Die2Nite Tips

If you're a first time player then the following tips might prove useful:

1) Read the help files.
2) Click the forum button every other minute that you are playing this game.
3) http://die2nitewiki.com/wiki/General_tips_and_Day_1_Guide

The main things I would highlight are that you should drop found items  (except those you plan to use during the trip) as you are heading away from  town. You should only be picking up items as you are moving towards town.  Your rucksack has limited space for items. If you fill it with items while  going away from town, you will reach a point where no more can fit in it.  You will be forced to drop some of the items on the ground. The problem is,  you can be really far away from town when this happens. If you had left them  on the ground earlier, they would be lying much closer to town, allowing  other scavengers to bring them in (and use less action points to do it).

The HACKSAW is the most important item in the game.

Scan the watchtower every day. It helps estimate the number of zombies that  will be attacking that night and doesn't cost any AP. In fact this should be  the second thing you do after logging into the game every day. (The first  being to hit the FORUM button to check the town forum.)

Make use of markers, the global map and an external mapping application. I  recomend External Map for starters and then moving on to From Dusk till Dawn  once you are more used to the game. To use these, you need to go to "Your  Soul" click the "Settings" tab and check the box next to "Authorise External  Applications". Once you have done that, click the 'Directory' that is  located in the upper left of the sctreen and have fun experimenting with the  external apps. Do not forget to update these external maps EVERY time you  move as well as just before you move.

There is no need to eat every day. In fact there is no need to eat, you  cannot die from starvation. The main use of eating foood is to restore you  to 6 AP ONCE each day. It is suggested that first time players not eat thier  food on day 1 and instead save it for day 2 when more of the map can be seen  and expeditions planned to buildings further from town.

Never eat or drink unless your AP is at 0. Food and drink restore you to 6  AP, (7 for super foods) so any APs you had before eating or drinking are  wasted. Just like eating, there is no need to drink every day but you need  to drink at least every other day and since you can get 1 ration a day from  the well, it's best to drink each day and spend the 12 APs. Staying thirsty  is a tactic for those who know what they are doing.

Never flee from Zombies! You will ALWAYS get WOUNDED which leads to an  INFECTION and eventually DEATH. Wounds and infections are hard to cure  because the bandages and drugs needed to heal you are hard to come by.  Trapped in a zone with Zombies? Ask for help on the forums if you are  trapped outside.

... which of course leads me to re-iterate: Read the town forum every other  minute that you are playing this game.

This game isn't really about the APs or the killing of Zombies. It is about  working together to survive as long as possible, and this is best done via  the town forums.