# On the subject of zombies

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/on-the-subject-of-zombies/25419
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [November 29, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/on-the-subject-of-zombies/25419 "2020-11-29T09:39:35Z")
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### Author: ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2020, 10:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/on-the-subject-of-zombies/25419/5 "2020-11-29T10:08:09Z")

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There was a lenghy discussion in an other topic that touched shortly on the existence of Skeletal Zombies.  
Here is a quick quotes out of it:

> [@How much damage prevents revivecation](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-much-damage-prevents-revivecation/23228/21):
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> as for skeletons, they are not actual skeletons they are zombies whose skin has turned to bone so they do have muscels and organs to keep them moving, […]

And the last post of that topic sums it up quite nicely:

> [@How much damage prevents revivecation](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-much-damage-prevents-revivecation/23228/30):
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> Going by the official lore, and the fact that damaged Z variants (brainless, scorched, crawling) have at least a reasonable amount of tissue (particularly muscle) remaining - I’d say only serious structural damage prevents revivification. “Skeletons” are covered in a bony carapace, they’re not actually walking bones. Blob can repair soft tissue very easily, miraculously so. However, it doesn’t seem to be capable of reconstructing a body from scratch. So stripping flesh from bone (butchering) mak…

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