One main base or many smaller?

Clairec321 · February 5, 2021

Hi

I just wanted to get an opinion from more experience players as to whether is is best to have one main base for the whole world map or to have one smaller base in each area?

so far I have went to each area and accumulated all the supplies I can to one location there the transferred the most important ones i.e. food, weapons and tools to my main base in Mystery Lake. I just wondered if others feel this is the best way for long term survival rather than just staying in one area at a time until all resources are used in that area and then moving on?

odium · February 5, 2021

Multiple bases, usually 2 per region at least, that have at least a few liters of water and some pieces of meat. Then a couple 'main' bases, where I gather and inventory long game items, saplings, metal, cloth, tools etc. I use Quonset and Camp Office for my mains. You need a couple places in each region to travel effectively, especially in loper where your water and food levels drain so quickly. Long game I basically just continue inventory management, taking trips to all regions and slowly moving the good stuff back to my main bases. Then when I want to go on 'vacation', I just pack up whats needed and show up to at least some food and water to get me going, do some hunting, explore for more saps/resources etc, then eventually head back to the mains where I have hides to repair clothes

Sherlock Holmes 18 · February 5, 2021

I always use more than one base.

Because if you run out of needs somewhere, I can go to the other base and move on.

Schrodingers Box · February 5, 2021

I only play interloper or deadman and I Always have at least one base in each region with several satellite bases around (just food, water and fuel) at frequently passed points so I am always prepared during blizzards. It essentially lets you live eternally.
the main error I see failed interloper players make is they focus on a base too soon like you would commonly do in the easy levels. in early Interloper you cannot base because your resources will deplete too quickly. You have to roam the regions quickly and efficiently and then you can choose a base and then expand from there. In any other level you can start a base from the first day actually. But I usually start my initial base around day 60 or so.

Edited February 5, 2021 by Schrodingers Box

UTC-10 · February 5, 2021

Up to the player, but I have a one or more significant bases in each major region I play in and many provisioned shelters. I play in Pilgrim mode so that is eminently possible. I also believe in having way station and emergency shelters so most any place that might function for those purpose, gets equipped with food, water, and sticks, at the least. It helps occupy my time. I even think about a Grand Tour of my bases across all the regions (that I have been to) every 200-300 days to see what has happened and to remind myself of what I left out there. Another way to occupy my time.

Cranky · February 8, 2021

On 2/5/2021 at 4:02 AM, odium said:

Multiple bases, usually 2 per region at least, that have at least a few liters of water and some pieces of meat. Then a couple 'main' bases, where I gather and inventory long game items, saplings, metal, cloth, tools etc. I use Quonset and Camp Office for my mains. You need a couple places in each region to travel effectively, especially in loper where your water and food levels drain so quickly. Long game I basically just continue inventory management, taking trips to all regions and slowly moving the good stuff back to my main bases. Then when I want to go on 'vacation', I just pack up whats needed and show up to at least some food and water to get me going, do some hunting, explore for more saps/resources etc, then eventually head back to the mains where I have hides to repair clothes

I play stalker and voyager. This describes pretty much exactly how I set up. 2 regional bases, each is usually nearish to a region exit. My mains are trappers or hydro dam and the gas station in coastal hwy. Food and water are stored thru out each region as I explore (toilets = effortless potable water) canned goods are never discarded (anticipating I’ll make cooking 5).

Schrodingers Box · February 8, 2021

45 minutes ago, Ps4Methuselah said:

i do not believe in bases any more....take what you need & drop what you don't, where you found it. It makes permadeath less painful when i don't spend hours building up supplies, only to have them disappear in a heartbeat.

Well that’s probably why you are dying. By utilizing a strategy of stocking supplies in critical locations, you are optimizing survival by having resources where you need them at any given time.
It’s one thing to be caught in a blizzard and know exactly where the nearest shelter is. It’s a whole other thing when that shelter also has 2 days of food and water plus first aid and fuel instead of it being wherever you happened to just leave it where you last saw it. It’s too late then!!!

Just like IRL- preparation is the key to long term survival. ALL experienced survivalists know you ALWAYS take resources as they become available and you set up a base camp with satellites for hunting and foraging as soon as you find a location that’s suitable.