Always Be Looting

Example of an ABL event.

Always Be Looting or ABL is a common Event which occurs while driving. The player is prompted to pick a location in order to send survivors in to scavenge for Weapons and Supplies. Sometimes the player is able to rescue, escort, and either recruit a character (most often a randomly generated character) or collect a reward like supplies, medical care, or a stat boost for the entire party.

If the player is not satisfied with the locations on offer, they can use Gas to search for more — this will reshuffle the locations and allow the player to choose again. If a member of the Party has the 'Explorer' Perk, searching for new locations costs less fuel, and there will be more locations to pick from at a time.

Location names will often give clues as to what can be found. For example; Restaurant locations will often contain a lot of food supplies, whereas a Pet Store will often have Dogs present, whom the party can potentially recruit with the right perk.

Names will also give hints as what to expect when scavenging there:

• If a location has the prefix ''fancy'', it will contain a Safe. Junkyards have the prefix "secure" instead.
• If a location has the suffix ''with car'', it is guaranteed there will be a Vehicle the party can use.
• If a location has the suffix ''rescue'', the player will find another survivor who they can escort out of the area. If this is accomplished, the survivor can be recruited or can give the party a reward (typically food, medicine, or gasoline).
• If the location is in red, the zombie count and aggression will be high.
• If it has flashing colors, it is a rare special location, usually with desirable rewards.

Starting Locations

These are the 5 locations available to players shortly after they start the game:

• House on the Road
• Quiet Factory
• Quiet Hotel
• Rest Stop
• Yall-Mart

Standard Locations

These are the common locations available to select during ABL events:

Apartment Apartment Rescue Gym Apartment Riled Up Apartment Swarmed Apartment Arcade Dead Arcade Swarmed Arcade Bookstore Cabin Cabin Rescue Cabin with Car Prepper Cabin Stash in the Woods Burning House City Apartment Row City Row City Row with Car Commercial Row Small Suburb Dark Mansion Factory Factory Rescue Fancy Factory Quiet Factory Farm Barn Rescue Quiet Farm Gas Station Gas Station Rescue Gas Station Siege Graveyard with Car Grocery Store Big Grocery Store Grocery Rescue Packed Grocery Store

Gym Swarmed Gym Hardware Store Hospital Raid Hotel Busy Hotel Quiet Hotel House on the Road Big House Bullet-Ridden House Fancy House Riled Up House Junkyard Junkyard with Car Secure Junkyard Office Fancy Office Police Headquarters Public Park Park with Car Rest Stop Roadside Rescue Rest Stop with Car Swarmed Rest Stop Sewers Sewer Rescue Shopping Mall Mall Rescue Sporting Goods Store Yall-Mart Crowded Yall-Mart Deadly Yall-Mart

City Locations

Note: A full list of city descriptions can also be found here.

Apartment With "HELP" Banner Apartment With "BARK" Banner Arcade Athletic Store Bar Book Store Camp Supplies Shop Coffee Shop Convenience Mart Furniture Store Grocery Store Gun Shop

Hardware Store Infested Stronghold Lost Safehouse Medical Clinic Office Building Pet Shop Pharmacy Police Station Restaurant Sporting Goods Store Strength & Fitness Gym Umbrella Shop

Special Locations

These are rare locations that have a much lower likelihood of appearing during ABL events:

Concrete Bunker Danger Rangers Fishing Cabins Frozen Friend Giant Animal (formerly Hotdog Heaven) Gothic Farm Haunted Mansion Hazardous Materials Hermit's Cabin Hunting Lodge Junkyard Pals

Kung Fu Master Malicious House Military Depot Museum Mystery Factory Ominous Labs Raging Inferno Spooky Graveyard UFO Landing Site Untouched Grocery Store

City Locations

These buildings may be found alongside standard City ABL locations:

Anime Store Prepper Basement Conjectural Technologies Department of Motor Vehicles KiND oF A*LOT*O COMiCS

NUTZ '4' T0YZ Toilet Heaven W*Y*K Station

Removed Locations

This location used to be in the game but was eventually removed through updates.

• Hotdog Heaven