Survive the zombie apocalypse

Flashlight - to find my shotgun in the dark.
Shotgun - Im going to cobain me out of this shit

2 picks gang!

Machete & motorbike.
Don’t forget the video camera to film it, then you can pick one item of your choice to be your loot drop for finding the set piece you just made in a left4dead level.

Katana - because katana

First aid kit - for accidental cuts from katana

Flashlight - to see how much I'm bleeding

Two-man tent - place to swing katana in a way that will end up cutting me

Zombie outbreak and owning a jeep? Now you got two problems!

And both problems are connected to the jeep?

I'll take a foldable solar panel, a tablet PC with its entire storage full of porn, and the dog.
Everything else I need I'll trade in exchange for a half hour in my dog-guarded porn booth.

Phew. For a second I was concerned for the dog. The internet is a dark place
- Yeah, I was wondering why there was no peanut butter in the mix 🤣.
You could instead have a solar panel, light laptop with lots of nudes, and a printer. Source out the ink and paper from office buildings and trade nudes for stuff.
- For that, I'd have to go into office buildings regularly, and they were full of zombies even before the apocalypse.
Solar panel's not on there.

NO PORN FOR YOU. OFF TO HORNY JAIL WITH YOU.
- I know. So I take the dog and the Jeep x3, and sell the three Jeeps to some idiots while the gas still isn't spoiled.

Water purifier - clean water is essential

Fire Axe - for fire wood collection as well as wood based structures for shelter and defense. Also it is a decent weapon that takes relatively little skill to effectively wield.

German Shepard - loyal and lethal companionship, living thinking alarm bell, will instinctively assist in protection/attacking, could be trained to track game. Will gladly accept food scraps, the bones and flesh of my enemies, and pets as payment for services rendered.

Body armor - reduces risk of infection through scratches to body as well as mild protection against various weapons. Also an added insulative thermal layer for the cold. Body plate can be replaced with old thinkpads as needed

I'd argue that NVGs would be better than body armor, assuming that the batteries last. Being able to see at times when humans and zombies cant is extremely valuable. Nighttime is tough without working lights.
- Modern nvgs aren't battery powered the way we think any more. They last a while
- The problem with NVG and all the battery operated stuff is that once it runs out its useless unless you have a means to replace them through looting replacable batteries or recharging lithiums with an offgrid power system and the electrical knowledge to make sure you dont cook them in case of a jerry rigged system. It might be really useful for a good couple hours of operation but after that it becomes dead weight you spend calories or fuel hauling around with the faint hope of maybe being able to recharge it again sometime in the future

LOL, imagine thinking a motorcycle or jeep would do you any damn good (especially after the gas you can siphon from abandoned cars has gone bad), when what you really need is a bicycle. Bikepackers and touring cyclists will be the kings of the apocalypse.

The Jeep will break down before running out of gas anyways
There are diesel Kawasaki KLR motorcycles that will run on literally anything, not that they’re very fast but they would at least preserve your stamina for when you need it.

They’re also extremely robust and simple to repair.
I'd still say the Jeep is better shelter than the tent, though not as portable.
Assuming best case scenario (a new jeep is shat into my driveway with a full tank of gas) I think the jeep is a MASSIVE boon. It increases movement ability and hauling capacity, and can be used to clear many obstacles you'd otherwise have to go around. Is its life finite? Yes, but it'll give you that leg up at the start of the situation that may very well set you up for success long term.
- and can be used to clear many obstacles you'd otherwise have to go around.
  
  I'm having trouble imagining any obstacle a Jeep could clear that a mountain bike couldn't, but no trouble at all imagining the opposite.

4 German shepards for having sex with (i am a white woman from the American south)

I was going to say 4 German shepherds for more innocent reasons, but now my answer would be overshadowed be yours
At least someone gets fucked before getting fucked

4 video cameras. I shall trade for all the above with the only source of amateur pornography.

