Perk Machines are utilities that take the form of beverage vending machines. Each machine sells a different beverage that grants the player a perk that will help them fend off the zombie horde. They require the power to be turned on before they can be used. Once powered, the perk machines turn on and start glowing with their respective color.
The player can interact with a perk machine to purchase its beverage and acquire its perk. Each perk will cost a different amount of points. Once purchased, the player will put away their weapon to drink a bottle of the beverage.
During the animation, the player loses access to their weapons. They are unable to fire, reload their weapons, or knife for the duration. They are still able sprint while drinking. However, their movement will be briefly slowed during the actual drinking portion of the animation.
After drinking the bottle, the player's vision will briefly turn blurry and tinted with the color of the perk to signify that the perk's powers have been gained.
Perks last until the player goes down, upon which all perks are lost.
Players can have a maximum of four perks. Their perks are listed in the bottom left of the screen. When reaching the limit, the player will be unable to purchase more from perk machines.
Available Perks[]
There are five perk machines that are scattered across the map, each providing a unique perk.
| Perk | Effect | Price (Points) | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quick Revive | Revive downed players twice as fast. Health regeneration delay is halved. |
1500 | 
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| Double Tap Root Beer | Fire rate is increased by ~18% for all weapons. Each round fired produces two bullets instead, resulting in double damage if both connect. |
2000 | 
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| Juggernog | Doubles the player's health from 100 to 200. It will take five hits instead of three for the player to get knocked down. |
2500 | 
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| Speed Cola | Reload weapons twice as fast. Barriers are repaired 87.5% faster. |
3000 | 
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| Mule Kick | Grants the player a third weapon slot. | 4000 | 
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Trivia[]
- Each perk machine has its own jingle that is played upon purchase.
- Before the Five Perk Trick was patched in the RPD Update, players were able to circumvent the four perk limit and acquire five perks by successfully performing the exploit.
- Before the Juggernog bug was patched in the Barrett .50cal Update on June 7th, 2020, players were able to still gain the effects of all 5 perks by having the Juggernog health increase persist after the perk was lost.
Update History[]
- Buckshot Update v1.0
- Bug Fix: Fixed a rare bug where getting downed while drinking a perk would break the ability to acquire new perks.
- FAMAE SAF Update v1.0
- Bug Fix: Fixed a rare critical bug where getting downed while drinking a perk on very high latency could completely break the weapon script.
- PM-9 Update v1.0
- Added third person for perk drinking animation.
- Nail Gun Update v1.0
- Can once again start sprinting when purchasing perks.
- Players are now instead slowed during the actual drinking portion of the perk animation.
- Nail Gun Update v1.0
- Can no longer start sprinting while drinking perks.
- Added a slight flash on the icon when acquiring a new perk.
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the player could keep the perk if downed during the drinking animation.
- Bug Fix: Potentially fixed a bug where knifing after buying can stop the player from getting the perk.
- RPD Update v1.0
- Added jingles to each of the machines.
- Bug Fix: Patched a glitch that sometimes allowed players to have five perks.
- Pack-a-Punch Update v1.0
- Updated how drinking sounds are replicated to server.
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the player could only have 3 perks max.
- Bug Fix: Fixed an issue with swapping weapons while drinking perks.
- AWP Update v1.1
- Will no longer show the purchase prompt if the player already has max perks.
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