Dead Island 2 Trophy Guide

Welcome To Hell-A will unlock after you complete the 3rd Main Quest, Bel-Air Brawl.

Hotel California will unlock after completing the 4th Main Quest, Call The Cavalry.

Personal Assistant Personally Assisted will unlock after completing the 9th Main Quest, Michael Anders and the Holy Grail.

Git Gutte! will automatically unlock after finishing the 10th Main Quest, Justifiable Zombicide.

Friends Like These will automatically unlock when you finish the 14th Main Quest, The Red Mist.

Dr. Reed, I Presume? will unlock automatically upon completing the 17th Main Quest, The Final Gauntlet.

But Doctor, I Am Butcho will unlock after completing the 20th Main Quest, Boardwalking Dead.

Numen Skill Cards are exclusively Autophage Skill Cards and are the last set of cards you can unlock. You will get your first card automatically during the story which makes Humanity Distilled an unmissable trophy.

Can’t Handle the Truth will automatically unlock after the 21st Main Quest, The Search for Truth.

Like Riding a Bike is automatically unlocked upon completing the 22nd Main Quest, Rage Quit.

A Patton Emerges is unlocked automatically at the end of the 23rd Main Quest, The End of the Line.

Our True Nature will unlock automatically upon completing the very final Main Quest, Hollywood Ending.

Legendary weapons in Dead Island 2 are quite rare but incredibly powerful. You will be awarded your very first Legendary weapon after beating the Story. However, some Side Quests award you with Legendary weapons also which means this trophy can be unlocked much earlier than the end credits. Regardless of how and when, Ooh, Shiny! is guaranteed to unlock for every player.

While fighting Zombies in Dead Island 2 you can knock them to the ground by either deal enough damage to them that they fall over or by staggering them and kicking them with to give them an extra push. Once they are on the ground a button prompt will appear that lets you stomp their head into a pizza sauce consistency.

You can also perform finishing moves by using Counterattacks which happen when you perfectly dodge or block [L1] an incoming attack and a prompt appears on the chest of the attacking Zombie. For my playthrough I played as Amy who as a dodge which allowed me to utilise finishers fairly easy just by dodging backwards in the middle of a Zombie attack which caused them to stumble forward and lurch over allowing me to press . Doing this 25 times will unlock Coup de Grâce.

Each of the playable characters in Dead Island 2 have a defensive move–either a Block or a Dodge–mapped to [L1]. Using your defensive ability is crucial to staying alive during combat as Zombie’s can quickly overwhelm you. However, defensive abilities serve as more than just a means to survive as perfect Blocks or Dodges will open the attacker up for a finishing move which you’ll need for Coup de Grâce.

Most weapons in Dead Island 2 will cause damage to limbs and will often break them. It’s highly unlikely you will finish the story without breaking at least 100 limbs but if you’re worried about it then make sure to use blunt weapons as they seem to break limbs better. However, this trophy popped for me when using a blade so it’s not exclusively blunt weapons that break limbs.

One of the most prevalent mechanics in Dead Island 2 is the elemental damage system of which there 3 types; Caustic, Fire, and Shock. You can modify your weapons to apply one of these 3 elements to your attacks to help speed this along or you can use throwables (called Curveballs) which can also have elemental effects. You can also use environmental traps such as whenever you spot a broken hose pipe with a car battery or something electrical nearby. Lastly, there are also some Skill Cards that give you elemental effects. There really are a lot of opportunites to kill Zombies with one of the 3 types so this should unlock naturally and quite early in the main story.

While thi trophy states you need to “knock down” 10 Apex Variants you actually only have to kill them. Apex Variants are mutated Zombies such as the tall muscular Zombies (Crushers), the Acid-Spitting Zombies (Slobbers), or the Screamer Zombies (literally called Screamers) etc. These Zombies are slightly harder to kill than the regular ones but manageable once you have some decent Skill Cards and Weapon Modifications in your arsenal.

