Dead Rising

Dead Rising

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Small Chainsaw weapon guide.
By TrainingBen
Hiya! Today we will go over one of many of the weapons located in Willamette Parkview Mall. Today's weapon pick is the Small Chainsaw. A rare but VERY deadly melee weapon found in only one location at one specific time.
   
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What is the small chainsaw and how do I get one?
To find the Small Chainsaw you must complete the Scoop mission 'Out of Control' In this mission Frank is informed by Otis that the Space Rider machine in Wonderland plaza has gone out of control, and Frank must go and find a way to fix it. Upon the player reaching the roller coaster a clown know as Adam will confront Frank and attacks him for trying to stop the ride.


Do keep in mind that this fight is TOUGH! and WAY to mean for the 1st day in my opinion but the way Dead Rising usually plays out is it being hard as nails playthrough 1 and you'd kick ass in playthrough 2. Anyways I'd recommend the Japanese Tourists Scoop for helping with this Psycho, as Adam will never attack survivors unless they get in his attacks. It's best to give em' guns and let them light Adam up!

Upon defeating Adam he drops 1 small chainsaw on his corpse, but you need to interact with the control panel to spawn the next one and meet a new survivor Greg! You'd want to follow Greg as he shows a shortcut leading to Paradise plaza from Wonderland VERY handy in the late game.


For those who still have trouble with Adam follow these steps:

Out Of Control Is best when you are level around level 10-15 and great if you are any higher!

The scoop becomes live at Day 1 9PM and ends at Day 2 11AM use these times to your adavantage and start the fight a little later on to make sure you are in best fit for the fight.

The old technique I used to use was abuse quick step drinks which you can make in the food court with yogurt, Milk, Wine and all sorts of goodness consult the Dead Rising Wika for more info on that.


The reason why these Chainsaws are so good.
The weapons don't really shine untill you chose to buff them with books. Usually a hit with the Small chainsaw will insta kill a zombie and kill psycho's in 4-6 hit's. But when buffed with books they are EXTRA DURABLE!!! and last you 2160 hits!!!!! Go and introduce to the nearest zombie eh?
How to make the Chainsaws great.
Here's the bit you've been waiting for!!!!

You'd want to start off by going into the bookstore in Paradise Plaza called 'Bachman's BookPorium' (near the sport store and childrens toy store.) And pick up 2 books: Engineering and Entertainment (Follow images for info on finding them.)



Either take the walk to Wonderland plaza's 'Sir-Book-a-lot' Store and grab this last and final book:
Criminal Biography

Conclusion
Hope you enjoyed the guide and I don't really want to chose what weapon to do next so you all can vote on what I should feature next time any item in the mall, I'll do unlockables too you all get to pick If I don't get any votes then I'll pick I guess I will see you all next time in a future guide! :D
10 Comments
Henchman 2113 3 Aug, 2024 @ 8:44am 
It's that easy to get the books?
WTF:eli:
DoT. 25 Mar, 2022 @ 1:38am 
thank you kind sir
MOAS 9 Oct, 2016 @ 8:45pm 
Awesome guide, the small chainsaw is the only reason I was able to beat this game when I was younger, super op
froakiethroat 27 Sep, 2016 @ 4:47am 
https://twitter.com/froakiethroat/status/780735241262657536

ty for the guide, forgot the location of these books lmao
TrainingBen  [author] 21 Sep, 2016 @ 5:35pm 
Btw I just finshed a new weapon guide on the Molotov Cocktail be sure to check it out! :)
5persondude 21 Sep, 2016 @ 5:29pm 
@TrainingBen You're welcome ;) and yeah i understand that satisfaction from creating a User Guide on Steam; i had to make an installation guide for the DSFix mod for Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition. In case you didnt know, the PC version of Dark Souls is utter horseshit , and many people (including myself) couldnt even get the damn thing to run at all without this mod
TrainingBen  [author] 21 Sep, 2016 @ 4:45pm 
Many thanks! ^^ With it being my 2nd ever guide I'm quite chuffed with all this positive feedback. :D
5persondude 21 Sep, 2016 @ 3:03pm 
DAMN, i knew that the Mini Chainsaw was powerful as hell, but i never knew that you could buff it up to 2160 hits O.O usually for me it breaks after just a very short while without any magazines. Anywas great guide! :ss13ok:
TrainingBen  [author] 17 Sep, 2016 @ 6:07am 
Yea I will in a while I'll get the pictures of books and the Wonderland plaza as a guide to find them. Thanks for the feedback! :D
Pig Mugi 17 Sep, 2016 @ 4:05am 
add some pictures and this will be best guide