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Brutus is the warden of Alcatraz, a giant armoured guard with a club, and the only boss of Mob of the Dead. He hits hard, he soaks bullets, and worse, he locks the things you paid for. Back to the Mob of the Dead main page.
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Mob of the Dead: Brutus
Brutus, the warden of Mob of the Dead: when he spawns, what he padlocks and what unlocking costs, how to take off his helmet and kill him, and the Full Lockdown achievement.
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When he shows up
Brutus has no round of his own. Like George A. Romero on Call of the Dead, he walks in alongside the horde He leaves you alone for the first few rounds, then comes back in several ways:
Warden patrol
He appears at random in the middle of a horde.
Box abuse
Spend too much on the Mystery Box and he comes to collect.
Laundry run
Starting the laundry machine for the uniforms plane part brings him in with extra zombies.
Bridge rounds
On the Golden Gate Bridge, an extra Brutus spawns every round, up to four at once.
The padlocks
When Brutus walks past a machine, he can slam a padlock on it. Locked means unusable until someone pays.
| What he locks | Unlock price |
|---|---|
| Perk machines | 2000 points |
| Workbenches | 2000 points |
| Mystery Box | 2000 points |
| The plane (Icarus) | 2000 points |
That is the base price. Every extra lock in the same round adds 2000 points: 2000, then 4000, then 6000. A Brutus left alone in a busy area can empty your bank in one round.
Acid and fan
The Acid Trap and the Fan Trap do not hurt him. If he walks into one while it runs, he stops and shuts it down. A short distraction, nothing more.
Tower Trap
The one trap that can kill him, if he stays in range long enough. See the traps page.
How to kill him
Helmet first
His helmet blocks headshots. Shoot it off and his head becomes by far the fastest way to drop him.
Smoke screen
Once the helmet is gone, he stops for a moment and pops smoke grenades. Back off before you are blind in a corridor.
No Insta-Kill
Insta-Kill does not one-shot him, it only boosts the damage you deal.
Heavy guns
Most guns struggle. The Ray Gun, the Death Machine and big-magazine automatics are the ones that work.
The reward
Killed, he drops a power-up.
The weapons that do the job are covered on the weapons page.
Full Lockdown
The Full Lockdown achievement (25 Gamerscore, Bronze trophy) asks for the opposite of what you normally want: Brutus completes his patrol. He has to lock every perk machine, the workbenches, the plane and the current Mystery Box. Since he can only lock what works, power the perks first, clear the zombies around him, then walk him from one machine to the next. Stay close until the padlock lands, then move on.
More achievements on the achievements page.
Brutus in a First Room game
In the First Room, Brutus is the main killer of high-round runs. The cell block has no room to loop him, so you cannot just walk him around like a horde.
Corridor fights
Kill him, don’t train him. Every second he spends next to a machine is a padlock waiting to happen.
Padlock budget
Keep points in reserve. A lock on Juggernog mid-round, at a doubled price, is the kind of bill that ends a game.
Box discipline
Every spin brings him closer. Hit the Box early, then leave it alone.