Act III is the third act in Dead Island. It is set primarily in the jungle area of the Banoi. The Heroes will encounter their very first Butcher during the act, as well as getting used to fighting humans, as they are far more prominent in the Jungle than in Moresby. Later parts of Act III take place in the Laboratory and the Tombs, as well as other smaller areas.

Plot

Jin and the Heroes have now entered the Mingende Jungle. On the way to the River Village, they see that the bridge over Gaia Falls has been destroyed and must therefore travel the rest of the way by foot. Upon entering the village, they discover it has fallen victim to an assault. Matutero informs them that Afran and his troops have stolen all their weapons. He knows the way to Mowen, their reason for coming here, so if they help him, he'll lead them to him. After retrieving their weapons back from Afran's stranded convoy, Matutero tells them that if they want to get to Mowen, they'll need a boat and Afran took their last one. After assaulting Afran's base, killing him and retrieving the boat, Matutero finally leads them deeper into the jungle where Mowen is hiding. After persuading him to come with them, Mowen leads them to the hidden Laboratory in the jungle, where he claims the infection originated from. After arriving at the Lab and saving it from a zombie attack, they meet Dr. Robert West, who informs them that he might be able to make a cure from their blood. After giving him a sample, and retrieving a sample from the nearby natives, West works to run some tests on what he has. In the meantime, the heroes help out some of the other scientists. After his tests are concluded, West decides that he needs some samples from someone dead before the outbreak, so the heroes enlist the help of a native witch doctor named Koritoia Ope. He leads them to their sacred burial tomb via river, where they get some tissue samples from the mummies there. They also fatally shoot Ope to save a native girl named Yerema. With Yerema in tow, they head back to the Lab, drop off the samples with West and leave Yerema there so she'll be safe. Mowen finally relents and tells the heroes that he can get them into the Prison, where the voice (now revealed to be Ryder White) has promised them that they can escape the island. They head into Moresby to collect a package to bribe their way into Prison, as well as heading to the Resort to get some poles to push any of the sea mines out of the way that guard the Prison waterways. However, upon returning to the Lab, they find it overrun and all the scientists killed by zombies, with Yerema the only survivor due to her being locked in a cage by West earlier. Luckily, before West died, he did make a cure so the heroes grab the cure and head to the Prison to find White and finally escape the island.

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