Combat
Tips regarding general combat, melee and guns.
Dealing with no multi-hit
The server has no multi-hit besides shotguns.
Try to keep zombies in a single-file conga line to tackle them one by one. When zombies are side by side, there is a chance the other will make a grab attempt. If simply walking away doesn't achieve this, try to shimmy side to side slightly.
Visibility
To make it easier to see who you are targeting with melee, you can enable a highlight around zombies you're aiming for.
- Go to Options
- Select the User Interface UI tab
- Tick Melee Target Outline
Staying fighting fit
Negative moodles can drastically reduce your combat damage and attack speed.
- Endurance is vital to combat. It affects factors such as the damage and attack speed of melee weapons, as well as movement speed. When you become out of breath(25% endurance used), the damage dealt by melee weapons is reduced to 50% and it decreases further.
- Sitting on the floor or in a chair by right click menu allows you to recover your endurance quickly. However, keep in mind that it takes some time to get back up.
- Try not to sprint whenever possible to conserve endurance. Besides sprinters you can usually outwalk zombies.
- Make sure you keep an eye on your fatigue and sleep when necessary.
- Avoid looting too much and becoming extremely over encumbered if zombies are near and you can't offload soon.
Take advantage of the environment
Zombies are poor climbers and will flop onto the floor after climbing through a window or over a fence. You can use this to your advantage, especially with sprinters.
Be careful when standing close, as the zombie will lunge on the ground towards you. This will momentarily stun lock your character if it hits. Try to either stand further away or be ready to hit them as soon as they come over.
Cars are also good obstructions for losing zombie pathing, or splitting up groups.
Note: Please be aware of the server rules on Discord regarding kill boxes, avoid artificially setting up an area to farm using fences, windows etc.
Picking fights
If you see a large group, approach slowly. Within a certain distance a few zombies on the edge should peel away, allowing you to tackle a smaller group. You can also press Q while crouching to do a whisper instead of a shout.
If you need to escape from zombies, get some distance, then switch to crouch walking to generate less noise. Turn sharp corners, weave around cars, trees or through buildings.
Video tutorials
Melee Tips
Common tips
Melee weapons have a minimum and maximum damage range; the closer you are to the weapon's maximum reach, the more damage you deal.
This is crucial when dealing with multiple zombies. For instance, if you can take down a zombie with a single swing instead of two, you effectively cut your endurance in half.
Weapon ranges vary; generally, two-handed weapons offer a longer reach, while one-handed weapons have a relatively shorter range.
Spear
One thing that trips people up with spears is the long single stab animation that can occur.
This depends on line of sight. If you're surrounded by zombies but only one is directly in front of you, the game will consider that a single zombie.
To avoid this either:
- Keep nimble walking, if you're moving the single stab shouldn't trigger.
- Always reposition if zombies are coming from the sides, or there isn't enough distance to comfortably do the single stab before another zombie has caught up in your conga line.
Firearms Advice
Shooting guns generates a lot of noise which alerts zombies in a wide radius.
For more info and tips see Guns