@@MarcAmengual This is how you survived one year with scratches and lacerations on every part of your body before falling from the third floor of a hotel in Louisville.
Really solid list. I would add crowbar to the backpack, but I use the *Common Sense* mod so crowbars have much higher functionality with that. Also worth noting, if you favourite items in your inventory and bags, you can quickly move items with "transfer all" without fear of losing a key item in the mix.
I've got a nice tip for organizing! You can actually name bags keeping them seperate. So, in mid-game I usually use Duffle bags, later moving on to Large Backpacks. This is really helpful when I move to a new base (Fresh Food bag takes priority to move before Book Bag 😅).
I like to use garbage bags. They're so light weight you can have dozens of them in your glove box. And when no longer needed they can be used to collect water.
@@ghoulthebraineater oh, I love garbage bags as well - especially in the early game. Later on, the lack of weight reduction is kind of annoying. But before I get a car or start establishing a base what I like to do is gather from a house all the things that will be useful for me later on (books, canned food, specific tools, extra weapons, etc.), stash them in a trash bag and drop it on the street to easily pick up when I have where to stash it ❤️
@@alicjak700 I use them specifically when I have a vehicle. The weight reduction isn't an issue then. You're really only carrying them from a store or something to your car outside. I will make a pile of them in front of the door and then just make a few trips to toss them in the trunk. If I'm still on foot then I totally agree with you.
I didn't even realise you only have 1k subs. This is high quality content. As for how I organize, i dump everything I looted in containers, and bring tons of random stuff in my backpack. (A shit ton of ripped sheets, more than all my characters bodyparts, just incass they get ripped) I have yet to find any fanny packs in my latest run, but if i do I might take inspiration from this because it seems very prepared.
If you need to find fanny packs, hit up any clothing stores or just look in as many houses as possible. Usually I find them in closets inside bedrooms.
I like to always keep a single bandage in main inventory, so if I get a neck wound it saves a slight bit of time not having the character to take it out of a bag.
I recently died on a good run by a car crash and I got a glass shard in my neck and I bled out in like 1 seconds. I think the car crash got me down to like 10% health left and then glass in my neck just killed me instantly 1 second later. I have the keybind to open health pannel to tab and I even opened the healthpannel just before I crashed (I kinda saw it comming but also didnt since I was driving way to fast in my sportscar) Anyway does that really make a big difference? I generally use dextrous and does it make a difference??? (bigger then like 1-2+ seconds) I never gave any thought of it taking more time to take a bandage out of bag then instead of main inventory... Thanks for the tip I might just always have 1 emergency bandage in my main inventory just in case something like this happens again. Its the worst way to die😂😂
Fill a Duffle Bag with dry snacks, a bottle of water, coffee, a med kit, a flashlight and a few comic books and toss it the backseat of your “loot-mobile”. Stuff empty Duffle bags in the trunk/boot. Now you’re always ready for a loot run.
If you are a level 10 cook and you make soup and put it in a thermos, you will get over 200 hunger out of a single thermos that only weighs .8 when full. Thermos is OP for long trips... Oh and it never spoils 😮
7:35 a bonus tip this works with any single item. Works with 1 bag, works with 1 fridge. Just anything thats 1 item.... But with more items you cant go over the carry limit ...
Garbage bags! Take garbage bags if you have a vehicle. Fill them with your loot and toss them into your trunk. It's way faster to unload than moving things from your backpack. They also help presort your loot for easier unloading at your base. It's extremely easy to just grab a bag full of food and bring it directly to your kitchen. They weigh next to nothing so you can keep a stack of them in your glove box. I prefer them to duffle bags because they are multi use and very light weight. When you accumulate a bunch of them they can become water collectors.
Containers only reduce weight when they're equipped. By keeping things in containers in your trunk you're unnecessarily taking up more trunk space and adding an extra step to accessing items, but I do appreciate the role playing. Tools in a tool box, medical supplies in a med kit, I get it.
1:08 It's worth nothing that you can grind out Strength levels, though the process is painfully slow; but you *cannot* get Organized after starting. If you have to pick one, pick Organized.
