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They don't purposefully avoid spikes.
Zombies don't acknowledge traps as anything but blocks to path on, or through. To them it's all either a wall, or open space.
What they DO do, however, Is avoid walls when there's a perfectly viable alternative. And they also prefer taking the least block-HP path to the player.
So, When you make a 1 tall row of spikes, Zombies consider it to be a low fence, and will probably jump on it. When you make it 2 tall, however, You've built a solid wall- At least in their eyes.
When you've made a row of spikes 2 blocks tall, The first couple zombies will stumble into spikes, and then once a sufficient opening has been made, The rest will path to that opening because it is now the lowest-block-HP path to the player-To them, any other path that would take them into the 'wall' takes longer, and thereby, is not worth going to.
So basically, Don't just build a solid wall of spikes. You need to place them on the floor- Even better, place them set 1 or 2 tiles into the ground so the zombies consider the spikes to be 'floor' and will walk right onto it.
Zombies don't acknowledge traps as anything but blocks to path on, or through. To them it's all either a wall, or open space.
What they DO do, however, Is avoid walls when there's a perfectly viable alternative. And they also prefer taking the least block-HP path to the player.
So, When you make a 1 tall row of spikes, Zombies consider it to be a low fence, and will probably jump on it. When you make it 2 tall, however, You've built a solid wall- At least in their eyes.
When you've made a row of spikes 2 blocks tall, The first couple zombies will stumble into spikes, and then once a sufficient opening has been made, The rest will path to that opening because it is now the lowest-block-HP path to the player-To them, any other path that would take them into the 'wall' takes longer, and thereby, is not worth going to.
So basically, Don't just build a solid wall of spikes. You need to place them on the floor- Even better, place them set 1 or 2 tiles into the ground so the zombies consider the spikes to be 'floor' and will walk right onto it.