The Slums is the starter location within Harran in Dying Light & Dying Light: Bad Blood, and is the first zone the player explores.
Overview
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The Slums.
f 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.
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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. As Crane explores the buildings in the slums, it becomes clear that very few people could've lived within these homes; the rooms are cramped, perhaps indicating that small families would've inhabited them.
Commerce
Various types of commerical outlets can be seen throughout the slums. Grocery stores, pharmacies, cafes and garages can be explored by the player. Each one holds both unique and common items which can be scavanged and used to create different items. For example, pharmacies are likely to contain gauze and alcohol which Crane can combine to produce a medkit which restores HP. Every commerical building has individual assets which have been used to design their interior and exterior appearance. Prior to the infection in Harran, these commercial outlets would've provided work and supplies to the population of the slums, possibly helping to reduce the extreme poverty within this sprawling neighbourhood.
An Old Town Kitchen
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
Random Encounters
Whilst navigating the slums, the player can find random encounters which will provide a reward upon completion. These rewards include money, weapon blueprints, weapon upgrades and information about the lore of Harran. One of the most common encounters involves protecting survivors from the infected who threaten their lives unless you intervene. Such scenarios can be located by their blue blip on the radar, which pulses when you come into close proximity to one of these encounters. Rais's men can also be found attempting to secure GRE supply drops; you can take them for yourself if you reach it before them, or kill the bandits and obtain the supplies. These can be returned to the Quartermaster in The Tower for survivor XP.
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Trivia
- A bakery can be found within the slums which is called, "Left 4 Bread"; a reference to the zombie game series Left 4 Dead, made by Valve.