Bury the dead to improve moral

[hOLDtHEdOOR]

I was having trouble with moral, almost a dozen people were low moral until I started burying random bodies I found... now that I bury any body I find nobody is low moral except for new looter recruits which still need booze to cheer up, burying the bodies of anyone who despawns does nothing, only bury bodies that dont despawn.

Also be careful picking up bodies belonging to other factions, if they see you with the body they will agro as if you were stealing it. Don't bother burying any body who is labeled "hostile" it does nothing to benefit moral.

[Nautixx [GER]]

Nice thanks for the info!
Does it matter if they were turned?
There are so many former members of other communities which now decorate my map as white/red strain corpses.

[Fleringe]

i want to burn corpses but for 1 reason its not working it always says to add flint even while i carry 100 flint i place inside body it never works :(

[hOLDtHEdOOR]

Originally posted by Fleringe:

i want to burn corpses but for 1 reason its not working it always says to add flint even while i carry 100 flint i place inside body it never works :(

I didnt know you could burn corpses, I'll have to try that.

[hOLDtHEdOOR]

Originally posted by Nautixx GER:

Nice thanks for the info!
Does it matter if they were turned?
There are so many former members of other communities which now decorate my map as white/red strain corpses.

It doesn't matter if they turned, as long as they are a body that doesn't despawn and as long as they aren't hostile it should improve moral when you bury them.

[Nautixx [GER]]

kk ty for the answer

[hOLDtHEdOOR]

Originally posted by Nautixx GER:

kk ty for the answer

... Also be sure to say a eulogy and use your leader for best results

[Nautixx [GER]]

Originally posted by hOLDtHEdOOR:

... Also be sure to say a eulogy and use your leader for best results

I've done that. Do you let the others follow you while doing so (I've seen the NPCs do that) or is it enough to do that in private?

[Jersmall]

thats 1 wood each so like 12+ raiders thats a lot of work burrying lol.

personally i put my MC as a sniper guard and that gains me lots of moral

[Nautixx [GER]]

Raiders are hostile. Therefore don't bury them.

[hOLDtHEdOOR]

Originally posted by Jersmall:

thats 1 wood each so like 12+ raiders thats a lot of work burrying lol.

personally i put my MC as a sniper guard and that gains me lots of moral

Originally posted by Nautixx GER:

Raiders are hostile. Therefore don't bury them.

Yeah burying raiders does nothing, even if you recruit one of them it does nothing to help that one's moral... I;ve tested it

Also Idk if bringing people along to witness the burial and eulagy helps more but doing it alone with your leader definately helps.

[CellNav]

I found a good use for hostile dead bodies ... Carry them to the nearest town and dump them. Since the infected spawn in towns, they will be distracted by eating the corpse, however I don't know how long it works, but for now the corpses are an unlimited supply of "distraction" for me.

[arcana75]

I read somewhere burying green X indicating your own dead helps morale the rest don't matter.

[hOLDtHEdOOR]

Originally posted by arcana75:

I read somewhere burying green X indicating your own dead helps morale the rest don't matter.

Thing is I've never buried a green X body... I have buried a few former team members that were killed after leaving my team as well as traders and non hostile members of other teams that have died or gotten infected, not every body seems to help moral but graves are cheap and easy to make so I just bury every body that doesn't despawn now. My thinking is seeing dead bodies around lowers moral so cleaning them up helps.

[hOLDtHEdOOR]

Originally posted by CellNav:

I found a good use for hostile dead bodies ... Carry them to the nearest town and dump them. Since the infected spawn in towns, they will be distracted by eating the corpse, however I don't know how long it works, but for now the corpses are an unlimited supply of "distraction" for me.

you just gave me a really good idea; make a bunch of spike traps and put bodies in the middle of them... you'll never have to fight off a zombie raid again.

[Jersmall]

i have noticed NPCS tend to come out and look at the dead bodies with a grim comment.