Can I Survive Total Wilderness in Project Zomboid?

have you ever wondered if you can survive in the woods alone how long would you last if you woke up on a river bank with nothing but a tent and a campfire you didn't know how to light now what if it was in a zombie apocalypse Sebastian Rutherford an unsuspecting park ranger is about to find out from the ground up and with the assistance of mods he left to create nearly everything from scratch relying on nature to provide and his own hands to turn that into some semblance of civilization in the trees there are only two rules nowhere enclosed from the dead not that would be much use anyway we're using pre-existing structures for anything besides alluding which I added later so let's see how far he can make it waking on a river bank in the middle of nowhere I tooken the environment before getting to work clearing the [Music] area smashing in skulls with bare feet was far from ideal but I'd make do un able to wither Z's clothes and rip them into sheets to use later to survive I needed to take anything I could [Music] get with a small section of the forest cleared I began foraging in the vicinity leing me a stone an open wound on my left foot and unwanted attention I desperately needed shoes but I had no idea how to make them on the next Z my luck changed a screwdriver was a poor weapon but invaluable for future construction and crafting sitting by the river I fashioned the rip sheets i' collected into impromptu clothing hoping the thin cloth would protect my feet from sharp rocks and chunks of skull now the swall the forest clear I forged again finding tree branches mushrooms another Stone and straw before cutting my right foot sitting in my Camp I thought of different ways to combine my [ __ ] a branch and flat-faced rock with ripped sheets to bind them make a hammer but by banging my two rocks together I created a chip Stone and fashioned a stone knife for crafting and a spear to defend myself now when down I executed the Dead with my spear rather than sacrificing The Souls of my [Music] feet slowly retreating to Camp I to chip Stones herbs insects and a log to my growing collection but paid by reopening the cuts on my feet while checking out what I could make with my piece of wood got attack me meters from my tent between food thirst and safety I was struggling with growing thirst I covered the log into bowls allowing me to boil water on the campfire if I figured out how to light it before solving that issue I cut the leather jacket into strips with my knife and looked up how to make a backpack I needed twine and a tree branch a weave thread from ripped clothes into twine and unintentionally found something much better than a backpack loading the fire with dirty rags I yelled a challenge into the woods ready to stamp out any assistant and answered was back to foraging not knowing them by sight consumption risked fatal poisoning adding more random Loot on my loot I discovered the crafting helper invaluable resource compared to fumbling my way through searching let me realize twine can come from a different Source than thread Twigs even if it took ages to make without a way to Light My Fire to boil water it did something d dangerous to satiate my thirst I have to drinking water from a source surrounded by corpses might carry consequences but for a moment's reprieve it was well worth it aiming to solve my Hunger situation spear fished into the night despite growing nausea managed to snag two small fish but as they were dangerous uncooked I looked at my solution to hunger again still powerless to assuage my [Music] need [Music] they were out there in the dark either across the river and harmless or in the trees watching waiting for their moment to strike the early morning proved great for fishing but only grew my Temptation I needed to light that fire foraging at night was ineffective and dangerous but I was getting desperate so I relied on my hearing anticipating a branch snapping or feet moving in the undergrowth at any point I was on edge ready to B back to the river to fight finding a leak I reduced my Hunger substantially and followed it with straw before realizing it was an ingredient now surrounded by fog rather than Darkness I focused on firewood all the while eating anything not dangerous regardless of how unpleasant it was looking at recipes with a log a bat would make an excellent replacement for my nearly broken spare but a drilled plank opened new recipes only for there to be nothing as compensation I came across two more branches just what I needed to make an improvised backpack a I see I see no no no what broke what broke oh it can [Music] break come on baby come on yes warmth cooked millipede was a hard swallow but after learning feted fish was less nutritious in consuming the whole thing the bones and scales weren't easy either now faced a choice the means to start the fire again a backpack or an axe might be