Jun 9, 2019 - Story and gameplay trailer for the Heartland expansion for State of Decay 2, from Microsoft's Xbox briefing at E3 2019. First, upgrade the Repair Depot to a Vehicle Depot (you cannot accidentally convert it to a Weapons Depot, so don't worry about mistakes here). Select "Accept Mission Eagerly" (again top choice, a theme in this walkthrough), then head over to the nearby Old Moonshine Barn, where Mickey Wilkerson will be waiting for you. Talk to her -she'll want you to clear out the Wilkerson Homestead, which means taking out the plague heart that has grown there since you last visited. Now before we take out the plague wall, we should discuss plague busters and how you need them to take out a plague wall. Remember: always bring stacks of plague busters with you in case of the protective shell reforms before you can take out the wall health meter. At some point, Ray will contact you by radio, and ask you for one more favour. achievement. Blood plague screamers, ferals, juggernauts, and bloaters featuring deadly new attacks, Over 8 hours of story-focused gameplay culminating in the Gauntlet, a grueling challenge that requires skill and strategy to overcome, Provides answers players have wanted since the launch of the original game. This walkthrough and any content included may not be reproduced without written permission. Considering these two things, I would heavily suggest saving Heartland until you've run through the base campaign a few times on Dread or Nightmare levels. If you want a cheap way to take out the first wall, you can work a van or other tall vehicle through the barriers and close to the plague wall, then stand on the vehicle as you begin your assault. There is an achievement to kill ten zombies with one buster, so if you have the capacity, head out and find a horde. All the rest can be recruited in either playthrough: Malik, Chavez, Captain Logan, Reba, and Izzbee. Talk to him, and since we're on good terms with him, he'll allow us to just take the machine without issue. State of Decay Vehicle Tips. Take the short drive to the Abandoned Barn, enter, then climb the ladder and talk to Dr. Hoffman. 11.) He'll want you to escort him over to the crashed plane. Drive home, drop off all your stuff, and recover if need be. Talk to her, and she'll ask you to travel to certain points on the map and read a string of characters over the radio. In Heartland, players choose from two sets of starting characters who have traveled to Trumbull Valley for different reasons. From here, you'll see a gas station on your right and a fast food restaurant to your left. First off, you'll notice when fighting plague walls there will be a meter on your screen, broken into three sections. Agree enthusiastically (top option), then drive on over to Ray's Workshop in the center-ish part of the map (feel free to drive through the cornfields for a more direct path there. Single survivors only give you one thing, but enclaves can help you in the long-run. State of Decay Walkthrough - Starting Missions. If you can, climb up to a higher spot and count the number of zombies - to be safe, you'll probably want eleven or twelve. If not, simply drive around, look for them on your mini-map, and drive over them to unlock: You killed 25 plague screamers in Heartland. You killed 10 or more enemies with a single plague buster. He'll indicate is radio is broken and he'll need parts to fix it. With zombies being a hot topic in all forms of media, State Of Decay 2 manages to carve out a memorable niche for itself by combining survival horror with planning and resource management. Dr. Hoffman will indicate, and I'll reiterate: from here on in your missions will basically be to take out the remaining plague walls, so take your time to arm yourself and get things in order, and/or work on some of the clean up achievements from below. I'm about to finish my second playthrough of Heartland, and I figured I'd share my "I did a much better job the second time through" tips : Once you get to the new base, there's immediately a "Make an extra batch of plague cure" quest that is super simple. Given this, you cannot import characters from other game modes or start with any other characters outside of these two sets (so, sadly, no importing fully levelled, fully stocked characters here). Once you find the distiller, drive it back to Jurassic Junction and place it in your base inventory. Oh, and the count doesn't save between Heartland runs, so you'll have to get all six anew every time you restart Heartland. Fortunately, knowing what I know now, there is an easy and safe way to handle this: read on to see. Walk along the trail until you encounter the Blood Feral. Give the case to Nat, and Brock will ask to join your enclave. Here you can use your CLEO Relay to call them into your base. When starting Heartland, select Larissa and Aunt Fiona. Isaac will be holed up in the blue house in the very southwest of the map - head on in and talk to him. State of Decay 2 Heartland is a joke. Help! Then, in the newly upgraded repair depot, craft each of the three vehicle kits. I didn't think the game