EVERY POSSIBLE WAY to Destroy Plague Hearts in State of Decay 2 [All Difficulties]

In this plague heart guide, we will learn the fastest, safest, efficient, instant killing and the fresh game strategies to destroy plague hearts in nightmare zone and lethal zone.
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0:00 Chapters
0:16 Fastest Ways to Destroy plague Hearts
0:26 Fastest Way 1 (Ultra Fast Guns)
1:14 Fastest Way 2 (Bloater Cloud Grenades)
1:51 Plague Heart Instant Killing Tricks
2:13 Insta Killing Trick 1 (Bloater Cloud Grenades)
2:23 Insta Killing Trick 2 (C4 Stacking V1)
3:31 Insta Killing Trick 3 (C4 Stacking V2)
4:49 Insta Killing Trick 4 (C4 Stacking V3)
6:29 Insta Killing Trick 5 (Deployable Pyro Minefield)
8:19 Insta Killing Trick 6 (Artillery Strike)
8:50 Insta Killing Trick 7 (Drone Strike)
10:12 Safest Ways to Destroy plague Hearts
10:33 Safest Way 1
10:55 Safest Way 2
11:09 Safest Way 3 (Standing on Top of Cars)
11:39 Safest Way 4 (Smoke Grenades)
13:35 Safest Way 5 (Cheesy Hearts)
15:00 Safest Way 6 (Silent Killing)
15:23 Efficient Way to Destroy plague Hearts 1
15:38 Efficient Way 2
16:08 Efficient Way 3
16:28 Efficient Way 4
16:41 Earliest Available Strategies to Destroy plague Hearts
17:04 Fresh Game Strategy 1 (Cheesy Hearts)
17:17 Fresh Game Strategy 2 (Heavy Weapon+Stimulants)
18:47 Fresh Game Strategy 3 (Heavy Weapon-Stimulants)
20:14 Fresh Game Strategy 4 (Fresh Game Advantage)
21:36 Fresh Game Strategy 5 (Pyro Minefields)
21:51 Fresh Game Strategy 6 (Trumbull Valley Landmark)
22:17 Fresh Game Strategy 7 (Smoke Grenades)
22:45 Fresh Game Strategy 8 (C4 Charges)
23:19 Critical Parking Tricks
24:23 House Clearing Protocol
25:09 Summary of Strategies
25:26 Plague Heart Data Charts
State of Decay 2 Juggernaut Edition plague hearts
SOD2 plague hearts
How to Easily Destroy plague hearts in lethal zone
How to Destroy plague hearts in nightmare zone
How to Destroy plague hearts easy
how to stack C4 charges against plague hearts
how to C4 charges against plague hearts
Smoke Grenades against plague hearts
How to destroy plague hearts in fresh lethal zone
State of decay 2 Lethal zone tips
Do plague hearts heal
How many hits plague hearts take
#stateofdecay2 #sod2 #tipsandtricks

[@StateofDecayScience]

Survivors!! Join the "Science" Discord Server to have some Scientific SOD2 discussions!!! discord.gg/yVcvjs9V6v Earliest Available Strategies Unedited Clips kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKKke5R5mLhml6s

[@jeanprophete39]

I play on normal world the gun thing work

[@gnoghead]

This video was a lot of fun. I'm currently getting a team ready in NM to take on a lethal difficulty for the first time. I will use these tips. Wish me luck ✌

[@StateofDecayScience]

"Fresh Game advantage" trick will be insanely useful.. make sure to use that

[@gusthompson4459]

Are you Xbox?

[@SubLucio]

@@gusthompson4459 Mr. rvidD is from pc

[@ahsokatano1994]

Hell yeah you got this kick lethal zones ass

[@ArthurCallahanSolos]

@@SubLucio he plays xbox also I think.

[@sparkedclipper2082]

The amount of time it must take you to make these videos is crazy! I've learned a lot from you so far and this video is no exception. Amazing work! Thanks!