I carry these things on me at all times: Back slot: Crowbar for prying doors (common sense mod) & combat. Left & Right slot: Hammer and Screwdriver for dismantling doors. Backpack slots (this is from a mod): First aid kit with medical supplies, and container containing tons of thread and leather strips to repair The Postal Dude's jacket I wear. I also keep a wind-up flashlight for combat, as the power ran out. The utility slot has a mouse plushie (Known as the """cat toy""") because it looks adorable, and my username reflects that. Main Inventory: Spoon & fork for the unique eating animation, 2 water bottles (bourbon bottle variant), a razor & scissors for putting my hair back into shape, as well as an acoustic guitar, as the Lifestyle Mod allows me to use it to remove my stress, boredom, and unhappiness. I also keep at least 5 full bottles of Vitamins in order to combat fatigue, and one of my traits (Vitamin Junkie from the "Even More Traits" mod) makes the vitamins much more useful for endurance recovery. I also keep the basics like a saw, needle, a snack or 2, knife, other things for crafting recipes, as well as a few comic books to combat depression.
always carry a needle as part of your EDC. .1 weight for the ability to patch your clothes and wounds up as you go is so good. I feel naked if even one of my tailored clothing pieces gets a hole and I lose protection.
I play with organized all the time. This gives fanny pack 2 space instead of 1. If you have 2 you have 4 spaces for essential items. What I always carry, just always. No matter what. fanny packs are -40 sigarettes, (I top then off to 40 every once in a while and I keep my extra in bag but store them at base) -lighter (not matches since you cant light molotovs with them) -3 bandages (preferably sterilized) -cottonballs douced in alcohol -painkiller -beta blocker -vitamins -sucher needle -sucher needle holder -chips or chocolate -eraser -cryons (its all 4 color pens in 1 you can carry every color pen its the same weight but cryons is 1 item) This should fill both fanny packs pretty well. I use left over space for maybe spare gloves or some small food or maybe more bandages. My bag -Flashlight -hammer (sometimes on my belt) -saw -screwdriver -wrench -crowbar -at least 3+ spare water bottles My car (if I am going with one) -jack -lugwrench -spare watter bottle -small food like chocolate or chips -can opener I favorite all those items and its just what I at bare minimum carry with me. I always like to have all the tools on me. Its always nice to build something on the spot (like baracading a window) the screwdriver and wrench are needed for basic car mechanics and its just nice to have everything with you at all times. I usually find food along the way or I bring something but this is just my pure pure basic loadout. Ofcourse I carry weapons but that is just basic standard. Also in a pinch I sometimes use my hammer or something as backup but I also ALWAYS have a crowbar on hand. I often like to go longblunt so crowbar can be switched out since it has a ton of durability and you shouldnt really need a backup if your crowbar is like 50+% full... For my cars I like to collect every lug wrench and jack I find and I just dump them in my truck and just always keep them in there. In my glove box I just always put a spare water bottle and food and can opener. My cars are always somewhat prepared and it helped me so much. Its the worst thing when you are out somewhere and you need to look for a stupid jack or something to repair a tyre. It has hapened to me and its annoying. I rather be a little bit over prepared and 9/10 dont need it but that one time you do, you are glad you took them with you...
I actually have a system very similar to yours. I keep a military poncho in my ruck in case it rains, as well as a gas mask if I'm spending time around a lot of corpses for an extended period. Came in handy while I was clearing the surplus store on the west end of the map. Also I'm a crowbar main. :P "Common Sense" mod makes it too useful for getting into locked cars, houses, garages or warehouses. Plus it's damn near indestructible. I always have 2-6 sterile bandages in my medical even though I've never needed more than 2 unless I was getting dragged down by a horde. Sometimes you need to swap bandages a couple times on the way to your base. Adhesive band-aids are nearly worthless though, I just keep one so I don't use a good bandage for a scratch. Alcohol wipes are a great thing to keep so wounds don't get infected. I'll take one or 2 light(not cans) non-perishables with me plus 1 or 2 bowls of salad or stew to make use of perishables and stretch out the non-p, plus my can opener when I find something on a trip and get hungry. I highly recommend levelling up tailoring as well. You can boost your defence immensely with lvl 10 tailoring, leather patches and some strategic layers. The "Recut" mod also allows you to add or remove some insulation(and wind and water res.) from clothes so you won't over heat so fast. Need to level up tailoring to do it though. Also, "Invisible Patches" will keep your drip so you don't have to live with ugly brown patches all over your fit.
over hundred hrs played and I am at that point when I google search what essentials I need. I did feel i have a problem heheh. Thank you for a vid, I take disorganised perk always as I am disorganised person in a real life I think it's honest for me to try and make the most of the game that way.
for 1st aid items if you are playing rare loot settings you should carry needle instead of suture needle. You can use normal needle for anything and it doesnt break meanwhile suture needle is only 1 time use only and it disappears. Most new players dont know this and doesnt even realise it and have a hard times.
