Welcome to State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition

PLAYER GUIDE WELCOME TO STATE OF DECAY 2: JUGGERNAUT EDITION We’re glad you’re here to travel with us through the zombie apocalypse. You will be building a community to survive the threats posed by a plagued open world. Your choices matter as you take on the apocalypse - survivors die permanently, humans can be friends or foes, and choosing your method of survival matters. We have prepared some explanations for areas of our game that players sometimes have questions about. In this guide, you will find the following: DEFINE YOUR APOCALYPSE VEHICLES IN THE APOCALYPSE USING YOUR RADIO SURVIVING BLOOD PLAGUE FORTIFYING YOUR HOME SPECIAL TRADERS BUILDING YOUR COMMUNITY COMPLETING THE GAME COMPLETING GOALS ADDITIONAL MODES HOW TO USE THE MAP SCREEN MULTIPLayER STEP ONE: DEFINE YOUR APOCALYPSE appetiteState of Decay for challenge 2: Juggernaut is essential Edition to havingprovides a fun3 difficulty game experience. settings that describe the challenge level you’ll face: Standard Zones, Dread Zones, and Nightmare Zones. Choosing the setting that best fits your skill and STANDARD ZONES Standard Zone Screenshot shouldThis difficulty provide level you iswith for someplayers challenge who are without new overwhelmingto State of Decay you 2. (unlessPlaying youin a getStandard unlucky Zone or make some mistakes). Most of the zombies roaming around the world are classic “slow shamblers,” but you’ll also encounter some fast zombies and armored zombies. As you explore you’ll encounter greater threats, including zombie hordes as well as occasional freak zombies (bloaters, screamers, DREAD ZONES Dread zones are intended for survival game also represent an occasional danger, requiring good veterans. Resources are scarcer, making it harder tacticsferals, and(or atjuggernauts). least good aim) Enclaves to overcome. of hostile humans to feed, equip, and maintain your community of survivors. Facilities are more expensive to build and use. Vehicles are more fragile, limiting your ability to mow through endless hordes. The zombie threat is also deadlier, heightening the stakes of every scavenging run. For example, freak zombies are more common, and the standard juggernaut is replaced with a plague-infected version that’s particularly nasty. The plague hearts that you must destroy to protect your town are tougher and better protected. Hostile humans become deadlier and harder to defeat, making them a much more NIGHTMARE ZONES significant threat to survival. apocalypse experience for our most experienced players.Nightmare In additionzones provide to all theour increased most terrifying challenges zombie hordes, wandering groups of freak zombies, detailed for Dread Zones, these areas feature larger offer very little room for errors, making them the and more plague hearts to defeat. Nightmare Zones ultimate test for confident, experienced players. CHANGING DIFFICULTY DURING PLAY ThisIf you moves find the your game community too easy toor atoo brand-new hard, you version can change of the the same difficulty map that level you’re without on. starting All site contentsover. Open your map screen and find the ‘Difficulty’ tab. From this tab, you can switch difficulty at any time. (including plague hearts) are reset to the appropriate difficulty. You will keep your current survivors, all your items and resources, and up to 3 vehicles parked at your base. Enjoy your new apocalypse! USING YOUR RADIO The ability to communicate is a key part of surviving the apocalypse. When using your radio, you can look for supplies, call for help, search for other survivors (even other players) to help, and even get out of the occasional sticky situation. MULTIPLAYER for Help” button in your radio menu. This willIf searchyou are for in otherneed ofplayers help, youwho have are willing a “Call to help you survive the apocalypse. If your Image Place Holder community is strong, you can also “Volunteer” to help someone who is in need of assistance. This helps you connect with random matches, not with your friends. (See the section on multiplayer at the end of this document) SUPPLIES & SURVIVORS If you are running low on supplies, you can reach out to your neighbors via the Radio to look for types of resources you may be lacking. This includes people. If you need to find more people to recruit to your community, you might be able to find help over the air waves. OTHER COMMANDS As you add facilities, facility mods, outposts, and allies to your community, you will also Image Placeholder little and enjoy discovering what you can do withfind new the handyoptions little in your communications radio. Experiment device. a THE “STUCK?” COMMAND As much as we might not like to admit it, sometimes characters and vehicles get stuck. If you run into that problem with a character, open the Radio menu, scroll to the bottom, and choose the “Stuck?” command. This command should