Electric Fences
"Electric Fences" is a Survival skill available in Dying Light.
Overview
When activated, Electric Fence traps let off a high pitched noise, drawing infected towards them. They then activate, electrocuting any infected that are standing on the electrified fences. This will typically kill Infected, and will stall Volatiles until the trap deactivates. Afterward in order to reuse the trap, go to the power box with the red light and use it.
Like UV traps, players can use these traps to take a breather during chases, usually to heal or repair weapons or even to farm infected without risking the arrival of Virals. It is also able to affect regular infected, not limited to just Volatiles like the UV traps. However, it is not multi-directional and threats approaching from both sides of the fence can leave players in quite the pickle. As such the Vault skill is useful to avoid such predicaments when utilizing these traps
At the end of the day, it is a more versatile and safe trap, being able to affect more types of Infected when compared to UV traps and being less risky than the Exploding Cars trap.
Trivia
- There are some fences in Harran that are constantly electrified, forcing the player to turn it off via generator
- Somehow Biters will congregate and oftentimes kill themselves on Electric Fences despite never having the ability to climb over fences to begin with
- Volatiles on the other hand despite being able to climb faster and being much more durable than Biters will stop when seeing an electrified fence