So you’ve just dropped into Century City and already you’re wondering how anyone survives for more than a few minutes in this chaotic, stylish blood-soaked sprawl. Don’t worry, kiddo—this guide’s got you covered. This isn’t about making money or winning every fight. This is about surviving long enough to matter. It’s about becoming the best fixer in town by doing what most can’t—getting home alive. Let’s break it down.
Stamina is Life: Manage It or Die Trying
The very first rule of survival is understanding stamina management. You’re easier to kill if you’re winded, period. Don’t sprint around Century City like you’re immortal. Instead, only run if you’re in danger or absolutely know you can handle the situation. A solid tip is to keep your stamina above 75% whenever possible. Why? Because once your bar hits zero, you lose the ability to dodge, sprint, and use your melee weapon properly. And without those, you’re as good as dead.
Need to escape fast? Switch to fists or any melee weapon. You move faster unarmed—an extra 40% boost to your movement speed, in fact. If you hear a heartbeat and you’re only holding a weak weapon like your Miss Rosebud, it’s best to back off. Odds are, the other guy has something stronger.
Sound and Smell: Your Early Warning Systems
Knowing where enemies are before they see you is key to staying alive. Start with the heartbeat mechanic—you can detect players near your screen range with your base-level smell. Use this to sneak away or reposition.
Next, pay attention to audio arcs around your feet. These visual cues appear when something loud happens nearby—like gunfire, an elevator being called, or someone sprinting. If you hear footsteps accompanied by arcs, that person is dangerously close.
If you do get spotted, your priority should be to break line of sight. Duck into buildings, hide behind vehicles, and take unpredictable turns. Just running isn’t enough; if your pursuer can still see you, they can shoot you. So force them to make a mistake and lose you.
Hostile Entities: Fight Smart, Not Loud
Century City is crawling with deadly things that defy logic. Some explode when touched. Others explode when they die. And some are just flat-out evil. Most of them can be taken down with one clip of your Miss Rosebud—but only if you space your shots and stay accurate. Accuracy isn’t just for style—it means you kill faster and attract less attention.
Be careful about making noise. Shooting a window might seem like the fastest way in, but it’s also the loudest. Instead, punch it with your fists. You’ll still break it, but take less damage and avoid alerting half the city.
Healing and Hunger: What You Need to Know
When injured, you’ve got two main healing methods: food and medicine.
- Food fills your satiety meter (half of the value goes to healing). Overfilling it? You puke and get nothing.
- You can find food in vending machines, fridges, and kitchen tables. Desperate? Try trash cans and theater seats for rotten food—less healing, but the same satiety hit.
- Medicine is better. It doesn’t affect satiety and heals you directly, but it’s rarer. Look in medicine cabinets and hospital shelves.
Be smart about what you eat, especially before a run. Food can save your life, but misuse can leave you worse off.
Stat Building and the Gaping Mouth
Early game progression means building up your stats and expanding your apartment. Feeding blood to the Castle Mom in your apartment unlocks more inventory and living space, which are essential as you get deeper into the game.
To build your stats:
- Pills are your main method—found in bedside tables, medicine cabinets, and hospital shelves. Hospitals are dangerous hot spots, so hit safer spots if you’re new.
- Mushrooms can be found in Midland Park and Jordan De La Paix. These offer massive buffs to one stat but often penalize others. Focus on movement speed, vitality, and endurance—these are your survival stats.
- Avoid prioritizing smell and insight until your core three are maxed.
Remember, these stats have caps. Keep the max/min values in mind as you pump those pills.
The Final Five Minutes: Extracting Alive
Making it to the final minutes of a match is one thing—getting out is another beast entirely. Extraction is the most dangerous moment of any run.
Here’s how elevators work:
- The first elevator appears around the 7-minute mark.
- Up to three elevators can be active at once. If one is used, another appears.
- Everyone hears it when an elevator is called, so prepare for company.
Approach with caution. Landmines are common traps near elevator buttons, so always move in slow and check for traps. Once you call the elevator, it takes 30 seconds to arrive. Don’t wait next to it. Hide, bait, or even call another elevator elsewhere to confuse anyone tracking you.
For a massive stealth boost, use deodorants. They block your heartbeat signal for five full minutes, making you invisible to smell detection. They’re rare, but can be found in medicine cabinets.
Rinse, Repeat, Survive
You now have the tools to outlive your peers. Forget about combat mastery for now—focus on surviving, building stats, and improving your hideout. Bullet farming and combat strategy can come later. The core loop is about grinding survival experience until you’re no longer just another corpse on the pavement.
If you stick to these principles, stay sharp, and outthink your enemies, you’ll be well on your way to becoming one of the top fixers in Century City.
Until then—stay safe, stay fast, and don’t forget to watch your stamina.
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