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Floater

GamesUndeadShamblesA virus2010 to today

A waterlogged, bloated zombie from Dead Island that vomits corrosive slime. Electricity is its particular weakness.123

Battle it
First appeared
2011
Dead Island (2011)
Source work
Dead Island (2011)
Techland
Age rating
ESRB M
Made in
Poland
What causes it
A virus
The wiki names the agent Pathogen HK; in the game's story, researchers identify the infection as a mutation of kuru that began among the island's indigenous people.
How you become one
A zombie that has spent a long time under water.
How it moves
Shambles
Intelligence
Mindless
Weak spots
  • electricity
  • melee

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today2011

Dead Island (2011)

field notes

What the sources say

1

Found in sewers, ponds and lakes123

2

Shoots corrosive slime and sprays it in an arc at close range123

3

Immune to fire and poison123

4

The wiki of Techland's later Dying Light compares its Toad to the Floater123

Could you outrun it?

Speed class from how the sources describe it (shambles), not a measurement.

Floater about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
You, walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
You, jogging about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h (15 mph)
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

  1. Zombies - Dead Island Wiki (Fandom)
  2. Dead Island - Wikipedia
  3. Dead Island - RAWG

Every fact on this page comes from these sources, written in our own words. Spotted a mistake? Tell us at [email protected].

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