# Are shady zombies supposed to travel in packs?
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-shady-zombies-supposed-to-travel-in-packs/21075
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [August 14, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-shady-zombies-supposed-to-travel-in-packs/21075 "2019-08-14T19:49:49Z")
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### Author:  [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-shady-zombies-supposed-to-travel-in-packs/21075/1 "2019-08-14T19:49:49Z")
I’ve noticed that for some reason shady zombies always travel in groups. I don’t see anything on the wiki about them actually exhibiting herd behaviour but everytime I see one there always seems to be another very close by.
No other zombie seems to have this behaviour. Is that normal?
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### Author:  [@crazykiddeath](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/crazykiddeath)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-shady-zombies-supposed-to-travel-in-packs/21075/2 "2019-08-14T19:54:12Z")
It’s probably because they have such good night sight, they can spot things other zombies can’t and react so they’ll tend to cluster.
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### Author:  [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-shady-zombies-supposed-to-travel-in-packs/21075/3 "2019-08-14T20:02:41Z")
that is possible, since i’ve seen zombie herds cluster around shocker zombies because it was the most visible
but that still doesn’t quite explain why even in the daytime they cluster
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### Author:  [@crazykiddeath](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/crazykiddeath)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-shady-zombies-supposed-to-travel-in-packs/21075/4 "2019-08-14T20:07:03Z")
Chasing stuff in the night perhaps (other then you I mean) once they hit daylight they’ll go blind again and lose the target.
These are only guesses mind you.
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### Author:  [@Junknown](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Junknown)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-shady-zombies-supposed-to-travel-in-packs/21075/5 "2019-08-14T20:19:03Z")
GROUP\_ZOMBIE in monstergroups.json contains the following line:
`{ "monster" : "mon_zombie_shady", "freq" : 30, "cost_multiplier" : 15, "pack_size": [4,6]},`
So yes, there is a chance for shadies to spawn in packs.
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### Author:  [@crazykiddeath](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/crazykiddeath)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-shady-zombies-supposed-to-travel-in-packs/21075/6 "2019-08-14T20:22:24Z")
Interesting, I’ve seen some weird stuff spawn before and this would explain some of it.