I'll pick the dog and we can team up
- It'll be the internet 2.0

Almost nobody picks the katana. Even the people who pick it mocking the sword!

I can't really blame them because they didn't give you the option to pick the complete set for the katana to shine. If you use it with fedora you can teleport behind the zombies and kill them!

Nobody knows that the katana has this hidden skill bonus if you use it with fedora because this hidden mechanic only passed to the few chosen people in the secret society hidden under the house that people like to call "the basement"

I considered the katana since they're great for cutting exposed areas but honestly I'd rather just sharpen a long stick
- If we're going on "brain damage to kill" rules you're going to need to clean sweep their head off or find a way to the brain. As cool as it is, that's a big ask for something designed for one swift body shot. I'd look for the spear since it's the most effective peasant weapon and be real, we're all about peasant skilled.
Man, the katana would be a great pick if there wasn't two better melee options that'll outlast the katana and offer more utility.

Is the German Shepard a rescue? Anyway that and the camcorder. I'm making cute dog videos

Username checks out

Four chain saws

come at me bro

Two for the hands and one for the head?
- One for both heads

Gas will expire eventually and you could just hotwire one of the many abandoned cars anyways, if the roads aren't blocked by said cars. Bullets will run out unless you find a gun shop, in which case you get guns anyways. Water purifying is easy enough to do without a machine.

My picks would be German Shepherd, Axe, First Aid, and Radio.

There's a reason we domesticated dogs, they are useful in so many different ways like hunting, defense, and security (and companionship). Especially German Shepherds, you can see the damage they do when used by police.

Axes are survivalist 101 and some are practically multi tools despite being simple.

First Aid because infections, zombie or not, are the real killers throughout history.

The radio's more of a gamble, but it's your best chance to find a new settlement, monke strong together and all that. Also you can maybe stay informed on what's happening in other parts of the country. (And it lets me flex my Amateur Radio License).

I think I'd take the night vision goggles over the radio. You're much more likely to find a radio. Situational awareness at night will be a huge survival factor.

Body armor, first aid kit, machete, water purifier.

If you choose anything that requires fuel or electricity/batteries you're fucked.

Good luck on foot, brah. I'll be taking the jeep and hose-sucking fuel where needed. Provides shelter, warmth, storage.
- He's right, unless you study up on making biodiesel. Then you have the upper hand in the argument, as a diesel Jeep can be run on biodiesel. Rendering those fatty zombie corpses to fuel should be a functional disposal method.
I'm swapping the first-aid kit for the crossbow, but spot on for the rest. Body armor is rare and definitely raises your odds of survival in the short term after the initial spread. A machete is the ultimate all-purpose blade, good for defense as well as butchering, breeching, and it is easily maintained. And the water purifier is a no-brainer. Waterborn diseases are a real problem in any situation where public utilities become inaccessible and clean drinking water grows scarce.

Assuming that I am obviously able to expand my kit as I survive, the ranged weapon that uses easily craftable ammo would be ideal. A first aid kit could be cobbled together over the course of a few days of persistent scavenging. No promises on the crossbow, they are far less common than bandaids, gauze, sterilization solutions, and splints. Really the thing that would likely be the hardest to source is the suture needle that you should have in there.

I always loved 10k in Z-Nation for using the wrist rocket slingshot because that is truly the king ranged weapon for a survival scenario. Lightweight, ammo that is infinite and easily accessible, and lethal out to ranges that matter. Not to mention that they are very easy to maintain and repair.

