How To Beat State Of Decay 2 Lethal Zone In 2024 - Part 1

The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world - a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
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[@bigarm4598]

Honestly this video came at such a perfect time. I just finished my first Nightmare Zone and was planning on tackling Lethal from this point on. Thank you for all the State of Decay 2 content it has been incredibly helpful since starting the game.

[@parallaxninja456]

I remember watching some of your older videos and completing my first lethal zone playthrough. I just have to say that you explain and articulate the game and what you're doing so well. You're really intelligent with a chill personality so I see why you are so popular on here!!

[@uiliamoliveira6348]

love this channel, and I've learned so much about state of decay 2. Brian is the mean reason why I found the courage to kill the plague hearts by using melee weapons.

[@dksbh8342]

Facts

[@Dragons_Revenge]

My best tip for newer players - especially lethal zone - aim for at least trying to zero out your resource loss. While you are losing resources due to the day ticker, you have have a timer over your head. If you can zero out all of your losses or start gaining resources through outposts or enclaves, you have as much time as you need or want. On a side note - the first enclave with the curve ball active were 38 each (normally 34) and then it was 51 for those same quality items was because the second enclave started off friendly from the call in. So you got the advantage in selling at friendly. I try to refrain from buying resources if possible until Allied to unlock the allied purchase discount to really maximize the influence gain and loss.

[@danielthompson8784]

The luxury items sold for less than normal cuz the enclave was still neutral to his community. Once they become friendly, they offer better buy/sell prices. Once they become allied they offer even better prices again. I’m sure Brian knew this considering how much he’s played this game, but I suppose he just wasn’t thinking about it at the time.

[@bigarm4598]

Is it better to just wait to sell to allied enclaves?

[@cjamesdraw]

@@bigarm4598 Unless you are desperate for influence at the moment, I think yes. I hardly ever sell to neutral or friendly.

[@sandroalmeida8818]

Once they become allied they just sell for better prices. Like a rucksack 175 to 125. If YOU want to sell something, friendly unclave is enough

[@MainerdLoyd]

Cujo was the name of the dog in the Stephen King book of the same name. Kojak was the name of the dog in the Stephen King book The Stand. Kojak was mans best friend and guardian while Cujo was basically a incarnate of Satan. Loved both stories.

[@lancelusco7448]

kojack was aslo a cop show lol

[@MainerdLoyd]

@@lancelusco7448 Yep. My parents used to watch it.

[@Thelilantjr]

Is this normal campaign mode or is this heartlands?

[@lancelusco7448]

@@Thelilantjr normal is way harder then heartland now lol

[@scientistforscience]

Five years I've been watching you and I'm still learning. The concepts of going slow, stealthy and just being smart is subtle and not readily apparent when you are beginning. Perfectly displayed. Not just that but hella entertaining too.

[@DanXRojas]

I started my official lethal community and I didint get jumped by three farels at the beginning surprisingly

[@funky_dude709]

Excellent guide! I understand most mechanics in this game with around 500 hours of gameplay, but Lethal still kicks my ass sometimes. It's always nice to see some new strategies.

[@gurugamingkiwi]

You converted me to rationing, Brian. The bigger the community, the bigger the benefit! It's the difference between +5 food and +0 food in my community. Great to see you back in this awesome game bro!

[@gurugamingkiwi]

@Fedsmoker4455 I totally agree! Watch any of my content and you will see zero cheats, cheese or OP :)

[@Thelilantjr]

Is this normal campaign mode or is this heartlands? 😊

[@joshuakraus9583]

Normal​@@Thelilantjr

[@MdotILLINI]

Back at it again. Keep up the great work and content my dude 👍🏿

[@BrianMenard]

Thank you so much !!!

[@TheTomino8]

Started sod2 few days ago an watched all your videos on new players guide before I started literally helped me understand the game cheers bro👌🏻

[@FadedWorld.]