would. The game differs from its predecessor as there is a new focus on working together. Talk to Captain Logan one last time to finish the quest. With Logan's help, and with plenty of incendiaries and explosives, you should be able to take down the wall fairly quickly. Still, the fact that you can rest between taking out each bar is a huge bonus. It might include incorrect or outdated information, or just needs a facelift. Spoiler warning! Once done, you'll unlock: You used the Weapons Depot to craft all four of the Network weapons in Heartland. Fortified Camp in the centre of the crop fields, away from any road. Once the iconic site of the original State of Decay game, the towns of Spencer's Mill and Marshall are now overrun with an advanced form of blood plague: a more aggressive and far deadlier version than exists anywhere else. It's the same "brown box trick" as with the third plague wall, but you'll at least be in a safer position this time. Even nightmare is too easy since you can run up to ANY plague heart with an auto rifle+compensator like an AK and kill it with one full clip. To do this, follow the steps above for about ten rounds, then hit the, Find anything you think is wrong with this walkthrough? The Shots in the Dark achievement is the worst achievement in Heartland to obtain by far, because it's completely random if you can complete it on an instance of Heartland. Travel all the way across the map to the Industrial Steel Supply Company on the far west border, and clear out the building/immediate area. So there you have it, that is how I defeated all four plague walls solo in State of Decay 2. Walk to the end of the enclosed area, and you'll see a container with a brown box on top. Did you get five of six before the spawn spots ran out? Once clear, you can start looting the Fort, looking for the Plague Toxin Distiller (NOTE: the fort will be filled with some good items, so feel free to set up an outpost nearby to drop off loot as needed. From here, nothing can hit you and you can attack this plague wall with impunity. Once done, follow the quest marker to the northwest edge of the map to the broken bridge. Search the medial area for the cure, then talk to Chavez - select the top option to give him the cure and recruit him into our enclave. This is because you need to cure the blood plague with the blood plague cure 100 times on yourself, and 100 times on another survivor. Talk to Brock after to accept the Meds rucksack. Enter sneak mode (hold ) and slowly approach the house. All while attempting to eliminate the Plague Hearts from your land, making it livable once more. Categories Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. When you do have a free second, toss another plague buster at the wall, and toss a bunch of explosives/incendiary devices and/or bullets at the weak spot. You have a bit of time to yourself at the moment, so grab your car and start looting the houses/bathrooms in the immediate area around your new base. Doing this will instantly send back Vic/Isaac to your base, having them now count as a survivor in your enclave. You get four small and four large open slots from the get-go, as well as a plethora of build-ins that can be maximized by the different survivors you recruit during the game. Survey to the north for something unusual. Shoot or hit him enough, and Mickey will surrender (one headshot works perfectly here, and don't worry, you can't kill Mickey this way). As well, it may be worth looking at the Playthrough One Achievement Clean up section below to get an idea of the miscellaneous tasks you'll have to perform at the end of the game. Wanting nothing to do with Vic anymore, he'll ask you to tell Vic that he is dead. State of Decay 2: Heartland DLC features a return to Trumbull Valley in a new story-based adventure. She'll ask you to dissuade some people from harassing her friends. Now, remember when I said to save up on parts and scraps of circuitry? 4.) Alamo BBQ and Burrito Hacienda, just east of the last cluster of locations. A bit beyond this is a small coffee stand on the right side (see map above for exact location). NOTE: you can only do the above if you've started a Heartland game with Larisse. You recruited Reba into your Heartland community. Find where the sleeping bloater is, walk up to it, and hold to harvest the bloater gland before it explodes on you. 12.) Feel free to fall back if you're getting overwhelmed, and give it another go when you're rested, repaired and stocked up. Essentially, you'll want to be looking for any army areas which contains army equipment (especially guns). If not, feel free to restart the game repeatedly to try again and again until that pesky achievement unlocks, as it's out last achievement in Heartland. Note: you'll need the six unique weapons, not just six of any type of Echo Lab gun. Start by upgrading the Repair Depot to a Weapons Depot (just like in the previous run, you cannot upgrade to a Vehicle Depot by accident, so you cannot make a mistake here). Finally, without the extra distraction of Captain Logan around this time, bringing firecrackers may be a huge