Tip two: Build outposts, but build them to destroy hordes and make areas safe. Also you have ample time to scavenge as there is no deadline on the first quest. Also, unlike in the basic game, you can already establish outposts and you need to establish outposts to drop off the weapons that you find. The reason to do this is because at this moment in the game the zombie threat is the lowest and you have two companions with you. Instead of going directly to the base you are better of to use the moment to establish some out posts and gather resources. The first order you get is to head over to the base at one as it is under attack. Tip one: disobey the first order you get. Nine, you will be pressed for time as you have to do quests within a short time and there is little time left to do other things until the story lines have finished.Īnd lastly: this game revolves mostly around doing missions to either save people or to gather supplies. Seventh, you can summon supplies from your base.Įight, munitions shop now make munitions. Six, the price for hiring a soldier to come with you is twenty influence, which is very cheap as compared to the 100 you need in the basic game. Which is different from the basic game and addon Breakdown, as there the cap very low and slowly rose throughout the game based on your performance. This change also works in the basic game and in the other addon Breakdown.įifth, the cap for influence is 10.000. This mean that you can now drive to a shack and transport the resources in that shack in your car instead of having you to drive back and forth between your base and the shack for each resource. I never use them since I found another way to deal with the attacks.įourth, and very handy, change is that vehicles now can carry equipment and especially resources.

To deal with attacks you will recruit soldiers, artillery support, mortar support, air strikes and static defense around the base. The first attacks will see normal zombies, more zombies and more special zombies will join in the attack as the game proceeds. The attacks by zombies increase in ferocity. Third, the addon story is interspersed with attacks on your base at set intervals. Basically you have only four slots to build something. This base has only a few option to builds. Second, the addon has only one base and thus there is no reason to try and look for another one. There are therefore far less buildings to explore unlike the basic game, that had a lot of places to explore and to scavenge. In fact the map consists basically of the road around the city and a about seven areas branching of the central road. But the map is for a large part inaccessible. The game mechanics is the same in the addon.įirst, most obvious, the map has changed. I assume you already know the basic game, so I will not explain the game mechanics here. The only thing for you to do is to apply it.įor those who hate to puzzle I have below a few tips for making the addon a bit more easier to play, provided you need to.īut fist a few lines about what is typical about this addon. It shows the basic ingredients for beating the game. Now for those who like a puzzle you can look at the picture abive. Note that this might make the game relatively easy to play and this might be considered a spoiler. I wrote a review that I published on another blog, which I might move to this one, but in the mean time you can find the link here. The purpose of this post is to give a few game playing tips that have worked very well for me and you can apply to. It basically saves you a lot of to and fro driving. One of the changes even carries back into the game and the first addon Breakdown DLC and is certainly an improvement on playing the game.

Some time ago the game State of Decay got a new addon called Lifeline and it has a few changes that are surprising interesting given that this is only a small addon.

State of decay lifeline base setup