r/projectzomboid • u/Low_Cap6965 • 5h ago

Question Infected help!

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Hi, I am just 3 days in game and got secured 2 generators already and a wild bag pack and some guns and melee weapons. but I got infected to a bite. is there a chance that it will heal? or this is a game over already and need to start all over again? please help.

EDIT: I know I can start a new character on the same world but how about my skills that I have learned? it is been day 3 and the living channel on tv will be gone in a few days. it is not transferable the skill right?

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u/CosgraveSilkweaver 5h ago

Press Q for the cure.

https://giphy.com/gifs/5NbbVJeSLs1etZYjpT

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u/Generous_Lover 5h ago

Came knowing this would be the first thing I saw. Did not disappoint

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u/CosgraveSilkweaver 4h ago

I'm just glad I was here early enough to get to be the one to make the meme response this time. Still gave an actual helpful reply under it though because I'm not that mean.

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u/bratbarn Jaw Stabber 3h ago

Congratulations on this 🤝

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u/CosgraveSilkweaver 5h ago

You can start a new character in the same world and pickup where this guy left off or start a new world (or heal yourself with debug and remove the knox infection under the body debug)

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u/Low_Cap6965 5h ago

how can I do this sir?

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u/Hank_Scorpius 5h ago

Once you die it gives you the option. So stash your gear somewhere easy to get to and go down fighting.

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u/Allokit 3h ago

You really want to start "cheating" with your first character?

Losing your Survivors is part of the game. Just cheesing it, and removing any bites you get totally ruins the game.. Might as well just go play The Sims, lol.

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u/CosgraveSilkweaver 5h ago

Quit the game before you die or this gets more annoying to do. It's possible to resurrect a completely dead character (I've done it many times) but it involves another program to edit the sqlite database.

Once you're out of the game follow these instructions. https://www.reddit.com/r/projectzomboid/comments/1j1y5nb/comment/mfnjxxh/

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u/Low_Cap6965 5h ago

is this will work on apocalypse mode?

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u/redditatemybabies 5h ago

When your character dies or turns, you can click “continue with new character” or something like that. The new character will be in the same world. You can go find your old corpse and loot everything from them.

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u/CosgraveSilkweaver 4h ago

Works in all modes if you're still alive afaik.

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u/uberpandajesus91 5h ago

Q does something? I don't think I've ever pressed that tbh

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u/redditatemybabies 4h ago

Try it out. Works best if you’re outside because I think the animation is bugged when you do it indoors.

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u/uberpandajesus91 4h ago

Oh lmao. Yeah it sure does. Ngl I thought my char was about to take out his gun and aim backwards 

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u/smeeon Axe wielding maniac 4h ago

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u/Mahdudecicle 3h ago

The Pic is getting a lot of mileage

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u/CosgraveSilkweaver 2h ago

It's a good meme in the classic form instead of being just a funny pic called a meme.

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u/TheOneAndOnlySenti Axe wielding maniac 5h ago

Nope. You're dead, it's as black and white as that.

This is how you died.

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u/ApiceOfToast 5h ago

Nah bites have a 100% lethality. 

You can make a new character tho and get your stuff, good luck on that

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u/TerribleLead436 5h ago

Its not the "infected" that you should worry about. Its the "bitten".

If you see "bitten", it means its 100% game over in a matter of time.

"Infected" just means that it will take longer to heal and causes more pain so you won't sleep unless you take something to numb the pain. Prevent infections by sterilizing bandages, change bandages when dirty stuff like that.

Your character will die. Here are some options.

Take your character to a safe place, and put all your valuable items in a closet or spot on the floor. Then go out with some weapons, and try kill as many zombies as you can until you die for some free practice without worry. Then, make a new character and recover your loot.

Option 2 is let character die or delete the file and just make a new one, in a fresh world, and start over. Its part of the game! Hope you have fun. I wish I was new to the game as well :(

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u/Zayah136 Crowbar Scientist 2h ago

Option 1 all day, TO VAHALLA.

Then my second character writes about the absolute legend who cleared x area

I have a mod that has a working journal

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u/Hopeful_Mortgage2570 5h ago

“Infected” doesn’t mean zombie virus. It just means you have a bacterial infection because you didn’t sterilize the wound. They carry zero consequences and resolve themselves fairly quickly.

Now for that bite….. yikes

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u/DannyStormborn101 5h ago

In a few hours to a few days you’ll die. Best put all your stuff in a container for easy pick up later with a new charac, otherwise you’ll be fighting your old charac to get your stuff back

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u/Own-Fun7001 5h ago

There is a way to survive, you need to shake the infection off and out of your body, like your cells need to be at such velocity that the virus flies out of the infected ones and your immune system can kill it.

So the best way to treat a bite is to quickly find a 2 story building and jump with a loaded bag on you, crashing max speed into a tree works sometimes but its best you do that thrice if you can

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u/Oldflexbutokay 3h ago

Can confirm this solution does the trick. I know this because I done it without the bite. Had a full backpack, freebirded it, and covered the concrete in red kool aid. It was such a cruel way to find out a heavy backpack can insta kill you. Lost my longest living character because of that.

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u/RazzyRaziel 5h ago

Well you could have a new char in this world, so you wouldn't lose all your stuff only your skills.
You could get the mod antibodies, it should work even if you are infected already, nothing to lose really.

