Medical & downed

Going down

Most lethal damage puts you down instead of dead: zombies, players, melee, cars. Explosions, drowning and long falls still kill you outright.

While down you have about five minutes before you bleed out, timed by the server. Players can’t finish you off while you’re down.

Key	What
E	Shout for help. Your friends hear it, and so do the infected
G	Bandage yourself, buys extra time
H	Call for help, pings players nearby
R	Self-revive with a medkit, if the server has it on
X (hold)	Give up and bleed out now

Giving up is a hold on purpose, so you don’t do it by accident.

Getting picked up

Anyone with a medkit can revive you. It takes about twelve seconds and you come back with low health. Other players can also carry you out of a bad spot.

Dying

• Everything you carried, hotbar included, goes onto your body where you fell.
• Only you see your body’s marker. Anyone can loot it.
• The infected feed on bodies. Bodies go away when they’re looted empty or after a while.
• Infection stays with you after death.

Where you wake up

At one of the respawn points, a random spot a fair distance away, or at your own bedroll if you built one.