Zombie Army 4: Dead War Trophy Guide

 How’s that for a slice of fried Platinum?
Win all other trophies to take your place as the world’s greatest apocalypse survivor.

Unlock all other trophies and congratulations you Zombie Slayer!
 

 Hail to the king, baby!
Reach Rank 100.

If you have not reached Rank 100 (1 million XP) by the time you have completed all other trophies then attempt this trophy. You can play any Modes that you like on any Horde Map. If you die before getting the minimum to be awarded more XP, you will be awarded 500 XP on any of them. It takes about a minute or two to rinse and repeat this method.

 Double tap
Finish a level with 5 or less zombies resurrecting.

On Easy Difficulty, complete the final chapter only for Dead Ahead. Run past all of the zombies and only defeat the zombies that require you to move through a Sealed Door and to finish the level to escape.

 I can do anything I want. I got guns
Complete the weapon mastery for 3 weapons.

You can choose any 3 weapons to upgrade that you like. Each one has specific benefits or drawbacks, depending your style of play. You can get lots of Weapon Upgrade collectibles, make a Cloud or USB save before upgrading your weapons to try to earn this trophy, then see if you prefer that weapon and its requirements for mastering it. If you do not like it, then reload your save to try another.
Upgrade all of the options for your pistol, primary and secondary weapons. This will allow you to then be able to do the mastery part for each weapon, therefore you need to focus on getting the weapon upgrade collectibles. Weapon upgrade collectibles are scattered throughout the chapters as pickups, or they are obtained for completing certain actions in the game (see the above video link in Stage 2 for all the collectibles.)

 You’ve got red on you
Perform 50 Takedowns in total.

Takedowns are can be done by pressing X after your Takedown Meter is full and you are close to a zombie. However, for Heavies, they require to be injured and in a resting state first before you can use a takedown on them. Successfully complete 50 takedowns to earn this trophy. In the picture below, the Takedown Meter is on the right of the bottom center, shown as a red skull.

 Gore soaked
Reach Rank 50.

See ‘Hail to the king, baby!’ trophy description.

 This is no Sunday School picnic!
Complete the Campaign on Hard difficulty.

You will only have to complete all 9 Missions on Hard Difficulty. If you are playing SOLO offline, then you will play the entire campaign. If you are playing online, make sure to set the zombie amount to be ‘1 player’ as this greatly reduces the number of zombies. Plus, you can have up to 4 players on your team.

 That’s a lot of them, and only 4 of us
Complete every campaign level with a full team of four players.

You will only have to complete the 9 Missions on any Difficulty with 4 players. You can either browse the online games and join in any session to complete these missions. Be aware that you will need to have 4 players online at the same time at the end of each mission in order for it to count.

 Evert bullet counts
Get 3 headshots with one bullet.

To achieve this trophy, it is easiest to line up zombies’ heads and shoot them with your rifle using your scope. There are many areas where there are large numbers of zombies, like the Blood Fountains or before breaking the Sealed Doors.  

 Come and get it! It’s a running buffet!
Kill 20+ enemies with 1 explosive.

One easy method is to use a Bait Grenade near an environmental explosive device (they have a glowing red shine when you look through your scope). Shoot the glowing red part to activate it and to get the zombies to go near the device. Eventually you will be to attract 20+ enemies and it will explode with them all close to it.

 Leave the limbs you’ve lost
Sever 10,000 limbs.

This will be earned naturally by playing through the game.  Zombies can be torn apart with weapon fire and special ammunition that explodes. You can also stomp on them when they are on the ground to make them their bodies fly apart. After tearing apart your 10,000 limb from the zombies you will earn this trophy.

 What did you say, Blain?
Complete 4 level sections without using a medkit.

In any chapter, there are 4 level sections to get through. This is can be done on Easy Difficulty. You can run past zombies to avoid losing any health, and once you successfully get through 4 level sections without using a Medkit, you will earn this trophy. You can take health damage though, takedown zombies to gain health, sometimes stomping on zombies that are on the ground will give you health, and your teammates can use Divine Grenades (walk into the area glowing on the ground where it exploded to receive health).

 A friend in need
Revive other players 50 times.

The fastest way is to host an online multiplayer game on Hard Difficulty where friendly fire is on. This way you can shoot your teammate(s), go up to them and hold X to revive them. This may come naturally as you play the Campaign online with teammates and complete the Horde Maps many times. You can check in the Main Menu under Records and then check the Leader boards to see how many Revives you have completed. Repeat this 50 times.

 Stand back boy!
Kill 3 enemies with one blast from a Preacher.

