How to play:
- Create your survivor by choosing a profession and traits that define your strengths, weaknesses, and playstyle.
- Scavenge homes, stores, and warehouses for food, water, tools, weapons, and medicine while managing weight and perishables.
- Stay unseen by using stealth, controlling noise, breaking line of sight, and luring or avoiding hordes strategically.
- Build and secure a base by barricading, crafting defenses, setting up rain collectors, generators, and safe storage.
- Develop skills and craft essentials by cooking, carpentry, mechanics, farming, and reading books to boost learning speed.
- Plan for the long haul by treating injuries, preventing infection, maintaining vehicles, mapping routes, and preparing for power and water shutdowns.