Where You Should Build Your Louisville Base in Project Zomboid

The Last option you showed I don't think zombies can break those wooden fences ? or have they changed that ?

the lake/ River in the townsquare is also the perfect place to build. safety 100%, easy to access everything

Moving to Louisville when you start on the other side of the map is hard but a fun challenge.

"soon will add livestock to the game" **11 months later...

Take that medical supplies benefit away and add the hospital as a con since there's thousands in the front and back😂

i meann the watershed house looks pretty sick

By far the best times i had in this game when i did NOT know what the zomboid world looked like and just made a base in the house i spawned in or something near it

I hit up that 7 Floor Penthouse in the center of Louiseville that people were mentioning. If you test around the River Road to Louiseville, it's not that nightmareish. The locations of PZ have scaling zombies. 1-5 here, 20-50 there. If you've experienced Mulrdraugh, the River Road in Louiseville is about roughly the same. Anywho, it's pretty boobs because it's just 1 staircase to knock out. Tons of area for sheet ropes. Only downside? Once you get to those stairs a frickin' MASSIVE horde of Zoomers just start pouring out. But once you clear the place out, it's got quite some security. And with being in the center of town - possibilities are endless.

Near the first pick for the shelter ideas, I made a small base on the larger house right next to the exclusion fence, the farthest and most isolated. The 5 days I've been there so far I have had 0 zombies and the best area for logs to make walls, along with time good storage in a shed

The house with the three garages is best.

I like the train yard next to the military base

The 3 walled-off houses you mentioned as being maybe the best ARE very good, you are right. I have noticed that when you have extra heli events (I use the expanded heli events mod too) they do regularly get swarmed by Zombie respawns following the noise of the choppers, and make you have to actually do base defence against hordes. A plus and minus in my mind. The gate that I build in that chokepoint has been destroyed so many times in my game. I have to do regular excursions for hinges and door handles.

Well im using my plan living in 2 and 3rd floor or roof building my own farm using escape rope from widows or fence for hunting

my fave is a luxury house near lake...not only near water resource, but also near gas station. other area south of the house also have a high metal fences so its really save...

When I set up in northern Louisville:




And those who tasted the bite of his blade called him, The Doomslayer.

There is a brewery that has easy access to the river and it's surrounded by tall fences And next to a gas station.
I aalso like the military checkpoint at the south end or maybe that sort of away from it but with all the fences and other stuff in it it can be a pretty good base to use especially with other players.

I've made a base in the small fire station in the right down corner, and im happy with it. At first there is a bit of zombies, but after you clean out them, this place becomes a paradise :)
Also, this is my first time making a base in louisville.
(Survived here for 62 days already)

i wanna be near the mall me and my friend are building are own base near mall and carpentry store we just need a source of water

Very good video, you deserve the like❤

Gigamart right under the park is such a good place to base, relatively low zombie count, lots of food and tools to fortify as well as high sledge chance and lategame weapons

Personally I really like the high-rise apartment building with the garage, it is a relatively easy to block off location with a few walls and some harmful barricades to prevent zombies from accessing your home, it has plenty of space to reside in and you can destroy the ground floor stairs and have a sheet rope to access the upper building, making for an excellent safehouse.

thank you so much

Louisville large warehouse top left of the city.. just hear me out and give it a chance

Why are you using the weeb sword?

No, the fire station in the south-west seams to be one of the best locations. You can use plumbing with a water collector barrel by default. Coords: 13944 x 3053, cell: 46x10, rel: 144:53.

The best base in Louisville is at the Rosewood fire station

Knocking out the escalators in the Louisville Expo center makes a great base on the second and third floors. I'll admit that it's a tough one to pull off, but it's great when you can just climb a rope and wait for the hoards to leave.

Can zombies destroy those pre existing gates in the gated houses near the river?

You have inspired me to aim for my Louisville base to be final location you showed. I’m currently doing a series and this will now be my end game for my solo apocalypse run.

