verser Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 zombies seems to take an extremely long time to die from water exposure/drowning long enough to break concrete. i think that water should be more harmful to zombies. my base is under a lake and a screamer survived long enough to dig straight down through 4 layers of sand and 4 blocks of upgraded flagstone before i had to kill her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightgemini Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Should zeds drown at all should be the question. If they are undead and dont breath they should stay there. If that limits freedom to be creative and build were you want maybe they should drown fast like the player. But wouldnt it make it too easy to have an unbeatable base? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Walking-Dad Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I didn't think zombies could drown in this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morloc Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I'd settle for them moving very slowly/erratically when in water. I don't think they'd have the brain function and dexterity necessary to swim. Walking across the bottom would pose all sorts of problems which would impede a Z trying it. Surely the ability to punch cement underwater would also be mitigated... -Morloc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verser Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share Posted June 20, 2016 even if they are the type of zombie that doesn't breath exposing non regeneration flesh will cause its decay at an accelerated rate unless the water is a very cold and oxygen deprived then it becomes bloated, spongy and very easy to pull apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7DaySonney Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 even if they are the type of zombie that doesn't breath exposing non regeneration flesh will cause its decay at an accelerated rate unless the water is a very cold and oxygen deprived then it becomes bloated, spongy and very easy to pull apart. Now this seems to make sense to me. Also, traversing inclines at the bottom of a lake / ocean would seem to be an almost insurmountable task as they would have difficulty climbing up grades, imho, leading them to accumulate at some low-point and eventually watter-log and die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFubar Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 I think they work correctly underwater, they are zombies they can't drown and shouldn't die from water, that would make it way to easy to just lead them to water and drown them all. I think they already just walk across the bottom, and move more slowly or attack slower underwater. In fact I think the water is too safe currently, if you swim at the surface the zombies under water cant get to you, though eventually follow you out of the water if they kept up with you. I would like some sort of water predator that either contracted the zombie disease or just is unchecked now that you have to worry about when swimming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjsigma Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 (X1) Not sure if they're drowning, but I don't know how they're dying. I build an elevated base in a desert biome on top of two large boulders a stone throw's away from a large lake. It's pretty secure, but I needed sand so I started swimming and digging. This is when I noticed the bottom of the lake is covered in zombie carcasses. Is this "drowning" or "water damage"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herrpohl Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Zombies are on a death timer (less than a day last time I tested it). They don't take any damage from being underwater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin1000 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 I think zombies should drown and should attack slower / weaker under water. Also there should be infected crocodiles that kill the player and zombies. Also the crocodiles should be able to come out on to land Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricp Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Tell you what would be nice, although I don't see it being added, is a little trail of bubbles showing on the surface of water. I was mining some boulders near a shore and the game lagged for a second (normally an indicator on my machine a horde had been spawned somewhere near). I kept a look out, nervous, and couldn't see anything. I carried on harvesting only for a f**king dog horde to appear out of the water and head towards me. A large rock and a touch of SMG sorted the situation, but it was a bit of a shock seeing 6 of the buggers doing a Daniel Craig moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sennen Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 +1 to Kevin1000's thread necromancy skill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyStar Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Okay but what if these zombies aren't dead? What if the "Virus" is some kind of symbiotic-type parasite? Opens up a lot of possibilities. For all we know, that could heal these zombies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricp Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Out of interest, can zombies make noise under water? Anyone with even a slight scientific bent will see the problem with that if they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowydeath Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I'd settle for them moving very slowly/erratically when in water. I don't think they'd have the brain function and dexterity necessary to swim. Walking across the bottom would pose all sorts of problems which would impede a Z trying it. Surely the ability to punch cement underwater would also be mitigated... -Morloc The zombies could become waterlogged and fall apart/die when they're underwater too long. They are full of holes after all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pahbi Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 If water stopped zombies, everyone would have bases in water on stilts, so I don't expect water is ever going to completely stop zombies, just from a game point of view. But I've kited zombies into lakes and watched them, they definitely slow down a bunch under water. I wonder if shotgun turrets will fire underwater? Would be kind of funny to use water to slow down zombies while the turrets mow them down. - P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krougal Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Well considering the sounds zombies make - sounds like breathing most of the time, and then of course all the audible groans/grunts/gurgling/etc they make; zombie speak such as it is - you need to be able to breathe to speak right? Then there is the fact that they will eat you, dead things don't need to eat. And of course see, hear, smell - undeath seems to be more like an "alternative lifestyle" than actually being dead when you really stop to think about it. I don't really expect zombies to drown, although considering the above it doesn't seem unreasonable. Burning zombies don't stop burning underwater, that bothers me more than normal zombies not drowning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pahbi Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Are zombies sinkers or floaters? If they sink they should get stuck in the mud and eventually decompose. If they float they should flounder around helplessly. - P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krougal Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Are zombies sinkers or floaters? If they sink they should get stuck in the mud and eventually decompose. If they float they should flounder around helplessly. - P Fat bastard left a floater!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pahbi Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicUs5000 Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I like that they can't drown. I like that they walk across the bottom. I don't like that they all walk across the bottom. I agree that swimming zombies would be ridiculous. However, there could be a couple bloated zombies that float on the surface due to gas bloating and flap around angrily and erratically while trying to move. I wish there was also mud... so that sleeper zombies could rise out of it as you walk by.,, or at least a sewer system under the cities with murky water to accomplish the same effect. It would be pretty terrifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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