Escorts

Availability: Before You Leave the Slums for Old Town

Location: All Over the Slums

Rewards: Varied

Difficulty: Medium

Nick Pesto

There’s a tied up American (Nick Pesto) at the gas station. He wants an escort back to the Tower, but you need to pick up a couple items along the way. He takes you to a group of Rais’ men first. They’re near his bag. Throw Firecrackers to draw Infected toward the thugs, and then ambush them for fairly safe kills.

Nick gets his ring there, but then needs his Passport. Follow him to a building where it’s stashed. You’re likely to get attacked on the way, but the enemies aren’t too heavy. Nick even helps out a little bit during the fighting (though you won’t want to count on him for too much because he’s not that great of a guy).

After that, Nick goes to the Tower. Take him all the way in and defeat the Goon that’s only a stone’s throw from the front door. Use the standard hit and run tactics to kill the Goon without eating any hits from his Rebar weapon. Once inside, Nick gives you the Badass Blueprint as a reward for his escort—not bad!

The Salesman

Faruk is a salesmen who stays on a bench near the Tower in the Slums. Talk to him when you’d like to run an escort mission. There are three legs to this task, and the first two are incredibly easy. Take Faruk between his sales calls, and defend him from the minor Biter attacks that naturally occur as he travels through the Slums.

The final leg is when you might run into one of Rais’ thugs or something a bit trickier. Keep a firearm or a solid melee weapon ready, stay fully healed, and sprint to attack anything that threatens Faruk. If you make it back to the Tower with him, you get the Fire Launcher Blueprint!

A Werewolf

You meet a cursed man near the warehouses in the middle of the Slums. He needs to gather ingredients to cure himself of this dreaded problem. Take him around the market to get three items for his curative “potion” and then take Babar back to the Tower. He gives you a Holy Ghost Blueprint as a reward. A Goon pops up toward the end of the route, but that’s the only serious threat.

Poaching From Rais

Ranged weapons can really help with this escort, so be prepared if you have any of them!

There’s a former member of Rais’ crew west by southwest from the Tower. His name is Ahmet, and he’s hiding inside a small, blue building. Enter the main part of the store and use a door behind the counter to reach Ahmet. Start his escort and take him to a stash that he knows about. There are Biters in the area before and after it, but you don’t have any big fights yet.

That comes when you pass by the railways. Several of Rais’ guys attack. Hit them at range with any guns you have, or sprint to the train car and kill the gunner on the roof quickly (he’s the big threat). Once he’s down, heal and then leap onto the melee thugs below and finish the battle.

There’s another fight (with Biters and a Goon) and then a skirmish with several Toads before you reach the Tower. All in all, this is a bloody escort run! But, it’s also fun, and you get the Puff Puff Pass Blueprint at the end of it.

Fisherman

Look in the lot outside of the Tower and talk to the fisherman who is often there. His name is Omar. Help him get around town and grab a few items that he needs. This escort has a fair amount of fighting. There are Virals, a Toad, a Goon, and plenty of Biters. The biggest threat is on a bridge early in the escort. Shoot the Goon standing there, or trigger him and back off when he tries to smash an explosive barrel!

Get Omar back to his lures and then take him to his favorite fishing spot. He gives you the GTFO Blueprint for your trouble.