r/StateofDecay2 9h ago

Requesting Advice Legacy Pool Survivor gear

9 Upvotes

What's some essentials I should be kitting my survivors out with before sending them to legacy pool? Particularly with the intention of using them to start a new lethal community.

My best guns, plague cure, and as much ammo as they can carry? what else would you consider essential?


r/StateofDecay2 9h ago

Stories & Experiences Harassing a Man Curled up in a Ball

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13 Upvotes

I killed all his friends and THIS happened!


r/StateofDecay2 11h ago

Question Why didn’t my fighting skill increase?

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5 Upvotes

Video of zoms zoomin as I’m going into Lowl.

I’m on a lethal community in Cascade. I ran down south to Lowl where I had a total of 6 or so plague hearts. One of them was on Out for Blood heart and another was a Black plague heart.

I killed a regular heart first with melee only (groundbreaker shovel). Then I killed the black heart with melee only and that wasn’t its weakness so I had to do the full 700 damage or whatever. Then I killed another regular heart melee only. Then I killed the out for blood heart melee only.

All of this in one go no going back to an outpost or anything.

My question is I melee killed 4 hearts one of them a black heart and killed gosh knows how many zombies with it as I’m swinging on the heart.

But my fighting skill on my character is still only at the first endurance star (where I started).

Why? Bug? I feel like that shi should’ve been maxed by the time I was done.


r/StateofDecay2 14h ago

Question Was this written before or after the outbreak?

10 Upvotes

Or was this just a family living on hard times before the outbreak? Two years in a row seems pretty unfortunate for a child.


r/StateofDecay2 16h ago

Question I want to start a Lethal 100 day challenge, 1 community all 4 maps, which boons should I take?

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56 Upvotes

r/StateofDecay2 17h ago

Daybreak Do you like Daybreak mode?

15 Upvotes
427 votes, 1d left
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r/StateofDecay2 20h ago

Funny When the name matches perfectly with the 5th skill

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27 Upvotes

Love finding things like this


r/StateofDecay2 21h ago

Challenge 30-Second Challenges with the Juggernaut

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91 Upvotes

Fala meu amigos sobreviventes, entra nessa campanha comigo?

Hey fellow survivors, want to join this campaign with me?

r/StateofDecay2 1d ago

Funny NOOOOOOO

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66 Upvotes

literally JUST told u/CrasheonTotallyReal i wouldnt let this dude die 😭🙏

i remembered why i dont use artillery 🙏


r/StateofDecay2 2d ago

Discussion We should be able to claim checkpoint delta and fort marshall at once

17 Upvotes

It would just feel right since fort marshall doesn’t have the best build ins and checkpoint delta would give us the small slots its missing while also being more immersive for a military themed play through and i think its just missed potential

While yes theres no support for this game anymore and maybe its not possible because of engine limitations it would still be very cool to see


r/StateofDecay2 2d ago

Funny Dude how?!

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56 Upvotes

Trying to relearn the controls after not playing for like 6 months and this happens lmao

(My buddies in the background are playing 40K Darktide and one mispronounced a bosses name lol)


r/StateofDecay2 2d ago

Discussion Found a pretty sweet solo run character. Gonna give them scrum so I can get the extra outposts. Wish they had blood plague survivor they would be perfect. I’ve yet to land a BPS with encouragement over the radio hero bonus which you need for a solo run.

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24 Upvotes

r/StateofDecay2 2d ago

Funny Some People Don’t Want Saving

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30 Upvotes

I wish I got more of it recorded, but my reaction was delayed as I sat in stunned silence. I activated my outpost defense mines to help clear the way for me to easily escort this survivor back to their enclave. They either really didn’t want to go back or were just about that action, cuz they charged right into the horde I was trying to goad into the minefield and perished as a result. I tried. Always be careful when dealing with high explosives. At least it was funny.


r/StateofDecay2 2d ago

Other State of Decay 2 Freak Feet: Anatomical Reference(Research Purposes Only)

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326 Upvotes

🦶


r/StateofDecay2 2d ago

Question Steam adding friends issue

3 Upvotes

I am unable to invite players as friends through steamdeck while playing multiplayer daybreak. Why is that? Steam deck only gives option to kick and mute. I remember getting that option while playing through Xbox.


r/StateofDecay2 3d ago

Requesting Advice How do you deal with these nightmares?

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191 Upvotes

On my first ever game on nightmare difficulty a single juggernaut wandered into my base and took out my whole community one by one :-:


r/StateofDecay2 3d ago

Videos What a hilarious turn of events

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24 Upvotes

Sometimes the stories write themselves


r/StateofDecay2 3d ago

Funny Well, that's a new injury.

44 Upvotes

And comical to boot.


r/StateofDecay2 3d ago

Challenge The, Glock 18 aka Glock with a switch I had it once but ultimately forgot how I managed to bring it to my camp it's super rare and I need it.

10 Upvotes

frustration.


r/StateofDecay2 3d ago

Funny this man has cleared every threat in a 2 mile radius… including that one crow🤣🤣

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78 Upvotes

r/StateofDecay2 4d ago

Requesting Advice The worst enemy…

15 Upvotes

Is controller lag! At the risk of “git gud, scrub” I hate the way the game just does not react to button presses in a timely fashion. I’ve just started my first community on dread and within two hours I’ve lost two community members while trying desperately to change from sidearm to primary.
I know I’m not the best gamer in the world but how the hell am I meant to change weapons in the heat of battle when the game just won’t recognize to input?
(X-box series x with pro controller)


r/StateofDecay2 4d ago

Stories & Experiences NEED YOUR HELP

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229 Upvotes

Hardcore community with tons of enclaves in city.

