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Undead (Undead Nightmare)

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The risen dead of Undead Nightmare, the 2010 zombie expansion to Red Dead Redemption. The cause is a curse, not a virus, and the plague stops when the stolen mask is returned. It is regularly cited as one of the best expansion packs made.1

⚔️ Battle it
First appeared
2010
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (2010)
Source work
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (2010)
Rockstar San Diego
Made in
USA
What causes it
A curse
An Aztec mask is stolen from a tomb; the thief becomes the first zombie and a plague of the dead follows.
How you become one
The curse raises the dead, and the living who are attacked turn within moments.
How it moves
Varies
Walkers are slow at a distance and run when close.
Intelligence
Mindless
Weak spots
  • headshots
  • holy water
  • rooftops: they cannot climb

When did it first appear?

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

Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (2010)

field notes

What the sources say

1

Standalone horror expansion to the western Red Dead Redemption1

2

Fat zombies knock the player down; others spew green venom1

3

Bears and cougars rise as undead too1

4

The player can tame the Four Horses of the Apocalypse1

5

Ends with the hero himself rising from his grave as a revenant1

6

Won best downloadable content at the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards1

Could you outrun it?

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

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

Sources

  1. Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare - Wikipedia

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Same era: 2010 to today

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