[@IGOBYTHENAMELOVE]

That’s why you need to do it on your day off

[@T1Slam]

This is extremely cool video. Up to this point I avoided deployable explosives, but now I see that they don't just have value, but also amazing mechanics to exploit. And smoke grenades making melee safe is exactly what I expected from Rvid - making most unused items and methods viable!

[@tidee7782]

100+ days in lethal and still got my mind blown by your clips Keeps staying awesome!!

[@StateofDecayScience]

Clips?? or you mean tricks/strategies?

[@axelastori484]

Always nice to see your guides! 25 mins of pure joy and curiosity :D

[@K3end0]

Once again, you're videos are absolutely filled with specific, hard to find, and brilliant knowledge that are really useful. I'm continually astounded at how damn good your videos are, you make brilliant content dude!!!!

[@gurugamingkiwi]

Great video man! It's easy to see you put a ton of effort into this masterpiece - nice one man!! 👍😎

[@nyhman78]

This is a excellent video, I've already beaten the four boons on lethal and have no desire to return but I love watching videos like this to help those that are having problems,too much B.S in lethal,love nightmare and dreadzone

[@SteeleGolem]

Thanks for the video! You make it look so simple. On lethal I feel like I'm always treading water and starved for resources. On the rare occasions where I feel like I can take a risk to try a new strategy something goes horribly wrong. Keeps things interesting I guess lol

[@elmad2153]

Crazy work on that video, thank you.

[@Markalot284]

Good tips! I started a lethal game recently for the first time and I find it hard to kill plague hearts because I'm always running out of everything. These tips will help me greatly so thanks a lot!

[@brianty6676]

You have one of the best SoD channels. Great video content!

[@Cuthawolf]

Didn't know about the smoke grenades blocking zombie LoS, I only used them against hostile humans. Cheers and thank you for the video :)

[@abdeshpa]

This is the best channel by far for State of decay 2. Thanks RvidD.

[@tisjustexe7007]

This is amazingly helpful and mind blowing. Will try this later. Thanks!

[@The-Meow]

You my friend are a Legend. Love all your vids and thank you :)

[@paddyinpilani]

You are simply amazing! Thanks for all the tips! Towards the end the survivor calmly sitting next to the plague heart was hilarious! LOL.

[@sirlefty7791]

Amazing work buddy, tks ! 👍

[@griffonclaw]

Outstanding instructions! This is just pure and good information.

[@CD92837]

Amazing! Thank you

[@nunads]

Holy Cow! This is damn good! definately deserve my like!

[@zombiesofdecay2428]

There're so many tips I didn't know in this video that I felt like a beginner again. As always, amazing!! PS.: 10:09 I laughed hard and loud.. hahahaha

[@TheSasudomi]

This was one of the best videos about gaming mechanics I have ever seen, just wow. I was searching for a way to destroy these putrid things and you delivered more than I could ever wish for, thanks!

[@StateofDecayScience]

The channel is full of breaking down the game mechanics!

[@nicofranco1258]

Very cool guide! Time to watch it 37 times

[@thegaminggranny6752]

Another well thought out, planned and tested vid - you inspire my own gameplay to be a lot better - thanks for sharing

[@StateofDecayScience]

Thank you Ma'am!!!

[@checher100]

Dude here is a genius. Great video man.

[@robd5886]

Great video; you've definitely put a lot of time into playing the game. I usually just use the scent block and toss 3-4 grenades or pipe bombs at the plague hearts. If that doesn't do it, a few shot gun blasts finish it off.

[@StateofDecayScience]

But how will you do it in an early game?

[@c0ur5ge4]

very cool vid. every detail.

[@sauceomegaming]

Wow! Great video!

[@StateofDecayScience]

Thank you Sauce!

[@yuyualtikriti5746]

This game is relatively small, so KZbin content creators are uncommon. You though, make literally 10/10 content on this game. Even games like call of duty, which are huge huge games don't have content creators with as much passion and creativity with their content as you do with this game. It's surprising this small game has some one like you in the community.

[@monsterman3271]

Absolutely world class video here Rvid you have outdone yourself, even Geoffrey from Undead labs watches your videos, thank-you for this , amazing as always🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏👍

[@StateofDecayScience]

This video was my favorite until the recent video!! The newest is the most time spent and most researched!!

