When organizing items to store in your warehouse, press L on an item to lock it. Then click "All Store," and locked items won't be stored. This is very useful for essential items like medical supplies.



Press C to holster your weapon, and your movement speed will usually be faster (the lower the weapon's Movement Speed Coefficient, the faster you move when holstered). This is very useful when you need to traverse the map or reposition.




Press Y to switch between default view and vertical view.



Press N to unequip Face gear. For example, you can quickly remove your Night Vision Goggles, and press N again to quickly re-equip them.

Enable:

Disable:

As long as you aim at the head, bullets can penetrate cover to attack.



Without aiming, bullets hit the cover



Headshot kill through cover in action




Aim at the head when attacking, because bullets that go off target due to recoil will still headshot.

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Standing next to cover enters stealth state, notice the white highlight on the cover.



Your bullets won't be blocked, but enemy bullets will hit the cover.




Generally, except for Special Bullets, AP Bullets deal the same damage as Standard Bullets, only adding Armor Penetration. So in Zone Zero, using Rusty Bullets and Standard Bullets is sufficient.


For SMGs, after installing attachments that reduce Hip Fire Spread, hip firing is generally better than aiming down sights, and doesn't slow you down.


After death, equipped melee weapons, Totems, and pet backpacks are retained. However, fishing rods will drop.


While aiming, hold right-click to crouch walk, making it harder for enemies to detect you.


Melee attacks can penetrate walls, and with crouch walk you can attack without taking damage!




Blindfold combined with Totem: Perception allows you to see enemies behind walls.

Kukri original price is 12839, food merchant price increases to 13352




But field merchant price drops to 10271!!




Town Hall has an ATM (Automatic Teller Machine), if you don't have enough money to buy something, you can teleport there to withdraw.




Each time you return to base, the kitchen offers one free meal.


Some items can be sold at the black market. Black market refresh prices have almost no upper or lower limits, only depending on item type (toys like dice and Advanced AP Bullets, medicine, gear, attachments, ammo types). You can install an infinite refresh MOD to experiment.




In merchant trading interfaces, you can scroll down with your mouse wheel to access the warehouse, very convenient.


Some items can be obtained by dismantling higher-tier items (for example, you can get a phone by dismantling a graphics card).




All cases and keys can be profitable. Red envelopes, knife cases, XO keys, etc. all have positive expected value.

Regarding save rollback, if you accidentally sell equipment or suffer heavy losses, you can try to rollback from the main menu.




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