There are 11 Apex Variant types in total so you will have plenty of choice when it comes to hunting them down. Apex Predator will unlock after killing your 10th Apex Variant Zombie.

You will unlock Fury (activated by pressing + ) after the 14th Main Quest, The Red Mist. Fury is essentially a berserk mode which requires a red circle in the top left corner to fill up before you can activate it. Once in Fury mode you attack with your bare hands in a rapid feral manner and your health will regenerate as long as Fury lasts. This is great for clearing large crowds when you’re in a tight situation. Defeating 50 zombies of any type will unlock Anger Management.

All of the weapons, apart from the guns, in Dead Island 2 can be thrown as a last ditch way to cause some ranged damage or just to have fun since hurling a flaming katana at a pack of zombies is the coolest thing anyone can do. To throw a weapon you must hold [L2], aim, and then press [R2] to throw the weapon. To unlock Donk! you should find a small group of Zombies, about 3-4, and make sure you remain undetected and then back away to a distance you feel like could be 35m. Aim your weapon–lighter weapons like knives can be thrown further–and throw it. To maximise success it’s best to have a full inventory of light weapons such as knives and kukris so you can throw one and adjust your aim for the next throw should you need to.

Mutators are the last of the Apex Variants that you will encounter during the story. They appear as skinny males wearing only brown cargo shorts (no t-shirt) and when you approach them they will mutate into a large creature with an open chest resembling a giant jaw with loads of sharp teeth and one huge arm that they swing around. They kinda look like a cross between something from Resident Evil and the Tallboys from Back 4 Blood. The best method for unlocking Not Even My Final Form is to head to a Mutator spot on the map with a high level rifle and shoot them in the head from a distance. However, it is entirely possible to kill them before they mutate as long as you have a high level and powerful melee weapon as this is how I managed to unlock the trophy.

Although this is a collectible, you don’t need to collect all of them for this trophy; only 50 are needed. This is likely an unmissable trophy as you receive quite a lot of Journal Entries just from completing the Main Quests as well as the Side Quests. If you find yourself at the end of Phase One without unlocking Bookworm then you will very likely unlock it in Phase Two when finishing up the Side Quests.

Skill Cards act are interchangeable skills that modify your character’s abilities in various ways. You unlock Skill Cards mainly through Quest completion with the majority coming from the Main Quest alone which makes Stacking the Deck an unmissable trophy. If you still don’t have it by the end of the story then you will very likely get it during the Side Quests in Phase Two.

Weapons in Dead Island 2 have varying rarities noted by the background colour of their icons which is identical to other RPGs. Common are Grey, Uncommon are Green, Rare are Blue, Superior are Purple, and finally Legendary are Orange. To unlock This is My Weapon you need to find a Superior (Purple) weapon and put a mod/perk in every slot at one of the many workbenches. By the time you start finding Superior weapons naturally you will have more than enough mods/perks to put one in every slot.

Some of the Skill Cards that you can unlock during your time with Dead Island 2 are what’s known as “Autophage Skill Cards”. These cards have very powerful modifiers but come at the risk of reduces abilities or stats. For Down with the Sickness to unlock you must equip 3 Autophage Skill Cards (you can tell them from the other because they have a drippy skull icon at the bottom) to reach the maximum Autophage level.

There are many different zombie types in Dead Island 2 and all of them can be viewed in the Zompedia which can give you information on their strengths and weaknesses the more of them you fight. To unlock Zombologist you need to have fought at least 1 of every single type of zombie in Dead Island 2 of which there are 124. This will likely unlock by the end of the story.

See LA Influential

See LA Influential

There are 48 Non-Story Quests in Dead Island 2 split up into 15 Lost & Found quests (6 Weapon Lost & Found, and 9 Missing Persons Lost & Found Quests) and 33 Side Quests. Lost & Found quests appear as red icons and are less guided than Side Quests. When you stat a Lost & Found quest you have to pay attention to the Journals that you pick up as they usually contain clues as to where to go next. Side Quests are more straight-forward and appear as blue icons. LA Influential will unlock upon completing your 40th Non-Story Quest whether it be a Lost & Found quest or a Side Quest.

