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EasyBeginner #1

Carpenter

Sheets, walls, rain collectors

The best first job. You make the house a base. Skill books before you saw random furniture for 40 minutes.

Week one: Sheets, rope, barricadesLater: Fences, rain barrels, a real wall

Kit: Hammer, nails, planks, sheets · Carpentry books before the grind · A two-story with a rope exit

Project Zomboid carpentry and barricades

Strengths

  • Windows and fences are the actual armor
  • Honest occupation if you picked Carpenter
  • Every town needs this, not just farms

Weaknesses

  • Sawing in a street for XP is a noise event
  • A wall with no water plan is a pretty tomb

Starter tips

  1. 1

    Two-story with a fence, water, and a sheet on the windows. Ground-floor sheet rope is an exit.

  2. 2

    Read skill books before grinding. XP multipliers are the real early-game power spike.

  3. 3

    Barricade after the room is clear. Nailing from inside a crowd is a bite.

  4. 4

    Carpentry, fitness, and a melee skill keep you alive. Nimble 10 can wait.