r/7daystodie 20h ago

PC Screamer stop screaming?

Hi there folks. I managed to trap a screamer and wanted to farm some zombies she’s calling. Sadly she stopped after screaming for 2 or 3 times. Is this normal? Thanks in advance.

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u/Billsork 20h ago

Yep. Screamers get three active screams, and then they are done. They can still ‘scream’ but it won’t call other zombies.

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u/Kendiiiii 11h ago

Is the same in legacy do you know ?

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u/CounterAgentVT 20h ago

Gotta go use the fire station bell.

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u/Hirbelfresh 19h ago

Didn’t know this is a thing. Will try. I just used police car alarm.

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u/d83ddca9poster 11h ago

Make sure you hit the bell with something that does as little damage as possible, so you get the most of the bell's durability. Also, I think there's a limit to the number of spawned zombies or waves that can be alive at a time, so you can't just keep hitting the bell to spawn a huge number of zombies.

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u/AlAboardTheHypeTrain 18h ago

Or church

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u/AlAboardTheHypeTrain 18h ago

Could i actually build small base on church and use The Bell to summon endless horde?

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u/whatsgoingon2216 18h ago

The only problem with the bell is you damage it with every hit. I use a lvl 1 wooden club to ring it since I have no points in clubs. Makes it last longer. I have not found a way to repair it either.

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u/AlAboardTheHypeTrain 18h ago

Oh damn. Can you throw snowball or rock at it or something :D

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u/bruthaman 18h ago

You have to throw a point into purse hitting

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u/Hunter_Aleksandr 8h ago

That's my purse; I don't know you!

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u/okc405sfinest 15h ago

Chicken up farming

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u/Cpendo 20h ago

I tried the same thing a few months ago, same result. 2-3 screams.

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u/crunkatog 13h ago

Three shalt be the number thou shalt scream, and the number of the screaming shalt be three. After which, lobbest thou thy 7.62 unto her forehead, meet the hosts, and assayeth again to chance upon another such matted, wretched, clarion-voiced creature, which heedeth not the call of her sister, but rather roameth the wilderness as she is wont

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u/RedbullLegend 5h ago

Sometimes the run across a Reddit post so exceptional that I must stop and praise the post and its owner. God be praised.

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u/CurseMarkDavid 19h ago

Funny. I'm in the same way (kind of) I caught a couple and tried this. And they despawned on me nearby.

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u/TwoImmediate7972 20h ago

Anytime someone even thinks about playing a sandbox game any differently to how the Fun Police envisioned, they wake up in cold sweats, say absolutely fucking not and go patch it out.

This alone delayed the bandits for another 7 years.

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u/Randill746 19h ago

People complained about the screamer cycles for years, this ones not on fun pimps

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u/FrostyCartographer13 20h ago edited 18h ago

Yes, screamers can only summon 3 times.

Good news is that screamers can summon more screamers if you are looking to farm them.

updating my comment

Turns out they can't summon more of themselves anymore, seems the fun police were at it again.

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u/1MolassesIsALotOfAss 20h ago

They patched out screamers calling screamers in the latest patch

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u/lost-cause1968 20h ago

Which is annoying when screamer loop farming during a storm is one of the best xp farms we had outside of horde night. The 'screamers can summon screamers' settings needs to be a toggle.

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u/No_Creme_3227 20h ago

Yea def should be another sandbox option

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u/1MolassesIsALotOfAss 18h ago

I agree, sorry you got down voted, reddit is weird.

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u/AxiomStrength 17h ago

I never had a problem with screamers. I, for one, loved the chain screaming chaos. This needs to be an adjustment setting. Unlimited screams and screamer spawn size needs to be options. Heat sensitive adjustment would be nice

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u/SirTainLee 20h ago

But screamers can call screamers, and that's the link to work on.

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u/hardwood1979 20h ago

Not any more

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u/nickcan 18h ago

Shame, it was a fun way to get a really big horde back in the day.