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Wrestler

GamesUndeadShamblesA virus2010 to today

A heavy special zombie from Dead Island: Riptide with one enormously overgrown arm. It is rated very slow, but one or two blows from the arm can kill a survivor, more than a Thug manages.123

Battle it
First appeared
2013
Dead Island: Riptide (2013)
Source work
Dead Island: Riptide (2013)
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 it moves
Shambles
Rated very slow.
Intelligence
Mindless

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today2013

Dead Island: Riptide (2013)

field notes

What the sources say

1

One arm has mutated into a massive club123

2

One or two hits can kill123

3

Stronger than a Thug when it connects123

4

Appears in Riptide only123

Could you outrun it?

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

Wrestler 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 Riptide - 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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