able to get tree branches from felt trees I hecked away no luck slowly but surely I was making progress but I couldn't help but think about this morning I'd seen nothing indic ating nearby dead yet I gained lightf footed levels it was too quiet it was almost comforting to run into the ones responsible for my paranoia out [Music] foraging the ways off making a sore I carved a bat and balls from the logs and returned to the woods turning each branch found into an axe to throw against trunks gaining no experience overnight I had a slow start to the Third Day by spare fishing for a Hardy breakfast a cabin there was something out there in the trees fighting the dead continued looting anything valuable until I arrived s it was was in a cabin was a ruin buildings long since abandoned and an ominous Cemetery regardless of the vibe I checked every building finding nothing but more zids to contest me the void of anything valuable I retreated to camp and kept my head to the ground trying to make the Run have more tangible value than some ripped [Music] clothes as an angler I can combine paper clips with twine and a sturdy stick to make a makeshift fishing rod I couldn't produce the sticks yet but was one small box closer to a better fishing method back home I washed in the river sending 2 and 1/2 days of adversity Downstream before adding Duty Rags To The Campfire challenging more trees to a scrap and Speare fishing I pass hours stabbing the water only some clothes and a pittance of a fish to show for it with both branches breaking I stumbled in the light of Dusk to find some more the stone was unedible and the sage would be useless against my growling stomach but the lemongrass a natural stomach Soother let me drink tainted water safely hungry but my thirst sated I went to sleep disturbed by hunger pains growing queasy feeling and the pit patter of rain against the tent the full brunt of the elements was here to collect and would continue to do so unless I built a shelter the Bedrock of carpentry is nails and planks but out here I had little chance of finding them instead I'd need to craft them myself all right so carpentry level two I can make nails R planks can be made now and give a healthy amount of XP if I had a sore aiming for a stone one I still needed a branch and a chip Stone to go with my small [Music] rope under a appri from the rain I saw all the logs I had gathered Oh leaving exposed to the Rain tainted it all only for the rain to return and sort a break before I got through them all using the spear Branch I crafted a stone Hammer to let me more efficiently produce chip stones and repeatedly smash my improvised axes into trees all the while rain continued to pour saturating the ground crafting in some downtime I checked the menu and realized I was close to making a primitive backpack all I needed was even more [Music] resources what so much worse disappointed and at a loss of significant resources I slept naively hoping the rain would stop overnight I began crafting axes for the makeshift saw and noticed the ability to make twine clothing it wasn't a priority right now but it would be [Music] nice it turns out a makeshift saw is a genuine saw meaning it will never break with this Revelation I sort anything I got my hands on and slowly gained carpentry experience turning logs into planks those planks into sturdy sticks or spears Chile I weaved together a shirt from excess twine and for a moment almost appeared civilized leading tree branches to light the fire I ventured back into the [Music] woods only for them to break reading the description I grabbed the stury sticks and gave it a go chucking everything onto the Flames I sat on the damp sand and waited for my insects to cook and bowls to boil the camp coming together I ventured out to fight the dead while insignificant in an urban setting a pencil in the forest was a cause for celebration deep in the trees I found something else unexpected I thought the world consisted of only Woods and Water not entire cabins [Music] oh oh my God that was such a jump skip here I introduced the second rule but I could still loot them encumbered I returned to Camp to offload my items and marked down my progress was a slow evening as I forged through the nearby woods and worked away at carpentry just keep hearing [Music] noises without a log I couldn't manufacture nails so I yelled into the blacken trees to no reply and gave in to tiredness it was time to [Music] grind I finally had them oh my God it's 200 attaching a nail to some twine and a sturdy stick I created an improvised fishing rod needing a lure I hooked the milliped to the end and cast it into the [Music] river welcome to the fishing Faro we have myself my dad Max not you Jess literally no one likes you Jess you're such a stupid bloody dog and together with our years of experience in New Zealand's waterways we considered the best fisherman in the business go on next Mak come oh