Meat Bait

For the curveball of the same name in Dead Island 2, see Meat Bait (Dead Island 2).

The Meat Bait is a projectile item featured in Dead Island and Dead Island: Riptide. It is used as a distraction rather than an explosive weapon like grenades.

Overview[]

Unlike most other projectiles or throwables, it deals no physical damage in any way, shape or form. Instead, it's used as a distraction technique either for escape or for a follow up throwable like a Molotov Cocktail or grenade. The weapon is relatively easy to craft, only requiring two items and a little bit of cash, though getting a hold of the former can be hard for some characters. Upon use, all Zombies will become attracted to the meat, heading over to its location and attacking the air for the duration of the meat's effect, completely ignoring the Heroes. This is useful for either making an escape if without a weapon or on low health, or it can be useful for bunching up a load of zombies so a follow up projectile can be thrown at them, clearing the lot of them. The meat itself does not do this, however, as it has no stats whatsoever.

Mods[]

The weapon only has one applicable mod and needs to be crafted using the recipe below:

Exploding Meat

See also: List of Dead Island Mods

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"Okay, now I know this sounds disgusting, but hear me out. A jar filled with flesh can be used to bait the walking dead. Throw it hard and when it shatters the undead will gather around it like vultures over a rotting carcass."

In Dead Island, the mod is obtained from Mother Helen after finishing the main quest "Drop by Drop".
In Dead island: Riptide, the mod is located next to John Morgan's Diary 10 in Henderson.

Blueprint	Base Item Needed	Required Material	Cost	Stats
Meat Bait	None	Meat x 3 Duct Tape	$50	None

Notes[]

Two Meat Bait can be picked up from the Block Zero - Warehouse in the Prison.
In Dead Island: Definitive Edition, the Meat Bait Blueprint, along with other blueprints, are given to the player when starting the prologue.
- This is not the case with the definitive edition of Riptide, however, where the mod will still have to be found in Henderson.
When the Meat Bait is thrown, any zombie that is already chasing the Hero will be distracted, even if very close to the hero.
Zombies will stop being attracted to the bait if attacked with a melee weapon, which overrides the effect of the meat.
- They can be shot with a firearm and not react, however.
When a zombie reaches the location of the bait, it will start to attack the surrounding area of the bait, which can sometimes cause damage to nearby zombies.
Meat bait is especially useful for when you want to traverse the Quarantine area of Moresby but don't want the hassle of constantly being assaulted by Infected.
However, Quarantine might be the best place to collect Meat to make more, as Infected constantly spawn in large numbers in this area, making it good for farming Meat.
Meat Bait can rarely be found in Metal chests in Riptide, giving 1 bait.
Getting the meat required for crafting this weapon can be difficult for certain characters who specialise in Bladed Weapon such as Xian Mei, as meat can only be acquired from breaking the head of a still moving Infected, something bladed weapons are usually unable to do.

Trivia[]

There is an explosive version of this item called the Exploding Meat which is obtained only through the Zombie Survivor Game at PlayStation Home, behaving much like the pipe bomb in Left 4 Dead. However with the PC version it is possible to mod ALL meat bait to produce the same effect, by following the instructions on this page: GameFiles:Mods and Tweaks/Exploding Meat Mod. The graphics 3D model and skin for the exploding meat might be in the game files, if it is perhaps an enterprising modder could add it as a separate blueprint and combine the gameplay effect from the mod with the graphics.

Meat Bait

Contents

Overview[]

Mods[]

Notes[]

Trivia[]

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