I’m surprised no one has mentioned the classic, “use a bush, window, or furniture” to slow a zombie down.
I play this game like its real life, if you are honest with yourself on what you think you would be capable of in the zombie apocalypse you will play this game as safe as possible until you are geared up.
One of the best early game weapons IMHO is the ice axe. It has hammering, prying and is really fast and decent damage.
Collect some basic clothes early in the game to make future tailoring easier. With in a couple days you can start making decent armor. Fire fighter suits provide kevlar and are the source of most of my survivor gear.
Pay attention to how you layer your clothing, armor should be layered lowest so its outside and has the highest chance of receiving damage before your precious packs.
If you have the tools and time remove leaky gas tanks from every vehicle. they don’t leak when removed and it will level your mechanics for when you start building a deathmobile.
If you can’t find a grocery cart, rolling chairs work in a pinch.
Try welding a seat, handle, wheel, and pedals to the front of a grocery cart for the ultimate portable cargo hauler. Replacing the cart with a cargo space makes it even better.
You do not need to take every tool with you on every loot run, stream line your inventory for you goal.
You can craft with anything with in 4 tiles of you and line of sight.
Get high morale before crafting, it increases your xp gain.
Npcs help with batch crafting.
Set up a funnel and a large bottle or tank under it as soon as possible when you have a base, even if its temporary.
Dogs become aggressive towards everything around them as soon as one in the pack gets attacked by anything.
Do not bash acid zombies.
To much caffeine will start to cause penalties.
Always carry a gun for emergencies.
