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Reward Box

For engaging with the game, players are rewarded with multiple opportunities for receiving a box that can potentially contain very valuable commodities to help their survival. The exact content and amount of the rewards depends on which reward box it is, but ...

Objectives

There's an entire city to explore. Survivors need to know how far they've come, and what's left to do. The tasks menu helps players to prioritize goals and keep track of their progression.

Tasks

As the player levels up, they will start receiving tasks that incentivizes exploring different areas of the map. Most tasks reward the player with an XP reward, but some of the earlier tasks, initiated by Ivan the Trader, gives players a small assortment of eq...

Achievements

The Achievements tab of the task menu is where the player can view much of their personal stats and progression. There are dozens of achievements to be earned along multiple tiers, awarding the player with XP for participating in the different aspects of the g...

Books

Books are effect items that apply to the entire compound. They can be either temporary or permanent, with temporary books typically having larger effects. Most books can be scavenged in the dead zone, but some are only available in the shop or in supply boxes...

Combat Books

As their name suggests, Combat Books apply effects on missions, raids, and compound defense. They are represented by the color red.

General Books

General Books apply effects mainly to passive compound affairs, such as morale or compound defense. They are represented by the color blue.

Mission Books

Mission Books apply effects on missions such as quality loot chance or noise effects. They are represented by the color green.

Resource Books

Resources Books apply effects to both passive and active resource procurement, including fuel. They are represented by the color purple.

Survival Books

These books mainly alter which kinds of resources are looted while scavenging in the dead zone. They are represented by a tan color.

Tactics Manual

Tactics Manuals are temporary items that gives the compound's survivors temporary boosts, much like books. Unlike books however, they can only be crafted by using fuel and tactics pages obtained from recycling unused books. Only one tactic manual can be equipp...

Junk

Junk is a category of items that can be found nearly anywhere in the Dead Zone. It exists primary to be recycled for resources and components. For most junk items, this is indeed their only use; as a reserve storage of materials that cannot be raided and are r...

Standard Junk

These are the bog-standard junk items that can be found anywhere in the Dead Zone. Some may have some novel descriptions or could be used for crafting, but they're common enough that they're mostly better off being scrapped for resources.

Z-Mas Junk

These junk items are much more valuable than the standard junk items. As part of the festive cheer of Z-Mas, presents can be found scattered around the Dead Zone to both the good and naughty survivors of the apocalypse. Each holiday season introduces a group o...

Anniversary Junk

For the game's first birthday, a junk item was awarded to all players as a gift that they could recycle. Players who managed to reach the max level received an special version of the item that gave increased rewards when recycled. Anniversary junk was only us...

Mission

Missions are the standard form of combat in the Dead Zone Revive. Players can assign survivors on missions to gather resources, obtain equipment, collect XP, and complete tasks. Entering a mission pits the player's survivors against zombies in the various envi...

Raiding

Raiding is engaging in combat with the other survivors of the Dead Zone. Raiding takes place at compounds, where one group of survivors attack another's, with the primary goal of either taking their resources, stealing their alliance banner for points, or simp...

Zombies

Zombies are the primary occupant of the Dead Zone Revive. Their numbers are uncountable and their appetite for flesh insatiable. The unique circumstances of the apocalypse have given rise to various types, and the player will encounter all of them sooner or la...

Research

Research is a mechanic in the Dead Zone Revive. It allows players to use their excess resources to apply passive bonuses to their entire compound such as storage capacity, barrier health, or survivor damage. Players can start researching once they have built...

Alliance Menu

Being a member of an alliance opens us new opportunities for engaging with other players. The alliance menu has several tabs detailing the different aspects of alliance function.