Enemies, Zombies & Bandit AI — Full Threat Matrix

🧟 The Infected Horde

The primary nocturnal threat. Individually minimal, but danger scales exponentially with the day count. By Day 123, waves exceed 130 simultaneous entities.

          Scaling Rule: Zombie volume and power scale directly with the server's day count. Accelerating the time multiplier to 7x proportionately accelerates the horde's threat level. What begins as a trickle on Day 1 becomes massive, overwhelming swarms in the deep endgame.
        

Standard Zombie Types

Standard Infected

Appears Day 1+. Basic pathfinding targeting the closest player or generator. Minimal individual threat.

Crawler

Appears Day 1+. Moves along the ground, hard to hit with melee swings. Low profile avoids some turret lines.

Naked Green Zombie

Appears early game. Deceptively high HP for its spawn timing. Don't underestimate the green ones.

Riot Zombie

Appears mid-game. Front-facing shield blocks bullets and melee. Completely immune from the front — flank or use AoE.

Explosive Zombie

Appears mid-game. Explodes on death in AoE radius, destroying nearby blocks and turrets. Kill at range — never melee.

Ghost Zombie

Appears Night 10+. Semi-transparent/invisible until close range. Extremely dangerous in dark environments.

🧬 Zombie Mutation Database

Specialized mutations encountered during extended survival runs. Full HP and damage values required for the Combat Calculator.

Mutation Class	Health (HP)	Damage	Threat Level
Slime Monster	70 HP	7	Low
Sand Monster	85 HP	10	Low
Volcanic Zombie	90 HP	15	Medium
Explosive Zombie	95 HP	15	Medium
Void Slime Monster	115 HP	14	Medium
Giant Emerald Zombie	130 HP	30	High
Giant Golden Zombie	140 HP	35	High
Giant Crystal Zombie	150 HP	45	High
Angelic Zombie	250 HP	40	Extreme
Demonic Zombie	320 HP	55	Extreme
Phantom Zombie	350 HP	60	Extreme
Extreme Zombie	500 HP	95	Boss-Level
Extreme Fast Zombie	500 HP	75	Boss-Level

🧟 Walker Combat Mechanics

The baseline Walker has specific combat parameters that all calculations build upon:

Medium

Health Pool

Player Speed

10–50%

HP per Bite

1.5s

Attack Cooldown

Walkers can break windows, doors, and barricades to breach fortified positions. Never rely on a single wall layer.

👹 Titan Zombie — Blood Moon Boss

The Titan spawns during the Day 50 Blood Moon event. It is the most dangerous entity in the game.

Titan Zombie

Blood Moon Boss

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Massive HP

Immune

Crowd Control

Extreme

Structural DMG

How to Defeat the Titan

Coordinate the entire team's fire on the Titan simultaneously
Assign one player to kite the Titan — draw aggro away from infrastructure in a circular pattern
Keep the Titan within overlapping turret fire zones for maximum sustained DPS
Commander's Level 2 Defense Debuff (-20%) is critical for reducing the Titan's effective HP
Engineer must focus on mid-combat repairs to walls the Titan damages

🎯 Bandit AI — Tactical PvE Threat

Unlike mindless zombies, Bandit AI uses coordinated military-style tactics. They are programmed PvE entities (distinct from human "Player Bandits").

          Key Behavior: Bandits spawn in large, aggressive squads. They "rush" your coordinates, physically enter buildings, and systematically search premises for you. They display complex spatial awareness that far exceeds zombie pathfinding.
        

Bandit Role	Arsenal	Strategy	Threat Level
Infantry Squad	Firearms / Knives (40 DMG)	Search buildings, rush coordinates, hitbox targeting	High
Vehicle Driver	Vehicle	Pursuit, rapid map traversal	Moderate
Vehicle Gunner	Firearms	Mobile suppressive fire	High
Vehicle Passenger	Grenades	Anti-structure sabotage, explosive deployment	Extreme

Bandit Survival Tactics

Early Game — Stealth

Before heavy weapons, use environmental stealth: hide in closets, crouch under tables, use geometry to break line-of-sight while squads search the area.

Targeting Priority

Kill the Passenger first — removes grenade threat to structures. Then eliminate the Driver to halt mobility. The Gunner loses effectiveness without vehicle support.

          Damage Model: Bandits use hitbox-based damage — headshots deal significantly more damage than body/extremity shots. At close quarters, their knives inflict a flat 40 damage per strike on a fast attack cycle. Makeshift Armor (35% mitigation) is essential for surviving early Bandit encounters.
        

👁️ The Hunter (Necromancer Entity)

Introduced in the March 21, 2026 update. The Hunter explicitly targets players who stay outside their base during nighttime past the curfew.

⚠️ "You are being hunted."

When this warning text flashes on screen, the Hunter has locked onto your position. Key characteristics:

Exceptionally fast movement speed
Erratic, unpredictable movement patterns (hard to hit)
Massive health pool requiring significant sustained fire to kill
Spawns specifically when players linger outside base during night

Only counter: Sprint to your base perimeter immediately. Certain zombie types despawn when you cross the base threshold, preventing infinite death loops.

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