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Infected (Dead Island)

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The sprinting zombie of Dead Island. Infected are recent victims who still look human, scream, and attack in a flurry of blows. The game pairs them with slow Walkers so that both schools of film zombie appear side by side.123

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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
An early stage of the infection.
How it moves
Runs
Sprints and climbs low walls and obstacles.
Intelligence
Some intelligence
Weak spots
  • severing or breaking any limb
  • a stomp to the head when it is down

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
2011

Dead Island (2011)

field notes

What the sources say

1

Looks almost human and unrotted123

2

Gives a high screech before it charges123

3

Faster than a Walker but weaker123

4

The wiki speculates they may still be living, deranged people123

5

Wikipedia compares them to the runners of 28 Days Later123

6

Replaced by the Runner in Dead Island 2123

Could you outrun it?

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

You, walking about 5 km/h
You, jogging about 10 km/h
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h
Infected (Dead Island) about 24 km/h
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h

Sources

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

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