*laughs in: M60 with 1000 rounds AA12 with 17 mags fully loaded 2 AK-47S 4 pipe bombs All stuffed in the trunk of a shitty Ford Taurus I love the video bro, keep up the good work
Every survivor I make has different essentials, but the ONE THING they will always have on them is a hammer. Helps dissasemble doors if I don't have an axe on me, and doubles as a very useful tool
I normally bring a bunch of trash bags so I can haphazardly throw loot into them, dump the whole bag in the trunk, repeat until building is looted or I'm out of space, then sort it out later. Only have to stand outside dropping off one item instead of individually moving each item from my inventory.
Very good list, i’ll take “organizing” as a note, since all my essentials are pretty much in the backpack unorganized. And having a cooking pot along side with the frying pan in a trunk? Sounds useful, i’ll take those as well
Personal preference; I keep a knife on my belt so I can take a zombie down more quietly. The weight is fairly insignificant and the utility is worth it to me.
Could you instant kill with screwdriver same way? Because screwdriver is handy to have on belt to have fast access to disassembly of watches without the transfer times from bags. Also, you can stand on pile of corpses, right click on the screwdriver on the belt and disassemble all the watches there.
suture needles dont need thread. only need thread with regular needles to stitch. weight reduction does not work on tool boxes, duffle bags etc unless they are equipped. that 65% weight reduction does not happen in the trunk. HOWEVER seats that have a max weight of 20 when loose, but large bags (max weight 27) can go into an empty seat, breaking that limit. same with jenny's, water cooler towers etc. Duct tape is the king for stabbing weapons, not Wood glue. machete gets 50% repair with duct tape when maintenance is at 0 and gets larger every 2 levels. same for hunting knives.
Only use adhesive bandages if they're all you have access to, they're really not good, I don't even pick them up. You don't need thread with the suture needle. Also, suture needles are one time use, so carry 2 or 3.
I play on x2 pop no respawn, so usually i go out to some places i want to loot purely to clear it first, to come later and ransack it. And as i am a devout lumberjack, i pack a spare axe and hand axe for slaughtering purposes (on top of the other two i already, usually, have). And 2 pans of cooked food because like to cook.
The thing that I discovered about Zomboid is that you actually want to keep most of your constant carry inventory in your main bag. I'm playing with some mods that allow one to modify bags for extra storage and/or weight reduction but one that also allows nesting of bags, but not Brita's, so I'm not sure this advice is universally applicable, but I'm pretty sure in the base game the backpacks have better reductions than fanny packs, and is true of most other setups unless one has some specific mods. Basically, because your main backpack will give greater weight reduction than your fanny packs, or with mods other things one can wear in those positions, you want to put everything in your main bag. I actually have an slightly smaller bag inside of that one where I've put all of my must carries and can use the excess space in my main bag plus my fanny packs as I'm going looting so I don't have to mess with sorting through stuff I'm trying to keep and the stuff I'm going to dump immediately. I also put the medical and tailoring supplies I carry for emergency patches in their dedicated cases which go into my must carry bag previously mentioned. Because the main bag gives a greater weight reduction, I found my calculated weight to be lower after moving everything to this system instead of keeping some things in fanny packs, because drawing them from there seems no faster or slower than drawing from a backpack. I intuitively also used this system because in real life would want these things accessible, but the game does not reward this. I like your list. The long distance traveling in Zomboid is one of the trickiest things; securing new bases outside of your starting town I find really hard. Maybe I should start carrying more spare parts.
@@ANIManiak89 Spears can 1 hit kill from lvl 1 spear/maintenance skill so therefore, very effective even at low levels. Choose repairman profession gives +2 maintenance. Axe chops trees for infinite plank. Knives (stones can be foraged). The problem. The problem here though is that I forgot to take a saw with me.
@@ANIManiak89 Pros and cons of spears. You learn to live with it once you realise you can clear hordes with a bag of spears without breaking a sweat. The empty bag/boot can then be used for loot. But yeah totally understand with where you are coming from, can be annoying, especially at low levels.
Also essential: mods that add various food stuffs to the loot pools. I pretty much downloaded all the ones in English(mostly) I could find; from traditional turkish foods to "mo crops", more vanilla alcohol, sports drinks/foods, a mod that adds more junk food (more ramen flavors, chips, cookies, candy, tea, chocolate milk, etc), a mod that expands the variety of wild food in foraging, a mod that expands the type of aquatic life you can fish (squid, shrimp, etc), and probably some others I missed. If anyone wants a list of all the food-related mods I use on PZ, reply and I'll post it.
Fun y thing about smoker players. They are the only ones who even notice stress and boredom, outside of weird mods. If you aren't a smoker and you aren't doing boring in store stuff for a real life hour, you won't be bored or stressed. Anyway, what you are missing is coffee or tea, one mug worth. Vitamins aren't entirely useless but even the whole bottle doesn't amount to a lot. Coffee and tea work better imo
Yeah I don't think its going to be coming to mobile anytime soon. It can kind of run on low end laptops though so if you can get your hands on one then you have a chance to play.
