How to loot Bodies?

[Leader of the Zakonistians]

I can pick up bodies but how do I loot them?

[martindirt]

Originally posted by Leader of the Zakonistians:

I can pick up bodies but how do I loot them?

Stand near to corpses, they will show up as container at the loot side.

[Kizkut]

There is a lootall tab at the top of the inventory page for the corpse, or just double click on the items

[hardy_conrad]

Keep in mind that unless you're running mods there isn't generally much aside from some junky clothes on zombies. If it's a police officer or you're lucky they might have an old gun, and occasionally they'll have some kind of weapon stuck in their back, but not a ton aside from that.

[Quill]

Originally posted by hardy_conrad:

Keep in mind that unless you're running mods there isn't generally much aside from some junky clothes on zombies. If it's a police officer or you're lucky they might have an old gun, and occasionally they'll have some kind of weapon stuck in their back, but not a ton aside from that.

You can find Annotated Maps, Cigarettes, Lighters, Matches, Odds and ends like nails or seeds. Backpacks sometimes have some good items

But I find the best loot is the clothes. Pile up all the zombies in one spot when doing a horde clear and you should have more than enough materials do get to Max Tailoring and have plenty of stuff left over for repairing and padding

[fractalgem]

^
gotta get that thread for tailoring exp! or even just making basic patches to keep your clothes warm in winter. It's extra important if you're in, say, the CDDA challenge.

Do note, if you see a zombie with intact looking clothes, consider using blunt to kill it, i think that's less likeyl to damage the clothing further.


You can usually see if a zombie has a weapon or backpack on it while it's alive as it'll be sticking out/worn. You can also loot their watches, which is useful for electronics exp and extra circuits...which is itself not particularly useful past like level 1-3 without mods, aside from a renewable generator repair supply.

Beyond that, there's rarely anything on them unless you've got greatly reduced loot or are basing FAR from towns and don't have a car, and even then, expect to search through hundreds to thousands of zombies to get anything good like a renewable amunition supply.

[Quill]

Originally posted by fractalgem:

^
gotta get that thread for tailoring exp! or even just making basic patches to keep your clothes warm. It's extra important if you're in, say, the CDDA challenge, where the very first thing you want to loot is a precious pair of SHOES, any shoes.

Do note, if you see a zombie with intact looking clothes, consider using blunt to kill it, i think that's less likeyl to damage the clothing further.


You can usually see if a zombie has a weapon or backpack on it while it's alive as it'll be sticking out/worn. You can also loot their watches, which is useful for electronics exp and extra circuits...which is itself not particularly useful past like level 1-3 without mods, aside from a renewable generator repair supply.

Beyond that, there's rarely anything on them unless you've got greatly reduced loot or are basing FAR from towns and don't have a car, and even then, expect to search through hundreds to thousands of zombies to get anything good like a renewable amunition supply.

I'm an insane loot Goblin so I loot the bodies because I can find SOMETHING of use on one of the 1200 I've killed

I've spent an in-game week just piling zombies onto a campfire, checking all the bodies, then burning them after clearing out the Hospital in LV