DRW Snowflake Boss Battle

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Snowflake Boss Battle is an announced mission in Dead Rising 2. It is available in the first day, and will start when Chuck enters the Yucatan Casino.

Overview

After the zombie outbreak, Ted devotes himself to feeding "fresh meat" to Snowflake, one of the Yucatan's Bengal tigers. Mocked his whole life because of his weight and low intelligence, he considers the tigers he trains to be his only friends, and becomes extremely angry if he believes someone is making fun of him.

As Chuck enters the Yucatan Casino he will spot a survivor named Lenny Mooney, however the man quickly takes off while Ted brands Chuck as "fresh meat" and knocks him unconscious. He will then drag Chuck to Snowflake. Chuck tells him that he will find fresh meat for Snowflake and tries to calm him down. He tells him to take it "Nice and slow", which Ted interprets as being called "slow". He then gets angry and tells Snowflake to attack, prompting a fight. After he is defeated, he will crawl to a statue and then calls out to Snowflake to eat him, then succumbs to his wounds.

Tactics

Defeating Snowflake

Defeating Snowflake can be difficult, but is far from impossible. Generally, quick weapons with repetitive strikes, or heavy weapons with single strikes are the best method. Her tactics are easily discernible, and because she only targets Chuck and zombies, most of the time, survivors are not as vulnerable as in other boss battles. Her most visible attack is a lunge, which is preceded by her running away from Chuck. Dodge-rolling, or running in a sharp angle can avoid this, opening her up for attacks. Her other attack is a quick trot towards Chuck, before leaping and clawing. Be aware that if she successfully lunges upon Chuck, she will proceed to maul him for additional damage.

If Chuck needs food during the battle, run to Baron Von Brathaus restaurant, which has several kinds of food and a blender. Chuck can mix two wines to create Quick Step. The magazine Health 2 is also found here, which when held, restores health by 100%.

Taming Snowflake

To tame her, Chuck needs to obtain three pieces of steak. These can be found in the Wild West Grill House, in the Food Court; There are also isolated pieces of meat in Snowflake's habitat, and above the slot machines in Yucatan Casino, as well as a piece in the restaurant opposite Snowflakes pen.

In order to Tame her, Chuck must boost her health back to full. There are rumors that she will only eat steaks thrown at her before she attacks, but these are false. The easiest way to get her to eat all three pieces is to clear the area just outside her pen of zombies, then throw as many pieces of steak as you can find down onto the floor so they are clearly visible against the white tile. As Snowflake prowls, she will eventually stumble upon the steaks and eat them, regaining her health. It is important that Chuck occasionally attract her attention, or she will just wander off killing zombies.

After Snowflake eats all three steaks, a cutscene will play, and she will join Chuck. While attempting to tame Snowflake, zombies can interrupt her eating. Try to use ranged weapons to keep them off of her while she eats her meal. Another perfect distraction against the zombies is to create a Heliblade that turns the zombies attention to the Heliblade instead of Chuck and Snowflake, leaving her alone while she quickly eats her steak.

Chuck will hear a power up sound when Snowflake eats a steak, similar to when Chuck eats something.

Steak locations
Store	Description
Yucatan Casino (3)	West fire pit area where the battle first began. Two pieces atop the rock outcropping along the wall One piece on a rock in the middle of the pit area.
Baron Von Brathaus (1)	Table along the wall
Wild West Grill House	Food Court
Chris's Fine Foods (∞)	Palisades Mall second floor
Royal Flush Plaza	Leap on the phone booth near Ragazines to the broken walkway above. Jump to the higher flower box. Travel to the loft of the Players store.

Chuck's first priority should be to take care of Ted, which is easily accomplished in most cases; If Snowflake makes this difficult, the player can exploit her inability to move through certain areas, such as the nearby restaurant, to separate the two. Once Ted is neutralized, a cut-scene will play, and Snowflake will remain for Chuck to either tame, or kill.

Characters

Psychopaths

• Ted Smith
• Snowflake

Survivors

• Lenny Mooney
• Snowflake

Trivia

• When taming Snowflake, if Chuck accidentally eats one of the steaks and needs more meat, then he must leave to go to the Food Court. Upon arrival, he need to still feed Snowflake three meats even if he had already fed her.
• In order to rescue Lenny Mooney, a survivor found in the casino with Ted and Snowflake, Snowflake must be dealt with, by either being killed or tamed.

PC screen shot of Debug Mode showing the name of the mission.

• The name of the mission is referred in the game files as "Snowflake" and "Fresh Meat"

• The author of the official guide uses two names for this mission: "Ted and Snowflake" and "Snowflake Boss Battle"

• Gamespot refers to this mission as "Nice and Slow" in reference to the what Ted says, "Snowflake... go and eat your fresh meat... nice and slow..."