State of Decay 2 launches free ‘Zedhunter’ DLC, full with crossbow

State of Decay 2 hasn’t been within the headlines these days, nevertheless it’s been steadily gaining gamers – it’s as much as 4 million now, by Undead Labs’ personal depend. To rejoice, the studio has launched a brand new free DLC to the zombie survival game, and it’s making some attention-grabbing modifications to the game.

Right up entrance, you’re getting a brand new weapon sort: the crossbow. Undead Labs says there are eight varieties of those within the game now, however all of them share one very important trait – silence. No longer do you need to roust the entire neighborhood to take out a screamer with a headshot.

Another helpful function of crossbows is that bolts will be recovered after use (which is why the crossbow is Daryl Dixon’s weapon of selection in The Walking Dead). The crossbows in State of Decay 2 additionally don’t jam or break, they usually offer you a greater probability of extracting a plague pattern from an infested zombie.

The Zedhunter update additionally provides new melee and close-combat weapons, together with swords, so in the event you’re extra a Michonne than a Daryl, this DLC has you coated too.

But what could also be extra doubtlessly attention-grabbing for State of Decay 2 gamers is the modifications to the power system. Now you’re capable of utterly reset any survivor’s ability specializations, and alter out core ability specializations by studying coaching manuals. There’s a draw back to this – the brand new ability will develop extra slowly than the unique did, however this actually is a method round conditions the place your outpost would possibly face destroy as a result of lack of anybody with a selected ability.

That’s a really good high quality of life enchancment in itself, however there’s extra: Undead Labs has added six “quirk” abilities, every of which give a sure buff to your survivor group or group.

They’ve additionally added an entire new type of merchandise known as ‘plague consumables.’ These give your survivors superhuman skills like stealth or night time imaginative and prescient, however they’re poison to people and the fee for utilizing them is taking over an infection.

Zedhunter is out there now, and Undead Labs says the brand new content material will work with present saves.

 
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