How To Build Your First ALPHA 21 Horde Base - 7 Days To Die Survival Guide #3 

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Yo, just wanted to say as an almost completely new player(did one longplay by myself), this guide is actually super informative and clear. Watching you not just go through this episode but all the rest of the ones youve posted have been an ENORMOUS help to me learning what bits i didnt know about after playing almost 100 days in A20.7 before moving to A21. I was playing on scavenger - adventurer difficulty on my first play. In my new world, i started nomad, then went to warrior, and am now vibing on survivalist just past my second blood moon. The blood moon base worked absolutely perfectly for me(no zombies even broke any other objects other than the stairs. I know this kind of thing is second nature for you, but ive learned an absolute TON about how to actually make the most of every day and about just the game in general. Thank you so much for all the work you put into this series to help people who want to get into 7Days but dont know how. Keep it up mate, i hope you go big!

Im not used to seeing the spear not just holding its own during the horde, but borderline thriving.

Tips to make it even better; replace the bridge with something thinner like centered poles or railings, so zombies fall down more easily. Make it double stacked on top of each other so that if one section breaks because of demos or cop spit, the zombies will still have a path. Additionally you could build pillars on the side of the bridge with electric fencing spanning between them.

Although i knew a lot about the build process, i can appreciate your information sharing. I needed it when i first started for sure! Fun video and a great way to showcase your spear! Thanks for another great episode!

Love this base. Easy to set up and getting all the experience from building it is a great bonus.

Love your stuff man, been watching on and off for a few months, recently got back I your content, really enjoying your new playthrough. Thanks for making these

Nice to see our trusted old base still holds up!

This helps A LOT. Not because I'm building my base exactly like yours but you explained a lot of amazing points to understand how I can make MY base better. Thank you! Subscribed!

You can pretty much just use basic frames if make a platform 11 high (to prevent area destruction) and make a pyramid staircase a small gap away from it. Reinforce the fighting position and the first few steps and you're golden. Takes about five minutes. Upgrade from there later on for spiders/cops on harder difficulties.

Prebuilt, thank you for the 500th video that helps me and other people understand the game or just help me get better! (seriously)

Just did my day 14 horde with a similar base(I like a longer "runway" for the zombies to get to me) and using a tier 4 hunting rifle. I was able to make several rounds of AP 7.62 and used a combination of that and the spear and it absolutely crushed the hoard. Penetrator perk is still super strong with the hunting rifle.

if you want more zombies after the initial attack collect all the loot then log out and back in the the zombies will attack again rinse and repeat untill horde knight is over dont forget to repair

started playing this week and your videos been helping me a lot thank you bro

I just realized how insanely good a Bycicle might be in a Zombie Apocalypse...

I just found you and stubbed not too long ago, but I'd like to say that I enjoy your voice, work, and in depth analysis.

21:00 make a choice, 10 glue, or 10 duct tape "hmm i am going to take the glue" (needs it to craft duct tape) ;)

Tried and true, though I think we all have our own spin on it. Although I always put plates in the lower 2 blocks of any "oh sh*t" ladders so you don't get trapped where you can't jump up.

Its kimd of nice seeing you doing a LP and looking like you dont absolutely hate it.

i'd recomend changing your bridge from a full block to upper centered pole and that way the zombies dont pile up as much...and will be forced to single file or fall off and then back around again...gives you a little more time to spread your stamina usage...just a thought

Now I need to try Spears that was amazing Thanks Iz

This video was quite informative for me because I transferred from the ps4 7 days to die to the PC. Any how great video!!

Great video, thank you, I have liked and subscribed. Will you be doing an advanced build video?

im learning so damn much. This guy is the truth!

Oh snap! Thanks for sharing this. Makes me feel good for my first day 7 horde. I may not even have all the metal hatches yet, but I feel I can make it work. Not on nightmare mode 😅

love your vids, always a blast to watch and yes, very satisfied lol.

Good build. Cheers.

This helped a lot thanks.

I used this design for a21. It worked great for day 7. But for the day 14 horde, only the first batch of zombies came up the ramp and attacked the opening. All zombies after that attacked the supports beneath me, trying to collapse the structure. I knocked out the rail, plate, and beams and was going to rely on the hatches as barriers. But even with the hatches down, making me fully exposed, they still didn't route to the opening. Luckily I had enough molotov cocktails to thin the herd and I didn't die. But why would they change behaviors in the middle of horde night? The only difference from your design is that I had barbed wire set down on the on the path up to the opening, but I had them down on the day 7 horde too.

Loving the series so far, do you think youll do one of these for insane nightmare..?

Liking this gameplay series 👌

Very nice. I typically build a 5 high platform with bars to shoot down through for the 7 day horde. After that I start working on my killing corridor, which requires a lot of concrete.

