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For prestige points in Dead Rising, see Dead Rising Prestige Points.

Prestige points, often abbreviated "PP", are experience points that can be earned in Dead Rising 2, Dead Rising 2: Case Zero, Dead Rising 2: Case West, and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record. By earning prestige points, the player is able to level up, unlocking rewards such as upgrades to a player's attributes. Prestige points can earned in various ways, including:

  1. completing missions and cases,
  2. Any survivors related activities (joining, rescuing and requested etc.),
  3. killing zombies and psychopaths,
  4. using combo weapons to kill zombies,
  5. Performing certain bonus actions,
  6. using hand-to-hand skills to kill zombies,
  7. playing minigames such as Motion Madness,
  8. taking photographs such as PP stickers (Case West and Off the Record only).

Prestige point gauge and leveling up[]

The PP gauge is located just underneath the player's life bar. It displays the amount of PP the player currently has. As the player gains more prestige points, the gauge fills. When it fills completely, the player's level increases by one.

Level increase benefits[]

A level increase gives the player:

  1. more life,
  2. better attack strength,
  3. more inventory space,
  4. new skills,
  5. increased throwing distance,
  6. faster running speed, and
  7. new combo cards.

Level-up PP requirements[]

In Dead Rising 2: Case Zero, the player can reach up to level 5, and in Dead Rising 2 and Off the Record, the player can reach up to level 50. Below is a list of prestige points required to attain the next level and the cumulative amount of prestige points needed to reach each level.

Level PP required to level up[1] Cumulative PP
1 0 0
2 20,000 20,000
3 20,000 40,000
4 20,000 60,000
5 20,000 80,000
6 30,000 110,000
7 30,000 140,000
8 30,000 170,000
9 30,000 200,000
10 30,000 230,000
11 50,000 280,000
12 50,000 330,000
13 50,000 380,000
14 50,000 430,000
15 50,000 480,000
16 70,000 550,000
17 70,000 620,000
18 70,000 690,000
19 70,000 760,000
20 70,000 830,000
21 90,000 920,000
22 90,000 1,010,000
23 90,000 1,100,000
24 90,000 1,190,000
25 90,000 1,280,000
26 100,000 1,380,000
27 100,000 1,480,000
28 100,000 1,580,000
29 100,000 1,680,000
30 100,000 1,780,000
31 130,000 1,910,000
32 130,000 2,040,000
33 130,000 2,170,000
34 130,000 2,300,000
35 130,000 2,430,000
36 150,000 2,580,000
37 150,000 2,730,000
38 150,000 2,880,000
39 150,000 3,030,000
40 150,000 3,180,000
41 170,000 3,350,000
42 170,000 3,520,000
43 170,000 3,690,000
44 170,000 3,860,000
45 170,000 4,030,000
46 180,000 4,210,000
47 180,000 4,390,000
48 180,000 4,570,000
49 180,000 4,750,000
50 250,000 5,000,000

Attribute reward chart[]

The following chart shows how many of each attribute upgrade will occur within a given level range. The order in which upgrades are awarded in each range is randomized.

Level range Health Inventory Attack Throw Speed
1-10 2x 2x 1x 1x 1x
11-20 2x 1x 1x 1x -
21-30 1x 2x 1x 1x 1x
31-40 2x 1x 2x 1x 1x
41-50 1x 2x 1x - -

Skill reward list[]

The levels at which a player learns a new skill is randomized; however, the player will always earn them in the following order:

  1. Back Drop
  2. Jump Kick
  3. DDT
  4. Curb Stomp
  5. Front Kick
  6. Dodge Roll
  7. Double Leg Drop Kick
  8. Foot Sweep
  9. Elbow Drop
  10. Haymaker
  11. Field Goal
  12. Smash
  13. Hands Off
  14. Power Bomb
  15. Pick Up

Combo card reward list[]

Similar to how skills are awarded, levels at which a player earns a new combo card is randomized and they will always be received in the same order. Below is a list of combo cards earned by leveling up, in order, for both Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record:

Dead Rising 2[]

