How to survive the Xeno apocalypse as a Survivor by yourself

[xywenx00]

This is a simple guide on how to survie the Xeno Infestation on the colony alone, without every going to the Sulaco or FoB.

First, try to get materials, most importantly metal, from the storages near the main dome. And a set of tools, you'll need a crowbar.

Then head straight south till you hit the end of the map and then keep going west as fast as you can until you hit the western end of the map.´

Start building a fortress for yourself. No one ever goes to the most south western corner so you're pretty save for now. Start with setting up alot of girders or wooden barricades blocking the way. There should be two entrances, north and east which you have to block off. Make sure to make some of the girders into fake walls so you can get out and in.

Now that you have set up basic defenses, make sure to decorate your new home. Maybe hang up some posters? Just watch out for that skull-hungry predator.

Once you've set up your new home you can go ahead and wander off to new horizons, looting and plundering wherever you see some nice booty. Just don't let yourself get seen by those pesky xenos. I suggest going to Tcomms and Engineering and getting yourself a hardsuit and fire-axe for combat.

Optional:
Break into the armoury at the main dome and take 2 C4, maybe some meds, EMP for the pred incase he hunts you and the guns at the firing range. Now head to the vault dome. There you can loot the mech (for better equipment for the mech you'll have to head to the robotics dome) + infinite power cell (It's in the safe in the vault dome), a flamethrower + tank and the nuke disk. (For either blowing everything up incase you manage to steal the nuke too and get a code from the admins or to trade it in against some valuables)

Now it's time to go back to your home and wait a good time until the marines arrive. From now on it's going to be easier.

Once the marines arrive go to the pod and steal the equipment from a SSD marine. If there's no SSD marine wait a bit in your home until the first people die and then go scavanging the dead corpses lining up at the LZ.

Now you're pretty set-up. You have a fortress which you can live in and defend your precious loot and you have a basic set of marine equipment which you can use to defend your base with.

Optional:
If you can, head way up north past the river and get some sandstone from the pod-like materials storage, better bring your tools to destroy those walls. The sandstone allows you to build hydro pods out of earth, which allows you to make food in return. Better head to hydro, to get your basic supply of seeds and gardening tools.

From now on you can pretty much go out and keep looting, do what you want or go mad, while talking to your imaginary best friend in your base.


I've only tried this once so far and it worked succesfully. I've only encountered a alien once when I was in my base, but it only spit acid at the girders and never came back. No one botheres with the south west.

[Derpislav]

wherever you see some nice booty

*goes to the xeno hive*

Good guide, but a bit focused on "no one ever checks that piece of map, go here". That's a bit cheap - unless you play survivor to win, not to have fun...

[xywenx00]

*goes to the xeno hive*

Good guide, but a bit focused on "no one ever checks that piece of map, go here". That's a bit cheap - unless you play survivor to win, not to have fun...

Yeah, it's basically impossible to build a base anywhere outside the south-western part of the map, because it's too open. The south west has a nice maze-like forest-ish. The fun comes from basically trying to loot and stay alive, the base is just a safe heaven for you and your loot. But when a horde of alien does find your base, you better be prepared :P

((Btw, work-in-Progress, Kind of. I'm going to add pictures to the guide))

[Steelpoint]

I've had some survivor success in securing some equipment from engineering, going to the main pod, looting the sword and other items. Then I break into the secuirty armour, take the M41A and two C4 blocks. Then I go all the way out to the storage pod (South West) and break in with the C4, loot the Mech and wood and then run off to the hiding area to build a base.

[xywenx00]

I've had some survivor success in securing some equipment from engineering, going to the main pod, looting the sword and other items. Then I break into the secuirty armour, take the M41A and two C4 blocks. Then I go all the way out to the storage pod (South West) and break in with the C4, loot the Mech and wood and then run off to the hiding area to build a base.

Right, I've added that as a optional, because it's quite tricky and risky to get the C4 from the secure storage. But yeah, there are good weapons in the vault which could turn the tides, like the flamethrower. I don't fancy the mech, he seems a bit slow and is vulnerable to runners in the open.

[Evilkyle24]

I got jumped immediately. A good place to go if you can escape the hive or you're desperate, is the north table fort, grab the grenade and stuff it in your pocket. You can use it if all else fails.

I used mine to pull a Men in Black on a runner by letting him eat me and then setting it off.

[Azmodan412]

Look for booty and the xeno hive. Swiggity swooty.

[Superguy113]

Wow this seems great, I usually barricade in the armory, but that doesn't work well. I'll have to try this. Thanks for the detailed guide.

[Azmodan412]

If you get lucky, you can get a toolbelt from a crate. And go dwarfing, no xenos will find you and you'll eventually kill yourself.

[ShortTemperedLeprechaun]

If you get lucky, you can get a toolbelt from a crate. And go dwarfing, no xenos will find you and you'll eventually kill yourself.

False. Xenos are apparently blood hounds for dwarfs now. They'll find you really fast as of late.

[forwardslashN]

Xenos can easily meta tell where you are after dying, so it's not surprising they hunt down dwarfs.

[coolsurf6]

*cracks knuckles*
ehem
Well first of all its actually quite easy. Go to security, get shot gun, use shotgun to blow open the window to get a gun, run the hell away from nexus, stay near the outsides of the map, get cocky and try and go north to get a plasma cutter, dig into a wall, done.

Or be like me and do this
Get gun, run around, stay on the outsides of the map, wait for marines to make a mistake, steal a gun, steal armour, pretend to be marine, win.
Very fun!