- See also: Grenadier
A Mutated Scientist is a normal zombie introduced in Dead Island: Riptide. You encounter when you first talk to Dr. Kessler. Similar in function to a Walker, they appear in the biodome in Kessler's lab and the Henderson Military Base.
Overview[]
Despite their fearsome appearance, the mutated scientist is really just a different looking Walker. It is similar in appearance to a Grenadier but does not have a ranged attack, making it far less dangerous. That being said, it is weak alone but dangerous in numbers.
Appearance[]
A Mutated Scientist looks just like a Grenadier, but has a white hazmat suit instead of a yellow one and is smaller in size. Like the Grenadier, it also has an air tank on its back that can be shot, causing it to explode. The right side of it is covered in boils and expanding skin and muscle, ripping through the suit and pushing away the now useless gas mask. One of the black rubber gloves is missing, revealing the bloody hand and arm, as well as a missing boot on its right foot.
Behaviour[]
The mutated scientist behaves in the same way as a Walker, either wandering around or standing in the open waiting for some prey to come by. Upon seeing the Hero, the thing will shamble towards them, ready to either grab or punch the player. They are slow and stumbling, making them easy to dodge or lure into a wider area to kill them. Because of their limited numbers and appearance in only one location, they do not lie on the ground to wait for a passing meal, or hide around corners to grab someone like their normal Walker counterparts. They are a very minor threat unless you're somehow swarmed or ganged up on. They emit a gurgling sound, similar to a Grenadier or Floater, likely caused by the fluid gathering in their swollen necks.
Strategy[]
- Any of your walker strategies will work on the scientists. They are slow and shambling with no real damaging attacks. Unlike the Grenadiers, who look the same but bigger and in yellow, they have no ranged attack and can't be found carrying weapons.
- They do have some immunity to fire, so fire elemental weapons or molotovs will have reduced/no effect on them.
- If kicked down, you can stomp on their heads for an easy kill if the skill is unlocked.
Notes[]
- Their limbs can't be cut off and their head's are not able to be smashed.
- However, their heads can be smashed in, and they will play the animation of it, but their physical model won't change, like a Wrestler.
- If they're set on fire their White Hazmat Suit will change into Yellow like the Grenadiers Hazmat Suit.
Trivia[]
- In Dead Island 2 there is new variant of the walker called Hazmat Walker, Which is very similar to the Mutated Scientists but not mutated.
Locations[]
- Kesslers Lab (First encounter).
- Henderson Military Base
- Quarantine Zone