Do characters randomly die?

[user1854669]

I've had 3 characters die and 1 is missing and still cant find him, no mission objective to find them.

Is this just how the game is or is there something I can do about it?

[Bohemian Rap City]

Originally posted by user1854669:

I've had 3 characters die and 1 is missing and still cant find him, no mission objective to find them.

Is this just how the game is or is there something I can do about it?

If you have outposts, sometimes other members of your enclave go out scavenging and can be killed or infected badly and die from it. Time does not stop when you are not in the game, it just slows down.

Some members also will spend time wandering away or leaving outright because they are unhappy. Happiness is helped along by good medical care, a secure compound, successful missions, high leadership, and enough food, weapons, and ammo...among other things.

One way to help slow the carnage is to switch characters more often. When you examine the members of your enclave, it tells you who is home and who is away. This will often allow you to recall those who are off on a mission. There are also mods that keep your most-skilled survivors from going on missions.

[user1854669]

Ah ok, that makes sense than. I do have an outpost. And as for them being unhappy I'm not sure there cause I have more than enough every resources but I have gotten the pop up that this or that character is unhappy.

Thanks for the help.

[Bohemian Rap City]

Originally posted by user1854669:

Ah ok, that makes sense than. I do have an outpost. And as for them being unhappy I'm not sure there cause I have more than enough every resources but I have gotten the pop up that this or that character is unhappy.

Thanks for the help.

You should build the maximum outposts, and make sure that they are close to your base, with overlapping zones of control with each other (and yours). This creates a buffer zone to help keep hordes away, as well as making it safer for your crew to scavenge. The other survivors in your base will be going to your outposts every day to scavenge supplies. If you have an outpost that is far from your base, your survivors will be making daily trips back and forth across dangerous territory.

[user1854669]

My mistake was coming into state of decay 1 thinking it was gonna be like 2. Thank you for the tips. It really sucks losing people when you have no control over them.

[skyfire1933]

The missing survivor missions happen more frequently when there is an infestation in the area getting rid of them will help (also cuts down on the amount of danger) but they can still go missing. As for the random deaths are you talking about neighbors or your own camp? Neighbor camps will suffer deaths on occasion. There are two scripted deaths that happen if that's what you mean. As for survivor deaths in your camp, they shouldn't be unless they died during a mission or after if you were still in the area that can happen as they will try to fight everything on their way back to base and can die that way. Leaving the area quickly after a ally in trouble mission or diversion request, etc is usually advised to be safe. At least they patched the glitch where if you went offline you could come back to a bunch of dead survivors. Anyways hope that helps a bit building up there stats and giving them a good melee weapon (they won't use their guns most times outside of guard duty or when your controlling them) might help also. Good luck and welcome to SOD!