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Developer's Craft and Skulls

By Gardol

Developer's Craft and Skulls

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Category: Crafting, Secrets, Weapons

Languages: English

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9 Aug, 2013 @ 1:18pm

9 Aug, 2013 @ 1:23pm

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Guide Index

Overview

Skulls

Skull Locations

Altar Locations

Skull Rewards

Developer's Craft

Comments

Skulls

Skulls are found in multiple places throughout Banoi Island, and when placed in the Altar where they belong, unlock developer crafts featured in Dead Island. Skulls do not carry over into a new game so the player will either have to place them before they leave the island or pick them up again later. They also carry over from single-player into co-op and vice versa, and even if another person picks them up the player can use them. It may also be possible that if the player joins a person that has a skull placed, they may not need to have the skull at all and can just grab the mod. This may be easier to achieve if the skull was placed in the same session.

Skull Locations

Orange Skull: Act II.
It is under the first set of stairs inside a shopping cart in the supermarket.

Green Skull: Act I.
The skull is on the bottom of the Resort Map, west of Bunker 06. The player should look for the second path to the City Tunnel Gas Station and go to the shoreline near a capsized sailboat. From the boat, move to the right of a nearby rock hill and jump behind the bush up on to the rocks and walk up and to the left. There will be a metal chest and the skull with a flag and a green arrow.

Purple Skull: Act II.
It is located on the second level accessed by ladder in the dead end; to get to the ladder the Hero must go through the right door instead of the left door (the door that doesn't lead to next objective right after killing the first Floater). It takes a bit of trekking but once the player's in the room with the three radiation barrels knocked over with a ladder, they're in the right room. They might be able to see a faint glow from the candlesticks around the skull on the second floor in a corner from the first floor depending on where they're standing at in the room.

Blue Skull: Act II.
During the quest "Uninvited Guests", there is a bathroom opposite the kitchen. The Blue Skull is in one of the corners in a glass case. The Hero must first smash the case in order to be able to retrieve the skull.

Brown Skull: Act I.
The player has to use the portal in Bunker 02, kill the Suicider in the room, and then search the floor.

Altar Locations

Orange Skull Altar: Act II.
It's in the Sewers, at the top of one of the largest rooms in the sewer between the City Hall and Supermarket. There will be water and flood gates, and then a ladder that goes up to a small platform with a door. When the player climbs the ladder, the door will be on their right and directly in front of them will be a zombie sitting against the wall near a propane tank. The altar is inside the room on the left.

Green Skull Altar: Act II.
[/i]This altar is in an area directly to the right upon entering main market. There are shelves full of teddy bears, and one of these shelves is the altar.[/i]

Purple Skull Altar: Act II.
During the quest Uninvited Guests. One of the burners is lit in the kitchen — this is the altar. (Note: once the quest is completed, the Purple Altar becomes locked off.)

Blue Skull Altar: Act I.
Bunker 06 in the Resort area will be surrounded by zombies, with a single survivor, Jose Garcia, to rescue. Once he is rescued, the player should travel through the manhole in the bunker to the other area of it. There is a metal door on the level, and propane tanks on the level above. The player must place the tank next to the door and shoot it to blow it open. The altar is on the wall underneath the big blue arrow.

Brown Skull Altar: Act N/A.
The place is shown on the picture. The easiest way to reach the location is to go into the bungalow district near the altar. At the back of the a bungalow near the powerhouse at the Silver Bungalows district is a cliff drop that heads towards the marked spot. When the player reaches the tree, they should carefully move around the bushes and onto the rocks and then follow the rocks until they start to see greenery. The altar is tucked away in an indent there, near a flag.

Skull Rewards

Orange Skull: Developer's No. 1 craft "electrobody".
Parts needed: 5 Diamonds and Battery.
Cost: $10,000

Green Skull: Developer's No. 2 craft "cr33zz revange for endless crunch".
Parts needed: 5 Diamonds and Battery.
Cost: $10,000

Blue Skull: Developer's No. 3 craft "plaguebearer".
Parts needed: 5 Diamonds and Oleander.
Cost: $10,000

Purple Skull: Developer's No. 4 craft "just mindblowing craft by simon!".
Parts needed: 5 Diamonds and Battery.
Cost: $10,000

Brown Skull: Developer's 666 craft "beware the power of glova".
Parts needed: 5 Diamonds.
Cost: $10,000

Developer's Craft

Developer's no. 1 Craft (Orange Skull)
Electro Military Knife
Required: Level 24
Value: $4009
Damage: 234+47
Force: 221
Durability: 22+2
Handling: 83+2

Shock x1
Critical +1%

Special Effects: As far as I can tell this weapon is no different than a crappy knife with a shock mod. Might as well get a better weapon with a better shock mod.

Developer's no. 2 Craft (Green Skull)
Homerun Baseball Bat
Required: Level 1
Value: $3021
Damage: 28+1
Force: 35
Durability: 37+4
Handling: 70+3

Shock x1
Critical +25%

Special Effects: On a critical sends enemies flying back.

Developer's no. 3 Craft (Blue Skull)
Plaguebearer Military Knife
Required: Level 24
Value: $3683
Damage: 275+55
Force: 184
Durability: 22+2
Handling: 83+2

Poison x1
Critical +100%

Special Effects: Guaranteed to poison anybody it hits.

Developer's no. 4 Craft (Purple Skull)
Mindblowing Military Knife
Required: Level 24
Value: $3330
Damage: 275+55
Force: 221
Durability: 22+2
Handling: 83+2

Bleeding x1
Critical +75%

Special Effects: Exploding Knife that Can be picked up after it explodes. Not sure what triggers the explosion. The 1st time I threw it it exploded and I picked it back up, but I've tested it out a few times after that and none of those times did it explode.

Developer's 666 Craft (Brown Skull)
Left Hand of Glova
Required: Level N/A
Value: $3374
Damage: 39
Force: 100
Durability: 20-1
Handling: -735

Shock x1
Critical +10%

Special Effects: It drains ALL your stamina and knocks down ALL nearby enemies, no matter what type they are.

17 Comments

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Caku 12 Aug, 2017 @ 7:43am

Developer's no. 4 Craft maiking that zombies your lvl or less one shot head blow!! knife dont explode :P

Maestro 11 Feb, 2017 @ 4:25am

Nice! And thanks SapphireRose for help! I hope it isn't locked!

Ravenfeathers 4 Jul, 2015 @ 12:34am

Your guide needs updating, I completed the univited guests quest previously, then after that found the purple skull in the sewers and did not know what it was for so looked it up and found your guide and after reading that it's locked off thought oh no I can't get to the altar now, but thought I'd try anyway. Went back to the abandoned house, the altar is not locked off and you can go back to it so they must of changed it in a patch.

NSLulle|LittlePenquin 10 Nov, 2013 @ 1:15pm

didnt know that the skulls did this

Subliquid 8 Oct, 2013 @ 2:35pm

Cool! Didn't know about these.

lunchbox 8 4 Oct, 2013 @ 7:45pm

Awesome.lol

Blewi93 26 Sep, 2013 @ 4:25pm

it great with logan

Blewi93 26 Sep, 2013 @ 4:24pm

dev craft 2 is my favourite

st_imlac 26 Sep, 2013 @ 11:05am

Developer's No. 4 craft "just mindblowing craft by simon!" can also be used in hand to kill most zombies instantly. This includes White at the end of the game.

Gay God 21 Sep, 2013 @ 7:47am

Developer's 666 Craft
WROOOOONG
it cant knock down a ram :3

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