What's in the home base?

The starting area you're in will be your home base. Here you have storage that you can use, and land you can clear to your liking. There's a house in the middle that's abandoned that you can use and improve.

As you progress, you can improve your facilities to ensure your survival. You need to clear out any zombies about, as well as hunt some deer available.

Storage

You'll see a destroyed vehicle when starting off in your home base, you need to loot the stashes here first then this will count as your first storage facility aside from boxes that you can make later on. This is important since you have limited space in your personal inventory, so you will have to manage your items by using this. When checking your map, it will look like a Crate icon.

Gathering Resources

Using the interact button, you can gather some pine logs and limestones. You'll see that your character will be able to create items out of them. Keep gathering items in order to raise your level to 2 so you can make a hatchet and pickaxe. Resources are marked on your map with Rock and Tree icons, etc.. Red and yellow dots on the other hand are enemies as well as animals. To gather resources automatically, press the auto button on the lower left.

Crafting

You can craft items as long as you have the needed blue prints. Blue prints are unlocked later on as you progress your level. For now, press the blueprint with the wrench icon on the lower side of the screen, and you'll be provided with a list of items that you can craft such as Weapons, Clothes, Furniture, and Medicinal supplies Once you reach level 2, you can make a Hatchet and Pickaxe for gathering wood and stones.

Building and Furniture

Once you're able to get stones and wood that's needed for building, you'll be required to make shelter. Press the build button on the right side of the screen, it should have an icon of a saw and hammer. The game will switch to build mode and you'll be able to create your house, as well as add any furniture you've crafted. To start with, you'll use basic wood flooring, walls, windows, and a door.