Day and Night

(Section from Game Mechanics)

Day and night settings can be defined by the player in the menu before starting a game. You can change how many in-game hours there are in each day (12 ,14, 16, or 18 hours in each in-game day). Depending on how many hours your desire to have in each day, the sun will always set at 22:00 and rise at either 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, or 10:00. You can also change how long a 24 hour cycle lasts (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 90, or 120 minutes in real time). The duration of a 24 hour cycle not only affects how long a day lasts but how long a night lasts too. Both Day and Night time have an affect on zombies. During the day almost every single zombie cannot run (some exceptions Feral Wight, Zombie Dog). But at nighttime every zombie can run. Time of day or night does not affect how the player obtains experience, or loot, or any other variable besides how bright or dark the world is, and if the zombies are allowed to run or not.