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Dead Island Glitches
Easy money
Go to the warehouse, and get the Hammer and Baseball Bat. Then, fast travel to the Church, and sell them to get approximately $400. Go back to the Warehouse, and the Hammer and Baseball Bat will have respawned. Repeat this as many times as desired. Note: You must be in the City and have discovered both the Church and the Warehouse to do this trick.How to Duplicate any item
This MUST be done in solo mode: When you reach a checkpoint during any campaign quest drop the item on the ground you wish to duplicate(Can be your all your items in your inventory). Then kill yourself by using deobombs or molotovs, When the respawn timer begins to countdown pause the game and reload your checkpoint. When you respawn all the weapons you dropped will be back in your inventory and they will also still be laying on the ground where you dropped them. Side note: you also do not suffer the cash penalty from dying since you reloaded the checkpoint.Easy Weapon Duplication (Pre-Patch)
Pull out the weapon you want to duplicate and wield it. In digital fighting control scheme, hold the left trigger as if to throw the weapon, hit the Y button at the same time as you pull the right trigger to throw the weapon, if you time it right you will throw your weapon and drop a second copy at whatever the current durability of the weapon you dropped was. As a bonus keep double of your favorite weapon and use until it breaks, discard and copy the fully repaired version to ensure your never stuck with a broken weapon.
Dead Island Achievements
Achievements
Description Name Travel a distance of 20 kilometers on foot. Cardio Kill an Infected with a grenade blast. Catch! Heal yourself with a medkit 100 times. Gesundheit! Reach level 10. Learning the ropes Join another player's game. Need a hand? Play in a co-op team of 4 different playable characters. Originality Play with 10 different co-op partners for at least 15 minutes each. People Person Drive a total distance of 10 kilometers. Road Trip Sever 100 limbs. Tis but a flesh wound! Complete 5 quests in a single co-op game with the same partners. Together in the light Create a customized weapon. Warranty Void if Used Kill 10 zombies in a row with headshots. 10 heads are better than 1 Kill 50 human enemies. Humanitarian Kill 50 zombies using a vehicle. Karma-geddon Breach a locked door with the first blow. Knock, knock Use a hammer to kill a series of 15 zombies without taking damage. Can't touch this Find 60 collectibles. Gotta find'em all Set 10 zombies on fire simultaneously. Light my fire Kill 5 Infected in a row with a single blow. One is all I need Kill a zombie with 10 different melee weapons. A taste of everything Reach level 25. Dedicated student Complete 25 quests while playing with at least one co-op partner. Going steady Kill 250 zombies using firearms. Guns don't kill but they help Kill 250 zombies using edged melee weapons. Hack & slash Complete 5 quests with 3 co-op partners. Ménage à trois Find 120 collectibles. Nearly there Kill 100 enemies with Fury attacks. Rageman Kill 150 enemies using Analog Fighting controls. Swing them sticks Kill 25 zombies with your bare fists. Tae Kwon Leap Kill 250 zombies using blunt melee weapons. To put it bluntly Kill 250 zombies with modified weapons. A very special day Customize 25 weapons. I want one of those Complete act I with 4 different characters. Right 4 Life Loot 5 Exceptional Weapons. Rootin' Tootin' Lootin' Reach level 50. School of hard knocks Create weapons to rival the gods of fire or thunder. Steam Punk Explore the entire island. There and back again Finish 75 quests cumulatively. Busy, busy, busy Kill a Butcher using an axe. Ah! Spoiled meat! Play Dead Island at least 28 days after starting it for the first time. How many days exactly? Kill a Ram using tackle skill. Oh, no you don't Kill a Suicider with a grenade. First! Use a large medkit to heal an injury of 5% or less. Everybody lies Save 5 people besieged by zombies. Savior Complete act IV. Banoi Redemption Complete act I. Hell in paradise Complete act III. King of the jungle Complete act II. No raccoons in here
Walkthroughs & FAQs
| Type | Name | File Size |
|---|---|---|
| FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by noz3r0 | 177K |
| Other | Blueprint/Mod Guide by omegamustard | 42K |
| Other | Blueprint FAQ by 1r0nheart | 58K |
| Other | Check List by 1r0nheart | 14K |
| FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by BlueYoshi579 | 165K |
| Other | Money Making Guide by Ice_Shield | 27K |
| FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by redapocalypse04 | 58K |
| Achievement Guide | Achievement Guide by omegamustard | 16K |
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Dead Island Glitches
Item Duplication (Pre-Patch)
To do this glitch, you need an item that can be thrown. First equip the item. Then, throw the weapon but at the same time hold down the drop button and your character will throw the weapon and then quickly drop a copy of the weapon. Keep doing this, and you can sell the duplicated items for easy money or give copies of your weapons to other players online.