I underestimated it at first but Drucker County literally drove me insane on lethal. Not only because of lethal but also because of bugs, especially when my truck got stuck so bad, even getting unstuck didn't work as my whole community got surrounded by hordes and hordes of Jugs and Ferals, no escape even for me. I was at the verge of a melt down but I rage quit then and there and honest to god it's my first proper rage quit in 20+ years of gaming... I oddly still love this game for some reason

[@brianhum8765]

Yea unless you're very confident in your driving abilities and/or really know Drucker I wouldn't do my first lethal attempt there; lethal's tough enough you don't need to lose cars and/or people to the horrible terrain and having to know all the driving short cuts.

[@SteveHuss]

Picked up this game over the holidays and happened across your earlier new player series. Finishing up another game before i start this one but needed to let you know you do super high quality work with these vids. Very appreciative. Peace!

[@rabnif]

I've just gotten into State of Decay again, first time playing 2 and the highest I've finished is Dread. Looking forward to a fresh tutorial, a lot of the SOD2 content is over a year old :)

[@Estebanee]

i don't need to watch the guide but i'm going to watch it x) cause i love state, i love you and i always learn something from you when you play the game

[@dioaloke]

I'm glad to see you're still doing SoD2 content! I've tried Lethal in the past inspired by videos like this, but after a few hours I got myself into an unescapable corner. I just find Lethal too stressful to play :P but I do enjoy watching your mastery of the game!

[@cjamesdraw]

Drucker has great loot availability around starting base. My last Lethal start on Cascade was brutal as far as ammo, fuel, and gas, but that could have been because bad luck with getting a black hearts on the map early and having to keep outpost traps running. Also didn't get anyone with trader the entire game so couldn't use the depot to call in some rucks.

[@goncalomarcolino7224]

Didnt know you but.....amasing video. I love the way you explain your train of though so the less experience players like me can understand and follow the why of your many actions. I liked state of decay but since seeing this vid i see the game from a whole new perspective. Normally i would start a community and just finish and leave or not even finish it and jump to other game. Since this vid im allready in the third community trying diferent aproaches and dificulties. Good job men.

[@briangray8770]

From one Brian to another you sir are a SOD 2 God!

[@red5817]

Just got done with my first playthrough of Dreadzone after watching most of your new player guide from last year and I think I'm gonna be watching this in it's entirety. I can't wait to clear it myself, thanks for the vids!

[@Norbingel]

Can't believe the game is still being updated! I've played it on and off over the years, always on highest difficulty. I find that I really only enjoy the early part tho, when resource survival is more an issue, having to make do with what you have, saving ammo, etc before it devolves into more of a "zombie shooter" game. When I get too many powerful guns and ammo and a very stable base, I restart the game to go back to the early game I love. I also only use newbie and random survivors to get more of that "desperate survivors just trying to get by" feeling.

[@megateddyboy84]

José makes me think that its better to be a warrior in a garden then a gardener in a war =) Love your content Brian keep up the good work thank that wife of yours for letting you come and hang with us =)

[@dannyboylan5926]

Glad I found this channel the other day, and now this series. This game is always such a fun watch cuz it's like each survivor has their own mini story. And love all the info and tips. Definitely a new sub!

[@Zack_9952]

Good shit !! Love it

[@jpd913]

Needed this - my first lethal run got wrecked by a black plague heart

[@sinisterplank3113]

Your videos are the main reason why i crush lethal zone. The way you teach gave me the tools to handle surprises.

[@C1eanUp1]

Appreciate you coming back to SOD2 now and again as am only on xbox, like your game choices.

[@itsbiglokixoxo]

Never seen/played/ will ever play this game but it was so interesting to watch

[@colorsofthewood7816]

@brianmenard , always enjoy watching. Would love to see you tackle Heat Train, or Pacific Drive.

[@pyner0s496]

Gotta crack some eggs to make an omelet.. go lethal

[@KonradBerran]

Gonna start a lethal zone run soon! Super thankful for this guide man.

[@gh0std3lta84]

I was following this guide, was going great got a crossbow-got the fuel-fixed up the car. Drive 5 ft. and my car ran into a sign that glitched the car and made it catch on fire.

