Bandits

The item/enemy descriptions on this page are strictly meant for role-playing purposes.

Starting from October 14th, 2020, roaming gangs of Bandits could now be spotted around Secronom Bunker, looking for a fight with the normal, slightly more law-abiding citizens of Fairview.

While nowhere near as intimidating as a giant mutated creature clad in black spikes or a giant dog with a hundred teeth, these Bandits are still more-than-capable of maiming or killing formerly-smug survivors who had gotten used to simply dodging clumsy zombie hordes.

Thus, survivors will need to use fundamentally new tactics in order to confront these more intelligent enemies.

Bandit Mechanics

Spawning

Bandits uses the same 1-hour spawning cycle as Bosses. They have their own slots and threat levels on the bossmap.

• As gunfire generates a lot of noise and therefore a high amount of attention from local zombies, a limited amount of event aggro can be expected for the duration of the fight.
• In order to facilitate battles by giving survivors extra cover, most bandit areas will also have obstacles rearranged, removed, or added (commonly in the form of a military truck near the bandit group).

Threat Level	Zone	Spawn
1	Blue, Green	Exiled Survivor x 1
2	Green, Yellow (around Dogg's Stockade)	Red Fist Thug x 2
	Yellow, Orange, Red (around Precinct 13/Fort Pastor)	Rogue Soldier x 2
3	Dark Red, Black	Bandit x 2, Elite Bandit x 2
4	South Eastern Zone	Bandit x 4, Elite Bandit x 2
5 (Special)	Randomized	Bandit x 2, Elite Bandit x 2, Legendary Bandit x 2, Unique Bandit x 2

Special Daily Bandits

In the same way that special bosses can spawn daily, a group of 2 Unique Bandits and 2 Legendary Bandits, along with their escort will randomly spawn once per day to challenge the player. These bandits only stay for 3 hours, and have an increased chance of dropping Experimental Parts.

Behavior

In-Area Spawning

Bandits will always spawn close together in a particular region of the area, represented by a series of red dots on the mini-map (you can view an enlarged map of the local area by pressing N). These dots will remain red even if you have PvP disabled.

Attacking

Bandits have a few behavior states:

• Idle: The bandit will perform a basic scan of their immediate surroundings, looking for a target, like other NPCs.

• Alerted: The bandit has detected a player within their visual range (indicated by a yellow vision cone for firearm-using bandits, or a small yellow circle for grenadiers). Bandits using explosives can detect players through walls and other large obstacles.
  • Targeting: The bandit will always aim at the closest valid target (that they can hit), and will continue to track the player until the player enters cover or moves out of their visual range for roughly 3 seconds.

• Engaged: The bandit will begin shooting at the target (indicated by a red cone/circle).

• Reloading: The bandit will stop shooting and reload with a prolonged cooldown. When complete, they will revert to the Idle state, resetting their vision cone/circle.

The speed at which bandits can track their target with their weapons varies based on the bandit's tier and what weapon type they are using, with Elite Bandits having a multiplier that increases all tracking speeds slightly. In addition, bandits using high-precision weapons track their target faster than ones using a crowd control weapon.

Bandits and zombies typically do not interact with one another: bandits will not actively attack zombies but nonetheless may deal damage to them if their shots happen to connect, and vice-versa. The sole exception to this are zombies with vomit attacks; they will actively target bandits as well as players, whoever is closer.

Movement

A bandit will occasionally change positions, but at random intervals. Their movement is limited to a certain range based on their initial spawn location. They will not move beyond that range regardless of their target's location or their behavioral state.

A bandit's movement behavior is also determined by the type of weapon they have equipped:

• Idle (All Types): The bandit will move to a random position.
• Rifles and Explosives: The bandit will tend to move away from their target and engage at longer distances.
• Pistols: The bandit will attempt to stay at a medium distance from their target.
• Machine Guns: The bandit will tend to move closer to their target.

Overall, bandits have very basic rules that affect their movement.

Typically, they will remain in their original location, allowing the player to move behind vehicles, buildings, or other obstacles for cover and from there, attack with relative ease. They will never deliberately move around obstacles to flank players or dodge zombies, but they do have a limited ability to detect when a player is using circling tactics and move in response.

Health Mechanic

• Damage dealt to bandit is always reduced by 50%, regardless of weapon type.
• In Multiplayer, other players and zombies can contribute to dealing damage, but cannot reduce a bandit's HP to 0; you must be the one to deal the killing blow.

Kill Participation System

To hamper leeching, a kill participation system is implemented, in which the player must deal damage to the bandit to be eligible for loot. This is represented by a small bar to the right of the bandit's HP bar, which goes in 3 stages:

• Red: The bandit will not drop loot when defeated.
• Yellow: Achieved by dealing 5% of the bandit's total HP. The bandit will drop loot when defeated, but not if you are in AFK mode.
  • Dealing a large amount of damage will automatically set all alive bandits to yellow status, even if you have not attacked them.
• Green: Achieved by dealing 12% of the bandit's total HP. The bandit will drop loot when defeated, even if you are in AFK mode. Currently this state is obsolete, as bandits cannot reduced to 0 HP by other players/zombies.
  • This degrades over the course of 1 minute back to yellow status (represented with a white timer beneath the HP bar), but can be reset with additional attacks.

