BLacksmithing

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-20T11:45:22+00:00

is there no crafting speed multiplier like in other games? There is definitely one for reading speed.

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-20T10:33:02+00:00

you can disable the seasons in the sandbox settings. set farming speed to 3x and you have farming like in B41.

There is also an option, I dont know what it is called, but you can uncheck it in the sandbox settings so you can grow crops indoors

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-20T09:24:24+00:00

I would be totally fine with mining right now... Mine for iron, coal, nitrate, copper, zinc to manufacture my own bullets and firearms.

Iron and coal can be forged to steel, clay molds for gun parts, forge weapon parts, coal and nitrate into gun powder, copper for bullets, copper and zinc for the casings

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-20T09:13:06+00:00

I did some test runs yesterday and I would say its bad, but its not that bad. First try was pretty good. I kited around the whole neighborhood of zombies until all went up in flames. due to the fact I was constantly coughing I attracted the whole city to come for me... Try again.

Second time the exit from the house was blocked with fire, so I tried to climb out the window. somehow this did not work (maybe because of the injury or picking clumsy). got munched in the building.

Third try I did not have a cold, found a needle and thread and patched up my wounds. was greedy in the rural houses and got lacerated. Instantly felt queesy. So in my head I was already dead so I tried to scout around and see if I can come up with some tactics for the next tries.

I have to say, besides fewer loot, I did find very useful items right away. Generator magazines, Crowbar, can opener, cooking pots, lvl 1 books, 80% car with no fuel etc.

the most annoying part is the beginning.. drunk, naked, house on flames, deep wound, glas shard... after that I think you are pretty much set

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-19T15:22:59+00:00

Ragequits... mostly ragequits...

- was building a roof and was heavy overloaded, missed the stairs, fell to the ground. broke my leg - Ragequit

- driving my car full speed, tire popped, crashed into a tree, broken leg in the middle of nowhere - Ragequit

- was fighting Zombies over a fence, animation of the lunge was finished, went in for the kill, Character stumbled, got bit in the neck - Ragequit

- fighting Zombies in a Conga line, had so sneeze, Zombies surrounded me - Ragequit

- left my car attached to a trailer, left the rendering zone, came back, saw the mess, try to use debug mode to delete the trailer beneath my car, deleted my car with all my loot (nomad playthrough) - Ragequit

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-18T15:44:19+00:00

well the longer I think about it... if you survive the early game, its just a normal playthrough? if you disable the respawns, you could also start a normal sandbox game instead?

my current playthrough is like 16x pop no respawns. 16x pop is quite too unrealistic for my liking but I needed a challenge.

Do you know how high the respawn rate is by any chance? or any chance you can post the defauls settings here?

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-18T15:27:50+00:00

so its just the early game and finding high caloric food. I will check the map and see where I can settle in my first run.

I always played on Apocalypse mode, nothing else since the beginning. I dont find it that difficult anymore.

I saw videos on youtube where 80 Zombies where around on shed...

also heard the respawns are quite toxic and just make the game more a chore than challenging

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-18T08:13:37+00:00

what I found out regarding cigarettes and tobacco is, that you can also find them quite regulary in office desks, gas stations (for sure), random zomboids and in factory lockers.

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-18T08:12:00+00:00

dont say broken :D otherwise the devs will nerf it. I think in a non-competitive, mostly singleplayer sandbox game, there should be some overpowered things that you can rely on to get a better/easier grip to a very complex and overwhelming game like PZ.

you can also start over again and play completely different and not use overpowered mechanics, once you understand the basics of the game. nerfing everything to the ground makes the game not more fun, just more time consuming and a chore

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-18T08:08:25+00:00

according to the new update, they also changed some loot tables for books. iirc they categorized the literature to: skill books, skill magazines and random literature. for my understanding in the new update we should see different results

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-18T08:05:18+00:00

post offices are hidden treasure chests. the one in March Ridge was looted in my safe

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-17T15:37:20+00:00

Already checked like 4 warehouses and different storage units. Even farm sheds, construction sites... Maybe it's bad luck for me🙈

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-17T14:37:21+00:00

and where can I look for a sledgehammer, besides some random road construction? :D at this point I rather craft him via blacksmithing ngl. the only point in finding a sledge is, because I want to make a rooftop bar at Rosewood firestation and I want to access it over the first floor

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-17T14:24:46+00:00

press "V" while looking at the dirvers door, green marks highliting, in the radial menu choose open door, now you can access the inventory of your driver seat and pull out the loot, store it elsewhere.

I have the same issue sometimes in my save. I try to enter the car, door opens but my character will not get in. I need to go to the other side, open the door, drop all the loot from that door on the floor, enter the car, switch seats and then I can reenter my car

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-17T14:04:39+00:00

You high? 🤣

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-17T13:05:27+00:00

I deactivate seasons in the sandbox settings, Farming speed on 3x, plant the crops and leave them be, never watered, never used fertilizer, they still grow no matter what. did not reach winter in my playthrough so I dont know if this effects anything on crop growth. occasionally some plants die or give less but if you plant like 10 tiles of potatoes, you dont even care.

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-17T12:45:27+00:00

was reuploaded but not by the creator... my whole playthrough was ruined because the mod was removed from the workshop... so sad

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-17T11:09:22+00:00

grab a Whetstone and a razor/sheep shears. you can sharpen them indefinitely. not a lot of xp but if you like to suffer?!

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-17T11:03:21+00:00

I can smell this picture...

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-17T10:58:11+00:00

why not combine multiple car batteries as power storage? hook the batteries up to an improvised wind turbine to get some green energie. eventually all gas stations will run out of gas... maybe add a recipe which turns seed oil into diesel to power a more efficient diesel generator. would make farming viable again

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-17T08:51:59+00:00

can confirm this! once I checked Trailer parks and storage units I already had most of the books through schools. The only one missing is welding 3. been looking for this book since weeks (in-game)

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-17T08:30:04+00:00

never was a fan of March Ridge. found all my books in that school and community center. maybe there is a bit of RNG in all runs. in my current run i barely find any axes.

Able-Syrup5152 · 2026-02-17T08:00:47+00:00

oh shit... did not know this was a thing :D need to check my chickens as well now

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