The creators of Escape from Tarkov organized a Halloween event with zombies. The head of Battlestate Games revealed an unusual mechanic related to alcohol.
Nikita Buyanov stated that when playing as a Scav, you need to drink a couple of bottles before the zombies spot the character.
In the community “Tarkovskoe Metadvizhenie”, they demonstrated how this “alcohol meta” works — zombies will not attack a drunken Scav; it is also noted that in this state “you can use voice lines to request help or command the infected to follow you”.
They shared a broadcast excerpt demonstrating the mechanic in action:
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