Advanced Strategy

Welcome to the advanced strategy guide for Devast.io. You're here because you can survive your first couple of days without issue, and you can get some gear, however you are unable to obtain the best gear. In this guide you will see how to obtain tesla items, as well as armor against the best weapons, full gear and how to speedrun. Once again, one should make sure they have a lot of time before attempting to get good gear as it can sometimes take longer than an hour.

Surviving And Obtaining Tesla Armor and Laser Submachine

Early Game

Day One

Once you spawn, you should quickly craft a Hatchet and a Stone Pickaxe. For the first 16 minutes, ghouls will not attack you, so you should quickly build a base. Optimally you want to find an empty house, or an empty side of the map to start a base. A house base is not recommended as it can attract savages. Once there you should place 2 or 3 Workbenches and unlock Firepit, Stone Door and Stone Wall. A 9 by 9 base is a good fit but every player has their own base design. Your base should not be too big, or it will be extremely hard to defend from ghouls and other players. All doors should face towards the inside, and you should place floors inside your base to avoid players or ores spawning inside your base, and floors near doors so that other players cannot block you inside your base easily. Try to get the base done before the day is over. You should have 3 or more doors, and atleast 2 firepits as small fridges. Alternatively, you can also get a research bench and metal tools before building the rest of the base.

Day Two

By now 16 minutes have passed, making normal ghouls now aggressive against you, even if you didn't hit them. Ghouls are very easy to kill and slow during the day, so you should go out and collect resources and materials. At night, you should stay at your base to defend it from ghouls. You can kill a normal ghoul with a stone pickaxe, however you will be left with little health. You can open one door, and then close it on yourself, so that you are inside the door. This allows you to fight one ghoul at a time. Now you should go to a abandoned house, and break a TV or Computer. Your goal is to obtain 1 Electronic Part and 19 Shaped Metal. You don't need to smelt iron for shaped metal, as you can break fridges, safes and sinks for more shaped metal. Now you should unlock Inventory 3, Metal Axe, Metal Pickaxe and Research Bench. Don't forget to collect 150 wood and stone for your metal tools. Once you have crafted the metal axe, you can deal with ghouls much more easily. If you have enough levels, You should also unlock Smelter and Inventory 4.

Day Three

Since at least 32 minutes have passed, Fast ghouls are now aggressive against you. At this point you should not leave your base during the night for long periods anymore, as fast ghouls can easily catch up to you and kill you. If you haven't already, make sure to unlock Smelter and Inventory 4. Today you need to gather Junk, Sulfur, Iron, Gasoline. Also shaped metal and an electronic part if you haven't already made the smelter. These are needed to create Alloys, which will be needed for many items onward. You can get sulfur by breaking fridges and safes, mining its ore or from explosive ghouls. You can obtain junk from TVs, computers or find them in containers. You can find Gasoline in barrels, preferably those on the outskirts of the city, as less players go there. However since you will be building a base, a compost is recommended instead. Try to gather enough materials to make 8 Alloys. These are needed to create a Sulfur Pickaxe, and some Lapabots for repairing your base automatically. Tip: each Gasoline in survival mode can craft 4 Alloys, 2 Shaped Uranium and 13 Shaped Metal. Its best to put one Gasoline in the Smelter, then craft 4 Alloys and go do something else. You can place Lapabots in your base normally, or trap them in a square to repair your walls, while not getting in the way of you. Once you have made enough Lapabots to repair every wall of your base, ghouls simply aren't a big deal anymore. Tip: Ghouls will attack the most outer walls of your base. So even if you place a couple of random walls infront of your actual base walls, the ghouls will still attack them first.

Mid Game

Day Four

At this point, armored ghouls will soon attack you, and I would recommend getting a sniper, for self defense both against players and ghouls. If you are going to out at night for any reason, wether it is ghouls you want to kill or you are running low on food, this is where the sniper becomes useful, as at this point too many ghouls attack you for your axe to handle. It is also very annoying to get killed by a savage with even the weakest gun or just a team of them with axes, especially if you have survived many days. Today, collect materials for 16 alloys and also begin to collect string and leather. These are enough for the sniper, and 180 heavy bullets. Inventory 5 is not necessary however you may unlock it if you go out for prolonged runs for resources. Unlock dynamite and make your dynamite and radiation mask today. You should be able to get the big wires tomorrow.