[@roseparfitt8272]

Thank u this helped me because doing nightmare cascade hills

[@StateofDecayScience]

You will have bloater cloud or smoke grenade advantage when you play in Trumbull or Meagher!! C4 will be the next easiest thing! Make sure to follow C4 stacking trick V2 if you use C4 charges!

[@jupiteroptimusmaximus4527]

Hey thanks for showing that part where you use a road flare through it down in front of the plague heart and then used bloated gas cloud grenades that's pretty awesome and I never thought of that, because I thought that the plague hearts would be immune to blotter gass

[@DarkN3r0]

Ways to destroy a Lethal Zone plague heart: 1. (04:09) 1xC4 + 4xBoombox + 1xC4 + 4xBoombox + 1xC4 2. (05:49) 1xCLEO Deployable Pyro Minefield + regular Minefield (placed between a wall and a heart) 3. (07:40) Artillery Strike for outside hearts 4. (08:10) Drone Strike deals 83% damage (plus finish with 1 planted C4). Available with Programming Skill and lvl3 Command Center. 5. (10:28) Standing on top of the car, shooting through the window 6. (11:00) Smoke Grenade + heavy melee weapons 7. (12:55) cheesy Plague Hearts that can be safely destroyed 8. (14:44) 3xBloater Gas Grenade + 1xRoad Flare 9. (14:58) Powerhouse skill + heavy weapon = 9 hits

[@StateofDecayScience]

But I already gave timestamps for all the chapters!

[@DarkN3r0]

@@StateofDecayScience this is just a note for myself, nevermind.

[@wxmyjnsn]

AWESOME!

[@REV0KE]

The amount of effort and information you put into this video is impressive, thanks for some good tips!

[@gusporterhouse]

14:47 those are called quonsets

[@StateofDecayScience]

Got it!

[@STM7685]

this is real helpful, i’m a new player and i’ve already lost one of my survivors to trying to kill a plague heart and i’m gonna use some of these to try and keep that from happening again

[@Dbf1339]

Using the car is probably the most non cheating easy way to do it

[@joshuacabral2348]

The GOD of SoD 2 made another great video! I've never seen anyone use smoke grenades that way so I'm really giving it a try! I also wanna add a "hack" or a "bug" that even Git Gud Fox exploits. Its "Fire Zombies". As we know, Zombies on fire spread fire to their fellow zombies and "damage" them. What I didn't expect is that even Plague Hearts can be damaged with it as well. I tried it many times and IT WORKS saving 1 C4 charge or Bloater Cloud Grenades. I always bring me a Pyrolauncher to clear the zeds easily once I popped a C4 or a cloud grenade and zombies will just swarm at the heart. Set them on fire and poof! IT WILL DIE! I always use Scentblock for protection. And I think, its just cost efficient, safe and reliable to use C4 and Bloater Cloud Grenades. P.S. Hopefully, the devs won't rework all your the tricks and bug exploits vids coz I'm blaming you if they nerf them all and buff the zombies more! LOL :P :P :P :P

[@StateofDecayScience]

All the tricks here are very reliable and will work 100% of the time. The zombie fire damage is not reliable. Besides, a new player will probably get themselves killed when they try that. Also the fire damage trick originated from "SauceOme Gaming". I wouldn't try to save a C4 or a bloater cloud grenade because they are already cheap to make. C4 will be utilised best when they are stacked using V2 stacking trick!!

[@StateofDecayScience]

Watch the unedited video in the pinned comment to learn how I used smoke grenades in various locations. So you can use smoke grenades with 100% reliability!!

[@joshuacabral2348]

@@StateofDecayScience I will follow this definitely! Thanks for making SoD 2 fun to play! More power to you!!!

[@rossinamendez8634]

Very well made video!

[@BibithePing]

Gotta love it sir!

[@RaaaDeeeK]

great job mate

[@SubLucio]

my favorite video you are the best sir rvidD

[@MartinRodriguez-li6xs]

This explains a lot. I was double stacking C4 on plague hearts and when I mentioned this on Reddit people tried to make it sound like that was impossible. Sounds like my love of making things go boom even during non PH hunts was the work around. Great video man!

