Beginner's Guide
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Table of content:
- HUD & Interface
- Getting started
- Survival & Scavenging
- Equipment & Gear
- Zombies
- Grouping
- Player vs Player
- Heroes & Bandits
- Transportation resources
HUD & Interface
Sound Indicator lets you know how much sound you make, this will increase upon moving while running and shooting. Crouching allows you to maintain a low sound level to avoid detection by the zombies. Players however may not hear your footsteps that easily so it shouldn't be a problem against players when it comes to making sound by running. Shooting however my alert nearby players and they'll most likely react to it.
Visibility Indicator lets you know how hidden you are at your current position, standing will increase your visibility towards zombies where as crouching will reduce these standards significantly. The indicator increase will not affect other players that much though at some points you may want to stay out of lines of sight as much as possible.
Bone Indicator has a chance to appear once you've taken damage from another player through weaponry impact or falling from a height. You won't be able to swim underwater, sprint, crouch & jump. You can remove this indicator by using morphine which can be found most likely at hospitals.
Ski-mask Indicator lets you keep track of your current humanity level, a player starts with 2500 humanity which will decrease upon killing a non-bandit. Once you've gained -1 humanity you will become a bandit and players are granted with bandit kills upon killing you. Once you gain 2500 humanity again you will lose your bandit level. Killing bandits will replenish your humanity, once 5000 you will become a hero, allowing you to sprint faster and reduce blood impact from small caliber weapons such as the colt.45 pistol. You can gain humanity from applying a blood pack to another player.
Temperature Indicator lets you keep track on your temperate which will lower when being near, in or closely above water. You can replenish your heat level through the means of a heat-pack, standing close to a fire or running.
Thirst Indicator lets you keep track of your thirst level, drinking is necessary to stay alive. Overtime your thirst level will go down, meaning you have to drink either a water bottle, soda bottle or milk can. The best time to consume one is when your indicator is red, it'll replenish your thirst level all the way back.
Blood Indicator lets you keep track of your blood level, a player has 12000 blood upon joining the game which is also the maximum level of blood a player can have. Blood will reduce due impact from zombies, players or falling. You can restore lost blood through blood packs, medic-kits or consuming food. A blood pack will restore 12000 blood, medic-kits will restore 6000 blood. You will need another player to consume a blood pack.
Hunger Indicator lets you keep track of your hunger level, eating is necessary to stay alive. Overtime your hunger level will go down, meaning you have to eat either cooked meat, a pizza, a burger, a cans of baked beans or a can of pasta. Food can also replenish your blood level. Raw meat will restore 500 blood to a player, pizza's and burgers will restore 300 blood to a player, the cans of pasta or baked beans will restore 200 blood to a player upon consuming.\
Getting Started
Upon logging into the game world, you'll spawn near the ocean, on land. When you look into your inventory with J you'll see that you got 2 bandages and 1 painkiller. The first thing you want to do is to get off the shores and venture into a settlement, this can be Angel Pine, El Quebrados, Las Payasadas, Palomino Creek, Los Santos, San Fierro, Las Venturas, etcetera. Here you'll find gear spawns which contains weaponry, ammunition, food and drinks, medical supplies and misc items. You will need these items to survive in the world and to withstand zombie or player attacks. The first thing you want to do is to gather food, get atleast something to drink and something to eat as this is most likely your main concern. Once you've managed to gather these you want to get protection, as a start it's easier to get a katana or a knife to fight off zombies silently.
Once you've managed to obtain these you want to either get a pistol or such to defend yourself from a safe distance. Next thing you want to acquire is a backpack, there are 3 kinds of backpacks, the small backpack which will give you a grand total of 16 slots to use, the alice backpack which gives you a grand total of 28 slots to use and the coyote backpack which is currently the biggest backpack in the game and gives you 36 slots to use. Once you've obtained these you might want to gather medical supplies and perhaps a primary weapon to defend you better. Don't be afraid to loot items which are enlisted in your tool-belt, they don't add to any weight. Once you've gathered a fair amount of items you're ready to venture in the game, meeting others players to assist you against the horde of zombies or perhaps to murder these players as you see fit!