[@StinkBisho]

You are the only reason I can play lethal zone with out being scared shitless

[@amanda77ros]

Super interesting thank you! 🎉 I just started the game for the first time (thanx for Brian) and there's so much to learn. Having a very good time and even more so after learning all this. 😃✌️

[@razerfangegaming8548]

Thank you for this play through series! A dear friend and I just picked up SOD2 and are loving it. We've started on easy mode for obvious reasons but, it's really helpful to have this sort of prep for the top tier difficulty run throughs. I look forward to viewing your entire series. #Subscribed

[@Bigchungus52227]

I definitely needed this guide, whatever I do I jus can’t stop waking up the hearts in lethal 😂

[@jeno2256]

1:21:14 there are different trade values you can get for selling items. At the bottom of each “luxury item” in its description it’s has a category system such as high trade value, extraordinary trade value, usually better the descriptive word is the better it sells for. Haha

[@evanpenny5768]

Each item sells for more depending on your reputation with the survivors with neutral being the worst and allied being the best

[@scottyundiscovered]

Great to see you play some SOD.

[@myself8354]

I started a new lethal community with fresh characters. I couldn't figure out how to pick characters that weren't in my legacy pool. So I did the tutorial. As usual your buddy gets infected during the tutorial and you drive away into the unknown to start the game. I spawn in at my starter base and see the guy only had 30 seconds left to live from blood plague and he promptly died as I panicked trying to remember how to check him into the infirmary to pause the timer. Wonderful start to my new adventure lol.

[@SlothKin55]

Stumbled across your content and gotta say man This is exactly what I'm here for.

[@StrangeUncle01]

I don't understand why everyone is so down on Providence Ridge map for first learning this game. I started by doing the tutorial and went from green zone to nightmare playing this map as my initial foray into higher difficulty settings. For lethal, I think it's ideal because it all but guarantees you long-arms, sidearms and both light and heavy crossbows in the first ten minutes of play due to the gun store / military checkpoint and the camp grounds. Another often overlooked benefit of Providence is that it's easily divided up into quarters. Early game you stay small in the starter base, take the fruit stand as an outpost and work the northeast quadrant. After looting out the area and maxing out the food stand, move on. early to midgame you move into Rosie's, take the nearby water tower or electrical substation outpost and work the center area while gathering your people and getting them all up to snuff in fighting and/or shooting. Then you swap to the clearing the western third of the map by taking the Warehouse and cleaning out all the materials-heavy houses under construction while you max out your people's fifth skills working your way down towards the radio tower just northeast of the firehouse. Once you've got the people and skills to take the firehouse, you get to work clearing the bottom half of the map working your way west by taking another food stand between the firehouse and the Lumber Mill. At that point it's all just grinding out the few remaining hearts and the legacy mission. Personally, I skip taking the Firehouse as I prefer the Lumber Mill to it, and I usually snag the Chapel with the extra beds option just get all the morale bonuses and leave myself the sixth outpost slot as a floater for when I need to dump loot out in the sticks, but another good option is to grab a fuel or medical outpost along the midline east-west road. Anyway, TLDR: I highly recommend Providence Ridge as a good option for a first attempt at Lethal. My only caveat is to take a Mechanic or a Driver as this map is very demanding of fuel if you're into doing all the side missions. Also, if you bring legacy characters, make sure you snag a medium vehicle upgrade kit before importing them as this map has a lot of driving between stuff on long mostly-clear roads and it thus tempts you to both loot-goblin and drive fast, which invariably leads to not swerving around zombies as much as you should.