[@StateofDecayScience]

In nightmare?

[@MartinRodriguez-li6xs]

@@StateofDecayScience On Dread. Someone advised me I was wasting C4 and it only takes one on Dread, but I tested on 5 different PHs. The first 2 I only used one charge each, didn't kill them. The other 3 I did 2 charges simultaneously, killed them instantly. Snuck in, no guns, no melee damage. Placed my 2 charges a few feet apart in front of the heart, snuck out and denotated. PH's to my knowledge were at full health.

[@StateofDecayScience]

The game considers plague hearts as zombies. So this trick will work when a plague heart gets damage from explosive/incendiary.

[@shadowarrow7373]

A cool thing I learned about the heavy weapon is in certain spots you can hit the heart and any zombies that are attacking you in the same swing so you don’t have to run back and forth so much

[@demoniclsayer]

Well done, RvidD. Your video is really a wonderful addition even to the veterans of the games. There are still many of us who managed to finish lethal but still do not know about all these. I do want to add a bit to your info, perhaps you might already know about them. 1. For the plague heart in the centre of a warehouse, based on my playthroughs, a drone strike can still hit it, but it is very hard to pull off. I think over 10+ playthroughs, I think I managed to destroy a few warehouse hearts through a bit of luck when placing a drone strike. Definitely NOT recommended but still could be done. 2. For Airstrike, there is one more location's plague heart that could be used on. That would be the Military Medical Tent. While most of the time, it will fail to hit the heart, if placed correctly from the outside of the tent (need some testing and remember where to place it), the blast might hit the fence of the tent and destroy the heart. I usually destroy those hearts with airstrikes. 3. While most drone strikes have to be placed outside a building. Some shops/ gas stations with climable roof is a good location to drop a drone strike. You can just climb up the roof and call upon a drone strike from above the roof (dropping the smoke marker on the roof itself, above the hearts). This is also a good way to kill any hostiles that hide inside a shop/ gas station too.

[@StateofDecayScience]

1. One of the plague hearts I destroyed with drone strike is actually the warehouse with center heart!!! But it is not reliable.. so I advised not to do that 2. Also artillery strike can be used on the unfinished house hearts that have roof but no windows.. So medical tent and the unfinished house hearts can be killed but are unreliable.. definitely not recommended. 3. I have not tried that. Will try!!

[@thibauddb4712]

Very very good job👌

[@Triumph633]

top tier content, thanks a lot

[@StateofDecayScience]

Top tier appreciation!! Thank you!!!

[@rorixdragonblade8480]

I really hope you have some fun getting all this info together. You make this game seem easy and surely make life easier for the rest of us with all this work. I just hope its not too much of a grind, and you have a little fun testing things out. Solid info with amazing presentation.

[@StateofDecayScience]

For me, narrating is the toughest and draining part. Since English is not my first language, I trip over a lot when speaking. So each line has to be recorded atleast 10 times to get a clear understandable line. For this guide, I recorded 4 hours/day for 4 days!! That's why, for my 46 tips&tricks video, I asked my friend to narrate because it is the longest of my videos!

[@rorixdragonblade8480]

@@StateofDecayScience good narrator or not, you are the scientist and you get the results. im sorry narrating is such a pain

[@StateofDecayScience]

I am thinking about finding different narrators for future videos. My friend narrated that out his kindness. Asking him again won't be a good thing. Also paying him will be disrespectful. So I will get paid narrators soon..

[@rorixdragonblade8480]

@@StateofDecayScience if that is what makes you enjoy making the videos more

[@CD92837]

@@StateofDecaySciencemuch appreciated! You are amazing man thank you

[@Bigmar98]

This is great

[@orenjuice100]

I've already lost 5 guys to this damn hearts Gotta use your tricks

[@nickschaff5453]

That smoke grenade trick I didn't know about 👍

[@rcyoung86]

@RvidD's State of Decay Science I absolutely love your in depth guides for SoD2, no one, and I mean no one breaks things down and shows the numbers and results like you. With that being said, you are by far my favorite State of Decay KZbinr when it comes things like this. I'm sure you must put in a lot of time and effort into making these kinds of videos, and for that, thank you for everything you do for the community. Also, what are the best stanima boosters, are the Stimulants better than Energy Drinks and Espresso Shots?

