Safehouses

Build 42 moved enough of the interface that a build 41 memory of “the button was on the map” can fail you. Open the map and the safehouse or faction controls and read what the client actually offers. If the control is missing, ask before you decide the server turned claims off. It did not. A missing button is usually a client that has not finished loading the multiplayer UI.

Claim after the first real night, not during the first sprint through town. A claim on a building you have not cleared is a flag on a problem. A claim on a building someone else stocked is a conflict. If you can see crates, sheets, and a generator, you are late. Knock, in chat.

Who gets a key

Add the people who sleep there and the people who cook there. A guest for one run does not need permanent safehouse rights. You can open the door. Rights that let someone respawn inside and open every crate are a relationship, not a courtesy. Remove them when the person stops playing there, and tell them you did it.

Respawning inside a safehouse is for members. Do not build a second character, claim a corner of someone else’s house, and call it efficient. Make your own room or ask for a bed. The laundromat tour shows how the current shared sleep is divided. Copy the idea, not necessarily the floor plan.

Size

The building, the fenced yard you actually farm, and the parking spot for the van. Not the whole block “so zombies have further to walk.” Not the warehouse district because you might loot it on Sunday. Large claims make the map look owned and empty. Other people then either break the rule or quit. Both are worse than sharing a town.

Release

If you are done with a base, unclaim it and say so. Leave the useful stock in labeled crates or haul it to the place you are going. A ghost safehouse with a loaded gun crate and an owner who last logged in during a different season is how rumors start. The host can clear a dead claim. You will like it better if you clear it yourself.