Survival7 min read
Zomboid Moodles and Health
The HUD is the game. Tired, heavy, depressed, and bitten are different sentences.
Why am I always tired?
Carrying too much, not sleeping, depression, and exercise. Read moodles; they are the HUD.
Weight
Over-encumber then jog is a trip. Drop the loot. A bag at home is worth more than a bag at 90% on the lawn.
Boredom and unhappiness
Books, radios, a walk that is not a horde. Depression makes everything slower. It is not flavor text.
Bites
Sandbox lets you change transmission. Vanilla bite is the run. Do not 'just bandage it' as a plan unless your sandbox says so.
Sleep
Covered windows, a safe room, not a chair in a mall. Exhausted combat is how you die to one zombie.