The upcoming co-op zombie survival shooter ‘Back 4 Blood’ is one of the most hyped titles of 2021. Created by the studio behind Left 4 Dead, the FPS title will feature some intense zombie action that the community is eagerly waiting to see.
Back 4 Blood is set to include a “roguelike” card system that will spice up every single one of your games and enhance your gameplay experience even further. Let’s take a look at the Back 4 Blood card system and what it includes.
Back 4 Blood Card System Explained
The card system in Back 4 Blood will enable players to set up unique decks for more interesting combat and overall gameplay. The title will also feature a Game Director AI that’ll pick cards in response to the players’ picks.
The ‘Corruption Cards’ available in the game are meant to increase the difficulty of the levels and improve the overall replayability experience for the players. These cards can be drawn by the Game Director at the start of a level, and apply random adjustments to the game.
Once the Game Director picks their card, the players have to draw three cards, only one of which may be a corruption card.
Here’s a list of all the corruption cards in Back 4 Blood:
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Shambling Ridden Swarm | What remains of the living, aim for the head to put them down quickly. |
| Ridden | What remains of the living, aim for the head to put them down quickly. |
| Runners | What remains of the living, aim for the head to put them down quickly. |
| Sprinters | What remains of the living, aim for the head to put them down quickly. |
| Jogger Swarm | What remains of the living, aim for the head to put them down quickly. |
| Bruisers | Stay away from Bruisers, especially when they go into a Frenzy. |
| Retches | Acidic spew leaves dangerous bile pools. |
| Hockers | Melee teammates to free them from Hocker pins. |
| Ogre | Weakspots are the only way to take down this horrible amalgamation of flesh and bone. |
| Gloom | An unnatural fog has settled on this area. |
There are also ‘Active Cards’, which can give the players various advantages to help them win. They are of four types:
- Reflex cards (Blue)
- Discipline cards (Red)
- Brawn cards (Green)
- Fortune cards (Yellow)
Players begin with 1 loadout card and select 4 additional cards before leaving the safehouse. There are also several active cards found across the levels but they have to be purchased using the in-game currency.
These cards are:
| Blue Colour Cards | |
| Cross trainers | +10% Stamina |
| Rhythmic breathing | +30% Stamina -20% Slow Resistance |
| Reload drills | +10% Reload Speed |
| Mag coupler | +30% Reload Speed Disables: Aim Down Sights |
| Meth head | +60% Melee Attack Speed +60% Melee Stamina Efficiency -30% Trauma Resistance |
| Ridden slayer | +10% Weakspot Damage |
| Reckless strategy | +20% Weakspot Damage -5% Damage Resistance |
| Shooting gloves | +10% Weapon Swap Speed |
| Smelling salts | +25% Revive Speed |
| Dash | +5% Move Speed |
| Superior cardio | +15% Sprint Efficiency |
| Breakout | Automatically break out of a grab 1 time per level. |
| Combat knife | Turns your Bash into a Knife that counts as a melee weapon. |
| Dance all day | +10% Movement Speed No Movement Penalty for strafe and backpedal. Disables: Sprint |
| Team stamina | +10% Team Stamina This card applies to you and your teammates. |
| Uzi | Grants you an Uzi starting weapon. |
| Pep in your step | Precision kills grant you 10% Movement Speed for 4 seconds. |
| Utility scavenger | You can sense nearby Utility Accessories. More Utility Accessories spawn. |
| Red Colour Cards | |
| Ammo pouch | +10% Ammo Capacity |
| Front sight focus | +10% Accuracy |
| Quick kill | +30% Accuracy Disables: Aim Down Sights |
| Antibiotic ointment | +15% Healing Efficiency |
| EMT bag | +30% Healing Efficiency -10% Stamina Efficiency |
| Blood donor | When you or your teammate becomes incapacitated, all teammates heal for 45 health over 10 seconds. This card applies to you and your teammates. |
| Caretaker | Healing a teammate also heals you for 100% of the amount healed. |
| Hunker down | While crouching, gain 20% Damage Resistance and 12.5% Accuracy. |
| Martyr | When you or your teammate becomes incapacitated, all teammates gain 100% Damage, 20% Reload Speed, and Unlimited Ammo for 10 seconds. This card applies to you and your teammates. |
| Team ammo | +10% Team Ammo Capacity This card applies to you and your teammates. |
| AK47 | Grants you an AK47 starting weapon. |
| TAC14 | Grants you a TAC14 starting weapon. |
| Down in front! | While crouching, gain 10% Damage Resistance and 100% Friendly Fire Resistance. |
| M1A | Grants you an M1A starting weapon. |
| Ammo scavenger | You can sense nearby Ammo. More Ammo spawns |
| Weapon scavenger | You can sense nearby Weapons More Weapons spawn. |
| Support scavenger | You can sense nearby Support Accessories More Support Accessories spawn. |
| Green Colour Cards | |
| Vitamins | +10% Health |
| Canned goods | +30% Health -10% Stamina |
| Batter up | +25% Melee Damage +25% Melee Cleave Power |
| Mean drunk | +75% Melee Damage +75% Melee Cleave Power -50% Gun Accuracy |
| Berserker | Gain 10% Melee Damage, 10% Melee Speed, and 5% Movement Speed for each Melee kill in the last 4 seconds. |
| Pyro | +75% Fire Resistance Kills with fire grant you 3 Temporary Health. |
| Sapper | +100% Explosive Damage +50% Explosive Resistance |
| Triumph | Kills with a melee weapons heal 2 Health. |
| Team health | +10% Team Health This card applies to you and your teammates. |
| Heavy attack | Charge: Hold LMB with melee weapons to burst forward. Charge attacks deal 100% increased damage. |
| Sunder | Melee hits cause the target to take 20% increased damage 5 seconds. |
| Arsenal | You can equip a Primary weapon in your Secondary slot. |
| Offensive scavenger | You can sense nearby Offensive Accessories. More Offensive Accessories spawn. |
| Yellow Colour Cards | |
| Grenade pouch | +1 Offensive Inventory |
| Fanny pack | +1 Support Inventory |
| Finders keepers | Pistol kills have a 2% chance to spawn ammo. |
| Gunslinger | When you stow your weapon, it reloads. |
| Trophy Hunter | When you kill a Mutation, gain 10 Copper (up to 300 per level). This card applies to you and your teammates. |
| Resourceful | Your secondary weapons have unlimited ammo. |
| Insurance policy | +1 Extra Life Lose 50 Copper at each Saferoom |
| Living on a prayer | Kills while at critical health recover 1 health. |
| Lucky duck | Whenever your team loots Copper, you have a 35% chance to find 35% additional Copper. |
| Wake of death | You can shoot while sprinting. |
| Overheal | Healing that exceeds your maximum Health will grant Temporary Health. |
| Copper scavenger | You can sense nearby Copper. More Copper Piles spawn. |
| Saferoom recovery | Your team heals 5 Trauma Damage and refills 10% Ammo in each Saferoom. This card applies to you and your teammates. |
