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Venice Beach isDead Island 2’s Hell-A hallmark. The area is jam-packed with interesting locations, such as the death pits and military quarantine zone we will visit in the main story to travel to Santa Monica. Venice Beach features three main story missions, albeit rather short missions. However, the story has some big revelations and great characters to meet.
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Until now, it’s been plain sailing with the odd boss and zombie swarm thrown into the mix. However, with the Fury Mode recently unlocked, Dambuster Studios ups the ante and throws more zombies at you. Crusher Apex Zombies are found frequently in the Venice Beach area and are the main antagonists to the survivors taking refuge in the Blue Crab Grill.
How To Complete The Giant-Slayer Quest
The Giant-Slayer main story questbegins straight after theRed Mist quest. Alex reveals that he was friends with many of the gym bros before they turned into roided-up zombies. He will ask you to help putDillonand Moose out of their undead miseryand explains that you’ll find them at the gym southeast of theBlue Crab Grilland north of thePolice Department.
Search The Gym For Moose And Dillon
Arriving at the gym, you must clear outWalkers,Runners, andCrushersbefore opening the gym interior.
Consider killing walkers before the quest to fill yourFury Modemeter so you can activate it and kill the Apex Zombies.
Once you’ve killed all the zombies in the area, you cansearch the gym’s interior by interacting with the shutter.This will trigger a cutscene ofPattonand the headless undead corpse ofMooseand his discovery of mutatedZombie Parts,unlocking Autophage skillsand newpotent crafting mods.
Discovering that Moose is no longer walking among the living. Yournext objective is to find Dillonand travel west along the promenade.Another Hell-A tremor will triggeronce you’ve walked by enough storefronts.
You’ll approach a parking lot betweenJo’s Rentalsand theIce Cream Parlor, where you’ll have to fight a swarm of zombies, includingSlobbers,Bursters, andSpiky Runners.
Kill Dillon
Walk through theparking lotto the other side and jump over the fence using the bin as a step-up. At the back of theGang Green Store, another tremor will trigger, causing the wall to the road above to collapse into the area triggeringDillontheInferno Crusherto spawn.
Dillonis the first Inferno Crusher you will encounter in the game. Dillon is especially dangerous asexplosive barrelsandspilled oilsurround the ground. If Dillon steps on the oil, he will cause a massive explosion that will knock you to the floor.
Inferno Crushersareimmune to fire, so the environment only hurts you and the other zombies that spawn in the area excludingfirefighter zombies. To kill Dillon, we recommend using acombinationofChem BombandElectric Starto extinguish the fire on his body and stun him in place, allowing you to land free attacks without being attacked yourself.
Inferno Crushers can ignite their fire after extinguishing the fire on their body.
Once youkill Dillon,return to Alex, who will thank you for helping him, and concludeThe Giant-Slayer Story Quest, rewarding you with theRare Melee CrematorMod.
How To Complete The Beach Offensive Quest
Now thatVenice Beachis a little bit safer, you’ll either have the option of pressing on to theMilitary Outpostor helpingTrentcollect some weapons in theCold Pork Side Quest. InBeach Offensive, you will take on more zombies than ever due to thequarantine zonespewing zombies into the area.
Into The Militarized Zone!
Enter theMilitarized Zone; the entrance can be found close to the shoreline.
Walking there, you’ll encounter severalbroken-down Humvee truckswithlots of ammo, so loot these when you can.
TheMilitary Outpostis heavilyinfested with zombies, but you may’t immediately run through the quarantine corridor to theVenice Beach Tower. The area has been put inlockdown, with mostdoors inaccessible.
You will need tolift the lockdown by retrieving the Lockdown Code; you can do this by entering theCommand Tentwithin theBarracks areaof the base. To get the walk towards the beach past the mess area and jump over the fence marked by a crate.
Search The Command Tent For The Lockdown Code
Inside thebarracks, you will see a bunch of tents. Enter theCommand Tentand search for theLockdown Code, aLockdown Protocol journal entry. You’ll find it on top of acomputer deskin the back right of the room.
