Cheat Codes:
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Unlimited money:
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Acquire the Melee Throw Skil Collect or purchase the most powerful weapons that
you can fin Travel to a location that is safe from enemie Use the Melee Throw
Skill to throw your weapon at a wal Immediately after the throw, open the menu,
and the same weapon will also appear ther Drop the one from your inventor You
will now have two of the same weapons that can be collected, one that was thrown
and one that was droppe Pick up the weapon again and throw i Repeat the process
as many times as desired to duplicate the weapo Then, sell the extras for mone
EXPcalibur sword:
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Although EXPcalibur sword may randomly appear as loot, you can always find
one in the southeast corner of the ma Go to the boat house at the large
lake in that are Note: The blocked bridge should be on your lef Continue
along the rocky shore to your right until reaching the very edg Look out
towards the middle of the lake to see a very small islan Begin swimming
towards that islan After a few minutes you should eventually reach the
island and find a body holding a swor The sword,s loot icon will read
„This EXPcalibur belongs to me Search it to collect the weapo
Note: This will take some tim Once the sword is obtained, the corpse will
catch on fir The sword cannot be repaired and will eventually break after
a few hit However it is very power and can kill most zombies with a single
hi Because its stats improve with your level, collecting it later in the
game is recommende
Duplicate Weapons:
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Unlock Melee Throw skill , Power Level 4 and Stun prerequisites , in the Power Skill men
Equip a valuable melee weapo Whichever weapon you choose can be duplicate
Throw your chosen weapo While mid-air, open your inventory and drop the thrown weapo
Just after your weapon is thrown, it will remain in the Equipped weapon inventory men
Try throwing it against a wal Now you,ll have a duplicate of the thrown
weapon , one thrown, one droppe
Keep throwing, dropping, and picking up one extra to infinitely duplicate
whatever weapon you wan
Sell the extra duplicate weapons for infinite cash or keep the extras for
plenty of high quality weapon
Secret loot cave:
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There is a secret underwater cave at the far northeast corner of the Slum
Start at the safe house found along the eastern border, closest to the north
edge of the shor Follow the river north until you see a small boat that is
flipped over to your lef Go left and proceed until you reach a small barricade
blocking off the are Jump over the barricade, and swim through the submerged
tunnel until you reach the cav When you search the cave, a message will appear
saying „Your destiny is to build your legend (and get loot” You will then be
attacked by spawning zombies for approximately four minute Once you defeat
the zombies, you can search the bodies to collect the loo After collecting
the loot, a message will appear saying „Enough! Patch 2 activate Better
do some quest” These messages and cave are a reference to the original loot
cave in Destiny, which eventually got patche Look along the wall on the
right side of the cave to find another path leading to more wate Jump in
and swim along the left wall to reach a second open-air cavern that contains
a treasure ches Then, turn left and climb up the rock wall at the dead end
to find a second duffel ba
Perk experience:
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Gain the indicated amount of experience points to reach the corresponding
level for Perks:
Level Survivor Perks Agility Perks Power Perks
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1 0 0 0
2 1,000550800
3 3,2501,2502,250
4 5,0002,0004,250
5 10,000 3,0006,500
6 15,000 3,7509,000
7 20,750 4,75011,750
8 25,000 5,75014,750
9 30,000 6,75018,000
10 40,000 7,75021,500
11 50,000 8,75025,250
12 55,000 9,75029,250
13 60,000 10,750 33,250
14 65,000 12,000 37,500
15 70,000 13,000 42,000
16 72,500 14,250 46,500
17 77,500 15,250 51,250
18 80,000 16,500 56,000
19 95,000 17,750 61,000
20 100,000 18,750 66,250
21 125,000 20,000 71,500
22 150,000 21,250 77,000
23 175,000 22,500 82,250
24 200,000 23,750 88,250
25 475,000
Metal parts:
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When you do not need a weapon any longer, open your inventory, and dismantle
it to gain Metal Part Metal Parts can be used to repair other item Although
this is not as good as selling a weapon, it can be used to obtained Metal Parts
immediately when neede
Crafting ingredient locations:
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Use Night Sense to detect crafting ingredients in containers and other cache
Industrial areas may contain Metal Parts, Blades, and other items, while weapons
are usually found locked inside vehicles and building Note: Some crafting
ingredients, such as Common Plants and Algae, will appear on the ma Search the
indicated containers to find the corresponding ingredien
Alcohol : Refrigerator
Batteries : Toolkit
Chemicals : Cabinets, kitchen area
Duct Tape : Toolkits, workshop
Electronics : Toolkits, locked container
Gauze : Medicine cabinet
