30 Floors Up Hallway Zombies Guide: How to Get Through Safely

Quick answer

Walk, don't run. Zombies fill the hallways of the building and are drawn to noise, and running makes exactly the noise they react to. Quiet, steady movement is what gets you past an occupied hallway without being found.

• Zombies occupy the hallways of the 30-floor apartment building.
• They are drawn to noise, so running gives you away.
• Being hungry, thirsty or hurt can stop you from running when you need to move.

How zombies find you in 30 Floors Up

In 30 Floors Up you are stranded high in a 30-floor apartment building during a zombie apocalypse, and the zombies fill the hallways between the apartments. The game's own description gives one clear instruction for dealing with them: stay quiet as zombies fill the hallways. The mechanic behind that instruction is noise. Zombies are drawn to sound, so anything loud you do in a corridor tells them where you are.

That makes every hallway trip a matter of stealth first. The rest of this guide covers what quiet movement actually means in practice, what condition your character needs to be in to move well, and how your apartment fits into the picture. If you want the wider overview of threats, the 30 Floors Up zombie guide covers it, and new players can start with the beginner guide.

The hallway rule: stay quiet and never run

In practice, the rule means walking through occupied corridors instead of sprinting them, no matter how tempting it is to rush to where you are going. Quiet movement is what keeps zombies from finding you, while running is the fastest way to announce yourself.

Everything else in your routine supports this one behavior. Because silence is the whole basis for slipping past hallway zombies, treat every corridor as a place where calm, quiet walking is the default.

Stay fed, watered and unhurt before you step out

Three character states limit how you can move: hungry, thirsty and hurt. Any one of them can stop you from running. In a building where the hallways are full of noise-sensitive zombies, you want your movement options intact whenever you leave your apartment, which is why keeping food and water stocked and avoiding injury is part of surviving here.

Building that supply is its own routine. The scavenging guide, the food guide and the water storage guide go into how to keep yourself stocked in detail.

Your apartment is the zombie-free side of the door

While the hallway zombies roam the corridors, your own apartment does not have to share that fate. Barricading your apartment keeps the hallway zombies out and protects you, and it belongs to the same day-to-day routine as gathering food and storing water. In other words, the hallways are territory you cross quietly on the way to somewhere, while the barricaded apartment is the place the hallway zombies stay out of. The barricade guide covers how to set that up.

Before you head into the hallway

Checklist

• Barricade your apartment

  Keeps the hallway zombies out and protects you.

• Keep food and water stocked

  Being hungry or thirsty can stop you from running, so keep your supply up.

• Avoid taking injuries

  Being hurt can stop you from running, just like hunger and thirst can.

• Walk the hallways without running

  Staying quiet keeps zombies from finding you, and running makes the noise they respond to.

Keep that last habit in mind above all: quiet movement is the behavior the game itself calls for, and it is what lets you cross a hallway full of zombies without being caught.