I tried brute forcing the living hell out of my mobile to play project zomboid, the first version works tho but the controls are wonky that i need a small mouse and keyboard to plug into my phone-
BRUHHHHH WHY PLAY SOLO LIKE A LONELY SAD BOIIIII. For real, though, online with mods is how we roll nowadays. There is no sense in facing the dread of the degradation of humanity alone when we can choose to be kings, queens, or other royalties of the end of the world. When looting, AMMO AMMO AMMO AMMO AMMO AMMO, lil bit of food, lil bit of dat drank(alcohol), and a bit of med supplies. We all eventually gonna participate in a round of Remington therapy in a 12 gauge diversity followed up by a quick Smith and lesson ranging through various millimeter increments.
maybe dont make your videos around the presumption that the person watching is just going to always going to pick the traits that you tell them to. If you're making a guide video, then the information should be flexible and easily applied to a verity of playstyles, unless you are showcasing a certain playstyle. also videos like this WILL be found by PZ beginners, and if you start confidently asserting traits as a 'must have', which you basically did at the start of the video, you're going to guide them into thinking that there is a "right" way to play project zomboid, and they'll be less inclined to experiment with character creation. I may be being slightly uncharitable, but thats just how i felt seeing that bit
True, but at the same time, those traits are probably gonna be the most helpful for them while they're still learning. Also, i think the information here can be applied still even if u dont pick the traits he told u to
Those, who can select their traits themselves, don't look any guides. If you need guide about essential items, then you definitely want to ease your life.
That is a pretty comprehensive list and one very similar to my own. The only variation I tend to have from yours is I use a mod allowing me to wear a duffle-bag on my lower back in addition to my backpack. This is where I often keep all of my tools and crafting equipment, freeing up almost the entirety of my backpack for loot.
@@mitchelkvedar674 The mod is called 'Vanilla Duffelbag Tweak' by alice - I can't post a link as CZcams doesn't like links in comments but I'm sure if you search the Workshop you'll find it.
Ok thats VERY niche but having a secondary belt weapon(s) will save you if you have a schizophrenia trait from mod, my char dropping his main weapon because of hallucinations during intense melee combat happened too many times to count
Personal preference; I keep a knife on my belt so I can take a zombie down more quietly. The weight is fairly insignificant and the utility is worth it to me.
all you need is frying pan
Yes, and use the rest of your inventory space for 200 ripped sheets just in case you have 200 different injuries
@@totallynotatree8718 this is how you died
@@MarcAmengualCan’t die if you can’t bleed
@@him4real262true but once you’re bitten, nothing will matter anymore lol
@@MarcAmengual This is how you survived one year with scratches and lacerations on every part of your body before falling from the third floor of a hotel in Louisville.
Suture needle holder also lets you remove glass shards, so you can drop tweezers
really?
Yep@@WalrusMonger
mind blown...
I didn't realise how effective cooking was until I started doing it, a good meal can really help when dishing out the damage.
Really solid list. I would add crowbar to the backpack, but I use the *Common Sense* mod so crowbars have much higher functionality with that.
Also worth noting, if you favourite items in your inventory and bags, you can quickly move items with "transfer all" without fear of losing a key item in the mix.
I always take a emergency Molotov and lighter , you never know when you might come accross a hord .
Using fire is a lame cop out
And here I am, running around with a garbage bag in my hand holding everything and then I die.
Don't forget you can favorite items so they won't accidentally get transferred out of your inventory. Items will appear with a gold star next to them.
I've got a nice tip for organizing! You can actually name bags keeping them seperate. So, in mid-game I usually use Duffle bags, later moving on to Large Backpacks. This is really helpful when I move to a new base (Fresh Food bag takes priority to move before Book Bag 😅).
I like to use garbage bags. They're so light weight you can have dozens of them in your glove box. And when no longer needed they can be used to collect water.
@@ghoulthebraineater oh, I love garbage bags as well - especially in the early game. Later on, the lack of weight reduction is kind of annoying.
But before I get a car or start establishing a base what I like to do is gather from a house all the things that will be useful for me later on (books, canned food, specific tools, extra weapons, etc.), stash them in a trash bag and drop it on the street to easily pick up when I have where to stash it ❤️
@@alicjak700 I use them specifically when I have a vehicle. The weight reduction isn't an issue then. You're really only carrying them from a store or something to your car outside. I will make a pile of them in front of the door and then just make a few trips to toss them in the trunk.
If I'm still on foot then I totally agree with you.
If you have the crowbar mechanic on, it's also good to always bring it :)
I didn't even realise you only have 1k subs. This is high quality content.
