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Heart of Darkness achievement in State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition

Heart of Darkness

Destroy a plague heart.

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How to unlock the Heart of Darkness achievement

  • N0T PENNYS B0ATN0T PENNYS B0AT
    09 May 2018 14 May 2018 14 May 2018
    To get the Heart of Darkness achievement in State of Decay 2 do the following:

    You'll have the opportunity to do this during the game's semi-tutorial opening. Pack plenty of health and stamina items, weapons, and decoys to most easily take one of these down. They exist as horde modes, essentially, with waves of zombies coming after every few blows you deliver the plague heart until you've finally destroyed it.

    Destroy four more to net the following achievement:
    State of Decay 2: Juggernaut EditionThese DreamsThe These Dreams achievement in State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition worth 32 pointsDestroy 5 plague hearts.

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    QuixoticRocketUse explosives and fire on the hearts. Melee does very little damage.

    Best approach is to set off some fireworks outside the target building and then sneak in the back while all the plague zombies rush out to inspect the noise. If in multiplayer you can have someone sit outside hooting a car horn and running zombies over.

    Get to the heart, stand back a bit and warm it up with a molotov or 3. Finish off with a few shotgun blasts. Make sure you're far enough away to not get hit by the fire or explosion (if using pipe bombs) as they can be awkwardly placed in some small back rooms.

    Melee weapons do very little damage, use as a last resort only. Close doors while zombies are outside, if you can without attracting attention, to buy a few extra seconds when the noise starts.

    Once the heart is destroyed all plague zombies in the area die so if you're being mobbed you might want to just focus the heart to kill it off.

    Each heart becomes more difficult as you clear other hearts.
    Posted by QuixoticRocket on 23 May 18 at 09:55
    A1ienspacebatsBugged for me. I destroyed all 10 including one at night. No achievement. People don't buy this game.
    Posted by A1ienspacebats on 06 Jul 19 at 20:55
    Kaede393Still bugged. Destroyed all 10 plague hearts, also few at night and didn't pop up. Rolled second campaign, destroyed all plague hearts again and nothing.
    Posted by Kaede393 on 31 Aug 20 at 01:57
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  • SubtleEel4SubtleEel4
    24 May 2018 03 Jun 2018 03 Jun 2018
    You should be able to find Plague Hearts pretty easily around the map as you play, but you also have the option of locating them via the radio for 350 influence. You will find one very early on in the game, and it's a lot less intimidating to attack than you might think.

    The Plague Hearts are basically surrounded by plague zombies, and they will also release clouds of gas when you attack them that will damage you and increase your plague meter. You can actually kill the first Plague Heart pretty easily with a melee weapon, but it's even easier if you have explosives and guns. Placing a radio or fireworks outside to keep zombies away should give you enough time to kill the first Plague Heart without much difficulty. For the first heart, you can use melee weapons to finish it off, all you really need to do is get out of the way when the heart releases the poison gas, then get back in and keep swinging.

    Explosives do the most damage, but are often tough to aim in close quarters where you'll usually find the Plague Hearts. You'll also want to bring guns and ammo. Just a few hits with a couple explosives and some gunshots on the first heart will kill it. The best strategy is to place a radio outside of the building the Plague Heart is in, sneak inside to the Plague Heart, then activate the radio remotely. If you don't have a radio, fireworks is the next best option, because they take time to start up, which will give you time to get near the plague heart. Once the noise starts, attack the plague heart. Throw bombs, shoot it, hit it with your melee weapon. Keep an eye on your mini-map to see when your noisemaker stops working, and then toss some firecrackers or set down a stationary noisemaker away from the heart, then go back and keep hitting the Plague Heart. You can see the pulsing of your noisemaker on the minimap, so even if you're busy shooting and bombing the heart and can't hear the noisemaker you can see when it stops working.

    If you don't have noisemakers, it gets harder, but not impossible. You just have to alternate between killing zombies and hitting the plague heart. You'll need meds and lots of snacks, but it can be done.

    Do this 4 more times, and you'll get this achievement:
    State of Decay 2: Juggernaut EditionThese DreamsThe These Dreams achievement in State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition worth 32 pointsDestroy 5 plague hearts.

    In the below video, my gun jammed, and I was still able to defeat the Plague Heart with just a melee weapon. This was Plague Heart #7 in my game, so you can imagine that the first Plague Heart is a lot easier:

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    JakThaRiPP3R84i really hate this piece of shit game. it does a terrible TERRIBLE job of explaining what the fuck stuff does where to get it and how. i literally can't be fucked with this game anymore :/
    Posted by JakThaRiPP3R84 on 08 Jun 18 at 17:07
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