Small Chainsaw

Dead Rising
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Small Chainsaw
Location	Wonderland Plaza, near the controls for the Space Rider after defeating Adam
Type	Melee
Lasts	80 hits
Strength	Best
Speed	Fastest
Enhanced by book	Criminal Biography in Sir Book-A-Lot (Wonderland Plaza)   Engineering in Bachman's Bookporium (Paradise Plaza)   Entertainment in Bachman's Bookporium (Paradise Plaza)
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Dead Rising Weapons

The Small Chainsaw is a weapon in Dead Rising. If Adam the Clown disappointed his family with his choice of career, he didn't disappoint us with his choice of weaponry. His mini chainsaw does maximum damage against other psychopaths and slices limbs like butter. This is the strongest weapon in the game (aside from the unlockable Mega Buster and Laser Sword), and it also lasts far longer. The small chainsaw respawns at the same place Adam the Clown is encountered, at the Space Rider entrance in Wonderland Plaza.

This weapon is one of the few that can be strengthened three times by picking up three types of books. They are the Entertainment magazine, the Engineering Magazine, and the Criminal Biography Magazine.

With these three in effect, the player can kill an incredible 2,160 zombies.

No books	One book	Two books	Three books
	x3	x9	x27
80 hits	240	720	2160

Be careful using the small chainsaw when escorting survivors, as they can easily be hit and have their health severely damaged or killed.

Trivia

Further information: mistakes

• With 80 hits, the small chainsaw is 4 times more durable than the chainsaw (20 hits).
• The official guide fails mentioning the third Entertainment book, "Take a quick moment to run up the set of stairs and grab another Small Chainsaw on the ground near the console. These things come in handy, especially if Frank is carrying the Criminal Biology and Engineering Books, which allow them to last up to three times as long as normal."

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