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Volatile

Also called: Nightmare
GamesInfected, still aliveRunsA virus2010 to today

The night predator of Dying Light and the main danger of its nights. A Volatile outruns and outclimbs almost anything, and ultraviolet light is the main defence. It anchors the series' day-and-night structure, which Techland described as two games in one box.123

⚔️ Battle it
First appeared
2015
Dying Light (2015)
Source work
Dying Light (2015)
Techland
Age rating
ESRB M
Made in
Poland
What causes it
A virus
The Harran Virus, a mysterious viral outbreak that turned most of the city of Harran into hyper-aggressive infected.
How you become one
In Dying Light 2, a Viral that stays in darkness long enough mutates into one.
How it moves
Runs
Matches the player's parkour: sprints, climbs buildings and pounces; in The Following it keeps pace with a buggy.
Intelligence
Some intelligence
Weak spots
  • UV light and flares
  • sunlight
  • electric shock
  • diving into water

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
2015

Dying Light (2015)

field notes

What the sources say

1

Appears only at night in the first game and flees to dark zones at dawn123

2

Naked, with exposed muscle and a jaw that splits like mandibles123

3

Hunts mainly by sight, patrolling streets and rooftops123

4

Pins victims with a pounce and spits at those it cannot reach123

5

Nests in hives guarded by other infected123

6

Survivors in the first game call them 'Nightmares'123

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
Volatile about 24 km/h
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h

Sources

  1. Volatile - Dying Light Wiki (Fandom)
  2. Dying Light - Wikipedia
  3. Dying Light - RAWG

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