  1. Drill Bucket
  2. I.E.D.
  3. Molotov
  4. Pole Weapon
  5. Air Horn
  6. Gem Blower
  7. Fountain Lizard
  8. Hacker
  9. Ripper
  10. Electric Chair
  11. Flaming Gloves
  12. Heliblade
  13. Fire Spitter
  14. Beer Hat
  15. Sticky Bomb
  16. Driller
  17. Defiler
  18. Hail Mary
  19. Freezer Bomb
  20. Knife Gloves
  21. Roaring Thunder
  22. Super Slicer
  23. Handy Chipper
  24. Dynameat
  25. Electric Rake
  26. Parablower
  27. Boomstick
  28. Auger
  29. Infernal Arms
  30. Porta Mower
  31. Super B.F.G.
  32. Tesla Ball
  33. Spear Launcher
  34. Blitzkrieg

Off the Record[]

  1. Drill Bucket
  2. I.E.D.
  3. Pole Weapon
  4. Air Horn
  5. Weed Tendonizer
  6. Bouncing Beauty
  7. Gem Blower
  8. Electric Chair
  9. Blitzkrieg
  10. Ripper
  11. Cryo Pod
  12. Dynameat
  13. Heliblade
  14. Fire Spitter
  15. Sticky Bomb
  16. Pegasus
  17. Defiler
  18. Hail Mary
  19. Electric Crusher
  20. Shocker
  21. Knife Gloves
  22. Roaring Thunder
  23. Super Slicer
  24. Spear Launcher
  25. Handy Chipper
  26. Tesla Ball
  27. Parablower
  28. Flaming Gloves
  29. Infernal Arms
  30. Super B.F.G.
  31. Porta Mower
  32. Driller
  33. Lightning Gun
  34. Auger
  35. Laser Gun

Chuck's current status[]

To check on Chuck's current level, skills available, and prestige points, pause the game by pressing Start button/Start button and select status from the pause menu.

Quickly gain prestige points[]

Case Zero[]

In Case Zero, once the Mechanic Jed Wright is defeated, Chuck receives the Boomstick combo card and the corresponding heavy attack.

The quickest way to increase Chuck's level is with the Boomstick's heavy attack, which stabs and lifts zombies into the air. It yields 2,500 prestige points per kill, so perform the heavy attack often to earn lots of prestige points in a short time. The player can keep remaking the weapon at a maintenance table.[2] In comparison, having a Case Zero survivor join the player's party is only worth up to 2,000 prestige points and successfully escorting a survivor is worth up to a maximum of 3,500 prestige points.

Prestige points for rescuing survivors[]

As the player progresses, the prestige point amount for each survivor increases.

Case Zero[]

Photo Survivor Join bonus Escort bonus Total
Dead rising dick Dick Jones N/A N/A N/A
Dead rising fausto Fausto Vargas 1,000 3,000 4,000
Dead rising gemini Gemini Vargas 1,000 3,000 4,000
Dead rising nikki Nikki Valentino 1,000 3,000 4,000
Dead rising tia Tia Hernandaz 1,000 3,000 4,000
Dead rising sharon Sharon Riesinger 1,500 3,500 5,000
Dead rising jason Jason Wong 1,500 3,500 5,000
Dead rising archie Archie Eaton 1,500 3,500 5,000
Dead rising bob Bob Blackrock 1,500 3,500 5,000
Dead rising darcie Darcie Blackrock 2,000 3,500 5,500

Dead Rising 2[]

Special prestige point bonuses[]

See also: Minigames
Bonus name Description Store PP bonus Repeatable PP Total
Dead rising The man's sport dummy
Dummy Punched Bonus! Destroy a punching dummy. Chuck must punch the dummies either bare handed or with boxing gloves or MMA gloves; other types of weapons will not work. Location icon 3 in Royal Flush Plaza - The Man's Sport

Location icon 4 in Palisades Mall - Flexin'

