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Further research focused on augmented nano weapons was conducted on subjects from project "Titan", giving rise to this terrible instrument of war. Dread is a formidable foe, spreading fear into the hearts of human soldiers all over the world.

Dread is a type of mutant in CrossFire and also the first mutant ever to be created in the game.

Overview[]

Dread is a red mutant that armed with a pair of metal claws called Nano Knife. The primary gives off a fast slash and the secondary attack gives an "X" pattern slash, both attacks are extremely fast compared to the Slug. Dread also has a default ability of increased speed for 500 HP at any level of mutation, similar to Slug, but with all the ups of this mutant, it receives a much further knock-back than all other mutants which makes it much easier to pin the Dread to a corner. Dread is also extremely dangerous when it equips Nano Hook, as it has extremely fast attack speed along with fast movement speed can be seen as a threat to soldiers.

Skill[]

The more the Dread gets powerful, the more agile it becomes. Press G to have a temporary Adrenaline Boost, making it run faster. If it reaches Berserker (Level 2) in a short period of time, it can be a bigger threat and capable to be the Hard-Carry for the Mutants.

Trivia[]

Dread 1.0[]

  • In the early/beta version of Dread, it shares the same HUD with SWAT on the BL side. It was later changed with a unique HUD (but with GR SWAT's contaminated gloves). They also have a slightly different character model (see screenshots and videos below).
  • Dread is the default mutant in all CrossFire versions while this is not the case in CF West as Slug is in its place instead. In the West version, it costs 1200 ZP to rent the Dread for 7 days or as junk prize in various Black Market crate for 7 days as well.
  • In CF China, Dread has a slow slash attack, similar to Slug, while other CF versions feature faster slash attack. This makes Dread very dangerous in Hero Mode X onwards, where they can easily drain all heroes' HP in a few seconds.
    • However, in other CF versions, Dread features fast slash attack at Normal/Berserk but slow slash attack at Titan level, seemingly making it less effective when reaching Titan level.
    • In Occupation Knife Mode, Dread in this mode has slow slash attack compared to Mutation Mode and variants.
  • Strangely, after some update patches, the Berserk Dread "wing" was removed for unknown reason. It was can only be seen on the Titan Dread or on some official artworks. CF Russia was the only version that didn't remove the "wing" of Berserk Dread.
  • In CF China and CF Japan, Dread is called (Red) Biochemical Ghosts, or simply just called Ghosts, as they've never been given their own unique name up to now. This is because at the first time when Mutation Mode released in CF China, only Dread is available and thus, giving them a unique name is unnecessary at that time.
    • For the same reason, Dread in CF Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia is called Zombie by default (although Dread in Zombie Mode is called Reaper in CF Philippines). CF Russia also called them as Mutant by default.

Dread 2.0[]

  • Even though the Dread 2.0 has three claws, when the user scratches any surface, it will still show two claw marks instead of three (just like the old Dread). Also, there's no new HUD icon for the new Nano Knife, so it uses the old HUD icon. It also still shares the same healthbar icon as the old Dread.
    • Strangely, while these problems had been corrected on the CrossFire Zero, the original CrossFire still haven't fixed them yet.
  • The old Dread version still can be seen in Zombie Mode, but with new claws equipped on some variants (some still use their old claws).
    • Also, in CF West, the Dread icon on the Mutant selection screen still shows the old Dread model.
    • Again, in CF West, this is the only version has more HP at Titan level compared in different CF version.
  • Dread is the first mutant to get a new character model, with the Maiden being the second. Dread is also the only mutant to be completely replaced with new model instead of received another variant like the Maiden.
  • In some CF versions like West or Russia, although these versions have updated the new Dread, but still use the arms texture of the old one, but the gloves is the new one. This haven't been fixed yet.

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