The Milltown

"Look here, the gas station is right across the street, we could have been there and back by now. Come on."

- Coach "Anybody wanna hear a prediction?"

- Nick


 * For the actual in-game milltown, see Ducatel.

The Milltown is the first map of the Hard Rain campaign.

The Survivors and Virgil realize that they do not have enough gas to make it to New Orleans. Virgil drops the Survivors off at a Burger Tank in the town of Ducatel, tasking them to retrieve some gas from the nearby gas station. However, once the Survivors get to the gas station, it has been depleted of all fuel and the only remaining gas is two miles away at another station. The Survivors must walk across yards and through homes, paying close attention to the landmarks while fighting the Infected. They walk past a playground, a garage sale and then eventually find a road that leads to a nearby safe room near the sugar mill.

Campaign
The Survivors start the campaign with Virgil dropping them off on a wooden pier by a Burger Tank. Before they enter the restaurant, they encounter a van with a second pistol and melee weapons nearby. When they enter the restaurant, there will be tier 1 weapons and a Hunting Rifle on the tables, a first aid cabinet (containing two first aid kits, always take them from the cabinet first as they will respawn at the finale unlike the ones on the counter), grenades, ammo, four more first aid kits on the counter, and a reminder to save some supplies for the return trip. They may also encounter some idle Common infected. When they exit, they see the gas station, but it is all out of gas and the nearest gas station is 2 miles away. To move on, the Survivors must go over a fence with a fallen plank on it. At times even at this early in point in the campaign, there can be a red car with an alarm on it so proceed with caution. On the other side is a backyard and some empty houses. Climb a ladder propped up against a trailer to move forward to the next street. Be warned that you might encounter a Tank or Witch at this very early point. (Note that the house nearby is a safe room on the way back and a glitch results in Bots reaching through the wall to snag Tier 2 weapons and health kits. Refer Notes section below.) The Survivors are free to look inside the various houses in hopes of finding grenades, melee weapons, pistols, etc.

Across the street, the Survivors are prompted by one of the characters' dialog to go through a playground featuring piles of Infected bodies. (Once clear of the playground, an idea at this point is to enter the double story house next to the unit that is merely an empty shell, mount the stairs and exit to the roof overlooking the next street. This makes a great sniping and defensive position. Move over to the roof of the next house along via the trailer to keep off the ground and get more sniping opportunities.) When out of the playground in the next street, a sign tacked up on a house front points in the direction of a garage sale. Be careful because this area is a common spot for a Witch or a Tank to spawn. A treehouse on the left has a Hunting Rifle in plain sight, but climb up and check the small room at the rear for quality supplies like special ammo and laser sights. (A second and higher floor to the tree house makes a great sniping position.) If you want, you can jump from the high floor onto the cover, and jump from there to the house across. If you miss, you'll end up surrounded by Infected and be dealt with damage. There are setbacks on the houses; one, if you are pinned by a Hunter, your AI will be unable to save you, getting you killed. Also, you might accidentaly startle a Tank, and because of the large amount of cars, if he throws one at you will be incapaciated, and your bots will be unable to save you.

At the garage sale, there will sometimes be Tier 2 Weapons and/or a Magnum and melee weapon, as well as a throwable weapon if you are lucky. Beware that the garage sale location is prime location for a Tank or Witch to spawn if one has not yet done so. Go through the garage sale either by the passing through the house or down the garden next to it and turn right down the third street on the other side. Here is the other place where a Tank or Witch will spawn. After dispatching or avoiding them, proceed down to the end of the street to the safe room, which is on top of the staircase on the side of a building.

In a final twist of horror, the Director might spawn a Tank in front of the saferoom! If a Witch spawns though, there's a chance it will be somewhere near the saferoom, or on the roof of the final house before the saferoom.

Check the houses, as you do not want to check the ones that are in water on the way back. A Witch might spawn on the street and wander around. If you faced a Witch earlier on, be prepared to fight another one if it spawns.

Versus
Now the AI have become human controlled, it's just getting started!

Boomer: There's not a lot of hiding spots, and you'll need to find a good one. However, there's a lot of cars and always one alarmed one. If there's an alarmed car at the start, hide there and hope someone will shoot you, setting the alarm off. Worker Infected is your best ally in the campaign, as they are immune to Bile and Pipe bombs, and will head for the Survivors, allowing you to bile them at the right moment.

Smoker: This part is not your ally. The rooftops are not good enough to let you hide and ensnare the Survivors, but there are a few good places. You can constrict them at the Burger Tank's collapsed roof for a start, or use the buildings which you can use. Use the rooftops to hide yourself, and don't even think about going down onto the streets, you're an easy target for the Survivors there.

Charger: This part might help you. Charging Survivors can help get a Tank into the area, set off a car alarm, etc. It will be hard to find the spot to charge at, because this map is usually void of many crowded spots, and Survivors can easily kill you out in the open space. Charge Survivors in the houses, narrow passageways, or charge them backwards to make the human-controlled Survivors either save him or let him die.

Tank: This is your best part yet. There are many cars in this map, and are not affected by the major damage only, these cars will instantly incapcitate Survivors. Punch all the red cars, regardless if it's alarmed or not; instant incapcitation is much more better then summoning a horde and just destroying it easily with your punches. Corral Survivors into houses for an easier time punching them. Luck will allow you to incapcitate them; if you spawn near the last safe house when it's raining, you'll be at a disadvantage, but if you spawn at the middle, you'll have more luck as there are some more cars on the way. If you spawn at the end right after the last street, you'll have many cars to punch at the Survivors.

Survival Mode
The Milltown's Burger Tank is the prime source. Take your time, and use the gas cans and propane tanks accordingly! On the top of the Burger Tank is a Sniper Rifle, Grenade Launcher, Pipe Bombs, Molotovs, Boomer Bile, and ammo upgrades. On the ground floor is similar to the campaigns verison, though it has more throwable items, a tatical shotgun, and some assault rifles. Health kits are also located in the top and bottom. There is only a frying pan as a melee weapon in here. (add more)

With Bots, you would probably live for about 3 minutes unless you are very good.