All that said, I would likely accumulate the aforementioned electricity/fuel items as I am familiar with the production of biofuels and can build some alternative generators (wind, methane, solar concentrators) for electricity once I have somewhere secure. Methane in particular has always been attractive to me for survival scenarios because anaerobic decomposition is a great way of dealing with biowaste and what is left over ends up making really good fertilizer. Just need a couple of propane tanks, some steel, and a car battery to rig as a welder and you can turn one into a digestor and the other into storage, then get a couple 2 cycle lawnmower engines and some AC motors and you can get a power supply running. At least enough to run some incandescent bulbs. Need a voltage regulator for more complex electronics to keep the line clean, but that is a different conversation.
- I picked the same you did, but I don't know that I'd consider useable arrows easily craftable. Maybe if you had something pre-made for shafts?
What’s the body armor for? Zombies will bite you on the neck.
- I don't have a PhD in zombiology but zombies will bite you wherever they can. Depending on what kind of zombies we're talking about a bite alone might turn you or not. So body armor could be useful for some kinds of zombies and utterly useless for others.
- It's good for general protection too. It can soften blows from other humans or just accidental injury while scavenging dilapidated buildings. What we consider to be minor bumps and scrapes now can be life threatening when you have inadequate medical supplies, malnutrition, sleep deprived, no sanitation, etc.
A motorcycle could get you out of the city/infected zone pretty fast though. Not a bad choice.
- True and all the road will be blocked with traffic, so you can lane split with the motorcycle.
  
  Problem is you’re sleeping in the open air unless you grab the tent. Also can’t really build a collection of supplies.
Eh, batteries aren't hard to charge as long as it's a small item like a flashlight.

Water purifier: you need water to live. Otherwise you'll die in 3 days.

Jeep: While not the most reliable, they can go off-road and can also be a source of shelter in lieu of a house or tent.

AK: Extremely reliable and easy to service. 7.62 ammo can be harder to come by depending on where you live, but regardless, the AK is a solid weapon.

Fire Axe: Good for chopping down trees, cracking heads or breaking down doors. The practicality is what makes it the better option

I chose similarly but changed somethings for longevity.

I subbed out the jeep for body armor. The jeep will run out of gas eventually, who knows how long the apocalypse will last for. Body armor will be last near indefinitely. Also would swap out the ak for a machete. Ammo will probably be hoarded by others so will be a difficult find.

Fire axe is a great utility tool, once it becomes dull, it'll be a good blunt weapon. Machete will not be as good but if you learn how to sharpen or find a whetstone, they'll last you as long as you need.
- Most body armor is good for 1 strike. Kevlar thread break, ceramic breaks, and you really don't want to use dented armor, best case it's a weak point, worst case is pushing in your chest cavity preventing you from breathing. Any body armor that is remotely mobile is effectively one time use. Now admitted (normally) used body armor can still provide some protection and can be better than nothing (except in situations where the damage impacts you, ie the plate metal being dented and pushing into your chest). And some can be repaired or replaced with the right materials and tools, but those are heavy, and take space
Going with all but the water purifier. Fresh water is too easy to come by where I live. We have pristine wild rivers here, and it rains a lot. I'd be living in the forest anyway if this happened.

So I'm going with AK, Jeep, body armor, and Axe.
I chose the same top 3. Torn on the 4th between fire ax, first aid, or flash light.

Camera, motorcycle, ak-47, radio

I call this loadout "twitch streamer of the apocalypse"

Armor, provided it comes with a helmet & is bite-/scratch-resistant
Doggo, because sensing danger is important & loneliness would almost be a bigger killer than zombies,
Machete, as a tool & method of defense
Water purifier, provided it doesn't require an outlet of some kind

And then scavenge around a city, getting an axe, a flashlight, a first aid kit, a bicycle (not motorbike because fuel), a survival kit (matches/flint, compass, etc.) and some survival guidebooks such as general survival guide or foraging guide. Now you're all set for making a shelter in the woods and staying away from everything, making occasional trips to the city for supplies. Maybe you'll even manage to make a kinda comfy home up a tree or something.
- Forgot about the first aid kit. Good point. In this new world, antibiotics and even basic sterilization supplies would be more valuable than gold.

Which four will I be least likely to kill myself by tripping over in the night?

Difficult to trip over the tent if you're in it
- If anyone could manage it, I could.

