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Dead Island 2’s Brentwood Sewers is easily the creepiest and most disgusting area you will visit during your Hell-A adventure. Surprisingly though, traveling through this dirty underground passage is safer than anything above ground, or so the survivors of Hell-A are led to believe.
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Brentwood Sewersare first explored during one of the main story missions, Saddle Up For Santa Monica Story Quest, after completing the Justifiable Zombicide quest. Despite being a dangerous area, you’ll meet Patton, an ex-military pilot with a major soft spot for Emma Gaunt, which will begin the quest.
Saddle Up For Santa Monica
Saddle Up For Santa Monicais the eleventh mission in the main story that drops the comical funny dialogue to highlight the harsh realities of the zombie threat.
Beverly Hills has changed since your last visit.Now under nightfall, you must contend with Slobbers, Crushers, and Screamer Apex Zombies. Like Beverly Hills, Bel-Air won’t be as safe as before, as new zombie types will also roam the streets.
you’re able to climb over theStar Haul vanblocking the road for a more direct route toEmma Gaunt’s Mansion. After the events there, you’ll enter the Bel-Air sewers.
Flushed Questline
you may find the Bel-Air sewers by walking downAlpine Driveuntil you meet a road that forks to the left.
This area is always filled with zombies, especially during the story, so buckle up for a fight with aCrusher and Screamer.
Entering the sewer tunnel, you will be attacked byrunnerswho are easily put down with yourSportingRifle.
Eventually, the tunnel will lead to an opening to continue through the sewers. You’ll have tojump to the other side and climb on top of the palletsto jump over.
This area is filled with shamblers and aShocking Walker that will electrify the waterin between the path.
Pressing forward, you’ll trigger a cutscene introducing you to your firstBurster Apex zombieandPatton, the kooky but friendly helicopter pilot and film buff obsessed with Emma Gaunt.
The game throws manyBurstersat you after their introduction in the cutscene. Although weak, Bursters deal a ton of damage when they explode.
Throw your weapon or a Curveballto blow them up before they reach you.
Venice Storm Tank Tunnel
Carry on throughBrentwood Sewers,and the tunnel will eventually lead to theVenice Storm Tank Tunnel; however, you must solve apressure puzzlebefore you can venture forward.
To unlock the room to the pressure puzzle, pick up theInstruction Manual journalin theroom’s window to the right of the storm tunnel entrance.
Open the opposite room to reach the pressure puzzle.
Solving The Pressure Puzzle
To solve the puzzle, you must first navigate the Caustic-X sludge to acquire thewheelfor aWater Valve.
Enter the main room with three tanks andbreak theblue wooden boards blocking the window, allowing you to jump through andgrab the wheel and throw it through the window.
Now you canattach the wheel to the Water Valve reading ten.
If you have enough Med Kits, you could run through the Caustic-X slime and pick the wheel up.
You will need to match the pressure with each of the three tanks:
To solveTank Two, you mustactivate the45-valve pipein the main room and the20-valve pipein the Caustic-X room. You’re on a timer once you activate either valve, so be quick.
Tank threeis solved bydeactivating valve ten and valve 20if it has not already been deactivated and activating the45-valve pipe.
Venice Storm Tank Attack
Completing the water pressure puzzle will cause theVenice Storm Tank gate to open, but you still need to get out of the woods. Waves of Burstersand zombies will spawn in the main room outside the Venice Storm Tank, and you’ll have to fight them off until the gate opens.
Going one-to-one in melee combat with Bursters is a death sentence. Still, with a small army of zombies to defeat, it’s very easy to be overrun as you swap from ranged to melee weapons.
Use the water in the room to your advantage. Most of the area is flooded withsewer water which you’re able to electrifywith either anelectrocutor modded weaponor anElectric Star.
Check the walkways often, as bursters can sneak up on you unaffected by the electrified water.
The Heart Of Darkness Questline
The Heart of Darkness begins when you enter theVenice Storm Tank Tunnel.This short quest reveals what has happened to the Caustic-X zombie sludge pumped into the sewers.
Several Burstersawait you in the tunnel ahead; however, they shouldn’t pose a threat if you approach slowly.
The tunnel will lead you to a spacious room with two levels containing theMolotov Cocktail Curveball. Below arefour Slobber zombiesthat will fire projectiles at you. You must fight them as you must descend to access the next area.
Utilize theMolotov Cocktail Curveballrecently given to you and the numerousfuel jerrycansdotted around the area to kill the Slobbers quickly.
Retrieving The Circuit Breaker
Once you’ve defeated the Slobbers, you’ll have to retrieve aCircuit Breakerto power the door to proceed to the next area. To obtain the Circuit Breakerwalk down the corridor underneath the catwalk.
Turn off the valvepowering the gas to proceed down thecorridor blocked with fire. Once youpick up the Circuit Breaker at the end of the corridor, a Crusher will spawn, which is very dangerous in this narrow area. However, running past it and moving on to the next room is more than possible.
The Septic Tank Horror
The Main Septic Tankis the second to last area of theBrentwood Sewers, but it is the most difficult to get through. You’ll have topress the switch outside the tank entrance to open itand reveal the fleshy horror within.
The septic tank can be confusing to navigate due to all the fleshy walls; however, you won’t be able to get lost if youhug the left wall.Several zombiesandBursterswill spawn and crawl from the fleshy walls and floor, so stay vigilant.
Once you’ve reached the middle of the tank, you’ll trigger a horde of zombies to spawn, but this isn’t a regular zombie horde.Zombies will infinitely spawn, so your only option is to run.
You’ll have toclimb thestaircase and catwalk to escape thetank. Bursters and zombies will spawn in front and can block your escape, so prepare to jump kick through to the exit. The catwalk will lead you above the tank entrance. You’ll have tojump to another catwalk.
Be very careful if you mess up the jump; you willland in Caustic-X goo and have to run through the tank again.
The Red Mist Questline
The Red Mist Story Quest concludes your time in Brentwood Sewers and introducesVenice Beach. However, before you can feel the Californian rays again, you’ll have to traverse through the sewers in one final stretch and obtain theFury ability.
As the Brentwood Sewers area comes to a close, the path will lead you over the top of theVenice Storm Tank, triggering a cutscene that eventuallyunlocks Fury Mode.
To exit the tank, you must kill all zombies in your way beforepulling the lever on the other side of the tank. This will lead to the remainder of the sewers. You’ll eventually hit daylight, but you’re not out of the woods yet, as a Screamerwill block your way.
Once you’ve dealt with the Screamer, you’ll be led to the entrance toVenice Beach; however, before you proceed, enter thesmall room at the end of the drainto pick up supplies andrepair your weapons on the workbench.
Venice Beach
Don’t get lost in the rays of sunshine, as although you’re free of the dark and grim Brentwood Sewers, you’ve got more zombies to slay. Making your way down the street, survivors will shout for your help from theBlue Crab roof. They will ask you to kill the zombies in the parking lot and fix the gate.
Fixing the Blue Crab Gate
You must fight twoCrushersin the Blue Crab parking lot. Once they are dealt with, you must find a new circuit breaker to fix the gate. You’ll find a spare circuit breaker across the street on the wall ofBurger 66.
More zombies will have spawned, along with a newSpiky variant immune to weapons modded with the puncturator mod. So run as fast as you can back to the Blue Crab. Before you meet survivors, fight off the remaining zombies trying to enter the car park.
With the Blue Crab now secure, this concludesThe Red Mist Story Quest.
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