Details
Weather is a natural in-game component that occurs randomly in the map. Some weather events posed no threat however there are those that can significantly affect gameplay. Weather lasts typically within 7 days and the type of weather also depends on the season the survivor is currently in. Players can also experience themselves animations and sound effects from specific weather events.
Seasons
There are 4 seasons within a year and each season lasts for 3 months.
- Winter - December, January, February
- Spring - March, April, May
- Summer - June, July, August
- Autumn - September, October, November
Weather
Listed below are most of the known weather events observed in-game including their effects and the season types.
| Weather Type | Effects | Season | ||
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Clear Weather | no special effects | Spring, Summer & Autumn |
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Clear Winter Weather | Increased movement speed across all bodies of water | Winter |
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Frost | +25% Food Decay
+50% Food Storage Time Increased movement speed across all bodies of water |
Winter | |
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Blizzard | -20% Movement Speed
Increased movement speed across all bodies of water |
Winter | |
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Lull | -25% Radiation in Towns
0 radiation in radioactive biomes |
Winter | |
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Northern Lights | +50% Light | Winter | |
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Barren Season | -50% Amount of berries, mushrooms and herbs found
-50% Harvest from Greenhouse |
Winter | |
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Hungry Season | +20% Chance to meet animals | Spring | |
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Fresh Breeze | 50% Radiation decrease in cities and biomes | Spring | |
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Slush | -20% Transport Speed
+10% Transport Wear Out |
Spring, Autumn | |
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Fog | -10% Movement Speed
-1 Firing Range |
Spring, Autumn | |
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Rain | -50% Light
(You can't kindle a fire by friction) |
Spring, Autumn | |
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Dust Storm | Radiation Levels:
+25% Town +25% Radioactive Swamp +25% Radioactive Forest +1 Wasteland +1 Road |
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Anomalous Heat | +25% Water consumption
-50% Food storage time Increased movement speed in Swamps |
Summer | |
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Working Season | +20% Chance to meet Bandits | Summer | |
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Black Sky | 0% Light | Summer | |
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Harvest Season | +50% Amount of berries, mushrooms and herbs found
+50% Harvest from Greenhouse |
Autumn | |
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Abundant Season | Animals are attacking less often | Autumn | |
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Radioactive Fallout | 25% Increased radiation in cities and radioactive biomes | Autumn | |
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Favourable Wind | +10% Movement speed | Autumn | |
Special Weather Event
Some weather types can only be encountered during special events such as Halloween and Christmas. These weather events have unique effects that can either benefit or negatively impact the players gameplay.
| Weather Types | Effects | |
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Dream Fog | -50 Max Energy
+50% Rest Bonus |
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Bloody Moon | +20% Chance to meet monsters
+50% Light |
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Full Moon | +20% Wolf Pet damage
+50% Light |
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Mysterious Fog | +20% Chance to miss |
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Eternal Zenith | -25 Max Water
100% Light |
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Eerie Night | 20% Damage to enemies and allies
0% Light |
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Salt Sediments | +50% Salt found |
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Sugar Rain | +50% Sugar found |
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Breath of Winter | +25% Food cost
+50% Food storage time Increased movement speed in all bodies of water |
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Pumpkin Harvest | +50% Pumpkin harvest from Greenhouse
+20% Lil' Pum' kin damage |
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Inverted Rain | -50% Light |
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Amateur Star | +25% Crafting speed |
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Howling Winds | +15% Movement speed
25% Energy cost |
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The Mystery of Water | Increased movement speed across all bodies of water |
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Mandarin Madness | +50% Tangerines obtained from Greenhouse |
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Dream Fog | Max energy -50
Rest bonus +50% |
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Radioactive Snowfall | +25% Increased radiation in cities and radioactive biomes |
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Dry Air | +15% Water consumption
-15 Maximum Water |
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Severe Frost | +20% Food Decay
+20% Energy Decay +60% Food Storage Time |
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Polar Day | 100% Light |
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Polar Night | 0% Light |
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Breath of Winter | +10% Movement speed
+10% Transport speed |
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Winter Fishing | +50% Amount of Fresh Fish |
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Frosty Fog | +20% Miss chance |
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Deep Snow | -10% Movement speed
-25% Transport speed |
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Hunting Season | +20% Chance to meet animals
+20% Wolf Pet damage |
Trivia
Some weather events offers additional features that players can take advantage into. Specifically during winter season and rainy seasons.
Winter Weather
- During winter season, all bodies of water such as Coast, Swamp, Radioactive Swamp and Crater (filled with water) will turn into Ice. Players will be able to travel in ice-covered bodies of water as they would normally do inland.
- Players will not be able to use Handmade Raft,Motor Boat and Motorized Raft for the duration of the weather event. However, walking and travelling using vehicles on Ice increases the movement speed of the player.
- Players will not be able to gather Dirty Water from all bodies of water however, they can extract Ice from it and turn them to clean drinking water. Players can use tools when extracting Ice, similar to cutting down Firewood from the forest.
Rainy Weather
- The only benefit of this weather type is that players can collect Clean Water using cooking untensils such as Can, Saucepan, Iron Pot and Steel Pot. Players can collect a maximum of 1,000 Clean Water using the most durable utensil, Steel Pot.
Weather Calendar
Except when events are on-going, the order of which weather would occur is fixed at the beginning of the game, and keep cycling through the years. Below is the order of weather occurrences, with the date based on the first year (1990):
| Date | Weather |
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| Jan 1 | Frost |
| Jan 8 | Clear Winter Weather |
| Jan 15 | Lull |
| Jan 22 | Clear Winter Weather |
| Jan 29 | Snow Storm |
| Feb 5 | Clear Winter Weather |
| Feb 12 | Northern Lights |
| Feb 19 | Clear Winter Weather |
| Feb 26 | Frost |
| Mar 5 | Hungry Season |
| Mar 12 | Clear Weather |
| Mar 19 | Fresh Breeze |
| Mar 26 | Clear Weather |
| Apr 2 | Slush |
| Apr 9 | Clear Weather |
| Apr 16 | Fog |
| Apr 23 | Clear Weather |
| Apr 30 | Rain |
| May 7 | Clear Weather |
| May 14 | Slush |
| May 21 | Clear Weather |
| May 28 | Hungry Season |
| Jun 4 | Dust Storm |
| Jun 11 | Clear Weather |
| Jun 18 | Anomalous Heat |
| Jun 25 | Clear Weather |
| Jul 2 | Working Season |
| Jul 9 | Clear Weather |
| Jul 16 | Black Sky |
| Jul 23 | Clear Weather |
| Jul 30 | Anomalous Heat |
| Aug 6 | Clear Weather |
| Aug 13 | Harvest Season |
| Aug 20 | Clear Weather |
| Aug 27 | Dust Storm |
| Sep 3 | Abundant Season |
| Sep 10 | Clear Weather |
| Sep 17 | Fog |
| Sep 24 | Clear Weather |
| Oct 1 | Rain |
| Oct 6 | Clear Weather |
| Oct 15 | Slush |
| Oct 22 | Clear Weather |
| Oct 29 | Tail Wind |
| Nov 5 | Clear Weather |
| Nov 12 | Radioactive Fall Out |
| Nov 19 | Clear Weather |
| Nov 26 | Abundant Season |
| Dec 3 | Frost |
| Dec 10 | Clear Winter Weather |
| Dec 17 | Barren Season |
| Dec 24 | Clear Winter Weather |
| Dec 31 | Frost |