Home Supplies : Dressers, cabinet
Metal Parts : Trash cans, dismantled item
Nails : Warehouses, supply rooms, dresser
Plastic : Toolkits, container
Power Cable : Industrial areas, warehouse
String : Dressers, simple container
Tin Can : Toolkits, container
Toxic Plant : Cliff area
Common Plant : Wilderness area
Blade : Toolkit
Hunter Gland : Search Hunter bodie
Bolter Tissue : Search Bolter bodie
Weapon rarity:
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Various colors indicate the rarity of a weapo
White : Most common weapon
Green : Weapons with improved stat
Blue : Uncommon weapons with higher stat
Violet : Most uncommon weapons with even higher stat
Orange : Best weapon
Underwater treasure cave:
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There is a secret underwater cave at the far northeast corner of the Slum Start
at the safe house found along the eastern border, closest to the north edge of
the shor Leave the shanty town and cross the water, moving north along the rocky
wall until it goes to the lef Continue along the narrow trench until you find a
pair of wooden board Climb over the boards and enter the wate You will find a
narrow underwater passage that leads to a secret cav Look along the wall on the
right side to find another path leading to more wate Jump in and swim along the
left wall to reach a second open-air cavern which contains a treasure ches Then,
turn left and climb up the rock wall at the dead end to find a second duffel ba
Sick Bomb blueprint:
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Go up to the Towers rooftop at the bac Interact with the checkers board to pla
Leave the area by using the elevator then immediately retur Interact with the
board agai Repeat the process a few times to receive the Sick Bomb blueprin
Playing guitar:
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To play the guitar in your bedroom, acquire the „Guitar Lessons” book during the
„Siblings” mission in the schoo
Posters:
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In Old Town, you will can find posters hidden around the are Each poster starts a
challenge that must be completed within a time limi The reward for the poster
challenges is 10,000 Survivor X They are located at the following location After
completing all the poster challenges, Bozak will appear on your ma Get there to
collect the Exploding Throwing Stars blueprint and kill the madman before escapin
Poster #1: West of the town’s cente
Poster #2: Northeast edge of the town’s cente
Poster #3: North of the town’s cente
Poster #4: Northeast edge of the town’s cente
Poster #5: Farthest east side of the ma
Poster #6: Southeastern edge of the ma
Poster #7: South side of the ma
Poster #8: Northwest edge of the ma
Poster #9: Near the town cente
Weapon Duplication:
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This glitch / exploit lets you duplicate any melee weapon, anywhere and anytim All
you need is the Melee Throw skil It works like this:
Buy the Melee Throw Skill at Power Level
Equip a melee weapon (this doesn’t work with firearms
Throw your weapon – but just as the weapon leaves your hand, open the inventor You will see that the weapon is still there – drop it from the inventory to duplicate the weapo
You can also use this exploit to earn extra money from the various shops – just
duplicate a valuable weapon and sell off all of the duplicates!
Be aware: the weapon will duplicate whatever stats the thrown item has at the moment
you throw it – meaning if you try to duplicate a broken weapon, you’ll just have two
broken weapon Always duplicate items before using them in combat to ensure they’re
at their peak valu
Fast travel:
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After completing the story, you can use fast travel to all the main areas in the game
(Slums, Old Town, and Antenna This is very useful when searching for collectibles
and completing all side quest The game does not actually tell you that you can go
back to the other maps or that there is a fast travel optio To fast travel between
the Slums and Old Town, go to your bedroom in the Towe There is a poster on the wall
that lets you immediately travel to the other ma To travel to Antenna, use the door
in the north of the Slums or the sewer entrance in the north of Old Town (there are
only some flags and zombie statues there You can also go back to the sewers if
desired; the access points are marked on the map and are the same that you took
during the story mission
Korek Machete blueprint:
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Travel to the northern end of the Slums, and enter the middle safe zon Travel east
to a building shaped like a backwards „C Find the blue toolbox (hidden behind wooden
crates and blue barrels) on the rooftop of the building, then kick it approximately
75 times until it opens to reveal the blueprint for the Korek Machet
It is recommended to get the Korek Machete as soon as possible to make the rest of
the game easie The Korek Machete does 500 damage, can take 35 hits, and has 218
handlin You can also craft the weapon as often as desired since it only costs 10
alcohol and 20 metal parts (which are the most common materials and can also be
bought from merchants The machete has four upgrade slots, which you can use to