Find Hicks
The Journal states thatLt. Hicksis the only soldier with security clearance to lift the lockdown in the event of a lockdown. With this new information, leave theCommand Tentand walk into the tent passed the portable toilet. You will findHicks' Bagin the tent and a photo to inspect.
This will prompt a new objective to locate LT. Hicks, who can be found inside aportable toilet. Kill him and loot hisdog tags. Now you can open up thebarracks areato theMilitary Outpostmain entrance. However, this will trigger aswarmofRunners,Screamers, andCrusherstospawn, so ready your weapon.
During this fight,throw a Curveball at the Screamer to interrupt their screamswhile you fight the Runners, as the Screamer will attract more zombies to the area.
With the zombie swarm defeated, it’s time to venture through theQuarantine Corridor. A long narrow corridor filled with zombies. You can easily get caught out by zombies spawning behind you, so check your six while running down this area.
You must deal withzombies spawning from the sand and a Screamer. It can be a struggle to kill the Screamer as it will have a bunch of Walkers in front of it. The narrow corridor makes it hard for you to maneuver around; however, use the oldChem Bomb Electric Star combotostun the groups of zombies, which willchain electricity to the Screamer.
You must activate aquarantine lockat theendof thecorridor. You will have to wait for the gate to rise. You’ll have to fend off any zombies that spawn behind you during this time.
Once in the airlock,activate the lever to lower the gate behind you.You can’t open the gate in front of you until the gate behind has closed. However, as soon as the gate rises, you can walk through it, even if it’s only lifted off the ground.
How To Complete The Final Gauntlet Quest
The Final Gauntletis where the actual zombie slaying test begins. You have two choices now that you’ve reached theVenice Beach Towerarea. Either carry on with the story. Or meetWarrant Officer Rodriguez. Regardless of your choice, you can spawn at theVenice Beach TowerorBlue Crab Grillwhen you return to Venice Beach.
W.O. Rodriguezwill warn you of theupcoming Quarantine Corridor. It’sinfested with hundreds of zombieson either side of the corridor’s fence. As a result, you’ll have to fight a small army worth of zombies in this area.
Fight Through The Final Quarantine Corridor
Thefinal Quarantine Corridoreasily has the most zombies you’ll have encountered in the game so far. To make matters worse, you will have to fight a ton ofRiot Gear Walkers,making maiming weapons uselesssince you’ll spend more time swinging at them while swarms advance behind them.
To get through this area,use your explosive Curveballssuch as thePipe Bomb. TheChem BombandElectric Star combois always a great trick. However, it won’t be able to keep all the zombies back.
If you completed theCold Pork Side Quest, you would have got your slayer hands on theAssault Shotgun, a powerful weapon for this area. If not, there is aMachine Pistolnear theworkbenchon thesecond floorof theVenice Beach Tower.
Fighting your way through the horde, Crushers will begin to spawn. However, the upcoming area has pools of water that the zombies must tread in to get to you. You can use this to your advantage by electrifying the water with anElectrocutor moddedweapon orElectric Star.
Kill The Zombie Horde
Once you reach the end of the Quarantine Corridor, you will have one more zombie swarm to fight off before advancing toOcean Avenue. However, you’ll have to faceCrushers,Screamers, andSlobberssimultaneously.
We recommend activatingFury Modeif it is available for this area. you may kill theScreamer fastanddodgetheSlobbers’projectiles. Once you’ve killed all the zombies, travel to Ocean Avenue and Serling Hotel.
Check-In At The Serling Hotel
Ocean Avenue is even more dangerous than Venice Beach. The built-up area is home to many zombies, and arriving at theSerling Hotel, you must clear out several zombies at the entrance whileunlocking the shutters.
Walking into the hotel will open up to athree-story shopping mallinfested withFirefighter zombies,Runners, and aSlobber. You must get to the third floor to reach the Serling Hotel survivors and Dr. Reuben.
To get to the second floor,walk up the stairs on the right. You must fight to theopposite sideof theshopping mallfloor to reach thenext set of stairs. Once you’ve reached the third floor, hop on to the opposite side of the floor to reach the Ocean Avenue survivors and concludeThe Final Gauntlet story quest.