My beloved crowbar didnt even make the list :(

Are you from Boston by any chance?
Well, it's not called "unforseen cosequences: Gordon Freeman is working overtime."

I read Max Brook's "Zombie Survival Guide" and "World War Z". The choice is very clear for me. Armor, suppressed pistol, machete, purifier.

Depends where you live. A lot of this stuff can be acquired afterwards.

As an Aussie, firearms are very hard to come across. Also, I've never fired a gun before, so I would pick the shotgun because I know my terrible aim would be mitigated somewhat.

Water purifier. Duh.

Fire axe. Utility + weapon.

Tent. I live close to nature, so my game plan is to stock up on nonperishables and go camp for as long as I can, and hope that the zombies have thinned out by the time I need to start scavaging

Bad luck, the shotgun is full of slugs :/
- Damn, snails would have been better, since they have shells

Water purifier because I need water!!!!!
first aid kit because not having a first aid kit is a very stupid idea
flashlight because I will need to find my way through the many empty building and shit
machete because it is quite useful as both a tool and weapon

Shotgun, ak-47, pistol, katana. I don't want to live long term in a zombie apocalypse, just need the firepower for a bit of fun before I go. After I run out of ammo for the shotgun and the AK, I use the pistol to kill myself - the katana is just in case I get caught short at close range

How much ammo does each gun have

asking the correct questions. No ammo means that the guns are useless.

Flashlight, machete, first aid, water purifier.

Vehicles require fuel, and weapons require ammo. I dont know why I'd need a gas mask either.

I think it depends on the nature of the plague, is the zombie contagion airborne to some extent? If yes, I think I'd take the gas mask over the first aid kit.
- If the zombie plague is airborne, fuck it. Give me a barrel of bourbon and and a couple pounds of weed. That's guaranteed to last me the rest of my life.

Fast zombies or slow zombies?

I’d take the Jeep, two man tent, German Shepard, and CB radio. Might as well go on a roadtrip and treat the zombie outbreak like one long vacation.

Why AK-47? 7.62 × 39 mm would be kinda hard to loot for this audience.

Curious what you mean, as 7.62x39 is about as common where I am as any other caliber.
- I'm basing my assumption off of C:DDA, which plays in New England and there it apparently is fucking rare.

First Aid Kit, CB Radio, Water Purifier and Flashlight

Dog, car, motorcycle, radio. Zombie apocalypses ain't shit, I live in America. One dude is gonna bite someone and get turned into pink mist by every nearby CCW dude. Those would all be cool to have when we start rebuilding in a week

You lot couldn't even handle wearing masks, some dipshit is gonna tout zombeism as a natural cure
The best way to survive a disaster is to have someone else deal with it

First Aid Kit - Zombies are dangerous but so are infections from minor cuts and lacerations. Gotta prep for the unexpected.

Machete - Most effective and common sense weapon as all the others require some level of skill or maintenance and only the machete would be good at making pointy sticks for improvised spears.

NVGs - Something people forget about is that when the power goes out you're going to be looting some dark ass buildings even during the daytime. Stock up some batteries or a charger and looting just got so much simpler. Plus, if you hear a bump in the night, you can go looking for it without letting the neighborhood know where you are, like with a flashlight.

Water purifier - You can go approximately 3 days without water and the pipes stop working when the electricity does. That river and lake isn't safe to drink, neither is the rainwater, and do you really want to whip out your firekit and draw attention just for sippy sips?

Boring picks but I think these are the biggest bang for your buck. Everything else will take so much just to maintain that it isn't worth it. Including doggo.

