt Erik Tan from State of Decay one located at the marshal base in the map Trumbull Valley.
Why isn't the rooftops at the strip mall counted as watchtower? That's always bugs me.
I don't find the parking slots on the Strip Mall too problematic as it has a huger amount of space around the base to park cars around the slots. Also The Lumber Mill has a bunch of slots but I noticed that being a mostly open outside base it has a HUGE issue with noise generation compared to other bases. Finally Rosie's Truckstop becomes easily endgame base material if you have access to prestige points to spend in order to buy the Red Talon base modules.
Personally i found Fort Marshal in Trumbull Valley to be a decent base with its pre built shooting range, mobile canteen and infirmary and it only has 2 main entrances with 4 parking slots
You can go to the base menu and access everything you have built without needing to physically move your character there. Same with building consumables or upgrading outpost. All of it can be done from the base menu, so just hit the select button, you can view the map, community and base menus and difficulty settings
I have a forever community based out of Squelones, aptly named "Party House". Whenever my wife or I would finished another community, we would trade our most valuable and favorite items to each other and it would all end up at the brewery. The amount of loot they're holding now is beyond obscene. And the infinite supply of renown for trading is a plus. I spend most of my time driving around in my wizard van selling our goods, or have my leader call the traders over to us. Insane.
Nice. I love that base as well and have a community like that.
In my opinion the farm was the best base in the first game too so the fact that they expanded on it in the second game is amazing.
Was a great video that definetly was needed for 2022. Because lots of changes has happened and there are tons of youtube videos about best bases and such... which dont get me wrong they were good videos at the time. But this was one of the overlooked yet definetly needed. And I gotta say good job sunny thank you as well. Hope this video finds alot of new players that are looking.
But to me personally that Meagher Valley is the best map because 1: its a flat map ish that you dont have many obstacles in the way and can get anywhere really quick. And 2: that baseball base is too OP for me. The built in bleacher area that the people guard is pretty neat tbh. Comes with 4 parking spots which is huge for me as well. And then the open customization options inside. Plus you have that whole great variety of parking all around with that trail area in front of it.
Make it where you can create and grow a base anywhere. If you pick one of the premade ones, you use less materials. If you pick a random building, an open field, and start expanding, material costs go up and nullifying the staging area. 3 or 4 for each building. You can make a super base, but have to work to keep it up and running.
Im at the point now where I don't have to gather anything to and still in the positive for everything.
Seems like almost everyone will like that ...I would love to be able to salvage car wrecks and other resources from buildings, and yes being able to make a base anywhere in the map would be a big yes....also more varied defense upgrades like mounted machine guns and drone stations.
Squelones Brewing Company, Meager Valley is hands down one of the funnest bases if you have an interchanging trader/warlord leadership whilst having the Builder and Sheriff boons active. Try it out sometime. Loads of fun. Pretty much buy anything you want with the sells from Craft Beer from the Stills and have free reign of the map with the warlord perks/buildings and trader for all the high end weapon/mod purchases.
I just wanna be able to pick my own bases, and to be able to board up windows again.
Also, bridge fort will always be one of my favorite bases. Kinda limited but it’s super unique.
For providence ridge, if you build at the truck stop, you can use the river to go straight down to Prescott. I usually just drive down that way so I don’t have to use the roads and save on gas.
For the Container Fort on lethal - Castle defence (built in watch towers with no cost). Roads are still good and you get the local traders/missions spawning in good locations. The pluses heavily outweigh the downsides for me. Only negative is if you're moving maps with a large group its usually defended by about 5 hearts unlike Trumbull with its 2! :)
I have a few picks for each map, my pick for Drucker County would be the Strip Mall, though I like the Cabin Lake Park as well. I build up at the Knights Drive In and move later to one of the two locations.
Meager Vally has the Brewing Company as the best base imo, the Farmhouse is a great starter and on lethal I LOVE to go staight to the Police Dept. to make ammo but seem to end up at Camp Kalenqua as it is my fave, though I know it is not the best.
Cascade Hills best is the Container Fort imo, though I also like the Corner Store as well.
Trumbull Valley has the Farmhouse as best base imo, but I also like the trailer park, which is well defended if you have sniping towers, and the Red Talon base is good as well.
