Dead Rising/Weapons

There are about 250 usable weapons in the Xbox 360 game Dead Rising.

2x4
Location: North Plaza amidst the construction, atop the tall shelves in the Warehouse, Cinema 1 in Colby’s Movieland, Paradise Plaza. There is an infinite supply of 2 x4's inside Crislip's Home Saloon (L2) in North Plaza and in McHandy's Hardware (A105) in Al Fresca Plaza.

Lasts: 20 hits

A piece of Wood normally used in construction. You can find it pretty much anywhere. It's most commonly found in the North Plaza. It is a bit slow, but it's quite powerful. It breaks after a medium amount of damage has been done.

Baking Ingredients
Location: Food Court (That's a Spicy Meatball, Teresa's Oven) and several restaurants (Jill's Sandwiches, Seon's Food & Stuff)

Lasts: 10 hits

Bag of Flour

Barbell
Location: Flexin' (A104) in Al Fresca Plaza

Lasts: 50 hits

Baseball Bat
Location: Throughout the mall. Often found in trash cans, in cardboard boxes, under some trees in Leisure Park, and found in all sporting goods stores. Also lying next to the steel rack on the rooftop.

Lasts: 38 hits

Instantly recognizable as one of the classic zombie weapons, the baseball bat is effective. Frank swings it horizontally, attacking multiple foes at once. However, the bat breaks comparatively quickly.

Battle Axe
Location: Ned’s Knickknackery in Entrance Plaza behind the glass.

Lasts: 25 hits

It is very powerful and kills zombies as easily as the Katana. It is slow but has a very large range for killing multiple Zombies in less swings. It breaks after mild usage.

Bench
Location: Around the mall

Lasts: 25 hits

The bench is an excellent ramming weapon. Frank West picks up the bench by the end and charges towards the enemy like a battering ram, knocking over a large number of enemies and causing moderate damage.

Boomerang
‎   Location: Ye Olde Toybox in Paradise Plaza, Lying under some trees in Leisure Park

Lasts: 40 hits

This weapon is a throwing weapon, however it doesn't do much damage. When you throw it watch it fly and then come back.

Bowling ball
Location: In some shops under constructions in North Plaza, Hidden in some flowers near the fountain next to Jill's Sandwiches in the Paradise Plaza, Second floor of SporTrance in Paradise Plaza, Kokonutz Sports Town in Wonderland Plaza

Lasts: 30 hits

This weapon can be used to smash the zombies skulls open. When thrown Frank West tosses it as though he was bowling. This weapon can be found in many sporting goods shops.

Bucket
Location: On the rooftop, in the Warehouse, in Crislip’s Home Saloon in North Plaza, Cinema 2 in Colby’s Movieland in Paradise Plaza, Seafood section in Seon’s Food and Stuff, North Plaza, Meat section in Seon’s Food and Stuff, North Plaza

Lasts: 10 hits

Cactus
Location: Food Court

Lasts: 25 hits

Canned Food
Location: Seon’s Food and Stuff in North Plaza

Lasts: 10 hits

Canned Sauce
Location: Seon’s Food and Stuff in North Plaza

Lasts: 10 hits

Car
Get in, drive around, run over zombies.

Cardboard box
‎   Location: Throughout the mall

Lasts: 1 hit

Cash register
‎   Location: Throughout the mall, almost in every shop

Lasts: 30 hits

CD
Location: Entertainment Isle in Paradise Plaza, CD Crazy in North Plaza

Lasts: 30 CDs

Used like the gems with same effect (see below). The difference is that you can not attack multiple enemies with one shot.

Chainsaw
Location: In Crislip’s Home Saloon in North Plaza, in McHandy’s Hardware in North Plaza

Lasts: 20 hits

Usually found in hardware stores, the chainsaw is petrol driven, so has to be switched on to do the terrible damage it is capable of. It runs out of petrol quickly. There are two attacks with the chainsaw, a quick swing or a brutal spin, you gain PP for every enemy you kill with the spin attac