West Point Base Guide — Build 42 Town Profile
West Point in Build 42: the compact industrial town with dense weapon and tactical loot near the main drag, tighter side streets, and a crafting supply role.
FAQ
Is West Point good for a first base in Build 42?
Where should I base in West Point?
What is West Point best for in Build 42?
How does West Point compare with Riverside or Muldraugh?
⚠️ Content Pending Full Verification
Named base candidates for West Point circulate in community video tours; the written sources we can verify describe the town's loot character and density rather than ranking buildings. The named sites stay off this page until an in-game pass confirms them.
Where West Point Sits Cross-Verified
West Point is the compact industrial town on Knox County’s north-central rail line, and it was in the first wave of Build 42 town reworks alongside Riverside, Rosewood, Muldraugh, Fallas Lake, Ekron and Dixie. Both written sources describe it the same way: hotter and tighter than the other starter towns, with the best tactical loot of the group.
| Aspect | What the sources say |
|---|---|
| Character | Compact and hotter; side streets denser than Muldraugh; strongest weapon and tactical loot near the main drag |
| Loot focus | Weapons and tactical gear along the main drag, plus hardware, auto shops and the factory zone |
| Best for | Players who want loot density early and can fight for it; crafting supply runs |
| Watch out for | Tighter streets mean faster overwhelm — bring footwear, bandages and a retreat plan |
West Point sits in the medium band of our spawn-town comparison.
Why West Point Is the Crafting Supply Town Cross-Verified
The written sources agree that West Point’s value is industrial supply, not calm: the town feeds the metalworking chain, which is why it keeps coming up between the starter suburbs and the endgame.
- Metal and machine loot — hardware, auto-shop and factory-zone contents feed welding and forging; the workflows are in the blacksmithing guide.
- Tactical loot on the main drag — the densest weapon supply of the starter towns sits where the zombies are, so it is a deliberate risk trade.
- Exit planning is part of the town — both sources frame West Point as somewhere you visit prepared: plan the retreat before the run, keep the vehicle facing out, and treat the trip as a loop. The discipline is in the loot routes guide.
What Is Still Unverified
Community base tours for West Point name specific buildings and rank them, but the written sources we can cite do not, so this page keeps them out of the body text. The candidate list, its window counts and its defence ratings sit in our requirements fact table as video material pending an in-game pass on the current stable build.
What we do publish is the agreed shape: an industrial, denser, higher-pressure town with the strongest tactical loot of the starter group, a crafting supply role, and the same shutoff rules as everywhere else.
Named Points of Interest — Interactive Map
All 60 points, A–Z (West Point area)
- Auto Repair Shop x 11898 · y 6807 Car Fix-ation.
- Auto Repair Shop x 12256 · y 6931 American Tire.
- Bakery x 11907 · y 6866
- Book Store x 11896 · y 6880 Enigma books.
- Burger Restaurant x 13965 · y 4866
- Burgers x 12077 · y 7075
- Cabin x 13628 · y 7222 Do you really want to be alone in the woods without a well?
- Cafe x 13092 · y 5449
- Choo Choo Train Caboose x 12197 · y 6878 No choo choo train :(
- Church x 11967 · y 6990
- Church and Cemetery x 11069 · y 6710 Does anyone else think it's a bad idea being on a cemetary during the zombie apocalypse?
- Commercial Rent x 11666 · y 7036
- Construction Site x 12062 · y 6918
- Crate Shed x 10942 · y 6769
- Day Care x 11740 · y 6923
- Dock x 11828 · y 6574
- Dock x 11276 · y 6594
- Farmhouse x 11132 · y 6852
- Farmhouse x 14396 · y 4568 Large farmhouse with toolsheds and chicken coop.
- Farmhouse x 9279 · y 7781 Has an antique stove.
- Food Market x 11984 · y 6911
- Food Market x 13937 · y 4864
- Furniture Store x 11932 · y 6941
- Gas Station x 12069 · y 7140 Fossoil, 4 pumps.
- Gated House by the Lake x 10155 · y 6624 Gated luxurious house by the lake and river, near Westpoint.
- General Store x 11831 · y 6912 This is more of a general store than a hardware store.
- GigaMart x 12024 · y 6853
- Hair O Genesis x 11852 · y 6878
- Hardware Store x 11974 · y 6912
- House by the lake x 10182 · y 6763
- Knox Bank x 11913 · y 6914
- Large Warehouse x 12140 · y 7084
- Laundromat x 11931 · y 6786
- Mini Hotel x 12018 · y 6917
- Motel x 11860 · y 6906
- Office Building x 11976 · y 6939
- Office Building x 11977 · y 6882
- Pharmacy x 11935 · y 6802 Pharmahug.
- Picnic Area x 12033 · y 7364 Consumption of brought food and drinks strictly forbidden!
- Pizza Whirled x 11660 · y 7083
- Playground x 11418 · y 6782
- Police station x 8063 · y 11735
- Police Station x 11898 · y 6940
- Post Office x 11956 · y 6912
- R.B. Mat, Dentist x 11880 · y 6879
- Restaurant x 11932 · y 6914
- School x 11345 · y 6784
- Seahorse Coffee x 11962 · y 6879
- Small Store x 11349 · y 6719
- Spiffo's x 11976 · y 6810
- Stendo's Firearms Emporium x 12090 · y 6783 Rest in peace.
- Storage Units x 12137 · y 7024
- The Drake and Crystal Pie Place x 11899 · y 6851
- Thunder Gas x 11820 · y 6865
- Town Hall x 11941 · y 6873
- Town Park x 11786 · y 6913 A nice small, suburban park.
- Twiggy's x 12059 · y 6793
- Valu In$urance x 13664 · y 5669 "Sorry, zombie apocalypses aren't covered under the Act of God clause in your policy."
- West Point x 11697 · y 6834
- Zippee Market x 11660 · y 7067
Where these 60 West Point markers come from: names and in-game tile coordinates are vendored from PZmap
(html/poi.json), MIT License, Copyright (c) 2022 Min Xiang; retrieved 2026-10-01. We add no coordinates of our own.
Read the gaps, not just the dots. This is a community catalogue, not the game's own list, and it is incomplete. Muldraugh is the clearest case: it carries no fire station record at all, even though the town's fire station is a well-documented loot site and base candidate. Absence from this map does not mean absence from the game. Nothing is drawn here that we could not source — and anything you find missing or misnamed is worth reporting, because we will check it against the game rather than guess.
Sources & Verification
| Source | Type | Sections Used |
|---|---|---|
| projectzomboid.wiki — Towns | Fan-made wiki guide | West Point density, main-drag tactical loot, side-street warning, retreat-planning advice |
| build42guide.wiki — Starting Locations | Community guide (42.20) | West Point difficulty tier, loot density, best-for profile |
| projectzomboid.wiki — New Towns | Fan-made wiki guide | First-wave rework list including West Point |
Named buildings, base rankings and grid coordinates stay off the page until our in-game confirmation pass.
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