Dead Island 2: Day One Edition Cheats on PlayStation 5 (PS5)

Last Updated: August 8, 2023
Dead Island 2: Day One Edition
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  • First Released: Apr 20, 2023

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XP Farming Glitch

Glitches

During the mission “O Michael, Where Art Thou?” you’ll gain the opportunity to farm XP. All you have to do is delay the completion of the mission. Michael will ask you to repair the entrance to his door, and you’ll need to leave everything broken at the pool. You can then dodge the zombies that arrive to attack you, let them fall into the pool, and collect the free XP.

Item Farming Glitch

Glitches

During the quest “Red Mist,” you’ll find yourself in an arena in the sewers, where you’ll have to take down a horde of zombies. Don’t kill all of them. Instead, leave two or three alive, then go to the main menu. When you return to the arena, you’ll find that most of the horde has respawned, meaning you can farm them for items and XP.

You can repeat this glitch as many times as you need to.

Easter Eggs Hidden Around the Island

Easter Eggs

Hollywood References

Given that the game is set in Hollywood, it makes sense that there are many movie-related references. Here are some of the most notable:

  • George Romero - Romero is a movie director widely considered the father of the zombie genre. In honor of him, the game’s Oscars are called the Romeros, and the awards are golden zombie hands, which are so valued that in one mission, you are sent to find one for one of the stars you meet on your journey around the island. The game’s final mission also occurs in the ruins of a Romero awards ceremony.
  • Dario Argento - Argento is another popular horror director famous for creating films like Suspiria and Tenebre. He also served as a script consultant and soundtrack composer for Romero’s Dawn of the Dead. If you head to Sterling Hotel in Ocean Avenue, you’ll probably stumble upon a bar named the Argento Sky Lounge in honor of the director.

The Walk of Fame

If you head over to Hollywood Boulevard and check out the stars on the Walk of Fame, you’ll find the names of many of the game’s voice actors.

Arcade Game Tributes

If you head over to the Funland arcade and look around, you will probably find a Homefront the Revolution arcade game; this is about the developers' previous title and sparks a portion of dialogue that will encourage you to look for a Timesplitters machine. If you stand next to a TImespitter machine after turning it on, you’ll be treated to a wonderful rendition of the theme song. Unfortunately, neither of these is playable.

Talking Zombies

Zombie talk usually consists of inarticulate grunts as they try to kill you, but this game features a zombie type that speaks just before it dies: Bursters. Just before they explode, you can hear them saying “Sorry” or “Bye, bye.”

Eurogamer shares 13 Easter Eggs in Dead Island 2: Day One Edition.

Cheats Available Through Various Trainers

Cheats

Installing a cheats trainer will give you a significant advantage in the game and turn frustrating missions into easily completable tasks. Various trainers offer cheats for the game, including Fling Trainer, Mega Trainer, WeMod Trainer, and CheatHappens Trainer. Here are some of the cheats made available through a trainer:

Infinite Ammo

Running out of ammo while taking on a horde is incredibly frustrating. This cheat allows you to simply hold down the trigger and gun down zombies without the fear of running out. It also means you don’t have to search for ammo around the map and can avoid many dangerous areas.

No Recoil

Due to the recoil mechanic of the game, your gun can feel uncontrollable while holding down the trigger. This cheat keeps your weapon stable.

Unlimited Stamina

You need a massive amount of stamina to run away from massive hordes. This cheat will ensure that the zombies will never be able to catch you.

One Hit Kills

Instantly kill an enemy with a single hit, no matter what gun you’re using.

Invisibility

This cheat will allow you to complete missions without being spotted by zombies roaming around an area.

Unlimited Health

Having unlimited health means you are impossible to kill. This cheat is perfect for players who want to experience the game without worrying about dying.

Super Damage

This cheat allows you to inflict massive amounts of damage on zombies through basic attacks, meaning you can still enjoy the game's intensity without being invincible.

Ways to Ensure Your Survival

Hints

Don’t Scrounge Around for Every Piece of Loot

When you start the game, you may feel the need to look for and pick up every piece of loot you come across, but this is unnecessary. An abundance of loot is hidden throughout the map that respawns once you exit an area. As you progress through the game and upgrade all your weapons, you might find yourself with too many crafting materials, which you’ll have to sell to make room for other items.

Essential items (blueprints, keys, and documents) are highlighted by a glowing white particle effect, making them impossible to miss when encountering them. Don’t stress too much about the seemingly unlockable doors you come across in the early stages of the game. As you progress, you’ll eventually find the keys and be led back to a specific area.

Stock Up on Fuses

Fuses are about $1500 and can only be purchased from vendors, but they are well worth it. There are certain doors you will come across that can only be opened with a fuse and are more than likely hiding beneficial early-/mid-game weapons.

Keep and Upgrade Your Favourite Weapons

The game has a variety of melee weapons that you can find while exploring the map, each with a unique attack style. As you cycle through the lower-level weapons, you’ll get to learn each of these attack styles.

This means that once you start finding better weapons with your preferred attack style, the best course of action is to upgrade them to match your level rather than scrapping them in favor of something else. Using a weapon that you’re efficient with is much better than using a weapon just because it is at a higher level.

Upgrading Weapons Repairs Them

If you’ve returned from a mission having gained an extra level, but your weapon needs repairing, don’t repair it immediately. Instead, upgrade it, as this will automatically repair it, meaning you can use the cash that you would have spent on repairs on something else.

Keep One Weapon of Each Attack Style

The different attack styles of melee weapons can be helpful in various situations, so it’s good to ensure you have one favorite weapon per attack style:

  • Headhunter - good for causing a zombie critical damage, but requires accuracy to hit the target.
  • Bulldozer - gives you breathing room by knocking over several zombies at once. Less powerful on single targets than other weapons.
  • Frenzy - allows fast attacks that perform several critical hits against an enemy in a row—an excellent weapon to use against Apex variants.
  • Maiming - the best attack style to have equipped as it means you can easily dismember zombies. Cutting off their limbs dramatically reduces their effectiveness. We highly recommend keeping two as they’re the most useful, and if one breaks while you’re exploring, you won’t be completely helpless. Maiming weapons are also necessary for finding specific crafting materials.

Keep More Than One Elemental Weapon on Hand

You can take out zombies using elements such as fire, electricity, and caustic liquid and also have the option to modify your weapons to deal different kinds of elemental damage. This is great, as you can deal a lot of damage quickly, but you must be careful when modifying your weapons.

Some enemies have a natural resistance to certain elements, and if you try to use an elementally charged weapon they’re resistant to, you won’t do any damage. Be sure you have powerful weapons that use each elemental type; otherwise, you might struggle.

Health Packs Remove Status Effects

Accidentally setting yourself on fire can happen to even the best players. Using a health pack will heal a large portion of your health and instantly remove status effects like bleeding, caustic, fire, or shock.

Dodge, Don’t Block.

At the beginning of the game, you can choose between two defensive abilities: block or dodge. Blocking or dodging just before an enemy attacks can open them up for a counterattack. You should do it often, as you can deal a large amount of damage through a takedown attack. From mid-game onwards, you’ll find various Skill Cards that can adjust your counterattack to increase damage, give you a health boost, or another perk.

We’ve found that dodging is much better than blocking, as a mistimed dodge won’t give you a counterattack, but you’ll have still moved out of the way of an attack, while a mistimed dodge will leave you directly in the path of an enemies attack. 

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