The undead are coming, and you’re trapped in an abandoned building with limited resources. Can you survive the night in Don’t Escape 2? This comprehensive “don’t escape 2 guide” provides a detailed walkthrough, ensuring your survival along with Jeremy and Father Bernard, all without firing a single shot. This guide focuses on efficient resource management and strategic decisions to overcome the zombie horde.
Alt text: Don’t Escape 2 game logo featuring a darkened building and ominous sky.
Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse: A Step-by-Step Guide
| The undead attacked, and we were unprepared. Now, holed up in an abandoned building, we face an incoming horde. Sunset is the deadline. This guide provides the optimal path to secure the building and survive the night in Don’t Escape 2. |
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“Don’t Escape 2 Guide”: The Optimal Route
Alt text: In-game note highlighting the guide’s focus on non-violent survival and character rescue in Don’t Escape 2.
This “don’t escape 2 guide” prioritizes a pacifist approach, rescuing key characters and securing your base without relying on firearms. While alternative routes and endings exist based on your choices, this walkthrough offers a reliable strategy for a successful playthrough.
Step 1: Initial Exploration
Alt text: In-game screenshot showing the main character standing in a room in Don’t Escape 2 and an exit door.
Begin by exiting the building through the open doorway.
Alt text: An exterior view of the abandoned building in Don’t Escape 2 showing a path leading around the building.
Head to the left side of the building.
Alt text: Close-up of wire cutters on the ground in Don’t Escape 2 near a brick wall.
Locate and retrieve the wire cutters from the ground. (Note: Ignore the bullet in the wall for this non-firearm playthrough.) Proceed twice to the right, reaching the outer fence.
Alt text: The character approaches a damaged fence in Don’t Escape 2, indicating a path to explore beyond.
Click on the path beyond the fence to access the map screen.
Step 2: Rescuing Father Bernard at the Church
Alt text: The map screen in Don’t Escape 2 with several locations.
Navigate to the church location in the bottom right corner of the map.
Alt text: The interior of the church in Don’t Escape 2, with Father Bernard slumped against a wall.
Inside, you’ll find Father Bernard, a survivor who has lost his faith. He’s essential to survival, but you need to inspire him first. Collect the axe from the stump in the bottom right corner of the church and then leave.
Step 3: Scavenging at the Gas Station
On the map, travel to the gas station located in the top right corner.
Alt text: Exterior view of the gas station in Don’t Escape 2 with an empty gas canister.
Grab the empty gas canister near the window. (Again, ignore the bullet on the ground). Enter the gas station.
Alt text: Interior view of the gas station in Don’t Escape 2, showcasing various supplies to collect.
Collect the batteries, water, painkillers from the medicine cabinet, and a coin from the cash register. Use the axe to break down the door and proceed through it.
Alt text: The back room of the gas station in Don’t Escape 2, featuring a fish tank and a hose.
Obtain the hose from under the fish tank. (Note: There is another bullet here to ignore.)
Step 4: Rescuing Jeremy at the Grocery Store
Head to the grocery store, located in the top left corner of the map.
Alt text: Jeremy standing outside the grocery store in Don’t Escape 2 looking for his glasses.
You’ll find Jeremy outside, unable to help until you find his glasses inside the store. Use the coin on the shopping carts to acquire one (or the bolt cutters if you prefer). Use the shopping cart on the reel of fence wire in the alley beside the store, behind Jeremy.
Enter the store.
Alt text: Inside the grocery store in Don’t Escape 2 with a hole in the ground.
Collect the instant camera and the alcohol, then exit the store. Combine the camera and batteries in your inventory. Click on the drawing on the wall down the side of the building.
Alt text: Use the camera to photograph a child’s drawing in Don’t Escape 2.
Use your camera on the picture to capture a photograph of the child’s drawing.
Step 5: Inspiring Father Bernard
Return to the church.
Alt text: Shopping cart next to a bag of mortar outside the church in Don’t Escape 2.
Use your shopping cart on both the bricks and the bag of mortar beside the church, then enter.