[@BrianMenard]

The main issue with starting on providence is it forces you to move out of the starter base way sooner then the main 3 maps. And outside of the main starting area which is the best in the game the resources get very spread out and force players into plague territory constantly once the starting area is looted. In turn that forces players to have to play more aggressive and play with a faster pace with will get people killed a lot of the time. But I will give you it has one of the best starting areas for loot but the travel it requires it so much and you will be risking waking up so many hearts left and right

[@madrooky1398]

Only tried Lethal once, in Trumbull Valley, just two days ago. Lost 2 people after 10 minutes to a feral right in front of the base... 😄

[@leonannegers7874]

Keep up the great work Sr

[@kaensteps641]

I’ve never rolled anyone like Jose I wish lol

[@anthonycross3394]

Hey Brian......Great New Player Guide for Lethal !!!!.....I have one Big Complaint with the guys at Undead Labs, the Special Weapon Cases that I've worked pretty Hard to find... NONE of them had a weapon in them, Other than a melee....they had high value trade items or ethanol !!!!!.....Shouldn't there be an Actual Weapon??? A Rifle or Pistol that's otherwise really hard to find ???.... I never thought of alcohol...tampons...cigars as a Special Weapon

[@Bluetrekkie]

I loved the part in the beginning where you explained how you are gonna be explaining things 🤣🤣🤣 Seriously though, these guides are so informative and entertaining at the same time! You’d be an amazing teacher! Thank you!

[@kekorules762]

Hey Brian, just a bit of constructive criticism here, but I wish you would've talked about Hero Bonuses a bit when rolling for characters. I'm one of those players who prioritize Hero Bonuses over Traits in my community, and I've had several people ask doubts or not even know what Hero Bonuses were, how to get good ones, or how they worked; in the SoD2 discord channels. I agree it's not a new player thing but I urge anyone who's going for a Lethal Playthrough to get at least good or great Hero Bonuses, if not the Excellent ones like Hygiene Standards, Meal Plan, Morning Yoga, Tough Negotiations, etc. So glad you're doing another playthrough guide again. I loved all the previous guides you have, and its one of the reasons I'm at least semi-decent at the game right now. Keep the good work up mate!

[@wholeo1971]

great video Brian

[@BrianMenard]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@RedAirkson]

Brian is the reason I bumped up to lethal in 2022. No one else.

[@autumnlycett8934]

Fast searching cost my survivor her life. Never again. Thank you for the awesome & educational content!

[@atreussonofhippodamia9182]

Me and my friend first started off at dread, learnt the mechanics beat the game and then jumped into lethal. It was hard at first in the beginning but we survived trumbull valley.

[@TwistedMe13]

1:09:12 That said, deliberately causing a search crash can be useful (though dangerous) for pulling plague zed out of Plague heart territory-- but if you have an outpost with traps enabled nearby it can be free.

[@wardengage4173]

Just got back into SoD2 today and this will definitely help when i attempt lethal zone

[@armands9846]

Good stream, explaining, tbh this is very good dude ! good stream !

[@RaraMcCormick]

Use your start group to get as much loot as possible. Very powerful group eg 3 people.

[@InsightfulEllo]

I am a very casual player, like i only play on green 😂, and i would say watching ur guide made my playthrough so much enjoyable because of everything i learned from u So thank u very much 🙏🌟💖

[@bladeguru6358]

Hey, a fellow green zoner! I personally like to dominate the apocalypse! 😂

[@marinewillis1202]

Love the SOD2 throwback. Honestly a lot of the recent games you have been playing I wasnt interested in. I really wish you had kept up your BG3 playthrough, but I know that game is kinda hard to livestream. SOD2 is always a solid vid

[@finessesnipes6315]

Hey Brian I just wanna say your content is always solid and I enjoy your apocalyptic themed games.

[@johnligon2368]

With all the updates; it seems more difficult to get Blood Plague Survivors

[@JimSharp88]

Took a drink every time he said "3 food." Now I'm almost ded.

[@Kyojinsei]

Having completed a Red Talon solo operator Lethal run, sooo sooo much fun

[@TheSpectralFX]

In lethal zone, A simple group 5-6 zeds that surprises you at the wrong moment can be your undoing. It turns the early phase of the game in a stealth game, I LOVE that. In my experience, a surprise blood feral/feral pack is the #1 way a new lethal zone player will go down. #2 is blood plague, plain and simple, regardless of the source. Try it out with survivors you don't care about. I used to dislike the game on dread but I have a ton of fun on lethal.

