Taking on Tier 5 Quests with Full Stealth in the Wasteland - 7 Days to Die 1.0 (Ep.13) 

I like the idea of maps putting mega cities in the wastelands full of everything you will ever need if you have the guts to go for it. Multiple book stores for any series not complete yet, multiple savage countries for all the legendary parts you will ever want, and every tier 5 poi in the game. I loved that athletics area, it was meant to be cleared by a sniper. And watching you stealth handle massive crowds, it makes me want to see the next series being full scale 80s action hero build. Full automatic weapons, a giant sledge or steel club to smash the swarms aside, the heaviest of armors designed to help avoid critical injuries, and just charging face first into armies of undead. "So my entire compass turned red from the sheer number of dots, so what? That just means my machine gun cant miss!" /brrrrrrrrrrt!

I like the evolution of the intros over the last couple of years.

Tem, you really are a masterclass in editing, style and production. Much

Under Temreki's skin is a brilliant but frustrated film maker, screaming to get out. Also Temreki: "Let's steal everything from this dude and then sell it all back to him."

Wow. As long as you're patient enough for assassin gameplay, it's so strong in the POI's

Man that horde at the theater was INTENSE. Imagine that as an infestation, gotta wonder if that's even doable

I was skeptical that stealth would be a viable build for tier 5/6 stuff. Seems that it is. Great video!

That near-death experience was harrowing!

That's the thing about stealthing through those high tier POIs. Takes about a day and a half to get through them.

t6 stealth makes zombies forget about you as soon as you break line of sight

Mr. GNS Your playthrough has given you a better understanding of the stealthy actions of this game Thank you

And to think I did a T6 Infested at that Minotaur Theatre. It was simply awful. Sooo many zombies. My character still has nightmares.

Stealth looks really good now, I like

One other thing I found when doing POI's in stealth, I try to avoid ladders, ropes, etc. but rather nerd pole in stealth mode (parkour level 2+) if possible and jump down crouching. Ladders and ropes do wake the sleepers nearby unfortunately but they will easily lose you though. I guess if they didn't wake on ladders, etc. the assassins' set would be totally OP vs. just a little OP. :)

Holy crap I was one of the zombies!!!! 36:12

Yah, on another channel I was telling him Preacher gloves are great, but the Assassin full suit is untouchable. Agility is the 1.0 build.

Since I'm catching the series rather irregularly, and haven't familiarized myself with v1.0 much yet, I'm gonna have to rewatch this whole series 😊 The armor set bonuses seem interesting and a way to encourage varied playstyles. Just wondering if there is a potential min-max approach for bonuses, should be interesting to find out.

i was at the edge of my seat the whole episode man! when the music started my heartrate immediately going up haha. T6 level of editing!

I think that Mino is hardest new POI in game, did t6 recently without sneak and it was insane. POI zombies and screamer hordes just bursting on me, ended with every possible debuff in game I could get and burned insane amount of ammo. Grover High is also insane, but you can snack out loot from main stash easily, just break door outside.

'Could my day get any better?' The extact same words I said before dying on my permadeath run lol

Stealth is really an option in this edition. That wasn't really the case in the alphas.. so that's good.

Hey, hi! Now in 1.0 you can hold Alt and Click on your inventory to set favorited slots, so they dont get sorted on your inventory, this could be good for ammo and healings =)

I've been experimenting with the different armor types and their effectiveness in combat. My baseline is a Str build with sledges, and perception for sniper rifles. I run tier VI infested clears as loudly as possible pulling as many zombies at a time as I can using explosives, movement, etc. I tested the Preacher full set and the Raider full set. I have to say, the Preacher set held up nicely, but I did get down to about 80/160 health. The set is very good. The raider set was unbelievable. I ran the Crack A Book, running through all three top levels to pull everyone and the bottom 3 levels pulling everyone and the Raider set held up like a monster. I dropped to 137/161. It was a BEAST of a set. I plan to try out the other sets as well, but now that I've got to lvl 60+ and have almost all the books read, I don't know if the nerd helmet/chest combo is worth it any more. Reducing the chance of critical hits and being immune to stun is amazing with the raider set. I do miss the Biker boots for the stamina cost reduction, but only when I pull 50-60 at a time.

This is the earliest I have ever been to a GNS video.

You must have had a half a hit point at one point at the end because it showed 0 on your HP bar. Clutch bandage on your part tho.

I was REALLY leery when you started the series off leaning toward stealth and knives but you're making it work! Been a fun series to watch!

Your foray into the athletic center and Minotaur theater went a lot better than mine. I use all my ammo in my inventory in each POI and had to finish about half of the zombies in the final areas with melee, while standing on a wall or something. Almost dying multiple times. Keep the chaos and the content coming.👍🏼

Thank you for doing assassin outfit! I've been waiting to see the decreased search time in action and it's what I hoped it would be like. This means we can maintain sneak even if triggering a whole room. Awesome!