Loot

Upon death, the corpses of bandits can be looted for a weapon or armor like regular bosses.

Bandits also have a small chance to drop Experimental Parts, Crafting Materials that are required to upgrade X-Dusk Weapons into their respective Dawn Weapons. The chance scales with threat level, meaning that bandits in later areas (ie. near Secronom Bunker, in South Eastern Zone) will have the highest chance to drop Experimental Parts.

Tactics

See Bandits/Tactics

List of Bandits

Exiled Survivor
	Beta Tomcat Skorpion Beta RX4 Gerring HP	HP	2,500	Accuracy	?
		EXP	5,625	Critical Hit	?
		Density	2.25 EXP/HP	Reloading	?
Survivors who violate the ironclad rules of the Outposts-- whether it be stealing, using equipment or methods banned by AdminPwn's high command, or attacking other survivors within the Outpost walls-- are promptly thrown out and forbidden from ever entering the Holdout again. These exiles are officially on their own, and losing the lifeline provided by Outpost shelter invariably drives them to desperate measures. Exiled survivors almost always end up becoming bandits and highwaymen, waylaying and attacking other survivors with the intent of taking everything they have, including their lives. Should you run into one of them, taking them down hard and fast is the best recommended course of action. Notes: Spawns alone near Nastya's Holdout Always drop Mastercrafted items.
Red Fist Thug
	M16 UZI SL8 Kolt Python Beta 8000	HP	7,500	Accuracy	?
		EXP	16,875	Critical Hit	?
		Density	2.25 EXP/HP	Reloading	?
The gang known as the Red Fist have long been in an on-again, off-again conflict with Dogg and his crew, and aren't afraid to fight against the remnants of Fairview's police department either. Needless to say, they are far less welcoming and charitable than Dogg's gang. While they (mercifully) have never gotten inside of Dogg's Stockade and always keep a respectable distance away from the outposts, you can definitely expect them to have no qualms about jumping any lone survivor they find out on the streets. You are advised to show no mercy to them, because they almost certainly won't show you any. Notes: Spawns in groups of 2 near Doggs' Stockade and Precinct 13 Always drop Mastercrafted items.
Rogue Soldier
	UMP FM FAL M21 Webster 1942 M79	HP	12,000	Accuracy	?
		EXP	27,000	Critical Hit	?
		Density	2.25 EXP/HP	Reloading	?
In the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse, the stress and trauma proved to be too much for a good number of the soldiers in Fort Pastor. A group of them staged a mutiny early on and attempted to overthrow the Commander of the Fort in a coup, but they failed. Rather than risk destroying morale any further by executing them for treason, the Commander had them banished from the Fort. Even after that incident, there is still the odd occasional soldier who cracks under the stress and decides to desert their post, fleeing into the city. These dishonored ex-soldiers now prowl the streets, unfettered by any former sense of duty to protect their former home and citizens. They only look out for their own little group now, and any wayward survivor they encounter is just a walking, expendable supply drop to them. Going up against these combat-trained ex-military bandits unprepared is a quick way to end up as another corpse. Notes: Spawns in groups of 2 near Fort Pastor Always drop Mastercrafted items.
Bandit
	FM Mitrail Criss Victor 577 Rex Alpha Bull GM94	HP	17,500	Accuracy	124
		EXP	39,375	Critical Hit	62
		Density	2.25 EXP/HP	Reloading	80
' Notes: Spawns in groups of 2 near Secronom Bunker/4 in the South Eastern Zone, alongside 2 Elite Bandits.
Elite Bandit
	Hammerhead 47 Uziel 14mm Ironsight 33-F Greyhawk 55	HP	25,000	Accuracy	100
		EXP	56,250	Critical Hit	62
		Density	2.25 EXP/HP	Reloading	80
' Notes: Spawns in groups of 2 near Secronom Bunker/in the South Eastern Zone, alongside Bandit helpers.
Legendary Bandit
	A10 Bull Shark Heat Pit 75 Rusthound 37-E Rhea 55	HP	{{{Health}}}	Accuracy	?
		EXP	{{{Experience}}}	Critical Hit	?
		Density		Reloading	?
' Notes: Only appears as helpers in bandit raid blocks
Unique Bandit
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	Can spawn with any endgame or event LE weapon.	HP	{{{Health}}}	Accuracy	?
		EXP	{{{Experience}}}	Critical Hit	?
		Density		Reloading	?
' Notes: Generates with random unique title (ex: Cannibal Clay, Elder Perry...) 2 of these, along with 2 Legendary Bandits, 2 Elite Bandits and 2 Bandits spawn in bandit raid blocks.

Seasonal Bandits

Elf Commando (AK 47)
	AK 47	HP	20,000	Accuracy	124
		EXP	30,000	Critical Hit	62
		Density	1.5 EXP/HP	Reloading	80
' Notes: N/A
Elf Commando (GM94)
	GM94	HP	20,000	Accuracy	124
		EXP	30,000	Critical Hit	62
		Density	1.5 EXP/HP	Reloading	80
' Notes: N/A
Santa Claus
	GAU-19	HP	50,000	Accuracy	100
		EXP	75,000	Critical Hit	100
		Density	1.5 EXP/HP	Reloading	100
' Notes: Weapon only fires 1 pellet and has roughly 2/3 DPS of a normal GAU-19.