help here to distract the zombies while you attack the wall. Instead, head over to the Captain Logan mission. Help us fix it by posting in its. Each drop will cost you 256 influence, but considering everything you kill during the zombie invasion, you'll probably earn a big chunk of this influence back during the fight. That's because you'll need Larisse to craft all three types of vehicle upgrade kits: light, medium, and heavy. State of Decay 2. heartland story progression help. Drive to the Farm. I ended up logging out the game before speaking with him because I ended up getting STUCK IN THE WING OF THE PLANE while getting . Detonate the explosives from a safe distance. You might as well check this save game for the guns before starting a new one, as that achievement may require you to start Heartland over and over repeatedly to find all six guns in one playthrough. Every zombie. He'll give you a stack of new consumable items - plague busters. Enclave Benefits: Vehicle Delivery (Radio Command). Hopefully this will help another solo player complete this campaign and sleep . In particular, taking down the plague walls solo. Having recruited Vic and/or Isaac, Reba should be contacting you again about another favour. Next, drive over to the water tower indicated by the quest marker and repeat this exercise (climb both ladders here to get to the round part at the top). If done correctly in the correct spot, you can pull yourself up onto the brown box. Finally, unlike the main campaign, there are no random events or missions - all the missions are preset and always come in the same order. So, it looks like the game is over and you need to start all over again now, right? Park some distance away so you don't set off the plague bloater (or you'll have to travel to a new location). 5.) Talk to Xander again and accept the Food rucksack. (I don't recommend using CLEO Relay calls for these as your armed base guards may take them out before you do, so you won't get credit for this achievement. Scavenge up 25 parts (the quest will show you a local building with the parts in it, so this should be fairly easy), and return them to Ray. Be aware that your armed guards may kill the juggernaut while you're trying the execution move, so it may be safer to just shoot the blood jugg in the head repeatedly until it dies rather than risk losing a kill to a Watchtower guard. As you play through the story, you'll meet intriguing, unique characters, face new and terrifying threats, and learn more about the mystery of the blood plague. Have you survivor step next to the plague wall, and they will pick up some blood plague (make sure to not attack the wall, we don't want to attract enemies). Once the mob is clear, talk to her and invite her again to join your enclave. A big thanks to TrueAchievements user Lt. Davo for the list of locations below: The first four spawn sites are in the rural area in the centre-west and northwest regions of Trumbull Valley: The next 12 sites are all in Marshall, specifically the section on the east side of the river, and specifically the southern half of that section: The last two sites are south of Jurassic Junction, on the main road to Marshall. More spare time, so feel free to switch to Brock or Malik and scavenge around for more supplies. If not completed yet, continue calling CLEO drops (you can do this as long as Izzbee is alive). Now, after upgrading we'll need to craft all four "Network" weapons, which are the Danforth Slugger, the Trumbull Gatekeeper, the Network DIY Assault Rifle, and the Masterwork Assault Rifle. When her father doesn't turn out to be . Remember when I said you really need to save up plague samples? Drive out to meet him. Following this guide should prevent this from happening, so pay attention to the guide as you complete quests so you don't miss anything. Scout the first plague wall, then after she comments on it, scout the second plague wall. Eventually, you'll get a radio call to head back to the Wilkerson Farm. Make sure to wait on this one until you meet Diana a second time. You can take out two of the three meters using busters, incendiary devices, and explosives (and bullets if the explosives didn't damage the wall enough) before having to stop and assist on the fight with the zombies. And here's how I did it. If Larisse and Aunt Fi are still alive at this point, you'll unlock: You completed Heartland with both starting survivors alive. Unfortunately, the new "plague zone" system from a recent patch will force you to set this up a distance away, but its still worth doing even if your outpost isn't in the immediate area. Hoffman will comment you need to make more plague busters, but cannot herself as she has to stay and scout the "Gauntlet" (i.e. Carefully walk to the end and you should be able to target the plague wall from here. Do so, and she'll ask to join or enclave. Mission done! Some more changes from the main campaign: You get to choose from two sets of survivors when starting the game: Quincy/Helena, or Larissa/Aunt Fiona. In the clip below, it is where the playable character is standing. One final thing before