What are Clickers in The Last of Us and how are they created?

The first chapter of The Last of Us was a kind of introductionWell, it is discovered what happened to Joel the day the virus broke out that killed millions of people, but it was also possible to see how the survivors live and who controls everything.

It should be noted that on one side is FEDRA, on the other the Fireflies, and in the middle of it all are Joel (Pedro Pascal), Tess (Anna Torv) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), who must make a trip through the affected cities to to be able to get to the place where Ellie can help those who are working on a cure for Cordyceps infection.

On the other hand, while the cure is discovered, the infected continue to be a serious problem and endanger the lives of all humans, especially since there are different stages of the infection and each one becomes more dangerous than the last, and it is the which leads to the existence of different types of zombies in the history of The Last of Us.

It is also known that only a live infected person can infect someone, but contagion is not the only thing that survivors face. One of the final stages of the infection turns people into Clickers, which the three travelers encounter while trying to survive the most dangerous parts of Boston.

How are Clickers created?

Apparently, the Cordyceps infection begins in Jakarta, Indonesia, and travels to the rest of the world, or so theories say, through products such as flour and different grains, which creates the first infected in the United States.

Those early infected, like Joel and Sarah’s elderly neighbor, become violent and fast, allowing them to chase others, bite and infect (if not kill) them, and they develop symptoms within minutes (which, according to a graph in the quarantine zone, it can be from 5 to 15 minutes depending on the area of ​​the bite).

The first stage of the infection creates what is known as Runners, due to their speed, after between two weeks and a year, the runners transform into a type of zombie called Stalkers, who present the infection through a kind of fungus that grows on their heads and are also fast and violent.

The difference is that they don’t attack just by inertia or instinct, but have the ability to plan their attacks as if they were hunters looking for prey, they even hide and wait for the perfect moment to attack.

If the Stalkers survive for more than a year (although it can be longer), they become creatures known as Clickers, so they no longer look exactly like the people they used to be.

The Clickers are more like the demogorgons from Stranger Things, the fungus has taken control of their heads and part of their bodies and, although they still have a human figure, they are covered by the fungus that also covers the buildings of the cities.

In addition, they make a clicking sound that allows them to locate their prey and locate them in space, they cannot see, but their clicks are very effective in finding their prey.

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How are the Clickers in The Last of Us?

Clickers are very dangerous, but they do not represent the last stage of the infection, the first part of the final stage is known as Bloater, which happens many years after the initial infection. These are the zombies with the most grotesque appearance in The Last of Us, this is because they are completely covered by the fungus, which protects them and makes them look swollen, as if they were going to explode at any moment.

Unlike the runners, the Bloaters are slow, but they are very difficult to kill, due to the fungus that covers them, and they are also extremely strong, which makes them even more dangerous. Eventually, the Bloaters become Shamblers, who have the ability to infect by releasing spores into the air (mentioned by Ellie while touring Boston).

It should be noted that the advantage of this is that it is difficult for an infected person to reach the Shambler stage, and everything indicates that the series is going to stay with the Clickers.

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