Locations

joebe2 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:34:21 CST

The world of Dead Frontier is vast. Here are the options to look up locations:

Nastya's Holdout

Storage
Record Hall
Meeting Hall/Forums

Fairview (aka the Inner City)

Basic Map
Disctrict Map
Helicopter Crash

Occasionally in the Inner City, location themed glitches occur. Here is a link to their page: Glitches

Map Update Project Page

joebe2 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:28:50 CST

(Origonal Map)This project was created from an idea to help create the new map for Dead Frontier while allowing everyone to help with easy access.
It is not necessary for one to know how to use a picture editing program, but merely to know the facts to put on the map.

Add all information you can get out by exploring the updated city to this page, including all info about zombie type appearance areas, the size
and location of houses in each street, the bodies amount in these houses and similar information... just anything you can get out is helpful already...

As an example to show how to label building location using the image shown above(the location of the buildings in the image above are not factual with the real game):
1: This house is located on the W-NW corner.
2: This house is located on the N-edge-middle.
3: This house is located on the S-SE corner.
4: This house is located on the E-edge-North.
(Example:)Purple Zeds,5 loots, 2-lvl house@E-NE corner w/10 bodies. (The idea is to keep this short while having lots of info)

Add your information into the table, in the same space where the block you found something would be on the map. Use the game (press M in game) or the XXXXX
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The result of this project should be a page full of information, looking somehow like this:

Example:

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00	Purple Zeds,5 loots, 2-lvl house@E-NE corner w/10 bodies.
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All blocks filled with X's are empty blocks on the map, so simply ignore them.
Anyone who is capable to help and add new and confirmed information or correct wrong information is encouraged to do so. Good luck and have fun while exploring and collecting information! ;)

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Crows

Purple Zeds

Purple Zeds, 1-lvl @E-SE corner w/0 bodies.

Purple Zeds, 1-lvl @N-edge-middle w/6 bodies.

Purple Zeds,
1-lvl@E-SE corner w/3 bodies.

Purple Zeds,
4-lvl @W-NW corner
w/15 bodies.

Red Zeds, 1-lvl@N-NE corner w/6 loots.(updated with furniture)

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Normal Zeds, 9 loots, 3-lvl house@W-edge-middle

Normal Zeds, 6 loots, 11-lvl house@NW
-edge

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OUTPOST

No Zeds, 7 loots.

Normal Zeds, 8 loots, 1-lvl house@E-edge-middle
W/ 7 loots inside.

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Normal Zeds, 4 loots, 1-lvl house@E-edge-middle W/ 15 loots inside.

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Normal Zeds, 6 loots, 1-lvl house@W-edge-middle W/ 7 loots inside.

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Normal Zeds, 7 loots

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Route Safety TIps

joebe2 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:18:57 CST

Here are several tips on route safety when out looting. Follow them and you drastically increase your chance of surviving.

If aggro is high (or if in an area with long-arms/fast zombies) and you come to a point in the road with only a narrow opening (such as when a bus is laying across the road, or two cars intersect) sprint through it, don't walk. By doing this you ensure that you do not get trapped in the narrow passage by any zombies who may appear at both ends.

Alternatively, take another route. A simple one-block detour will suffice, if you are really insistent on staying safe.

Any time you encounter crows, KILL THEM IMMEDIATELY. Even with strong armor they can rapidly deplete your health. Do NOT try running under them as it has been found (after the update) that this tactic only works about half the time. If more then two crows appear, kill the one that is directly in your path of escape (which is usually the closest one). Sprint forward, take out the second, then the third; rinse and repeat for more crows.

If you encounter an opening (such as a doorway) next to a narrow space that you must pass (such as the end of a bus laying across the street), either wait till a zombie spawns at the doorway and kill it (to ensure one won't spawn as your passing through, and trap you), or find an alternative route, such as a pathway on the opposite end of the bus.

Preferably, check with the forums ahead of time. Someone may have already ran your route and may know of any dead ends or choke-points.

Frequently check your map (unless in MP) to ensure you do not get lost, or overshoot your target. Not turning when your supposed to turn, or going a couple blocks passed your goal not only wastes valuable time, but it also allows time for aggro to increase, as well as causes you to miss potentially lootable corpses.

Finally, KNOW when it's time to head home. Insane aggro (such as 6-8 spawns every clock tick), or low-health is an indicator that it might be time to backtrack. If you determined this to be a suicide run beforehand, or decide it to be while out, thats fine. But if your looking to head home, and have low health, consider backtracking the same route so as not to run into any unexpected problems, such as choke points, blocked roads, accidently walking into an area with monsters more powerful then your accustomed to, etc.(Just know, you CAN'T get items from loot spots you allready looted on the way there.)

Dead Frontier - Recently Updated Pages

Locations

Map Update Project Page

Route Safety TIps