send you to a place where you are no longer stuck. It also works if you are in the driver seat of a vehicle. FORTIFYING YOUR HOME it into the ultimate apocalypse-survival base is an exciting and critical part of the game. No matter how strong the survivor, everyone needs a place to call home. Fixing up your home and turning youEvery make base snacks is a collection and ration of facilities,your food each supply. of which performs a number of related functions. For example, the Infirmary allows you to keep your characters healthy in a variety of ways, while a Kitchen facility lets When deciding which facilities to construct in your base, the choices can be intimidating. If you’re not sure what to build next, use these suggestions to guide you through your options. START WITH THE FACILITIES YOU NEED MOST The game’s tutorial starts you with a base that has an to construct is a Workshop. That’s because these two facilitiesexisting Infirmary, are the pillars and theupon first which facility your you’re community directed Image Place Holder and the Workshop keeps your weapons in good repair. Withoutthrives. The these Infirmary two facilities, keeps it’syour hard survivors to survive healthy, for long. A place for everyone to sleep is the next most important addition to your base. If you’re short on beds, your survivors get cranky. The simple method is to construct a facility that adds beds (such as Sheltered Beds or Outdoor Beds). Unfortunately, this takes up valuable real estate that you’ll eventually want for claim that site as an outpost. other facilities. Another solution is to find a nearby location that offers beds as an Outpost Effect, and Another useful function of your facilities is to produce food. Your survivors consume a lot of food (usually 1 unit per survivor per day), and if you’re not growing food at home you’ll have to scavenge Hydroponics or Farms. These facilities become even more effective when you upgrade them (see for it. The first food-producing facility you’ll likelyUpgrading build is a Garden, a Facility, but below), later on but you you’ll might need construct a survivor who knows Agriculture or Herbalism (specializations Hydroponics do not need to be upgraded, but the facilityof the Gardening has high requirements skill) to fully upgradein order tothese access facilities.. it. Image Place Holder You can also claim outposts that offer food income, producing facility (or two) inside your base. but these aren’t as efficient as having a good food- EXPLORE OTHER FACILITY OPTIONS Once these essentials are met for your community, explore how the other facilities will help you pursue your preferred strategies or achieve your goals. Your choice of facilities can have a big impact on your survival!. these slots in other bases around the map. Note that some of the more powerful facilities can only be built in large facility slots. You’ll find UPGRADING A FACILITY Many facilities can be upgraded to provide increased screen, look for an “arrow-up” icon to see if that facility benefits.can be upgraded. When viewing Highlighting a facility this on icon your shows Base Image Place Holder cost to upgrade that facility, as well as any special requirementsyou the benefits you must of that meet upgrade. (such as It knowledge also lists the of a skill). You can’t afford to upgrade everything right away, so be mindful of your community needs when selecting when to upgrade a facility. FIND THE SUPPLIES YOU NEED Facility construction, actions, and upgrades all require supplies. The resource you’ll need most often for facility management is materials, but facility actions and upgrades could also require meds, parts, or many other kinds of supplies. Usually, you’ll gather these supplies by scavenging whatever’s been left behind at the various buildings around town. To help your search, each site you’ve seen (either close descriptionup or by surveying (see the from image). a high Sites point) that shows have Food, the kind Meds, of resourcesMaterials, you’reAmmo, likely or Fuel to find.symbols Open guarantee your map you screen and highlight a particular site. The type of supplies you can find there appear as icons in the site shown. For other needed supplies, such as parts, chemicals, or circuitry, use your intuition and search placeswill find (or rucksacks objects) thatof that seem resource. most likely Sites tothat have show the multiple needed supply.icons provide some or all of the resources Image Place Holder FACILITY MODS State of Decay 2 offers additional customization options for your base in the form of facility mods. scavenging, such as a Shelving Unit or a Portable Image Place Holder Facility mods are items that you can find while can use your Base Screen to add that mod to an appropriateGenerator. If facilityyou bring at no the cost facility (other mod than home, a little you time and labor on the part of your community).

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