The Slums is the starter location within Harran in Dying Light & Dying Light: Bad Blood, and is the first zone the player explores.
Overview
Before the globalization due to new oil discoveries and the Harran Global Athletics, this area of Harran is named aptly so: as it is essentially a slum. A low classed neighborhood, cheap housing and a poor district, the slums are the worst living district of the city. Sometime in 2014, the Slums came under an "Urban Renewal" building scheme called the "Harran Redevelopment Project", where the project started with the The Tower. It was supposed to be "Two multi-family residential located in New Town", and is evident that the slums were to be converted into 'New Town'. Two main factions are now there, The Tower and Rais's Bandits.
The Slums.
Architecture
It's evident that the slum's buildings are decrepit, low-quality and collapsing in many cases. After the outbreak, its inhabitants were forced to construct make-shift repairs and defences onto their homes in order to repel the invading zombies. There is a marked difference between the architecture of the Old Town which is classically designed, with tall buildings and open plazas. The slums are unsophisticated, ramshackled and in need of improvement.
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Zombies
The zombies in the slums are generally slow, sluggish and easy to fight. During the early stages of the game when fewer infected types have been introduced, the zombies in the slums will be almost exclusively Virals and normal infected; goon infected will also show up occassionally in particular areas. Due to the slum's inhabitants being predominantly poor, these zombies have a dishevelled appearance, which isn't improved by their recent conversion into flesh-eating monsters. In the night time, the slums will be full of volatiles who stalk the area.
Locations
There are numerous unique locations which can be found in the slums:
- Black Serpent Bazaar / Rais's Headquarters / Infamy Bridge
- Harran Public School / Courtyard / Ivy Road / Mirmar
- Fishermen's Village / Ferry Harbor / Jaffar's Wheelstation
- The Tower / Stuffed Turtle / Demolition Zone / Bridge HQ
- Chemical Storage / Sunny Apartments / Mikla's Bikes
- Underground Parking / Bites Motel / Lake of the Drowned