State of Decay: Year-One – Breakdown Heroes Unlock Guide

Unlocking all the heroes is not easily done and will take a lot of time. If a Escort mission didn’t start, maybe it’s because you have too many Friendly Survivor’s missions on your map. You can complete their mission or wait for time out. Keep in mind that missions asking to join your group don’t have a time out.

What we have to unlock on Breakdown is:
38 Heroes
16 Achievements

The youngest Wilkerson brother. A reckless hoodlum with a bigass wrench.

Weapons: Industrial Wrench, Pistol: Hi-Power

Unlock: Kill 100 Zombies with Blunt Weapons. (Breakdown Level 1 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: Kill Zeds with any blunt weapon (also executions will do the trick).

Used to pantomime fighting zombies in his basement with a video camera. Now it’s his full-time job.
Weapons: Baton, Pistol: Fifty-Seven

Unlock: Kill 50 Zombies with automatic Pistols. (Breakdown Level 1 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: You can kill Zeds with headshots only, don’t waste bullets on the other body parts. Also if you unlocked Eli Wilkerson or Jacob Ritter, they already have a pistol equipped.

Heads up the church in Spencer’s Mill. Good at buildind up our spirits, even in the darkest of times.
Weapons: Candlestick

Unlock: Earn 500 Fame. (Breakdown Level 1 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: If you keep doing missions and unlocking other survivors, this will be an easy one.

Local carpenter, one of the first to organize survivors. Great with any kind of repairs.

Weapons: Pipe Bender, Rifle: M1 Garand

Unlock: Max Out Every Type of Facility. (Breakdown Level 1 or Higher)

Difficulty: Hard

Hint: Some bases may give you a completed facility like kitchen, bedroom or library. The others you will have to upgrade and research. This one is really a time consuming unlock because you need a lot of materials to construct the needed facilities.

Here is the list of facilities:

1. Watchtower / Shooting Platform
2. Basic Workshop / Workshop / Machine Shop (Snyder’s don’t count)
3. Basic Workshop / Workshop / Munitions Shop
4. Medical Area / Infirmary / Medical Lab
5. Sleeping Area / Bunkhouse
6. Cooking Area
7. Dining Area
8. Garden / Greenhouse
9. Library
10. Storage Area / Food Storage / Refrigerated Storage
11. Training Area / Dojo

Former county commissioner. Slick bastard. Good at procuring whatever you need… especially if it’s a car.
Weapons: Golf Club, Revolver: Mark VI

Unlock: Kill 100 Zombies with a Car Door. (Breakdown Level 1 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: All you need is a car and to know how to open the car’s door (LMB). Slamming Zeds it’s fun.

Direct descendant of Ezekiel Marshall himself. Spends a lot of time in the library, reading about it. Great at research.
Weapons: Paper Cutter Arm, Rifle: Lenfield No.4 MkI

Unlock: Complete All Research Projects. (Breakdown Level 1 or Higher)

Difficulty: Medium

Hint: Another time consuming unlock if you don’t have a survivor with the Research skill. Also you need a Munitions Shop and Medical Lab to complete this. The research unlocked will carry over to higher Breakdown difficulty.

The Scholar
Complete All Research Projects (Breakdown Level 1 or Higher).

A good kid. But a little flaky.

Weapons: Microphone Stand, Pistol: G 33

Unlock: Get Torn Apart by Zombies. (Breakdown Level 1 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: It’s easy to die in this game.

Alan has been a forest ranger with the Department of Fish and Wildlife since he graduated from community college.
Weapons: Kukri, Rifle: Mk.15

Unlock: Kill a dying Community Member. (Breakdown Level 1 or Higher)

Difficulty: Hard

Hint: This is one of the hardest to unlock. I will give some points on how to get it.

Start a game on Breakdown Level 2 or higher then go to a base. Don’t get any Medicine to your base or it will take longer to unlock. Don’t construct a Medical Area. Try to get sick from a Bloater, then you can play until the sickness spread and a survivor with critically ill status goes missing. Keep in check if you have 2 or more ally’s missions active, you can’t get the rescue mission and then they could die. After rescuing the critically ill survivor, the mission to kill him will unlock later (can also unlock soon after you turned him in).