In some chapters you will be able to find a Preacher weapon inside of the weapon attachment crates. Most Missions will have a Preacher inside of a weapons attachment crate somewhere within the chapters. These are random occurrences as you may get the electric, explosive, or fire attachment for your weapon, or a Flamer, Gunner, or Butcher’s weapon instead when you open a weapon attachment crate. Once you obtain one, kill 3 enemies in one shot to earn this trophy.  

 Kill of the week
Drop a Shell Cargo Pallet on a Zombie.

During Hell Base Chapter 1, there are Shell Cargo Pallets in the area where the snipers’ area. Make sure there are zombies underneath the Shell Cargo Pallet, shoot it so that it drops down onto the zombies, and explodes on them.

 Shoot it, man! Shoot it in the head!
Headshot a Zombie post resurrection.

If you do not headshot a zombie to kill it, there is a chance that it will resurrect again. When you see one resurrect, there will be red glowing light around it as it trashes back to life. Then you will need to kill it with a headshot to earn this trophy.

 Got your back
Kill 50 enemies that are actively attacking other players.

In any game mode where you are playing with other players, when another player is being attacked by a zombie, kill the zombie. Repeat this 50 times.

 Say goodbye, creep!
Kill a Zombie using the Blade Melee Special Attack.

The Blade Melee Special Attack is the default Perk given at the beginning of the game. When your Melee Attack Meter is full, you can press R3 to click it down while close to a zombie to kill it. You will hear a ring sound during this animated attack move and other zombies cannot attack you during this move. In the picture below, the Melee Attack Meter is shown on the left of center in the bottom.

 Zombie killin’ machine
Kill 5000 enemies of any kind.

Playing any of the game modes, the whole point of this game is to kill zombies. The more you kill the better. The more repeated kills the better. You will kill well over 5000 while trying to earn the platinum trophy for this game. You can check your Zombie Kill count in the Main Menu under Records.

 Give me something to shoot!
Kill a Sniper whilst they are jumping between vantage points.

In many different game modes, you will be able to have access to kill a Sniper while it is jumping to another location. You will know that Snipers are around when you hear a distinctive sound and see the green laser beam from their sniper rifle. As soon as this happens focus on defeating them as soon as possible.

 The bigger they are…
Kill 5 Heavies with takedowns.

Heavies are the Flamer (Flamethrower), Gunner (Machine Gun), and Butcher (Double Saw Blade Weapon).
For the Flamer shoot their tanks on their back multiple times until they collapse to the ground and their tanks are spewing two flames. Then perform a takedown on them. If the tank is spewing 3 flames then it will explode and this will not allow you to do a takedown on them.
For the Gunner and Butcher, it is easiest to shoot them with multiple headshots to break their helmets and then continue to shoot them until they collapse to the ground, then perform a takedown on them.
After doing 5 Heavy takedowns, you will earn this trophy.

 I never like them anyway
Kill a friend who has resurrected as a zombie.

You will need to play an online multiplayer and have one player die (by choice or through regular gameplay), then when this player is resurrected as a zombie, you will need to kill them.

 Cranial blowout!
Get an unbroken 10-headshot streak.

To earn this trophy, you need to headshot 10 Zombies before your multiple kill count meter runs out. It is easiest to achieve during Dead Ahead Chapter 2 before leaving the Safe House, go down the stairs and complete the Zombie Shoot. All the Zombies here are being held in position so shooting them with headshots is much easier to do without the multiple kill count meter running out or missing headshots. Make sure that you do not have any upgrades for electrical shock, fire bullets, or explosive bullets setup as upgrades on the weapon you are using here.

 Shock therapy
Kill 20 zombies with Electric Punch Special Attack.

Use the Electric Punch Special Attack by equipping it before playing a game mode, then when your Melee Attack Meter is full, be near a zombie, press R3 to click it down, and this releases the Electric Punch Special Attack. Repeat 20 times.

 Cleanup on aisle 4!
Kill a Suicider with his own explosives.

During any Mission (after learning about Suiciders) or on any Horde Map, you will be able to kill a Suicider with its own explosives. You only have to make sure that the Suicider detonates the explosives itself. You can shoot the body of the Suicider to knock it down, shove it away from you to knock it down, or run away from it so that it naturally explodes itself. See the picture below.

 Take them down screaming
Perform a Takedown on a Blind Screamer.

During any Mission (after learning about Blind Screamer) or on any Horde Map, you will be able to kill it while your Takedown Meter is full. Since they respond to sounds, you will either want to sneak up on it from behind or distract it by throwing a grenade to get it to move where you can get behind it. You can even get past one and then kill more zombies to get your Takedown Meter full. Then go back with the same area, if you can, to use the Takedown on it.

