Scout

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Scout
The Scout can sneak past groups of zombies undetected, allowing them to explore the farthest reaches of the desert, in almost total safety. Warning : carrying out any actions when hiding causes you to break cover and reveal yourself!
Category	Jobs
Sub Category	Hero
Éclaireur
Aufklärer
Explorador

Example scout map. There are 1-3 zombies North of town (there would be no number if the zone had no zombies), 3-7 zombies to the West, 6-10 zombies in the East, and a horde of 13-17 zombies to the South.

Overview

Citizens with the Scout Profession are classified as Heroes, granting them access to their SUPER Skills.

The Scout is a master of reconnaissance. As such, their scouting abilities can be very valuable during the first days of the town. The scout's detection abilities are less valuable with a Watchtower with upgrades and an Upgraded Map, because the map and zombie count will then be revealed by these constructions. Their ability to join an expedition in progress or deliver items "behind enemy lines" can still save many a life, however. Main duty is now to detect Ruins - ideally Explorable Ruins.

Abilities

Scout Sense

When travelling in the World Beyond, Scouts can see the zombie count of adjacent zones from the arrows.

• The count is usually inaccurate - the actual zombie numbers can either be [-2, -1, 0, +1, +2] from the number displayed.
  • The exceptions are 0 zombies, or 1 zombie. At zero zombies the zone can have between 0 and 2 zombies. At 1 zombie, the zone can have between 1 and 3 zombies (never zero).
  • Example: The Scout sense showing 3 zombies means there are 1 to 5 zombies in that zone.
• You will NOT be able to see Scout senses if you are Exhausted because the arrows of movement will disappear, so do the Scout senses marked on the arrows.

Camouflage Vest

Scouts are not affected by zombie control points as long as they are camouflaged. This allows them to move even in zones with high zombie counts.

The Scout can perform those actions while remaining undetected by the zombies:

• Drink water & booze, eat, take drugs. These actions will have a check mark:
  • But do NOT open a Doggy Bag (a bag which contains food). It counts as other actions (not eating). You will lose camouflage.
• Use Radius Radar Beacon and Radius Mark II
• Use Flash Grenade (although it defeats the purpose of using it when you have camouflage on)
• Use the heroic action Second Wind.
  • Other heroic actions should be fine too?? (please confirm)
  • Vicious Uppercut can be used, but not gaining control will break camouflage leaving you trapped in the zone.
• Use Break Through to kill 1 zombie and gain control.
• Eat a citizen while being a Ghoul.
• Peek at a buried ruin.
• Upgrade campsites, hiding or tombing (although no check mark).
  • But do NOT install any defence object. You will be detected by zombies?? (please confirm)
• Use Shaman's Make it Rain ability.

The Scout will lose camouflage (i.e. being detected by zombies) if they perform those actions:

• Drop or Collect items from the ground.
• Attack zombies.
• Search a ruin (you may still search a ruin even without taking control of the zone)
• Use/Build an object (except a few mentioned in the above paragraph).

However you may do any of the above without losing camouflage if you have taken control of the zone.

Chance of Breaking Camouflage

There is a chance of being detected as the Scout enters a zone with the Camouflage Vest equiped. The factor of being detected are described bellow:

• This risk increases as the difference between the number of Zombies and the Control Points increase. Note: if this difference is equal or lower than zero, means the Citizens that are there have the control of the zone, so it doesn't matter if the Scout has the Camouflage Vest equiped.
• The risk of being detected is lower during The Night.
• The risk decreases when a Scout level of exploration for the sector changes. It changes accordingly with the number of Scouts that have visited the zone during this incarnation ( Town/game).
  • Unknown sector
  • Partially explored sector
  • Sector regularly visited
  • Sector thoroughly explored

In these tables is written the chance (%) of being detected at Night by the Zombies when you don't have the Control of the zone and you have the Camouflage Vest equiped. There's an increasing value of Zombies minus the Control Points and also the four Scout levels of exploration for the sector.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	3	7	9	10	11	13
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	7	8	10
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	5	7
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4

	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
	14	15	16	18	19	20	22	23	24	26	27	28	29	31	32
	11	12	13	15	16	17	19	20	21	23	24	25	26	28	29
	8	9	10	12	13	14	16	17	18	20	21	22	23	25	26
	5	6	7	9	10	11	13	14	15	17	18	19	20	22	23

Regaining Camouflage

If the camouflage breaks, the Scout will be just like a normal Citizen. You will get trapped if your Control Points are lower than the number of zombies.

To regain camouflage, the Scout can either:

1. Kill zombies down to a number so your Control Points are equal or higher than the zombie count.
2. Use items which can blind/distract the zombies and gain temporary control for a limited number of time, e.g. Flash Grenade, Grisly Bomb, Pre-war camera (4 charges) or Break Through.

However, it is very important to put the camouflage vest on again by clicking on it in the inventory, or else the Scout will still enter the next zone as a normal Citizen.

If you choose to flee at the consequence of being Wounded, this will regain Scout Sense but not the ability to put the camouflage vest back on.

Peek

Scouts can peek at what a buried ruin is. It is useful because you don't waste tons of APs uncovering the building if the building does not have good sources of resources. This action does not make you lose camouflage.

Camping

Camping in a zone with zombie(s) present places a penalty on the chances of survival. For Scouts, this penalty is reduced.

Equipment

• Camouflage Vest

External links

• Scout - Official MyHordes.eu Help Section