Days Gone enemies

Bear

Bears are big, tough animals that charge, bite and claw for heavy damage. You meet the first one while escorting Lisa in Lots of Sick People. After that they can turn up anywhere, so carry a strong rifle or a throwable.

Crier

Criers are infected ravens that nest in trees and on power-line transformers in the south. They dive in erratic lines and keep coming from their nests, so destroy the nests before you waste ammo on the birds.

Crows

Crows are ordinary birds found all over the map, and they never attack you. They matter for two reasons: their meat sells at camp kitchens, and a flock overhead often means Freakers or a Horde are close.

Deer

Deer are harmless game animals that run when they notice you. Hunt them for meat to sell at camp kitchens, and Copeland walks you through tracking and gutting one early in the game.

Rager Bear

Ragers are infected black bears and the toughest animals in the game, with well over twice a normal bear's health. Treat one like a boss fight: keep your distance, set it on fire and pour in shotgun or heavy rifle rounds.

Runner

Runners are infected wolves that can outrun your bike and try to drag you off it. On the road, a well-timed pistol shot makes them back off, and on foot a shotgun is the cleanest answer.

Wolf

Wolves roam in packs and usually keep clear of you. A pack that commits will bite as you swing and grab your arms or legs. Shoot them, or stun the pack with a smoke bomb and finish them up close.