How to Beat Chapter 10 Beastmaster in The Walking Dead: Aftermath

To defeat the Beastmaster in Chapter 10 of The Walking Dead: Aftermath, anchor your squad behind a single upgraded Gunner Tower placed at the primary farm ingress. Funnel incoming walker waves and the Beastmaster's summoned hounds directly through the tower's automated firing cone, eliminate the hounds with area-of-effect abilities before they reach your backline, and kite the boss within the tower's range during his attack recovery windows.

Farm Defense and Chokepoint Setup

Chapter 10 shifts gameplay from open-map navigation to a structured perimeter defense. Instead of splitting defensive resources across multiple fortifications, erect one central Gunner Tower at the main bottleneck where enemies enter the farm. Building a single tower conserves construction lumber and repair materials for base progression while creating a concentrated kill zone.

The Gunner Tower delivers rapid, automated ballistic damage across a fixed firing arc, but it has limited structural durability and cannot defend itself against close-quarters swarms. You must position your survivors slightly behind the tower's flanks to intercept hostiles before they damage the structure.

Defeating the Beastmaster and Managing Hounds

The Beastmaster appears in the final wave alongside rapid attack hounds. These hounds actively bypass frontline brawlers to target fragile ranged units. Allowing hounds to reach your backline will collapse your damage output, leaving your tank exposed to the Beastmaster's heavy melee strikes.

Follow this execution order when the boss enters the encounter:

1. Reserve Hero Abilities: Save high-impact stuns, shields, and burst ultimates during the opening waves so full energy is available when the Beastmaster arrives.
2. Watch the Summon Telegraph: Monitor the Beastmaster for his distinct signaling animation, which indicates a fresh pack of hounds is spawning.
3. Funnel Hounds Through the Tower: Step your squad back slightly to draw charging hounds straight through the Gunner Tower's ballistic fire cone.
4. Burst the Summons Immediately: Drop crowd-control skills, such as stuns or explosive traps, to freeze the hounds in the kill zone and finish them before they strike your marksman.
5. Punish the Boss: Once the hounds fall, direct all primary fire and single-target ultimates onto the Beastmaster.
6. Kite Frontal Cleaves: Guide your frontline brawler in short lateral arcs to evade the Beastmaster's frontal hammer swipes while keeping the boss locked inside the tower's firing radius.

Next Steps After Clearing Chapter 10

Once the farm defense is complete, take the following progression actions:

• Join an Active Alliance: Enlist in an active alliance to access mutual aid, which significantly reduces construction and research timers. Alliance territory also provides shared economic buffs and garrison security against raids.
• Reinvest Defense Rewards: Allocate the resources earned from Chapter 10 into base workshop upgrades, marksman firearm enhancements, and tower defense technology to prepare for the combat requirements of Chapter 11.