To get this soon you need to go offline, then load your game. If there is a missing survivor, get the missions done and rescue him. If not, close the game, advance a day in your system clock and them load your game again. Repeat until you see a missing survivor. This is the method that I used and took a month in day advancing to unlock.

Since the outbreak, he has been tasked with maintainning some semblance of order in Trumbull County. Has access to an artillery site in the mountains nearby.
Weapons: Tomahawk, Assault Rifle: 416D

Unlock: Go Out in Blaze of Glory. (Breakdown Level 1 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: Keep a grenade selected, when the Zeds are about to to torn you apart, keep pressing the item use button. The standard keyboard key is “F”.

The Sacrifice
Go out in a Blaze of Glory at Breakdown Level 1 or Higher.

Demands nothing but the best from herself and those around her. Her subordinates privately call her the Monster for her mercilessly high standards.
Weapons: Cutting Machine Blade, SMG: UMP Pro

Unlock: Play for 10 Hours.

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: Play any mode for 10 hours and she will be unlocked.

Didn’t survive a hurricane in Louisiana to be killed by this s**t. Laughts in the face of disaster, because what else can you do?
Weapons: Wakizashi, Assault Rifle: Tar 21 Overwatch

Unlock: Prepare 12 Snacks. (Breakdown Level 1 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: Have a cooking area and then prepare snacks four times.

Local boy who moved off to the big city, but still comes back to visit every year.

Weapons: Fish Stunner, Pistol: PP 22

Unlock: Start a Scenario at Breakdown Level 2.

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: Beat the first Scenario. Complete his escort mission at the second Scenario and he will join your group.

The Friend
Reach Breakdown Level 2.

As bad as the situation is, in a way Becca welcomes it. The end of the world is an opportunity to forget the past and move on, and she’s ready to become a new person.
Weapons: Pirate Cutlass, Rifle: RC 40

Unlock: Kill 100 Zombies with FIRE. (Breakdown Level 2 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: Barbecue groups of Zeds with molotovs. Nice and crispy.

The Phoenix
Burn 100 Zombies with Fire (Breakdown Level 2 or Higher).

Her friends used to make fun of her annual trip to the Renaissance Faire. They’re not laughing anymore.
Weapons: Movie Replica Axe, Rifle: .45 Justice

Unlock: Kill 100 Zombies with Blades. (Breakdown Level 2 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: It’s not that hard. Just don’t get overwhelmed by Zeds.

Ol’ Andy Pimms.

Weapons: Crutch

Unlock: Kill 5 Bloaters. (Breakdown Level 2 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: It’s easy to kill the Bloaters. Just don’t go melee or with the car on them.

The Dead Man
Destroy 5 Bloaters (Breakdown Level 2 or Higher).

The hunter has become the hunted. And then the hunter again. It’s complicated. This guy can shoot.
Weapons: Splitting Maul, Rifle: 700 Huntsman

Unlock: Kill 50 Zombies with Rifles. (Breakdown Level 2 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: Aiming with a rifle is easy, also if the rifle has a scope you can use the “Q” key to zoom in. Only headshots will kill Zeds.

Zombie apocalypse? Whatever. Try raising five kids.

Weapons: Rolling Pin, Revolver: Snub Special 22

Unlock: Cook a Delicious Feast. (Breakdown Level 2 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy / Impossible

Hint: To complete this you will need a base with a cooking area and a survivor with cooking skills. Otherwise it’s impossible to get.

Transfered to the Military Police stateside after being cleared of a friendly-fire incident. Never wanted to hold the lives of her fellow soldiers in her hands again. Now all bets are off.
Weapons: Telescoping Baton, Assault Rifle: RFB

Unlock: Complete 3 Surveys. (Breakdown Level 2 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: There is a lot of survey points across the map. Complete 3 to unlock Alicia Hawkes.

As far as Sam is concerned, Trumbull Valley and just about everyone in it can suck her d**k.
Weapons: Pipe Threader, Shotgun: Warden

Unlock: Start a Scenario at Breakdown Level 3.

Difficulty: Easy / Medium

Hint: Finish a Level 2 Scenario and she will unlock on the next.