increase the damage to over 60 Note: The Korek Machete weapon is named after
Korek, the nickname of Techland’s optimization lead develope
Left Ball Of Glova blueprint:
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To get the Left Ball Of Glova blueprint, first find two specific stones in the Old
Town are One of them is on a ledge above ground level, behind the tilted tower to
the northwes The other stone is on the edge of the beach, at the southwest side of
the museu After collecting both stones, place them inside the eye sockets of the
skull inside Ishaq’s apartment during the „Shadow Of The King” side ques
Note: Dead Island featured a „Left Hand Of Glova The „Left Ball Of Glova” blueprint
is a reference to the lead game play develope
Sick Bomb blueprint:
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Travel to the Tower’s rooftop, then go to the back of the roofto Interact with the
checkers board to make a mov Leave the area by using the elevator, then immediately
retur Interact with the board again to make another mov Repeat the process a few
times until you win the game of checkers to get the Sick Bomb blueprin
Note: „Sick” is the nickname of one of the game’s lead level designer
9mm pistol:
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There are two ways to get a 9mm pisto The easiest is to pick it up from the cottage
in the bottom right corner of the Slum The pistol always spawns at this location,
and you can get it right after the game starts or at any other time desire The
second way is to lock pick police van Look for them on highways, and bring some
lockpick You cannot get a pistol from human enemies, as they only have rifles and
melee weapon The pistol is a crucial part for completing the Gunslinger side quest
from the upper tower in the Slum The Gunslinger side quest gives you access to a
pawn shop that contains two text collectible
Guitar Lessons:
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As you become familiar with your new room in The Tower, you might notice a guitar in
the corner of the roo You can interact with the instrument to play a note, but it’s
obvious that Kyle Crane never learned how to play on Luckily, there’s time to address
that oversight! Play through the main missions until you need to infiltrate a school
with Jad Make sure to search every classroom thoroughly, and you’ll find another
guitar, along with a lesson book! Return to the tower and interact with the guitar
agai Now you’ll be able to play short tun
Left 4 Bread:
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Techland has included an homage to another great zombie game: Left 4 Dea Head
slightly north of the Tower to a safe house area guarded by large chain-link fence
Once inside, look South across the street and you’ll find a bakery with a very unique
sign: Left4Brea
Hidden QR Code:
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At the beginning of the game, in the room you wake up in above one of the beds, there
is a Jade „The Scorpion” Aldemir poste On the bottom right corner of the poster is
a QR Cod If you get your character close enough to the poster (crouching down helps)
you can actually scan the code with your mobile device and it will take you directly
to a web sit
Ocarina of Time Reference:
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You might not be able to spot the Hero of Hyrule in Dying Light, but you can find his
legendary swor During the story mission that takes you from the Slums to Old Town,
you’ll arrive at a staging areas where survivors make the trek one by on If you
happen to have done Dawud’s side quest to get him a gun, you’ll find him and his son
waiting to cross to Old Tow His son, as it happens, is carrying a toy version of
the Master Sword! Sadly, he doesn’t seem willing to part with i
The EXPcalibur:
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You can find the fabled „Sword in the Stone” in Dying Light, except this time around
it’s the „Sword in the Zombi” Look for the sword on a tiny rock in the far southeast
area of Harran’s Slums, south of the fishing are Swim out all the way to the rock
to find a golden sword impaled upon a zombi The sword won’t come willingly, as only
the chosen my pull it from its fleshy sheat You’ll need to hold down the grab button
for several minutes as the orange bar slowly fills all the way around button promp
You won’t have any enemies to worry about fighting off – just make sure your finger
doesn’t slip! When you finally pull the sword out, you’ll find that it does an extreme
amount of damage – but at the cost of only 7 durability! Luckily, there is a way to
make more of i Shortly after taking the sword, the corpse the sword was embedded in
will start to burn u After it burns, you’ll find the blueprint for the blade in its
plac
Easy Power skills:
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Proceed through the main missions until you escape „The Pit” to unlock a small
floating safe hous You can use this area to easily level up your Power skill
Before starting, make sure you have a good weapo If it is not night, sleep to
change it to night, as you will gain extra XP for killing enemies at nigh Leave
the floating safe house, and kill the first zombie while using camouflag Killing