[@StateofDecayScience]

Best stamina consumables are Stimulants (90 seconds). But the ones easily available will be the energy drinks (30 seconds) since you can craft them.

[@rcyoung86]

@@StateofDecayScienceHiya, RvidD! Thank you for responding to my comment, I greatly appreciate that. Also, thanks for the info on the stanima boosters. I'm starting my very first Nightmare Zone playthrough soon so, I've been watching some of your videos in regards to the Nightmare difficulty the last few hours now lol! If you don't mind me asking, is it best to start a brand new community for Nightmare or should I continue with an existing community where I already have everyone's already skills maxed out and hero bonuses unlocked?

[@StateofDecayScience]

@@rcyoung86 Move your existing community to NZ and learn the changes. After you get familiar with NZ, start a new community with fresh characters. Even after learning everything about NZ, fresh starts for the first time will be difficult.

[@daveb.4383]

I have to really thank you for this informational tutorial you have no idea how much it has already helped me! No matter how many play throughs I have watched I was always messing up and eventually getting someone killed trying to do what others were doing but after watching your video I just managed to kill a plague heart without real issues, and I am sure I can prefect it now thanks to you!

[@StateofDecayScience]

I have some idea how this video can be helpful!! Because this video took 40 days to make perfecting all the details and showcasing only the reliable tricks that everyone can replicate!! For example, the smoke grenades trick was very unreliable when I first tested it. I was thinking about not adding it. But after multiple testings, a simple change - "Throwing the smoke grenades to the side of the plague hearts" made a real difference making it very reliable. Let me know what is your favourite trick from this video! And thank you very much for this encouraging comment.

[@daveb.4383]

@@StateofDecayScience Running out of the house and away from everything then going into stealth mode so I couldn't be found. Then sneaking back tossing in a firebomb of any type to kill the zombies inside then go back in and attack the heart again with a weapon. Rinse and repeat kept me from taking any damage and kill the heart fairly easily! But I do plan on trying your method of the smoke grenades as well because yes it did not work well for me in the past and now, I see why!

[@daveb.4383]

@@StateofDecayScience I also found out that on fire zombies near a plague heart do damage to it they actually finished off a plague heart for me!

[@StateofDecayScience]

That is an unreliable trick. You can also kill an LZ plague heart with one firecracker + bloater cloud grenade + a nearby zombie. But it is unreliable.

[@daveb.4383]

@@StateofDecayScience I agree that is not always going to be the case, but I thought it was funny that it happened actually! Seeing I am always fighting and dealing with infestations I always keep mallitoffs with me and it was what I was using to clear the zombies called into the house from attacking the plague heart. And they just happened to finish it off for me.

[@monsoon7034]

A good strategy I like to use is a couple boombox decoys, a scent block, and a heavy weapon with powerhouse for when I'm out of smokes

[@ivanr.1005]

Nice video! You can cheese and first heart in Trumbull valley near starting base with Impaler. Spikes are giving extra space around car and zombie can't go in that mini store.

[@StateofDecayScience]

Will check!

[@yharnamiyhill787]

Wow smoke grenade tips!

[@orionpeterson3042]

Im sure someone already mentioned both of my 2 thoughts. #1 cheesy plague heart kill: really large factories have space under the closest shelf to crouch next to the heart. Attack it until it gases, move behind a short box nearby but remain under the shelf. Rinse and repeat. #2 plowed vehicles: what about the Big Boss? Your videos are awesome. I learned alot. 3 willie petes or 2 willie petes and a grenade, or 2 c4 and a rocket pod. These are additional variations I have used.

[@StateofDecayScience]

Big boss is not invincible. Hearts in large factories?

[@kiern01]

Late to the party on this video. I never knew that smoke grenades were that effective. I have been experimenting with a lot of different types of explosives and incendiaries, like pursuit mines and Reign of Fire, but I never even considered using smoke grenades like that. Very nice.