The warehouse in the extreme upper left of louiseville, close to the sea, have parking lots, and close to the army gun prep

My gf and I made our base in these 3 warehouses in the upper Northwest corner of Louisville. We fenced off the big area, using the pre-built fence to our advantage, and we renovated the smallest warehouse into our living area. It's a nice little hideaway surrounded by a lot of wood pallets and metalworking tools for initial building, metal shelves, 300 or so batteries, two parking lots for us to stock up on cars/gasoline, and SO much storage space. We plan on fencing off even more so we can start a farm once the winter is over and to give us safe access to the river.

N of LV Central Hospital is a building that is a U shape made for a group of people with W and E side having Garages and it has tons of rooms in the upper floors you just need to barricade the N and S entrance with 2 lines of fences and youll be set (I would suggest making the South side completely fenced off with no gates and North with a fence)

About the last Base location in your video... Are zombies able to destroy the walls?

bro me and some boys made a kickass base out of the closed-off three-house spot in Louisville with a bunch of generators and a DIY car shop lol

Currently trying to start a base above the pawn shop. I'll let you know how I die...
*Alarm went off in potato factor and got swarmed by spud hungry Zs

I’m so happy this game has Louisville I live in Kentucky near it and I just love the idea of playing a game where it’s in a a zombie apocalypse

Oka

I set myself a challenge to clear out every zombie in Louisville on insane population and found that the gated community just before all of the industrial zoning in the north west is the safest place to protect against migrating zombies since there's only one entrance, and firing a gun at the end of the street is usually safe to do since zombies on the other sides of the fences are too far for their pathfinding to get to the gunshots

Im having my first good run, living at the most northern house by the river. Was looking pzmap just today for a place closer to the mall and decided exactly for this last "village" since its a giant locked square with infinite scape routes.

I'm currently setup in the baseball stadium, there is no advantages to this and there's hordes everywhere, I just think it's cool so I did it anyway

Meanwhile, i'm living in one of the highest apartment in Louiville. Nice video

I always just find a farmhouse just outside of town, that way I can take advantage of the short distance of town, and the early game water and power supply. All you have to do is get a car then it’s simple living, lure the zombies to one side of town then loot away.

The house with the watershed is unique, because is one of the 2 points where you can build a bridge for cars into the river, making it perfect for a floating base, very good place for multiplayer.

Small fire station in south-east of Louisville. Its main advantage is that several windows on the second floor lead to a fully fenced part of the building, that is, you can hang rag ropes down, completely barricade yourself and not be afraid that someone will tear them off. Despite the abundance of residential buildings, there are few zombies here, and you can get to the northern part of the city by car in a minute. Also it has roof access so you can create a small farm and place some barrels here. As for me, this place is almost perfect for a solo player.

Ok challenge accepted. I’m a 3500 hour pz vet and only play solo as my internet connection is so crap I can’t get onto a server, so I will take over that last spot and become invincible! 😅 I’ll let you know how I go lolol

My last few runs have holed up in the houses you showed along the river (the high end ones in west Louie) and honestly? On default zombie spawns that entire road REALLY struggles to repopulate.
You often have a pretty hectic initial fight as you clear out your house or the entire road, and then you end up with one of the most quiet places in louie, definitely one of my current faves since they give you so much built in fence protection, infinite water, and you're RIGHT THERE in terms of getting to the action.

The third and seventh houses starting from the bottom going up are my go-to, but I had a coop run hole up in the triple garage house to much the same effect despite being much more north along the road, nice place.
Just be careful not to get cocky and assume the quiet street is reflective of nearby looting locations. Losing a character because I assumed the entire area was quiet was rough; From the nearby apartments (that spawn generators out the wazoo!), to the elementary, to even the nearby office buildings- the second you leave the street the spawns remind you of where you are lol

Nice stuff, been enjoyin' these overviews of various Knox finds :D

I'm curious to know how you go about prepping and then moving into Louisville. Guessing some minimal prep, a way to lure hordes away from your chosen area to get that initial foothold. Could make for a neat video.

Theres a small firestation on the southeast of the ciry I enjoyed using.

As a certified psycho/moron I've made a base near the northern stores (specifically near the army surplus store).