Screamer

Screamer

**Screamers** are a special "Freak Zombie" in State of Decay.

In State of Decay most undead opponents are easily identified, not the least of which by their glowing eyes. The relevance of this singular trait hasn't been revealed at this point, but makes them easy to identify even at night.

## Encounters

Screamers appear most often in two different concentrations.

They are most often found simply roaming the street or interiors of buildings surrounded by a few-fair amount of regular zombies. These types of encounters are the easiest to deal with, in that there will often only be a few-fair amount of zombies in the area that might be drawn by the sounds of combat to deal with.

Screamer's can also appear in Infestations. These encounters are generally defined as a group of eight or more zombies that are aimlessly moving about the interior of a building with one or two screamers accompanying them. Most easily dealt with by the use of a vehicle (if you can lure them outside) or high explosives, these infestations are actually identified on the in game map once you have located them. Destroying an infestation entirely grants a small bonus to base morale.

More insight on an Infestation - (previously posted as part of the zombies page)

*"An area you are likely to encounter a Screamer in would be an **Infestation** area. Infestations are an immediate concern for all survivor communities. An infestation is when a group of zombies congregate in a building or significant outdoor site and dwell there. While this might initially seem like not that big a problem, zombie infestations in fact encourage other zombie infestations. Left unchecked these infections will spread across the desolated towns of Trumbull Valley and deny the survivor group many scavenging locations until they are dealt with. Destroying a zombie infestation will grant a small bonus to morale and influence."*

## Strategy

Aim for the head.
More specifically the head of the Screamer first before it screams preferably. This way you the screamer will not be able to attract the attention of not only the zombies in the infestation, but also the zombies wandering around outside the infestation area.
Once the Screamer(s) is/are dead take out the remaining regular zombies by any means you see fit

Note\* - Though it is best to take care of the Screamer first if possible, do NOT tunnel on it, make sure to take out some of the regular zombies first or you will get yourself surrounded and eaten like a piece of sugar on an ant hill before you even know what bit you.

Another reliable strategy to take out a Screamer and his zombie buddies would be to make them go boom or light them on fire with a grenade or Molotov respectively.

### Screamers

When these people were killed both of their arms were ripped off by the attacking zombies. Now they shamble around, or simply stand in place. Incapable of effectively attacking a character, they do have a singular ability. When a character enters a certain proximity around them they emit a high-pitched shriek. This not only stuns the character for a moment, but also alerts every zombie in a large radius to the presence of a living person.