Overview
Here are the basics on how to gear up and not quit the game because you find it hard to get some loot
Introduction
I started thinking about writing a guide like this when i first saw some people complaining that the game is so hard because they couldnt find anything besides food.I want to see this game succed in becoming the best survival game on the market and help all the new players to learn the game before writing a negative review without even giving the game a shot.In this guide i will be describing the basics on how to loot the towns and some other basic buildings.If you just want to know which is the best place for finding loot the skip to the last part of the guide.
P.S. As a general rule keep in mind that in order to find anything you want you have to look *EVERYWHERE* as there may be items behind TVs, under the sink, on top of bookcases etc.
Big Single-Floor House
- Food and drinks in the kitchen.
- Clothes or helmets in the bedroom bed.
- Sometimes an ammo mag and a pistol inside the drawer in the bedroom.
- Bandages/rags in the bathroom.
- Some food or misc items in the couches on the living room.
Medium-Sized Two-Floor House
- Food in the kitchen.
- Sometimes food in the dining table.
- Pretty much nothing in the living room.
- Rarely some misc items and food along with some clothes in the first bedroom.
- In the second bedroom there may be some clothes on top of the bed and sometimes a small backpack in the corner.
- Bandages/rags in the bathroom.
In some variants of this house the living room may be destroyed and some clothes or bandages spawn instead.
Large Two-Floor House
- Food in the kitchen.
- Some food or clothes in the couches of the living room.
- Possibly a pistol with mag or some food in the drawer under the TV or a carlington/wastland with ammo behind it.
- Some food in the dining table.
- Check the corner next to the stairs behind the boxes and you may find a weapon.
- Next to the stairs in the drawers theres some food or bandages.
- In the first bedroom check behind the door for some stuff.
- Also DONT forget to check on top of the big cabinet for some weapons ranging from a baseball vat to a shotgun with ammo.
- In the second bedroom you can find some clothes or food in the drawer.
- in the third bedroom you can find clothes on the selves and some food on the floor next to the sleeping bag.
- In the corner of the third room behind some boxes you can find a small backpack.
- You can also RARELY find some crafting guides in the selves of the third bedroom.
- Bandages/rags in the bathroom.
- Some car parts in the garage and rarely a small backpack.
Two-Floor House With Attic
- Food in the kitchen.
- Some food and clothes in the living room.
- In the first bedroom you can find some clothes and some food on the selves.
- Bandages/rags in the bathroom.
- In the second bedroom you can find some food on the floor and possibly a small backpack in the corner next to the two selves.
- In the attic you may find a weapon in the corner ranging from a Lug wrench to a carlington with ammo but its pretty rare.
- You can also find sme food and misc items in the floor and on the selves.
In some variants of this house the living room is baricated and behind a bed you can find a pistol with mag along with other misc items in the room.
Shop n Save
- You can find food in the shelves and drinks in the fridges.
- A small backpack occasionally spawns in one of the selves.
- Some car parts can be found near one of the two entrances.
- Some clothes and other misc items can be found in a back room in one side of the building.
Destroyed Police Cars
- On the front of the car there may be some car parts ,sometimes food or a weapon.
- On top of the car a tire can be spawned occasionally.
- On the trunk of the car some weapons can be found ranging from a knife to a carlington with ammo.
Mini Market
- Lots of food and drinks along with a gas canister that occasionally spawns.
- behind the counter inside a drawer there may be a pistol with a mag.
Gas Station
- Lots of food and drinks in the shelves along with some misc items and sometimes a mellee weapon or two.
- In the drawers behind the counter you can find food,gas canisters or ammo for guns hidden in a selve.
- In the back room you can find car parts and sometimes a small backpack.
Commercial Stores
- Misc items,some clothes,some food and drinks can be found on the shelves.
- In the selves behind the counter you may find from mellee weapons to a shotgun or even a carlington with their ammo.
Small Single-Floor House
- Food in the kitchen.
- clothes and misc items in the living room/couch.
- Clothes , sometimes food,mellee weapon and also a small backpack along with crafting guides can be found in the bedroom.
- Bandages/rags in the bathroom.
Family Hardware Store
- Misc items along with some car parts and maybe a rag or two in the selves.
- In the staff room you can find some clothes/helmets and a gas canister.
- In the room with the printer you can find some misc items and some food.
- In the room with the sleeping bags you can find some food , maybe some clothes/helmets and some misc items.
- In the room with the blue chair you can find a smoke grenade on top of a box , a gun with ammo inside the little drawer, and maybe a gas canister on the floor.
Best place for looting
Hayward Valley and especially Hayward City are the best places in the map to get you geared with high end weaponry and clothing.Its located in the In the North part of the map, north of Woodhaven and west of Clyde Hill between to mountains.Every place in Heyward has really good loot but if you want to know where to go first these are the places you have to loot:
- Blue scafolding building(check the beds even though they might seem to have nothing on them)
- Hotel(you can also take the elevator to the 9th floor for some extra ammo/guns)
- Law Firm aka Huge office building(DONT forget: check the end of the airplane crash ,there are some gun spawns there)
- Scaffoldings(go on all the floors)
- Police Department(DONT forget to check:
1 The secret sniper spot on the roof
2 The parking area behind the PD
3 The Armory) - Police cars
- Clothing Stores(behind the counter and on the back room)
- Small shops(behind counter, on the tables)
Map of best areas for looting based on danger ,player population ,and loot spawns
WIth light green been the best place(Heyward city etc,) and red being the worst(Pinecrest)
**UPDATE** : Pine Park and Rocky Ripple are also some of the best places to loot and i hadnt mentioned them because i had shown them on the map , but apparently not all people see the map i made so i decided to write about it.Keep in mind that Pine Parks is a lot bigger that Rocky Ripple and has a lot more mutants there if noone has visited the area in some time.
Credits and Updates
Huge thanks to CaptainMong for keeping away the mutants whilst i was taking pictures of the houses and taking note of the spawns.This took me 3 hours inside the game to find every house and spawn and one hour to write it on steam.Hope you found this guide helpfull and be sure to leave some feedback on weather or not you liked it or what i need to fix or if you want me to make another guide for more specific things.
I will be updating the guide with more loot locations along the development of the game.