Base building — Chernarus PvP

A small finished shell beats a huge unfinished footprint. Plan around the weekend window — not around Thursday.

PvP only

Sakhal bases cannot be player-raided and use different hatch / flag numbers. Use the Sakhal base guide for the island.

Start compact

A one-room shell with a finished roof, a code lock and hidden storage is worth more than a castle with a missing wall. Build the smallest thing that protects your loot, then expand from a secure core. Unfinished walls on Friday night are a billboard.

Layer your storage

Separate storage from entry points so a single breach does not empty everything. Raiders on a weekend timer take the fast rooms first. Spread value across containers, floors and — for the truly paranoid — a second small stash. Locked MMG is raidable in the window with the raid driver (5 min) — see Chernarus MMG.

Plan around the raid window — not the flag

Two different systems:

Raid window: Friday 21:00 → Monday 01:00 CET. Tuesday–Thursday walls are safe. Thursday is not a raid day.
Flag: raise at least every 3 days, lasts 20. Do this any weekday the clock is due. Raising the flag does not “open” Friday.

Schedule big expansions early in the week so walls are finished before Friday 21:00.
Do not leave building materials stockpiled visibly.
Log out inside or hidden; a nametag in a doorway is an invitation.
Playbook: raid weekend.

Locks, flags and upkeep

Code locks first — an unlocked door is not a base, it is a lobby.
Keep your flag raised: it protects your buildables and marks territory. Raise at least every 3 days (lasts up to 20 days). That is not a raid-day ritual.
Check upkeep after every long absence; a dropped flag fails quietly even on a Tuesday.
The bunker/hatch 85 m keep-away prevents stacking two protected bases into one.
Placed walls do not decay on their own — keep the flag raised.

The numbers that change how you build

Plotpole & flags

Plotpole radius: 70 m.
Flag spacing: 800 m allied · 250 m hostile.
Flags per group: 2.
Raise every 3 days · lasts 20 days.

Bunkers

Surface hatches 200 m apart.
Hatch keep-away from flag: 85 m.
Hatch hack: yes, raid window, tablet 15 m.

BBP & Raid Alert

Raid: doors / hatches / gates only — not walls or windows. Fully blocking every entrance is against the rules.
Timers: 5 / 10 / 20 minutes by tier.
Raid Alert: 50 m · Discord DM + siren · battery · 120 s cooldown.
CodeLock on gates · owner-only dismantle · no minigame.

See also: groups & flags · Chernarus survival.

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