Combat, firearms and noise

Melee and firearm handling

Click for a normal swing; hold attack at least 0.8 real seconds for a supported heavy attack. Heavy blows cost stamina and fail at zero. Spears and pikes add reach. A broken melee weapon deals only 1 damage until repaired.

Attack fires a gun; use aims. After 0.25 real seconds aiming, reported spread tightens from 4° to 1.5° before condition and survivor modifiers. R reloads or clears a jam in three seconds; H toggles the weapon light. Load a magazine by clicking matching rounds onto it; reloading chooses the fullest compatible magazine you carry.

Sneak-use a firearm beside an ammo or metal bench for maintenance: unloading, attachments, jam clearing and servicing. A service uses one steel plate and 50 mL engine oil to restore 25 condition. Worn guns jam more often.

Definition values and conditions

The report lists 11 firearms, with capacities from the one-shot flare launcher to 30-round carbine/submachine feeds. A service pistol has 15-round capacity, 6 projectile damage, 3 shots/s maximum, 64-block range and a 96-block definition noise radius. A hunting rifle has five-round capacity, 16 projectile damage, 0.8 shots/s, 160-block range and 160-block noise. Shotgun damage is per pellet.

Actual fire interval is limited by max(20/rate, cycleSeconds × 20) ticks; aiming, condition, attachments and survivor state modify performance. The full definition rows are retained in the supporting tables for pages 24–25.

Noise and scent

The older guide’s 64-block generic gunshot estimate is not universal: current firearm rows list their own noise values, reaching 176 blocks. Walking/sprinting are reported at 8/16 blocks, breaking glass 24, generators 32–48 and alarms 96 before modifiers. The guide says each solid intervening wall halves sound.

Bleeding without a bandage creates a scent followed from about 12 blocks and farther downwind. Bloody clothing has its own current scent path. Do not replace these with the stronger proposed skin-scent system.

Noise contributes to regional disturbance and later hordes. After a fight, treat bleeding and read infected warning cues before continuing to search.

All firearm definitions

Rate is maximum shots/s; range/noise are blocks; recoil is degrees; reload/cycle are real seconds; mass is kg. Shotgun damage is per pellet. Survivor state, attachments and condition modify performance.

All melee definitions

Cooldown is real seconds, stamina is cost and extra reach is blocks. Broken-weapon behavior and survivor modifiers still apply.