Runner
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Can you outrun a Runner in Stillskin Forest?
Barely. A Runner chases at 21.5 studs per second and your sprint is 23, so you gain only 1.5 studs every second, and only while your stamina lasts. Runners are fragile, though: 60 health, so two machete swings or two pistol body shots drop one.
- Health
- 60
- Damage
- 8
- Time between attacks
- 1.5 s
- Roam speed
- 7
- Chase speed
- 21.5
- First appears
- Day 2
Behaviour
Lighter and faster than a Walker, and it attacks more often. Runners make up about a fifth of spawns once they unlock on Day 2, and many more on a Blood Moon.
How to escape one
- Don't start a long sprint on low stamina. You need at least 15 to start sprinting. See Stamina and sprinting.
- Break line of sight; chases end after about 22 seconds or once you are 85 studs clear.
- Climb a ladder it didn't see you use, or turn and fight: it is the easiest infected to kill.