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- For Dead Rising 2, see Dead Rising 2 Zombies.
Zombie endurance[]
Using a Rat Stick at level 1, one of the weakest weapons in the game, a player can determine precisely how strong zombies are in comparison to each other. Frank at level 50 kills the zombies much faster. For example, it takes 6 hits to kill a fat man with a rat stick at level 50, and 15 times at level 1. Nighttime is at 7:00 pm every day, when the zombies eyes become red, making them "stronger, faster, and much more violent"[1]

Zombie | Hits to kill | |||||
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Level 1 | Level 50 | |||||
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7.5[2] | 15 | 3 | 6 | ||
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10 | 20 | 4 | 8 | ||
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10 | 20 | 4 | 8 | ||
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15 | 30 | 6 | 12 | ||
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18 | 7 | 14[4] | |||
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20 | 40 | 8 | 16 | ||
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est. 30[5] | 12 | 12 | |||
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est. 100[6] | 40 | 40 |
End of Game Zombies killed Bonus[]
Zombie Killed in 72 Hour Mode |
PP BONUS[7] |
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0 | 0 |
1 | 100 |
100 | 1,000 |
500 | 2,000 |
1,000 | 8,000 |
2,000 | 10,000 |
3,000 | 15,000 |
4,000 | 20,000 |
5,000 | 25,000 |
6,000 | 30,000 |
7,000 | 35,000 |
8,000 | 40,000 |
9,000 | 45,000 |
10,000 | 50,000 |
Photos of all zombies in Dead Rising[]

Zombie quadruplets
There are less than thirty different zombies in Dead Rising. It is not uncommon for Frank is attacked by quadruplets (the same zombie generated four times together). Below is an attempt to photograph all of the zombies in Dead Rising, with unofficial nicknames.
![]() Fat housewife in red shirt and glasses |
![]() Fat housewife in red shirt and bandage |
![]() Fat housewife in blue shirt |
![]() Fat dirty blond in blue |
![]() Kathy Peterson look alike |
![]() Simone look alike |
![]() Thin brunette in a red blouse |
![]() Blond Mall Rat |
![]() Woman in purple |
![]() Skanky skinny woman in green |
![]() Blond handgun cop |
![]() Bald one-armed grandpa |
![]() Scar face |
![]() Fat senior citizen |
![]() Fat middle aged hunter |
![]() Construction foreman |
![]() Construction worker |
![]() Green cap and blue jacket |
![]() Green cap and orange shirt | |
![]() Backwards green cap one-armed scorpion fan |
![]() Scorpion fan with wool knit hat |
![]() Black cap green shirt |
![]() Football jock |
![]() Laid back zombie with glasses |
![]() Puking blood |
![]() Severe pink eye |
![]() Plaid shirt and jeans |
![]() Unemployed loser |
![]() Cashmere sweater professor zombie |
![]() Red long sleeved shirt |
![]() Green t-shirt and blue jeans |
![]() Severe head wound |
![]() Balding | |
![]() Black man in Hawaiian shirt |
![]() Raincoat cult member |
![]() Special Forces |
Images[]
See Zombie/Image gallery for over 95 images.
Trivia[]
- Frank can interact with zombies through the load screen doors, shooting them, throwing items at them, etc.
- Zombies ignore cult members, possibly because their outfits mask their human smell.
Zombie aggression[]
- Zombies evening aggression is from 7 pm to around 7 am daily.
- If Frank stays on one load screen, the zombies never lose their red eyes and evening aggression.
Notes[]
- ↑ Off, Greg (August 7, 2006). Dead Rising Official Strategy Guide. BradyGames.
- ↑ Although it takes 8 hits to kill the thin woman during the day, the actual number is probably 7.5 because zombies are exactly twice as difficult to kill at night. The thin zombie woman is killed after 15 hits at night. One half of 15 is 7.5.
- ↑ Including zombies with hard hats
- ↑ Some of these zombies require only half the number of hits (7) at night. It is not understood why.
- ↑ Based on the 2.5 times difference between level 50 Frank and Level 1 Frank in killing zombies
- ↑ Based on the 2.5 times difference between level 50 Frank and Level 1 Frank in killing zombies
- ↑ Off, Greg (August 7, 2006). Dead Rising Official Strategy Guide. BradyGames., p. 121
See also[]
Zombie look alikes[]
Survivors who become zombies[]

Greg Simpson as a zombie.
- Aaron as a zombie
- Burt as a zombie
- Floyd as a zombie
- Greg Simpson as a zombie
- Gordon Stalworth as a zombie
- Heather Tompkins as a zombie
- Jolie as a zombie
- Leah as a zombie
- Rachel as a zombie
- Ronald as a zombie
- Susan as a zombie
- Wayne Blackwell as a zombie