Providence Ridge....that's tough 4 me they are all good but my pic would have to be the truck stop because of what you can do with it. The firehouse would be the best but the workshop cannot be fixed to be a red Talon Workshop which would repair your gear, so it just takes up space though I do like the sniping areas.
All in all, my favorite map....Cascade Hills, because you have more ammo outposts, and the ability to double up on your staging materials gained, but my favorite base is in Meahger Valley and is Camp Kalenqua, it just looks so cool!
Imagine if they added an option to upgrade bases to make more facility slots
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Agreed, BUT...... That would just be overpowered and eventually become an unstoppable fortress, there would no longer be a need to play the game at all due to being so self sufficient, it MUST be balanced to get you to leave the base and scavenge, but i agree it would be cool but just not viable, gamers would just get bored and "nerf" themselves by not upgrading it
Fire station is so fricken good! I finished lethal with max moral.. it's so underrated with all the resources
My favourite base is Whitney Field. It's just so easy to defend and gives plenty of options. However, I do enjoy the drive in theatre base, also easy to defend as it's kinda out of the way.
The abandoned red talon base is also very good. It comes with a built in cleo fire support and supply drop module which you can farm for daybreak goods. It is also supper easy to defend.
In which map is it?
@@palebm Trumbull valley
My biggest concern is that it will become too farming/crafting heavy. I like many of the ideas that people present, but I've found that (at least in my opinion) SoD in general has a much more enjoyable balance of crafting/base building to fighting to resource gathering than pretty much any other zombie apocalypse game I've played (and I tend to try them all). I am not going to be disappointed if it goes that route, but I think they've got it balanced very well right now. Just maybe add some complexity to resource management as opposed to adding the "chop down trees to gather logs to make a section of fence" sort of thing.
Agreed, its simplicity is what attracts people, and the rucksacks make sense, like a bag full of pipes or some shit, plumbing in general would be extremely important for irrigation, or sacks of rice, things like that you know? I personally loved it when i first started which was only a week ago now, and im LOVING im simplicity UNLIKE seven days to die, i loved that game but damn it got super annoying alot when it came to resource gathering.... Like you damn near had to know real life shit in order to craft in that game but this one? Nah anyone can pick this game up, simplicity isnt always a bad thing, in fact its often the best thing if you ask me
Farmland Compound in Trumbull, followed by Container fort. You forgot to mention the easy defence of the container fort. It only have 2 entrances, so you can easily control the attacks
They can climb over the fence at the side but you can block that easily. I use a red talon tower there and it blocks them as well. But what a riot . I let them come right in lol
@@shmodzilla Shooting Range also blocks it well and then you can have the tower on the top left corner for longer line-of-sight.
yea prescott fire station was where I did my first lethal run to get the builder perk. the built in water and power was incredible. I really wish bridgefort had a tiny bit more building capability, the location is great and a pretty cool design as a whole. other than that all the other top twos I agreed with. and the more I play (2k+ hours at the moment), the more I like the farmhouse in trumbull as the best overall base (for a large community) in the game. and once you get the cleo array it becomes OP
I wish they would let you expand bases or even build your own base, that would be so cool; also combining bases would be so epic!
I just started playing this yesterday and I fcking love it 👊🏻🤘🏻
I always end up staying in the truck stop, too. Definitely my favorite on the map, if not the game.
Good placement of a watchtower in the container fort leaves only two doors they can go through, both of which can be blocked. It's by far the easiest base to defend and I've just stood there during a siege and let the npcs win outright without even an injury. Of everything, that's why I love the container fort. You almost can't fail at defending it.
Ok you definitely helped me find my forever home. Drucker County is gonna be my map. I just need to find more QoL mods to keep the game spicy.
Camp Kelenqua in meager valley is def slept on. Costs 5 people to start, comes with 8 beds so it's a mid to late game base. Has a built in kitchen and water facility with 2 Large slots and multiple small slots. Def recommend 🤙
I agree with your list. Strip Mall used to be my favorite, but now its the Farmaland complex. But I hate Trumball. But I usually end legacies at Mikes or the Brewery. Great list
I wish we could have better bases for smaller groups sometimes I like playing with like 4 people. Being able to make some of the outpost home bases would be cool.
