How deep to dig?

[Psycho Circus]

Does anyone knows how deep you must dig so the zombies will fall to death?

[Mytheos]

You should start by digging a hole and watching the zombies avoid it like the plague.

Start with designing one they fall into before you worry about how deep.

[-Na Shagul-]

Yeah, zombies are actually very conscious about sudden drops and the like, I fooled around in creative and made a 6 tile wide shaft down straight to the bedrock and spawned like 20+ zombies at the top. Even when they were 'hunting' me, only a few fell to their deaths, and I think that was probably only because the others were pushing on them.

[Sigh-Phi-Guy]

seems if you build a 3-6 deep, 3 wide pit around your base, fill it with log spikes and then fill it to the top with water, the zombies have no problem with just running right in.

[Mytheos]

Origineel geplaatst door sigh-phi-guy:

seems if you build a 3-6 deep, 3 wide pit around your base, fill it with log spikes and then fill it to the top with water, the zombies have no problem with just running right in.

Sure...but that isnt "falling to their deaths".

[Operation40]

they have no issues dropping down an open hatch.. just be aware: hatches and doors don't sync up right on the server, and may appear closed when actually open (and reverse)

another idea might be to put a woodframe overhang on your pit, and pull it out from under their feet, then pop it back in place for the next victim.

[Sigh-Phi-Guy]

Origineel geplaatst door Mytheos:

Origineel geplaatst door sigh-phi-guy:

seems if you build a 3-6 deep, 3 wide pit around your base, fill it with log spikes and then fill it to the top with water, the zombies have no problem with just running right in.

Sure...but that isnt "falling to their deaths".

thats true but it saves a buttload of digging and has the same result, a quick death.

[Puppymang]

cobwebs are considered a walkable block by zombies so if you make a pit that has the edges with cobwebs the zombies will drop right in

[Mr. Moustache]

^^^ What Puppymang said.

[Secret Butt Fun?]

I love the fact with all these talking no one answered ops question about how much fall tiles will it take to kill a zomb XD

[Mytheos]

Origineel geplaatst door Secret Butt Fun?:

I love the fact with all these talking no one answered ops question about how much fall tiles will it take to kill a zomb XD

Maybe we dont know exactly....because there are issues with implementing something like that so we never got that far, here's why, and heres what works....

But yeah...if you post...

"How do I look down the barrel of a gun to tell if it's loaded?"

You'll get good answers and VERY useful advice...but maybe not the EXACT answer you asked for....

[Mytheos]

Origineel geplaatst door sigh-phi-guy:

Origineel geplaatst door Mytheos:

Sure...but that isnt "falling to their deaths".

thats true but it saves a buttload of digging and has the same result, a quick death.

Agreed.

But really straight down into protected box = 99.95% safe from zombies...

But that takes a little fun out of it.

[Tankenstein]

To answer the question it used to be 32 blocks down, however you have to go down further for the fat guys. I tunnel down to 50 - 55 to be sure the fat guys die also.

[Psycho Circus]

Origineel geplaatst door LycanHunter:

To answer the question it used to be 32 blocks down, however you have to go down further for the fat guys. I tunnel down to 50 - 55 to be sure the fat guys die also.

So deep? That's lot of stone digging.. :S

[Big Duffy]

There is a video on you tube where a guy has buil a base and recons a fall of 16 to 17 blocks deep will kill most zombies. They also recon you start it at least 2 blocks away from your walls as they can sometimes still get to your wall if it is closer. I personally go for spikes on the ground, logs on the top of walls and put barbed wire over the front of my walls to stop as many different zombie types as I can. I feel digging to the above level would take too long so I do not personally bother but I might try the water spike method mentioned by sigh-phi-guy.

[Psycho Circus]

20 blocks and they are still alive, and Iam not so sure I want to dig up to 55 blocks. Its still Alpha and at the next update my saved game might not working anymore. So I go for the spikes and water..

Thx for the comments guys.