Zombies

Zombies are the dead people of Knox Country who came back after the outbreak. Each one still wears the clothes it had on when it turned. A police officer still wears the uniform, a firefighter still wears the turnout gear, and a cook still wears the apron. The game builds each zombie from an outfit. An outfit is a set of clothes for a job, a hobby or a place. Many outfits also put their own items in the pockets, so the clothes on a zombie give a hint about what it carries. Each page in this category covers one outfit. It lists the clothes the outfit can spawn with, the items that can be found on the corpse, the towns where it spawns and the weapons that can be stuck in it.

Outfits and Jobs

Most zombies wear ordinary clothes. These Generic zombies make up most of every crowd, in trousers, sweaters, jackets and sneakers. Work outfits are easy to spot. Police officers, firefighters, soldiers, doctors, nurses, mechanics and construction workers all still wear their uniforms. Shop and restaurant workers wear the uniform of the chain they worked for, from Spiffo's to Pizza Whirled. A few outfits belong to named characters from the random stories, such as a reverend, a judge or a radio reporter. Each of these appears only once, in a scene built around them.

Where Crowds Gather

The map has zombie zones. A zombie zone is an area where a crowd of one type spawns. Offices, factories, restaurants and construction sites have the most zones. Police stations, diners, bars, clinics, prisons and car repair shops come next. A zone fills most of its crowd with the outfit that fits the place, such as cooks and waiters in a restaurant or inmates and guards in a prison. The rest of the crowd wears ordinary clothes. Outside the zones, most zombies are Generic, with the odd police officer, ranger or biker among them. Some zones only spawn on a random roll when the area first loads. A wedding zone, for example, can fill a church with a bride, a groom and a priest.

Loot on Zombie Corpses

Any zombie can have a few items in its pockets. Outfits with their own loot list add items that match the job. Police zombies carry badges and pistol rounds. Soldiers carry rifle rounds, magazines and field rations, and doctors carry medical supplies. The clothes on a corpse can be taken too. Bulletproof vests, military boots, firefighter jackets and backpacks are the most useful.

Weapons Stuck in Zombies

Some zombies spawn with a weapon stuck in them. Knives can be stuck in the back, the shoulder, the legs or the stomach. A meat cleaver can be stuck in the back, and a spear or an umbrella in the stomach. Some of these only appear after the first few weeks of a game. Zombies in uniform carry their own gear instead. Police zombies can still have a pistol in the holster, and soldiers can still have a rifle on their back.

Notes

The pictures on these pages show each outfit on the game's own models, in the zombie walk.
An outfit page with several tabs covers outfits that share a theme, such as the colour versions of one uniform.
The chance in each clothing table is the chance that the piece spawns on the zombie.