As for how I organize, i dump everything I looted in containers, and bring tons of random stuff in my backpack. (A shit ton of ripped sheets, more than all my characters bodyparts, just incass they get ripped) I have yet to find any fanny packs in my latest run, but if i do I might take inspiration from this because it seems very prepared.
If you need to find fanny packs, hit up any clothing stores or just look in as many houses as possible. Usually I find them in closets inside bedrooms.
I've just been hunting for fanny packs I still can't find any but there are probably some more clothing stores.
@@totallynotatree8718 Well good luck out there. Sometimes you can find 2 at the same time
I like to always keep a single bandage in main inventory, so if I get a neck wound it saves a slight bit of time not having the character to take it out of a bag.
I recently died on a good run by a car crash and I got a glass shard in my neck and I bled out in like 1 seconds. I think the car crash got me down to like 10% health left and then glass in my neck just killed me instantly 1 second later. I have the keybind to open health pannel to tab and I even opened the healthpannel just before I crashed (I kinda saw it comming but also didnt since I was driving way to fast in my sportscar)
Anyway does that really make a big difference? I generally use dextrous and does it make a difference??? (bigger then like 1-2+ seconds) I never gave any thought of it taking more time to take a bandage out of bag then instead of main inventory... Thanks for the tip I might just always have 1 emergency bandage in my main inventory just in case something like this happens again. Its the worst way to die😂😂
@@Drie_Kleuren if you use dextrous it's unlikely to ever matter. Without it, it could save you a second or so.
This allows me to take anemic. Always one adhesive bandage for neck wounds. Don't mind infection. Bleeding kills.
Fill a Duffle Bag with dry snacks, a bottle of water, coffee, a med kit, a flashlight and a few comic books and toss it the backseat of your “loot-mobile”.
Stuff empty Duffle bags in the trunk/boot.
Now you’re always ready for a loot run.
You are probably the most underrated chanel i found recently. Ur vids are like really good!
That really means a lot! Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy them
If you are a level 10 cook and you make soup and put it in a thermos, you will get over 200 hunger out of a single thermos that only weighs .8 when full. Thermos is OP for long trips...
Oh and it never spoils 😮
7:35 a bonus tip this works with any single item. Works with 1 bag, works with 1 fridge. Just anything thats 1 item.... But with more items you cant go over the carry limit ...
Garbage bags! Take garbage bags if you have a vehicle. Fill them with your loot and toss them into your trunk. It's way faster to unload than moving things from your backpack. They also help presort your loot for easier unloading at your base. It's extremely easy to just grab a bag full of food and bring it directly to your kitchen. They weigh next to nothing so you can keep a stack of them in your glove box.
I prefer them to duffle bags because they are multi use and very light weight. When you accumulate a bunch of them they can become water collectors.
Gotta take a lunchbox with a little snack in case you get hungry out and about. I also keep my can opener in it in case canned is all i can find
Containers only reduce weight when they're equipped. By keeping things in containers in your trunk you're unnecessarily taking up more trunk space and adding an extra step to accessing items, but I do appreciate the role playing. Tools in a tool box, medical supplies in a med kit, I get it.
2:47 Worth noting that the best waterbottle, in terms of weight-to-contents ratio, is an empty bourbon bottle.
1:08 It's worth nothing that you can grind out Strength levels, though the process is painfully slow; but you *cannot* get Organized after starting. If you have to pick one, pick Organized.
I carry these things on me at all times:
Back slot: Crowbar for prying doors (common sense mod) & combat.
Left & Right slot: Hammer and Screwdriver for dismantling doors.
Backpack slots (this is from a mod): First aid kit with medical supplies, and container containing tons of thread and leather strips to repair The Postal Dude's jacket I wear. I also keep a wind-up flashlight for combat, as the power ran out. The utility slot has a mouse plushie (Known as the """cat toy""") because it looks adorable, and my username reflects that.
Main Inventory: Spoon & fork for the unique eating animation, 2 water bottles (bourbon bottle variant), a razor & scissors for putting my hair back into shape, as well as an acoustic guitar, as the Lifestyle Mod allows me to use it to remove my stress, boredom, and unhappiness. I also keep at least 5 full bottles of Vitamins in order to combat fatigue, and one of my traits (Vitamin Junkie from the "Even More Traits" mod) makes the vitamins much more useful for endurance recovery. I also keep the basics like a saw, needle, a snack or 2, knife, other things for crafting recipes, as well as a few comic books to combat depression.
always carry a needle as part of your EDC. .1 weight for the ability to patch your clothes and wounds up as you go is so good. I feel naked if even one of my tailored clothing pieces gets a hole and I lose protection.
