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Louisville

The big city in the north-east, behind the quarantine wall: skyscrapers, the Grand Ohio Mall, two hospitals, the Louisville State University and public libraries with hundreds of skill books, eight gun stores, five police stations and the southern military checkpoint. The best loot in Knox Country and the most dead. Updated for Build 42.21, November 2026.

A street in Louisville
Louisville, Knox Country
01Part

Louisville at a glance

Difficulty

Very hard

Can you start here?

Not a start town

Worth looting for

Food, Medical, Books, Guns, Police, Military, Landmark

Map centre

About 13153,2277

02Part

Places worth the risk

PlaceTypeCoordinatesNotes
Grand Ohio MallFood13577,1332
Louisville General HospitalMedical12958,2042
St. Peregrin HospitalMedical12414,3674
Louisville State University libraryBooks12412,2257Hundreds of skill books, mostly volumes 3 to 5
Public libraryBooks–Hundreds of skill books
Eight gun stores, two army surplusGuns13554,1266Plus 12330,1330 and 13595,1537
Five police stations and a PD/prisonPolice12501,1638
Southern military checkpointMilitary12518,4076Tents and army storage
AirportLandmark15466,2914
Expo CenterLandmark12976,1292

Coordinates are world tiles (x,y) from the Build 42.21 map. Police lockers and gun storage are random, never guaranteed.

03Part

Where to live

Do not live here. Raid it from a base in Valley Station or West Point with a car, a full tank and a planned route out.

How to fortify it: base building.

04Part

Tips for Louisville

  1. The university library holds mostly volumes 3 to 5: come back when you need them.
  2. The southern checkpoint has tents and army storage.
  3. Bring a big trunk: a step van or Valuline.
  4. Leave before dark, every time.
06Part

Quick answers

Can you start in Louisville?

No. It is late-game territory, not a start town.

Where are the most skill books in Louisville?

The university library and the public library.

Places and coordinates from the Build 42.21 map data as published by pindrop.gg, cross-checked with pzfans.com; town descriptions from ProjectZom’s Knox Country map and The Indie Stone’s 42.20 notes. Distances are computed from the coordinates.