Base Building & Placement
Choose shelters, place furniture, fire pits, drying racks, and organize defensible homes in medieval Birmingham.
Choosing Your Home
With the town depopulated, real estate is flexible—Steam’s dark humor aside, you must pick structures with defensible geometry, nearby loot, and access to water. Many players favor buildings near the Bull Ring for food variety but face higher zombie traffic; suburban homes trade loot density for quieter nights.
Scout locations using the Map Overview and Key Locations pages before hauling your first heavy barricade table across town.
Layout Zones
Divide your base into zones: ground-floor funnel and storage, mid-floor crafting and cooking with Crafting stations, upper-floor sleep and medical. Keep fire pits ventilated and away from flammable clutter—physics objects can shift during sieges.
Drying racks belong near fire pits but not blocking walkways you need during midnight breaches.
Furniture Placement and Physics
Every placed object is simulated. Overloading a weak floor with dozens of barrels may cause collapses or performance hits. Anchor critical barricades against walls so zombie shoves transfer force into structure, not sliding friction.
Leave paths to grab backup weapons from racks placed near sleep rooms—Tab inventory is slower than a spear on the wall when woken by banging.
Expansion and Early Access Scope
Early Access targets roughly a quarter of medieval Birmingham. Your main base will likely stay in that slice for months—invest accordingly with latches, racks, and multiple barricade layers rather than temporary camp setups.
Future map expansion may tempt migration; portable high-value tools and weapons matter more than irreplaceable decor.
Integration with Survival and Combat
A base is a machine for managing needs: cook here, dry clothes here, sleep here, repair weapons here. Link outbound routes to wells and markets from Food & Water. Link inbound defense to shout lure tactics from Combat Tips.
Walkthrough videos on Beginner Survival Guide and Official Overview show example layouts you can adapt—not copy blindly, because physics and patches shift.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I make any building my base?
Most intact structures can be adopted. Prioritize defensible layouts, water access, and loot proximity.
How much furniture is too much?
Excessive physics objects hurt performance and can collapse in sieges. Build purposefully, not hoard randomly.
Should my base be near the Bull Ring?
Markets offer food but attract zombies. Many players start suburban and loot markets on prepared daytime runs.
Can I move my base later?
Yes, but migration costs time and risks losing fortified barricades. Early Access map size makes first choice important.
Where should fire pits go?
Near cooking and warmth zones with ventilation, away from blocked exits you need during emergencies.
Do upper floors make better bases?
They reduce street noise but need secure stairs. Improvised exterior stacks are risky without careful engineering.