Tips - 1. Head shots. Get them 2. Get as many survivors as you can in first area. 3. Save & Quit constantly. If your survivors get slaughtered, continue from save and try again. 4. Search the houses that have lots of weapons with your survivor Search Party full, and preferably the first house you search in AREA 2 and AREA 3. Pay attention to the stats and play around with the survivors you put in the search party and go with the best combo 5. AFTER YOU HAVE ALL THE AVAILABLE OR DESIRABLE WEAPONS IN THE AREA, YOUR SEARCH PARTY SHOULD ONLY HAVE 1 MEMBER IN IT! Pick the guy who has a low chance of finding anything, but a decent chance of going unnoticed or surviving. This is to clear out all the houses in the area so you can move quickly to the next area and get better weapons, with most of your survivors still alive.