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Infector

GamesUndeadSomething from outer space2000 to 2009

The Necromorph that makes other Necromorphs. In Dead Space it moves from corpse to corpse, which is why the dead on the floor are a threat.1 2 3 4

Battle it

First appeared

2008

Dead Space (2008)

Source work

Dead Space (2008)

EA Redwood Shores (Visceral Games)

Age rating

ESRB M

Made in

USA

What causes it

Something from outer space

The signal of the alien Markers reshapes dead tissue; the infection spreads through Necromorph tissue and reanimates corpses in new forms.

How you become one

A specialised Necromorph form.

Intelligence

Mindless

When did it first appear?

Ancient world Middle Ages 1500 to 1899 1900 to 1967 1968 to 1999 2000 to 2009 2010 to today

2008

Dead Space (2008)

field notes

What the sources say

Its only task is to turn corpses into new Necromorphs1 2 3 4

Other Necromorphs drag bodies to places where Infectors can reach them1 2 3 4

Living people generally do not turn unless the pathogen is put into their bodies1 2 3 4

Sources

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