Why not the fire axe? I don't think it would be that difficult to swing. Granted, it would be much heavier than a machete, but long term the axe is gonna last longer and dull slower.
- Fire Axe requires you to be pretty dead on with every swing. You miss or misalign the edge coming down and it bounces off their skull. They feel nothing and now you've got to lift up that axe for another swing. You'll tire yourself out pretty quickly but if the edge lasts long enough I suppose it could be used to make spears as well. Spears, even just makeshift ones from sticks, are light and if you miss it's almost effortless to get another go at it.
- Also might come in handy as a tool in more ways than the machete. Open doors, smash windows, chop firewood and you'd probably still manage to sharpen some sticks with it. As a weapon I do not think that a machete is easier to use without any training.
See, light and water I can make/clean myself. I'd replace them with one of the firearms to counter other humans and maybe the dog for danger detection.
- Ah but see, a firearm requires cleaning, oil, and ammunition. The suppressed sidearm will lure in your neighborhood while anything unsuppressed is going to call everything within 8 blocks right to you. Dog is a mouth to feed, mess to clean, and is also loud unless you've trained them very, very well. Making light isn't hard but everyone can see light - including zombies. NVGs are just for you. Water you can clean yourself but I assume you mean boiling which would need a fire.. and everyone can see the light and smoke.
On the other hand one supermarket probably has enougth packed water for years
- Absolutely the last place you'd ever want to be. Everyone loots stores, it's safer to loot locally first. Best case scenario everything is cleaned out. Worst case, you find other people. Or other "people".
- Which has a shelf life.
  
  My partner worked at a water bottling station and they kept a "dead archive" of production for quality control: dark, cool room, away from machinery and chemicals.
  
  Archived samples were cleared after 5 years. Out of curiosity, they decided to try the water before emptying the bottles and it was foul. Blamed on too long storage time.
  
  When the plant shut down, the archive was fully cleared and samples older than 6 months were drinkable but not pleasant to, older than a year tasted bad.
  
  Water does not stock well and even worse when exposed to sun light.

Pistol.

End of list.

No bicycle?

Jeep: unparalleled utility. It'll die eventually, fuel is finite, but it'll let me establish.

Shotgun: need a weapon, and while not the strategically beat weapon, I have an image to maintain.

Water purifier: water.

Machete: backup weapon, infinitely useful tool, more rugged than the katana.

I think this combination gives me a good shot at establishing a base of operations, securing the area, and settling for long-term. Between the jeep and the machete, most obstacles can be overcome, and scavenging is easier and quicker. Strategically, the crossbow is probably the best weapon just due to the reusability of the ammunition, but it's not infinite and what you gain in that, you lose in ease of use, which is paramount in a stressful situation. Opting purely for usefulness, the pistol (assuming subsonic rounds and as quiet as possible) probably offers the best balance between reliability and forgivingness, but I like shotguns.

Water purifier is a pretty easy one. Gotta have water, and while most of that will come from rain or scavenging, there will inevitably be periods of literal draught. Finally, the machete. A knife, a backup weapon, a crowbar. Good for clearing small-medium vegetation. Honestly, the uses are limitless, perhaps second only to the jeep.

Honorable mentions:

Dog. If it's pre-trained, top tier. If you have to train it, mid at best plus another mouth to feed.

Any other firearm: mostly preference, each has pros and cons

Body armor: depending on the zombies, top tier (walking dead style, feral gonna bite you zombies) or reeeally not useful (anything spread by spores, fumes, fluids, etc.)

Gas mask: invert the body armor.

Motorcycle: quicker, less utility than Jeep. I wouldn't say it's the worst pick

Everything else is either marginal utility at best (cb radio, NV goggles) or easy enough to scavenge (flashlight, first aid supplies, tent, honestly everything else on the list.)

Bro, it's a zombie apocalypse, you can just walk outside and steal any car you feel like
- It says outbreak, not apocalypse. They'll still expect you to come in to work.
- You will still need keys or a really old car that you can actually turn on with wires

... and maybe three other items of s-mart

Since you can easily scavange most of these things you only need the hard to find stuff, and stuff that will help you scavange. So body armor and the ak to keep you alive. Axe to help get into places for supplies. Jeep to haul your shit. Drive down to dicks and load up on the rest.

Long term you need a spear and knife for weapons. A horse and cart for hauling shit. Dog for guard duty. And ways to get water and food.

