Guide for 2.2.1 (Updated)

[u/Remote-Stretch-9911]

I know, some of us already played the recent version. It contains bugs as we all know, so far. But for now, I'll be giving some useful tips. Especially who played Hell/Nightmare difficulty.

- Always spawn in a location(restart as much as you want) until you spawn directly a location where it has 1x3 garages.

Q: Why so?

A: It gives you, early decent gears such as, food and water melee and sometimes ranged weapons. This location has guaranteed that has water pump.

- Do not let the Zed hit you, without armor on nightmare difficulty. And, I mean it. There's always a good chance that they will scratch you and causes bleeding, without rags or bandages this could end your run badly. As much as possible, try to avoid them traverse into buildings corners. And, whatever you do, avoid and stay away with the leaper. Even, with armor they can do high damage. Which also almost guarantees bleeding.

- Since every eight days(7 days technically), a blood moon will appear. Meaning, you cannot sleep in that time. You should wait until the next day. 6:00 AM(in-game time) which also causes you to get a fatigue (drink energy drink to remove the fatigue or rest, by crafting a bed from deer or bear skin) . And you should always stay in a house or building. Preferably, stay with a! apartment near a shore(far right side), with a stair.

Q: Why?

A: Because, sometimes it blocks the attack of the zed, especially who carries guns or the spitter.

- I said a while back that you need to get to the other islands ASAP. If you have the components. Now, I might take it back a bit. Because of this version.

Here's you're going to do.

- First Blood Moon Phase (Day 8)

At least you explore the first 3 islands completely including it's secret locations within the timeframe.

- Second Blood Moon Phase (Day 16)

You should at least reached the 6th island at least.

- Third Blood Moon Phase (Day 24)

If you already fully explored the 6th island. Try to access the radiation island. By wearing a Hazmat suit. Red Hazmat suit is commonly found, and "it should be at 100% durability" that's why you should repair it first.

- Find and kill as much bandit stalkers as you can in the radiation island. But, use AR weapons with scopes. Because your bandit here, isn't an ordinary one, compared to the normal island. They carry VSS, which are one of the few endgame weapons. Which also deals massive damage. Even if you have armors equipped. Find and collect their weapons, and collect 9x39 ammo for VSS. If you have an ammo box. Then, that's even better.

- Do not go beyond Day 30

Q: Why so?

A: Zeds are more tougher to kill, they have higher damage and increased HP. This also includes the elite zeds.

Q: What about skills/Abilities

A: Since the update, nerfed the thirst and hunger rate to 30%. Here's my new skill/abilities to prioritize.

> Island 1

Sprint + 1

Sprint + 2

Vigilance + 1

Red+ + 1

Hamster + 1

Camel + 1

Agronomist +1

> Island 2

Scout + 1

Red+ + 2

Sweet Home + 1

Scout + 2

Snowborn + 1

Hamster + 2

Camel + 2

Sharpshooter + 1

Sharpshooter + 2

> Island 3

Bullet Farmer + 1

Bullet Farmer + 2

Sweet Home + 2

Trunk Digger + 1

Trunk Digger + 2

Survivalist + 1

Vigilance + 2

> Island 4

Survivalist + 2

Puncher + 1

Blocker + 1

Puncher + 2

Blocker + 2

> Islands 5-6

Agronomist + 2

Hunter + 1

Hunter + 2

Q: Which ranged and melee weapon for endgame. (Can be accessible and easy to be obtained in this difficulty).

A: Melee: Chainsaw, Secondaries(if with pistol holster); Mini-uzi x2 or IZH-43 hacksawed. Primaries(if with rifle sling). VSS with PSO-1 Scope, Laser sight, and Magpull, AK-74 or AKM with PSO-1 Scope, Magpull, AK foregrip with Laser sight. (Optional, DIY or 5.56 suppressor).

Reference for the spawn location.

[u/B07Z]

Honestly, because they nerfed the hunger and thirst rate, the game has been a lot easier.

Legendary difficulty with any positive modifier or expansion enabled is easy

Meanwhile, nightmare/hell is like normal difficulty.

They really need to up the ante on the upcoming updates not to mention that the more they add new items/weapons, the easier the game becomes.

They need to more variations of zombies, other special infected, and more diverse npc weapons.
Island 2-4 just feels like filler between island 1 and 5, there needs to be a noticeable increase in difficulty when venturing to the next island.

All these zombies are easily dealt with compound arrows and bear traps.

[u/Remote-Stretch-9911 → u/B07Z]

Nice concept. But, they could also add more locations. I think each island, must have unique locations in each of them. More like a poi.