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Watchmen
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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 or 
Resident.
Contents
Use
- Any
Citizen can join the 
Watchmen by selecting to join at the Watchmen tab in town. They will stay on guard as a watchman for 
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 92% chance of survival in Season 8 (initially indicated by the icon) if the attack is fully covered and block off 10 zombies (indicated by the
icon). There is 10% chance of 
Wound or 
Terrorisation.
- However the survival percentage got hidden later on in Season 8 and is no longer visible now.
- It appears there is another change in Season 8 again. Guardians appear to have 100% survival chance again. Survival chances decrease with consecutive watches, so Guardians have a chance to die on watch on the third watch in a row.
- Certain items placed in their
Inventory, 
Status Effects or Professional tools of 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
Note if an item is 
Broken... it will not increase the number of zombies blocked off.
The following items and statuses influences the effectiveness and safety of citizens on watch:
Professional tools
| Name | Defense | Safety |
|---|---|---|
 Riot Shield (Guardian)
|
30 | 5 |
 Three-legged Labradoodle (Tamer)
|
20 | 0 |
 Voodoo Mask (Shaman)
|
0 | 0 |
 Handyman's Toolbelt (Technician)
|
0 | 0 |
 Survival Guide (Survivalist)
|
0 | 0 |
 Small Spade (Scavenger)
|
0 | 0 |
 Camouflage Vest (Scout)
|
0 | 0 |
| Town Uniform (Resident)
|
0 | 0 |
 Dirty Uniform (Resident)
|
0 | 0 |
Statuses
| Name | Defense | Safety |
|---|---|---|
 Clean
|
0 | 0 |
 Drugged
|
10 | 0 |
 Hooked!
|
15 | -10 |
 Drunk*
|
20 | 4 |
 Hungover
|
-15 | -5 |
| Exhausted
|
0 | 0 |
 Fed
|
0 | 0 |
 Refreshed
|
0 | 0 |
 Thirsty
|
0 | 0 |
 Dehydrated!
|
-10 | 0 |
| Wounded
|
-20 | -20 |
 Infected
|
-15 | -20 |
 Healed
|
-10 | -10 |
| Terrorised
|
-30 | -45 |
 Ghoul
|
20 | 5 |
Heavy Items
| Name | Defense | Safety | Becomes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Beer Fridge
|
25 | 0 | Broken...
|
 Stinking Pig
|
25 | 0 |  Unspecified Meat *1!
|
 Persian Rug
|
8 | 0 | Disappears |
 Toolbox
|
5 | 0 | UNPACKS |
 Chest
|
10 | 0 | UNPACKS |
 Hastily-built desk
|
25 | 0 | Disappears |
 Iron Chest
|
15 | 0 | Disappears |
 Ektorp-Gluten Chair
|
10 | 0 | Broken...
|
 Old Door
|
15 | 0 | Disappears |
 Car Door
|
40 | 0 | Disappears |
 Mattress
|
30 | 0 | Disappears |
 Flatpacked Furniture
|
15 | 0 | Disappears |
 Lawnmower
|
35 | 0 | Broken...
|
 Järpen Table
|
20 | 0 | Disappears |
 Old Washing Machine
|
30 | 0 | Broken..., Disappearance chance
|
 Trestle
|
5 | 0 | Disappears |
 PC Base Unit
|
20 | 0 | Broken...
|
 Carcinogenic Oven
|
20 | 0 | Broken...
|
 Chainsaw (loaded)
|
25 | 0 |  Chainsaw (incomplete)
|
 Engine
|
40 | 0 | Disappears |
 Shopping Trolley
|
25 | 0 | Disappears |
 Rocking Chair
|
25 | 0 | Disappears |
 Water Cooler Bottle (3 rations) (1, 2, or 3 rations)
|
20 | 0 |  Water Cooler Bottle (empty)
|
 Santa's reindeer
|
40 | 0 | Disappears |
 Kalashni-Splash
|
15 | 0 | Disappears |
 Huge Snake (Ophiophagus trouser)
|
18 | 0 |  Tasty-looking Steak *1!
|
Nonheavy Items
Notes
- 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:
[Watchman] was devoured by 0 zombie(s)! - In Season 6:
- The Watchmen was introduced.
- The
- In season 7:
- Several bugs related to 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) becoming a 
Radio Cassette Player, or 
Wonky Shopping Trolley becoming a Shopping Trolley).
- The Flatpacked Furniture continues to assemble into an assortment of furniture, however.
- The
- Watchmen status bug was also repaired. During Season 6 statuses changed before attack but with season 7 bug fixes this was changed so that statuses take affect before the attack. This means that Drunk status will stay on during the attack and is changed to Hungover after attack.
- Several bugs related to
- In season 8:
- Base survival chance was lowered from 95% to 92%. This made it so sober Guardians only have a 97% chance of survival, while Drunk Guardians can have a 100% chance of survival.
- Items are no longer converted when kept on the watch. Most are consumed and simply disappear ( Flatpacked Furniture included). Battery guns and water based weapons lose all ammo. Animals transform into 1x food item ( Unspecified Meat for most, Tasty-looking Steak for snakes and fat cats), similar to butchering an animal.
- Base survival chance was lowered from 95% to 92%. This made it so sober Guardians only have a 97% chance of survival, while
- Further changes in Season 8:
- Base survival chance is no longer visible. Guardians appear to have 100% survival chance.
- Survival chances decrease with consecutive watches. Guardians have a chance to die on watch on the third watch in a row.
-
Psychadelic Spiritual Counsel was added. If a watchman holds it while on watch, every watchman excluding the holder gets 20 watchmen points. Disappears after use.
External links
- Watchmen - Official Die2Nite.Com Help Section
