Bare Hands
| Bare Hands | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Improvised Weapon |
| Skill | - |
| Damage | 0.2-0.4 |
| Range | -1.1 |
| Crit | - |
| Condition | - |
| Weight | 1 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Location | Crafted only |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.BareHands
|
Bare Hands are the default weapon whenever a survivor holds nothing that can fight. Every character can fight this way from the start. Unarmed combat has two moves, the shove and the stomp, and the game picks between them from the target's position.
The shove pushes a zombie back and can knock it to the ground. The stomp deals damage to a zombie that is already down. Both moves stay available while a weapon is in hand. The Space key performs them even with a weapon equipped. Strength and tiredness change how well both moves work.
Combat
The shove is the first move. It deals no damage, but a hit pushes the zombie back and may knock it over. With multi-hit on, one shove can push up to three zombies. A weapon also falls back to a shove when the target stands closer than its minimum range.
The stomp is the finisher. It only works on a zombie lying on the ground. Each stomp deals between 0.2 and 0.4 damage, so a kill can take many stomps. The game reads the hit from where the survivor stands, not where the foot lands. Standing over the head gives the best results. A stomp on the legs alone can wound a zombie but never kills it.
Unarmed fighting drains endurance fast, because the attacks are weak and the fights run long. It works against a single zombie and can handle two by shoving one away while stomping the other. Three or more zombies are a reason to run or split the group. A fence helps a great deal. A zombie climbing over falls into a slow animation, and stomps can land while it is stuck there.
Notes
- A zombie stays down while a survivor or another zombie stands on it.
- Shove a zombie to the floor, step onto its chest, then stomp at the head.
- Killing a lone zombie by hand lets its body be looted for weapons or clothing.
- Jogging forward right as the stomp sound plays cancels the animation for faster stomps, but it wears out shoes quickly.
- Kills made mostly without a weapon show up as Bare Hands under Favorite Weapon.
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