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Butcher

GamesUndeadRunsA virus2010 to today

An agile special zombie from Dead Island whose hands have been replaced by blades of its own bone. It dodges melee attacks and heals itself in drawn-out fights.123

Battle it
First appeared
2011
Dead Island (2011)
Source work
Dead Island (2011)
Techland
Age rating
ESRB M
Made in
Poland
What causes it
A virus
The wiki names the agent Pathogen HK; in the game's story, researchers identify the infection as a mutation of kuru that began among the island's indigenous people.
How it moves
Runs
Leaps and dodges.
Intelligence
Some intelligence
Weak spots
  • two-handed weapons
  • firearms

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today2011

Dead Island (2011)

field notes

What the sources say

1

Its forearms are gone, leaving sharpened arm bones as blades123

2

A tougher, more aggressive kind of Infected123

3

Hard to hit in melee because it dodges123

4

Recovers its health in long fights123

5

Returns in Riptide and, in a new form, in Dead Island 2123

Could you outrun it?

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

You, walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
You, jogging about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h (15 mph)
Butcher about 24 km/h (15 mph)
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

  1. Zombies - Dead Island Wiki (Fandom)
  2. Dead Island - Wikipedia
  3. Dead Island - RAWG

Every fact on this page comes from these sources, written in our own words. Spotted a mistake? Tell us at [email protected].

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