I would opt for the crossbow, machete and axe then use those to commendeer better equipment. Specifically that choice of weapons because axe is useful for chopping trees, machete is a weapon that doesn't require ammo and it's a lot easier to make crossbow arrows than bullets. Also take the night vision goggles in the off chance they're the super high tech kind and not the ir lighting based kind because you'll never just "find" one of those otherwise. Then use that stuff to basically steal everything on this list and more.

Chainsaw Body armour Mask Shotgun

doomguy

Project Zomboid players be like: where's the crowbar?

But if I had to choose, the body armor, machete, fire axe, and the mighty katana.

PS: in my current PZ playthrough, 3 months and 5k kills in, and just found my very first katana. (lowest loot setting, highest zombie pop).

Yeah I'll just take:

Fire axe, fire axe, duffel bag, lock pick
- I thought the fire axe was a lock pick?

Body armor - protection against bites Crossbow - silent weapon, semi unlimited ammo, hunting Machete - good weapon/tool Fire axe - for looting abandoned buildings/emergency escapes.

Then I'd head off into the woods and start building a tree house.

Parachute cord should really be on the list, though.

So many questions like is the bullets in the gun and gasoline in jeep and batteries in flashlight? Also if yes are there any sources for more consumables?

I mean it's irl so whatever you think you can get

dog x4, ez

Purifier, Jeep, NVG's, magically silent pistol. If pistol is just realistically suppressed, I'll take the machete.

Water hard, gotta get around to loot, gotta see to loot, gotta be able to wack Z's without too much ruckus.

This post brought to you by too much dayz.

I'm fine with three! Tent, Flashlight and Camera. That way I'll have the easiest way out by being the sidecharacter who gets murdered during the exposition before it all goes to shit.

I wanna know what kind of zombies I'll be dealing with. Slow shamblers? Fast runners? Intelligent undead?

Jimmy Buffet fans.
- Unfortunately, copious amounts of alcohol isn't in the selectable item pool, so I might as well take one of the guns to mercy kill myself so as not to suffer too long.
- The worst kind of Zombie.

Crossbow, respirator, fire axe, water purifier.

Crossbow can reuse ammunition as long as you can find your bolts, and improvising shitty bolts is simpler than anyvother ranged weapon.

If zombie plague is airborne, full mask respirator is gonna be essential.

Fire axe is a decent survival and breaching tool, not really considering it a weapon.

Water purifier essential so you don't die of dysentery, or if the zombie plague is waterborne.

If it's airborne you're toast, you gotta remove it eventually
- It being airborne doesn't mean its in all air everywhere all the time.

Tent, water purifier, machete, first aid kit

How many goodboyes can I pick?

Idk about you guys, but you are legally required to have a first aid kit in your car where live, so there are plenty to salvage same is for water, there are tons of water bottles, that don't go bad in the supermarket and your water purifier is gonna break at some point, so you'll have to move to alcohol anyway.

I live in Florida and I'm pretty sure they consider first aid part of the woke agenda.
- I live in a small town in Florida, can confirm

Uh. I already have all of this stuff except the dog. What do I win?

Is it a dog? I hope I win the dog.

You lose it all except 3 items. But you do get the dog.

Probably the handgun, body armor, jeep, and flashlight. On the first few days the jeep will offer mobility and storage, while the flashlight is necessary for maximizing the search for gear. Handgun and body armor to give you an advantage over your fellow survivors. Then acquire a boat, food, containers, and other resources and become a pirate. I might consider a fire axe or crow bar necessary if everything wasn't glass doors and easily breakable locks.

Jeep, body armour, radio, handgun

crossbow, axe, dog, ak47

The crossbow can be used indefinitely for hunting, the axe can be used for nearly everything, the dog is useful for hunting and protection, the ak47 is an emergency tool. There's going to be less zombies and gas in the wilderness. Why are binoculars, bicycles, and horses not on this list?

