Outbreak

outbreak 
there's been an outbreak, find the canisters and contain it.
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outbreak is an event that can spawned in the game in nico's nextbots. The event can either be spawned randomly, or bought through the buy menu of the leaderboard for ( for VIP) or .
It was released on May 19th, 2023 within the Outbreak Update.
==Overview==
Before the event starts, all nextbots will despawn along with flickering lights before the screen turns black and reveals an Emergency Alert System message, warning everyone of a Necrotic Contagious Disease across all maps.
Shortly after the EAS message deteriorates to static, the lights flick back on to reveal a greenish atmosphere and then a "DANGER APPROACHING" caution tape appears on-screen accompanied by a silhouette version of a biohazard symbol. The enemy is now made clear: you are now facing off against a horde of zombies.
The player's objective is to bring over multiple zom-be-gone canisters that were spawned around the map and deliver them to the infuser.
The outbreak event will end when players filling with 5-7 canisters (3-5 canisters in arcade). An alternative way to end the event is to wait for around 4 minutes in the open world and arcade mode.
Shortly after the players fill the infuser with the canisters, a green smoke will appear on your screen along with a reappearing and disappearing text: GAS RELEASED.
== Tips==
* zombies cannot be outrunned, as they're still considered nextbots. Utilize your bunnyhopping skills alongside movement gears such as bloxy colas or balloons to outrun them.
* Use your food gears wisely. Healing up every time you get damaged is not wise.
* Be quick to grab and infuse all the canisters. Do not waste any time after an infusion.
** Canisters usually spawn on places where nextbots would spawn, so keep an eye out on where the nextbots spawn.
** zombies also spawn on the same places, so do not rush too quickly.
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
*The cutscene for the outbreak event may be inspired from this video of 'EAS: Texas Amber Alert'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4RloxoHan4.
*There are two obtainable badges related to this event.
**The first badge is the outbreak badge. You can obtain this by encountering the event.
**The second badge is the immune badge. You can obtain this if you survived the whole event without dying once.
*** Getting damaged by a zombie during the event used to not earn you this badge, however this was changed, and can now be obtained even if you were damaged during the event.
*The music that plays is a cover of the song 'In the House, In a Heartbeat', a song from the movie '28 Weeks Later'.
**Furthermore, the movie '28 Weeks Later' is a zombie apocalypse horror film, adding to the theme of an outbreak.
* The sound of a bunch of zombies screaming that plays after the cutscene is from the Left 4 Dead franchise.
*According to UglyBurger0 on a dev stream on February 3rd, 2024, the original name concept for the event would've been "pandemic", which they didn't go through with due to it being controversial.
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