Essential Zombie Survival Tips

Duggy747

Right, hopefully we can sticky this.

This shall be the guide, the bible, for when the dead rises and walk the earth. Share your tips / strategies / etc.

Top tip:

Buy yourself a Combat Shotgun with plenty of shells. In the scenario that you are surrounded by many zombies the shotgun will provide a valuable path through it's wide blast area.

Remember, aim for the heads!

c - 13

Choose you melee weaponry now. Buy it, store it in your house and practice with it daily. You dont want to be caught out in a zombie apocalypse with two hand axes and no skill in using them now do you ?

Creature

Screwdrivers. Go in and out of the ear/eye easily and are small and very portable.

Sarn

There are several things to consider that would affect weapon selection.

1) Is there a risk of infection/curse from physical contact with the zombie?
2) Fast moving or shambling?
3) Individual or horde?

Long range weapons e.g. rifle, shotgun (shorter range), essentially any firearm capable of penetrating the skull and damaging the brain.

Advantages:
Maintains distance - minimises infection etc.
Thins out the horde rapidly.
Take down fast movers before they get to you.

Disdvantages:
Finite ammunition (essential to have melee weapon).
Access may be limited (if you live in a country were they are difficult to obtain).
Noisy, will attract the attention of other zombies.

Melee weapons e.g. axe, large blunt instrument (hurley, baseball bat), swords, flymo (needs electricity, not for on the move) etc.

Advantages:
Readily available.
Not ammunition based.
Effective against all zombie types.
Ideal against individual shamblers (conserve ammunition).

Disadvantages:
Close range, increased risk of injury/infection.
Physically demanding.
Slower than firearms.
Not ideal against a horde.
Sharp weapons prone to getting stuck in zombies (essential to have secondary weapon).
Not ideal for fast targets.

Immobilisation of zombies
Pitchfork: Offensive and defensive properties. Useful for holding zombies at a distance while fellow survivor dispatches.
Netting: Temporarily disable the zombie while you bludgeon them.

Protective equipment
Shields: Riot shields, that 'Gladiator' shield you got for Halloween, large trays.
Other protective equipment: Shin pads, sports helmets, modified life vest.
Vehicle: Out distance zombies, incapacitate large numbers. Preferably a security van or military vehicle. SUVs also useful (environmental concerns irrelevant).

tritium

Tip 1: Always give yourself options! By bringing a chainsaw and a boomstick (shotgun) you decide the range where you engage the undead horde

Tip 2: Kung Fu priests make useful sidekicks

Gather as many people as you can, but make sure about 5 of them are heavily trained and equiped. These can be the strike force that will gather food/recon the area.

Make out a list of places readily accessible for food scavenging. In the abscene of shops, learn to grow crops.

KingLoser

Prepare your zombie disguise now, before it's too late.

In extreme circumstances, safely escaping is more important than bloody mayhem.





...in VERY RARE extreme circumstances...

Duggy747

If you are in a group of survivors quickly scan for the weakest member, that person will be the bait in case hordes of zombies make their way through your safehouse. Quietly nform the others of the plan so nobody risks trying to save the poor fool. You could do the humane thing and shoot the bait once he's caught to give him a swift death, but zombies love a wiggler and it'll buy you those precious seconds.

Never travel at night, zombies don't sleep and you can't see them. You could be so spooked out that you'll waste ammunition on your own shadow whenever you see it or possibly another survivor.

Don't bother bringing meat around with you in hope that you can distract the zombies, they only desire warm flesh.

Zombies have no concept of hunger so don't waste time watching one feast on your "bait" and hope he'll be too full to give a shìt about you, the have an insatiable craving for flesh.

Camoflauge kakis can be a good idea but could only be well implemented if you need to hide in the woods, which in turn is never a good idea.

Calor gas cannistors are extremely helpful when properly rigged (Use something to trigger the explosion like fireworks, petrol, etc)

Find yourself a van (Transit van) as soon as you hear about an outbreak and armour it up to it's teeth, chain-saw slits are a must as well as crucifix-shaped holes on the side to give you up-down, left-right shooting angles.

Somnus

Form a local resistance force of people you know. The greater the group the more chance for survival. Each peson may have a crucial skill! Make sure all are prepared with at least some form of weaponry.

Choose a rendezvous point for said survival group

Sod'o swords

Spend the rest of your life from now on sprinting, then gather a group of friends and encourage them to sit around all day doing nothing so when they do attack you can out run your friends.

Doctor DooM

Get a girlfriend with a gun for a leg.

Nerin

this is my planned area to make a stronghold.it is 10 to 15 minutes walk from the town.
there is an already existing fence, behind which is a forest. at the other end is a high outcrop. to the left, the liffey. infront is grazing fields,which become extremely marsh in wet weather.

i propose to make camp beside the fence,at the clearing beside the river.
reinforce the existing fence,and make another around the perimeter.
make a fence beneath the outcrop and fill behind it with spike traps/petrol pit in case they try out flank us.

the existing marsh can be made more marshy with a small diversion in the river, thus slowing them down more.

the forest can be filled with traps in case of a perimeter breach,and as the stronghold grows,the camp can be taken to the tree tops.

the plan is to collect as many survivors in a bus and bring them to the site, getting them to build and keep watch etc
another team will make raids on the town for food supplies,useful things,survivors etc.

further away is the army base, where team two will raid for weaponry.

Sod'o swords

Nerin wrote: »

behind which is a forest.

