Outposts

Outposts are contested mini-strongholds found while exploring. Capturing one gives you access to useful production, crafting or resource-gathering actions at that location, but other survivors may try to take it from you.

Finding outposts

Travel through Explore to locations that contain outposts. When you are at one of these locations, open the Outposts page to see every outpost there, its owner, Defense level and current protection status.

When you are back in the City, the Outposts page instead lists the outposts you currently control. You can inspect them from the City, but you must travel to an outpost's location to use its recipes and actions.

Taking over an outpost

An outpost may be abandoned or controlled by another player. To make a takeover attempt:

1. Travel to the outpost's location.
2. Open the outpost and select Takeover.
3. Confirm the displayed Explosives cost.
4. Complete the takeover or, if its owner is defending, win the PvP fight.

The number of Explosives required matches the outpost's Defense level. A level 1 outpost costs 1 Explosives to attack, while a level 5 outpost costs 5.

Players can control three outposts by default. Your current Max Outposts stat is checked before every takeover, so any bonuses to that stat can increase the limit. You cannot attack an outpost while it is protected or while another attack is already underway.

Defended and undefended takeovers

The owner panel shows whether the owner is currently defending:

• If the owner is at the outpost's location and is not injured, the takeover starts a PvP fight. The attacker must win to capture the outpost.
• If the outpost is abandoned, or its owner is away or injured, a valid takeover succeeds without a defender fight.

After a successful takeover, ownership transfers to the attacker and the outpost receives six hours of takeover protection.

Takeover and abandonment resets

Both takeover and abandonment reset the outpost's Defense level, normal building level, and other outpost state. Active production or action jobs, active Defense upgrades, and the timers and progress attached to those jobs are removed.

The outpost remains at its exploration location. Items already paid to a player's normal inventory remain there. A takeover transfers ownership to the attacker and adds six hours of protection; abandonment returns ownership to the location and adds no takeover protection.

Using an outpost

Each type of outpost offers its own combination of actions. Depending on the outpost, these can include:

• Special crafting or refining recipes.
• Scavenging, mining, fishing or trapping actions.
• Machines that process resources or produce supplies.

Open an outpost while you are at its location to see its exact recipes, action costs, timers and rewards. Only the current owner can use the protected content.

Defense

Owners can spend the materials shown in the Defense panel to raise an outpost's Defense level. Each level makes the next takeover attempt cost one additional Explosives. The protection countdown beside the Defense heading shows when other players will be able to attack again.

Being physically present and healthy is the only way to personally defend an available outpost when another player attacks. If you are elsewhere, the attacker will not need to fight you.

Upgrade costs

Defense level	Upgrade cost	Takeover cost
1 (starting)	N/A	1 × Explosives
2	100 × Planks; 100 × Nails	2 × Explosives
3	250 × Planks; 250 × Nails; 2 × Rope	3 × Explosives
4	5 × Brick; 150 × Nails; 100 × Planks	4 × Explosives
5	10 × Brick; 5 × Tarp	5 × Explosives
6	5 × Brick; 5 × Cement; 10 × Tarp	6 × Explosives
7	10 × Brick; 5 × Cement; 15 × Tarp	7 × Explosives
8	1 × Barricade; 250 × Planks	8 × Explosives
9	1 × Barricade; 5 × Brick; 100 × Planks	9 × Explosives
10	5 × Barricade; 150 × Steel	10 × Explosives

Abandoning an outpost

If you want to free one of your ownership slots, open the outpost and select Abandon. After confirmation, ownership returns to the location and the outpost is reset as described above, without takeover protection.

Outpost types

Outpost types have different recipes and actions. The current types are listed below:

Image	Outpost
	Explosives Factory
	Abandoned Scrapyard
	Building Works
	Advanced Refinery
	Abandoned Forge
	Fuel Pump
	Recycling Center
	Abandoned Iron Mine
	Hunting Shack

Outpost locations

The current Explore locations containing outposts are listed below:

Location	Outposts
Fuel Depot	9
Construction Yard	65
Demolition Site	63
Reclaim Zone	11
Fishing Reserve	14
Military Base	64
Data Center	21
Open Meadow	9
Research Facility	18

Useful tips

• Carry enough Explosives for the displayed Defense level before attempting a takeover.
• Check the owner indicator before attacking so you know whether to prepare for PvP.
• Stay at a valuable outpost when its protection expires if you want the chance to defend it personally.
• Choose outposts whose recipes and actions support the resource chains you use most often.
• Abandon an outpost you no longer need before trying to capture another when you are at your ownership limit.