Dead Rising 4

oh wow that stinks about the zero exo I got lucky it was there but I could only find one gold bar and that was in the pool hall.

Everything for me carried over, so I was level 100 and all my safehouses were maxed. This makes it much easier as you can literally run through most of the game without much effort.

Here are my specific tips:

Chapter 0 - just head through the linear path, make the Blast from the Past weapon and kill all the zombies you have to. Grab all the food along the way and use special moves to kill zombies faster.

Chapter 1 - as soon as you start grab the guns Brad opens up and kill all the nearby zombies. Then hop into the nearby sushi place and grab a few blades and combine them with nearby Liquid Nitrogen to make some Ice Swords (more blades and nitro in the Frozen Yog place here too). Then head to the hotel, make some Blambows behind the counter and an Umbrella Gun at the panic room in here. Kill all enemies and head through to the Miami Boardwalk. Go to the toy store here and grab the cannons and make some Bazookas (plenty of chemicals to use around here). Follow the plot to the safe room and then the Medieval area. You can make a ton or good weapons here - Ornament Gun, 2x Bazooka in the Toy Store, Acid Maul, Flame Sword, Ice Swords using the weapons in the museum and the chemicals in the hardware store.

That's the hard part done really - as once you get out of the mall you can literally dash between all of the cases and just stop off at safehouses to buy all the food/weapons you need. I managed to get through the entire game on about 3/4 hours by just doing the cases as fast as possible.

Chapter 2 - boss fight gives you an infinite exo-suit. So just use the three mini guns in his area to take him down, when they run out grab an axe and keep distance until he does a dash attack. Dodge then hit him a few times while he recovers.

Chapter 3 - Use Bazookas to blast your way to the scientist, then the infinite exo-suit to escape afterwards. In the locked room under the winery just run over by the door that is timed to open and very few enemies will attack you here (I had to kill one evolved zombie and that was it).

Chapter 4 - make/buy a Holey Terror gun, using a computer and Assualt Rifle. Use this on Fontana to kill her in less than ten shots. Plenty of food in this room too - so stock up before you head up the metal stairs to trigger her.

Chapter 5 - straightforward. Make sure to have an Ornament Gun for the boss fight with Tom, when he pops up just aim at his head (the target goes red if you can hit him) and fire the Ornament Gun once, this should do enough damage to make him move to the next section. Kill the enemies that spawn then repeat - it literally takes three hits to kill him this way.

Chapter 6 - Good weapons to have are the Tripod Zapper, Splitshot, Laser Zapper and Bazooka (anything with a good AOE really). The boss fight is easy. Kip a mid-distance until he charges then press RB to dodge to the side. He will get stuck, so hit him with a three hit combo then RB to jump back. Just repeat that, he occasionally throws grenades so use RB to dodge them. He will then recharge and you ONLY have to kill the evo-zombies that spawn to get him to drop down. Repeat until he dies. Then run to the end protecting your allies, in the last runs with tons of enemies just clear them out with your stash of weapons and you're done.

DON'T BOTHER WITH HARD DIFFICULTY AS IF YOU DO IT ON BLACKEST NIGHT IT WILL STACK - SO TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.

Do you keep your progress on trials?

@ijigglypuff o yes you do and moldredd thank you for all that extra info very helpful I will post a credit towards you in the guide so people can check the comments for that info

A little over 3 hours it took me to rush through, the only time consuming bit for me was the calder fight in case 6 but everything else was far to easy even on this difficulty

Confirmed that both achievements unlock with this.

both achievements unlocked for me. (hard/nightmare)

all you do wolf is pick new game then select black Friday difficulty thats all you keep your level blueprints unlocked and all trials completed

@WolfVelocity I don't know if you have already tried to go for the Black Friday difficulty, but I'll tell you how anwyay. From the main menu where you access the game save you are currently on, you can start a new game that retains your blueprints, levels, unlocks, etc without starting a new save filed. Instead of clicking continue, if you click on new game it will start new game on the same file and you can choose the correct difficulty from there.

Thanks jackanape for the Tripod Zapper hint! That *really* nailed it!!

Should I do this difficulty before or after I get 200k kills? Or does it not matter?

it doesnt matter but if you wanna just knock out the 200k kills first on normal than do it that way. just remember if you go for it on the highest difficulty the weapons break faster without the gold bars so keep that in mind

This is easy as fuck with a level 100 Frank and a ton of scrap. I made sure to finish all trials before I started this run and I'm already on Case 2. Trust me guys, don't be afraid of this difficulty if you're a high level character. I'm breezing through it so far. I just hit the safehouse and stock up on Split Shots/Plunger Lures/Bazooka Cannons for crowd control and Electric Axes and Ice Swords for close quarter combat.

Also, big props to Jackanape for his boss strategies, they worked perfectly. Didn't even think to use the Ornament Gun on Tom. Fight was over in less than two minutes.

Question, If any of the the Collectables are glitched running through regular mode. Will that fix said glitch running through at a different difficulty?

completing this difficulty also unlock achievmeent for hard modes?

Easy. Just run everywhere. Easiest hard mode ever.

Blackjack ... yes it does.

I gave a thumbs up, but I don't understand how you can post a guide and still NOT have the achievement. 😆

Where do you get gold bars in single player? In MP you just buy them in vending machines.

Did you figure that out @ICE Faux Pirate?

Posted by "Gamer has been removed" ....oh well hahaha

Rugby Bombs are insanely powerful against bosses. You get it from the turkey psychopath maniac in the high school early in case 4. You can infinitly purchase them for 400 salvage at vendors.

Ion-Cannon for the win. Along with Sentry-Kittens for the final stand they carried me through everything despite having the default health (500).
Only noteworth (i.e. hard) parts are the Horde-room in the Prologue and the Gauntlet-run after finding Calder. Good luck with the later if you came without full healing.

Probably way easier if you have some of the Health and Lv80-skills already unlocked.

Fontana on Blackest Friday was my easiest boss fight of the entire game, was far quicker than in my first normal playthrough! Just instantly switched to the ornament gun, let rip and it was over in seconds without her even moving.

BF was a lot easier than I expected (went in at level 95) got all my collectibles and majority of trials on my first run so BF was a speed run storywise, just keep an eye on your health, avoid large herds of zombies on foot, and keep your food stocked up, use ion cannons for the evolved zombies and it was a breeze. Spent most of my BF run in vehicles doing more grinding towards the 250k kills.

Can someone please explain exactly how to start a game on Black Friday difficulty and keep your current level and not start over with a blank slate? Thanks in advance...

Just finished this today. Took about 3-4 hours to run three. I was level 89 when starting. Best to run through as much as you can and only kill what you have to. Best to use blueprint guns.

I finished on this difficulty yesterday and honestly it wasn’t so bad at all, I reckon the cap com heroes play through was harder because you only have 3 health slots for that

Defiantly go in at about level 90, I was 91. Health pickups are everywhere so you’ll barely run out. The only parts that were the hardest were the maniacs at the medieval plaza (that was before I knew about the ion cannon) and the Sprint after you find Calder in chapter 5. Ion cannon was the best weapon, and I had the gold version aswell so that made it even easier. The floating lanterns, sentry kittens and tri pod zappers were amazing in the final stand.

According to comments in another solution, yes.