1,000 7 (once each) 7,000
xx All Dummies Bonus! Destroy all seven dummies 10,000 No
Dead rising 2 presitge points neon fish (2) Neon Fish Destroyed Bonus! Shot the 6 neon fish lights in Atlantica Casino - near the Palisades Mall entrance Atlantica Casino 1,000 6 fish total 6,000
Dead rising NeonFish All Neon Fish Bonus! Shot all 6 neon fish Atlantica Casino 10,000 No
Dead rising 2 minigame (9) Treadmill Bonus! Run on one of the treadmills Location icon Palisades Mall - Flexin' 1,000 6,000
Dead rising Flexin PP treadmill All Treadmills Bonus! Run all of the six treadmills Location icon Palisades Mall - Flexin' 10,000
Display Rack Spun Bonus! 3 racks in Palisades Mall - KokoNutz Sports Town

3 racks in Royal Flush Plaza Sportrance

1,000 Yes 6,000
All Display Racks Bonus! Spin all 6 racks 10,000
Dead rising fortune city arena SPRAY PAINTING ZOMBREX POSTER Poster Sprayed Bonus! Spray a Zombrex Poster. See page for all locations. 1,000 Yes (each poster) 33,000
Dead rising Zombrex Posters all 33 sprayed bonus 300000 All Posters Bonus! Spray all 33 Zombrex posters. 300,000 Yes (each poster)
Dead rising 2 minigame (8) Exercise Bike Bonus! Pedal one of the exercise bikes. Press the (B)

button to use and press the (A) button rapidly to ride it until bonus.

Trivia

In the PC game file items.txt, this minigame is called the "FitnessBike" (Fitness Bike).

Location icon Flexin' 1,000 Yes 5,000
All Exercise Bikes Bonus! Pedal all six exercise bikes Location icon Flexin' 10,000 No
Dead rising Bazooka Bad Boyz Movie Watched Bonus! On the Platinum Strip is a the movie theater Paradise Platinum Screens with one door Chuck can enter and watch a bad movie. The movies can only be watched at certain times that you can see listed on the marquee. See Paradise Platinum Screens for showtimes. Chuck loses one and a half hours when you watch the movie. 2,000 Yes (once each movie) 10,000
Dead rising all movies watched bonus 10000 All Movies Bonus! Watch all 5 movies 10,000 No
Dead rising 2 minigame (2) Time Share Bonus! Watch the Time Share Video from 12:00-01:30 am. 10,000 No
Dead rising Standee Standee Used Bonus! Use the Standee in front of the Fortune City Arena Location icon Fortune Park - next toTIR Souvenir Kiosk 1,000 No
Dead rising 2 minigame (5) Peeping Tom Bonus! Pay $1,000 to view a peepshow Location icon Peep Hole 1,000 Yes - 3 times total 3,000
All Peep Shows Bonus! Watch the peep show three times. 10,000 No
Aversion Bonus! ??
Dead rising gifts for katey bonus 15000 All Gifts Given Bonus! See Gifts for Katey
Dead rising 2 minigame (3) Use Slide Bonus! Location icon Palisades Mall grotto 10,000 No
Dead rising case 0 mommas diner pan warming Stove Used Bonus! Heat up a Pan on a Stove See Pan#Stove locations 1,000 Yes (once each stove) 20,000
All Stoves Used Bonus! Use all stoves 10,000 No
StripPoker Strip Poker Elimination Bonus! Strip eliminate a survivor in the mission Ante Up. Location icon Safe House 5,000 Yes 25,000
All Stripped Bonus!!! Strip eliminate all 5 survivors in the mission Ante Up. Location icon Safe House 10,000 No
Dead rising 2 minigame (14) Test Of Strength Bonus! See Minigames Location icon The Man's Sport 5,000 No
Dead rising Flaming Craps Craps Table Bonus! See Minigames Roll a seven on the Giant Dice at 'Flamin' Craps' Location icon Royal Flush Plaza 10,000 No
Dead rising Wheel of Destiny Giant Wheel Bonus! See Minigames
Dead rising Ride the Thunder 3 Bull Ride Bonus! See Minigames
Dead rising Ride the Waves 4
Dolphin Bonus! See Minigames Win the "Ride the Waves"
Dead rising Motion Madness Motion Madness Bonus! See Minigames
Virtual Golf Bonus! See Minigames Location icon SporTrance
Dead rising Fortune Whisperer Fortune Whisperer Bonus! See Minigames
Fire Pit Bonus See Minigames
Dead rising Money to Burn Pyromaniac Bonus! See Minigames Location icon Yucatan Casino fire pit
Stupidity Bonus! See Minigames Location icon Yucatan Casino fire pot
Environment Bonus! See Minigames Varies

Gifts for Katey[]

Chuck can bring Katey certain items as gifts for prestige points. There are a total of 11 gifts that Chuck can give to Katey. The first gift will merit the "Father of the Month" achievement and giving all 11 will merit the "Father of the Year" achievement.