Dead Island Achievements
Steam Achievements
Description Name Explore the entire island. There and back again Kill 150 enemies using Analog Fighting controls. Swing them sticks Reach level 50 School of hard knocks Loot 25 exceptional weapons. Rootin' Tootin' Lootin' Complete act 1 with 4 different characters. Right 4 Life Kill 100 enemies with Fury attacks. Rageman Play with 10 different co-op partners for at least 15 minutes each. People Person Kill a Ram using tackle skill. Oh, no you don't Complete act 2. No raccoons in here Find 120 collectibles. Nearly there Set 10 zombies on fire simultaneously. Light my fire Complete act 3. King of the jungle Kill 50 human enemies. Humanitarian Play Dead Island at least 28 days after starting it for the first time. How many days exactly? Kill 250 zombies using firearms. Guns don't kill but they help Find 60 collectibles. Gotta find'em all Heal yourself with a medkit 100 times. Gesundheit! Reach level 25. Dedicated student Kill an Infected with a grenade blast. Catch! Finish 75 quests cumulatively. Busy, busy, busy Complete act 4. Banoii Redemption Kill a Butcher using an axe Ah! Spoiled meat! Kill 10 zombies in a row with headshots. 10 heads better than 1 Kill 5 Infected in a row with a single blow. One is all I need Customize 25 weapons I want one of those Use a large medkit to heal an injury of 5% or less. Everybody lies Kill a Suicider with a grenade. First! Complete 5 quests with 3 co-op partners. Menage et Trois Kill 250 zombies using edged melee weapons. Hack & slash Sever 100 limbs. Tis but a flesh wound! Use a hammer to kill a series of 15 zombies without taking damage. Can't touch this Kill 250 zombies with modified weapons. A very special day Kill 250 zombies using blunt melee weapons. To put it bluntly Save 5 people besieged by zombies. Savior Complete act 1. Hell in paradise Play in a co-op team of 4 different playable characters. Originality Create weapons to rival the gods of fire or thunder. Steam Punk Complete 25 quests while playing with at least one co-op partner. Going steady Kill 25 zombies with your bare fists. Tae Kwon Leap Drive a total distance of 10 kilometers. Road Trip Travel a distance of 20 kilometers on foot. Cardio Kill 50 zombies using a vehicle. Karma-geddon Reach level 10. Learning the ropes Complete 5 quests in a single co-op game with the same partners. Together in the light Kill a zombie with 10 different melee weapons. A taste of everything Create a customized weapon. Warranty Void if Used Breach a locked door with the first blow. Knock, knock Join another player's game. Need a hand?
Walkthroughs & FAQs
| Type | Name | File Size |
|---|---|---|
| FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by noz3r0 | 177K |
| Other | Blueprint/Mod Guide by omegamustard | 42K |
| Other | Blueprint FAQ by 1r0nheart | 58K |
| Other | Check List by 1r0nheart | 14K |
| FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by BlueYoshi579 | 165K |
| Other | Money Making Guide by Ice_Shield | 27K |
| FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by redapocalypse04 | 58K |
| Other | Steam Achievement Guide by omegamustard | 16K |
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Dead Island Easter Eggs
Chrome 2 Poster
Inside of the hotel, on the quest "BORN TO BE WILD," talk to Mike Davies. After that, move to the next room where a workbench is present. Enter the next room where you will find one of the computers to reboot. If you look at the wall to the side of the desk with the fan on it, you will see a poster displaying "Chrome 2," one of Techland's next upcoming games. Techland is also the producer of Dead Island.
Dead Island Glitches
Unlimited Weapons (Pre-Patch)
While holding any melee weapon, hold L1 to get ready to throw your weapon. Then, hold triangle, and press R1 to throw the weapon. If done correctly, you should throw an exact replica down on the ground in front of you.