yeah Dad what are we fishing for trout brown trout just brown or can you get rainbows you can get rainbow here as well oh so much for wet feet not being a problem if you look up you see where the quiet spots in the big boulders that's where the trout sit oh no I think that was a boulder want the stick Bud [ __ ] Max you're going to change the lure here do the figer of eight so you go for that bottom Loop give it a gentle pull makes it eight and go back through that top Loop like so pull a to just SP only catching a small Cappy the WOD hadn't proved its worth yet but it would have to be enough as I had a home to build speaking of a home if I wanted a door to sleep safely behind I'd have to reach level three carpentry so I had my work cut out hammering the nails damaged the stone Hammer forcing me to take breaks together resources for a new [Music] one now out of Planks cycle was born as ax after ax broke followed promptly by another Hammer that's good building into the night I covered windows with sheets to prevent wandering dead from seeing in an inch closer to the third level I had it I crafted door knobs was about to make hinges until something caught my eye abandoning a safe sleep I crafted the axe and slept behind my freshly erected walls still exposed to the unknown of the woods I had made significant progress all I needed to do was top it off entranced by work it was easy to forget I was in the midst of an apocalypse but in those moments of calm felt like I was being watched from afar at least now they'd have to break down the door to catch me unprepared the back of the riverhouse was still incomplete but I could ignore the hunger pains no longer I tried catching more fish I lose the fishing only for my rod to break so the day old Cappy needed to suffice setting by the fire I look forward to my first safe sleep no longer needing to focus so heavily on my base I turned my attention to my hunger and the weight I'd been shedding spear fishing work but a new rod and a slug got me my first large fish hoping to continue the trend I forged for insects I'd overcome my calorie deficit and return to the intense labor of the day [Music] prior near the other side of the river crossing was now feasible but I had work to do here grabbing all the items scattered across the river bank I grouped food waste materials clothing and sheets wood broken tools and weapons the Riverside was finally clear yet but I couldn't help looking towards the unexplored buildings on my map there was a little loot along the way it wasn't long until I met the dead for the first time in days knew [Music] [Music] it the clothes continued to provide Denim and Leather but the random objects They Carried were of Greater interest I doubted finding something gamechanging on their corpses but the chances drove me into them and more abandoned [Music] [Music] buildings the most dead I'd seen yet pulling a few at a time I carved through them with my spiked back encumbered from the strips I'd been taking I returned back home once back to base I sewed leather strips into a sheet I like scissors to craft it into something meaningful fish loaded corpses with broken tools to despawn them and continued to build my home I spent the morning of the 10th day working on my base what the hell encountering bugs and Furnishing the inside from a lone tent and campfire I developed my home to be Stout in the river but I remained rough and unkempt it took a while to remove the caked blood but with my shirt patched and pants made stood a far cry from the naked man who woke up on a river bank after hunting for insects again oh damn that's a free shirt I fish for tonight's dinner in line with my growing civility I chose to forgo eating the bones eyes and organs of the fish for roasted fish fillets with a collection of herbs for my first proper meal I did botch it but it felt good to waste something for a change with the base secure and renewable food and water established it was time to push further into the woods the cracking of sunflower seed shells meant the crushing of skulls as I fought to the unexplored [Music] buildings a lot I that level two Nimble meant back pedling wasn't ideal but doable I tackled sizable groups oh two hand axes that's massive and breach the ruins finding nothing good and running into weight issues I returned back to base having proven the area nearby was be of valuable loot from nothing I'd forged a semblance of Civility and tackled most of my needs for the time being yet I felt unfulfilled there had to be something out there something worth fighting towards right

Channel: Alex Phillips

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Keywords: project zomboid, zomboid, project zomboid game, project zomboid story, pz, zomboid gameplay, modded, survival, wilderness, forest, challenge, survival challenge

Id: eS4OARyv24Y

Length: 21min 36sec (1296 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 07 2024