Walkthrough ~ Black Death ~ Mega Brutal ~ Plague Inc

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Android only, on my tablet - I don't know if it works on Xbox One or any other device.

I found the difficulty with Black Death was getting everyone to infect quick enough, without killing them all off too early - if the game mutates Total Organ Failure on its own, you might as well give up and start again!

I've played it a few times using this exact sequence, the 2nd time it didn't work because New Zealand and the Phillipines didn't infect.

Modify:
DNA Genes: Cytochrome Surge

Travel Genes: Teracyte

Evolution Genes: Patho-Stasis

Mutation Genes: Genetic Mimic

Environment Genes: Xerophile

Start the plague in Egypt.  India has worked for me in the past, I've tried Brazil and that's hopeless.

Activate in this order:
Flea 1
Drug Resistance (DR) 1
Pneumonic Plague
Water 1

(Note nice balance of infectivity and protection!)
About now, they'll be starting the cure.

Get:
Genetic Hardening (GH) 1 and 2
DR 2
Air 1
Cold Resistance (CR) 1 and 2
Water 2
Air 2
Coughing
Pneumonia
Sweating (it's hard to make it spread in Russia, Canada and Greenland; these help)
Rodent 1
Bird 1

I had loads of points around now but the cure was still pretty low, so I concentrated on getting everyone infected, you see!)

Septicemic Plague
Blood 1 and 2
Extreme Bioaerosol (EB)
Bird 2
Livestock 1

During this time it mutated Paralysis, and Cysts; I devolved cysts to get 2 points back, but kept paralysis.

At this point the whole world was infected, with the cure at 60%.

I devolved EB, Air 2, CR1 and CR2 to get 6 points back.

I activated:
Genetic Reshuffle (GRes) 1
GRes 2 (when cure at 67%)
DR 3
GRes 3

During this time it mutated Immune Suppression, Sneezing and Hypotension; I kept them as I wasn't desperate for points and I thought it probably wouldn't refund me any, anyway.

When the cure was at 81% I got Hardened Reshuffle.

By then the cure had slowed right down, and I spent the remaining points on a couple of things like Systemic Infection, to speed up the end of the world!

Ended with the cure at 94%, game finished giving me 23806 points.