NOTE: the rest of this guide's walkthrough has been written assuming a reader will be following the 'Recommended Order', though translating the written text to a 'Fastest Order' shouldn't be difficult, especially using the notes below. use the save deletion trick to skip a Dread Mode run or two, but still saving Trumbull Valley for the last playthrough) and play to their personal style and comfort level.

Followers of this guide can also feel free to 'mix' the two styles (i.e. Given that, achievement hunters may not care about these things and want to speed through the game as quickly as possible - therein, a player can follow the 'Fastest Order' to get all the achievements in the quickest way possible, sacrificing some story cohesion and using a risky save deletion trick to skip two rounds of Dread Mode play. While this order of play will take a bit more time than the optimal order, I feel this order will give you the smoothest play experience and give you the most from the game's fragmented story. The recommend order below combines the natural learning progression one would have with a game like this, along with the 'chronological' order that story and story hybrid maps and modes would naturally be played. I'll list both below as 'Recommended Order' and 'Fastest Order'. There are many ways we can do this, but I only really recommend two ways of tackling the play order: the optimized version for your gameplay enjoyment and the optimized version for speed of completion.

Before we begin actually getting into the nuts and bolts of the game, we should talk about game play order, as State of Decay 2 with all of its DLCs and Title Updates adds up to a very long game.

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