Day Five

Today, go to the top middle building of the city, use a spear to get inside the tesla room, break the two logic gates in the middle, plant the dynamite and stand clear. Remember to get out quickly. If you experience high ping or lag, alternatively you can use a radiation suit and a hammer. Now, gather materials for 20 alloys and enough gasoline to smelt 12 shaped uranium. These are enough to craft a Laser Submachine, tesla bench and 120 energy cells. Don't forget to get enough levels to unlock these. When crafting the laser submachine, make sure to power the tesla bench with at least 4 energy cells. Heres where most players start to make the different decisions. Right now you can either proceed directly to Tesla Armor, or first make a SWAT suit. A lot of new players think that getting a laser gun makes you invincible, and this is not true. You can still easily get killed by a skilled player with a gun, or a team of savages with guns if you do not have a SWAT suit. However, this guide is plainly showing you how to get tesla armor and laser submachine, and not full gear, so a SWAT suit is not required here.

Late Game

Day Six

Tesla armor requires a lot of big wires and skill points. Today, make 2 more dynamite and break all the big computers. These will be enough big wires to craft the tesla armor. Mine uranium, and any other double ores that will give you a lot of experience. 4 skill points are needed to unlock tesla armor, as you need 3 for the tesla armor itself, and 1 for the power armor. If you have enough levels before night arrives, try to gather some alloy materials. Otherwise, head back to base and replace any broken floors. As you are using a lapa base, floors will be destroyed over time. Replace them to make sure players do no block your base. You should be able to crafted power armor today, and again make sure to power the tesla bench with at least 4 energy cells when crafting the power armor.

Day Seven

Continue to mine uranium and ores for enough levels if you haven't already, and once that is done, gather enough alloy materials for 10 alloys and 10 shaped uranium. These are needed to craft tesla armor. Other ingredients, like shaped metal and electronic parts should not be a problem. Tesla armor takes a long time to craft, and the exact number of energy cells needed to craft it is unknown, but put at least 7 energy cells inside. Once it is done, congratulations. You have obtained statistically the best armor, however but not strategically.

Obtaining Full Gear (SWAT Suit, AK47, Tesla Armor and Laser Submachine)

Day one

Once you spawn, quickly craft a hatchet and a pickaxe and level up to level 1 and unlock inventory 1. Next, find TVs and computers to break. Your goal is to gather at least 19 shaped metal and 1 electronic part. Then level up to level 6, but preferably to level 7 if you can. Then unlock research bench, metal tools, inventory 2 and stone walls and doors. Also level up a little bit further and unlock builder 1 perk. Start crafting your metal tools, and meanwhile gather stone for walls and doors and also leveling up. Don't forget to place floors inside your base and layer them outside near walls and doors. Try to finish up the base before the day is over.

Day Two

Today, go out and look for energy cells, junk, iron and sulfur. You will also need to level up while you are at it. Level up enough levels for you to unlock inventory 4, fridge, and smelter. If you can, also unlock compost and sulfur pickaxe. Tip for skill point management: Vision perks aren't necessary, however you can unlock vision 2 if you prefer. Try to gather enough alloy materials for 30 alloys, these are needed to craft a sulfur pickaxe, an AK47, a SWAT suit and 120 heavy ammo (You can also use a sniper instead of the AK47 if you prefer, but AK47 is usually used instead when it comes to full gear). Since 120 ammo isn't a lot for an AK47 and you will quickly use it up, you will need to build up alloys and ammo over time to compensate for ammo used each day. Since Ghouls will start to attack you, it is important to layer walls, but layering doors is not needed. (Ghouls will attack the closest walls to them, even if it is a random wall placed infront of the actual base walls) Each day you will have to replace the walls broken. This is a effective way for defending against ghouls. Once it is close to night, head back into base and start crafting 2 fridges and a smelter (Since you have builder 1 perk unlocked, you will get 4 fridges instead of 2). Its important to organize your storages, for example one fridge can contain alloy materials (sulfur, iron, junk and gasoline), another can contain animal materials (leather, string, animal fat and animal tendons) and another can contain food or other miscellaneous items.