[@Bigmar98]

Cylinder shaped building: Quonset hut. And interesting bit of (military) construction history. Something was exposed to early. Genuinely interesting to hear what someone would call it approaching from atomist view.

[@kevinhardy8997]

Nightmare mode, I’m not researching much but I throw on scent block, and carry 8 soda can bombs and a couple molotovs. The cans are quick to toss and I can usually drive away without dying. Usually.

[@kunalnarang1912]

Dude, this is pretty, useful, and that's coming from an experienced SOD2 player!

[@StateofDecayScience]

Hey Kunal!!

[@kunalnarang1912]

@@StateofDecayScience Hey dude, your video is great! Awesome job!

[@YippeeKiYayMf_]

Kudos for smoke nade trick, 700+ hours in the game and never guessed it! My early game cheese: climb the roof of a car parked near PH and throw nades/pipebombs/molotovs through window. Can be tricky to get good angle but 100% safe from ferals. Later in the game, scent block lowers diff from lethal to easy.

[@StateofDecayScience]

For me, climbing cars, scentblock and pyrolauncher always feel like a cheese. But no matter how powerful smoke grenades are, they don't feel like a cheese!!

[@mkii1805]

Nice and informative. If you have armed your survivors with full auto guns before going in to the first base, then you can take out all the hearts in standard zone and some of them in lethal. Raiders AK is the best follower's weapon but incredibly rare to find.

[@StateofDecayScience]

I tried that too (in LZ). Good trick but not reliable. Sometimes our followers will be stupid and decide not to use guns. That's why we should do everything on our own!!

[@mkii1805]

I keep pushing around them to startle followers 😁

[@normcummins2719]

As always, great video. Would the Big Boss also be invincible? As it also has the plough as well.

[@StateofDecayScience]

It is not!!

[@andrewwashere82]

Awesome, I always wanted to use smoke grenades, but they never seemed to work. I was just throwing them too close to the heart. Now I'll have to start saving them instead of selling them.

[@StateofDecayScience]

If we throw them on the hearts, it will work. But we sometimes will dodge outside when the heart releases gas. That will be the problem!!!

[@emont756]

I love this guy

[@StateofDecayScience]

Love you too!!

[@valentinoaditya2458]

Hmmm weird mechanics on the C4 lol but great tutorial for explaining it

[@Ikareruu]

Planning on adding that end chart to easily track plague heart tactics to the Discord data-charts channel? I realised that infochart is missing in the Discord and I usually have that open on my 3rd monitor to track/memorize things/tips when playing. Cheers.

[@StateofDecayScience]

That's in my Discord server. But not in the official one.

[@Ikareruu]

@@StateofDecayScience Ah sorry for the confusion, the chart in question is the one that is named "Summary of Strategies" it's the chart that lays out what's safest, efficient etc. It's the first chart that pops up towards the end. The rest of the charts I can see are in the Discord and are just wondering if you're planning on adding it in the channel as I leave the channel open on another monitor when I play.

[@StateofDecayScience]

I didn't add that since that has no context without the video. Anyone seeing that will be like, "woah, what is this??!!" Wait, I will add it now itself!

[@GyorBox]

Excellent video, RvidD. You are truly a Master. I do have one or two questions about a key piece of info. How long do the Smoke Grenade clouds last, and are they different depending on difficulty. I ask about how long, because some people can keep that time limit in the back of their minds before deploying more smoke to keep the cloud up..

[@StateofDecayScience]

They last 25 seconds in all the diffs (I added this info as text in the video itself. I added that in contrast color hoping people will notice. But still hard to notice lol. Will try with bigger texts next time). 25 seconds are more than enough time to drop each phase and safely hide inside until the smoke clears. Also check the unedited video from the pinned comment. I used smoke grenades in 2 different locations.

[@GyorBox]

@@StateofDecayScience -- Oh ok. I apologize. I didn't see the text, that's my fault. I collect all the flares and smoke grenades I can find because of your other videos about using them.

