An explosive barrel as found in Escape Dead Island. One of many Environmental hazards
Environmental hazards are dangerous objects or other pasive hazards found in Dead Island, Dead Island: Riptide and Escape Dead Island. They pose a thread to both the player, NPCs and zombies alike. Some zombies may be immune to one or more environmental hazards. Drowners for example cannot drown when submerged in water.
Usage[]
Environmental hazards can be used to dispose of enemies by luring them into such hazards. Some hazards must be triggered by the players such as propane tanks, thus requiring proper timing
List of environmental hazards[]
- Propane Tank: Explodes when shot. Can be thrown arround.
- Explosive Barrel: Explodes when shot.
- Drowning: While submerged in water for an extended period, continuous damage starts to be incurred. Zombies in Riptide and the definitive edition of Dead Island are immune to drown damage.
- Fire: Deals continuous damage while standing in it
- Poison gas: Deals continuous damage while standing in it. In Escape The player becomes immune to poison gas after acquiring a Gas Mask.
- Open electrical wires: Deals continuous damage while standing against it, or connected water pudles. Zombies will become stuck in a shock animation.
- Barb Wire: Deals damage while walking through it.
- High pressure gas: Deals continuous damage while standing in the gas stream. The gas stream can often be turned off with a nearby valve.
- Natural spawning Mines: Explode when stepped on by the player on zombies.
- Large Fans: Insta-kills anything that touches them, while they are spinning.
- Fall damage: When falling from large heights, a large ammount of damage will be taken. The amount of damage depends on the distance fallen.
Gallery[]
A propane tank, ready to be moved or exploded
An explosive mine at the Henderson Military Base
A Shambler stunned and taking damage from a live wire
A large fan. The blood on the floor and the yellow warning tape indicate how lethal the device is
Barb wire together with an explosive barrel