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Crafting is a huge part ofDead Island 2. Attaching a Cremator Mod to a Claymore to inflict fire damage to zombies as you cleave through them never gets old. Or hooking up a Military Knife with an Electrocutor Mod to stun zombies in their tracks turns a small knife into an AOE weapon.
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Progressing into the late game, you’ll unlock Autophage abilities and new powerful weapon mods crafted using zombie parts! Getting your hands on these items allows you to build the most potent weapons in the game.
Don’t Carry Too Many Crafting Materials
Dambuster Studios throws a lot of zombies at you and, in turn, many crafting materials. As you progress through the game, you’ll quickly load up oncommon, uncommon, and rare crafting materials.
It’s easy to be in the mindset that you mustsparingly craft Med Kits, Weapon Mods, or keep abundant materials for repairing your favorite weapons. In most survival games, this would be the case.
In Dead Island 2, you’ll constantly be picking up materials, so it’sgood practice to sell your unused materialsto Traders. You’ll get much more value frompurchasing rarer crafting materials and blueprints.
You canreplenish items by reloading the areaby exiting and entering the location or going back to the main menu.
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Unlocking Zombie Parts
You won’t be able to start collecting zombie parts until you’ve acquiredAutophage abilities, unlocked by completingThe Giant-Slayerstory mission acquired in theVenice Beacharea.
Completing The Giant-Slayer mission will trigger zombies to begindropping zombie parts marked by hazardous yellow bags. When collected in abundance, zombie parts unlock more potent versions of Autophage abilities.
You can view the stage of Autophage within the Skills menu.
There’sno guaranteethat zombies willdrop zombie parts. However, as mentioned in the table above, you can increase the chances of specific zombie part drops.
Zombie Part Farming In Monarch Studios
Monarch Studioshas a great deal of variety regarding the undead and is the perfect place to farm zombie parts—especially thegiant spider animatronic.
This is due to being able to set off thealarmon thetanker spawning Slobbers,Shocking Walkers, andFirefighter Walkers.
Zombie Part Farming At Santa Monica Pier
At the end of the Santa Monica Pier, you will be surrounded byzombie spawn locations. you’re able to quicklyamass a horde of zombiesand farm them for zombie parts.
Butchers will spawn in this area along with crushers and Slobbers.Zombies infinitely spawn in this area, making it a great place to farm parts.
