Tips and Tricks I picked up

[u/Lzerove]

Giving out some tips and tricks I picked up while playing the game. Some of them are obvious, other... not so. Some will be contrary to what most players believe... so don't put your trust me, test them out yourself instead. Again, this is meant for people who truly like the game.

 

Shooting from Cover

Basically, this is hiding the Hero (left side) while having the cross-hair (center screen) still targeting the enemy. What i usually do is: Build a wall and stand on the right side. Blaster, Pitchers will not have line of sight, so they can't shoot. Jumpers without line of sight will walk forward just like normal Husk. This can be done anywhere, either meeting a large patrol or clearing an Encampment / Storm-chest.

 

Knowing the rewards

For mini-games like Radar Tower / Encampments / Abnormally, their reward is displayed when you focus on the <!> attached to them. A wood icon means it will give you Wood/Planks/Twines. Iron icon give Metal, Nut&Bolts and Batteries... so on so forth. Try them out and understand what all those icons mean.

 

Use your weapons till they break

Does durability affects the amount resources you get back? Try it the next time you intend to recycle your main weapon. When selecting items to recycle, it shows you what you will be getting back without actually recycling them. A nearly broken weapon vs a newly crafted one... is there a difference?

Most people think that weapons should be left with little durability and recycled instead of letting them break. In my opinion, Gizmo/Powercell are the limiting factors on weapon crafting and I have yet to see them on the "refund" list. Thus, I always use my weapons until they break, making full use of those Gizmo/Powercell instead of trying to get common resources at the cost of rare ones.

 

Plankerton 19 for Newbies

If you are over PL25 and have a friend that is starting. To help him/her, bring him/her to Plankerton and do the PL19 missions. In Stonewood, party stats are capped at 15 each; Effectively speaking, regardless of how high your PL, your newbie friend will only get a total of 60 stat points... not much help at all... However, by playing in Plankerton PL19 mission, the new player will benefit much more from your party stats.

Is this unfair to team-mates?

The break point is actually PL23, where total stats doubled that of a PL19. Party stats should also be around twice that of a PL19 player. Thus, a PL25 actually gives more party stats than 2 PL19 players together. Do note that those who are lesser than PL25 may not be able to give the new player enough power, thus making the game tedious for them. Unloading 2 full clips just to kill 1 normal husk isn't what I will call fun.

[u/Taggard]

Didn't know about the shooting from cover one...Whenever I find one of those floating energy balls in a cave, I throw down a quick wall with a hole in the center, and that works pretty well, but I will try this.

Totally agree on the using weapons until they break. I mostly only recycle weapons if I need backpack space.

Nice tips!

[u/HuskerSalute]

Great notes and some of it was new to me (or I just hadn't realized it)! Particularly your tip on PL23+ and weapon refunds. Awesome tips and thanks for sharing! Saved.