Survive Overnight in a Mega Store Crafting Guide
To craft items in Survive Overnight in a Mega Store, you must first build a hatchet and a backpack, then construct a [crafting table](/building/survive-overnight-in-a-mega-store-crafting-table) to unlock advanced survival gear like [spike barriers](/building/survive-overnight-in-a-mega-store-crafting) for base defense.
Survival in the mega store requires managing resources efficiently. You start by breaking down store furniture to gather basic materials like wood and cloth, which are the fundamental components for almost every survival tool in the game.
Essential Early Game Crafting
The foundation of your progress relies on gathering wood and cloth. You can obtain wood by breaking boxes, while cloth is found by destroying sofas or looting shelves. Once you have these materials, your priority should be creating tools that expand your capabilities.
Building a hatchet is your first objective because it significantly speeds up resource collection. Once you have the hatchet, crafting a basic backpack is vital. Without one, your inventory is limited to five slots; a backpack provides ten slots, allowing you to carry more resources during your looting runs.
Constructing the Crafting Table
After securing your basic tools, you must build a crafting table to access more complex recipes. This station serves as your primary hub for creating defense items and high-tier equipment.
| Item | Requirements | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Hatchet | 3 Wood | Break objects and gather resources |
| Basic Backpack | 3 Cloth | Increase inventory storage space |
| Crafting Table | 5 Wood, 3 Cloth | Unlock advanced building and defense recipes |
| Spike Barrier | 4 Wood, 1 Cloth | Protect your fort from attacking employees |
Follow these steps in order to optimize your early game setup:
- Use your hatchet to break boxes and sofas to collect wood and cloth.
- Open your crafting menu to create the basic backpack to increase your storage capacity.
- Gather 5 wood and 3 cloth to build your crafting table in a safe location.
- Access the table to begin crafting spike barriers to reinforce your best base.
Advanced Survival Crafting
As the nights become more dangerous, you will need more than simple barricades to stay alive. Ensure you are also looking for other all items that can be gathered from the store shelves. If you take damage during nighttime attacks, you may need to craft healing items. For example, if you have enough materials, you can create a medkit using four bricks, which helps maintain your health when bandages are insufficient.
Always keep your crafting station in a secure spot, as employees can break down walls and destroy your equipment if you are not careful. If your base sustains damage, use metal sheets to patch up your walls and keep your crafting area protected from intruders.
Next step
Crafting Table
Find the exact material recipe to build a Tier One crafting station and learn what defensive items it unlocks.