The Minotaur was pretty gnarly in all the right ways. I gotta say, the undead coming outta the floor access had me instantly hearing one of the oldest gaming lines I can remember: *"RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE!"*

Get a sniper rifle. It's amazing for this exact experiment. It's absolutely insane for killing at a massive distance very safely. If you get the AP ammo and enough perk points, you can actually open walls to get shots from quite the distance :) This is going to be my next experiment.

Good job on the minataur - i did that as a T6 a couple days back, and it kicked my ass, i wasn't doing stealth though, should try that next time!

Those zombie bears can drop the red bags, definitely worth the time and ammo

I had just said "oh man, he's knocking out all of them, he won't have but a couple on the last rush!" Then you cane across the hatch in the floor! The gasp I gasped!! 😂😂

Another great episode! Can't wait to see how the sneaking goes with full Tier 6 gear

I love the level 6 complete set in POI. The moment the zombies lost line of sight from me, they’ll forget about me

There could be a Crack a Book. Minutes before not taking a quest to a Crack a Book. Yeah i think there definitelly is a one :D

Man that theater was the most intense POI I've ever seen, and the reward was so MEH! Well done mate, cheers cobber.

The other legendary part should either wait for a t6 smg or get t6 nerd armor, 50% chance to double skill mags is a massive boon!

Thanks for showing your Loot Stage! ❤

WHOO, I thought for a sec when you were grabbing that shovel at 39:20 you were about ready to dig your own grave! Wowsa. That one's scary as heck!

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Wow that theater was intense. A very eventful episode. Great job Tem

Tip, when you sprint sneaking you'll notice the eye detection bar will go 0 when equip t6 assassin's set you can even knife them so close, even face to face, as long it's night though

I was on the edge of my seat with that one, and a great choice with the backing track in the theatre. Talk about intense. I am wondering though... How would feral sense affect the benefits of the assassin armor set?

In my current stealth game on day 40, during the day I wear lvl 6 scavenger outfit (+10 backpack), preacher gloves (+60% damage to undead) and nomad boots (+20% run speed) and usually the rogue hood. Then, I also carry the nerd helmet for reading books, minors outfit for mining (optional) and at night or during a quest swap to a full lvl 6 assassin set and have the book to open all backpack slots. All fully max modded with noise reduction and speed increases, lights, where possible along with water purification mods in all the helmets. Seems to be a great combinations for both day and night and it's so cool to see the 99 (!) % "become hidden" faster. Like you were saying, you can shoot them over and over (espc at night) and they don't even know they are being attacked. I carry them all with me either on my person or motorcycle cause I'm terrible at remembering to bring stuff. Maybe someone knows of a better combination for swapping to and from stealth but so far this has been great.

You are the third creator I've watched that has found a lonely crossbow bolt floating in the air...

That was close! With 2,000 hours ingame, I also play the game quite calmly, but in that one situation I don't know if I wouldn't have messed it up... Good video! 😁

Tem, yer makin me anxious! 😅Also, that theater seemed excessive. Cheers on the great episode! 🍻

This is the series that made me find you and subscribe good work keep it up

I love the title screen for the wasteland very cool! Awesome job GNS!

My first legendary part spent went into a Tier 6 pistol, which looks like it will work really well with an assassin setup.

a couple urban combat books and stealth books I believe aid in truly becoming a ghost to zombies at least for now lol also some advice anything that causes bleed damage will make the said zombie know where you are until the bleeding effect stops then you can hide from them again

This series is so damn good

i thought for sure you would die in there....but you pulled it off...great job...

Did not know about the secret Trader Joel living area. Thanks for showing that.

I just unlocked the Gyrocopter last night. Got excited to make it then rolled off my roof into a horde because I thought it was going to take off straight up like a Heli. Once you figure it out it makes the traveling so much better though.

That theater hands down is my favorite POI now. I like doing the missions there. It’s tough but also it’s a skill points farm with the elixir and nerdy goggles. Amazing video my friend. 🫡

Keeping those intros PURE FIRE! Very captivating!

THIS JOY, when i see new vanguard episode! Can't wait to watch it!

That steel crossbow bolt is a bug that has been around for a long time. Worst thing about it is those bolts are solid, and if you hit it with a vehicle it's like slamming into a brick wall.

I totally startled when you said aj cause I was looking at something else for a second and was like ‘what about an aj now?’ followed very closely like ‘Im only 31 Tem don’t call me old’ (grandpa aj isn’t me but still couldn’t stop the thought train😂) lmao

Well that was fun. You will need that extra legendary part for the smg tier 6 ;)

I didn’t know about that secret area!

yes those new tier 5 are a swarm feast LOVE THEM

man! I can't believe you did that by yourself. TGG did it with a crew and they barely made it through the theater

I recently died doing the theatre infested, well kind of. Finished the quest and was looting when a wondering horde full of rads decided to wonder on in and have their way with me

I legit thought you weren't going to make it when you were cornered on those stairs. Well Played.

stealth seems kool but for me i would rather kick in the door in my heavy armor with my shock stick and face tank lol. my roommate is doing the stealth route and he hates clearing stuff with me now. anyway great vid.

