Project Zomboid's post-apocalyptic survival tips

When playing Project Zomboid, gamers will have to find a way to survive in a zombie pandemic with brutal realistic elements. Even when the player dies, he will have to play another character or the character he played but in the form of a zombie.

However, for new players, the interface of Project Zomboid can be quite complicated and take hours because of not knowing where to start. If you are confused when entering this game, continue reading the article and learn post-apocalyptic survival tips in Project Zomboid.

Survival tips when playing Project Zomboid

Always crouch when moving

When entering the game for the first time, the player will stay in a certain house. The land can be a house on an ordinary street or a convoy of trucks in a trailer parking lot.

No matter where they appear, players need to start looking around and looking for loot scattered everywhere. However, before moving even one step, let the character crouch by pressing the C key.

Crouching is key when playing Project Zomboid. If you do not lower people when moving, the character will make a lot of noise. Noise attracts zombies, and zombies almost always bring death in the early stages of the game.

Even if you feel safe inside, zombies will quickly hear the character walking and start banging on windows and doors. Crouching is noticeably quieter, so if you want to survive the first few minutes, always move and act stealthily.

Take only the necessary items

When looting, only bring what's really necessary because it's easy for people to get caught up in a frenzy about the apocalypse and equip too much. If excessive gear is carried, the character will struggle to return to base without breaking their back, which can result in serious injury and death. Then all that precious loot is worthless.

When looting for the first few days of the apocalypse, everyone should bring only the items on the following list of useful goods:

1. Weapons (frying pan, baseball bat, .)
2. Food
3. Drinking water
4. Medical supplies
5. Bag
6. Carpentry
7. Book
8. Farming tools

That's a pretty extensive list, but it helps to prioritize which items to get. People can always mark buildings that contain loot to return to later, when there is already a strong base in the game.

Tear clothes to make bandages

Medical supplies are few and far between in the world of Project Zomboid, especially when unprepared to plan a mission, strategize loot at a nearby pharmacy or hospital.

When starting out, everyone needs to improvise. Bandages may not be universal, but clothes are everywhere. While you don't have to take every piece of clothing you find, consider tearing some into sheets. Do this by right-clicking on the garment you want to tear and selecting the pieces to be ripped manually.

They make a great dressing to use. While they don't have any healing properties, the cloths will stop the bleeding and that's enough to save your life. Just check the health panel (show it by tapping the heart icon on the left side of the screen) regularly to see if the bandage is dirty, as this can cause wound infection. If the bandages become dirty, simply remove them and apply a new bandage to continue treating the wound.

Kareem Winters

Update 29 January 2022