Zombie (TFTD)

Once a Tentaculat attacks, the victim will turn into a zombie that becomes a new Tentaculat if it's killed. Zombies cannot be stunned or captured, nor do they ever leave Zombie corpses.

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Zombie
Time Units		40
Health		84
Energy		110
Reactions		40
Strength		84
Bravery		110
Firing Accuracy		0
Throwing Accuracy		0
MC Skill		0
MC Strength		90*
Front Armour		4
Left Armour		4
Right Armour		4
Back Armour		4
Under Armour		4
Hidden Attributes
Melee Accuracy		80
Energy Recharge		20
Victory Points		18
Standing Height		?
Kneeling Height		?
Intelligence		3*
Aggression		2
Other information
Armour category		Triscene/Zombie
Possible Ranks		N/A
Unique Attributes		Melee Attack

Notes

The following are some miscellaneous notes. Zombies:

• Take 0.9x damage from AP, Phosphor, High Explosive, and Sonic ammunitions, and 0.8x damage from Gauss weapons, but 1.1x damage from melee attacks.
• Their melee attacks have a power equal to their Strength, making them very dangerous. They do 1.6x damage to unarmoured Aquanauts and 0.8x damage to SWSs.
• Have constant stats regardless of the original human's skills or difficulty level.
• If the killing shot is of an Incendiary nature, the Tentaculat does not hatch. The corpse generated from killing a Zombie will look like a Tentaculat and the death scream will sound like that of a human.
• Research seems to indicate (in UFO:EU) that if you don't shoot the zombies, they will never hatch on their own. This, however, is contrary to many eye-witness accounts.
• When you eventually kill it, make sure to have enough soldiers and TUs to kill the resulting Tentaculat too.
• An exploit exists whereby it is possible to gain permanent control of a Tentaculat (see below).
• There is no in-game UFOPedia entry for the Zombie, as it can neither be killed nor captured. Data corruption can provide a Zombie research topic, but this crashes the game.

Note: Not to be confused with Zombie, the user, Longtime X-COM community member, tactician and number cruncher.

See Also

• Gaining permanent control of a Chryssalid/Tentaculat
• Tentaculat