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Swarmer

Also called: Freaker, Horde
GamesInfected, still aliveRunsA virus2010 to today

The ordinary infected adult of Days Gone, set in Oregon two years after a pandemic. Swarmers are living animals with habits: they nest, feed, drink and hibernate, and at night they migrate in hordes of hundreds. Those hordes, and the artificial intelligence that drives them, were the feature critics singled out for praise.123

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First appeared
2019
Days Gone (2019)
Source work
Days Gone (2019)
Bend Studio
Age rating
ESRB M
Made in
USA
What causes it
A virus
The Freaker Virus, which leaves its victims alive but feral, cannibalistic and stronger and faster than before.
How you become one
Infection with the Freaker Virus.
How it moves
Runs
Chases prey in a frenzy; a horde uses the terrain to surround and overwhelm.
Intelligence
Mindless
Weak spots
  • fire
  • gunfire and blunt force
  • rain dulls their senses

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
2019

Days Gone (2019)

field notes

What the sources say

1

Alive, not undead: they eat, drink from rivers and sleep123

2

Hide in caves and nests by day and move at night123

3

Gather in hordes of 50 to 500123

4

A horde coordinates through pheromones, close to a hive mind123

5

Their movement was modelled on an online video of a person moving strangely123

6

The developers cited World War Z as an inspiration123

Could you outrun it?

Speed class from how the sources describe it (runs), not a measurement.

You, walking about 5 km/h
You, jogging about 10 km/h
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h
Swarmer about 24 km/h
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h

Sources

  1. Freakers - Days Gone Wiki (Fandom)
  2. Days Gone - Wikipedia
  3. Days Gone - RAWG

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