Unveiling the Switchback's Horde Base Evolution - 7 Days to Die

Block by block tutorial on my starter horde base the Switchback. In this tutorial I'll walk through the materials and how to evolve this over Day 7, Day 14, Day 21, and Day 28+ all the way up to surviving a 912 gamestage horde battle.

This base was built and evolved over the course of my first 1.0 playthrough livestreams Check out the playlist here:

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🎵 Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Chapters:
0:00 Switchback Overview
0:53 Day 7 Tutorial
13:31 Day 7 Horde Night
15:00 Day 14 Tutorial
23:03 Day 21 Tutorial
28:04 Endgame Tutorial
32:03 Gamestage 912 Horde Night

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[WaywardEko]

This base was built and evolved over the course of my first 1.0 playthrough livestreams You can see it being built in game here:

Let me know if you have any questions!

Eko

[GunsNerdsandSteel]

Huge props for the effort you put into your base builds (and tutorials)! Inspiring!

[alexishuon]

So I do not know if people know how much work you put into editing that video but I have to let you know how I appreciate your level of dedication and work in those videos. I do thank you directly for this. I have to say I tried to follow couple of base video for 1.0 but I got twice my ass handed to me and then yesterday small update broke my world, probably due to mods I use. I will use this today and again thank you very much, I love everything in your video, the tone of voice, you pace, the way you explain each step to make noob friendly for us. Just Brilliant !

[jimbodee]

I love that you detail the raw resources, then show what they can make and then go through all the different shapes and how to get to them in the menus.

[SimonCleric]

Has to be one of the absolute best 7 days videos I've seen. I love that it's not just "put cubes, put railings, done", but actually an aesthetically pleasing base. Pure art.

[Thetenmaumau]

Prob the best tutorial ive ever seen, the lvl of patience and dedication to your fanbase is nothing short of commendable.

[shiykat]

Firstly, thank you for the massive effort you put into this! It was well worth the wait! 💝

As far as single video or separate for the stages, there's pros and cons to each. I will personally be fully content with whichever works out better for you. The individual videos would give us the early version sooner (which is nice), but I also like knowing how the build will need to evolve later even as I'm building the Day 7 base.

Also, listing the materials needed... 👍👍👍 Now I know how much to collect before I start, so I don't have to stop in the middle of building! ❤(I hate running out of materials in the middle of building.)

[WaywardEko]

For anyone struggling to find Baluster Rail 02:
When you go into the shapes menu, it is likely that basic shapes is highlighted in yellow on the left side which show categories of shapes. Click again to unhighlight it. Then in the search bar type ‘bal’ Baluster Rail 02 will be the 3rd shape.

[jeremyblaiklock]

You know... I've watched a LOT of base build videos lately as I'm learning the game, and I keep coming back to this one for it's simplicity and effectiveness. Well done!

[bradenwoollums]

You are AMAZING! You're guide is very through and you put outlines for how long blocks are placed for to make it easy to build.

[SodoMojo]

Functional and aesthetically pleasing. Love the base, appreciate the detailed breakdown and will be giving it a go.

The little additions of how and why as you went were great.

[danielwilms]

Immediately after 1 minute I liked the video when I have seen the different iterrations of the bases side by side, the checkerboard pattern floor to easily count the blocks, the number of resources needed. Well done!
Update: And the video got even better after that!

[Joutre_]

I love your build videos! They always give me new ideas. I love that you break down the shapes that you use so it's easy to know how to create the shapes and angles and designs. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to helping us all be better 🎉❤

[ymer]

straight up wish more people would have this level of dedication the world would a better place if so cheers man

[reallybadgamer]

This is an AMAZING VIDEO! So cool to see the evolution of this base design. I hope you get a TON of new subs. You deserve it.

[WeazelNewsLucid]

Thank you for this. I LOVE THE BRICK NAMES listed on the screen when you are using that brick. I am doing this base almost brick for brick. Had to widen the fighting window since I am in a game with 3 others. The base held up well until our first demo zombie (with 30 seconds left of horde night). Will continue upgrading! Really well done!

[lancefulcher]

Wow, Next level build!! Never seen anyone do the progression and all the pre planning you do. Great work.

[Reflexologus]

very detailed guide with good tips! you adress every little detail one needs to know, very beginner friendly, visual representation is also awesome thx

[belladivine]

I always love your builds and the details you give so people can build it, including amount of mat needed. The work you put into your videos shows how much you enjoy the game.

[jasiririks]

We built this out of cobblestone for our day 35 hoard and at first it was working really well, they would drop into the pit where we had a bunch of spikes. But then the zombies started attacking the stair supports for some reason, we had only made single pillar stair supports because we didn't think they would bother with that. After the stair collapsed they started attacking the main base supports and we had to abandon the base or it would get destroyed. I'll try with heavier stair support this time. When it works it works really well.