What to do

[GrimJack 0]

So after a lot of hard work I managed to get into some server :) I start scavanging some ammo and food. While browsing through loots a zombie walks through a wall and starts attacking me. I shot it with 4 magazines until knocked unconscious and died.

So I am not really sure what am I supposed to do in here

[Max Planck 7174]

You could start by reading one of the many guides. There is even one stickied.

[=TeP=Roxx0r 19]

This game includes perma-death, so you can't play this game anymore. It's over.

No, just hit ESC, choose 'Disconnect' once, then 'OK', and you'll start with a new character.

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[GrimJack 0]

I am bit dissapointed with this death though... had been careful and then zombie walks through the wall and i cant kill him :(

[adimch 1]

I've never seen Zombies walk through walls, only doors. They can damage you through them, though.

Are you sure you unloaded four whole magazines into one? Seems a little exaggerated, four shots, maybe.

[moxrox 5]

Aim for the head and they drop fast...

[GrimJack 0]

I was in a building next to a door. It looked like it walked through the wall as it was attacking me from the corner of a room instead of the door side. I kept shooting for as long as I was living. I could see blood marks as I shot it but still no luck in killing it.

I was aiming everywhere and all failed ha

[moxrox 5]

You have to be sneaky in this game too....learn at what distance you can pass by and what situations you better avoid. If you have just a pistol...aim for the head if possible. Watch the indicators for noise....Zombies can hear you.

[mrducky (DayZ) 33]

I've never seen Zombies walk through walls' date=' only doors. They can [i']damage you through them, though.

Are you sure you unloaded four whole magazines into one? Seems a little exaggerated, four shots, maybe.

You're kidding me, right?

If you ask me, walking through walls is their favorite hobby... Right next to hitting you through walls, and walking half-inside floors... and de-sync warping in general. :P

Well, maybe that was a little bit exaggerated, but anyway, they certainly can do all of those things. I've certainly witnessed those more than once.

And yeah, you can often also fail to shoot them. For example, if you are prone inside a building, the shots can just hit the floor in front of you rather than the zed, even if your aim seems dead-accurate. (That's one reason to avoid going prone inside buildings - the other reason is that you may end up breaking your bones doing that stuff).

Also, if the zed is still half inside the wall, you'll probably just hit the wall, rather than the zed if you try to shoot at him. So, you gotta back up a bit to allow the zed to properly emerge through the wall... They are tricky bastards those zeds - but no match once you know all of their tricks! :D

So yeah, I can fully believe someone new to the zed trickery trying to unload several magazines at a zed but fail at hitting him. :D (Hint: pay attention to the hit effect, is it blood or some other effect. If it's something else, don't waste your ammo, just try to lure the zed to a better position where he will actually take damage.)

Oh, and if you are lagging badly, it may take several seconds for the zed to register the hits and to actually die, even if you get the blood hit effect. Just keep your distance to it during that time.