This page offers a guide on how to complete the side quest Going Viral in Dead Island 2. You’ll find information on how to defeat all the named Apex zombies and how to best prepare for this quest!

Going Viral Objectives¶

Here’s a complete list of all objectives you’ll need to complete for this side quest:

• Keep Amanda out of trouble on Hollywood Boulevard
• Turn on the cameras for Amanda’s stream
• Played again! What does Amanda’s stream have cooked up for you this time?
• Break up the power couple, TyBecca! For the views!
• Slay the fashion icons, Claritee and Bijou. For the views!
• Beat the heat of Amar and $ir Treble! For the views?
• The only way to end this is get Amanda her stream footage. Kill Eddie & Hoffman!
• Amanda was bitten?! Fight through Grace and Nick to reach her!
• Hurry! Get to Amanda!
• Kill Amanda Styles!
• RIP Amanda. Take her final note
• RIP Amanda. Fulfill her final wish and download her video

How to Unlock Going Viral Side Quest¶

To unlock this quest, you’ll need to first have completed Amanda’s other quests: Clickbait and Like and Follow. Once you’ve completed Like and Follow at The Pier, head over to the Lifeguard HQ and you’ll find that Amanda has left behind a note telling you to meet her at Hollywood Boulevard.

When you head to Hollywood Boulevard you’ll find her in the backstage bit behind the main red carpet walkthrough. She’ll ask you to help her with filming some zombie slaying content (big surprise!), and this time it involves some celebrity zombies! Before you can start attacking some zombies, you’ll need to switch on the cameras found just behind where you spoke to Amanda.

How to Beat Power Couple TyBecca¶

The first celeb-zombies that Amanda has lined up is the power couple known as Tybecca. Tyson Witt and Rebecca Witt-Carter are both Crushers and you’ll find them escorted by several Riot Gear zombies as they walk down the boulevard. You’ve seen plenty of Crushers at this point and so you’ve probably got your own favorite way of dealing with them. You can use guns and curveballs to stay out of close range and avoid their ground slam attacks. We find that a strong pistol aimed at a Crusher’s head is an effective method, as are shurikens.

Once you’ve beaten them and the Riot Gear zombies, prepare to face the next round of zombies on Amanda’s agenda.

How to Beat Claritee and Bijou¶

Nexy up are the fashion icon zombies: Claritee and Bijou Dupont. Both of these lovely ladies are Screamers, so they’re reasonably weak but will attract several other zombies with their screams. You’ll want to focus all of your efforts on one then the other, to minimise the chance of screams. You can also interrupt their screams by smacking them. If you struggle with killing Screamers, head over to our guide on how to defeat Screamers quickly for more tips!

How to Beat Amar and $ir Treble¶

After fighting the power couple and reaching the Romeros stage, you’ll now have to face $ir Treble and Amar Anand. $ir Treble is an Infero Slobber and Amar is an Infero Crusher, so you’ll need to get ready to dodge some fire in this fight. There are a few oil jerrycans and explosive barrels along the red carpet so be sure to avoid setting yourself on fire.

We recommend dealing with Amar and $ir Treble in a similar way to how you dealt with the Tybecca power couple. You can maneuver up and down the red carpet using curveballs and ranged weapons to try and avoid getting set on fire or caught in Amar’s ground pound attacks.

How to Beat Eddie and Hoffman¶

Head into the mall area, and you’ll have to face the next round of named Apex variants: Eddie Oritz and Bill Hoffman. Bill Hoffman is a Slobber and Eddie Oritz is a Butcher. This is a particularly nasty combo of Apex variants. Butchers are pretty tough to fight outside of Fury Mode, especially since they often put up their arms to deflect gun damage. If you’re struggling, we recommend hopping up onto the base of the trophy that leads into the Re-Aging clinic safe space and shooting at Hoffman. The Butcher won’t be able to reach you here so you can safely defeat Hoffman and then turn your attention to the Butcher. You could also use this method of shooting and throwing curveballs at Eddie from a safe spot but you will waste a lot of ammo as he’ll deflect a lot of the gun damage.

How to Defeat Nick and Grace¶

After defeating Eddie and Hoffman, you’ll have to deal with two more named Apex variants: Grace - a voltaic screamer - and Nick - a mutator. We’d recommend dealing with Grace first, since whenever she screams more zombies will join the fight. Since this corridor is pretty narrow, you may find it easier to defeat them using guns rather than in close combat. Plus, Mutators have pretty nasty melee attacks, so you’ll probably want to steer clear of being in close combat with them - unless you have Fury Mode of course! Fury mode is definitely helpful for taking down Apex Variants.

How to Complete Going Viral Side Quest¶

Once you’ve defeated Nick and Grace, you’ll be approached by Amanda…who’s become a zombie. She’s not a particularly strong zombie so you won’t have any difficulty defeating her. When she dies, she’ll drop a note. Head round to the backstage bit across the road and you’ll be able to upload her final video to the internet to fulfill her final wish. For completing this quest, you’ll earn 5,500 XP and a Zom-B-Gon superior weapon. Additionally, you’ll also earn the Internet Famous trophy.