Camp Osprey Doctor explaining to player about Blood Plague.
Blood Plague is a deadly disease in State of Decay 2, a blood-borne infection that turns people into Plague Zombies.
Blood Plague is highly contagious, a mutated strain of the original pathogen, primarily spread by Plague Zombies and Plague Hearts. Destroying a Plague Heart kills nearby Plague Zombies, but it can also summon stronger freaks.
In State of Decay 2: Heartland, Blood Plague mutates further in Trumbull Valley, creating Plague Walls and infecting all zombies, including freaks.
Cure[]
One year into the outbreak, military scientists developed a Plague Cure for Blood Plague, using infected tissue samples to counteract the disease.
Crafting the cure requires:
- 5 Plague Samples
- 2 Medicine
It can only be crafted at an Infirmary.
Strategy[]
When attacked by plague zombies, a plague infection bar with a thermometer symbol will appear on the screen. Each attack fills the bar, bringing your survivor closer to infection. If you avoid further exposure and stay at the base for a while, the bar will reset. However, if it fills completely, your survivor will contract Blood Plague, and a countdown timer will begin.
Once the timer reaches zero, the survivor dies and turns into a plague zombie. Additional attacks from plague zombies will speed up the countdown, making survival much harder if surrounded.
A survivor with Blood Plague can be checked into an Infirmary to stabilize their condition. This pauses the countdown timer and prevents the infection from worsening, but it costs 2 Medicine per day.
From here, the player has three options:
- Plague Cure – Requires 2 medicine and 5 plague samples.
- Exile – Removes the infected survivor from the community.
- Euthanize – Ends their suffering, but this greatly lowers morale.
Just like regular zombies, Freaks in Heartland can also carry Blood Plague. This alters their appearance and mutates them further, making them more dangerous than usual.
Plague Freaks can also appear in higher difficulties, with Plague Juggernauts first spawning on Dread difficulty.
Trivia[]
- Blood Plague Zombies have distorted, inhuman sounds, making them sound more monstrous than regular zombies.
- They are more aggressive, move faster, and always sprint toward survivors when attacking.