The Convict
Reach Breakdown Level 3.

A strict enforcer of the law whose reputation as a hanging judge only added to her credibility as a leader in the aftermath of the outbreat.
Weapons: Courtroom Gavel, Shotgun: 75 15

Unlock: Perform 50 Zombie Executions. (Breakdown Level 3 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: When you get near a downed Zed, pressing the “Z” key will execute him.

The Judge
Perform 50 Zombie Executions at Breakdown Level 3 or Higher.

Comes across as a quiet, patient, introspective sort. He’s a long-time veteran of the force, and the department frequently partnered him up with rookies, trusting him to show them to ropes.
Weapons: Baton, Revolver: Anvil Hammer

Unlock: Kill 50 Zombies with Revolvers. (Breakdown Level 3 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: Unless you’re bad at aiming, this will be easy.

Used to play one of the zombies in an annual “zombie run” event. Doesn’t seem quite funny anymore. At least she’s in great shape.
Weapons: Heavy Kanabo, Pistol: Mk.3 Target

Unlock: Kill 5 Ferals. (Breakdown Level 3 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy / Medium / Hard

Hint: The easiest way is to run them over with your car. The medium is fighting them when you’re prepared. The hard way is fighting them with a bad fighter or two or more at the same time. Ferals are the most dangerous Zeds out there, take care when you see one.

The Fighter
Destroy 5 Ferals (Breakdown Level 3 or Higher).

An old country doctor who knows everyone in Trumbull Valley, inside and out.

Weapons: Garden Limb Saw, Revolver: Blackbird

Unlock: Create Medication in the Infirmary 5 Times. (Breakdown Level 3 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: Crafting is easy. You just need the Infirmary / Medical Lab and resources to craft the medications.

Can fix just about anything… as long as he’s got a steady supply of whiskey.

Weapons: Tire Iron, Pistol: Automag

Unlock: Creat Weapons in the Workshop 5 Times. (Breakdown Level 3 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: You can create mines, molotovs and grenades in the Workshop. With 5 of them you will unlock him.

She’s been learning to grow and store her own food for years, waiting for the end times to come.
Weapons: Hedge Shears, Rifle: 464 Brushgun

Unlock: Grow 10 Food in the Garden. (Breakdown Level 3 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy / Medium

Hint: Food takes a lot of time to grow. If you’re in a rush, buid 3 or more Gardens. You don’t need to upgrade them to Greenhouse.

A compassionate leader with a lot of on-the-ground experience down range. Has three daughters back in Hawaii.
Weapons: Prybar, Shotgun: 870 Combat

Unlock: Craft 300 Rounds of Ammo. (Breakdown Level 3 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy / Medium

Hint: Build a Munitions Shop and create a lot of munitions.

He’s the kind of guy you know will have your back, even if you’ve treated him like s**t. Logged hundreds of hours at the shooting range.
Weapons: Shovel, LMG: M27 IAR

Unlock: Start a Scenario at Breakdown Level 4.

Difficulty: Easy / Medium

Hint: Finish a Scenario Level 3 and he will unlock on the next.

The Gunner
Reach Breakdown Level 4.

The middle Wilkerson brother. A cold-blooded schemer, and a sneaky bastard.

Weapons: Chopper, Shotgun: Doubleshort

Unlock: Scavenge 150 Resources. (Breakdown Level 4 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy / Medium

Hint: There’s not much hint to say here. If you got this far, you know what to do.

The Survivor
Collect 150 Resources at Breakdown Level 4 or Higher.

Just came to Trumbull Valley for a fishing trip. An imposing guy who knows how to swing an oar.
Weapons: Metal Oar, Shotgun: Model 870 T

Unlock: Kill 100 Zombies with Heavy Weapons. (Breakdown Level 4 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy / Medium

Hint: If you have a Heavy Weapons fighter, it will not be that hard. The bad thing is that these weapons are too slow.

She’s been hiding from the authorities for years. Hiding from zombies shouldn’t be a problem. Knows her way around an AK-47.
Weapons: Royal Igorot Axe, Assault Rifle: AK47 Custom

Unlock: Kill 50 Zombies with Assault Rifles. (Breakdown Level 4 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: Another firearms challenge. They are easy to do.

