How to Make Money in Dead Island 2

Discover the best ways to make money in Dead Island 2. Learn about selling items, completing challenges, finding safes, and more to fund your survival in Hell-A.

There are several ways to earn money in Dead Island 2, including looting wallets and cash, completing challenges, opening safes, and selling unwanted weapons and crafting materials to traders. Prioritizing these methods can help you accumulate wealth for upgrades and essential supplies.

Selling Items to Traders: As you explore, you'll find numerous crafting materials and weapons. Low-power or unwanted weapons can be scrapped or sold to traders. Higher-quality materials you don't plan to use can also be sold to fund upgrades for your preferred gear. Be mindful of low-quality materials like scrap metal, and sell them if you accumulate a large quantity.

Wallets and Hard Cash: These serve as a passive income source. You'll naturally find wallets and cash bundles in buildings and occasionally loot them from zombies. While average wallets contain around $14-$27, these amounts add up significantly over a playthrough, especially when combined with looting numerous buildings.

Challenges: Completing in-game challenges offers cash rewards. These can be tracked in the challenges menu, with milestones offering increasingly larger payouts. Many easy challenges are completed early on, with significant gaps before the final, more lucrative milestones.

Safes: These metal storage boxes often contain cash or valuable crafting materials. They are typically found in residential buildings and do not require a key to open. Looting safes contributes to your inventory and funds.

Hotel Halperin Safe Deposits: In the early game, specifically at Hotel Halperin, you can find safe deposits in the lobby. Keys for these are scattered throughout hotel rooms, an air vent, and an elevator. Opening these can yield nearly $1,000, a green weapon, and crafting parts.

Lockboxes and Fuseboxes: Each map features '?' markers indicating Fusebox or Lockbox locations. Fuseboxes require a fuse to open and usually contain crafting materials and a decent weapon. Lockboxes also offer cash bonuses and better weapons. To open Lockboxes, you need a key from a named zombie, which may only spawn after certain story progression points. These named zombies and their associated loot often reveal themselves as you advance.