“Welcome to SOLA, where LA's party people can greenwash their way to ecstasy and save the planet, one rave at a time. So L.A!”
— Description from the Dead Island website
SoLA is a DLC for Dead Island 2. It was released on April 17th, 2024. It takes place at the SoLA festival and surrounds a mystery that turned all the guests into zombies without anyone of them being bit.
Plot[]
The Slayers stumble across the festival and encounter the only survivor there named Grace Tan, after encountering the new Whipper zombie. She reveal that these new speakers started playing a strange beat during the main event that turned all 30,000 guests into zombies. The Slayers then investigate these speakers and encounter a vision of a mysterious woman that tells them to fully reassemble the beat and head to the Eclipse dance club to find her. During this they encounter an intelligent Clotter - the Dirge that tries to kill them but the manage to escape. Reaching the dance club it is revealed that Cadenza was the mysterious woman and reveals that the beat might contain the secrets as to why they are numen and should listen to the beat. The Slayers agree to listen to it but not before having Grace leave before it is played. Heading to her compound, it is under siege from zombies and find Grace in pain in the basement due to several speakers turning on. Turning off the speakers and surviving the Dirge once again, they tell Grace that they are going to listen to the beat who becomes disgusted by their actions and tells them to leave. They are shortly contacted by Cadenza who reveals that they need to go to the OSK store in Ocean Avenue to get the file for the beat. Using the Konstain AI they send the file to Cadenza but are told that the speaker at SoLA is so loud it could be heard all over the world and turn everyone into zombies. Realizing what they've just done, the Slayers rush back to SoLA where the beat has started to play, turning the sky red and forming a portal in the sky. They discover that Grace went to the main stage and is actually a numen with the voices she hears trying the help her with her rebirth. After encouraging her to listen to them, she is okay and the Slayers go back to try and stop Cadenza. They find her in a trance from the beat and with Grace's help break her out. Cadenza helps destroy the speaker by using the orgone balls in the speakers to damage the Dirge and the speaker saving everyone.
Quest[]
Main Quests[]
- Bad Vibrations
- Beauty and the Beat
- Shit Hits the Fan
- Dance for Me
- Shifting Sands
- The Beat is On
- Don't Stop Retrievin'
- Saving Grace
- The Sound of Violence
Side Quest[]
- Flesh Memoires
Lost & Found[]
- Suspicious Minds
- Suspicious Minds: B-Side