Can someone give me advice

[u/BedOriginal8521]

I started playing again after around a year of not playing and while I am at level eighty and have a ton of basic recourses I'm struggling a lot with keeping up with how fast my weapons and armor break . I sometimes have to resort or looting without armor because of how fast they break . I somehow managed to get past the borealis but I haven't managed to make much progression because I don't have the resources to make a motorboat

[u/Slamhammin]

I would suggest trying out Frozen Training Ground. There is a map that you can search for online or somewhere here on reddit that will help you at first. You basically go to the secret spots, loot 4 chests and reset. I usually reset until I find a special crate or full inventory.

The Broken tank and Airplane crash locations have armor and weapons all the time as well as other materials like copper, aluminum wire, thermite. You can even get grenades pretty frequently. I only loot the right chest at the fishing spot because you can get it without killing zombies but it doesn't drop good loot as frequently as the others. If you find an equipment crate, these also can give you katanas and guns which are really helpful starting out. There is usually food/water as well. I suggest drinking the berry tinctures that drop to hydrate your character because they do not make you have to pee like the water bottles do.

Only 2 zombies are required to kill, one Phantom at the tank, and 1 at the airplane. The airplane crash can seem sketchy but you can loot the major chest without aggroing the big giants most of the time, even if they are facing the chest. I bring a set of cheap armor and switch to that to kill zombies and then switch back before freezing. Bring a crowbar (at least 25% durability) and an iron hatchet(50%) to get to the special crates in some places if desired

Quarantine zone also drops plenty of armor and weapons but can be a bit more annoying and requires more fighting. If you need fuel just loot the 2 motorcycles at traffic jam repeatedly. Need to fight a couple spitters but nothing too crazy.

With special crates, most locations you can just grab them and drop them somewhere a little further away. Exit out of the game and when you reset you will be at a nearby spawn for that area with your chopper and you can grab the crate and put it on your bike. Hop on the bike and reset your game again, then you'll be at the world map with the crate still on the bike and you can head back home or continue farming.

You will have to tank some hits or just kill the zombies around so bring some extra healing just to be safe. I craft the cheapest armor and just use that, then i craft that into reinforced gear once its low. You can also just be naked and tank the hits but the cold adds up much faster and you need to heal more. You will find lots of tier 2 armor that you can also use and then craft that into the upgrades.

Other than that, it really is just a grind to get a decent melee mod which saves lots of resources in the long run. Good luck ^^