# Zombie Slave, how to?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-slave-how-to/19483>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [April 1, 2019, 4:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-slave-how-to/19483 "2019-04-01T04:21:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Grimm\_Spector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/grimm_spector/32/5132_2.png) [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 4:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-slave-how-to/19483/1 "2019-04-01T04:21:07Z")

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I thought I needed First Aid / Survival 1 and a knife, I have 3 in both…but standing over a bruised corpse and pressing % isn’t giving me the option in the menu, I have options for everything else but that…what am I doing wrong?

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**Author:** ![Axema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/axema/32/10822_2.png) [@Axema](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Axema)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 5:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-slave-how-to/19483/2 "2019-04-01T05:00:52Z")

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(A)ctivate your knife, and select `make zlave` while on top of an unpulped zombie. 1 survival skill level is enough to do this, but you’ll gain moral penalty doing this, unless you are a `PSYCHOPATH` 👍

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**Author:** ![Grimm\_Spector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/grimm_spector/32/5132_2.png) [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-slave-how-to/19483/3 "2019-04-01T15:45:23Z")

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When I try this, it tells me I can’t do anything interesting with my knife…is it from one of the “mods” perhaps? Like the necromancy mod? I keep trying to use it on shockers I find.

Related question, if I have a base with NPCs in it … will they attack my friendly zombie slave, or flee in terror? Or treat him as friendly?

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**Author:** ![Axema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/axema/32/10822_2.png) [@Axema](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Axema)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-slave-how-to/19483/4 "2019-04-01T22:58:33Z")

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Zlaving a special zombie still attacks with special abilities like shockstorm, but yeah, necromancy mod makes it completely friendly and fight just like a normal one 👍

A zombie slave remains hostile, so your NPCs will kill it once they got vision of it…

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**Author:** ![Grimm\_Spector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/grimm_spector/32/5132_2.png) [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-slave-how-to/19483/5 "2019-04-01T23:15:46Z")

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So I have a copper knife, and 3 ranks of each skill, and when I select the knife it comes up with only cutting things up and writing things while standing over a bruised body; and nothing in the % menu about zombie slaves…still not sure what’s wrong!

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**Author:** ![Axema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/axema/32/10822_2.png) [@Axema](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Axema)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-slave-how-to/19483/6 "2019-04-01T23:53:27Z")

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X-acto knives can do `zlave`, but try the other ones like a butcher knife or a scalpel. I don’t know why copper knives can’t `zlave` zombies 😕

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**Author:** ![Grimm\_Spector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/grimm_spector/32/5132_2.png) [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-slave-how-to/19483/7 "2019-04-02T15:49:09Z")

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Seems to be that they need the fine quality, maybe that changed at some point, who knows.

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**Author:** ![Victor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3e96dc/32.png) [@Victor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Victor)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-slave-how-to/19483/8 "2020-11-16T19:43:26Z")

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In recent build, my character has “health care” 6, survival 5 and a scalpel, but activation of scalpel doesn’t give option to create zombie slave, while standing on non-pulped zombie corpse.  
Is this ability removed from the game?

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**Author:** ![Junknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@Junknown](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Junknown)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-slave-how-to/19483/9 "2020-11-16T20:21:55Z")

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Yes, Z-slaves have been removed from the game.

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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 16, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-slave-how-to/19483/10 "2020-11-16T21:50:28Z")

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> [@Victor](#):
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> Is this ability removed from the game?

Yes, 'can confirm this:

> [@Symbiotic relationship with zombies and monsters](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/symbiotic-relationship-with-zombies-and-monsters/24085/7):
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> > [@Symbiotic relationship with zombies and monsters](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/symbiotic-relationship-with-zombies-and-monsters/24085/6):
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> > Did the Zlaves actually got taken out of the game?! I don’t see the entry in the action menu of the X-Acto/Scalpel anymore 🤨 …
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> Yes, they did.

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Also, hi other being named Victor 🙂 .

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**Author:** ![We\_are\_Alpharius48](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@We\_are\_Alpharius48](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/We_are_Alpharius48)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-slave-how-to/19483/11 "2020-11-17T02:22:30Z")

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Well that sucks, guess I’ll need to find some way to trick has z9 on a treadmill attached to an alternator for my power now.