Now, I'm gonna Caveat this with NO BASE IN DAYZ IS UNRAIDABLE...

However, we can make things very, very difficult. Especially if your server has Build anywhere enabled. Better yet, it's only 1, yes 1 wall... For full list of materials scroll to the bottom.

The location in question is any apartment style building (high-rise type). Now lock it down as much as you want, but your core loot, prestige items, trader items etc. Will need to be protected. This is where this tip comes in handy.

At the top of the elevator shaft, there is a ladder. Working off vanilla base building, place down a simple wooden or metal gated wall. Positioning is everything, and I'll get to that in a minute. Now on the bottom slot only, attach some barbed wire.

Bam! Your done! Now I'll explain...

From within that elevator shaft, the only way up is a ladder. Going up it will result in getting so many cuts the player will bleed out by the time they get out of the front door. Remember what I said about positioning? Well, by placing the fence kit in the right place, the angle to destroy the bottom portion of the fence, thus code lock and barbed wire, will be nearly impossible within the confines of the shaft. Tricky, and you may need to navigate around the lift mechanism to get the positioning of the wall and the code lock positioning perfect.

Then there's the question about explosives and since 1.18 onwards, I thought this closely kept secret of mine was foiled... But, any attempt to destroy the fence via explosives in the lift shaft will kill the player from splash damage. Especially the M79. There is the small chance a handgrenade yeeted in the correct fashion could go over the wall, but it's hard. Like, 10x harder than the roof of glass industrial at NWAF. (Cmon, we've all been there...) This is remedied simply by placing a half wall to airlock off that portion of the shaft. But can still be shot apart to reveal an angle for a grenade.

IEDs, claymores, PE and barrel/box bombs: These do NOT have the splash damage range from within the bottom of the shaft. It would either be a total waste to accumulate the portion of splash damage from that range enough times to destroy the fence. Which, by the way, is 20 claymores angled up at the fence. (Courtesy of a torture test on a private server me and my buddy rented to mess with map editing.)

However I said it at the start, no base is unraidable. And this is no exception...

The only ways I've been able to crack into this base type. Is as follows:

Conventional ways:

S-Vest. Pack your inventory full of Armed explosives go up the ladder and have your buddy or timer clack off. Fence, melted. Fastest method.

Gunfire, shooting the top fence and the top frame can open the gate, but leaves the wire in situ. The ladder is still an issue but There's 2 ways you can go about this now. Give an IED or a few grenades an almighty yeet over the fence and you're in. Alternatively, shooting the posts to ruined will despawn the fence pending restart, base flag etc.

Claymore 2.0. After messing with claymores in ATC, I found some dirty asf places to hide them. Unfortunately I put this theory to the test and it seems that you can place said claymores within reach, halfway up the shaft to get normal splash effect on walls.

Unconventional ways.

Campfires... that's all I'm gonna say. And if you use them I hate you and your family pet, specially your pet.

Watchtowers. If you genuinely put the time and effort into building watchtowers all the way to the roof. I'd give you all my loot, that's commitment...

Read on for some ultimate tips to make this place a living nightmare to raid. WARNING! Unpopular opinions coming.

1 provided your server has a base radar feature, you can use Alt accounts (I'm sorry)* to foil any attempt as any would be raiders will need to take time to figure out how to get in. My favourite is one acc on the roof, not only to lock it down on raid weekend, as its only accessible via roof. And my main acc roaming or logged on the ground floor. Goes well with an M79 with POX rounds... *actually I'm not sorry, I work shifts alright. I can't always be building.

2, using the same tactics as the shaft, you can barbed wire the entire apartment. Same technique, just clip the fence through the walls into the corridor and voila, you got yourself a blood bank. To make it even more scummy, put down a tent in the doorway to block entry to the room. Or a tent in the hallway to deny the whole building (base/container damage pending)

3, Dry holes. If you're well established, or part of a clan, you can put multiple of these down in built up areas. Keep one or two full of loot and the rest as "dry holes" to soak up their time and explosives.

1. Gas and killstreaks. Provided that your servers has access to the killstreak bot, you can call in a gas strike on your base if it is ever raided. Perfect if you're away from PC or Console, eg, this happened to me at work. Also, the height of your base makes it immune to gas...

5 Traps (WIP) My absolute favourite trap is the claymore tripwire, for those that don't know it, put the clacker for the claymore onto a tripwire, make sure the 'front is towards enemy' and you got yourself an insta kill trap. Much better than cooking grenades to badly damaged... trust me I know... Issues with claymores despawning though. Addressed in the future I hope! You can also use POX, smoke, flashbangs to great effect with tripwires. Especially a combo, as it could panic them, causing them to run, triggering more traps. For those that dont know, walking ADS or crouch walking won't set off tripwires. which is why I prefer a "sharp stimulus" to make them run...

In conclusion, the most infuriatingly difficult base to raid is a series of clipped barbed wire fences, walled or tented in, smoke, gas and grenade traps. And that's only the 1st floor... (2nd floor for my American brethren)

Repeated all the way to the top floor, surely the raiding party will have ran out of bandages or patience. And that's if you've not logged in yet to finish them off or bought a gas strike with some well earned zrubles. BTW, think to yourself, how many times have you brought pliers to a raid?? Point proven...

Now they're in the shaft, frustrated, clearly on <50% blood, clearly hurt from grenades, gas, maybe your attempt to kill them. They won't be thinking straight, they'll either blow themselves up or kill themselves getting past that last wall. That's to say if they've even have any ammunition left if they bothered with the apartments on each floor.

They go on reddit to see how to get into such a hell hole. See this post, get past the last wall, up the ladder... And it's the next apartment block that has the real loot... here all week folks.

In all honesty, this works for me, on my server I play on. It may not for others. And call me whatever, but we all know how time consuming Dayz is. Hence my methods. Work and family gotta come first guys n gals.

FULL LIST OF MATERIALS: BASIC Fence kit 2 logs, 20 planks 36 nails Wire Barbed wire Code dial Hatchet Saw Shovel Pliers

                       ADVANCED 

17 fences (4 per floor, 4 floors, barbed wire clipped throguh walls. 1 for lift shaft)

27 wire 17 razor wire. (To turn fences into walls when raid is off or you're online and traps for raid events)

Mix of smoke, POX and Damaged grenade/flashbang traps. Smoke gas and flashes can panic them to triggering the lethals. Saves on wastage too.

Claymores for when being raided directly

                      Optional Extras

Tent off doorways to deny access to rooms where razor wire can be dismantled

Alt accounts on roof of base to unlock from the top. If that account dies, you lose all access to roof.

Base radar on discord or via server info Varies on platform, and server type.

Walling off roof to protect from snipers, 12 walls

This method can also be achieved in Silos, Sawmill/grain structures, office complexes both types, schools. And the government building in Novo. However these apartments prove the most effective against raids...

Still not unraidable....

Let me know what you think and if you have any comebacks 🤙