Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster’s Infinity Mode provides an almost endless supply of zombie survival excitement, but to enhance your survival chances in Willamette Mall, you should focus on unlocking two essential items.
You can access Infinity Mode after completing both 72-hour mode and Overtime mode, allowing you to achieve the True Ending and escape Willamette. Once those are completed, you’ll see Infinity Mode as a new game option on the main menu.
Before you dive deep into your survival efforts in the mall, we highly recommend obtaining two crucial items during 72-hour mode that will greatly enhance your gameplay.
How to Unlock the Real Mega Buster
To unlock the Real Mega Buster, you need to achieve the Zombie Annihilator achievement/trophy, which requires you to kill a total of 53,594 zombies.
The Real Mega Buster stands as the most formidable ranged weapon in the game, boasting 300 shots that can eliminate almost every standard enemy with a single hit, plus it can take down bosses in just about 5-6 shots.
Best Method for Zombie Annihilator
The most effective approach to achieving the Zombie Annihilator, also known as Zombie Genocider in the original release, is to drive vehicles through the Maintenance Tunnels.
At the start of 72-hour mode, progress until you reach Case 1-2: Backup for Brad. Once you gain access to the mall, feel free to disregard the main case files and focus on this achievement. Proceed to Leisure Park and head towards the parking lot where the red sports car is parked. Enter the car and drive into the tunnels.
Next, cruise around the Maintenance Tunnels, running over as many zombies as you can. The high density of zombies in the tunnels allows you to quickly rack up your kill count.
Keep in mind that vehicles aren’t invincible, so switch cars periodically. Here’s an efficient route we discovered:
Trace the red line, then the orange line, and finally the white line, before repeating.
Start with the red car and drive to the truck parked beneath North Plaza. After that, steer the truck along the southern section of the tunnels back towards the parked white car beneath Paradise Plaza.
Eventually, take the white car and repeat the previous route. Drive back up to the truck’s location and perform a few donuts in that vicinity before exiting the tunnels as you entered.
Once you return to the Leisure Park area, the red car will have respawned for you to use again. With this strategy, you can average around 800-1200 zombie kills per run.
It’s important to note that you don’t have to achieve 53,594 kills in a single run; your progress is saved across multiple playthroughs as long as you use the same save file. After you unlock the achievement, the Real Mega Buster will be available at the Security Room.
How to Unlock the Infinite Durability Book
To obtain the Infinite Durability book, you must achieve the Saint achievement/trophy by saving 50 survivors in the mall.
The Infinite Durability book serves its purpose straightfowardly – as long as you carry this book in your inventory, none of your items will break or run out of ammunition. This feature allows you to keep weapons like small chainsaws or machetes indefinitely.
Note that all survivors must be rescued within the same playthrough; saving 48 in one run and then the final two in another will not count. Additionally, completing all Case Files isn’t necessary. In fact, you might find it easier to prioritize this goal and ignore the main story elements, as this eliminates the need to complete Overtime Mode or defeat additional bosses.
If you choose to pursue the Saint achievement while also working through the Case Files, keep in mind that you will likely finish 72-hour mode with 49 survivors saved. To surpass that 50 survivor threshold, you’ll need to complete Overtime Mode, which raises your final count to 51.
For a detailed guide on saving all survivors in Dead Rising DR and completing the Saint achievement, check our comprehensive list.
Infinity Mode Strategies
With the Real Mega Buster and the Infinite Durability book in your possession, navigating Infinity Mode becomes considerably more manageable. In this mode, nearly every psychopath and survivor in the game turns into an enemy, spawning in random locations at specific times of day. Therefore, having an infinite ammo weapon that can quickly eliminate threats is indispensable.
Moreover, the Infinite Durability book enhances your ability to carry powerful melee weapons. Psychopaths and survivors drop boxes containing items, some of which are potent melee weapons like the small chainsaw or meat cleaver. Having these tools on hand proves advantageous.
Here are additional tips to prepare for your Infinity Mode experience:
- Your hunger meter depletes a square of health every 100 real-time seconds, so ensure you have enough food to sustain yourself. If your health is full, you’ll run out of food in just 20 real-time minutes.
- It’s wise to postpone eating any food found within the mall and concentrate on gathering food from psychopaths and survivors first.
- Collect the three health books from Sir-Book-A-Lot (2F) in Wonderland Plaza, The Sinister Read (2F) in Entrance Plaza, and the empty store next to Crislip’s Home Saloon to increase the healing potential of your food items.
- Be prepared for survivors and psychopaths to spawn daily at midnight, 7 AM, and 5 PM. The specific order and locations of appearances are randomized, and you might encounter multiple bosses in a single area.
- Zombies will occasionally drop boxes containing random weapons or food items.
- Special enemies like cultists and special forces begin appearing from Day 3 onwards.
Surviving for five in-game days will earn you the 5 Day Survivor achievement/trophy, unlocking the Real Laser Sword in the Security Room. This weapon is one of the most powerful melee items available in the game and can also be utilized in 72-hour mode.
Enduring for 7 days will grant you the 7 Day Survivor achievement/trophy, unlocking Arthur’s Boxers, which are available in the Security Room locker.
Once you’ve accomplished these achievements, you’re free to keep surviving for as long as possible. If you’re looking for something to fill your time, consider collecting all PP Stickers. Just be cautious, as the longer you last, the tougher it will become to find food and remain alive – good luck!
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