you restart - see the Shots in the Dark section below about collecting Echo Lab guns. Be aware you may run into some hoards and screamers around here. Hopefully, about this time you'll also have the Captain Logan mission up and ready (see the info box below for more details). Just like in Playthrough One, it's time to take out our first plague heart! While a large part of the game's challenge comes from trying to rid the town of zombies, just as much effort must go into keeping the player's community stocked and secure. Watch the Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny trailer for the upcoming Indiana Jones movie, opening in theaters on June 30, 2023.Harrison Ford returns as the legendary hero archaeologist in the highly anticipated fifth installment in the iconic Indiana Jones movie franchise. 2023 TrueGaming Network Ltd, All Rights Reserved. fuel resources a day, so gasoline won't be much of an issue like it can be in the campaign. As zombies and plagues are wont to do, they've mutated. Good news for you achievement hunters, there is a way to glitch this quest line so you can recruit both Vic and Isaac in one run! The one quest to not do until I say so is the Captain Logan quest. You'll be prompted to install the Distiller into any of your facilities, so do so (I parked it in the CLEO Relay facility), which will end the mission. Help Malik clear out the base, then both the base and Malik will now be a part of your community. Every bloater, Every Juggernaut. Army Roadblock at the southwest corner of this section. NOTE: It may be a good idea to temporarily park an outpost behind Jurassic Junction in one of the houses, as this prevents Ferals from spawning back there where you have no watchtower cover. Sparse landscape makes travel and scavenging much easier. You, Aunt Fi, and Brock will need to survive the attack (it's on a timer), and Brock will join you as a follower and prompt you to drive to the Wilkerson Farm. Lethal is only challenge Unless you want partr 2 of the 3 part story. To do this, drive around the fields to the northwest of the crashed airplane from the previous Captain Logan quest, and a quest marker will eventually pop up on screen (see map above for exact location). Welcome to the IGN wiki walkthroughfor State of Decay 2! You need to trigger the Diana's mission part one before starting Captain Logan's second quest. Talk to him as Larisse, and accept his "milk run" mission. There is only one base in the game, Jurassic Junction, and you will occupy it very early in the campaign as part of the story missions. 3.) Feel free to "autopilot" from here on out as you can't miss anything. From here, you can directly target the final plague wall. Shoot or melee him enough, and he'll surrender. This is the one part of the wall that can be damaged - through when the area is red the "belly" is being protected by an impenetrable shell. Move to the survey platform atop the fire station. When the coast is clear, hop out and loot the CLEO supply drop. In Resident Evil 2, the classic action, tense exploration, and puzzle solving gameplay that defined . Accept, to unlock: The Grumpy HunterYou recruited Reba into your Heartland community.2 guides. As well, its worth activating the CLEO relay from time to time to call in CLEO drops (though this calls in a zombie invasion of your base, so be ready for that). Get your Lounge up early too for the beds and the morale boost. 2 or 3 C4 explosives should do. 7-10.) And with that, we can begin our Heartland walkthrough! Loot the heart and the buildings (dropping of excess items at your outpost), grab the detonators, and drive on back to the Wilkerson Farm. My first playthrough I was killed here, so you have been warned. She'll tell us we're doing everything wrong (possibly true) and to come over and visit her. He'll talk about the newest threat you'll face, the Plague Wall (imagine seven plague hearts smashed together) Once he's done, hop into your car again and travel to the house right next to the crash site. She's located along the north-central edge of the map, so head over there. If you try to jump onto this as you did with the previous cheap spot, it won't work - instead, hit the jump button by itself, then at the height of the jump, press forward on the left stick. Since its still fairly early in the game it may cause you trouble - my recommendation is to set up another outpost in the immediate area so you can drop back to a safe spot and heal/resupply if needed (and dump supplies from the heart when done). Note: don't forget to cure yourself with your crafted plague cure before the Blood Plague timer runs out. Enter the building the last plague wall was guarding, and you (and they) will receive: You completed Heartland as the host or client in multiplayer. Head there, and inside the farmhouse at the quest marker, head in and talk to Ray. Nice way to start the story, huh? Drive Izzbee back to your base to complete the mission. We give the updated Mercenaries mode in Resident Evil 4 Remake a spin in this S-Rank gameplay clip, featuring Leon. 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