I play with organized all the time. This gives fanny pack 2 space instead of 1. If you have 2 you have 4 spaces for essential items. What I always carry, just always. No matter what.
fanny packs are
-40 sigarettes, (I top then off to 40 every once in a while and I keep my extra in bag but store them at base)
-lighter (not matches since you cant light molotovs with them)
-3 bandages (preferably sterilized)
-cottonballs douced in alcohol
-painkiller
-beta blocker
-vitamins
-sucher needle
-sucher needle holder
-chips or chocolate
-eraser
-cryons (its all 4 color pens in 1 you can carry every color pen its the same weight but cryons is 1 item)
This should fill both fanny packs pretty well. I use left over space for maybe spare gloves or some small food or maybe more bandages.
My bag
-Flashlight
-hammer (sometimes on my belt)
-saw
-screwdriver
-wrench
-crowbar
-at least 3+ spare water bottles
My car (if I am going with one)
-jack
-lugwrench
-spare watter bottle
-small food like chocolate or chips
-can opener
I favorite all those items and its just what I at bare minimum carry with me. I always like to have all the tools on me. Its always nice to build something on the spot (like baracading a window) the screwdriver and wrench are needed for basic car mechanics and its just nice to have everything with you at all times. I usually find food along the way or I bring something but this is just my pure pure basic loadout. Ofcourse I carry weapons but that is just basic standard. Also in a pinch I sometimes use my hammer or something as backup but I also ALWAYS have a crowbar on hand. I often like to go longblunt so crowbar can be switched out since it has a ton of durability and you shouldnt really need a backup if your crowbar is like 50+% full...
For my cars I like to collect every lug wrench and jack I find and I just dump them in my truck and just always keep them in there. In my glove box I just always put a spare water bottle and food and can opener. My cars are always somewhat prepared and it helped me so much. Its the worst thing when you are out somewhere and you need to look for a stupid jack or something to repair a tyre. It has hapened to me and its annoying. I rather be a little bit over prepared and 9/10 dont need it but that one time you do, you are glad you took them with you...
3:35 All gloves allow you to pick up glass shards safely; however, only leather gloves give your hands armor.
I put EVERY “tool” (not tires and junk) in the game in my large backpack and whatever space I have left is for loot.
I actually have a system very similar to yours. I keep a military poncho in my ruck in case it rains, as well as a gas mask if I'm spending time around a lot of corpses for an extended period. Came in handy while I was clearing the surplus store on the west end of the map. Also I'm a crowbar main. :P "Common Sense" mod makes it too useful for getting into locked cars, houses, garages or warehouses. Plus it's damn near indestructible.
I always have 2-6 sterile bandages in my medical even though I've never needed more than 2 unless I was getting dragged down by a horde. Sometimes you need to swap bandages a couple times on the way to your base. Adhesive band-aids are nearly worthless though, I just keep one so I don't use a good bandage for a scratch. Alcohol wipes are a great thing to keep so wounds don't get infected.
I'll take one or 2 light(not cans) non-perishables with me plus 1 or 2 bowls of salad or stew to make use of perishables and stretch out the non-p, plus my can opener when I find something on a trip and get hungry.
I highly recommend levelling up tailoring as well. You can boost your defence immensely with lvl 10 tailoring, leather patches and some strategic layers. The "Recut" mod also allows you to add or remove some insulation(and wind and water res.) from clothes so you won't over heat so fast. Need to level up tailoring to do it though. Also, "Invisible Patches" will keep your drip so you don't have to live with ugly brown patches all over your fit.
over hundred hrs played and I am at that point when I google search what essentials I need. I did feel i have a problem heheh. Thank you for a vid, I take disorganised perk always as I am disorganised person in a real life I think it's honest for me to try and make the most of the game that way.
for 1st aid items if you are playing rare loot settings you should carry needle instead of suture needle. You can use normal needle for anything and it doesnt break meanwhile suture needle is only 1 time use only and it disappears. Most new players dont know this and doesnt even realise it and have a hard times.
True! OG needle is the best.
*laughs in:
M60 with 1000 rounds
AA12 with 17 mags fully loaded
2 AK-47S
4 pipe bombs
All stuffed in the trunk of a shitty Ford Taurus
I love the video bro, keep up the good work
Every survivor I make has different essentials, but the ONE THING they will always have on them is a hammer. Helps dissasemble doors if I don't have an axe on me, and doubles as a very useful tool
I normally bring a bunch of trash bags so I can haphazardly throw loot into them, dump the whole bag in the trunk, repeat until building is looted or I'm out of space, then sort it out later. Only have to stand outside dropping off one item instead of individually moving each item from my inventory.
