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Night & Moon Event Planner

Night & Moon Event Survival Planner

What spawns after sundown depends entirely on the moon phase. Pick tonight's conditions and get the verified spawn table and survival checklist. Events verified against the Fandom wiki and TheGamer enemy guide.

Moon Phase:Normal Night
Time of Day:Night
Spawns TonightRunner Zombies
Threat ProfileFast zombies that can catch up to players and spawn around you and the train. Guns only — a close-range shotgun blast one-shots them.
Survival Checklist:
  • Keep a firearm ready after sundown — melee cannot reliably hit moving Runners.
  • Do not let the train stall: a stopped crew is a surrounded crew.
  • Fortified town checkpoints every 10 km are the safest places to spend the night resupplying.
Full enemy stats, weaknesses and counter tactics live in the enemy bestiary. Exact HP values are not published in the sources we verified and are marked accordingly there.
Moon-phase events are tied to game updates and community reporting — spawn rules can change between patches. This page reflects sources verified 2026-09-19.