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Walker (Dead Island 2)

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For the zombie of the same name and type in other games, see Walker and Walker (Retro Revenge).

“Your run-of-the-mill, cookie-cutter, original flavor zombie. Any Slayer worth their salt can take one down solo, but don't ever let them surround you! These fuckers are everywhere, and I do mean everywhere. Behind every door, down every sewer, inside every air vent, waiting to jump out and grab ya. And double tap, people! You take their leg, they'll just crawl over and take your ankle”
— Description of the Walker from the Dead Island website

Walkers are the most common type of zombie featured in Dead Island 2. They are first encountered during the story quest Flight of the Damned and can be found in large numbers across all of Los Angeles.

Overview[]

Walkers are slow moving zombies with no real special characteristics of their own. They can be seen walking around aimlessly, standing motionless, or feeding on corpses. They are human who have fully undergone the zombification process and have been undead for a while, becoming slow, shambling and rotting. When alerted, they will walk toward the player and attempt to grab and swipe at them.

Appearance[]

As infected, undead humans, Walkers share several common traits amongst them. Their facial area is typically blood covered and damaged, specifically around the jaw area where the constant tearing and gnashing of meat has damaged their own face's muscles and skin. Their skin shows signs of decay, including swollen, deep red veins protruding across their body. They have generally spotty hair where part or all of it has dropped out, and many show visible signs of the method of infection, mostly chunks of flesh that have been ripped away, bitten and eaten. Their clothes are rarely undamaged, with most showing tears, rips and stains of blood or dirt.

Behavior[]

Walkers tend to congregate in packs, though this is likely out of accident than a concentrated attempt. Walkers will usually shuffle around their immediate area, aimlessly wandering as they search for prey, occasionally pausing to sniff or roar, but otherwise standing around without purpose. When a survivor is spotted, or detected be it by themselves or some other zombie, the Walker will make a beeline walk to them, disregarding any hazard in the way and only making basic attempts to avoid solid objects or climb up to reach the prey. When they manage to close the distance, they will scratch, claw or attempt to grapple and bite their victim.

Strategy[]

  • Lone Walkers pose little threat as their attacks deal low damage.
  • However, crowds of them capable of easily overwhelming players if they are not careful.
  • Walkers have no resistance or weakness to any type of damage and can be killed relatively easily. Use a modded weapon against them for quick and easy kills.
  • Charged heavy attacks to the head will usually instantly kill them with any weapon.
  • They can be avoided if necessary due to their slow movement speed.
  • If you perform a perfect Block or Dodge, you can perform a counter, which will kill the Walker instantly in most cases.
  • Like other zombies, a Walker can be maimed by severing their limbs. Depending on what body part is targeted, severing a limb will affect a Walker's behavior.
    • If their arms are severed then their attacks are weakened and they use their bite as their primary attack.
    • If their legs are severed, a Walker will become a Crawler. They will only be able of crawling slowly, but can still inflict damage if they get close enough, usually grabbing the legs and requiring a quick time event to kick them away.
    • If their head is severed, the Walker will die instantly, regardless of the amount of health left.
  • Walkers are susceptible to the Meat Bait, which will gather them into one area and lasts for around 10 seconds. This enables players to kill a large number of them quickly, either through weapon mods, environment hazard or other Curveballs, notably explosive curveballs such as the Pipe Bomb, Military Grenade or Sticky Bomb.
  • The Meat Bait can also be used just to distract them, so you can run past or away from them.
  • The Bait Bomb is an excellent curveball to use against them, as not only will it attract them all to one place, it will also explode and deal damage, which often kills them in one shot.
  • Walkers have no sense of self-preservation, and so will absently walk into environmental hazards, such as open electrical wires or puddles of water.
  • Due to the lack of "friendly fire" amongst zombies, you can use apex zombies such as Slobbers, Firestorm Slobbers and Inferno Crushers to deal free damage to Walkers when their attacks hit them. This can easily result in free kills and make certain fights a lot easier.

Variants[]

  • Burning Walker - A Walker engulfed in flames that is resistant to fire damage.
  • Shocking Walker - A Walker capable of exploding with electricity.
  • Spiky Walker - A Walker covered in sharp objects that will inflict bleed damage if the player kicks or slides into them.
  • Riot Gear Walker - A Walker adorned with riot gear that is resistant to attacks.
  • Insect Swarm Walker - A Walker fused with an insect hive.
  • Caustic-X Walker - A Walker wearing hazmat gear and a Caustic-X tank on its back.
  • Hydration Walker - A Walker with a pressured water tank on its back.
  • Incendiary Walker - A soldier Walker carrying a flamethrower with a gasoline-filled fuel tank on its back.
  • Grenadier Walker - A former soldier covered with explosives.
  • Hazmat Walker - A Walker wearing hazmat gear and is immune to caustic damage.
  • Firefighter Walker - A Walker wearing fire fighting gear that is immune to most status effects.

Notable Walkers[]

Challenges[]

Zompedia[]

Name Criteria Description
First Blood Kill 1 Walker Walkers hunger for your juicy flesh and infect everyone they bite or scratch. A pack can chew you to the bone in seconds.
Under The Skin Kill 25 Walkers Walkers have no resistance or weaknesses to any weapons and can be butchered easily in one-on-one combat.
Sliced To The Bone Kill 50 Walkers MAIM its limbs! Maiming its arms weakens its attacks. Maiming its legs turns it into a CRAWLER.
Deep In The Guts Kill 100 Walkers When Walkers gather to feast on corpses, it's the perfect opportunity to cull them all with one big blast or in a Molotov fireball!.

Zombie Challenges[]

Name Challenge Description Reward
Walk On By
Walk On By 1 Slay 50 Walkers while playing the game as any Slayer CRITICAL DAMAGE+ (+1%)
Walk On By 2 Slay 100 Walkers while playing the game as any Slayer CRITICAL DAMAGE++
Walk On By 3 Slay 1000 Walkers while playing the game as any Slayer

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