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One major goal that many players will have is to build a base of their own. Bases are necessary for storing goods, finding shelter from the elements, and putting a wall or two between oneself and other armed players. To build a base requires construction materials however: namely, wood. Here’s everything the player needs to know about getting wood in Deadside.
Get An Ax
It might not have the most immersive crafting, but Deadside is realistic, which means the player won’t be able to just punch a tree when they want wood. Harvesting wood requires an ax. Axes, like other loot, are scattered randomly around the map. Searching towns is often one of the surest ways to find the tool the player needs, and the ax is no exception. Another option is to buy one at the store if the player doesn’t feel like taking their chances scavenging for one.
Find A Safe Place To Harvest
The forests of Deadside are large, inviting the player to take a stroll inside and harvest the resources they need. Unfortunately, things aren’t so simple, because Deadside can be a brutal survival game. Enemy mobs and other players are a threat outside the designated safe zone, and players trying to mind their own business and farm resources will often find themselves shot before they put their ax away and grab their gun.
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The quickest way to resource wood is also the most dangerous: simply find some trees and start chopping, regardless of who may or may not be around. A safer alternative is to find trees just outside the safe zone, chop a bit of wood, run back to the safe zone to deposit the wood into storage, and then repeat the process. This method is slower, but spending an hour chopping wood just to be shot and robbed is worse. In this way, tips for Rust and tips for Deadside are similar: don’t die farming.
Get Chopping
One the player has found an acceptable tree, all they need to do is take out their ax and start chopping. Chopping wood is a vulnerable process, so players will want to keep an eye out while harvesting. Deadside follows the trend of influential survival games by prioritizing inventory space. A stack of wood (four logs) fills an inventory slot, so harvesting wood will quickly eat up the player’s available storage space, something else to keep in mind when deciding how much to chop.
Because of the limits of inventory space, it’s a good idea to bring a good bag and clothing with extra space before harvesting. It’s also helpful to place some storage containers at the player’s camp so that extra wood can be safely stored until it’s needed. Building a base in this game may not be as intricate as building a base in Valheim, but the process still requires tremendous amounts of wood, however, so players with that goal in mind have few choices but to get chopping.
Deadside is available in early access for the PC now.
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