[@brianhum8765]

There are specific buildings Red Talon recruits can spawn in for each base and that warehouse the starter enclave spawns in is also the only one for this base UNLESS there's an enclave within a certain distance of it it which point it diverts to "secondary spawning mechanics" and will spawn them further away and in different, unpredictable locations making it take WAY longer if you're rerolling for a good RT recruit (RT recruits follow some similar spawning rules to enclaves; RvidD has an insanely detailed video on it as well as almost every game mechanic). So if you're planning to add one to your community early on on Cascade do that before finishing "Material World".

[@paullong4937]

It does make me laugh when I see you looking down to your left to see what Chat is saying when you do these recordings, good habit to have though. Your interaction is key to this community

[@Kaethena]

Something I find quite useful with this part is where you talk about the "Move an established community vs using three legacy survivors" thing. You make a lot of salient points about what happens when you take an existing community into Lethal Zone for the first time. However, from personal experience using my own Forever Community, I found it extremely possible (and relatively easy) to basically overgear and overbuild your community to take a lot of the sting out of Lethal going into it for the first time. One thing you didn't mention is that if you take an established community into a new map, you choose which base to start in. You don't have to start in the starter base. If you build up a lot of influence before moving maps, you can go into Lethal in a very, very powerful base like Whitney Field in Meagher Valley. Now, the thing about Whitney Field is that you can start to farm Standing and Influence without leaving the base. Getting your Survivors back up to Hero and taking advantage of their Hero Bonuses. This is important if you have a very well built community with, say, three Meal Plan survivors, 3 Hygiene Standards survivors, and filled out with other survivors with strong Hero Bonuses. You can build up lots of Plague Resistance and drop the punishing food requirements before even beginning to explore the map. If you have a couple of Red Talon survivors with, say, Gut Packing and Mobile Operations then that also massively boosts your infection resistance and makes your vehicles not quite so squishy. Another thing is, if you take time to prepare, you go into the base with a LOT of resources already available to you. And a lot of slots ready to build the things you need to make Lethal far less of a challenge. You can build a Field Hospital and an Infirmary to run double Primary Care, making blood plague basically a non-issue. You can build a trade depot to make resource scarcity a non-issue. If you use the other difficulties to build up a large stockpile of ammo (particularly 50 cal ammo), and take your survivors out with a Timberwolf as their primary weapon, then it makes Plague Ferals extremely easy to deal with, since you can just one shot them. Spend time customising your survivors to all get gunslinging and you barely ever have to worry about them. Also if you use the other difficulties to craft a large number of fuel bombs and scentblock then you also make plague hearts far less of a problem. If you prepare well, then you can essentially turn Lethal into Nightmare with Plague Ferals and persistent zombies after killing a heart. Even max difficulty Lethal. The only thing you really have to learn are skills that don't come from the game. Skills you do a good job of teaching in these guides. Knowing when to fight and when not to fight, being quiet and not overextending yourself, and not taking on everything just because it's there. The biggest thing about Lethal isn't the spawns or the toxicity of Blood Plague. It's learning how to play it the way it wants you to play it. Because you're right, it's not like the other difficulties. What this does do is turn the difficulty into a very different experience. Not the kind of experience you show in this guide. And that can either be a good or bad thing depending on your perspective. If you want the full, terrifying, survival horror experience then yeah, don't do what I just said. Because it makes Lethal Zone rather easy. Go in with three new survivors and play the difficulty how the developers probably intended you to. However if you have a long standing community you've brought up through the difficulties and want to get your last set of boons for completions sake, then... well, my Forever Community ended up spending well over 100 days in lethal without a single character death, getting all the boons, and waking up all the hearts on a map just to farm sieges out of boredom. It's very possible to use an existing community but you have to put in a fair bit of prep work first and watch things like this to see how to approach things beyond just overpowering them.

[@daenwallace5487]

Doing gods work as always as I see. Thank you for your content, Man.