Katana, machete, axe, and body armor so I don't kill myself with all these implements of cutting and hacking.

Two man tent,axe. and ideally a boy scouts guide and foraging books. Ideally getting myself far way from civilisation as the zombie population is probably just going grow over time

First aid kit would probably be quite useless you can't put a plaster on a deep gushing wound nor take glass out with a couple alcohol wipes

Machete, Water Purifier (provided it does not need electricity to work), German Shepherd and the tent. If the water purifier requires electricity, I'd opt for the body armor.

Stuff that requires fuel, electricity or ammo will become obsolete after a certain amount of time, so the flashlight, crossbow, motorcycle, chainsaw etc. only have limited use and become dead weight eventually. The first aid kit might help with "regular" injuries, but is likely useless against zombie bites getting infected with whatever virus is responsible for their mutation. The respirator mask is only useful if there's something dangerous in the air, and will only stay useful until the filter gets too dirty / too old and needs to be replaced.

The reality is that every item is finite if you can't maintain it. Some are naturally longer lived than others (machete, fireaxe) but require sharpening and will eventually break. The better metric is what kind of utility it provides during its life, with a second metric for how easy it is to maintain. Something like the Jeep may only get you a week of functional time, but it's going to allow you to set up so much easier.

First aid kit, water purifier, jeep, cb radio. I'm shit out of luck on my own so the radio is to find a survivor enclave, the jeep is to get there, the water purifier and medical supplies are to trade so they'll let me in.

Fire axe, shotgun, tent, flashlight

I think a fire axe would be great to enter places and chop firewood. Shotgun just in case. If it has a couple of rounds as a deterrent. Tent to sleep in obviously. Flashlight cus dark

Flashlight, water purifier, respirator, and rifle (I assume with required things like ammo).

Nobody said how this plague spreads, for all we know it's in the water or Airborne. Flashlight for scavenging and because it's far more important to know if that's a pile of scrap or a Zombie than it is to stay super stealthy. And Rifle gets you everything else you need.

Dog if trained, water purifier, fire axe, AK (if with bullets of around 250), otherwise a flashlight AK maybe priority since I know how to make my own ammo.

Someone who read the improvised munitions manual

Dog, first aid, axe, and water purifier.

The guns will depend entirely on ammo. Gasoline for the vehicles will go bad eventually, a diesel truck with 4 wheel drive would be better. The radio depends on other people also having radios. Everything else can either be easily found later or can be made given enough time.

invisibility cloak

Katana - quiet, and meant as a weapon against humans
Night vision goggles - can take advantage of the cover of night
Water purifier - greatly simplifies one human necessity
Body armor - will put it on whenever there's a risk

None of these are common household items, whereas some of the items on the list are, and thus, scavenged easily enough.

Jeep, water purifier, first aid kit, katana. Wish I could take flashlight, but it's a 5th option on the list.

No reason to take guns since rounds will be gone quickly and you'll end up with a worthless piece of metal. Chainsaw is clunky and fuel-dependent. Fire axe is also clunky and actually not that good at chopping wood - not to mention you'll make a lot of sounds while doing so. Machete is bad on both fronts. Crossbow - almost perfect, but bolts tend to break too.

Jeep adds to mobility, which is very handy. Fuel-dependent, but then again, with such mobility you can reach some gasoline. Doubles as a place to stay in extreme situations, without losing mobility, rendering it able to escape emergencies.