The oldest Wilkerson brother. He’s a psychopathic son of a ♥♥♥♥♥. Can snipe zombies for you from across the map.
Weapons: Brush Axe, Rifle: Eli

Unlock: Earn 25 Headshot Streaks. (5 Headshots in a Row – Breakdown Level 4 or Higher)

Difficulty: Medium / Hard

Hint: Now that’s a challenge. This one will surely get on your nerves. To get this you will need 5 straight kills 25 times. A mere count of 125 Zeds. Easy? No! You might get Armored Zeds involved and you can’t kill them with headshot, also they rush at you like hell. The best bet is to find hordes and shot them at distance. Also if you’re a sharpshooter, you can make a distraction to form a group and make more Zeds follow you while you pop their heads. What suits you better, and good luck with this.

The Sniper
Earn 25 Headshot Streaks (Breakdown Level 4 or Higher).

Used to blow stuff up in his backyard with a buddy. Never thought he’d get to do it for a living!
Weapons: Prybar, Grenade Launcher: GL M32

Unlock: Kill 50 Zombies with Explosives. (Breakdown Level 4 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: Kill Zeds with grenades and grenade launchers. It’s fun.

We found him on some kind of weird black ops mission, and he doesn’t seem to like us all that much. That’s fine, the feeling’s mutual.
Weapons: Royal Igorot Axe, SMG: Skorpion Evo 3 AI

Unlock: Kill 10 Screamers. (Breakdown Level 4 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy / Medium

Hint: Screamers are easy to kill, but going melee on them can be dangerous.

Here in the valley for a hunting trip with some old Army buddies. A veteran sharpshooter.

Weapons: Short Wakizashi, Rifle: SOCOM II ETR

Unlock: Start a Scenario at Breakdown Level 5.

Difficulty: Easy / Medium

Hint: Finish a Scenario Level 4 and she will be available on the next.

The Veteran
Reach Breakdown Level 5.

Trained a generation of SWAT recruits for the Trumbull County sheriff’s office. He stays in contactwith his cop buddies, and can call them in at a moment’s notice.
Weapons: Telescoping Baton, Shotgun: A12 Custom

Unlock: Kill 50 Zombies with Shotguns. (Breakdown Level 5 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy

Hint: With a good shotgun, you can kill group of Zeds easily.

A few weeks ago, this was not the kind of guy you wanted to see knocking at your door. Now… it’s a relief to have him around. Him and his land mines.
Weapons: Tactical Tomahawk, LMG: RPK

Unlock: Kill 5 Juggernauts. (Breakdown Level 5 or Higher)

Difficulty: Easy / Medium / Hard

Hint: If you have a good aim, assault weapons can kill Juggernaults easily. Medium if you go melee and hard if you try to kill them on a crowded area. Only use cars if you have one to spare.

The Mercenary
Destroy 5 Juggernauts at Breakdown Level 5 or Higher.

We’re pretty sure that isn’t his real name. But we’re afraid to say anything. You never know when he might be standing behind you.
Weapons: Wakisashi, SMG: MPX

Unlock: Perform 50 Stealth Kills. (Breakdown Level 5 or Higher)

Difficulty: Medium

Hint: On the keyboard you need to hold the “C” key to enter Stealth Mode and if you aproach a Zed from behind you can execute him with the “Z” key. Stealth kills can take time to achieve. Also you can fool Zeds that are following you if you go in Stealth Mode when you enter a bush.

The Ninja
Execute 50 Stealth Kills at Breakdown Level 5 or Higher.

He was sent in to research this disease and find a few answers. Now all he wants to do is to find a way out. His hazmat suit is the ultimate defense against freak attacks.
Weapons: Crowbar, SMG: Super Z

Unlock: Start a Scenario at Breakdown Level 6.

Difficulty: Easy / Medium

Hint: Finish a Scenario Level 5 and he will be unlocked on the next.

The Scientist
Reach Breakdown Level 6.

The Rescuer
Unlock All Heroes.

All the heroes that we can unlock is covered in this guide. Also if there’s a need for correction, just leave a message and I will try to correct it. I may update this guide more in the future, but for now it’s purpose is done.