Housing

# **Base Building**

In Dysterra, building a strong base is important for protecting your hard-earned resources. In order to get started with building a base, you need to collect materials such as Stone, Metal, and Terrasite. Hold the interaction key against resources like rocks and deposits until they are totally disintegrated to gather as many materials as possible.

It is important to pick a location that will provide protection against other survivors, and have available resources nearby.

Design the layout of your base with careful consideration, placing functional structures strategically to ensure the optimal use of space. Each building serves a unique purpose, from resource production to defensive structures. Your decisions will impact not only the efficiency of your operations but also the safety of your progression.

## Beginning Construction

Hold the (F2) key to open the Building UI Menu. From there, you can choose to construct your base from the available choices of structures.

A base begins with the foundation. On top of the Foundation Lv.1, you can begin construction of walls, or other attachments to it. When you select a construction structure, you will see a blue highlight of the structure. Areas that are highlighted red will be unavailable for placement. Construct a base with walls surrounding your structure to prevent intruders from accessing your storage chests.

## Stability

When constructing a base, survivors need to contemplate the design of their build. Stability is important for preventing a structure from collapse. Walls and pillars are important for keeping the stability up, so place them where you feel is necessary. The higher the building is, the less stable it becomes. A weak foundation could cause the entire house to collapse, so make sure to build a strong base.

## The Building Core

Buildings will fall apart and eventually disappear. To make sure your building stays intact, you'll need to install and activate a Building Core. This will act as a power source to your base. Craft a Building Core Lv.1 and install it on a Foundation or Floor/Ceiling structure. Building Cores need fuel to power and protect your building. Interact with it and convert any items you don't need into fuel. Clicking the Anti-Degradation button breathes life into your base. Remember that if your Building Core runs out of energy, your base will slowly disintegrate. Make sure you charge your Building Core before logging out.

## Setting a Password - Door

An entrance can be constructed by using a Door Frame and a Door. You can set a password on your door to keep unwelcome guests from entering your home. Hold and press the interaction key near the door to set a password.

## Destroying a Base

On multiplayer servers, you might find an survivor's base during your adventures. You can damage structures such as walls with bullets, grenades, explosives, and certain melee weapons such as the Demolition Hammer. However, because of high defense points, you will want to find specific weapons for destroying bases. This includes weapons such as the Demolition Hammer IGXX-100, Demolition Hammer IGX-1, and the Rocket Launcher UWR-102. Rocket Launchers are particularly effective in damaging structures, as they deal massive bonus damage to them. Make sure that walls are placed properly when building your base; each wall has a weaker inner-face and a stronger outer-face. The outer side is labeled clearly when placing walls, and can be rotated by pressing the 'R' key if needed.

## Stationary Defense

Once you have a base created, it is recommended that you set up some stationary defenses. These can be turrets, landmines, or electric floors. Place these down where you think your base is susceptible to infiltration. Turrets are great defenses but consume energy from the Building Core and requires ammunition. Also, Turrets can only be damaged by the Rocket Launcher and Demolition Hammer. You should use an E.M.P strike to disable turrets before approaching them.