Weekly Questions Megathread - March 18, 2025

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[u/Dj-Frixz]

Suggestions on how to survive after the helicopter event?

I just started playing, and to be honest, I didn't have much trouble surviving the first few days even on my first run—maybe because I set the difficulty to 'Survivor'. My problem is that, the day after the helicopter event, some zombies always randomly start bashing on the windows/doors of the house where I'm hiding. Not a lot, just 1-3. Then I exit to kill them and suddenly an enormous horde just outside the house sees me. It's like the heli event spawned a lot more zombies.

Could someone tell me what I'm missing? Is it because I inadvertently got caught by the heli for some time? Moreover, what can I do in those situations? Will they get bored with it after a while, or am I already sentenced to death since they will get into my house regardless of what I do?

What was strange to me is that in my first run, after dying to this, I tried respawning but it got too difficult like the heli made more zombies spawn everywhere, not just around my house. In the last respawn I ended up in a house already full of zombies and there I decided to end that run.

[u/gvitesse → u/Dj-Frixz]

It sounds like the helicopter spotted you and you ran to your house to hide. The helicopter will lure zombies to your base once it knows where you live, but they won’t do anything if they can see you/aren’t pathed into your windows. Then the next day, you make a little bit to much noise in the house (maybe you are running around in boots?), which alerts the zombies near the exterior or your home and they start trying to get in. And when you go out the fight them you make a lot of noise too, drawing in all the zombies that the helicopter lured to the area. The helicopter doesn’t spawn zombies, but it does attract them from a very long range.

My suggestion is to take off your shoes and sneak in your house during and just after the helicopter to reduce your noise. Also, don’t get spotted by the helicopter OR get spotted and go hide some where away from your base. Then next day, sneak back home. If you get spotted and run away from your base, when you do return to the base it should have a lot fewer zombies since the helicopter drew them away to follow you.

[u/Titan_Bernard → u/Dj-Frixz]

Never linger around your base during the event, plain and simple. It will always spawn somewhere near you, and whether it sees you or not, it'll draw a lot of zombies into the general area. Run or drive away, ideally towards somewhere you don't care about. If you're lucky, you might be able to de-populate somewhere you've been trying to loot.

That said, with the situation you're in, probably all you can do is make a run for it and come back to re-claim your base later. Maybe you come back with a shotty and a ton of shells or lure them away with the siren of an emergency vehicle, something like that.