Gold Rank

General#

Gold is the first of Outbreak's two ranks. It touches the pre-round Item Shop, the zombie class menu and the Mailbox, so it is felt every single round rather than occasionally.

Your rank is shown on your scoreboard in the lobby.

What It Unlocks#

The Fourth Slot#

This is the perk that matters most day to day. The Item Shop sells slots, not items, and same-type items merge into one slot.

At three slots you are choosing between a Gas Mask, a healing stack and a weapon, and you cannot have all three plus materials. The fourth slot is usually what turns a loadout into a plan: mask, healing stack, weapon, and a stack of Scrap Metal to craft with in the opening minute.

The Classes#

These two are locked behind the rank entirely, not merely discounted.

They are also a genuinely strong pair. The Hellhound is the only class in the game that can infect a survivor wearing a full leather set, at 5 percent a bite, and it is available thirty seconds into the round. The Screamer solves the zombie team's structural problem by lighting up every human within forty blocks through walls.

The Desert Eagle#

The Desert Eagle is 100 gold in the Item Shop and cannot be found in any loot chest, so the rank is the only way to hold one.

It is worth being honest about its value: the SW .44 Magnum uses the same ammunition and hits for nearly twice as much. What the Desert Eagle offers is certainty, since you can buy one every round rather than hoping a chest gives you the revolver.

Class Prices at Gold#

The full roster costs 28,200 at Gold pricing against 37,600 standard, a saving of 9,400.

Note that three of those classes, the Spitter, Nuker and Lurker, are Platinum exclusives. A Gold player sees the discounted price but still cannot buy them.

What Gold Does Not Include#