Dead Island
Trophies
Description Name Kill 10 zombies in a row with headshots. 10 heads are better than 1 Kill a zombie with 10 different melee weapons. A taste of everything Kill a Butcher using an axe. Ah! Spoiled meat! Use a hammer to kill a series of 15 zombies without taking damage. Can't touch this Travel a distance of 20 kilometers on foot. Cardio Kill an Infected with a grenade blast. Catch! Reach level 25. Dedicated student Kill a Suicider with a grenade. First! Heal yourself with a medikit 100 times. Gesundheit! Complete 25 quests while playing with at least one co-op partner. Going steady Find 60 collectibles. Gotta find'em all Kill 250 zombies using firearms. Guns don't kill but they help Kill 250 zombies using edged melee weapons. Hack & slash Kill 50 human enemies. Humanitarian Kill 50 zombies using a vehicle. Karma-geddon Breach a locked door with the first blow. Knock, knock Reach level 10. Learning the ropes Set 10 zombies on fire simultaneously. Light my fire Complete 5 quests with 3 co-op partners. Ménage à trois Find 120 collectibles. Nearly there Join another player's game. Need a hand? Kill a Ram using tackle skill. On, no you didn't Kill 5 Infected in a row with a single blow. One is all I need Play in a co-op team of 4 different playable characters. Originality Play with 10 different co-op partners for at least 15 minutes each. People Person Kill 100 enemies with Fury attacks. Rageman Drive a total distance of 10 kilometers. Road Trip Kill 25 zombies with your bare fists. Tae Kwon Leap Sever 100 limbs. Tis but a flesh wound! Kill 250 zombies using blunt melee weapons. To put it bluntly Complete 5 quests in a single co-op game with the game partners. Together in the light Create a customized weapon. Warranty Void if Used Finish 75 quests cumulatively. Busy, busy, busy Customize 25 weapons. I want one of those Complete act I with 4 different characters. Right 4 Life Reach level 50. School of hard knocks Create weapons to rival the gods of fire or thunder. Steam Punk Kill 150 enemies using Analog Fighting controls. Swing them sticks Explore the entire island. There and back again Loot 5 Exceptional Weapons. Rootin' Tootin' Lootin' Collect all other trophies. The Whole World Went Away Use a large medkit to heal an injury of 5% or less. Everybody lies Complete act I. Hell in paradise Complete act II. No raccoons in here Complete act III. King of the jungle Complete act IV. Banoi Redemption Kill 250 zombies with modified weapons. A very special day Play Dead Island at least 28 days after starting it for the first time. How many days exactly? Save 5 people besieged by zombies. Savior Trophies: Bloodbath Arena DLC
There are 7 Bronze Trophies and 3 Silver Trophies.Description Name Survive a wave of enemies in any Arena. Wave and Smile Set 5 enemies on fire and then kill them with explosives. Extreme Firefighting Survive 5 waves using only your fists and legs. Out of honey? Chew bees! Kill enemies of 6 different types during a single round. Complete a set Survive 5 waves in each of the 4 Arenas. Looking for trouble Survive 15 consecutive waves using the analog combat controls. Stick it to the enemy Survive 15 consecutive waves with each of the 4 characters. Gladiator school Survive 10 consecutive waves using only custom weapons. Fancy Survive 30 consecutive waves with at least one co-op player. Morituri te salutant Survive wave 30. Death Incarnate
Walkthroughs & FAQs
| Type | Name | File Size |
|---|---|---|
| FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by noz3r0 | 177K |
| Other | Blueprint/Mod Guide by omegamustard | 42K |
| Other | Blueprint FAQ by 1r0nheart | 58K |
| Other | Check List by 1r0nheart | 14K |
| FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by BlueYoshi579 | 165K |
| Other | Money Making Guide by Ice_Shield | 27K |
| FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by redapocalypse04 | 58K |
| Achievement Guide | Achievement Guide by omegamustard | 16K |
Hints & FAQs provided courtesy of GameFAQs.
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| Platform | GameSpot | Metacritic / User Score |
|---|---|---|
Game Info
- Release Date: Sep 6, 2011 (US)
- ESRB: MTitles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older.
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