Great video.. Gained a subscriber :)

Great content.

Good, good. I respect the pause to take out the evil vultures lol.

I did the trailer POI earlier today. I knew there was a dog but couldn't remember where it was and I had decided the double loot the mailboxes. Needless to say I didn't see the dog until it was chewing my bum and by then it had already made a mess of me. When I reset the POI I got the dog with minimal damage but failed to see the snake that had spawned on the reset. It was a bad session.

Here we gooooooooo

one trick i learned from Glock is to use a wedge shaped block to force the zombies off the pile up. bonus points if you use a corner wedge and make them fall off entirely on this design

Did this for my 4th horde but added a auto sledge, an electric wire, and a shotgun turret on the top for birds. Made it all out of concrete. Held up fine.

I like to use plates on edge for my side walls for a little extra elbow room

I appreciate the sped up bits rather than cuts

That reach on the spear is amazing.

Only thing I'd point out is upgrading that lip to cobble as well. If it goes, so does your door. Other than that it's a solid ass horde base for the first couple of hordes for sure 👌

This base or some variation of it is what I've used since I saw your Desert Ranger series, a year or so ago. Thanks bud.

Looks chill i guess i can cheaply Upgrade that with a 1x3 Window to Fight with My Trio in Coop .. or in General increase the size of the Players Bunker on top

I was here only for Shift + R. Thanks a lot man xD

I was bamboozled! I came for a build video and stayed for a let's play!

With Spear Hunter Maxed, you can spam power attack without much stamina loss. It's kind of fun! I love the idea of padding for extra block hps.

The same way you built your alpha 20 horde base question answered, seriously tho your content is great and has helped me learn a lot about the game

I just build an enclosed space on the roof of a gas station or similar building and use a simple set of blocks to climb on/off the roof. I take away the top block to keep zombies from climbing or jumping up. The walls of the building are so tough that you can avoid the horde as long as necessary and just pick them off from the roof at will. No fancy building or planning really needed.

I double the height of the base so that zombies take fall damage, i also double the length of the walk way and put 1 high railings every 3-4 blocks along the walk way, it thins out the zombies that get to your fighting position so you don't need that to be as long in the early game so few needs of hatches, also if i get a sledge turret early enough i stick that out front on its own little side ledge to knock zombies off and away from the walk way

Hey been watching you for a while now this base I my goto in a pinch I ran into the same iron hatch change too lol

Please don't tell the fun pimps how good something is cause they'll just nerf it. Lmao. Good base, though I've never built a hatch corridor before. It looks very effective

When I first started this game long time ago. All I did was digging. Made my own fortress underground but was lot work but one floor a time then dig under the floor.. all while zombies still on the ground. Good times…

Upgrading building blocks is always wicked EXP/XP. So is collecting cement and cobblestone from pallets. Search out Carl's corn, (big sign in front of the house), yes, it's a house. Lots of EXP/XP from both resources. also a few things to have or take to get extra EXP/XP but I'm not into spoiling things for the peeps as to what those things are. Loot for em'.

the absolute irony is that iv got myself in the rafters of a firehouse too. the zombies mostly go for the garage doors. and when they hit about 60% health the middle opens up allowing you to shoot and stab through the gap. its quite effective actually because i can repair the doors with very little scrap iron.

Do you already have or could you make a design on a progression type base for a 2 player team where you add on to the base to keep it in line with the game stage?

so this... "trick" of farming tier 1 fetchs even if the magazines bundle reward get nerfed, it still a great idea to farm a lot of items at a relatively low cost, not needing to farm gunpowder to my love the pipe bombs is already a winning point in my view :D btw, I have been watching enough, I'll suscribe, I like how you play, practically like a total pro (and I love that)

Nice

I'm new to the game, what happens if you stay in your house base ? they destroy the house ?

Ty

I don't know why I'm here... I survive 64 zombie, gamestage 200+ hordes all the time... but when Izprebuilt releases a tutorial... I watch.

oh my god! Favoriting frequently used blocks? What in the actual EFFF have i been doing, and thinking? Thank you Prebuilt, this is a lifesaver! oh and i will never feel guilty for using a killing corridor or forcefield and I have like 5000 hours. oh and Permadeath I just can't I am like Thick 44 Who is still looting (rip Tony) I am an unhuman old man warrior and Dieing is my middle name lol not a lot but 1 to 20 are guaranteed per play through. and thank you for all the hard work you do for us. i have yet to build a testing world i'm too ADHD to. oh asnd does double looting early game make me a bad person?

I wish bridges generated in random worlds, because the ones in the navesgane map can convert into this super quickly.

Water, unless you get lucky with your RNG, water is an issue until day 3 or 4.

I love the Spear now, can see it getting a nerf.

Add a little cheese by using opposing plates at the bottom to create a floating base

You're spoiling us with all of these videos.

