Dead Rising Survivors



The Willamette Survivors are any characters that, when encountered, have not met their fate at the hands of the zombies. Most are characters Frank West can find in various places of the Mall, but only at certain times. Others are psychopaths, or survivors who are corrupted by the Willamette incident and serve as the game's bosses. The rest are the main characters, including Frank himself.

Survivors
The citizens of Willamette who were not initially killed or rendered undead by the zombie outbreak are referred to as "survivors." Many survivors can be escorted safely to the security room, and will often provide Frank with competent cover if given firearms or other weapons; others may be injured, cowardly, traumatized, hostages, or even drunk, requiring Frank to lead them directly to the exit point and possibly rendering him unable to use his weapons. Otis will periodically update Frank with information on certain survivors and their locations, though some survivors must be found without assistance. Certain missions or "unannounced" survivors are time-sensitive: if Frank takes too long to begin a scoop their health will decrease, and in some cases of large rescues from certain psychopaths they may die off one by one. Successful rescues will earn PP for Frank; the player may also choose to leave the survivors to die, or kill them himself.

Normal
These survivors can walk and be equipped with weapons. They are the most common of the survivor types. Most males and some females are in this category. While escorting a group, they are much more reliable, since they can defend the group at waypoints so long as they're armed. They are more difficult to escort than other survivors if they're alone since you have to depend on their AI to navigate through zombies.

Normal Females
Most women that can equip weapons can only equip light weapons such as knives, submachine guns, handguns, etc. They also have a unique running animation that is slightly slower than males, causing Frank to have to wait for them to catch up. They also use an unarmed fighting style, like unequippable survivors. There are a few female survivors that do not use this AI system (or can at least equip heavier weapons): Beth Shrake, Barbara Patterson, Kay Nelson, and Debbie Willett.



Can't be Equipped (Holding Hands)
These survivors are too afraid or incompetent with weapons, but can be led around by the hand directly. All are female. They are good with group escorts since they are able to keep up on foot, with the exception of Susan Walsh. They are also easy for solo escorting, since they can be guided directly by hand. They will attack zombies, but only by shoving them, which causes them to fall to the ground, also (sometimes) by kicking zombies doing damage. The best thing about this type of survivor is that you can hold two hands at once. This tactic is useful in some scoops such as The Woman Who Didn't Make It or Above the Law.

Unable to Walk
These survivors are too injured (or drunk) to walk, and require assistance. They are the least common. They are a burden in groups since Frank is required to support them by shoulder or carry them on his back, rendering him unarmed, but are extremely easy to escort individually. They will attack zombies if one gets close enough.

Story Survivors
During the story, you will be required to follow Brad or Isabela. Without your assistance, they will usually die, but both are armed with a pistol and have the AI of a normal survivor. They don't count as survivors in your party during this, although Isabela also accompanies Frank in the two prior categories as a regular survivor. If they die at any point then all cases will fail.

Defected Survivors
If the player chooses to attack survivors, they may defect. If you hit a survivor too much a purple caption will appear on the screen, saying they are defected. This means they lose all trust in Frank and turn hostile toward him, either trying to kill him or simply no longer following the group. If this happens you have no chance of rescuing the defected survivor.

Psychopaths
Main Article: Psychopaths

List of Survivors
This is a list of all survivors in Dead Rising. It includes citizens of Willamette as well as out-of-towners. The listings are in different colors. If the character is green, then they are savable in the game (survivors). If they are red, then they are not savable in the game (victims). If they are orange, then they are psychopaths. At the bottom of the page there are several notes about the characters.

SAVEABLE

NONSAVEABLE

PSYCHOPATH

Survivor Death Scenes
thumb|275px|right If a survivor's health is fully depleted from attacks by zombies, a death scene is triggered showing them being killed by the zombies. If you go to where they died you can see that they themselves have risen as a zombie and will behave accordingly. The notebook will also list them as 'Undead'. This works for every survivor (and if you are lucky enough to encounter this glitch, psychopaths). If their health reaches zero due to any reason other than being attacked by zombies, then they will simply lie there, not rise up and be marked as 'Dead' in the Notebook. See the video to see the different kinds of death scenes.