Quite early in the story you will come across a woman named Hana trying to get in contact with someone over the radio. This is a 3-part Side Quest series where you will be tasked with finding and helping 3 members of the VCLA Bobcats. The quests unlock periodically during the main story but not one after another so keep an eye on your available side quests every now and then to find and complete the following 3 quests (in order):

1. The Rav-Ages of Caustic-X
2. Boz Makes a Bang
3. Dez and The Monster of Satan

Just like the VCLA Bobcats Side Quests, Amanda Styles (you can meet her when heading back from the Halperin Hotel during the story) has a series of Side Quests that you must complete. These quests are (in order):

1. #Clickbait
2. Like and Follow!
3. Going Viral

At the Monarch Studios you can meet a woman called Sarah who is an actress from the in-world Space Fox movie. She will ask you to help her and Sebastian out over a series of 3 quests. Upon finishing her quest line you will receive Make it So. The Side Quests in her quest line are:

1. It Came From Monarch Studios
2. The Terror of Sound Studio 7
3. Beacon of Hope

In Beverly Hills you can find a house that has been painted red with a long red streak starting out front on the drive and leading all the way to a locked gate. This house belongs to an artist and a bit later on when you’re working your way through Ocean Avenue you gain the ability to harvest zombie body parts which triggers the artist to spawn and offer you quests. Her quests are simple and only require you to give her a number of each body part you can harvest. The quests are:

1. Body Art: The Visionary
2. Body Art: Heft
3. Body Art: Moist
4. Body Art: Uproar
5. Body Art: Vigor
6. Body Art: Dread
7. Body Art: The Unveiling

There are 6 Lost & Found Weapon quests but you only need to complete 5 of them to unlock Sharpest Tool in the Shed. You can do this solo or you can jump into a friends game and complete them with your friends. The added bonus to this–besides having fun with friends–is that any quests you complete with your friends counts towards this trophy. This means that if you jump into a co-op session with 4/5 Lost & Found Weapon quests completed and you help your friends finish another quest then Sharpest Tool in the Shed will unlock for you even if you already finished that quest in your solo session. The 6 Lost & Found Weapon quests are:

1. The Clean and The Snatch
2. The Mailman Was a Zombie!
3. Fool’s Gold
4. Joe’s Rainy Day Stash
5. [REDACTED]
6. Drunk and Disorderly

There are 9 Lost & Found Missing Person quests and you need to complete all of them to unlock Sole Survivor. You can do this solo or you can jump into a friends game and complete them with your friends. The added bonus to this–besides having fun with friends–is that any quests you complete with your friends counts towards this trophy. This means that if you jump into a co-op session with 8/9 Lost & Found Missing Person quests completed and you help your friends finish another quest then Sole Survivor will unlock for you even if you already finished that quest in your solo session. The 9 Lost & Found Missing Person quests are:

1. Missing: Laura
2. Missing: Davis
3. Missing: Jamal
4. Missing: Pablo
5. Missing: Greg
6. Missing: Shane
7. Missing: Nadia
8. Missing: Steve
9. Missing: Rainer

When you press you can navigate to the Challenges menu and check your progress on all of them. The challenges are split up into categories but for this one you need to only focus on the ones in the Blueprints menu. There are 7 Blueprint Challenges in total but you only need to complete 5 of them. The Challenges are:

1. Contagious – Hit zombies with HEAVY ATTACKS 100 times
2. Infectious – Inflict the BLEEDING status effect on zombies 50 times
3. Infernal Combustion – Inflict the IGNITED status effect on zombies 50 times
4. Leechblade – Slay 100 zombies with MELEE weapons
5. Shockwave – Knock down zombies 100 times
6. Static Charge – Inflict the ELECTRIFIED status effect on zombies 50 times
7. Vampire – Collect 200 zombie parts

All these challenges are incredible easy to complete and you will more than likely have 4-5 completed naturally before you finish the story.

