The Guide
Last Harbor Game Guide
The most complete pre-release guide to Last Harbor. Beginner tips, weapons, crafting recipes, boat upgrades, zombies, multiplayer, fishing and base building — all in one place.
What is in this guide
Last Harbor is a pre-release game — there is only one reveal trailer, one Steam page, and a handful of developer interviews to work from. This guide turns every piece of confirmed information into structured, searchable tips. As tinyBuild releases more details (and as we get hands-on), the guide will grow in place.
The guide is organized into three layers. The tier-1 guides cover what is safe to recommend today: how to set up a co-op session, what a beginner should prioritize, how to manage the survival stats. The tier-2 guides cover mechanical depth (weapons, crafting, boat upgrades, zombies). The tier-3 guides cover theorycraft and edge cases (boat builds, resource routing, expedition planning).
All Last Harbor guides
Beginner's Guide
First 24 hours on the boat — what to loot, where to sail, and the mistakes that get you killed on day one.
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Tips & Tricks
20+ tested tips for Last Harbor covering stealth, stamina, weather, and the AI patterns of the dead and the living.
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Weapons
Last Harbor weapons list: melee, ranged, throwables and boat-mounted hardpoints compared by damage, range and durability.
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Crafting
Every confirmed Last Harbor crafting recipe — repair kits, traps, ammo, medical items, fortifications and boat parts.
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Boat Upgrades
How to upgrade your last refuge: hull tiers, sails, engines, storage, defenses and which islands drop the parts you need.
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Multiplayer
Co-op, PvP, server settings, roles, and how to crew up in Last Harbor multiplayer without losing your loot to a teammate.
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How to Survive
Survival fundamentals: hunger, thirst, fatigue, exposure, infection and the Last Harbor survival triangle explained.
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Best Starter Tips
The ten things every Last Harbor captain should do before leaving the dock — distilled from the reveal trailer.
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Zombie Types
Last Harbor zombie types and variants we have identified from official footage — runners, brutes, swimmers and screamers.
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Map & San Juan Islands
San Juan Islands map, biomes, points of interest and what is on every island you can see in the reveal trailer.
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Base Building
How Last Harbor base building works: island outposts, modular defenses, traps and the limits of safe ground.
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Boat Build & Loadout
Last Harbor best boat build theorycraft: cannon placement, sail ratios, cargo math and the PvP meta by hull size.
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Fishing
Last Harbor fishing guide — species, bait, water conditions and how fishing fills the food stat without risking the shore.
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Resource Locations
Where to scrap metal, salvage fuel and scavenge medicine across the San Juan archipelago in Last Harbor.
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PvP Guide
How PvP works in Last Harbor — hostile boats, claim rules, raid windows and how to defend your floating base.
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Co-op Tips
Roles, communication and loadouts for 2-6 player Last Harbor co-op sessions — including how to share loot fairly.
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Expedition Guide
Planning a Last Harbor expedition: route planning, risk tiers, what to bring, and how to extract with a full hold.
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All Crafting Recipes
Every Last Harbor crafting recipe in one searchable list — from bandages to reinforced hull plating.
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How to use this guide
Step 1
Start with the Beginner's Guide
New to Last Harbor? Read the Beginner's Guide first. It covers the first in-game day and the mistakes that will get you killed on day one.
Step 2
Pick a track
Want to fight? Read the weapons and zombie types guides. Want to build? Read the crafting and boat guides.
Step 3
Go multiplayer
Last Harbor is at its best with a crew. Read the multiplayer guide to set up co-op or join a PvP server.