This will be another great video! 😁
I’m playing on the Providence Ridge map right now and starting a “farming” community. I actually find the lumber mill base is perfect for unlimited farming of resources. I can farm pretty much everything with the right setup and that base without ever leaving the base really. The best part about the lumber mill is unlimited building materials for only labor which can be used to craft parts. With the CNC mill mod in the workshop you get 90 parts in 2 minutes using building materials. So after that you can sell your unlimited parts for 1 influence each. 1 part=1 influence so 5,000 parts is now 5,000 influence! Unlimited influence. I actually have 10k parts and influence in that community right now and my base is the biker bar still. I like the biker bar because while I’m grinding parts I’m also grinding moonshine and jugs of ethanol using the biker kitchen. I have over I have over 50 jugs of moonshine made so far which is probably worth thousands of influence on it’s own. All my extra resources I will be exporting to my other communities on harder difficulties.
Qual configuração da serraria você utiliza?
I love the corner office because of how clean and nice it looks
Saw Mill was the worst for me personally. I actually liked the customisation of it, but on Dread difficulty every single zombie invasion was stacked with tons of juggernauts
I think dread has all attacks include multiple juggernauts to be honest... It definitely hurts my groups that dont have the cast making kits.
But the new haven device is a great item to have in dread zones and higher... Especially on a permanent group
grab the haven device first in trumbull valley storyline then move any map you like, that shit is a godsend
For the lumber mill the CNC mod for the work shop will help u rack up hella parts tho! . It requires 8 materials lootsacks for 90 parts and having a construction worker on ur team will really benefit this!
I had only Problems in Lumber Mill. The Threat Level was constant on full risk. Even with a Sniper Tower, one Watchtower and the Chirch as Watchtower Outpost, the risk level was bearly reduced and Zom-Waves were constant coming in. Then the wood machine witch you can use to produce Material was a nice Idea, until I used it. It raised the Risk even more and at the next Zombie Attack, there were two Juggernauts, six Screamers and four Berserkers running against us. My Leader died in that fight, thanks to a Juggernaut, witch made me leave the Base behind.
LOL how could the risk be so high?
I had that problem, I seen a few juggernauts and thought I’d deal with them last because their fat asses wasn’t fitting through the gate.
Their fat asses fit through the gate though.. lol
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Your one of the only one keeping up with this game I appreciate u
Planned on getting back into the game after the upcoming update. This helped a lot well done
Currently doing drucker county and I started saving up for the strip mall as soon as I came upon the area. The location is a bit far but I like that immersion wise as a reasonable place to defend.
Awesome video, very helpful 🤘🏻
Odd that you mention your favorite base in the game is the barricaded mall in Drucker County because that's my favorite base as well. Not only does it feel more secure because I hardly ever get attacked. But I enjoy hanging out on the top of the mall. For some reason it feels safe even at night time. And I also love the ambiance/background noise they have there too. It makes the world feel a lot more immersive. I turned my music all the way down so I can hear a bit easier for things. That base definitely feels very comfortable. I even found myself going back to that map just because of that base being so comfortable. Lol
2024 base guide posted in 2022?
Still relevant as nothing has changed!
I personally like the saw mill, i propped a Sniper tower (builder leader) on the corner with the whole community decked out with sniper rifles to add some RPG elements even though haven device generally takes out everything, a haven device, and tons of food outposts, a cleo relay for cleo heavy rifle farming for my community
When iv used the mill I swapped over leader so I could build multiple leader buildings
With the fire station you can shoot the bell across the road
3:43 I'm tripping I thought a plague zombie was sweeping yo shit
Lmaooooo
(Personal notes for my own use)
Meager Valley:
~Brewery 0:34 Trade/Fire 6b
+Field 2:30 Water/Food 9b
Trumble:
?Farm 3:50 Huge/Solar 12p
Providence: 6:00
-Truck early
-Fire end
-Lumber NEVER
Drucker:
- Mall 11:26 Meh 12p?
Cascade:
-Bridge early?
-Fort 15:40 10FREEBEDS
What the hate for providence fire station?
My personal favorite, that I've played so far , has been Prescott fire station.
you can use all of your buildings from anywhere in the base by using the base screen
I wish the dev's would add some building slots on the roof of the Barricaded Strip Mall in Drucker County.
