TR Basebuilding Guide¶

TR Basebuilding is one of the most popular base-building mods for DayZ. This guide walks you through everything from your first foundation to a fully defended, multi-floor fortress.

1. Crafting the Foundation Kit¶

Craft a foundation kit by combining 4 short sticks and rope, then select "Make a set for the building".

VIDEO CLIP demonstrating crafting a foundation kit from short sticks + rope (~5-8 sec)

2. Placing the Foundation¶

Once you're holding the foundation kit:

1. Click to choose a placement — this shows a hologram preview.
2. Use the mouse wheel to rotate the hologram.
3. Hold Shift while scrolling to raise or lower it.
4. When you're happy with the placement, hold left mouse button to set up the kit.

VIDEO CLIP demonstrating hologram placement, rotating with mouse wheel, and shift+scroll to raise/lower (~10 sec)

Add the required materials to the hologram, then use a shovel to build the foundation.

3. Floor Supports¶

Repeat the process for floor supports:

1. Add logs to the hologram.
2. Use a hammer or hatchet to construct the piece.

Once the floor supports are in place, more build options unlock — walls and floors, each with their own material requirements.

4. Walls, Doors, and Gates¶

When you start adding materials to an attachment point (e.g. Wall - 1), the UI shows the recipe requirements needed to build that part.

For a door or gate frame, you get two choices:

• Wood panelling
• Metal lining

VIDEO CLIP demonstrating the wall/door material choice UI (wood vs metal) (~8 sec)

For non-door walls, you can choose between:

• A solid wall
• A wall with a window opening (can be fitted with a sash that opens and closes)

You'll need to travel to the edge of the foundation to actually build the wall.

5. Extending the Base¶

To expand your base:

1. Craft another fortification kit.
2. Left-click to show the hologram.
3. It will automatically snap to any existing foundation.

Watch the arrows shown on the hologram — they indicate where the door opening will be, and which direction is interior vs. exterior.

VIDEO CLIP demonstrating a fortification kit snapping to an existing foundation, showing the direction arrows (~10 sec)

6. Ceiling and Stairs¶

At the centre of the foundation, you can build either:

• A standard ceiling, or
• A cut-out ceiling with stairs

This gives you access to the floor above.

7. Building Upward (First Floor+)¶

Once on the first floor, you can build supports again — this time for another floor or for a roof.

Wall options change slightly here. You'll choose between:

• Wall — building the frame lets you then pick a solid wall or window wall on the next step
• Opening — builds a wall with a doorway

Narrow Doors¶

On the first floor and above, regular doors aren't available — you need a narrow door, crafted the same way as the foundation kit (short sticks + rope).

When placing it:

• The hologram shows arrows and will try to snap to the doorway.
• If it won't snap, move your character and/or mouse slightly until it does — this can be finnicky.
• You can change the orientation by moving the mouse. The door's exterior side faces the direction the arrow tip points.

VIDEO CLIP demonstrating crafting and snapping a narrow door kit on an upper floor (~10 sec)

8. Roof and Roof Space¶

You can build up to 3 floors high, with an accessible roof space above the third floor.

In the roof space, you can only build a small window — and it must face the same direction as the original ground-floor door.

9. Workbench¶

From the first floor upward, you can build a workbench to store construction materials.

10. Growing Your Base¶

From here, it's simply a case of adding more foundation kits and joining them together to build out your fortress.