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Dead Island 2

Where to Find all Curveballs in Dead Island 2

By
Nathan Garvin

This page will list all the Curveball throwing weapons in Dead Island 2 and where to find them.

(1 of 2) A few Curveballs can be purchased from various merchants,

A few Curveballs can be purchased from various merchants, (left), but a great majority are found as you explore. (right)

Where to Find all Curveballs in Dead Island 2

Curveballs are special weapons that can be used without cost, albeit on a cooldown timer, and include shurikens, grenades, bombs and other tools. Some deal direct damage, some deal AoE damage, other lure zombies to specific locations while some inflict debuffs. As for obtaining them, some can be simply purchased from merchants, but many are found as you explore and other are earned as rewards for completing side quests. Their locations are as follows:

Curveball Location
Bait Bomb Buy from Dougie in Ocean Avenue for $3,500. Only available after completing The Search for Truth.
"Caustic-X Bomb" iconCaustic-X Bomb Complete the side quest The Rav-Ages of Caustic-X.
"Chem Bomb" iconChem Bomb While exploring the Halperin Hotel during "Call the Cavalry" iconCall the Cavalry, on the second floor. You’ll need to crawl under a corridor of furniture, after which you’ll find this Curveball
Electric Bomb Complete the Lost & Found quest Jo’s Secret Stash, at the end of which you’ll loot a stash, wherein you’ll find this Curveball.
"Electric Star" iconElectric Star At the end of the story quest Michael Anders and the Holy Grail you’ll exit Monarch Studio and return to Beverly Hills via the Brentwood Water Reclamation plant. You’ll find this Curveball stuck into a warning sign on a fence near some stairs.
Flashbang Complete the side quest Cremains of the Day.
"Meat Bait" iconMeat Bait Buy from Carlos in Bel-Air for $0. Tutorial item, cannot be missed.
Military Grenade Complete the side quest Boz Makes a Bang.
"Molotov Cocktail" iconMolotov Cocktail Brentwood Sewers. Enter the Filtration Access and Servicing room from the east and go upstairs. You’ll find this Curveball on a table outside the office.
"Nail Bomb" iconNail Bomb During the story quest The Search for Truth you’ll visit some apartments (west of the Beancup Coffee shop). Go upstairs, enter the only apartment you can actually explore, and search atop a dresser to the right, under some notes on the nearby wall.
"Pipe Bomb" iconPipe Bomb During the story quest Kwon With the Wind, as you start through the checkpoint leading from Beverly Hills to Monarch Studio. Search a yellow container on some crates to find this Curveball.
"Shuriken" iconShuriken After entering the Halperin Hotel area during the story quest "Call the Cavalry" iconCall the Cavalry you’ll find this Curveball embedded in a car door.
"Sticky Bomb" iconSticky Bomb Buy from Dougie in Ocean Avenue for $1,500.
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Guide Information
  • Publisher
    Deep Silver
  • Genre
    Action RPG
  • Guide Release
    19 April 2023
  • Last Updated
    21 June 2023
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A plague of zombies has broken out again, this time in Los Angeles - now affectionately known as Hell-A. Pick between six potential Slayers and attempt to round up various eccentric survivors in your quest to escape the doomed city. This guide for Dead Island 2 - the long-awaited sequel developed by Deep Silver Dambuster Studios - contains the following:

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