As the nights get longer and the enemy waves become more intense, a simple campfire won’t be enough to keep you safe. Learning how to build an effective base is crucial for long-term survival in 99 Night in the Forest. A well-designed base provides defense against cultists, storage for your resources, and a safe place to manage your crafting and cooking operations.
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🧱 How to Use Walls and Natural Barriers
Your first line of defense is creating a perimeter. You can craft and place walls to build a fortified compound around your campfire. However, a smart strategy is to incorporate the natural environment. Building your base around large, indestructible trees or rock formations can save you a significant amount of resources and create natural choke points. Some players even plant a dense barrier of trees around their camp to slow down enemies.
🐻 How to Set Up a Perimeter with Bear Traps
Bear Traps are one of the most useful defensive items you can craft. They can be crafted at a Tier 2 Crafting Bench and are essential for dealing with the cultists who will attack your camp at night. Place a perimeter of bear traps around the entrances to your base. A single trap can incapacitate a cultist, making them an easy target. A clever trick is to double-stack bear traps, which can instantly kill most cultists that walk into them. Remember that you can re-arm the traps after they’ve been triggered.
💡 How to Organize Your Base for Efficiency
An effective base is also an organized one. Place your Crock Pot next to your Farming Plots to create an efficient food production line. You can craft shelves for item storage to keep your resources tidy. For later in the game, a Wood Rain Storage unit is important to keep your wood supply dry during rain, which can negatively affect your campfire. As you upgrade, you’ll be able to add structures like an Oil Drill and Biofuel Processor, which should be placed so that their output is aimed towards the campfire for easy refueling.
More Topics
- 99 Nights in the Forest – How to Beat the New Owl Boss
- 99 Night in the Forest – How to Progress Faster by Skipping Days
- 99 Night in the Forest – How to Cook Food and Manage Hunger
- 99 Night in the Forest – How to Find and Rescue the Missing Children
- 99 Night in the Forest – How to Use Classes and Their Abilities
- 99 Night in the Forest – How to Deal with Every Monster
- 99 Night in the Forest – How to Master the Crafting System
