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Hugo9CF

Can zombies destroy lockers?

Question

I'm currently based in Riverside school, upstairs with all stairs destroyed - however I still need secure access to the kitchen (until I can move an oven). I've blocked doors to the kitchen with a vending machine and by removing the door frame and building a wall, then placing a locker on either side - so far it seems to be working, but I don't know for sure if it's secure or if I've just been lucky thus far.

Does anyone know for sure? Can zombies break through a locker to get at me while I'm cooking?

Posted Jun 20, 2021, 11:57 PM UTC

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Upset-Photo•

To my knowledge all furniture you move counts as "player made" and is destructible. That should include lockers (I thought my fridge/vending machine wall was safe - it was not). I don't think there is a legitimate way to make a ground level base zombie proof. You would need to use half fences in front of furniture, which prevented zombies from climbing over the fence so they can't destroy what's behind the fence. I don't know if it's fixd yet but I doubt it.

Cars can work but if enough zomibes push against the car and it's not perfeclty parked it can move slightly and give a zombie enough room to start attacking the furniture behind it.

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SnooMemesjellies8579•

Zombies can crawl under cars.

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pcpower11•

Yes but while under them they cannot damage what's on the other side of the car

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dunnykinStocked up•

They can... been watching a streamer play and after spending a long time securing the bottom floor with cars, he returned one day to find a crawler destroying his defenses.

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pcpower11•

But were they actually damaged? Because I've watched them attack and not do any damage

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Commissar_Kowalski•

Zombies can't destroy bookshelves blocking windows from inside. Doors are stil problematic, but you can always just build walls around them. Lockers are quite good for barricades, but still they're destructible if moved.

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blastradius14•

Tents are more powerful than metal lockers, at least for the moment lol

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Routine_Bandicoot_34•

There are some umbrekable or Better Say inaccesible combos with Windows and fences example: Windows with a large wardrobe it also break somehow the zombie IA and they just Frozen outside. Wooden fences with a small locker at the other side, the one you can Made with metalurgy, the fences cannot be jump over but if you Sprint you can jump it, not sure if Sprint zombies can jump top, but regulars ones cannot. Notice this works only one side off the barricade.

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ZombieHuggerrZombie Food•

Zombies think of furniture as solid walls and won't attack them (unless they bump into it). Bugged until the next patch comes out

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magicmarktogo•

Not bugged, there's just nothing going on there until they decide how they want to do it.

Furniture that has been moved by players counts as destructible and can be destroyed after it has been placed.

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ZombieHuggerrZombie Food•

Furniture that has been moved by players counts as destructible and can be destroyed after it has been placed.

Devs have mentioned in their last patch after deciding to hold back for multiplayer that they've "fixed" it. Based on the recent Thursdoid, they'll give us this patch soon

I guess it's open to interpretation for the time being, but the main issue is a zombie can see you but will stand totally still and confused if all paths to you are blocked by furniture. You can be clearly in front of them, literally in a corner with two pieces of furniture blocking both tiles in front of you, and they won't move.

Sure, they'll attack the furniture if they happen to bump into it, but that doesn't really solve the issue

Besides that, it just feels way too cheesy for zombies to literally avoid your home if you block off every entrance. I know you don't have to, but when I don't have a hammer and planks, I can't protect my home any other way. Similar when your Zombies can open doors! You can't lock all doors, so you really do need furniture to keep safe.

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