Very good list, i’ll take “organizing” as a note, since all my essentials are pretty much in the backpack unorganized. And having a cooking pot along side with the frying pan in a trunk? Sounds useful, i’ll take those as well
Personal preference; I keep a knife on my belt so I can take a zombie down more quietly. The weight is fairly insignificant and the utility is worth it to me.
Could you instant kill with screwdriver same way? Because screwdriver is handy to have on belt to have fast access to disassembly of watches without the transfer times from bags. Also, you can stand on pile of corpses, right click on the screwdriver on the belt and disassemble all the watches there.
suture needles dont need thread. only need thread with regular needles to stitch. weight reduction does not work on tool boxes, duffle bags etc unless they are equipped. that 65% weight reduction does not happen in the trunk. HOWEVER seats that have a max weight of 20 when loose, but large bags (max weight 27) can go into an empty seat, breaking that limit. same with jenny's, water cooler towers etc. Duct tape is the king for stabbing weapons, not Wood glue. machete gets 50% repair with duct tape when maintenance is at 0 and gets larger every 2 levels. same for hunting knives.
3:26 best bandages are sterilized rags.
Soap? Don't need it. Towels? Just take Outdoorsman.
Only use adhesive bandages if they're all you have access to, they're really not good, I don't even pick them up. You don't need thread with the suture needle. Also, suture needles are one time use, so carry 2 or 3.
I play on x2 pop no respawn, so usually i go out to some places i want to loot purely to clear it first, to come later and ransack it. And as i am a devout lumberjack, i pack a spare axe and hand axe for slaughtering purposes (on top of the other two i already, usually, have). And 2 pans of cooked food because like to cook.
The thing that I discovered about Zomboid is that you actually want to keep most of your constant carry inventory in your main bag. I'm playing with some mods that allow one to modify bags for extra storage and/or weight reduction but one that also allows nesting of bags, but not Brita's, so I'm not sure this advice is universally applicable, but I'm pretty sure in the base game the backpacks have better reductions than fanny packs, and is true of most other setups unless one has some specific mods.
Basically, because your main backpack will give greater weight reduction than your fanny packs, or with mods other things one can wear in those positions, you want to put everything in your main bag. I actually have an slightly smaller bag inside of that one where I've put all of my must carries and can use the excess space in my main bag plus my fanny packs as I'm going looting so I don't have to mess with sorting through stuff I'm trying to keep and the stuff I'm going to dump immediately. I also put the medical and tailoring supplies I carry for emergency patches in their dedicated cases which go into my must carry bag previously mentioned. Because the main bag gives a greater weight reduction, I found my calculated weight to be lower after moving everything to this system instead of keeping some things in fanny packs, because drawing them from there seems no faster or slower than drawing from a backpack. I intuitively also used this system because in real life would want these things accessible, but the game does not reward this.
I like your list. The long distance traveling in Zomboid is one of the trickiest things; securing new bases outside of your starting town I find really hard. Maybe I should start carrying more spare parts.
There is also a mod for the "utility belt" which gives an extra 7 storage for tools, such as Saw/Hammer/Screwdriver/... (not vanilla PZ)
Some spears, some knives, a hand axe, a hammer, some empty bottles, 6X bags
But spears and knives are useless until maintenance 6+lvl, even if you combine them, then you also need a lot of ducktape
@@ANIManiak89 Spears can 1 hit kill from lvl 1 spear/maintenance skill so therefore, very effective even at low levels. Choose repairman profession gives +2 maintenance. Axe chops trees for infinite plank. Knives (stones can be foraged). The problem. The problem here though is that I forgot to take a saw with me.
@@phoenixj1985 They do decent damage, yes, but break too fast and weigh a lot
@@ANIManiak89 Pros and cons of spears. You learn to live with it once you realise you can clear hordes with a bag of spears without breaking a sweat. The empty bag/boot can then be used for loot. But yeah totally understand with where you are coming from, can be annoying, especially at low levels.
Actually all you need is:
1 Crowbar
1 Water bottle
1 Lighter
1 Molotov
Good video btw. Thanks for uploading it. ✌️
Great content ! Keep grinding🙃🙂
These are great tips! Thanks!
hear me out...
floor organization.
Also essential: mods that add various food stuffs to the loot pools. I pretty much downloaded all the ones in English(mostly) I could find; from traditional turkish foods to "mo crops", more vanilla alcohol, sports drinks/foods, a mod that adds more junk food (more ramen flavors, chips, cookies, candy, tea, chocolate milk, etc), a mod that expands the variety of wild food in foraging, a mod that expands the type of aquatic life you can fish (squid, shrimp, etc), and probably some others I missed.
