When that happens, zombies will start spawning and heading into random directions.
It’s important to understand a zombie’s field of view.
The direction their body faces is what matters.
Zombies also have a good but not perfect sense of hearing.
However keep in mind that the game is still under development and Zed behaviour also changes.
It’s not knows whether it’s a bug or an intentional effect, but beware.
Luckily it doesn’t happen very often.
Let’s move on to methods of losing pursuits.
a turned over table.
The zombies will walk around the room and head out if they don’t notice you.
You won’t be attacked as long as you stay in out of their reach.
Crawling in the grass is one of the best methods of avoiding zombies.
Crawling on a soft surface causes almost no noise and additionally makes you very hard to spot.
While moving like this, you might approach a zombie and almost tie its shoe laces.
A well aimed jump into bushes can also let you lose the pursuit.
If you do it properly, the zombie should become disoriented and walk away eventually.
However you should be very careful when using this method.
Zombies temporarily lose trail in the water, giving you enough time to run away.
Sometimes they don’t start chasing you again at all.
A very effective way of losing pursuits is running up steep hills.
PlayingDayZ, you will note that your character cannot run up steep slopes and neither can zombies.
What zombies cannot do however, is run zigzag up a hill.
If you’re in a trap or want to scrub the nearest area from zombies, throw an item.
Whatever can be said about the above method, darkness still stays the best defence against Zeds.
Losing zombies is made equally easy.
When it gets completely dark, the flashlight will become your best friend.
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