Water purifier will allow you to move on without acute diarrhea

First aid kit is a must in literally every survival situation. You should be able to prevent infections and restore mobility as quickly as possible

No reason to take guns since rounds will be gone quickly

Depends where you live, imo, no reason to take a sword because it's easy to find one in any hardware store.
Katana is too difficult to maintain, crossbow bolts can be fashioned by hand from found materials, first aid kit can be scavenged pretty easily. If this is starting gear, go for the stuff that is either rare or likely to be scavenged first, and that is easy for you to maintain by hand. Jeeps aren't rare, real body armor is. The machete is the go-to blade for many parts of the world for a reason. It is heavy enough to cleave small brush and limbs alike, sturdy enough that it isn't likely to break on you, and you can get a utility or survival version that has a saw on the back and other useful tools included in it. Only take the Jeep if you are proficient in maintaining it and know how to make biodiesel. If you have those skills, go for it. Your assessment is correct. If not, it is prioritizing short-term benefits over even medium-term. Even on a full tank, you have less than a day's travel in it. Then it becomes a hard-walled tent or tiny home, take your pick of feel-good terminology. Depending on your starting location, that half-day of travel may not be enough to get you safely away from population centers. If you are in any major US East Coast city, you are fucked. You can barely make it into the Appalachians on one tank, and certainly not remote enough to be safe. As you move further and further west, that becomes less and less of an issue. If you are in the SW, a Jeep becomes top tier pick because it lets you navigate offroad to somewhere truly remote and provides adequate hauling capacity for scavenged materials for setting up a secure base of operations.
- Now that's a good assessment
  
  Tho, I am personally not in the US at all :D

I'm entering the nearest sports store and stealing hockey gear

Good luck, Casey

Body armour for bites Crossbow for hunting Machete for defense Water purifier for water

This is assuming its not airborn and if it was respirator presuming im not imune to it already

Fire axe, german Shepard, first aid kit, crossbow

German Shepherd, machete, body armor, and a water purifier. As long as I can minimize encounters and maximize hunting gains, I'll be set for the apocalypse.

Body armor, jeep, night vision goggles and silenced hand gun.

Each of those are the hardest to obtain of the options except the jeep.

Start with the jeep and put on body armor. If it's night travel with lights off and use night vision goggles.

Everything else is stuff you can find later easily with a few unimportant exceptions.

Yep. With those I can survive long enough to easily get the rest.

Have you ever played zombie town? There's nothing here that can deal with mutant zombies, so we are screwed.

Katana. Jeep. Body armor. Warerpurifier.

Water purifer, AK-47, Machette, Jeep... I hope the Jeep has a CB and a first aid kit 😁.

Jeep, AK, Purifier, First Aid.

Well at least the AK is reliable because you’ll need it when the Jeep breaks down.
- These are starter items right? All of my selected items are just expendable resources. The tough decision is where I should go for maximum resources and reliable companions.

Jeep and 3 dogs please.

Radio for news and communication, gods gift to man the Jeep, transportation, housing, and protection, fire axe mostly as a tool and body armor, weapons will run out of ammo and I forgot the rest

Machete

crossbow

body armour

night-vision.

Stealth, protection and silent defence.

Machete - versatile for protection, hunting, cooking

Water purifier - no explanation needed

Night vision goggles maybe? - more discrete than a flashlight

Jeep - but you know that thing will break down pretty quickly

Wtf are you going to hunt with a machete?
- Trapping is probably better terminology. A machete can be used to easily enough make some simple traps, then execute whatever was caught. Hopefully food.

Machete, first aid, water purifier, flashlight

My chilean nationality will suffice, would be unacceptable for such kind of natural disaster to bring down normality... worse things can happen and tomorrow I have to go uni anyways.

The only correct answer here is:

Jeep (mobility, storage and sleeping). Also height for scouting/shooting
Machete - very useful for close combat and as a survival tool if you know how
Ak47 (assuming ammo also provided). Excellent weapon, great range, stopping power and reliability, decent accuracy.
Night vision - if you've used these you know they provide an immense tactical advantage and can act as a flashlight too.

All the rest are superfluous or easily buildable by yourself (eg water filter)

After 500km the Jeep is useless for mobility
- Siphon petrol. Any tube will work for instance the wiper tube
The only item here that will be remotely useful longterm is the machete. All the other items will run out of gas, ammo, and battery quickly.
- An axe is more useful than a machete.