How to Evade a Zombie While Unarmed (1.7.1.1)

[gusmanak 1]

I had fraps running when I pulled aggro from one zombie on 1.7.1.1, armed with a flashlight I successfully evaded the zombie.

Video Tutorial:

[Bluegobln 0]

This is an important thing to realize about a game with such a high level of realism. Many new players are completely unaware that line of sight matters even for the zombies.

This trick is awesome. I had no idea you could do that around just a TREE. O.o

Thanks. :D

[Joyrider (DayZ) 0]

BRILLIANT!

[gusmanak 1]

I wish I could find the original person who gave me the idea to try this...

[MissBehave 37]

I wish I could find the original person who gave me the idea to try this...

Glad to see it worked! I have been using this as well, given that I am experiencing no food or ammo drops in buildings right now.. I have become quite the tree dodger. >.<

[wordplayuk@gmail.com 101]

nicely done.

[Gibbonici 9]

Nice :) Looking forward to trying this now the hotfix is out. Hopefully the FPS issue I had will be fixed (sounds like it is).

Also, I guess the side effect of this will be that zombies end up spread out where people lost them, unless they despawn after a while. Random zombies in the woods can only be a good thing :)

[Finkle 0]

This is actually groundbreaking for me.. I knew you could lose them in the newest update but now I'm going to give this a try. I dislike firing my gun ever if I can help it.. Probably wouldn't help if you were being chased by a handful of zeds though

[gusmanak 1]

Oh no, no. I don't think this would work as well with anymore than one. Two, Maybe...?

But this is perfect for the evasion of one zombie for sure, and that alone is worth gold in many situations.

[esaciar 1]

Funniest.

Video.

Ever.

[DareDiver 4]

Ive ran around or threw a building and then went prone that worked too. But im gonna try the tree huggin bit.

[AtR (DayZ) 4]

That's brilliant! :D

Went into zombietown today during the day for the first time after the patch, I evaded my bunch by entering a house with them not having direct LOS on me.

Then again, I was armed to the teeth but LOS ditching works.

[Tujin 0]

I tried to evade some using hay bales, and I definitely saw them lose aggro, but it seemed like they reaggroed as soon as they heard my steps. Will have to test further.

[RachetSmurf 2]

I had fraps running when I pulled aggro from one zombie on 1.7.1.1' date=' armed with a flashlight I successfully evaded the zombie.

Video Tutorial:

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GOOD JOB! Proof it's not that hard to lose a zed.

[treshold82 28]

Brilliant, gotta test this out...

[Kolchak (DayZ) 5]

Had to stop hitting replay, can't breathe. I'm going to be saying "OH FUCK MARK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK RUN FUCK" anytime something bad happens for a few days.

[Gravelsack 3]

Fuck yeah! lead them out into the woods 1 by 1, LOS, shoot, loot, repeat. You're Zombie Farming!

[Finkle 0]

Also, the confusion of the zombie is priceless.. Almost makes me feel bad gunning them down now.. Almost.

The updated able-to-be-confused zombies are way better than the previous see/hit-you-through-walls-and-chase-you-to-infinity-zombies

[changrey 2]

This needs to be seen by more people - the aggro is quite significant in the latest patches, but this is proof that single zombies does not need to end your characters life.

Similar things can be done in the large brown barns with side entrances (get in through the big double doros, duck into the side, go prone and GTFO as fast as possible) by the way, although it seems a bit more hit-n-miss.

[gusmanak 1]

So many people have been complaining about the update... What bothers me is that they're blaming the fact that they don't have their precious Makarov.

It's really not that hard to evade zombies, noobs should get it down as long as they know how.

[Yammazul 0]

10 thumbs up for the useful info, thanks. So far I have only been able to LOS the ones who are not right up my arse, the sprinters I still had problems with, until you came along! Could only really lose them before if a building was close >

[Mays (DayZ) 154]

Amazing. Subscribed. Upload more DayZ.

[drayson 158]

Anyone who thinks the game is un-playable due to zombie aggression really needs to watch this vid....It isn't hard at all.

[gusmanak 1]

As long as you get him pinned behind a tree (Which is easy because their melee range is insane) you can get away from him no problem. Yet... People are still complaining...

[JohnSmith (DayZ) 1]

Hilarious!

But you should not have posted this.

Will undoubtedly be "hot-fixed" out now shortly... then reverted. Then fixed again. And after that maybe Mr. zombie will get a chainsaw or something to properly deal with such situations.

Wait. What was the topic again?