There's a flaw, it will only end in a dramatic end chase, as the rain is pouring down and lightening hitting your very feet that the last batch will be picked off one by one from super fast tree lurking zombies, you are the last that remains and you cower under a old dying tree, then as thunder sounds a dark shadow lurches ever so slowly in your direction, then a crack of lighting and he's upon you!

Nerin

Sod'o swords wrote: »

There's a flaw, it will only end in a dramatic end chase, as the rain is pouring down and lightening hitting your very feet that the last batch will be picked off one by one from super fast tree lurking zombies, you are the last that remains and you cower under a old dying tree, then as thunder sounds a dark shadow lurches ever so slowly in your direction, then a crack of lighting and he's upon you!

the forest is surrounded by fences. filled with traps. they can try attack though
*serious look*

irish_boy90

bedlam wrote: »

Add:
Noisy, will attract the attention of other zombies.

your right. Get pistols or whatever gun has silencers. Keep the noisey ones for when theres no other way.

ryukobain

If civilisation still stands elsewhere and you are in a group ie witnesses, try to find the zombie version of someone you really hate, eg. your boss.
This way you get to brutally (kill) them without being done for murder, alternately if there is no law or witnesses try to feed the object of your hate to a zombie, before brutally dispatching them once they've (turned) therefore killing them twice!

pljudge321

Also remember to stay away from hot women, especially the up their own arse type, they'll be the first to be eaten/attacked.

Sod'o swords

Always apply zombie repellent on foggy mornings and any other day types to look ripe for "the rise"

minidazzler

Remember, Children are not the future they are a liability (but make great cover as they cant run too fast!!!)

Zombies DO NOT DIE unless you take there head OFF. Messing up the brain wont do much for a parasitic type where there is a Parasite in the neck of the victim. (They grow out of the zombie "Venom") The Head must come off.

With any gun you must have Dum-dum bullets to unless a Shottie cos they are good enough as they are.

Invest in a Leather Suit with a Kevlar inner liner. (Id love to see em bite through that!!!)

Cravez

minidazzler wrote: »

Invest in a Leather Suit with a Kevlar inner liner. (Id love to see em bite through that!!!)

Good point, i think most riot gear would suffice for this. Hard thick leather alround + full face guarded helmet should prevent any bites or unsuspecting bites. Id like to propose a prototype suit to be tried out which would be somthing like above - Riot Gear but also covering the entire gear with some sort of foul smelling substance like faeces or even old rotting flesh (NOT infected rotting flesh) or some sort of spray. The riot gear would have a gas mask so that the foul smell will not make the user feel sick but i think that such a suit could allow us to walk around without getting noticed by zombies. Zombies have quite poor sight and rely on smell of fresh human flesh to target prey, if they can't smell fresh human meat then they should not bother with those with the suits on as the foul smell will make them think it's one of them

Sod'o swords

If you're traveling in a group make sure you're not the annoying loud guy, the really quiet guy,a normal backround guy or the black guy who for some reason is always eaten first. try and be the leader, the leader is usually the main character so you'll most likely survive until the final chase scene.

MikeHoncho

Start getting used to the taste of tined fruits and meats now. The will be your only source of sustinance in the long months following the Zombie Apocalypse.

SPAM is the friend of the Zombie survivalist.

Somnus

Try to discover if any other countries have been infected.

You wouldnt want to cross the water to the UK only to find a port full of Zombies waiting there too :eek:

So many people wasted in vain...

Anyenama

well, this is all already done in Max Brooks-"The Zombie Survival Guide"

unreggd

Max Brooks is a zombie

if you read the book you will clearly see it concludes to itchy itchy tasty

S.I.R

if tit where me it would be me and 4000 ak-47 rounds... and a ak-47.... the worlds most deadly wepon, never breaks just needs oiling and a new firing pin now and then....



the first round of a ak-47..... Deadly to say the least... its quiet heavy to so if you run out of bullets, swing like a Kerry hurler !

String

Aim for the head and not the body. It really annoys me for some reason when watching movies they are aiming for the chest haha

Dartz

Buy a motorcycle.

Ride through the girdlock... filtering as you go.

Live on farm on bog in Offaly. Plenty of food, fuel and isolated enough. Also, near enough source of water and a power-station, if you play your cards right.

Edenderry/Clonbullogue should be far enough.

Akrasia

Its a little known fact about zombies that they are strangely attracted to the smell of Marmite.


If you have any marmite near you you should definitely consider getting rid of it. Or better yet, spread some around areas where you have dug up mass zombie capturing pits (a bit like leaving a jam jar with water in it outside to kill wasps)

irish_boy90

Dartz wrote: »

Buy a motorcycle.

Ride through the girdlock... filtering as you go.

Live on farm on bog in Offaly. Plenty of food, fuel and isolated enough. Also, near enough source of water and a power-station, if you play your cards right.

Edenderry/Clonbullogue should be far enough.

Actually the power station wouldn't be a bad place to stay.
Lots of power anyway and hopefully the zombies will sink into the bog.

That or go like shaun of the dead and head to the pub, lots to choose from in edenderry.

Dartz

There's a perfectly decent pub in Clonbullogue. And it has a pool table. At least it did when I was there.

Close to the powerplant. Much closer than Edenderry itself anyway

Porblem with staying at the plant though, is that there's only a basic barrier across the gates... and I'm not too sure exactly about how it manages it's power. I'll have to check if it's blackstart capable...

If it is... then it might be able to run off it's own electricity. If it isn't, it'll be like most large power stations, and will require energy coming in from the grid to be able to function correctly.

Still... It'd be a reasonably secure building... and the isolation will be real good. Only an hour or so from my house too