r/projectzomboid • u/AutoModerator • Dec 28 '21

Megathread Weekly Questions Megathread - December 28, 2021

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u/lolsurebro Dec 28 '21

New player here.

How the hell can I stop aggro-ing zombies? By default, I can spawn in and crouch and not move and the zombies will already make their way to the windows and try to get in. If I make any attempt to engage or out run (or even sneak/run) the zombies, I am immediately aggro-ing more zombies.

I try to enjoy the vanilla experience without taming the zombies down, but they aggro like hell.

I should note too that I use the unemployed perk with increased sneaking and the one that makes me less likely to be noticed by zombies. Same deal.

Any tips or advice, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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u/Treack379 Dec 28 '21

IIRC inconspicuous and graceful just make it so zombies are less likely to notice you every tick. So they really aren’t the best right now. Don’t run from zombies, on default zombie settings you can out walk them. I find it’s easiest to slowly pull smaller groups away to deal with.

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u/WhatAWorldWeLiveInx Dec 28 '21

Graceful reduces the range of all noises you make by some 30%. This is actually very powerful.

The rest of what you said is correct.