Prestige point load screen hints[]

Prestige Point load screen hints from Off the Record.[3]

There are no load screen Prestige Points in the Fortune City Arena, the Safe House or Atlantica Casino.

Location Hint Description PP Bonus
Hint Description PP bonus
It's bull that you can get PP for free! Ride the bull in Ride the Thunder. See minigames.
Silence the chattering cyclopes. Shoot all the televisions at the bar in the center of the casino. 250 PP each for each small television

500 PP each for each big television[Verification needed]

Bring down the Zombrex machine! Spray paint all of the Zombrex posters. 1,000 PP
It's time to break the bank, Vegas style. Hit slot machines with a baseball bat. 250 PP for hitting the slot machines: Cash Diet, Killer Blackjack, Reel It In, Lucky Lapdance, Sugar Daddy, Trouble with Turkeys, Barnyard Bonanza[4]
Things are starting to heat up, frying pans that is. Heat a frying pan on a stove. See special prestige point bonuses
Hint Description PP bonus
Things are starting to heat up, frying pans that is. Heat a frying pan on a stove. See special prestige point bonuses
I could really go for a Taco Platter... Eat five tacos in Rojo Diablo Mexican Restaurant. 1000 - 5 times[5]
We call it "Music Mis-appreciation." Break up to six acoustic guitars in the Food Court, just to the point they have a hole in the back of them. The player does not have to break them completely. 1000 PP - 6 times[6]
Hint Description PP bonus
Mmm... garbage Hamburger. Eat a spoiled hamburger from the trash can outside. 1,000 PP - 5 times[7]
Massage that ball! Hit the bingo ball cage in One Little Duck Bingo with a massager. 1,000 PP - once[8]
2x4 x Bank Machine = PP! Hit any ATM in the Silver Strip, Fortune Park, or Platinum Strip with a 2" x 4". 1,000 PP - 4 times[9]
Beer and chips... mmmm.[10] Involves vending machine and keg. 1,000 PP - once
None In the Silver Strip, Fortune Park, or Platinum Strip - Slot machines - Sugar Daddy, Barnyard Bonanza, Killer Blackjack. 250 PP - each once[11]
Hint Description PP bonus
Bring down the Zombrex machine! Spray paint all of the Zombrex posters. 1,000 PP
Only a dummy would box without gloves. Destroy a dummy with hand-to-hand combat. See special prestige point bonuses
Take a slide back to your childhood. Use the slide in the central grotto. See special prestige point bonuses
Vikings never could have nice things. Break up to 5 small vases with a battleaxe. 1,000 PP - 5 times[12]
It's a cardio work out that is good for both your heart and your PP. In Flexin', use the exercise bikes. See special prestige point bonuses
Hint Description PP bonus
Bring down the Zombrex machine! Spray paint the Zombrex Posters 1,000 PP
Caffeine is always worth a good buzz. Drink up to seven coffees. Several are found in the The Dark Bean. 1000 PP - 7 coffees[13]
Smashy smashy, with a brick! Break Cardboard Boxes with a brick. 1000 PP - 5 times[14]
Hint Description PP bonus
Grabbing all the cash is sure to be worth something. Win the minigame Cash Me If You Can, in which the player grabs as much cash as they can in a box. See minigames
It's time to drink like it's a cold Russian winter. Drink a bottle of vodka in the Slot Ranch Casino or Food Court. One can be found behind the counter on the left side of the bar. 1000 PP - once[15]
Hint Description PP bonus
You're midway to some more PP. Play the Midway Gallery games. See MidWay-G-Matron 2525
What makes an amusement park, amusing? Hot dogs? Eat two hot dogs. 1,000 PP - two times[16]
Where do Mole Men live? In Uranus! In the Molemen from Uranus minigame, hit the molemen with a sledge hammer or space hammer. 500 PP + 1,500 Environment Bonus[17]

