Can zeds attack you when you sleep?

[Chaosolous]

I've never played SP until B42. I was one of those people that only bought the game after Multiplayer was introduced because for me this is more of an online game than not. Anyway, online there's no sleep because you can't fast forward time for 1 person to sleep when there's like 30 people running around.

I have no idea what can happen when you're sleeping.

Can you get attacked by zeds? Can you die in your sleep? Like, should I be barricading the basement door (I'm living in a basement) at night before I go to sleep or is that me just wasting my time?

What can/does happen when you sleep?

Also, side note, should be an option in settings to turn off for SP (if it is, I didn't see it).

[Johnny Boy]

You can be attacked in your sleep but as long as you sleep in a room with a closed door or window separating from the outside world you're probably fine. (I would also avoid trying to sleep while being actively pursued, make sure you're in the clear first.) Sleeping outside in the open is riskier, I would only try this in the deep woods but even then it's not 100% safe.

Even if something *does* decide to attack in the night, the sound of the door being bashed or a window shattering will wake your character and give you some time to run/ready your weapon.

[Chaosolous]

Word, appreciate the insight. Thank you.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Johnny Boy:

You can be attacked in your sleep but as long as you sleep in a room with a closed door or window separating from the outside world you're probably fine. (I would also avoid trying to sleep while being actively pursued, make sure you're in the clear first.) Sleeping outside in the open is riskier, I would only try this in the deep woods but even then it's not 100% safe.

Even if something *does* decide to attack in the night, the sound of the door being bashed or a window shattering will wake your character and give you some time to run/ready your weapon.

Get a car. Park one side of it next to a wall. Sleep. Win:)

[Rex87]

in B41 at least, zombies were actually not able to attack you during sleep, only when you actually woke up, so you had time to actually run away when they did reach you during sleep.

still this is very unlikely scenario because if you have any obstacle your character will woke up because of the noise, like window breaking and things like that.

barricading is definitely nice to protect the base from zombies or breaking windows if you don't like smashed windows like me but still it's waste of time actually because if you stay quiet nothing will really happen, I personally in B42 did sleep with zombies that were in the same house, windows without covers and I woke up and they didn't even knew that I was there.

[Chaosolous]

Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):

Get a car. Park one side of it next to a wall. Sleep. Win:)

Claimed cars (on the server I played on it meant no one could enter the car but you) was how I blocked entrance to my house online. I guess it makes sense that it would work for zeds too. 🤔

[dustbiter]

As long as you keep the area around your home as clear of zombies as you can before you sleep, you should be fine without building any barricades. Don't do dumb stuff like walking straight home and plopping into bed immediately without checking if you are being followed.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):

Get a car. Park one side of it next to a wall. Sleep. Win:)

Claimed cars (on the server I played on it meant no one could enter the car but you) was how I blocked entrance to my house online. I guess it makes sense that it would work for zeds too. 🤔

Erm...this kind of sleep method actually is very old. Basicly almost as old as B40:)
But mostly nomad players use it. (As in those that do not claim a base.)
I used it a few times when it was just better to sleep it off. (Of course when i last used it i could still play carmageddon in the game too:P)