Corpse
| Corpse | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Zombies |
| Type | Corpse |
| Weight | 20 |
| Burned With | |
| Buried With | Shovel |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.CorpseMale/additem Base.CorpseFemale
|
A Corpse is a dead body lying in Knox Country. Many of them are zombies that have been killed. Some are survivors who died before the game started, and they are found in houses or in random story scenes. Now and then a corpse is found in the trunk of a car.
Every corpse keeps the clothes and items it had on when they were alive, so it is worth searching before it is moved. Corpses rot over time. A pile of rotting corpses makes anyone nearby sick, so it is best to burn or bury the bodies near a base.
How to Move a Corpse
A corpse can be dragged by holding the Interact key next to it. Holding the key again drops it. Only one corpse can be dragged at a time. A burning corpse cannot be grabbed.
A corpse counts as a heavy item. Getting into a car makes the character drop any heavy item in their hands, so a corpse cannot be taken along in a car this way. The usual way to clear an area is to drag the corpses to a fire or a grave.
How to Burn a Corpse
A corpse can be burned with the Burn Corpse option. It needs a lighter or matches and a container with gasoline in it. The lighter or matches go in the main hand, and the gasoline goes in the other hand. Each corpse uses a small amount of gasoline. A corpse can also be burned by dragging it onto a lit campfire.
What the Burn Corpse option takes, and the hand each item goes in.
| Name | Image | Hand | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lighter | 
|
Main hand | /additem Base.Lighter
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| Gas Can | 
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Off hand, with gasoline | /additem Base.PetrolCan
|
How to Bury a Corpse
Corpses can also be buried in a grave, which uses no gasoline. The Dig Graves option needs a shovel. A grave needs two tiles of natural ground, such as dirt or grass. It can only be dug outdoors at ground level. Each grave holds up to five corpses. When it is full, the shovel is used again to fill it in.
Dead animals can be buried in a grave too. A sledgehammer destroys a grave and everything in it. Corpses in a grave never get back up, which helps when the sandbox setting for fake dead zombies is on.
The tools that dig a grave, fill it in and break it apart.
| Name | Image | Use | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shovel | 
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Digs and fills graves | /additem Base.Shovel2
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| Sledgehammer | 
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Breaks graves | /additem Base.Sledgehammer
|
Corpse Sickness
Rotting corpses smell, and the smell can make a survivor sick. This happens when more than five corpses are piled up together and flies can be seen and heard around them. The Noxious Smell moodle shows how bad the smell is. It has three levels. The first level is only a warning, and the next two make the survivor sick.
Corpse sickness slows healing and lowers carrying capacity. It goes away once the survivor has eaten and rested, and lemongrass also helps. The easiest fix is to move away from the corpses. Outdoors, ten tiles away is far enough. Indoors, leaving the building or going to a different floor is enough. A gas mask or a breathing apparatus also blocks the smell.
The sandbox settings control how much rotting corpses affect health and mood. The options go from None to Insane.
Possible Loot Items on Corpses
The items and clothes on a corpse can be taken. Zombie corpses carry items that match their outfit. For example, a dead police officer can have a badge and pistol rounds. Jackets, bags and boots can be taken off a corpse as well. Each page in the Zombies category lists what that outfit wears and carries.
Notes
- Zombie corpses disappear from the world after a set number of in-game hours. The sandbox settings control how long that takes.
- Maggots can appear in and around rotting corpses. A sandbox setting can limit them to inside the corpse or turn them off.
- Zombies sometimes stop to eat a corpse, but rotting corpses do not attract more zombies.
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