45 PP - Space Hammer[18]

Invasions, they come from above. Involves Alien Head. 1,000 PP - 5 times[19]
Hint Description PP bonus
Good things come to those with money to burn. Play the "Money to Burn" minigame. See minigames
Bring down the Zombrex machine! Spray paint all of the Zombrex posters. 1,000 PP
Slice your way through the Yucatan's neon jungle. Slice certain slot machines with a machete. 250 PP - each once: Doctor Cash, Kings Crown, Lucky Lapdance, Megaman, Sugar Daddy, Trouble Turkeys, Video Poker Draw[20]
Things are starting to heat up, frying pans that is. Heat a frying pan on a stove. For locations, see article. See special prestige point bonuses
Tame the jungle heart. Tame Snowflake. See Fresh Meat
NONE Knock over bowling pins with a bowling ball 1,000 PP - up to ten times[21]
NONE Donkey Lamp, Football and Novelty Cell Phone 100 PP[22][23][24]
NONE Bow and Arrow and Novelty Poker Chip 5 PP[25]
NONE Paint Can and Cardboard Cutout - including Cardboard Cutout - Frank West and Cardboard Cutout - Chuck Greene 25 PP[26]
NONE TIR Baseball Bat, regular Baseball Bat and Sports Car 100 PP[27]
NONE Bass Guitar and Amplifier 10 PP[28]

Sticker locations in Off the Record[]

Trivia[]

  • In Dead Rising 2: Case Zero, even after reaching level 5, the prestige points bar will continue to fill again as normal until the player reaches 110,000 PP, though nothing in particular happens at that point, as the player can only reach level 6 and beyond in the full version of Dead Rising 2.

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References[]

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Case Zero
Weapons - Locations - Characters
Cases
Case 0-1 - Case 0-2 - Case 0-3 - Case 0-4 - Zombrex 1 - Military Arrival
Missions
Above the Law - Gemini's Request - Handle With Care - The Mechanic - The Morning After - Win Some Lose Some
Gameplay
Achievements - Chuck's Notebook - Combo Weapons - Prestige Points
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Dead Rising 2
Weapons - Locations - Characters - Endings
Game Modes
Story Mode - Co-Op - Terror is Reality
Cases
Zombrex 1 - Case 1-1 - Case 1-2 - Case 1-3 - Case 1-4 - Case 2-1 - Case 2-2 - Zombrex 2 - Case 3-1 - Case 3-2 - Case 4-1 - Zombrex 3 - Case 5-1 - Case 5-2 - Zombrex 4 - Case 6-1 - Case 6-2 - Case 6-3 - Case 6-4 - Case 7-1 - Case 7-2 - Case 7-3 - The Facts - Overtime
Missions
Ante Up - An Industrial Fashion - Art Appreciation - Bank Run - Barn Burner - Bent Wood - Big Game Stakes - Brains Over Brawn - Chemical Dependency - Chuck the Role Model - Code Blue - Dead or Alive? - Demand and Supply - Delta Point 1 - Everyone Knows Slappy - Family Feud - Fetching Females - Fortune City Botany Club - Fresh Meat - Happily Ever After... Sort Of - Here Comes the Groom - High Rollers - Hunger Pains - Know When to Fold 'Em - Linette's Passage - Lost... - Lush-ious Lady - Mail Order Zombrex - Meet the Contestants - Militia Men - Once Bitten - One Hit Wonder - One Man's Trash - Par for the Course - Rock Heroes - Shell Shocked - Shopping Spree - Short Sighted - Slave to Fashion - Stranded Siren - Stuart's Scheme - Tape It or Die 1 - Tape It or Die 2 - Tastes Like Chicken - The Secret of Charlie's Gold - TK is Infected - Two's Company - WWJWD? - Welcome to the Family - Wilted Flower - Workers Compensation - World's Most Dangerous Trick
Gameplay
Timeline - Achievements - Combo Weapons - Combo Bikes - Prestige Points - Skills - Transceiver - Waypoint
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