¶ Base Building
Base Building is an optional early to mid game activity that allows access to a variety of useful things. This includes an additional spawn point, construction of the Work Bench, up to 6x large storage crates and a safe area to relax.
Bases are also raided and defended during active Base Raids.
Below are the steps and requirements to build a basic 1x1 base complete with 1x large storage crate, work bench and respawn marker.
you will need the following items:
- Wood Logs
- 1x axe
- 1x saw
- 1x hammer
- 116x nails
- 3x sheet metal
- 1x car battery
- 1x polyethylene
- 1x Electronic Lock (optional)
¶ Placing A Land Claim
To place a Land Claim you will require only a hammer and saw.
First we need to find a location to build. This needs to be away from roads, and at least 500m away from towns/poi's/mission areas. You must also be at least 150m away from nearby bases.
Once a suitable location is found, press "B" to bring up the build menu, select the land claim sign at the top and left click it.
This will bring up a second outer ring to the build menu.
Each different inner segment of the build menu will open a new outer ring with different build options.
Click the land claim sign at the top. this will prepare you to place the land claim sign
If the land claim sign is in RED, it can not be placed. this may be due to it being too high or low to the ground, obstructed by an obstacle or you are too close to another base/poi etc.
instructions in the top left of the screen show how the sign may be moved up, down, further, closer and rotated as desired.
Once you have found a suitable spot and positioned your land claim, it will turn GREEN.
Press F to place the land claim. A brief sound will occur, and the sign will appear normally in the world.
¶ Interacting with the Land Claim
By pressing F in the land claim, You can interact with it. Here you can:
- Add additional players to your base if they are currently within the perimeter of the base. This allows friends to access your base's locked doors, storage containers, and help you to build.
- Delete all objects including Base parts, Storage containers + everything inside them, tripwires etc (this is in red at the top right of the screen. use with caution!)
*Players who join your base will NOT be able to build their own base unless you remove them from the land claim.
¶ Building your first Base
Next we will build a simple base. this will consist of a SMALL SCAFFOLD, LARGE DECK, 3 WALLS and 1 WALL WITH DOOR AND LOCK. (If you do not have a code lock, you can substitute a normal wall with door)
First we will place the scaffold. this is needed for our other items to snap on to.
Press B, select the scaffold from the top right, and select the scaffold from the top on the outer ring. The scaffold's outline will appear in green.
We can now move around and place the scaffold anywhere within the red circle. The red circle is our base perimeter. As with the land claim sign you can raise, lower, move further, closer and rotate the scaffold as you desire.
Once you have found a position, press F to place the scaffold. it will place down and remain GREEN. This is because to complete the scaffold we need to fill it with MATERIALS.
If you interact with the scaffold, you will see a small box telling you what materials are required to complete it. in this case we will need to fill it with 30x wood logs and 16x nails.
In the image below we have filled the scaffold with nails, but not wood. the bar along the bottom shows red when a material has not been completed, and green when items have been completed.
Using your axe, chop a nearby tree. for every two strikes, you will receive 1x wood. wood logs will stack up to 4x per inventory slot. Once your inventory is full we can allocate them to the scaffold by interacting with it and pressing F to add the materials.
Next we will add walls. You can place up to 3 base items at a time, and complete them at your own pace.
Press B and select walls from the bottom of the menu, then wall from the top of the outer ring. Place the wall onto one side of the scaffold. you will see it “snap” into place.
Repeat this for the remaining two walls, and then fill with materials to complete them.
Now we will build a Large Deck (bottom right of build menu, top of outer ring) and place it as the roof, and complete the base by placing a wall with door and lock (bottom of build menu, then bottom right at 4 o'clock on the outer ring)
-You can use a normal wall with door if you do not have an electronic lock, but remember ANYONE can open this type of door.
Next, we need to set the new electronic lock's code. walk up to the door and press F (if you want to change the code later, you can do so by pressing G)
Enter any code you desire, and press ENTER. all done!
You can now enter and exit normally, with no need to enter your code. The code is only needed for players NOT added to your base, eg Visitors.
¶ Adding Storage, Work Bench, Water collector and Respawn Marker
To finish off, we will add 1x Large storage container, a Work Bench, Water collector and a Respawn marker.
- You can add up to 6x Large storage containers anywhere within your base perimeter, and 3x small containers anywhere in the world.
- The Work Bench allows you to add skins to clothing and equipment, and will have Disassembly and Repair added in the near future.
- The Respawn marker allows you to have an additional respawn point at your base. useful if you die nearby, or during Raids on your base.
- The Water collector allows you to refill flasks with water. Note: this item will function correctly when placed either indoors OR outdoors.
To add these items, access the build menu (B). They are located at the top left under “support”. Build in the same way as all the other previous base items.
You are now finished the basic Base building guide!
From here you can expand your base and explore all the other base assets available. Get creative, there are some amazing bases and designs to try out.
Don't forget to share your masterpieces on the official Deadside Discord under #Community_Screenshots