[@listentomusic5065]

It would be awesome, if they would add clothes with stats. For example: 1. Sneakers - reduced sound caused by running - reduced sound caused by walking 2. Running shoes - improved running distance - improved running speed 3. Army gloves - improved weapon control - improved weapon life time 4. Tactical army gloves - improved search speed (not faster than quick search) - reduced possiblity of failed quick search 5. SWAT helmet - reduced damage 6. Headlamp - brighter light 7. SWAT vest - improved plague infection resistance 8. SWAT trousers - reduced damage caused by falling

[@tylertakacs1524]

Cujo is the name of that dog. It’s a Stephen king book/movie. Love the channel man.

[@orlandomirage7023]

Waiting on the next sod 2 upload but I started a lethal zone and I also got the survey car. And it has been wonderful for going out and doing recon!

[@calthecatdad]

CUJO was the rabid dog movie you were talking about. Great content as usual!

[@madrooky1398]

I had it 3 times now that when I started a map the first curveball was "out for blood" on day one, which is an active plague heart with a big circle where Zs are very aggressive and stronger than usual, constantly running around trying to f you up^^ I wonder how that would be on Lethal...

[@papaleaf4204]

Just a tip If your on Xbox one Trumbull valley crashes the game alot, which sucks cause it’s my favorite map

[@trace9438]

i really don't say this much with streamers, but dude you are awesome at this game, unlike some people who play this game like a idiot. you know what you're doing, you do the do's not the don'ts. you give tips as you play. I've gotten a crossbow from a gun shop. keep playing this game. i learn so much from you. I'm only here for your SOD2 videos. so great job. unlike some you have a brain for this game. keep it up!

Hello Brian! He didn't give me a Crossbow. I got the 2 plague samples in a different way. I captured the outpost that gives ammunition. I activated the mine traps. I went there with the car and honked like crazy. The many zombies rushed towards me, but the traps killed them. If a zombie is killed by a mine, the plague heart does not wake up :)

[@johnmulligan812]

Great guide learning a lot 👍

[@BobWolf006]

Just a suggestion : Maybe make a video about some great mods that are compatible with the latest version :)

[@lyletuck]

I appreciate that Mr. Menard is giving back to the SoD2 community, and I don't want to poo on his efforts. I'm glad he's taking the time to show people A Way to get through this very difficult game mode. But I have played at least a dozen times all the way through on Lethal, and I have NEVER 1) had a player with Hygiene, nor 2) crafted my own Energy Drinks. Not. One. Batch. Having someone with Hygiene to provide blanket plague resistance is NOT "a must." Handy? Absolutely. But Necessary? Absolutely not. Crafting your own Energy Drinks is also NOT necessary. Obviously, you can do these things if you like, but they're not required At All. (I usually start with survivors who have Medicine, Mechanics, and some sort of food production skill - Gardening or Utilities - because people and vehicles WILL need repairs/healing, and people gotta eat.)

[@AlexRH1991]

Yup I did that a couple times where I maxed on easy and went to lethal but I do that just to craft everything I need to destroy the hearts and when I go to lethal I destroy all the hearts and stuff finish get my boon and move on but I dont recommend that for any new player if they are not used to playing lethal so your 100% correct on that one 👍👍👍. After getting the boons tho I started playing it at start and not maxing out on easy

[@Thelilantjr]

Is this normal campaign mode or is this heartlands?

[@JesusChrist-ck2sf]

I got my crossbow out the shed past the mechanic shop right b4 the survey point leave ur base and drive straight it's on right side red shed.. mats 2

[@Sp4c3gl1d3r]

1:15:13 it took me a little while but i’ve done 5 test runs just spawning and running the crossbow route. all 5 times i ended up with one. more often than not it was 1 in the first location and none in the barn. on the 4th run i found 3 crossbows. 2 in the barn. It’s a pretty small sample size but i had to sate curiosity

[@averymclaurin9607]

Dude ive tried SOD soooo many times and just never had fun plus i felt it was hard af and too much todo but not enough todo it.... BUT!! After watching so many of these videos, you make me want to try again more and more. Ive learned soo much i feel more confident in success! Also im the kind of player i hate losing a mission nd have to try to beat everyone that comes up. You showed me its not neccessary in this game ❤ You da DOPEST OF THE DOPE!! 😂

[@kylepritchard5840]

No luck you have good luck my friend I never loot those... things cuz I never get loot I just get loot from people's houses and their garage if they have one 😂😂😂

[@fyotheninja1177]

I dont know if you've ever heard this before, but I really think that you're one of the most calm KZbinrs out there

[@d3monCyborg]

one of my underated utubers

[@aimanhalim3229]

Undead Labs should add "follow" and "wait" commands whenever player go with followers

[@Jahkayhla]

1:09:31 - If you max out Wits (which can be done in just a few seconds) you make it so you never search crash.

