- Prerequisites: Liberate King’s Hot Springs Hotel (Cult Outpost)
- Rewards: $800
- Details: The cult’s failed experiment is on the loose. Find the Bliss-soaked bear and kill it.
MISSION Commencement
With only the ghost at the King’s Hot Springs Hotel (cult outpost) remaining, speak to one of the Resistance members inside the building. They have a slightly unnerving hunt for you to complete; a rabid, and Bliss-filled bear is prowling the hills to the southeast.
FIND the Judge Bear Location
The bear is making itself at home inside Lydia’s Cave, a marked location southeast of your current position. Use a quad and a spot of hiking to reach the cave, which is easily missed on the mountain side. Enter, passing the Bliss barrels at the entrance.
KILL the Judge Bear
The bear is as tough as a grizzly, so a light machine gun is a good weapon of choice here. Pass the equipment and corpse, venturing down into the cave, which soon ends. Don’t stray too deeply as you can get trapped. Circle-strafe until four bears appear in a puff of Bliss smoke; slay them, and attack a fifth one with glowing red eyes. The previous four are illusions.
The Judge bear disappears after you wound it, then reappears to attack from the top of the cave before disappearing and leaving an animal in its place (usually a wolverine). After finishing the other animal, expect four doppelgangers to appear, just like the first confrontation. Shoot the bear with the glowing red eyes. It disappears yet again, and the attack pattern continues (it reappears atop the cave, summoning an animal after you wound it). Continue whittling down its health until one of you dies. Make sure it’s not you. Feel free to retreat outside the cave to catch your breath and heal. Defeat the bear to complete the mission.
