Watchmen

Out of desperation, citizens during a zombie apocalypse often need to resort to one incredibly effective (yet dangerous) tactic: meat shields. Introduced in Season 6, the Watchmen is a job any citizen can choose to take up (in addition to their profession), be it Hero Hero or Resident Resident.

Use

• Any Citizen Citizen can join the Watchmen Watchmen by selecting to join at the Watchmen tab in town. They will stay on guard as a watchman for The Attack The Attack that night, and then are relieved of their watchman duty.
  • The list of Watchmen is cleared daily, after the attack. There are no limits to signing up.
• Watchmen will attempt to block off any zombies that get past the town's defense from the remaining citizens.
• All watchmen begin with a base 95% chance of survival (indicated by the icon) and block off 10 zombies (indicated by the icon). They also always risk a 10% chance of Wounded Injury, and another 10% chance of Terrorised Terrorisation.
• Certain items placed in their Inventory Inventory, Status Effects Status Effects or Professional tools Professional tools of Hero Heroes will affect the chances of survival and the number of zombies a watchman can block off, both positively and negatively.

Zombies Blocked and Safety

The following items and statuses influences the effectiveness and safety of citizens on watch:

Professional tools

Name	Defense	Safety
Riot Shield Riot Shield (Guardian)	30	5
Three-legged Labradoodle Three-legged Labradoodle (Tamer)	20	0
Voodoo Mask Voodoo Mask (Shaman)	0	0
Handyman's Toolbelt Handyman's Toolbelt (Technician)	0	0
Survival Guide Survival Guide (Survivalist)	0	0
Small Spade Small Spade (Scavenger)	0	0
Camouflage Vest Camouflage Vest (Scout)	0	0

Statuses

Name	Defense	Safety
Clean Clean	0	0
Drunk Drunk*	20	4
Drugged Drugged	10	0
Ghoul Ghoul	20	5
Hooked! Hooked!	15	-10
Terrorised Terrorised	-30	-45
Wounded Wounded	-20	-20
Infected Infected	-15	-20
Healed Healed	-10	-10
Hungover Hungover	-15	-5
Dehydrated Dehydrated!	-10	0

Items

Name	Defense	Safety
Aqua-Splash (5 shots) Aqua-Splash (5 shots)	10	0
Beer Fridge Beer Fridge	25	0
Persian Rug Persian Rug	8	0
Torch Torch	30	0
Burnt out Torch Burnt out Torch	5	0
Rusty Chain Rusty Chain	10	0
Toolbox Toolbox	5	0
Chest Chest	10	0
Hastily-built desk Hastily-built desk	25	0
Iron Chest Iron Chest	15	0
Boxes Boxes	5	0
Bedside Lamp (off) Bedside Lamp (off)	5	0
Pocket Vibrator (charged) Pocket Vibrator (charged)	-5	0
Ektorp-Gluten Chair Ektorp-Gluten Chair	10	0
Groundsheet Groundsheet	20	0
Old Door Old Door	15	0
Car Door Car Door	40	0
Pathetic Penknife Pathetic Penknife	5	0
Adjustable Spanner Adjustable Spanner	2	0
Mobile Phone Mobile Phone	12	0
Can Opener Can Opener	2	0
Tasty Homemade Dish Tasty Homemade Dish	8	0
Dodgy Homemade Dish Dodgy Homemade Dish	5	0
Open Can Open Can	3	0
Mattress Mattress	30	0
Water Bomb Water Bomb	10	0
Exploding Water Bomb Exploding Water Bomb	20	0
Human Bone Broken Human Bone	15	0
Human Flesh Human Flesh	25	0
Flatpacked Furniture Flatpacked Furniture	15	0
Lawnmower Lawnmower	35	0
Järpen Table Järpen Table	20	0
Old Washing Machine Old Washing Machine	30	0
Tasty-looking Steak Tasty-looking Steak	5	0
Trestle Trestle	5	0
Unspecified Meat Unspecified Meat	2	0
Meaty Bone Meaty Bone	25	0
PC Base Unit PC Base Unit	20	0
Machete Machete	5	0
Carcinogenic Oven Carcinogenic Oven	20	0
Chainsaw (loaded) Chainsaw (loaded)	25	0
Screwdriver Screwdriver	5	0
Battery Launcher Mk. II (loaded) Battery Launcher Mk. II (loaded)	15	0
Battery Launcher 1-ITF (loaded) Battery Launcher 1-ITF (loaded)	12	0
Radio Cassette Player Radio Cassette Player	-10	0
Mini HiFi (on) Mini HiFi (on)	-20	0
Box Cutter Box Cutter	5	0
Staff Staff	5	0
Serrated Knife Serrated Knife	8	0
Engine Engine	40	0
Shopping Trolley Shopping Trolley	25	0
Taser Taser	5	0
Rocking Chair Rocking Chair	25	0
Devastator (loaded) Devastator (loaded)	15	0
Water Pistol (3 shots) Water Pistol (3 shots) (1, 2 or 3 shots)	10	0
Water Cooler Bottle (3 rations) Water Cooler Bottle (3 rations) (1, 2, or 3 rations)	20	0
Swiss Army Knife Swiss Army Knife	15	0
Electric Whisk (charged) Electric Whisk (charged)	10	0
Stake Launcher Stake Launcher	10	0
Empty Vending Machine Empty Vending Machine	40	0
Santa's reindeer Santa's reindeer	40	0
Kalashni-Splash Kalashni-Splash	15	0
Exploding Grapefruit Exploding Grapefruit	10	0
Easter Egg Easter Egg	10	0

Notes

• In Season 6:
  • The Watchmen Watchmen was introduced.
• in season 7:
  • Several bugs related to Watchmen Watchmen were fixed, including players rejoining/leaving post, consuming items in their chest, and assembling incomplete items without using resources (such as Radio Cassette Player (no battery) Radio Cassette Player (no battery) becoming a Radio Cassette Player Radio Cassette Player, or Wonky Shopping Trolley Wonky Shopping Trolley becoming a Shopping Trolley Shopping Trolley).
    • The Flatpacked Furniture Flatpacked Furniture continues to assemble into an assortment of furniture, however.
• The Drunk Drunk status appears to give a decent bonus, but many players speculate that as the Drunk Drunk status disappears before The Attack The Attack and changes to Hungover Hungover, a drunk Watchmen Watchman would block 35 less zombies and have a -5% survival penalty instead of +4% survival chance.
  • Because of this, a Watchman will never gain the bonuses for the Drunk Drunk status.
• If an item is Broken Broken... it will not increase the number of zombies blocked off.
• If a small enough number of zombies make it through the defenses, it is possible for a dead Watchman to report as such in the Gazette:

-->"[resident] was devoured by 0 zombie(s)!"