Another great video in the books! More please!

Man the couch cushions got consumed on that one 😆

If you do another agility playthrough I would like to see a linear horde base with you using the desert vulture, since the full magnum enforcer book set gives 44 weapons the ability to pierce multiple zombies making it a really strong horde base weapon.

Good Morning Everyone!

I'm not sure, but the rain coming through non cube blocks might be related to the problems you were having in the Horde Every Night series with cops being able to see you through non cube blocks and trying to spit at you through them. Probably something to do with the alpha masking on those blocks making them seem invisible to certain game systems.

I want to wait until 1.0 leaves experimental to a proper release. This looks really awesome though even in experimental.

I have been stealth also and loving it. I usually go loud and proud. Totally different play style for me.

you started the theater with like 18 or 19 crossbow bolts, I'm surprised you didn't run out sooner o.o

Thanks for another great gameplay!

Too bad it's already too late in the series to add some of Khaine's modlets, for example Dangerous Cities. Combined with maps like New York, it turns difficulty to 11.

Zombie: Ends up with an arrow in the head. Also zombie: Must have been a wind.

I tried playing 1.0 as a stealth build, something I tried a long time ago. I kept running into similar issues as you have, where you would just cross some invisible line and suddenly hordes of zombies would “see” me and attack. Then I was left with a wimpy pistol to defend myself or was using the machete. This started happening a lot on tier 4+ quests. I was then asking myself, why am I playing stealth if it does not really work well? Maybe it will work great if you have the full T6 assassin set, but that is asking a lot to get that level to really get it to work well. Instead I started a new game and did my standard brawler build using the raider set. Once I got tier 5 and even more so with tier 6 armor, it is like I am unkillable. Just take my vitamins, have some medical supplies to deal with critical injuries, and have a stack of beer and I am good to go. Tier 6 infested clear? Yeah, that is a piece of cake. I notice you are avoiding those. I am still interested to see how well it plays out once you get your final t6 assassin piece. I think it will suddenly work a lot better. Still though, I think the stealth mechanics need improvements. Overall I like 1.0 a lot, but those trader rewards really suck. Like a single meat stew for a t5 infested clear as a reward option? Also ducking zombies are ridiculous. Sometimes they crawl under my character, pushing me upwards and get behind me. Also they sometimes push me through solid walls. I was in some tower PoI, in a corner punching my way through a huge horde and suddenly I was pushed outside of the tower, falling quite far down. They need to fix bugs like that, also zombies hitting you through solid walls. Also legendary weapons are not worth it unless you have no use for your legendary crafting items. They really should get a big boost over the T5 non-legendary version.

38:10😲 that escalated quickly

to be honesdt, for horde night u might wanna use damaging setups rather than assasin... cause u cant sneak anyhow during hordes ;D

Tem is talking about savage Country, a clothing shop and passes right by a laundry mat.

I have also been noticing stealth being very buggy in favor of the player with this patch. Having no bonuses to stealth I could get noticed by a zombie, walk up to them, then crouch and get a sneak attack with melee.

My intellect/agility build is crushing day 53 so far only died once in the early game to a sneaky mountain lion. Although just did my first tier 5 in wasteland even at night no problem smg, desert vulture, auto shotgun, and stun baton are so good

It’s super worth getting the t6 nerdy amour!! It goes from 25% bonus chance to 50%! Definitely worth the one legendary part:)

The most ridiculous part about these airborne bolts is: They're immovable objects. They can(and will) stop a car, as if you'd have run into a wall. We did a multiplayer stealth playthrough and these were EVERYWHERE.

This series has gotten me to try out 1.0.

That Wasteland transition was just great, I love your production on these.

i love the flash forward shots haha

Good stuff, thanks!

I thought you were a goner when you got surrounded. Nicely done!

Obliviously sleep walking through all the action is on-brand for me.

How much AP ammo and steel xbow bolts were expended to be offered 1 Shepards pie upon you return? what a joke. The rest of the rewards were total ass as well. That is completely unacceptable for a tier 5 of that magnitude in the wasteland (radiated/demo etc). Balancing trader missions is fine, but they have went waaaay too far the other way.

In this episode, Tem goes full Skyrim stealth archer... "must have been the wind..." :D

I have found so many floating arrows and bolts. Even before this update. It’s always weird because they are usually in areas I hadn’t been before.

12:54 Not on your compass as a quest kill, maybe the "sleep walkers" are just normal spawns

Started a new rwg after the latest patch. Not sure what changed, but got 8 legendary parts before first horde night. Didnt even do a savage country. Trying the nerd set with the intellect damage bonus.

Tbh Assassin build with Preacher Gloves felt much stronger. 6-7x Sneak Attack Damage +60% damage bonus on top of it from the Gloves Almost one shotted the strongest Zombies. And you didn't pull much attention to yourself. Currently you can do more than one Sneak attack but it is not always the case, and they do not lose you every time, which is a serious danger. Especially at times when you fall into a trap, Preacher Gloves shines even more.

Short lived kamikaze steve, you will be remembered