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Walker (Dead Island)

GamesUndeadVariesA virus2010 to today

The ordinary dead of Dead Island, Techland's 2011 first-person melee game set on a holiday island. Walkers are slow, numerous and built with layered flesh and bone so that blades and clubs leave specific wounds. Techland went on to make Dying Light.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
The wiki describes the zombies as reanimated corpses of infected people; bites spread the infection.
How it moves
Varies
Shambles, picks up to a jog and may lunge at the last moment.
Intelligence
Mindless
Weak spots
  • removing the head
  • removing both arms or a leg
  • breaking the neck

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

The most common zombie on Banoi, decayed and half eaten123

2

Grabs the player, who must break free123

3

Some carry weapons and throw them123

4

Wikipedia describes them as Romero-style zombies123

5

Germany's youth-protection board put the game on its index from 2011 to 2019123

Could you outrun it?

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

You, walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
You, jogging about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Walker (Dead Island) 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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