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# Novice vs Zombie
Everyone joins, everyone has 1 HP. Whoever the zombies catch becomes a zombie too. The last human standing wins.
## Quick Guide
**Availability:** Every 4 hours at 02:00, 06:00, 10:00, 14:00, 18:00 and 22:00 server time. Watch for the "\[Novice vs Zombie] Signup is open" announcement. Staff can also start it by hand.
* Any job, any level, your own gear. Type `@nvz` while the signup is open (3 minutes). You are healed and warped into the zombie field.
* Inside, every player has the same body: 1 HP, no dodge, no defence, the same walking speed. Your job, gear and costumes only change how you look.
* You get 3 Fly Wings and 3 Holy Water for the event. They are your only way to fight back.
* When the signup closes, 3 Zombies start the hunt. Anyone who dies rises as a Zombie a moment later and hunts the humans too.
* The last human standing wins. The Zombie with the most catches wins a smaller prize.
**Note:** At least 2 players from 2 different connections must be in the field when the signup closes, or the event is cancelled. One character per connection may join. The event does not start during WoE or less than an hour after the last one.
## Entry Rules
| Check | What is needed |
| ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Job and level | Any. |
| Gear | Your own. Nothing has to be dropped or stored. |
| Where you are | Alive, not vending or in a chat room, not in jail, not inside an instance, not on a map you cannot warp out of, and not already in the field. |
| Connection | One character per connection. A second character from the same connection is refused. |
## In The Field
| Rule | Detail |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| The field | The zombie field `zombie_ev`. `@nvz` puts you at `zombie_ev 50 40`. No skills. |
| Same body for all | 1 HP, no Flee or Perfect Dodge, no DEF or MDEF, and one walking speed for humans and Zombies alike. Leaving the field puts your normal stats back. |
| Humans | You cannot hit anyone. Use your event Fly Wings and Holy Water. No other item works inside. |
| Fly Wing (Escape) | Jumps you to a random spot of the field. 3 per player. |
| Holy Water | The nearest Zombie within 3 cells is stunned for 3 seconds and thrown to a random spot. It stays a Zombie. 3 per player. |
| Zombies | The event starts with 3 Ghouls named Zombie. A player who dies, by anything, rises as a Zombie 1.5 seconds later and looks like a Ghoul. One hit from a Zombie kills a human. Humans and monsters cannot hurt Zombies, Zombies cannot hurt each other, and Zombies cannot use items. |
| Blocked | `@` commands, teleport and Ice Wall do not work inside the field. You cannot receive mail while the event runs. You lose no EXP when you die. |
| Time limit | 10 minutes. If more than one human is still alive, nobody wins the main prize. |
| Everyone caught | Nobody wins the main prize. |
| After the event | Everyone is sent to `mainprt 210 172` with full HP and their normal look. The event Fly Wings and Holy Water you did not use are taken back. Your own Fly Wings and Holy Water are never touched. |
The field announces how many humans are left whenever someone is caught.
## Prize
| Role | Item | Amount |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------ |
| Last human standing | 
Proof of Donation ID: 1002069
| 3 |
| Top Zombie (most catches, at least 1) |
Proof of Donation ID: 1002069
| 1 |
The winner is announced to the server and gets one event win on the event rankings. The Top Zombie is announced too, also when nobody survives or time runs out. If the inventory is full, the prize is mailed.
## Commands
| Command | What it does |
| ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `@nvz` | Joins the event while the signup is open. When it is closed, it tells you when the next one starts. |
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