What happens to the zombies after they have killed me?

[robertstuartmarshall 1]

This is a question I am curious about, especially when it comes to the zombies who give chase to me from a town and end up catching me miles away in the forest/countryside.

I have only been killed twice in that way when I have alerted the zombies and then had that hilarious Benny Hill chase through the beautiful countryside to end up as a zombie platter when I either try to turn and face them or they catch me after I stuck on a bush.

Do they stay in that area where my corpse now is or do they shuffle back to where I initially had them spot me? Or do they just disappear? I have never seen the after events because both times I have ran in such a random pattern that there is simply no way I could ever locate the corpse ever again, not even with a map and compass.

Just curious.

[That1Drifter 32]

They disappear after a while.

[Yourself 2]

They definetly don't go back, same as if you throw a bottle/can to lure them out of a building. They eventually despawn or fall victim to the server restart.

[robertstuartmarshall 1]

Aha, that's what happens. Thank you for the swift responses, helps stifle my curious mind :)

[savini 587]

they eat you and look for more...

=P

[robertstuartmarshall 1]

Why the dirty swine .. eat me? EAT ME? by jingo, I will have none of that.

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theyll stay around your corpse eating it for quite awhile before eventually despawning