Alt text: Show the photograph of the child’s drawing to Father Bernard in Don’t Escape 2.
Show the photograph to Father Bernard; the child’s hopeful drawing will restore his faith, and he’ll agree to join your group.
Step 6: Preparing the Base
Return to the base. Go inside the building and head left to find Bill.
Alt text: Bill looking sick inside the building in Don’t Escape 2.
Give the painkillers to Bill; he’ll recover enough to assist with repairs, but he remains infected and will turn by nightfall. Go left again.
Alt text: A shovel in the room with an open hatch in Don’t Escape 2.
Take the shovel and return to Bill. Use the bottle of water on the bucket of sand to the right, then add the bag of mortar. Use the shovel on it. Confirm your choice.
Alt text: Use the shovel on the ground to dig a hole for the trap in Don’t Escape 2.
With the cement mixed, leave the building. Use the shovel on the ground and dig the hole.
Alt text: The shovel is now a weapon after mixing the cement and digging the hole in Don’t Escape 2.
The shovel is now your weapon. Click the dumpster to find a pair of red wires and a key.
Step 7: Retrieving Jeremy’s Glasses
Return to the grocery store. Enter the store and click the hole in the ground.
Alt text: Inside the grocery store in Don’t Escape 2, kill the zombie in the hole with the shovel.
Use the shovel on the zombie (confirm your choice); it will break the shovel but kill the zombie silently. Collect Jeremy’s glasses. Give the glasses to Jeremy, and he’ll join you.
Alt text: Jeremy is happy to be back after retrieving his glasses in Don’t Escape 2.
Step 8: Fueling the Generator
Visit the final location in the bottom left corner of the map.
Alt text: A police car in Don’t Escape 2 with a fuel hose.
(Ignore the empty handgun on the ground.) Use the hosepipe on the police car, then use the empty fuel can on the hose to siphon the gas.
Use your axe on the trees in the background, confirming your choice. With Jeremy and Father Bernard’s help, this task will be quicker.
Step 9: Fortifying the Base
Return to the base.
Alt text: Repair the broken fence with the reel of wire in Don’t Escape 2.
Use the reel of wire fence on the broken fence to repair it. Say yes.
Use the two red wires in your inventory on the generator to connect it to the fence, then use the fuel on the generator and confirm. Click the generator to power it on, electrifying the perimeter fence.
Alt text: The powered generator electrifies the perimeter fence in Don’t Escape 2.
Go left to the front of the building. Use the pointy sticks on the hole to boobytrap it. With help, it will only take a shorter time.
Alt text: Place the pointy sticks in the hole as a trap in Don’t Escape 2.
Step 10: Final Preparations
Go inside the building.
Click the door to close it, then use the key to lock it.
Alt text: Lock the door for the night in Don’t Escape 2.
Go left to the window.
Use the bricks on the window, confirming your choice. With help, bricking up the window will be faster.
Alt text: Brick up the windows to keep the zombies out in Don’t Escape 2.
Give Bill the alcohol. After he passes out, use the axe on him to kill him, preventing his zombified return. (Note: For “The Merciful” achievement, use the gun instead, but be aware it will attract more zombies.)
Alt text: Use bolt cutters to open the hatch for an escape into the basement in Don’t Escape 2.
Go left to the hatch in the floor. Use the bolt cutters on the padlock to remove it, then go down the hatch.
Alt text: Close the hatch to avoid zombies in Don’t Escape 2.
At the bottom, click the hatch to close it.
Step 11: Surviving the Night
Having secured and boobytrapped the building, click the clock in your inventory and skip to nighttime.
Alt text: A screen showing the horde of zombies attacking at night in Don’t Escape 2.
By default, 50 undead will attack. If you used the gun, you’d attract extra zombies for each bullet fired.
The attacking zombies will be killed trying to breach the building. You, Jeremy, and Father Bernard survive the night, unlocking “The Survivor,” “The Savior,” and “The Shadow” achievements.
Alt text: Congratulations screen after surviving the night with Jeremy and Father Bernard in Don’t Escape 2.
This “don’t escape 2 guide” helps you survive the night.
