Steal and Cure a Zombie How to Cure Zombies: Lab and Vacuum Guide

To cure zombies in Steal and Cure a Zombie, carry your captured creature to the laboratory station and use the vacuum to clean away all infection germs. Once every virus particle clears, your cured character is ready for placement in the pen.

Laboratory Curing Sequence

Every rescue run follows a direct path from capture to containment. After picking up an infected target from the hunt hallway, run past the zone guardian to reach the safety of your home base. A captured zombie cannot produce income while held in your hands, making the trip back through the safe zone location the first priority of every haul.

Once inside your base, step directly onto the circular lab station with the captured specimen. The game places the creature inside the containment apparatus, displaying its total infection count above its head. You then equip your extraction tool to start treatment.

Completing treatment removes the infection and transforms the creature into its friendly human or themed variant. If your base pens are already full, you must sell older captures or expand housing before the new specimen can generate income.

Vacuum Mechanics and Virus Removal

Treatment requires physically clearing clusters of bacteria scattered across the zombie's model. Players on PC aim the crosshair directly at infection spots, while controller setups use the stick to direct suction and hold R2 to run the machine. Knowing how to use the vacuum properly reduces the time spent standing at the station.

Infection counts vary widely depending on the creature's zone and rarity:

• Common and Uncommon cemetery targets like the Grave Digger require clearing between 110 and 165 standard germs.
• Certain specimens, including the Ice Zombie and Thorny Bud, spawn with oversized mother germs that require prolonged focus before popping.
• High-tier targets such as Musku or the Golden Scarab carry significantly larger virus clusters, ranging from 1,440 to over 2,000 germs.

Sweeping the suction stream methodically from the feet up through the torso and head prevents missing stray particles tucked behind limbs or clothing. Once the counter reaches zero, the model plays a transformation animation, shifts into its cured appearance, and displays a satisfied facial expression.

Curing Methods and Tool Upgrades

Clearing advanced targets with starter gear consumes substantial time at the base. Players choose between upgrading their in-game suction equipment with earned cash or purchasing automated utility passes.

Standard upgrades increase suction power, allowing dense germ clusters to vanish in fewer seconds. The Instant Cure gamepass removes manual suction entirely, clearing any capture immediately upon entering the station.

Size Rolls and Pen Placement

Curing establishes the final physical size and earning rate of each specimen. Higher rarity creatures produce significantly more cash per tick, but individual rolls within the same species vary in stature. The Lucky Cure gamepass, priced at 149 Robux, rolls size twice during treatment and automatically assigns the larger outcome.

After treatment finishes, approach the holding enclosure to learn how to put zombies in the pen. Each pen slot holds one cured character, generating passive currency that funds higher treadmill tiers and faster zone progress. Examining the individual stats of each cured specimen ensures you keep top earners in your active roster while selling lower-tier duplicates to maintain base cash flow.