If anyone wants a list of all the food-related mods I use on PZ, reply and I'll post it.
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Beer Can replaces all pills. Drink in tiny sips only.
Yes, but no, it's also increase your tiredness, which isn't so helpful if you in battle)
Only things I'd add are coffee and molotov with lighter or matches.
Fun y thing about smoker players. They are the only ones who even notice stress and boredom, outside of weird mods.
If you aren't a smoker and you aren't doing boring in store stuff for a real life hour, you won't be bored or stressed.
Anyway, what you are missing is coffee or tea, one mug worth. Vitamins aren't entirely useless but even the whole bottle doesn't amount to a lot. Coffee and tea work better imo
if you play a lot indoor, on the server, for example, then it's pretty easy to get depressed
@@ANIManiak89 sounds boring but ive never tried it
i have the disorganized trait irl.
i dont know what i took and what i left
If it's possible to play project zomboid on mobile, then i would definitely play this game for long but it's not gonna happen anyways, nice video
bruh
Yeah I don't think its going to be coming to mobile anytime soon. It can kind of run on low end laptops though so if you can get your hands on one then you have a chance to play.
I tried brute forcing the living hell out of my mobile to play project zomboid, the first version works tho but the controls are wonky that i need a small mouse and keyboard to plug into my phone-
I managed to get it running somewhat smoothly on an iPad through steam link or whatever that mobile connect app is.
i'm impressed@@winter5337
A question, can u mods weapon or u need to get the weapn pack?
Most weapon mods will allow you to customize weapons, with things like flashlights, sights, silencers and more
@@ProjectTweak ty
how do you plan on changing a tire without the jack and tire tool? I find those way harder to find than another tire
Just set loot for extremely rare no loot no problem
BRUHHHHH WHY PLAY SOLO LIKE A LONELY SAD BOIIIII.
For real, though, online with mods is how we roll nowadays. There is no sense in facing the dread of the degradation of humanity alone when we can choose to be kings, queens, or other royalties of the end of the world.
When looting, AMMO AMMO AMMO AMMO AMMO AMMO, lil bit of food, lil bit of dat drank(alcohol), and a bit of med supplies. We all eventually gonna participate in a round of Remington therapy in a 12 gauge diversity followed up by a quick Smith and lesson ranging through various millimeter increments.
even though i have over 1k hours in multiplayer me and my friend are less organized or should i say he is me and him have complete opposite playstyles
247th like let's go
hello , do you want to ever play pz together?
I might consider doing some community games in the near future!
U got 69 likes bruv
Oop not anymore cuh
I enjoyed
howzit? do u play multiplayer? i cant find fokol servers
Hey Brother! I do play multiplayer but I prefer private servers with mates over public. I’m going to look into creating a server for you guys
@@ProjectTweak that would be kwaai. How many mods you reckon? also merry christmas
maybe dont make your videos around the presumption that the person watching is just going to always going to pick the traits that you tell them to. If you're making a guide video, then the information should be flexible and easily applied to a verity of playstyles, unless you are showcasing a certain playstyle.
also videos like this WILL be found by PZ beginners, and if you start confidently asserting traits as a 'must have', which you basically did at the start of the video, you're going to guide them into thinking that there is a "right" way to play project zomboid, and they'll be less inclined to experiment with character creation.
I may be being slightly uncharitable, but thats just how i felt seeing that bit
True, but at the same time, those traits are probably gonna be the most helpful for them while they're still learning. Also, i think the information here can be applied still even if u dont pick the traits he told u to
Those, who can select their traits themselves, don't look any guides. If you need guide about essential items, then you definitely want to ease your life.
Recommending organized? Really? Honestly hard to consider watching the rest of your video already.
This was a request video and it can definitely help quite a lot of people!
That is a pretty comprehensive list and one very similar to my own. The only variation I tend to have from yours is I use a mod allowing me to wear a duffle-bag on my lower back in addition to my backpack. This is where I often keep all of my tools and crafting equipment, freeing up almost the entirety of my backpack for loot.
What mod
@@mitchelkvedar674 The mod is called 'Vanilla Duffelbag Tweak' by alice - I can't post a link as CZcams doesn't like links in comments but I'm sure if you search the Workshop you'll find it.
Ok thats VERY niche but having a secondary belt weapon(s) will save you if you have a schizophrenia trait from mod, my char dropping his main weapon because of hallucinations during intense melee combat happened too many times to count
I actually use your fanny pack strat but i keep all the medical supplies and general tools in one and all my ammo in the other 🫠
Personal preference; I keep a knife on my belt so I can take a zombie down more quietly. The weight is fairly insignificant and the utility is worth it to me.