Day Three

Today you will need to go out and level up to unlock sulfur pickaxe, AK47, heavy bullets, SWAT suit and compost. This can be done over two days, however try to unlock at least AK47, ammo, sulfur pickaxe and compost today. You should also collect any animal materials you can. Oranges are the most reliable way of getting gasoline, however you can loot barrels in the city, but if you do this everyday, it is not a reliable source of gasoline. This is why compost is an important add-on to base. Gather at least a stack of oranges and 16 animal fat too if you can. Once it is time to go back to base, start crafting compost, weaving machine and start smelting alloys (Remember to put one gasoline in the smelter, then craft 4 alloys and go do something else, like killing ghouls for exp). Don't forget to rot oranges inside the compost too. Each craft in the compost will give you 8 rotten oranges, basically doubling the 4 fresh oranges you put inside. This is why composts are so good, as you will never have a problem with gasoline. Craft AK47, 120 heavy ammo and sulfur pickaxe. If you have crafted any armor against weapons, it is important to wear it at all times, unless wearing another type of clothing is necessary.

Day Four

You should be able to craft SWAT suit by the end of today. 16 string and 20 leather is required to craft SWAT suit in total if we disregard the weaving machine, which you should already have. It will also take 14 shaped metal and 6 alloys in total to craft it, however this shouldn't be the issue. If you haven't already, level up to level 18 to unlock SWAT suit. In each day, it is important to gather at least a stack of oranges, and some alloy materials since you very often will need to craft more heavy bullets. But today you will only need materials for 8 alloys. 6 of them will be used to craft a SWAT suit, and 2 can be used for ammo. Don't forget to collect animal materials, and by the time you get back to base, to replace any broken floors and walls.

Day Five

Since you now have obtained SWAT suit and AK47, it is time to go for tesla. Craft a radiation mask, and start mining uranium. Also gather 2 string, and 4 animal fat (More animal fat if you need more ammo for your AK47) for 2 dynamite. Other things required to craft dynamite like sulfur and junk should not be a big problem. Mine at least 12 uranium today, however you will likely get more, since it requires a lot more skill points to unlock laser submachine, energy cells and tesla bench. Don't forget to wear your SWAT suit at all times unless you are mining uranium, and hold your gun out when having other tools equipped is not necessary. This will GREATLY discourage any players from attacking you, and you can immediately start shooting back if anyone attacks you. Also gather materials for at least 20 alloys. You can get more if you need more energy cells or heavy bullets. At night, smelt your uranium and alloys. Don't forget that one gasoline will make 2 shaped uranium, and 4 alloys. I would also recommend getting the lightweight perk, as at this point you are considered a good target for landminers.

Day Six

Today, quickly take your dynamite and break all the big computers, or if you already have done that, craft your laser submachine (Remember to power the tesla bench with at least 4 energy cells when crafting the laser submachine). While it is crafting, go out and get materials for 12 alloys, and 12 shaped uranium (You can get more if you want more ammo). These will be needed for tesla armor. When it turns night, start crafting your power armor. Also be aware that at this point armored ghouls will attack you. You can go out and kill any armored ghouls at night if they are dealing too much damage to your base, just be careful not to get stuck in an area where obstacles block your way to run.

Day Seven

When it turns day, go out and mine double ores/rocks or uranium for levels. You will need these to unlock tesla armor. Also craft 2 dynamite again, as you will need more big wires to craft the tesla armor. If you get all these done before you need to turn back before it turns night, Go back to base and start crafting tesla armor, while layering the base with many stone walls to prepare against armored ghoul attacks. Also, the exact amount of energy cells needed to craft tesla armor is unknown. So when crafting the tesla armor, power the bench with at least 7 energy cells. Once it is done, congratulations. You have obtained the best gear in the game, which provides the best protection against players and ghouls, and it will be hard for any solo player to kill you.