 Groovy
Change your characters appearance, such as with a hat or costume.

Before a campaign Mission or Horde Map, choose your Character and customize him or her. There are only 4 characters in the base game. For example, change their hat as shown below in the picture.

 Is it over?
Complete the Campaign on any difficulty.

Finish all 9 of the Campaign Missions by killing zombies to survive to get through the mission. After completing all 9 mission you will earn this trophy.

 I told you we should have gone to the beach
Complete consecutive 12 Waves and escape from the Horde Map “Dead in the Water”.

Play Horde Map “Dead in the Water” for 12 consecutive waves and escape from the area. It is easiest to host your own online multiplayer Horde Map “Dead in the Water” and set the enemy zombies to ‘1 player’. This way you will start on Wave 1 and if others join you then this will be faster to complete. Make sure that when the exit area opens, all players go to the exit to escape the Horde Map.

 The boat can leave now… Tell the crew
Complete Death Canal on any difficulty.

During Death Canal you will be travelling by boat down the canals of Venice. Along the way you will be killing lots of zombies to eventually get to and destroy the first Hell Tower.

 Weird science
Complete Meat Locker on any difficulty.

During Meat Locker you will be searching for Dr. Schweiger and his arcane bomb to destroy the second Hell Tower.

 Look mummy! A shark!
Complete Zombie Zoo on any difficulty.

During Zombie Zoo, you will travel to Croatia to find and destroy the third Hell Tower. You will also learn about the cults and rituals that have been causing these Hell Towers to form.

 In the dark dark woods…
Complete Rotten Coast on any difficulty.

During Rotten Coast, you will be back in Italy to find and destroy the fourth Hell Tower. You will also be trying to get more Intel on what is happening and to get the Radio Mast working again.

 All of this has happened before…
Complete Molten Nightmare on any difficulty.

During Molten Nightmare, you are in Naples to find and destroy the fifth Hell Tower and trying to recover Dr. Schweiger’s data.

 All roads lead to Rome
Complete All Roads Lead To Hell! on any difficulty.

During All Roads Lead To Hell!, you will be back in Rome where you will navigate through the remains of the city while killing Hitler’s zombie army.

 You’re all going to die down here
Complete Hell Base! on any difficulty.

During Hell Base!, you will be teleported to Hell where you will discover the factory that is combining war machines with zombies. There is a relic that is allowing Hitler to make all the machines and zombies for his Zombie Army. You will end up stealing Hitler’s relic from his throne room. The final battle will be coming as you now have the relic to help defeat Hitler’s Zombie Army.

 He did Nazi that coming
Complete Hell Machine! on any difficulty.

During Hell Machine!, you will come back to Rome from Hell. You will learn that a divine weapon was created using the relic that you recovered in Mission 8. This mission is your final stand against Hitler and his zombie army. Hitler is holding up inside of an extraordinary super sized tank. You will be tasked with targeting many specific points on the outside and the inside of his tank. All the while you will be killing the many waves of zombies that the tank is spewing out of it. Avoid the attacks of zombies and Hitler’s tank by moving around as needed. You will be killing all zombies as soon as possible, targeting the tanks’ weak spots as soon as they appear, and avoiding the targeting outlines of where Hitler’s tank will be attacking next. After all of this you will have the satisfaction of doing a takedown on Hitler when he appears in the area to finish off the game.

 Into the deep
Complete consecutive 12 Waves and escape from the Horde Map “Into the Darkness”.

Play the Horde Map “Into the Darkness” for 12 consecutive waves and escape from the area. It is easiest to host your own online multiplayer Horde Map “Into the Darkness” and set the enemy zombies to ‘1 player’. This way you will start on Wave 1, and if others join you, then this will be faster to complete. Make sure that when the exit area opens, all players go to the exit to escape the Horde Map.

 Take a little bit of Italy with you
Complete consecutive 12 Waves and escape from the Horde Map “Villa Della Morte”.

Play the Horde Map “Villa Della Morte” for 12 consecutive waves and escape from the area. It is easiest to host your own online multiplayer Horde Map “Villa Della Morte” and set the enemy zombies to ‘1 player’. This way you will start on Wave 1 and if others join you, then this will be faster to complete. Make sure that when the exit area opens, all players go to the exit to escape the Horde Map.

 Not today you won’t
Complete consecutive 12 Waves and escape from the Horde Map “The Bitter End”.

Play the Horde Map “The Bitter End” for 12 consecutive waves and escape from the area. It is easiest to host your own online multiplayer Horde Map “The Bitter End” and set the enemy zombies to ‘1 player’. This way you will start on Wave 1 and if others join you, then this will be faster to complete. Make sure that when the exit area opens, all players go to the exit to escape the Horde Map.