[@StateofDecayScience]

Never be sorry about this. It is a feedback to me!! Which I love to get!

[@vunisk630]

Bro, are you work in the Undead lab? You know so many things than anyone about SOD2. Salutes!

[@StateofDecayScience]

Science Mr.Vunisk!!!!

[@SMG-Plays]

I want to see the most elaborate plague heart guide utilizing.. well everything! Box bombs, molotov, pyro gun, different caliber guns... 😃

[@cody12345249]

So THAT'S why I threw 10 pipe bombs at one and it did NOTHING. Lost my best character, too. Damnit.

[@throwawayjustforpostingvid3129]

A lot of these videos are single player oriented, multiplayer could be a source of new content, or at least a video or two. Obviously you'd need to find people to coordinate with, but I'd love to see a co-op version of this. Or just co-op strategies in general.

[@weaselwolf8425]

Definitely love using the smoke grenade screen. I didnt think of using the pyro minefield and regular cleo minefield as well to destroy a plague heart so thats cool. Btw do you haven't a secret areas guide for each map

[@StateofDecayScience]

No, I don't have any guides like that.

[@weaselwolf8425]

@@StateofDecayScience Guess I mixed ya up with other KZbinrs. Well I hope you continue to crank out content, I most def enjoy your content and I have certainly learned a lot about State of Decay 2.

[@libertyprime9891]

got 700 hours and im still learning new things, thanks mate.

[@IGOBYTHENAMELOVE]

That’s life you live and learn

[@badmorty5164]

Boombox outside playing state of decay fire beats. 6 or 7 fire works set up right next to plauge heart is the best way;)

[@NootandBoots]

Update for black heart, have the weakness figured out, run in the building, do some damage, then get on something that you can regain stamina on, then repeat.

[@garciababy559]

The c4 explosions were so satisfying to watch. A very expensive fireworks show 😂

[@StateofDecayScience]

But it made the "understanding" easier right?

[@garciababy559]

@@StateofDecayScience oh absolutely! Love your vids rvid. Even after hundred of hours of game time I never fail to learn something new from you

[@marcoscoortex]

How did i ge the Infarmary's Mod to make the bloater cloud grenades? Essential video btw :)

[@StateofDecayScience]

Biochem station can be acquired from a special trader (Echo Trader) or from "Plague Researcher" mission. There are no ways to trigger the mission and the trader. It is just RNG. Alternatively, if you are in Trumbull Valley, the landmark outpost can craft all these.

[@connormclean5287]

I think it has changed since this video with the explosive damage now stacking for multiple explosives at once. Yesterday I accidentally threw two C4s instead of one at a Dread Zone Heart and it blew it up. And the next heart I threw one, blew it up then threw the second and the second C4 killed the plague heart, so the damage must stack now

[@StateofDecayScience]

looks like you did the first C4 stacking trick without knowing

[@Kl0zi9999]

If playing co-op, can each player set off a C4 change separately with destroying the other?

[@StateofDecayScience]

Never tested that. But it should

[@megateddyboy84]

With the c4 stacking can you make 20 c4 charges go around the map and place one on each plaugeheart and then make the trip a second time and then blow all 20 and clear all 10 hearts at once on nightmare or below difficulty? So c4 1 and 11 would go on the first heart and c4 2 and 12 would go on the second and so forth wich would space out the explosions timewise.

[@StateofDecayScience]

A C4 charge can only be detonated within ~90 meters.

[@matthewmccoy7437]

i had a feeling explosives didn’t stack on plague hearts for some reason. it always confused me when i’d put down 4+ c4 charges and my character would comment that “it’s almost down” when a half of a magazine from any assault rifle is a death sentence to hearts.

[@magodejos5699]

Yep, they're inmune to stackable damage. Plague hearts only need 3 consecutive C4s in lethal zone to be destroyed

[@aeternusnightshade2726]

This guy is like, the encyclopedia of State of Decay 2. It's like virtual zombie apocalypse google.

[@okrajoe]

Those drones are the king!?!

[@StateofDecayScience]

Depends on your preference!!

