Dead Island 2 has 31 Zombies (20 Common, 11 Apex). Completing the Zompedia unlocks the Zombologist trophy & achievement. For this you only need to have defeated every zombie one time. You don’t need to do all challenges listed in the Zompedia.
None of the Zombies are missable. After the story you can go back to all areas and can still find all zombies then. All zombie entries will come automatically from playing all Main Quests, Side Quests, and Lost & Found Quests. That’s because quest objectives force you to defeat zombies of all types. So simply play through all quests and you won’t have to worry about this.
This guide lists specific locations if you want to farm zombie parts, challenges, or are just missing a few Zompedia entries and want to get the trophy out of the way. Most zombies require certain story progress to spawn. After encountering them for the first time in the story they will spawn more frequently. Apex variants will get “Hotspots” marked on the map where they always spawn.
Zombies with unique names only spawn once and aren’t required for trophies, but they do drop keys needed to open Lockboxes. Those unique zombies don’t have entries in the Zompedia and they don’t respawn once killed. Every other zombie respawns infinitely when revisiting an area.
Common
- Shamblers – found everywhere, most common type
- Walkers – found everywhere, most common type
- Runners – found everywhere, most common type
- Burning Walkers – Found in The Metro, keep following the path after fast travel room until going through some trainwrecks
- Burning Runners – Found at Venice Beach, at the Beach in the west, behind the military base (near the water, south-west corner behind the military base)
- Shocking Walkers – Found in Bel-Air on Alpine Dr (one road down from HQ)
- Shocking Runners – Found in The Metro, can spawn in corridor immediately after fast travel room
- Spiky Walkers – In Ocean Avenue, in the building in the center of the map between Venture Walk & Stocker Plaza (glass building), also can spawn in Beverly Hills at the north-east edge of the area where a Slobber Hotspot is
- Spiky Runners – In The Pier on the little sandy path east behind the fast travel building, also can randomly spawn in parking lot outside Halperin Hotel (sometimes pops out of manholes). and i
- Riot Gear Walkers – Found in The Pier, on The Pier itself (north-east corner of wooden pier, near the crashed military helicopter)
- Insect Swarm Walkers – Found in Bel-Air, on Access Rd 780 outside the HQ
- Caustic-X Walkers – Found in Brentwood Sewers, in the room in the center of that area where a Slobber Hotspot is. Also in Ocean Avenue, at the entrace of the lab where the mutator boss fight takes place in the story (north-east corner of Ocean Avenue, see location image below)
- Hydration Walkers – Found in Ocean Avenue, at the entrace of the lab where the mutator boss fight takes place in the story (north-east corner of Ocean Avenue)
- Incendiary Walkers – Found at Venice Beach, at the Beach in the west, behind the military base (near the water, south-west corner behind the military base)
- Grenadier Walkers – Found at Venice Beach, at the Beach in the west, behind the military base (near the water, south-west corner behind the military base), also can spawn in Beverly Hills on the hilly path north-east of the fast travel building just south of a Slobber Hotspot
- Hazmat Runners – Found in Hollywood Boulevard in the room where the final boss fight of the story took place (can return after story), also in The Pier in the military compound in the south-east corner
- Hazmat Walkers – Found in Hollywood Boulevard in the final corridor behind fast travel room, also in The Pier in the military compound in the south-east corner
- Firefighter Runners – ???
- Firefighter Walkers – Found in The Metro, follow the path past the fast travel room to find it between Fire Slobber and Inferno Crusher, also in Ocean Avenue in front of the mall where the fast travel is
- Eat Couriers – Found in The Metro, also in Brentwood Sewers shortly after fast travel map there
Apex Variants
- Crushers – Found at Crusher Hotspot in Beverly Hills
- Inferno Crushers – Found in The Metro, on the path past the fast travel room together with Firestorm Slobber
- Bursters – Found at Burster Hotspot in Beverly Hills
- Slobbers – Found at Slobber Hotspot in Beverly Hills
- Putrefied Slobbers – Can spawn at the Slobber Hotspot in the north-east corner of Beverly Hills (spawned for me after story, might not spawn earlier). Also sometimes spawns outside Halperin Hotel around the parking lots.
- Firestorm Slobbers – Found in The Metro, on the path past the fast travel room together with Firestorm Crusher
- Screamers – Found at Screamer Hotspot in Beverly Hills
- Voltaic Screamers – Found at The Pier in the arcade (respawns upon fast travel), also one can spawn underneath the Pier accessed from the beach in the south of the map
- Butchers – Found at Hotspot in The Metro & The Pier
- Vicious Butchers – Found in Hollywood Boulevard, at the very start of the area in the Metro section underground
- Mutators – Found at Hotspot in The Metro
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