 Choo choo!
Complete Dead Ahead on any difficulty.

During Dead Ahead, you will be given tutorials on your weapons, be able to practice at the Zombie Shoot, and eventually you will set out to get to the train to escape to the next mission.

 Just me and my trusty sidearm
Reach wave 6 on any Horde Map without picking up a Primary or Secondary weapon.

Play on any Horde Map and make sure that you do not pick up any of the weapons or grenades in first 5 waves. Only use your starting pistol and takedowns to defeat the waves of enemies. After completing Wave 5 ,you will earn this trophy.

 I’m a survivor!
Complete 20 waves in a row on any Horde Map.

Play any of the Horde Maps. However, the Horde Maps of “The Bitter End“ has quite a bit of room and different platform levels. Play on the Horde Map for 20 consecutive waves. You do not need to escape from the area. It’s easiest to host your own online multiplayer Horde Map “The Bitter End“, set the enemy zombies to ‘1 player’, and start on Wave 1. This way if others join you, then this will be faster to complete. Keep playing as the waves are completed and after the 20th wave you will earn this trophy.

 A gross gross
Survive 144 Waves in total.

Play on any of the Horde Maps done in any combination of solo, online, and/or online multiplayer. You will need to survive for a total of 144 Waves. This does not need to be in consecutive waves.

 Blood splattered
Reach Rank 5.

See ‘Hail to the king, baby!’ trophy description.

 Gold
Earn a Gold Medal on any chapter.

Play any mission chapter and earn the Gold Medal for that chapter. After completing a chapter, you will see what the requirements are for achieving a Gold Medal on it. You could replay it, or play chapters to eventually earn a Gold Medal without knowing the requirements, as long as you typically achieve a large score.

 Well equipped
Complete a level with 5 Gold Level Perks equipped.

As you rank up, use weapons, mines, grenades, perform takedowns, and find collectibles, you will unlock Perks. Continue to do these actions and eventually you will unlock the highest level for an specific Perk. Each Perk has 3 levels, the 3rd being a Gold Level Perk. Once you have the ability to equip 5 Perks and have 5 Gold Perks available, equip them, then play any mission chapter to completion and you will earn this trophy. See pictures below for some possible Gold Perks you could equip before a mission chapter starts.

 Weapons expert
Complete the weapon mastery for any weapon.

See ‘I can do what I want. I got guns’ trophy description. You will only have to master one weapon for this trophy.

 Hoarder
Find all Journals, Comics, and hidden Weapon Upgrade Tokens.

See the video link in Stage 2 for all the collectible locations. You will probably find some of these as you play through the Mission chapters. Each Mission shows a breakdown by Chapter indicating what you have or have not collected yet. It is easiest to find them on Easy Difficulty, and you only need to replay Mission chapters to find and collect what you are missing. As soon as the collectible registers being collected you can exit the chapter.

 Send me an angel
Perform all Heroic Actions.

See the video link in Stage 2 for all the collectible locations. You will probably earn some of these as you play through the Mission chapters. If there is a Heroic Action in a chapter, you will hear someone asking for help to be saved or to accomplish an specific action. Each Mission shows a breakdown by Chapter indicating if you have or have not performed the Heroic Action yet. It is easiest to perform them on Easy Difficulty, and you only need to replay Mission chapters to find and perform the Heroic Action that you are missing. As soon as the Heroic Action registers as being collected you can exit the chapter.

 Gotcha, didn’t I?
Kill all Zombie Hand collectibles.

See the video link in Stage 2 for all the collectible locations. You will probably find some of these as you play through the Mission chapters. Each Mission shows a breakdown by Chapter indicating what Zombie Hand collectibles that you have or have not collected yet. It is easiest to get them on Easy Difficulty, and you only need to replay Mission chapters to find and shoot the ones that you are missing. As soon as the Zombie Hand collectible registers being collected you can exit the chapter.

 Chain reaction
Kill 50 Zombies in a row without missing a shot.

You will need to kill 50 or more Zombies in a row without ever having missed more than one shot or kill in a row, as this will end the Kill Count Multiplier. The Kill Count Multiplier will change colours as you increase your number of kills. You will be able to kill zombies with weapon bullets, grenades, mines, explosive barrels, the meat grinders, the airplane blade machines, the attraction explosive machines, special attack moves, blade attacks, and takedowns. The Kill Count Multiplier allows about 10 seconds before it ends in case you need to find and obtain more ammunition, grenades, or mines. As long as you continually kill zombies the Kill Count Multiplier will not end.