An isolated river town in the north-west, widely called the easiest start. Big houses with space between them, a police station with an armory and cells in its basement, a hospital, a bookstore on two floors and the West Maple Country Club. Updated for Build 42.21, November 2026.
Easier
Classic start (default spawn)
Police, Base, Guns, Medical, Tools, Books, Landmark
About 6362,5572
| Place | Type | Coordinates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Police station | Police | 6085,5242 | Armory and cells in the basement |
| Fire station | Base | 6120,5250 | Good base |
| Gun store | Guns | 7141,6155 | East of town, lower level |
| Hospital | Medical | 6660,5254 | Two clinics nearby |
| Tool store | Tools | 6371,5320 | |
| Bookstore | Books | 6430,5271 | Two floors |
| West Maple Country Club | Landmark | 5726,6509 |
Coordinates are world tiles (x,y) from the Build 42.21 map. Police lockers and gun storage are random, never guaranteed.
The fire station or police station in town, or one of the big riverside houses with a view and the river for water.
How to fortify it: base building.
| Town | Direction | Distance (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Fallas Lake | south | 3.1 km |
| Brandenburg | west | 4.6 km |
| West Point | east | 5.8 km |
| Dixie | south-east | 6.2 km |
Straight-line distances between town centres; roads are longer. Every town: Knox Country map.
It is widely considered the easiest of the four classic starts, along with Rosewood.
In town at about 6660,5254, with two more clinics nearby.
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.