[@Mglue3]

Woah. I did not connect the zombie bombing and the c4 stack. Always wodered why it was inconsistent.

[@russelledwards2405]

Surprised you didn't mention the bloater trick. Great tips though. Will start using smoke grenades more

[@StateofDecayScience]

I did multiple tests and found that, it is happening because of a glitch which will be patched soon. That's why I included a clip of that in the beginning but didn't add that as a trick! Also all the tricks from this video are very reliable. All the tricks can be executed all the time. The plague bloater trick or the fire zombie damage trick are extremely unreliable and dangerous for a new player

[@russelledwards2405]

@@StateofDecayScience kind of figured that. The bloater trick is ao hard to pull off. I did see a streamer pull it off 3 plague hearts in a row by luck. In any case, very well done video

[@TomSmith-bh5tz]

easiest: adv brake on the homemade masterwork 5.56 100 rnds, uses 75 rnds to kill on lethal. Makes Plague heart irrelevant. The other ways are just clowning around as Mr Gacey pointed out.

[@StateofDecayScience]

Masterwork AR needs 67 rounds with Adv brake. But the fastest gun is M4X2 lite SSW. The easiest is always bloater cloud grenades + road flare

[@swordre5805]

For the heavy weapon, you should mention that using energy drink can hit the heart without zombie interruption. You need to hit, dodge out and dodge in, then hit again. It is one way to prevent bite from behind.

[@StateofDecayScience]

Yeah, that's the 2nd strat from the earliest available ways...

[@swordre5805]

@@StateofDecayScience sry i miss that hehe

[@StateofDecayScience]

@@swordre5805 Also I didn't wanna mention Energy drinks because we probably need 5 drinks to replace 2 stimulants.. Also in the "fresh game advantage" Strat, we probably won't need our car to kill those zombies.. because there will only be 4-5 zombies between each phase.. we don't even need stamina to melee kill them. But this is a guide for beginners. It is necessary to teach them the safest ways and not the way we play the game! So get in the car, kill them and then come back to the heart. Absolutely safe!

[@swordre5805]

@@StateofDecayScience agree.. For more detail on heavy weapon vs heart , this guy can help. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZDHYautfdNmbrM

[@hentaioldman6899]

that's is a trick about cheese heart, if a heart is next to a bed, you can just get on the bed and zombie can not climb on it

[@celeste821]

1:02 road flairs are not very plentiful for me do you have a guied for the efficiency of the other ignition like what the 2nd third....

[@StateofDecayScience]

Use firecrackers. But firecracker should never touch the heart. So throw it slightly side to the hearts and it will have the same efficiency as roadflares.

[@bruhaudax2885]

Noted

[@markacostajr.1584]

Hmm thought the anniversary cakes would have been good. They blow up first then burn for some time all while attracting zeds away from your position

[@StateofDecayScience]

Ah, no. They are extremely inefficient against hearts!

[@Br0kenM1nded]

The easiest way to kill a plague heart with hand to hand weapons for me was shoot about 30 rounds of 7.62 and as soon as got to the 30th shot just went crazy with hand to hand combat and killed the plague heart i wouldn't suggest going hand to hand with a plague heart at full health on dread the biggest horde of plague zombies and freaks and a plague juggernaut 😵

[@ilgiallo0]

Mister can h tellme the mod to fix the fps ? I have a good pc that can make elden ring work in medium . Why this game play in 13 fps i really don't know it

[@StateofDecayScience]

You should join the SOD official discord and ask there. They will definitely help you with this issue!! discord.gg/stateofdecay

[@MegaRenegade1000]

What about 50 cal rounds from thr heavy snipers? Also the 7mm and 5mm rounds?

[@StateofDecayScience]

They are not as fast as Spec Ops Vector!

[@bodol4d2]

do incediary stack or what? do i spam molotovs or one after a while?

[@StateofDecayScience]

They do not stack.. wait for the incendiary to finish burning.

[@bodol4d2]

@@StateofDecayScience so spamming is not good?

[@avocado9080]

Wish I knew this earlier

[@StateofDecayScience]

Found any tricks to suit your gameplay?