Wingman

Wingman
Type	Combo Weapon/Other
How to make	Queen + Nectar
Uses	20
Strength	Great
PP	500
Fits in inventory	Yes

Dead Rising 2
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Dead Rising 2: Off the Record

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"Unleash this ruthless wasp against the zombie menace!"

—Combo card description

The Wingman is a secret combo weapon in Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record. It is created by combining a queen with nectar.

The Wingman is a queen that has been altered to attack zombies instead of infect humans, and is distinguished by its golden glow. It is kept in a jar upon being crafted, which can be opened to release the queen. It will then follow the player, stinging nearby zombies and causing their heads to explode.

Crafting the Wingman will award the player the secret achievement/trophy Tape It or DIE!.

Attacks and combo card

Wingman combo card
Prestige points	Main: 500 PP Alternate: N/A
Main attack (press /)	Open up the jar and release the Wingman. The Wingman will follow the player and will sting zombies, killing them.
Description	Unleash this ruthless wasp against the zombie menace!

Combo card location

In Dead Rising 2 and Off the Record, the combo card for the Wingman is unlocked immediately after creating it for the first time in a maintenance room.

Weapon component locations

Dead Rising 2 general locations of weapons needed to make the Wingman. Note that queens do not spawn until Day 2 at 7:00 am (all cases must also be completed up to this point).

Component	Location	Component	Location
Queen	Throughout Fortune City, on the backs of the necks of certain zombies Spawned after drinking a nectar	Nectar	Can be created at any of the blenders throughout Fortune City

• A quick way to acquire the nectar for the Wingman is to combine jellybeans and pie at the Rojo Diablo Mexican Restaurant blender in the Food Court.
• Roy's Mart in Royal Flush Plaza always has four jugs of orange juice, and if the player has enough inventory space, they can take them into the Slot Ranch Casino bar and blend either:
  • Orange Juice + Beer
  • Orange Juice + Whiskey
  • Orange Juice + Orange Juice
• At Pub O' Gold in the Silver Strip, there are three jugs of orange juice, several bottles of beer and whiskey, and a blender. Combine the orange juices with beer or whiskey to create three bottles of nectar. Several queen-carrying zombies can be found throughout the Silver Strip, making it possible to create three Wingmen at once.
• To acquire a queen quickly, kill the zombie next to Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow outside the Safe House. There will always be one with a queen in front of the Zombrex poster and reloading the area will allow the player to gather more queens.

Trivia

Maximum number of Wingmen (5) following Chuck

• The player can have up to five Wingmen follow them at once.
• If the player has a shotgun out (or any other firearm) while a Wingman is active, it will not lose any durability and can kill zombies for an unlimited amount of time. If the player drops or swaps the firearm, then the Wingman may disappear if it is attacking. A shotgun can be acquired from the guards on the tiki statue in the Yucatan Casino or at the Fortune City Arena, and there are always two at the High-Noon Shooting Range.
  • The firearms that count as weapons that do not deteriorate the Wingmen are: shotgun, handgun, LMG, sniper rifle, assault rifle, six shooter, Boomstick, Freedom Bear, merc assault rifle, toy spitball gun, Fire Spitter, blast frequency gun, and Super B.F.G.
  • If this is done with five Wingmen out at once, it becomes one of the most efficient ways in the game to earn prestige points. Locate the Combat and Horror magazines to boost the amount of PP earned from zombie kills and level up even quicker.
  • If the player loses the Wingman while having a firearm out, it will reappear when a new area is entered.
  • Driving in a vehicle, carrying a survivor, or picking up a heavy object will remove the Wingman's invincibility.
• If a visiting co-op player makes a Wingman and then leaves the game, the Wingman will remain. It will respawn in the new area every time the host player changes areas. However, it will not follow the host player, nor will it fight if zombies approach it.
• The Wingman can slow down gas zombies, but cannot kill them.
• Considering that this combo weapon creates a golden version of the queen bee, it is most likely a reference to The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past's secret Golden Bee, that assists in killing enemies when released by the player.
• The weapon appears to work by feeding a queen wasp the nectar mixed drink, as a yellow fluid can be seen at the bottom of the jar.
• The combo card for the Wingman is one out of only two cards that are automatically given to the player upon creating the weapon, the other being the Spiked Bat.
• As a secret combo weapon, neither the nectar nor the queen are labeled with the wrench icon that other combination items are seen with.
• The Wingman does not disappear when the player enters the Safe House, even though weapons cannot be used there.
• A glitch can occur where only the scratch card for the Wingman will be unlocked upon its creation.
• In Case Zero and Case West, the player can obtain queens and make nectar, but the Wingman cannot be made.
• This item is destroyed when thrown.

Gallery

Further information: Wingman/Gallery

Chuck holding the Wingman

The Wingman's glitched scratch card