Please can you make a video about a easy cheap horde base for three players like even for two or four

Why is it Prebuilt can make a Game like this seem Extra Interesting? It is one of the Mysteries of Life.

i love your video men

I do a similar design. But my posts are reinforced 9 times with poles, and plates, as well as the walkway reinforced. But, that was Alpha 20. Am I right to assume it would be great in A21 as well? I haven't gotten. To a blood moon yet in A21. However, I am going to take some of your design, and put it into my own! It looks really good!

great series, how would you do a horde base for multiplayer (3 -7 regularly on horde night)

If you put upside down ramps above the front door, the zombs can not pile up. And it only costs 3 blocks.

No1 pointing out that on day5 you have managed to read about 300+ magazines to have unlocked the ability to craft all this at those levels? CM carries you much bro.

Awesome tutorial man. I di have one question. Can i make the corridor 2 blocks wide as long as i make it identical? I play with a friend and it would be much easier if we both could melee them.

You know that there's a 3*3 block you can make. It's either 3*3 or 3*5. Something like that. Making it easier to build. Course you lose out in exp. (A little). But hey, you'll get levels the longer you play. Very easy. Though, not sure if it is still in 21. Haven't played newest update yet.

very nice but i want to see you include how to farm and how to get some Medicine in the next video !!

Is it possible to survive for a long time making cool looking bases as long as you stick to some of these fundamentals you showed us while making these or well it cause the zeds to behave differently? If there's let say pillars and such.

ask prebuilt: In your previous video: Here's Why Shotguns Are The Best - 7 Days To Die Alpha 20 was a great video and I was curious if Alpha 21 has changed any of the dynamics as i don't see anyone using it

I remember my first horde night base and how scared i was. Litterly no joke i put varv wire round a crack a book enterance. Granted this was years ago but that was my very first kill box. I been a fan those for a while. Current build i have after soending so long away i am suprised how much i changed. And experimented Did you know you can place doors on its side? Make pretty knifty trap doors, i use that trick to bridge out to some elsectric traps like a maintance hall As well as i choose which avenue the zombies go down I winder how hard it would be to get sonething to get a blade trap accessable

Man I think they changed something for the stable version. I did this base in the beta and it was working just like yours, some occasional punching in the blocks below where we stand, but today I got my day 7 horde (warrior gamestage ~30) and for whatever reason the zombies destroyed the 2nd, 3rd and 4th blocks of ladders, don't ask me how or why. Luckily they were still able to jump their way to the bridge but it was so weird. I've footage if you want to see it, it was super strange.

maybe its because i made the bridge part 1 block less, a few zombie tends to smash the walls a bit before pathing up the stairs.

if u upgrade to steel this base last long, but the problem on day 50+ is that explosions of cops demolished the staircase. Maybe is good idea for upgrade to have a second entry with electric staircase to open or close when the main entry collaps?

I've seen a hordebase similar to this one but it had a crawl space at the corridor. So the zeds had to expose their heads to get to you

26:37 I feel called out

"How do I only have one pipe? How is that even possible?" tee hee :)

I’d like to request a video with your thoughts on alpha21. I think it’s a little bit underwhelming but haven’t seen any youtuber who share the same sentiment besides some of the things that you said on your live stream.

Waiting to see if the pathing change will screw up the base

Can you make a video about an endgame base for alpha 21?

If you were to make your own home base from scratch, not horde base. What would your home base look like mate? Could you make a video of one. I am trying to see if I can make one of my own from scratch rather than make one from an already made building.

Yay, Vultures aren't completely borked in A21. Can't stand their ESP hax that let them change direction as soon as you aim on them. At least that's what's happening to me. Have to wait until they're in their dive, but sometimes they move even then.

I am on day 49 of a no gun run and honestly, the spear and crossbow combo has been a breeze. Plus all the guns and ammo/brass is just cash so money comes in quick to enable you to jump up in spear quality very fast.

Hey can you do a late game tutorial for a base? I've been researching it and well I could do the figuring out myself, but you know the game better than me.

usually make something like this for a day 14+ horde as day 7 is kind of a joke. Made a wider variant of it for a day 7, 5 man horde on A21, and the second wave smashed smashed through all 12 cobblestone blocks keeping them out, murdering us all. The desert gamestage modifier is no joke, ferals and cops galore.

Where is our favorite music "Lasers and Stuff"? xD

I perfer ground level hatch bases. The pipe bombs work better with them as the zombies group up into larger groups

i dont even need to watch these videos (8k hours deep into this) i just do it because i like hearing another turbo nerd at this game.

Has the pathing for zombies changed in aloha 21 that you are aware of just did our first horde night

We tried this, but after our 3rd Blood Moon, they started attacking the foundation when more than 2-3 zombies were on the kill corridor.