Completing a community campaign in State of Decay 2 is a significant milestone that grants long-lasting advantages for future playthroughs. These powerful benefits, known as Legacy Boons, provide unique head starts that can drastically ease base management and survival. Understanding how each boon functions allows players to tailor their strategy for subsequent runs across higher difficulty settings.
Understanding the Four Main Leader Types
Legacy Boons directly correlate with the four leader leader types available in the game: Builder, Sheriff, Trader, and Warlord. Each leader archetype focuses on a distinct survival strategy that shapes the development of your community. Promoting a survivor with the desired leadership traits is the essential first step toward earning their respective legacy reward.
To earn a specific boon, players must complete all story missions associated with that leader's legacy. Once the final plague heart is destroyed and the leader finishes their personal questline, the community disbands and the boon becomes permanently available. Every leader type rewards a different perk designed to tackle specific resource or defense challenges.
Breakdown of Legacy Boon Effects
The Builder Legacy Boon, known as Amenities, provides free water and power to your base without generating noise or fuel costs. This benefit is widely considered the most valuable passive perk in the game because it saves precious facility slots. Having continuous power and water drastically improves base morale and facility crafting speed right from day one.
The Sheriff Legacy Boon delivers a daily shipment of high-quality loot and supplies delivered directly to your supply locker each morning. Meanwhile, the Trader boon starts new communities with a visiting network trader and 4,000 influence points to buy vital gear. Finally, the Warlord boon grants a massive initial stockpile of weapons, grenades, and ammunition to secure early territories rapidly.
How to Unlock Legacy Boons Across Difficulties
Unlocking a Legacy Boon requires completing a campaign from start to finish with your chosen leader. However, boons are tied to the difficulty level on which they were earned. A boon unlocked on Standard difficulty cannot be activated on Dread, Nightmare, or Lethal difficulties without first beating those harder settings.
When starting a brand new community, players can select up to two unlocked boons to active for that run. Selecting the right combination, such as combining Builder and Trader perks, can create an exceptionally stable foundation for surviving brutal environments. Planning your leader progression carefully ensures you always have the best perks available for higher challenges.
