Survival mode

The Warehouse

• Usually jerry cans and gas cylinders are plentiful

Top gantry

• + horde run and usually fall off before they get to you
• + enough distance in front that Boomers aren’t usually a problem
• - not close to ammo
• — if Smokers get you, they will pull you into the pit from which its tough to return

Verdict: Not ideal

Little room with emergency door

• + only three access points (all in front)
• - room is too small, once you see a Boomer or Tank its too late
• - not able to see when its clear for ammo run
• - hard to use flammables or pipes in confined space
• — when Smokers get you, they will pull you out away from protection

Verdict: Not ideal

Far corner (behind shelves)

• + most horde funneled in through one entrance
• + can trap entrance with collected jerry cans and gas cylinders
• + enough distance in front Boomers aren’t usually a problem
• + enough room that Tank can only beat on one or two survivors at a time (and can usually drop Tanks with shotties before they reach us)
• - Smokers and Tanks can attack from above
• - not close to ammo (don’t do ammo runs)

Verdict: it works

The Farmhouse

• Jerry cans, gas cylinders, pipes and mollies are plentiful

The farmhouse

• - collapsible walls, fairly exposed, attacks can come from many directions.

Verdict: Undetermined

The barn loft

Prep by swapping out mollies, so there are pipes lying around up top. Don’t use many gas cans (if any), they are a hazard. Stay up against the side wall, two survivors left of hay bales, two on the right

• + only two attack directions, left and front
• + Tanks usually come on the left, and can be pumped full of shot while slowly climbing up
• + very few Boomers make it up
• Smokers usually appear on the left in pairs, one survivor should be on constant smoker watch
• - Smokers can pull you out of the barn, baaad news

Verdict: it works

The Terminal

Toilets

• + protected. Only one entrance
• + can guard entrance two on either side (hordes caught in cross fire)
• can back into bathroom when tanks come for more room to move
• Women’s side has more room to move
• - ammo/health may be tricky (can’t see when run is clear, likely to encounter many smokers/hunters)
• - dark

Verdict: Undetermined

Front kiosk

• ++ loads of mollys and pipes
• + ammo/health runs are plausible
• - a little exposed, smokers can drag a long way. Tanks can throw cement from a distance

Verdict: It works for some people (not yet for us)

Out in the middle

• ++ ammo/health runs are fairly easy
• + can access mollys and pipes by running to kiosk
• + can run with Tanks, so they don’t usually throw cement from a distance
• + forced to confront Smokers early, so they don’t stack up
• - a little exposed, smokers can drag a fair distance.

Verdict: it works!

Far back corner

• + protected on two sides and from above
• + ammo/health runs are plausible (but not recommended)
• + enough room to move from tanks
• - tanks can throw cement from a fair distance

Verdict: Undetermined

The Street

Back end of street

• use minigun at start …
• over time fall back to ammo pile…
• continue falling back to beginning of street
• take shelter on side under building
• most zombies came from down the street
• the minigun might be useful with better support from humans!

Verdict: Undetermined

Over the walkway, down side alley

• + usually only one approach for zombies (Smokers/Boomers somtimes appear in window behind)
• + just enough room to cover hunter pounces (if two stay forward)
• + enough room in front that Boomers are rarely an issue
• + can usually duck Tank debris
• - Smokers can pull you out in the open
• - A little confined (not far to run from tank)

Verdict: It works!

The Boathouse

• +++ jerry cans everywhere to stockpile!

In the water behind the jetty

• - zombies can swim
• - bobbing zombie heads are creepy!
• + headshots
• + smokers pull you against the jetty, simple/safe melee to save someone
• + hunters and boomers don’t seem very effective in the water
• - tanks bash you a long way away
• + crouching gives a very clear underwater view
• + crouching helps find jerry cans lost underwater
• - fire does not burn underwater

The Gas Station

• No jerry cans or gas cylinders on this map

Room with car

• + pipes and mollies
• + can use car to get up on shelves at back. Good protection from Smokers
• ~ some cover from smokers (don’t think they’d drag you out of the room either)
• - Not an easy ammo run. Tricky to see when run is clear, and its a fair distance
• — Car. Tank smashes it around, easy wipe

Verdict: Not ideal

Room in far building

• + pills and med packs (wait until you have used your med packs and need healing before you open the med cabinet)
• + Boomers don’t seem to find there way in very often
• + only three main entry points to the room, all in front of you (no destructable walls)
• + enough room that Tank can only beat on one or two survivors at a time (and can usually drop Tanks with shotties before they reach us)
• - Smokers can pull you to the window, and if unlucky, a second smoker can then pull you to the ground
• - No access to ammo

Verdict: it works

The Sewers

• - do not stand where the switch is, that’s burning to death … shame
  cos there’s a nice cage for protection
• - do not attempt to climb out and run back down the tunnel, zombies
  pour out at the start

Corner near bridge

• + mollies and pipes
• - zombies climb up all sides
• - zombies come through a tunnel in the wall
• - smokers pull you into the water

Verdict: Undetermined

Generator Room

• survive the first wave (the door slowly rolls up)
  go through the door, and hang about on the staircase inside (worth trying)

The Rooftop

I tried jumping down behind the radio room… stockpiled weapons.
You get a great view to each side and an airconditioner that protects
the front and a wall behind you (the radio room is up top).
unfortunately zombies pour over the wall. Still, pretty good
protection from smokers.

I didn’t try but like the idea of the little closed in bit under the
helipad. if you get smokered out of there it would be trouble tho.