At some locations, messages will periodically appear on screen that serve as warning that a certain type of enemy will likely appear.
Note that the warning can refer to either a stationary enemy that spawned with the creation of the area or one that has a chance of spawning while the player is there. There is generally no correlation between the time the message appears and the delay before an enemy appears.
Messages:[]
| Message | Note |
|---|---|
| A survivor near hear! I can tell by smell. | Survivor (hostile AI controlled) |
| Human smell. Survivors somewhere here. | Survivor (hostile AI controlled) |
| I can smell another survivor. | Survivor (hostile AI controlled) |
| Other survivors have been here. | Survivor (hostile AI controlled) |
| I know this smell. Zombies again. | |
| It smells like a dumpster, the bloater is nearby. | Floater Bloater |
| Smells like a dumpster. The Bloater is close. | Floater Bloater |
| Odor is sickening. The Big One is nearby. | The Big One |
| I can smell the blood in the air. The Big One is hunting | The Big One |