Sod3 really needs to focus more on the bases, i love the bases in this game but i feel as if they could have done so much better. I love knights drive-in in Drucker county but when i was looking at it i realized there was a massive parking lot with space for so much more to build, it made me wonder why i didn't have the option to expand my walls to build more base slots. Also having only 9 max survivors is really low, you want to feel like you're re-building society in a way, you should be able to choose whether you want a small community or a large one, maybe 20 max.
Great refresher for someone coming back to the game!
Meagher County at the moment. Gonna enjoy the Baseball field good
I'm guessing them adding a military or prison base would be overkill
there is a military base... it just sucks
@@arcanumelite4853 Not really? It has 3 large, 2(?) small, a shooting range, latrine, kitchen, and built in watchtowers. Downsides are location and not as many slots as farmland
Just a small tip on the Farm base, you CAN put vehicles at those location the "Walkers" can get in. You can even put some on all doors except one (obviously the one you need to get into and out of the base from.
Fort Marshall is one of my favorite bases in my opinion granted it only has two big slots, one sheltered slot, and one small slot. But it comes with a military clinic when upgraded to "Military clinic 2" it's almost on par to the field hospital that you can get for having a Sharif Leader. Well that's my opinion y'all try it out and tell me what you think 🤔
I wish you could break down all of the built in water and energy facility it feels like a waste when you have the builder legacy.
Ive only really played Prividence ridge for completed dread, and a bit of meager Valley which games I restarted, and currently started a nightmare game in Cascade (first time playing map), I'd have to say teh fire station would be my favorite so far if only he survivors "used" the scout tower. Nonone in my community uses it to shoot from... I ended up buuilding a sniper tower to do that. in RL, or say common sense, I'd sue the scout tower as sniper tower, plenty of room to store ammo on the roof.
BTW I found out recently you can get 200 prestige points for fending off a siege which is really nice so you don't have to grind daybreak for prestige though you still have to play it to unlock stuff (Also Prescott fire station definitely can hold up to 10 survivors if you build a max out barracks plus have two small gardens and a staging area)
They need to add a metropolitan map, that be dope
It will be nice if we can make our bases like DayZ, build our own walls and pick any location or building that we want and turn it into a base.
I wish in sod 3 we could upgrade the walls to remove any debris and fortify them. Hate looking at most of the destroyed or weak looking walls.
Had the truck stop..just moved to the firehouse after adding members
For the Trumbull Base #1
Or any of the Trumbull Bases with large slots:
If you complete the _Meeting Cleo_ questline, you’ll get Cleo installed in your base, so long as you have power.
With this, you’ll never have zombie sieges, plus any zombies that come close to your base are immediately killed by Cleo.
_(You’ll notice zombies that are close to your base will suddenly have green eyes, give it a second and BAM! Their head has exploded thanks to Cleo)._
You can dismantle Cleo, but you’ll need to make sure you keep her Memory Chip if you are to rebuild her again.
The base with two bult in stills are just sooo👌👌probably a trader's dream base
I don't use the main roads in Providence ridge.I use the water
I almost never build beds. I just keep my survivors so happy its the only thing they really complain about besides infestations.
Also, I reckon if a survivor leaves the community there should be a chances for them to return later or become the leader of another group and maybe have a grudge against you! That would be cool.
Or even being able to find their Zombie self somewhere.
Fire House was my favorite back when I played. I like that map in general. Seems easier to clear.
11:30, i wish the developer made this base even bigger. i know its already a huge base, but it had SO MUCH more potential, the roof could have 2 or 3 large open slots and i dont even speak of the parking, if the base had all the parking it could have like 6 vehicles parking and not only 3. My biggest issue with this base was the number of open little slots, if we could have more in the parking or in the roof this base would have been kind of a creative mode.
I feel that some of the larger bases in trumbull Valley are a bit of a let down. Fort Marshall is a huge base and it feels empty even with all the slots filled.
Yeah the idea is amazing, but it’s literally the emptiest base in the entire game. It’s so gigantic and empty, but I really like the spot on the map.
not being able to put watch towers on the roof really disappointed me :( like it would be perfect, you dont even need to build the actual building and could just assign ppl to stand up there watching over the area.
Man, I love this guy's voice, not gonna lie.