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Swarmer

Also called: Freaker, Horde
GamesInfected, still aliveRunsA virus2010 to today

The ordinary infected adult of Days Gone, set in Oregon two years after a pandemic. Swarmers are living animals with habits: they nest, feed, drink and hibernate, and at night they migrate in hordes of hundreds. Those hordes, and the artificial intelligence that drives them, were the feature critics singled out for praise.123

Battle it
First appeared
2019
Days Gone (2019)
Source work
Days Gone (2019)
Bend Studio
Age rating
ESRB M
Made in
USA
What causes it
A virus
The Freaker Virus, which leaves its victims alive but feral, cannibalistic and stronger and faster than before.
How you become one
Infection with the Freaker Virus.
How it moves
Runs
Chases prey in a frenzy; a horde uses the terrain to surround and overwhelm.
Intelligence
Mindless
Weak spots
  • fire
  • gunfire and blunt force
  • rain dulls their senses

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today2019

Days Gone (2019)

field notes

What the sources say

1

Alive, not undead: they eat, drink from rivers and sleep123

2

Hide in caves and nests by day and move at night123

3

Gather in hordes of 50 to 500123

4

A horde coordinates through pheromones, close to a hive mind123

5

Their movement was modelled on an online video of a person moving strangely123

6

The developers cited World War Z as an inspiration123

Could you outrun it?

Speed class from how the sources describe it (runs), not a measurement.

You, walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
You, jogging about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h (15 mph)
Swarmer about 24 km/h (15 mph)
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

  1. Freakers - Days Gone Wiki (Fandom)
  2. Days Gone - Wikipedia
  3. Days Gone - RAWG

Every fact on this page comes from these sources, written in our own words. Spotted a mistake? Tell us at [email protected].

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