Survivors are uninfected individuals who can join and fight with the player, and are present in all of the games in The Last Stand series. Note that the player character can also be considered a survivor, but for the purpose of this article, only the non-player ones will be described. In The Last Stand , survivors can be found by putting time into searching for them during the day. Jack can have a maximum of 6 survivors at any time. Survivors will shoot at enemies with specific weapons when defending the barricade during the night, and increase the effectiveness of barricade repairs during the day.
Survivors can be lost when searching for other survivors or weapons. They will run away if the barricade is at very low health, but will return if the player manages to win anyway. The first survivor obtained will always have an unnamed pistol. In The Last Stand 2 , survivors are found by searching buildings. The player can have a maximum of 4 survivors at any time. As in the first game, they will shoot at enemies with specific weapons when defending the barricade during the night, increase the effectiveness of barricade repairs during the day, and will run away if the barrier is at low health, but will return if the player manages to win anyway.
While survivors can no longer be lost through searching, they can be killed by weapon-using zombies. The available companions in this game are Kelly and Hank.
They will follow the player around and attack enemies that are alerted to either the player's or the companion's presence with whatever weapon they have equipped. The player and the companion can fire past each other without risking friendly fire.
Players are limited to one companion at any time, and completing the recruitment quest for a second companion will prompt the game to ask whether the players would like to replace their current companion. Either accepting or rejecting that second request will lead to the player permanently losing one of the companions. The only way to obtain that companion again is through a new game.