zombies when camouflaged gives bonus XP (Level 9 Survival skill is when camouflage
becomes available Then, kill the two giant zombies and all of the surrounding ones
to gain a lot of Power X Make sure you are hitting the zombies in the head to gain
bonus X After killing all of the zombies, go back to the bed in the safe house,
and sleep until it is nigh Repeat this process until your Power skill level is
maxe Note: Having another player sit at the bed will make this process faste
Pyza Suit blueprint:
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Climb to the rooftop of the last building in the southwestern corner of Old Tow
Jump on the chimney on the very top of the roof to find a green pip Interact
with the pipe to be taken to World 1-1, which is a reference to the Mario serie
Proceed through the special area until you reach the first gap that you must jump
over the red wate Then, go backwards so you are standing on the sixth block from
the ga Jump a few times to reveal a hidden bloc Climb on top of the hidden block
to obtain the Pyza Suit blueprint, which allows you to momentarily glide through the
ai
Calling for a taxi:
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You can actually call 1-661-320-4146, the number featured on various taxis, and it
will ring through to the cab compan
Zelda series reference:
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A child can be found holding a model of the Master Sword at the sewer He can
later be found at the kindergarten at the Tower after his chain of side quests
have been complete
Easy guns and ammunition:
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Sometimes the soldiers that appear in safe houses will be armed with gun If they
soldiers die, their guns and ammo will drop and can be picked u Bring a propane
tank into a safe zone then throw it at an armed guard until he die Then, take his
weapon and ammunitio Repeat the process as desired when another a guard respawn
Duplicating items:
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Invite a player into your gam Drop any items that you want to duplicat Have the
invited player pick up all items you droppe Then, have the invited player back out
of the game with the quit option in the pause men This will save the invited player’s
inventor Invite the player back into your game, and have them drop the items you
previously dropped for the Next, have the invited player force close the game to avoid
saving his or her inventor Invite a player back into your game, and repeat the process
a few more time When the host’s inventory is large enough, give the invited player your
larger inventory, and have him or her leave with the quit option in the pause menu to
save the invited player’s now larger inventor Then, invite a player back into your game,
and repeat the process again to multiply the drop item Sell unwanted items to get an
unlimited amount of mone To have unlimited health, keep duplicating the med ki
Easy Agility XP:
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Level up the „FreeRunning Adept” and „FreeRunning Expert” skill to gain 40 XP per clim
Go to the Tower, and sleep until it is night (XP doubles during the night Leave the
Tower, go down the stairs, and look to your left to see two barrels in front of a small
buildin Climb the barrels and then the buildin When you are at the top of the
building, fall backwards, and repeat climbing the barrels and building again to get
120 Agility XP per secon
Right Hand Of Glova blueprint:
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To get the Right Hand Of Glova blueprint, first find two specific stones in the Old
Town are One of them is on a ledge above ground level, behind the tilted tower to
the northwes The other stone is on the edge of the beach, at the southwest side of
the museu After collecting both stones, place them inside the eye sockets of the skull
inside Ishaq’s apartment during the „Shadow Of The King” side ques Note: Dead Island
featured a „Left Hand Of Glova The „Right Hand Of Glova” blueprint is a reference to
the lead game play develope
Plants v Zombies mini-game:
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In the Antenna area, climb the large antenna until you reach the zip line Use the
zip line that takes you towards the mountains (northeast), then search for a Toxic
Lichen plant on one of the rocks, on the south side of the hol It will teleport
you to a Plants v Zombies mini-game where zombies are fighting plant
Weapon Duplication:
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This glitch / exploit lets you duplicate any melee weapon and all you need is the Melee
Throw skil Follow these steps for it:
Buy the Melee Throw Skill at Power Level
Equip a melee weapon (this doesn’t work with firearms
Throw your weapon – but just as the weapon leaves your hand, open the inventor You will see that the weapon is still there – drop it from the inventory to duplicate the weapo
Be aware: the weapon will duplicate whatever stats the thrown item has at the moment
you throw it – meaning if you try to duplicate a broken weapon, you’ll just have two
broken weapon With this you can stack up your melee weapon inventory or you can also
use this exploit to earn extra money from the various shops – just duplicate a valuable
weapon and sell off all of the duplicates!
