About Dead Land: Survival: Post-Apocalyptic Multiplayer Survival Simulator
Dead Land: Survival drops you into a ruined world where cities have crumbled and thousands of bloodthirsty zombies roam the streets. The familiar world is gone — what remains is divided into safe zones and dangerous territories teeming with mutants and the infected. A few survivors have banded together in small settlements, and you are one of them, starting with almost no gear and learning to piece together a life from whatever the wasteland offers.
The pace is deliberate and layered: every expedition beyond the base carries real risk, and success depends as much on resource management as on combat skill. One scene shows tall evergreen trees and winding dirt paths surrounding the NIGHTSTONE compound on a green map.
How to Play Dead Land: Survival: Explore, Craft, and Build to Survive
The core loop sends you out on constant excursions beyond your base. During expeditions you explore locations, fight the infected, gather resources, open loot containers, and complete quests. The further a location and the higher its danger level, the more valuable the loot — but the likelihood of losing equipment durability, exhausting ammunition, or dying also rises. In addition to regular infected enemies, elite enemies, special events, and zones with increased difficulty await characters who are well prepared.
Your journey begins with almost no gear. Gradually you learn to gather the necessary resources and combine them to craft more powerful weapons and other items. Progress is not limited to your character alone — upgrading your base and its production buildings is an equally important part of advancement.
Progression and Economy
- Leveling up the hero: advance your character's overall power through play
- Learning new skills: unlock additional capabilities as you progress
- Improving attributes: strengthen your character's core stats
- Gaining access to more powerful weapons: reach higher tiers of armament
- Crafting quality gear: produce better equipment at your base
- Unlocking new crafting recipes: expand what you are able to build and equip
The main currency is silver coins, used for most transactions with traders. Silver coins can be obtained by completing quests, exploring the world, selling found items, and participating in various missions.
Item and Location Mechanics
- Broken items can be repaired in the Workshop building under the Repair tab.
- To install a new chest in the warehouse, remove one of the installed boxes, clear it of items, and place the new chest in its spot.
- Items such as lighters, cigarettes, matches, and pine cones may be needed for settler quests or for upgrading buildings and shelters. Excess items can be sold to the trader in the settlement.
- To unlock Amelia's Diner after collecting 75 infected ears, move the ears from your inventory into the requirement slot marked 0/75.
Controls
- Repair tab (Workshop): Access item repair inside the Workshop building
- Inventory slot interaction: Move items from inventory into requirement slots to meet location unlock conditions
- Profile > Settings > Start Over button: Reset the game to the beginning
- Mobile: Virtual buttons
Key Features
- Multiplayer: Interact with other players, team up with friends, complete missions together, and participate in in-game events. Regular updates introduce temporary events, holiday celebrations, and new traders.
- Energy System: Each expedition requires energy expenditure. Energy limits the number of long-distance travels in a single session and requires planning routes — sometimes forcing a choice between dangerous resource-rich areas and safer locations that conserve strength.
- Battles against zombies.
- Crafting weapons and equipment.
- Restoration of the survivors' settlement.
- Raid elite bosses and participate in clan challenges with friends.
FAQ
What is the main goal in Dead Land: Survival?
Your task is to survive, explore dangerous territories, gather resources, build and upgrade your shelter, craft weapons and gear, complete quests, and gradually venture deeper into infected zones. Success depends on both combat skills and effective resource management.
How does the energy system affect expeditions?
Each expedition consumes energy, which limits how many long-distance trips you are able to make in one session. This makes route planning a key part of survival strategy, since more dangerous locations offer better loot but cost more to reach.
How do silver coins work and where do they come from?
Silver coins are the main currency used for most trader transactions. They can be obtained by completing quests, exploring the world, selling found items, and participating in various missions.
What should I do with items like lighters, cigarettes, and pine cones?
Most of these items may be required for settler quests, and some can be used to upgrade buildings and shelters. Excess items can be sold to the trader in the settlement.
How do I reset progress and start the game over?
Go to your Profile, open Settings, and click the "Start Over" button.
Why can't I enter Amelia's Diner after collecting 75 infected ears?
Simply having the ears in your inventory is not enough. Open your inventory and manually move the 75 infected ears into the requirement slot marked 0/75 to unlock the location.
Games You Might Like
If the resource-gathering and crafting side of Dead Land: Survival appeals to you, Whatcraft offers a similar action survival RPG loop of fighting monsters, collecting resources, and crafting powerful gear across dangerous locations. For a different take on survival building, Skyblock 3D: Survival challenges you to gather resources, battle monsters, and construct plantations on floating islands. Fans of the zombie apocalypse setting will find plenty to enjoy in Rise of the Dead, a shooting horror game where you fight off waves of zombies, upgrade weapons, and work through quest-driven missions across multiple modes.
Browse the full survival games catalog for more post-apocalyptic challenges, or explore the wider action games collection for fast-paced combat experiences.