[@BrianMenard]

How does one max out Wits in a few seconds? Last i checked it was the slowest skill to level because you only level it by looting and stealth kills. And to get no search crash at all you need to max wits and then max stealth so that alone will take a lot more then a few seconds especially on lethal zone where skills take AGES to level.

[@Jahkayhla]

@BrianMenard If you grab a zombie from behind, shove him forward, dodge towards him IMMEDIATELY, and stealth kill him, it maxes out in like four kills. The timing is a bit awkward if you're not used to it. And it maxes out both Wits and Stealth; it's like three stars per kill. It's insanely broken.

[@luckynemo1130]

I started a new game and got hit with the black heart/fuel drain curveball right away, it's messing me all the way up 😂

[@WildBushWookie]

This guide came out perfectly. I just had a lethal community and took a HUGE hit and lost 2 of my community members from just my own stupidity and trying to keep an enclave from leaving (plague attackers), who ended up dying right next to me. Had to walk away, but nice to get a refresher and still even learned a better strategy. Thanks Brian! Love the content!

[@BobWolf006]

High trade value items are worth 34 normally. Extraordinary trade value is worth 102. So you got a +4 for your items

[@only2comment98]

Crazy that you say the leap from Nightmare to Lethal is astronomical; I haven't tried Lethal yet but I just finished a community on Dread and stepped up to Nightmare and holy shit was that 0->100.

[@ShadePL]

01:30:04 Now I know how are you walking home friends when they get drunk... :D

[@TheCSpang]

Cujo. It's originally a Steven King book.

[@mlfitness67]

The bloalters are the omes that get me They just pop up in front me and then I'm infected and die

[@angelgarza6912]

I’m a bit late but I’ll be watching this whole series 🔥

[@mediumrareblonde6576]

I know I am a bit late to comment on this video but, "You can bring your legacy survivors with you to make it easier". Brother, they are all dead that is why I am watching this video 🤣

[@abinashm2552]

One important advice from me in lethel is... Make a copy of your save file before doing something dangerous & one you completed difficult Mission... Especially in rolling character Once u Roll perfect character with perfect traits & started a game... Immediately open inventory drop some thing & pick it up then press escape & quit the game... Go to the save location copy the entire folder paste it in somewhere... If things goes south & u want to start fresh... Go to Original save Folder delete the save then copy the save file which u copied in the beginning paste it there... So now u no need to redo rolling character... I am excited for this serious because with new update & New infestation Mechanism Lethal became Unforgiving Hardcore brutally lethal Nightmare Wakeing up 1plague heart... & leaving it without destroyed for few hours means endgame. .. Especially in the beginning... Killing 2 aggravated screamer Or screamer scream wakes up the plague heart In that location... Which make him as a most powerful freak.. & if u planning to destroy Only plague heart in lethal... & that particular plague heart was inside cluster of plague hearts.. It's end game... U should not stop until u clear entire cluster... Destroying only one in a cluster wakes up every nearby plague heart & each send hords to infest building simultaneously... Getting level 3 infestation In map is easy when 3 awakened plague heart is Present in map

[@someoneinthesky9784]

I couldn't even finish campaign mode yet because I started with lethal, Idk how many communities I deleted already. Not a single legacy yet, just memories of dead heroes. And I always play the tutorial, for my not so playthroughly-playthrough.

[@LaidBackAssassin]

The Man, the Myth, the Sod2 Legend

[@NextDayNextLevel]

Thanks for this man

[@mrghettonerd4095]

Nice g slide into that screamer