There are 26 total challenges in the Combat Challenges section. Most of them will be naturally completed as you progress the story, however, there is one that is quite tricky to pull off. This is the Ninja challenge which requires you to dismember 3 zombies with a single Shuriken throw. The best method I have come up with pulling this off is to have the Meat Bait and Shuriken Curveballs equipped. Find a group of zombies–a Screamer can help spawn a large group–and throw the Meat Bait to get them to get as close as possible and then crouch and throw the Shuriken at their legs. The Challenges are:

1. Serial Killer – Complete 5 combat challenges
2. Blood Will Have Blood – Slay 50 zombies with BLEED DAMAGE
3. Broken Bodies – MAIM 50 zombies limbs
4. Cooling Off – Make 25 zombies SOGGY
5. Dangerous DNA – Slay 25 zombies while at the max Autophage tier in the Skill Deck
6. Dinnertime’s Over – Interrupt 5 Butchers while they try to feed
7. Dissolving Problems – Slay 50 zombies with CAUSTIC DAMAGE
8. Electrifying Personality – Slay 50 zombies with SHOCK DAMAGE
9. Ferocious Firestarter – Slay 50 zombies with FIRE DAMAGE
10. Finish Them – Slay 25 zombies using finishing moves
11. Furious Fighter – Slay 50 zombies using FURY
12. Hazards Pay – Slay 10 zombies using environmental hazards
13. Headshot Aficionado – Slay 25 zombies with killing blows to the head
14. Hey, Catch! – Slay 5 zombies with explosive zombies
15. Impressive Aim – Throw a melee weapon and hit a zombie 35+ meters away
16. Live Long and Prosper – Slay 25 zombies without dying
17. Mostly Armless – MAIM 5 Crusher arms
18. Ninja – Dismember 3 zombies with a single Shuriken throw
19. No Time to Grow – Slay 1 Mutator before it mutates
20. Perfection – Pull off 25 perfect defense moves
21. Pushovers – Knock down 25 zombies
22. Shut Up – Interrupt 5 Screamers while they are screaming
23. Speed Freak – Pull off 10 multikills
24. Splash Zone – Slay 5 Slobbers with melee attakcs
25. Trick Kick – Knock down 3 zombies with a single Jump Kick
26. Zombie Space Program – Launch 25 zombies

There are 7 challenges in the Exploration Challenges section. These challenges are themed around the Lost & Found quests, finding Lockboxes and Journals, as well as collecting Skill Cards. These challenges are:

1. Well-Travelled – Complete 1 exploration challenge
2. Private Eye – Complete 3 Lost & Found missing person quests
3. Road Trip – Travel to every Zone
4. Safe Cracker – Unlock 5 LOCKBOXES
5. The Heart of the Cards – Collect 5 Skill Cards
6. Well-Read – Complete 5 Journal collections
7. Zombie Pirate – Complete 1 Lost & Found weapon quest

There are 10 challenges in the Survivor Challenges section. These challenges are themed around finding money, scrapping weapons, harvesting zombie body parts, and general looting. These challenges are:

1. Survival Skills – Complete 1 survival challenge
2. Hollywood Rich List – Amass 1,000,000 cash
3. Mod Maker – Fabricate 5 mods
4. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – Scrap 10 weapons for parts
5. Repo Man – Collect 50 zombie parts
6. Resourceful – Collect 100 parts used in fabrication
7. Revival Act – Revive another Slayer 1 time
8. Savenger – Loot 100 containers
9. Staying Alive – Use 10 Med Kits
10. The Perks of Being a Zombie Slayer – Fabricate 5 Perks

There are 10 challenges in the Weapon Challenges section. These challenges are themed around killing zombies with certain damage and weapon types. These challenges are:

1. Weapons Expert – Complete 1 weapon challenge
2. Batter Up! – Slay 50 zombies using CURVEBALL items
3. Crack Shot – Slay 50 zombies using RIFLES
4. Gunslinger – Slay 50 zombies using HANDGUNS
5. Legendary – Find a Legendary weapon
6. Shotgun Shogun – Slay 50 zombies with SHOTGUNS
7. Slice and Dice – Slay 50 zombies using MAIMING weapons
8. Surgeon General – Slay 50 enemies using HEADHUNTER weapons
9. Swing Away – Slay 50 zombies using Bulldozer weapons
10. Tank Fast – Slay 50 zombies using FRENZY weapons

There are 24 challenges in the Zombie Challenges section. These challenges are themed around killing specific zombie types. These challenges are:

1. Zombie Hunter – Complete 1 zombie challenge
2. A New P.B. – Slay 50 Runners while playing the game as any Slayer
3. Backdraft – Slay 50 Firefighter zombies while playing the game as any Slayer
4. Boom and Doom – Slay 10 explosive zombies while playing the game as any Slayer
5. Burst at the Seams – Slay 10 Bursters while playing the game as any Slayer
6. Butcher Butcher – Slay 10 Butchers while playing the game as any Slayer
7. Change is Constant – Slay 10 Mutators while playing the game as any Slayer
8. Cleaning House – Slay 50 zombies while playing the game as any Slayer
9. Crust of the Crop – Slay 50 Shamblers zombies while playing the game as any Slayer
10. Feeling the Burn – Slay 10 Inferno Crushers while playing the game as any Slayer
11. Gastric Bypass – Slay 10 Slobbers while playing the game as any Slayer
12. Heartburn Relief – Slay 10 Firestorm Slobbers while playing the game as any Slayer
13. Leech Removal – Slay 10 Putrefied Slobbers while playing the game as any Slayer
14. Not the Bees!! – Slay 10 Insect Swarm Walkers while playing the game as any Slayer
15. Punching Up – Slay 10 Crushers while playing the game as any Slayer
16. Quiet in the Neighborhood – Slay 10 Screamers while playing the game as any Slayer
17. Sharp-Witted – Slay 10 Spiky zombies while playing the game as any Slayer
18. Shockingly Loud – Slay 10 Voltaic Screamers while playing the game as any Slayer
19. Smells Like BBQ – Slay 10 Burning zombies while playing the game as any Slayer
20. Those Who Melt It – Slay 10 Castic-X Walkers or Slobbers while playing the game as any Slayer
21. Top Zompedia Contributor – Fully update 1 Zompedia entry
22. Turtle Soup – Slay 10 Riot Gear Walkers while playing the game as any Slayer
23. Walk on By – Slay 50 Walkers while playing the game as any Slayer
24. Zap, Crackle, and Pop – Slay 10 Shocking zombies while playing the game as any Slayer

You will often come across containers–which are referred to as lockboxes–that have a red padlock on them and a message about needing a certain key to unlock. These keys are usually nearby on named zombies which you have to track down, kill, and grab their key to get into the lockbox. You only need to find and unlock 10 of these to earn Jumbo Keyring despite there being way more than 10 across the whole game.

You’ll be anywhere between level 20-25 when you finish the Main Quest line which means you’ll have to do a bit of grinding to get to level 30. Luckily there are plenty of Side Quests and Challenges for you to tackle which reward more XP than you’ll need. Max Headroom will unlock when you reach level 30.

Just like in the original Dead Island you can jump into your friends games or invite them into your own. This is an incredibly enjoyable way to experience the game. While you are playing with your friends and having fun, make sure to revive your teammates a total of 5 times. This can be done naturally or you can have your friend stand in a fire and you can constantly revive them.

Continuing from I Am The Resurrection, you will have to do more than just slay zombies and play around with the F.L.E.S.H system. You will have to complete quests with your friends too; 5 to be specific. Once you have done this you will unlock Slayer Squad.