One of the most important choices you can make in the early to mid game in Abiotic Factor is deciding the locations for your bases. While most places could do if you put in enough effort, optimal locations can make survival easier. Picking spots with readily available amenities, for example, makes it so you need to scavenge less. In this guide, we’ll give you a list of our recommended early base spots.
Best Bases Locations for Early to Mid Game | Abiotic Factor
Cafeteria
Surprisingly, the starting cafeteria is a very good base location early in the game. Yes, we do mean the cafeteria where you first appear in upon starting a new world!
It’s a very spacious area, so you can customize it as you see fit. There are many nearby amenities, such as a bathroom and vending machines you can use for a quick snack, provided you have the money. Being an early game location, it’s also not particularly risky or hard to reach.
Main Lobby
Moving on a bit further into the game, this is the main lobby where you find security officer Warren. It’s a very centralized location in the facility and you can easily use it to get to most other locations within the facility, thanks to the tram.
Besides being one of the best and most interconnected areas in the game, it’s also pretty solid as a base in general. You can easily get food in the fountain by fishing, or in the server room by killing the weak monsters that spawn there. Plus, you can get into the small room behind Warren’s office when you get the Keypad Hacker. It’s a tiny room that makes for an extremely safe bedroom.
What’s more, you’re not far from the cafeteria from earlier. That means that you can easily access all of that base’s amenities from here, as well!
Gym
A bit further into the game, you’ll come across a gym in the Offices section of the facility. This is another great base, as it’s not too far into the area. It also has a bathroom downstairs and is near a pool you can use, making water in particular a non-issue.
The other main benefit of this base is that it has only one entrance. Build in the upstairs section of the gym and enemies will only be able to come at you via the stairs. This makes it extremely safe and highly defensible, although it is fairly small.
Offices by the Elevator
Another nice base in the Offices area is a bit deeper into the area, but not too far from the gym. Just go left from the Silo 3 Access elevator and open the nearby door with the Keypad Hacker to gain entry.
This base is in a pretty perfect spot, for multiple reasons. The biggest one, however, is the fact that you need to climb a ladder to actually enter it. Most enemies can’t climb ladders, so they won’t trouble you! Plus, that means there’s also only one entryway to this base, similar to the gym.
Furthermore, you can use the nearby Bio Labs for supplies and the Charging Station downstairs for extra electricity. On top of that, it’s quite spacious and is also not too far away from the Main Lobby. It’s a fantastic base to move into as soon as you can enter it!
There you have it, that’s our top recommended locations for bases in early to mid game in Abiotic Factor. For more help surviving early in this game, check out our guide on how to survive the first night. It gives you a rundown of the very start of the game.