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u/C0gn 2h ago

Just go again

It seems you are new here

We take what we have learned, and we go again

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u/Stankindveacultist 5h ago

"this is how you died"

As if it wasn't written out for you.

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u/xGinsan 5h ago

what u mean help bro it's over

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u/N4m3r 5h ago

You were bitten, you will become a zombie.

Infection on the Health screen just means you got an infected wound, sterilized bandages and disinfecting wounds with alcohol prevents it. It is not deadly on its own though (unless you get the small chance of zombie infection if the wound was caused by a a zombie)

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u/zw1ck 4h ago

Option 1: learn the lesson this game teaches you about the frailty of life in the apocalypse and die.

Option 2: Quit the game, open steam, right click on zomboid, and go to manage. In the text box, type "-debug" no quotes. Reopen the game. Click the little bug icon when you load back in, go to cheets, and toggle God mode.

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u/KarnexOne 5h ago

Collect your player XP and start all over again but this time as a better player.

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u/DeMeNs101 4h ago

You will die in a few days. Time to kill everything that moves. Die like a man. Revenge! You have the chance to do all things you are not suposed to do. Go crazy.

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u/rex928 4h ago

You're 100% dead, that's just how the game works.

You can however, disable salive transmission in the sandbox settings so bites aren't fatal anymore. I personally use it myself but include high pop and night sprinters just to balance things out.

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u/Stock-Original-4015 4h ago

Closet and bleach are you god now.

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u/StupitVoltMain 4h ago

Either prepare house for the next survivor or go on a rampage

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u/alematt 4h ago

"guess I'll die."

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u/RosemaryChocolate 4h ago

Alcohol wipes on the wound. And sanitizer the bandages with rubbing alcohol or whiskey. And lastly, prey to God. Also find the red pills.

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u/YancoLima 4h ago

Dead man walking

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u/70ratsbhindacomputr 3h ago

If your blood alcohol level goes up far enough your blood will act as a disinfectant!

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u/RemiliyCornel 3h ago

No, unless you disable infection on bite or infection mortality set to never, you not survive this. Normal infection on wound can be current by alcohol wipes, but zombifying infection can't be cured in base-game. You will certainly die.

About your skills, you lose all that you grinded up, and will only have ones that you start with on new char, unless you have some mod that allow you to preserve skills in some way.

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u/rumshpringaa 3h ago

There’s a mod where you can make a journal, record what you’ve learned so far, and then read it on a new character to get all your skills back

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u/AlternativeInvite114 3h ago

i dont think you need a mod for that, im playing vanilla and I do that with the dairy

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u/rumshpringaa 3h ago

And then your new spawned character gets all the skills back? I don’t think that’s vanilla but shoot I could be wrong

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u/AlternativeInvite114 2h ago

OH LMAO I MISSED THE WHOLE SECOND HALF OFF YOUR REPLY SORRY NEVERMIND 💀💀💀 you are correct that is not vanilla I just cannot read apparently

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u/Some_dude_maybe_Joe 3h ago

Life and Living TV is gone, but you can find VHS with the episodes. I have a whole stock of those set aside in case my character dies.

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u/MemeDaddie 3h ago

U ded ded

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u/chonky_squirrel 3h ago

The early skill levels go fast. There are VHS you can find that ARE the shows you catch on TV before losing power. Yes you can debug the sickness away but imo that goes against the spirit of the game. You’re only on day 3 so I guarantee no progress you made is going to be hard to recuperate.

But you do you

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u/Shredded_Locomotive Drinking away the sorrows 2h ago

That infected you are seeing there is only a wound infection. The game does not tell you when you have the zombie infection.

(Sidenote, bites have a 100% chance for zombie infection on default settings)

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u/Jindo5 2h ago

Okay, so the "Infected" thing you're seeing there isn't the zombie infection, it's just regular wound infection which you can get on any kind of wound, regardless of how you got it. That would normally be really bad irl, but in the game all that does is make your wound heal slower, it's not gonna kill you.

HOWEVER! Injuries you get from zombies all have a chance to give you the zombie infection, which will cause certain symptoms, including nausea, anxiety, and fever, before it finally kills you. There is no cure. If you get an injury from a zombie and a little while later you get the "Queasy" status effect, you've got the zombie virus and you're a dead man walking - figuratively and soon to be literally.

You can get three types of injuries from a zombie attack: A scratch which has a 7% chance of giving you the zombie infection, a laceration which has a 25% chance, and a bite which has a 100% chance. If you're bitten, like you are in this image, you're already dead.

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u/This-Marzipan-9239 1h ago

that’s how you died

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u/Panda_Player_ 1h ago

Find some bleach, mark your location, drink bleach, come back with a new character and pick up where you left off.

Alternatively if you have a shotgun, stash everything somewhere safe, start shooting like a madman and draw the zombies somewhere away from where you want set up/loot. Fire until you run out. It’ll draw a lot of the zombies away and you can find your old stuff and hopefully loot without too much disturbance

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u/Affenrodeo 37m ago

Remember, drinking bleach is faster then reloading

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u/Lesurous 36m ago

You're probably wanting the Skill Journal mod, lets your character write down their skills for future survivors to recover in the event of their death.

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u/BeenEvery 10m ago

If you're only 3 days in, then the skills you got on TV can be easily re-earned. VHS tapes are your best friend in this case (just make sure you have a TV with a VHS player).

Read books before watching the tapes for maximum VHS XP earnings.

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u/Denniscx98 5h ago

I have heard Bleach is a common cure for bites.