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Editorial charter

About YAZS Field Manual for Yet Another Zombie Survivors

YAZS Field Manual is an independent, unofficial English guide to Yet Another Zombie Survivors. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or operated by Awesome Games Studio. The site turns versioned evidence into practical player decisions without copying another fan site's text, visual design or assets.

Game version
1.0.0b
YAZS Field Manual independent editorial charter
Original identity graphic for this independent fan project.

What the field manual publishes

The site organizes survivor, build, weapon, map and progression questions around one search intent per route. A published guide must contain at least 1,200 useful English words, a current game version and verification date, traceable sources, an original or properly sourced visual, descriptive ALT and relevant internal links. Legal pages use a different completeness standard because accuracy is more important than arbitrary length.

Pages that have not passed the editorial gate remain noindex and outside the sitemap, or are merged into a stronger route through a permanent redirect. This prevents a large thin catalogue from competing with complete answers. A route is not described as verified merely because its file exists. The sitemap and llms.txt are generated only from records explicitly approved for indexing.

How facts and recommendations are separated

Official store pages, developer announcements, Steam achievements and current in-game wording receive priority. Community discussions can identify a question or historical player experience, but they are dated and labeled player-reported. An Early Access favorite build is not presented as version 1.0 meta. Exact values, unlock conditions and patch changes must have a source appropriate to the claim.

Practical recommendations explain their reasoning. Squad advice names coverage, control, finishing pressure, route and account prerequisites. Synergy advice identifies a condition, effect and beneficiary. When the interface does not expose a hidden calculation, the guide reports a cautious functional observation rather than inventing precision. The changelog records which pages were reverified after a release or hotfix.

Independent brand and asset policy

YAZS Field Manual uses a charcoal-and-amber tactical dossier identity, task-oriented homepage and evidence panels created for this project. It does not use the reference site's logo, downloaded screenshots, GIFs, CSS, JavaScript, metadata, paragraph order or branded calls to action. The original field-manual graphics are labeled as illustrations and never presented as real gameplay screenshots.

The game title, character names and other game-related marks belong to their respective owners. Their use here is descriptive and necessary to identify the subject of independent commentary. Links to Steam and official community channels are provided for verification and access. A short, cancellable departure notice makes the destination clear before opening the Steam store.

Corrections and maintenance

Every indexed field note displays a version and last-verified date. If an official update changes an unlock, tag, mission tracker or system, the affected dependency and linked guides should be reviewed together. Incorrect current advice is corrected rather than preserved as if still valid. Historical context may remain only when it is clearly dated and helps explain why a retest was necessary.

Readers should compare exact mechanics with the current game client, especially after a new patch. This project cannot guarantee that every live value remains unchanged between reviews. The editorial promise is transparency about source, version, uncertainty and correction—not official authority. The legal and privacy pages describe the operation of the current site and should be updated if new collection, account or communication features are introduced.

What the site does not claim

The field manual does not claim ownership of the game, access to private developer data or authority over Steam achievements and purchases. It does not guarantee a particular clear, unlock or leaderboard result. Recommendations describe a testable route through the current evidence and player decisions, while official support and transaction questions belong with the game developer or platform.

A visible source link is not an endorsement of every statement on an external community page. It identifies the exact material used and the purpose for which it was consulted. Community reports remain labeled, dated and subordinate to current official wording.

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