Stuck trying to take a safe house

[drspankee]

Currently trying to take the safe house ( the one on the hill with the tower on it) . I can take out the 3 zombies but the other big zombie with the hammer is real hard . Do kill him ? and how ? . If not then whats the best course of action ?. This game is pretty freaking awesome but at the same time you can fill up your underpants quick smart at night . Any help would be appreciated

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Ignore him until you've secured the zone. Simply run straight up the ramp and onto the antenna and none of them can touch you.
Depends really what you have available in your inventory but ranged weapons, like throwing stars are a good start.

[drspankee]

Thanks fro the tip . I climbed the ladders and it prompts you to turn on the power . I did turn it on in the small brick building and nothing happens . I climbed the tower again but still get the turn on power prompt . Not sure if i am missing something ?

[KuuKuu]

flammable liquid + molotov pretty much insta-kill him.

If unavailable, lure him near explosive barrels. not really recommended since explosions attract virals and it doesn't kill the big guy...but it takes s huge chunk of health so hacking at him will be more bearable.

If you do take the melee route, kite around him, abuse the dodge skill, get a couple slash and evade, wait til he pounds then go in again....it does take a while though

[PocketYoda]

Personally get the Korek Machete, i found it very handy for those harder things early on.

[petri.piira]

There is another power panel up in the tower. I do not know if the building one is needed too. But at least the one in the tower is necessary.

Seems you are doing it very early in the game, like I did? (Get all safe zones in the slums before going for the airdrop.)

For some reason, those big guys are very resilient during that infinite day. I only managed to kill the two guarding the safe houses by flammable liquid and molotov cocktails.

The recipe for flammabe liquid can appear on a merchant, when you level up survivor skill. Check all merchants you find.

[drspankee]

I went up the tower all the way to the top . I must have missed the control panel . I am trying to do the safe houses . Can you stay in safe zones at night ? Yeh the dudes are hard but the 3rd time i went to take the tower he wasnt there . Cheers for the tips

[PocketYoda]

Originally posted by drspankee:

I went up the tower all the way to the top . I must have missed the control panel . I am trying to do the safe houses . Can you stay in safe zones at night ? Yeh the dudes are hard but the 3rd time i went to take the tower he wasnt there . Cheers for the tips

Yep safe zones are safe over night, and many have other survivers in them when you return.

[petri.piira]

If I remember correctly, the panel is one level up from the level where the bed and the stash are. Maybe two levels, but not very high.

[TheNilar]

bu you need to kill the big guy to get to the second svitch in the building

[nightblade628]

OP is probably past this by now, but I struggled until I realised that chucking firecrackers towards the base of the tower then sprinting inside of the brick building while they're distracted, will allow you to turn one switch on. They ignore you 100% unless you attack while the firecracker is going off.

Then go out the back of the building and run back up to climb the tower, to hit switch no. 2.

Your other option is to open a few police vans until you find a pistol, then just shoot him in the head a few times. This won't be an issue later on when you obtain Camouflage.

[upcoast]

Originally posted by drspankee:

I went up the tower all the way to the top . I must have missed the control panel . I am trying to do the safe houses . Can you stay in safe zones at night ? Yeh the dudes are hard but the 3rd time i went to take the tower he wasnt there . Cheers for the tips

Good plan, I did all the safehouses early too and you get a nice police rifle out of one.

[petri.piira]

I am sure the original poster already found the second control panel, but it is actually a bit more upwards than I remembered. Not at the top, but half way to there.

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