Build 42 First Week Checklist — Interactive Day-by-Day Plan

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• Silence the spawn house — turn off any TV or radio you can hear
• Close ground-floor curtains, or hang sheets over bare windows
• Crouch (C) before passing glass or opening an interior door
• Take a real weapon: kitchen knife, frying pan, rolling pin, hammer
• Eat fridge perishables first, then fill every bottle, pot and kettle at the sink
• Equip any bag you find — a school bag is the first real capacity upgrade
• Rip clothing for bandages; take disinfectant and painkillers when you see them
• Listen at interior doors — several thumps at once means back out the way you came
• Open the map (M) and mark the house so you can orient later
• Short crouched run to neighbouring houses for a better weapon and more containers
• Choose your night base: stay if it is quiet and multi-storey, relocate if the street is busy
• Stash loot upstairs and keep ground-floor lights off after dark

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• Read a tier-1 skill book — worth a 3× multiplier toward levels 1 and 2
• Watch TV while power lasts — free XP that stops being available later
• Start the water reserve: bottles, pots, and the first rain collector plan
• Scout the nearest hardware store for a hammer, nails and a saw
• Sheet or barricade the ground-floor windows next to where you sleep
• Pick your first fence line only after you own a hammer and planks

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• Read the generator magazine or plan the Electrical route to connect power
• Stand up the first preservation lane — a drying rack or the jar loop
• Sow the first crop inside the current month window
• Decide the real base versus staying put, and commit to one
• Confirm the water plan for when taps stop — collectors, storage, boiling
• Get a vehicle running, or map the fuel route for when you need one