Combat

Swinging

• Press Attack to swing the weapon in your hand; hold it to keep swinging. Tapping a zombie walks you over and attacks it.
• Fast weapons swing every 0.4 seconds, heavy ones every half second. You walk at half speed while swinging.
• Every hit does 90–110% of the weapon's damage and knocks the zombie back (bloaters barely budge, and the Brute hardly at all).
• Swinging costs energy. See Health, hunger & thirst.

Dodging

• Roll throws you a short way in the direction you're moving. You can't be hurt during the roll.
• After you're bitten you get a brief moment where nothing else can hurt you.
• A zombie has to stand next to you for a moment before it bites, and then needs about a second before it can bite again.

Weapons

Item	Damage	Swing	Also	Weight
Baseball Bat	15	Fast	—	0 kg
Lead Pipe	20	Heavy	—	0 kg
Axe	6	Heavy	Chops trees, smashes wood	0 kg
Pickaxe	5	Heavy	Breaks rocks, scraps metal	0 kg
Crowbar	17	Fast	Pries boarded doors	0 kg
Machete	26	Fast	—	0 kg
Fire Axe	32	Heavy	Chops trees, smashes wood	0 kg
Katana	44	Fast	—	0 kg
Chainsaw	14	Heavy	Chops trees, smashes wood	0 kg
Jackhammer	11	Heavy	Breaks rocks, scraps metal	0 kg
Sledgehammer	40	Heavy	Breaks rocks, scraps metal	0 kg
Combat Knife	12	Fast	—	0 kg
Rusty 9mm	28	Heavy	—	0 kg
9mm Pistol	30	Heavy	—	0 kg
Prestige 9mm	34	Heavy	—	0 kg
9mm Smg	14	Heavy	—	0 kg
Pump Shotgun	14	Heavy	—	0 kg

Tips

• Fight in doorways and corridors so they come at you one at a time.
• Knock one back, step in, hit again. Don't stand still in a crowd.
• A Crowbar or Machete swings fast; a Sledgehammer hits hardest.
• Wear Armor once you find it.