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Rosewood

Small, quiet and full of useful places: the fire station most guides call the best starting base in the game, a police station, two gun stores, three tool stores, six clinics, a nursing home, a school library and a farming store. The Kentucky State Prison sits just outside town with a heavy population: leave it alone early. Updated for Build 42.21, November 2026.

A street in Rosewood
Rosewood, Knox Country
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Rosewood at a glance

Difficulty

Easier

Can you start here?

Classic start (default spawn)

Worth looting for

Base, Police, Landmark, Guns, Medical, Tools, Books, Seeds

Map centre

About 8159,11673

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Places worth the risk

PlaceTypeCoordinatesNotes
Fire stationBase8143,11750The most recommended starting base
Police stationPolice8068,11734Gun storage
Kentucky State PrisonLandmark7683,11877Heavy zombie population
Gun storesGuns7580,11438Second at 8039,11439
Nursing home and six clinicsMedical8212,11496
Tool storesTools8178,11292Three in town
School and libraryBooks8330,11610
Farming storeSeeds9076,12190

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

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Where to live

The Rosewood fire station: vehicles, tools, and a defensible building in the quietest starting town. The best single tool source in the area.

How to fortify it: base building.

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Tips for Rosewood

  1. Start at the fire station, then the tool stores, then the farming store for seeds.
  2. The pottery workshop has a stack of Pottery books.
  3. Keep away from the prison until you have guns and a plan.
  4. March Ridge is a short drive south-east.
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Quick answers

What is the best base in Rosewood?

The fire station.

Is there a prison in Rosewood?

Yes, the Kentucky State Prison, just outside town, with many zombies.

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.