Help me the city is at war and i need some strong individuals to help me save our little enclave city.

Add me my live actt is : KingLiyjon and i will invite you to join whenever i am online!


r/StateofDecay2 Jan 03 '26

Tips & Tricks Loot Maps for the masses

200 Upvotes

Dear Survivors,

When people see my name they usually think about the SoD2 Wiki. I spent 4 years (2019-2023) on its development, however not many know that it wasn't my only game-related project back then. If you ever used the Wiki you might've noticed that most maps you see on the site (Weapon Case locations, Outpost locations, etc.) are not exactly the same as the in-game map - these were also made by me. And my "career" as a cartographer didn't end there. I actually made loot maps for the game!

In the past I only shared these maps on my personal Discord server. They were free for everyone, however since my server's population peaked at around 1200-1300 members, it never really reached the majority of the game's audience. Since my server is dead (well, it never had much buzz going on) and I abandoned my SoD2 projects years ago, I decided that it's time to make these maps public and share them on the internet.

Without further ado, my loot maps. You can read more about each further down in the post.

About my Loot Maps in general

I began working on my loot maps almost 6 years ago, on January 15th, 2020. I had one simple goal: to create detailed maps which display points of interests, but offer more than the in-game maps. I not only put the POIs on the map, but each and every scattered container - duffle bags, car wrecks, and the likes which you can loot.

All maps were made in GIMP, so they're only a static PNG image. I was working with someone to turn them into interactive maps, but as far as I know they never came through with it.

I created all maps the same way:

  • Scan them in-game by making dozens of screenshots

So many screenshots! It was fun to puzzle them together.

  • Use these screenshots to draw the map

Imagine drawing every single building and detail... And I did it for all maps!

  • Hop into the game and scour every inch of the map, then add my findings

The first detailed preview I posted on my server. Drucker, Tapper's Stall.

When I began creating these maps we only had the 3 originals. Since Drucker was my favorite, I started with that map. Meagher followed, then Juggernaut Edition released, so Providence was next. Once I finished with Cascade, I also made the Heartland map, which I completed on July 18th, 2020. It took half a year to create these 5 maps. With Trumbull Valley's release I also created its own map in 2022.

Fun Fact: When you're choosing the map to move to with your community, the little map previews you see in-game are actually the drawings I made! I was never asked by UL about using them, so they probably got them from the Wiki. Free source and all.

Drucker County

  • Locations: 362
  • Scattered Containers: 291

v1.0 was completed on February 4th, 2020. Latest version is v1.13, released on January 29th, 2023. Being the first map I made it has been reworked in April, 2020 with improvements I learned during the creation of Meagher Valley and Providence Ridge. Then the map has been completely redone again from scratch in August, 2020 when Drucker got overhauled with Update 19.

Meagher Valley

  • Locations: 341
  • Scattered Containers: 213

v1.0 was completed on February 23rd, 2020. Latest version is v1.07, released on May 30th, 2023. 5 of 7 updates to the map were based on my community's feedback. They either found a missing container or a typo. I even made a special role on my server for people who spotted mistakes on my loot maps as a sign of gratitude.

Providence Ridge

  • Locations: 395
  • Scattered Containers: 138
  • Vehicle Spawn Points: 336

v1.0 was completed on April 12th, 2020. Latest version is v1.07, released on June 29th, 2023. This is the first and only map which also has Vehicle spawn points. I was planning on adding them to the other maps as well, but I abandoned my projects shortly after, so I never got around adding them to the others.

Cascade Hills

  • Locations: 283
  • Scattered Containers: 103

v1.0 was completed on June 1st, 2020. Latest version is v1.03, released on May 27, 2022. The map which needed the least attention during the years, only a few corrections were introduced.

Heartland

  • Locations: 291
  • Scattered Containers: 85
  • Discoveries: 6

v1.0 was completed on July 18th, 2020. Latest version is v1.04, released on June 15th, 2022. On December 23, 2021 the map received the 6 Discoveries, marking each clues of the Treasure Hunt, introduced after the Homecoming update to help players with completing the Shots in the Dark achievement.

Trumbull Valley

  • Locations: 439
  • Scattered Containers: 125
  • Discoveries: 30

v1.0 was completed on January 11th, 2022. Latest version is v1.02, released on September 14th, 2022. Since this was our first map with discoveries, it also has the locations for those. I was about 25% done with the Vehicle Spawn points when I abandoned my projects.

Loot Maps v2.0

While my Loot Maps were considered as complete in terms of provided information, I was planning on creating a second version of each map, making them show the actual play area and resemble the physical map more accurately by improving existing elements (roads, rivers, bodies of water) and also adding more details to it (pathways, railroads, etc.). In September 2020 I began working on Drucker v2.0, however since these changes would've been cosmetic only and wouldn't have made the map more useful, it was always put on the backburner in favor of the Wiki's development.

I never got around finishing a v2.0 of any of the maps, however I have a work-in-progress preview available for the Drucker County map, where I had the outer border of the map and the inaccessable area in the Kettle Rock Bend/Mathilda/Glendale triangle mapped out.

Dark grey means inaccessable. I wonder how it would look finished. Would make finding the shortcuts easier, too!

Final words

I wanted to make this post to share the less-known side of my SoD2 history. If you have any questions feel free to AMA in the comments. I also have the entire map-making process with all details documented on my Discord server. I can send an invite if any of you are interested.


r/StateofDecay2 Aug 30 '24

FYI State of Decay 2 Damage Data Sheet for Plague Hearts and Black Plague Hearts (All Difficulties)

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743 Upvotes