Bites Motel:
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As you work through the „Be the Zombie” tutorial in the slums, note that you can
wander around the area to spot a little structure called the „Bites Motel,” an obvious
reference to the „Bates Motel” television sho
Assassin’s Creed reference:
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Travel to the Old Town area in the northwest corner of the ma Go to the castle-like
building found along the cliffs facing the ocea Climb to the tallest and rounded
portion of the building to find a small flag, similar to those that are collected in
Assassin’s Cree Grab the flag to get a small amount of experience point
Easy „Italian Plumber” achievement or trophy:
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A wrench, the Vault skill, and the Drop Attack skill are require Find two zombies
then equip your wrenc Line up the zombies, then run and vault over the first zombi
Drop attack the second zombie with your wrenc
Easy „Enlightened!” achievement or trophy:
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* Start a multiplayer game with some other players who have lured zombies i Activate
and reset the light trap without movin
* In single player mode, find a light trap close to a safe zone to allow you to run back
and heal between activation You must reset it before activating it agai
Easy „Harran Athletics” achievement or trophy:
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This can be done in single player mode if you have the Cuisine & Cargo DL Quarantine
Zones are counted as coop competitions, even when completed in single player mod With
the DLC there are ten Quarantine Zones in tota Complete all of them to earn „Harran
Athletics
Easy Survivor Points:
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Unlock the Bolter feeding grounds, then go to the nearest safehous Wait until night,
then go out, kill the Bolter very quickly, and run back to the safehouse for a fast
3,000 Survivor Point Alternately, run around and get a few of those mean red bitches
to chase yo Then, run to the safehouse, straddle the fence, and crouch so they are
spitting at you but cannot hit yo Remain there until morning to get about 30,000
Survivor Point
The ultimate cache:
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There is a hidden area that contains a number of health packs, gauze/bandages, weapons,
weapon boosters, and various other item Do not attempt to go to there without a strong
weapo While in The Slums, move towards the northeast part of the map for the bridg
If unlocked, it is easier to start from the safe house under the bridge in that are
From there, hop in the water and you will eventually reach the first pylon area under
the bridg Hop back in the water towards the second one in front of you a disanc
From there, hop on the concrete platform and go up the ladder to the lef From here,
you are now inside the pylon supporting the bridg Use the yellow pipes to climb up to
a series of walkway Note: The grappling hook will be usefu Eventually, you hit a
platform that has a red door on one en Open it and look dow You are now directly
above a row of tents on the bridg To get down, aim for the blue garbage bags and hop
dow All the tents, trucks, chests, et, all have something insid Make sure to kill
every zombie encountered, as they also carry valuable Noe: If you cannot reach the red
door inside the pylon structure, you can reach that location from the bridge itself by
using the cables on one end to crawl up and down to the other sid This requires a very
steady hand, and if you fall, you may land on the rocks and have to start ove
Defeating Runners:
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Runners are people that just became infecte They still have the ability to run, jump,
et There is an easy way to get them, regardless of where you ar Lead them to a bigger
vehicle, such as a van of some sor It will take awhile for Runners to get on top of i
Use that opportunity to take them ou
Defeating Volatiles:
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The monsters that come out at night are Volatile They are very fast and deadl However,
their biggest fear is electricit If you have a weapon that has the „electrocutioner” or
some other form of electricity on a sword of some type, us i A few good swings will
bring them dow Also, these monsters often carry a lot of money; search them after you
take them ou
Completion bonus:
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After completing the game, the repeatable side missions will be available agai This
time, the E wants to hel They will randomly place blue chests in the side missions
that contain helpful item
Fast travel:
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After completing the game, you can use fast travel to all the main areas in the game
(Slums, Old Town, and Antenna This is very useful when searching for collectibles
and completing all side quest The game does not actually tell you that you can go
back to the other maps or that there is a fast travel optio To fast travel between
the Slums and Old Town, go to your bedroom in the Towe There is a poster on the wall
that lets you immediately travel to the other ma To travel to Antenna, use the door
in the north of the Slums or the sewer entrance in the north of Old Town (there are
only some flags and zombie statues there You can also go back to the sewers if
desired; the access points are marked on the map and are the same that you took
during the story mission
Defeating Runners:
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Runners are people that just became infecte They still have the ability to run,
jump, et To easily kill them, regardless of where you are, lead them to a larger
vehicle, such as a va It takes awhile for Runners to get on top of i Use that
opportunity to kill the
Defeating Volatiles:
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The monsters that come out at night are Volatile They are very fast and deadl
However, their biggest weakness is electricit If you have a weapon that has the
„electrocutioner” or some other form of electricity on a sword, use it on the
It should only take a few hits to kill the Note: Make sure to search the Volatiles
after killing them since they often carry a lot of mone
Easy „A Game of Catch” achievement or trophy:
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Arrows will count as a throwing weapo
