Afterlife

For a similar feature, see Beast.

For other uses of the term, see Afterlife Pack and Afterlife Camouflage.

Afterlife is an astral projection game mechanic exclusive to Mob of the Dead. It allows the player to activate certain objects that need electricity, such as Perk-a-Cola machines and some gates.

Afterlife is automatically accessed by being downed, and via high voltage panels. When using the latter method, the player faces no point or Perk loss. The player moves much faster in Afterlife and jumps further and higher, and zombies will not directly target the player, although they will still attack the player if they are in the zombie's path. The player can also go through doorways only seen in Afterlife and use a short-ranged shock attack to activate Voltmeters to activate objects, as well as shock zombies to teleport them a small distance away. Players leave Afterlife by being revived, whether by themselves or another living player.

The player's time in Afterlife is limited, however, and there is a limit of them available. Being attacked by a zombie while in Afterlife will reduce your remaining time by a small amount. The player(s) will start a game with the maximum amount of Afterlives possible: 3 for solo play and 1 otherwise. Everyone is rewarded one Afterlife for completing a round. If the player is not revived before the time runs out, they will return to their body in the usual downed state. Other players in Afterlife will have the Afterlife symbol above their character, as opposed to their "spirit". Other players appear as a "white mist" when in the Afterlife.

As long as nothing happens or is done to make the Afterlife meter deplete faster, Afterlife lasts roughly for one minute. Moving, sprinting, jumping, using the shock attack and being attacked by zombies will consume it faster, at different rates. Being revived will pause the meter, which can be used to significantly prolong the time left if there is another player free to repeatedly make incomplete revives.

When in Afterlife, the player's points, weapons and perks are temporarily removed until returning to normal state (except for perks if the player went down via damage), effectively freezing them. A player in Afterlife will thus not receive benefits from power-ups such Nuke or Max Ammo.

During the last step of Pop Goes The Weasel, the players fly Icarus while being in the Afterlife mode. Also, in the beginning of a match, if the players do not move and wait for the Afterlife timer to be consumed, a secret ending will be triggered, in which the screen turns to black and white, the mobsters bleed out, and Samantha's lullaby can be heard while the view is lifted from the Spawn room to the sky.

Gallery

First person view of Afterlife after using a high voltage panel.

A door only visible and accessible in Afterlife. In the normal state, a solid brick wall with an Afterlife symbol blocks the way.

Afterlife symbols like this one are hints to use Afterlife, such as doors that vanish to Afterlife.

A high voltage panel used to "safely" access Afterlife. They are usually found near Afterlife-related puzzles.

Achievement/Trophy

Paranormal Progress (5 / Bronze Trophy ) - In Mob of the Dead, open a door without spending points.

Trivia

• The third person model for all characters while in Afterlife holds an M1911.
• In Theater Mode, a player that intentionally went into Afterlife will look like they are sitting in the electric chair instead of sitting on the ground.
• If one looks closely at the white mist of a player in Afterlife while it is moving, one can see it still somewhat resembles their player model.
• The loading screen of Weasel's journal depicts many references to the Afterlife.
• Going into Afterlife normally and then reviving oneself with several Perk-a-Colas will reorder the perks into alphabetical order, due to the game temporarily removing them while in Afterlife. A similar thing happens after a Host Migration.
• The character is silent in Afterlife, with one exception. Jumping up to the roof will cause the character to grunt as they pull themselves up.
• If one listens closely to the sound caused by going into Afterlife, a child's screaming can be heard.
• If one enters Afterlife via voltage panel and has a crowd of zombies around them, the zombies may be temporarily shocked, like the effect of Electric Cherry. This can be used to complete the "A Burst of Flavor" achievement/trophy.
• The hands used in afterlife is actually a weapon that one can use with console commands or mod menus. There's two versions, and one seems to have no effect at all.
• The glowing blue effect afterlife players get can also be used by normal players via mod menus and console commands,