- Prerequisites: Complete Story Mission: Missing in Action and save one additional hostage in Jacob’s Region.
- Rewards: 600 Resistance Points (Whitetail Mountains)
- Details: Help Eli to rescue more people from the Cult.
MISSION Commencement
After the completion of the previous mission, Eli radios in a congratulatory message, but has additional, troubling news: Jacob Seed’s forces are active in this region, and are “recruiting” civilians, and executing them if they resist. You must find and free the people of Whitetail Mountains from the cult’s strangle-hold. This mission now begins (you do not need to return to Wolf’s Den).
SAVE hostages (20)
This mission now takes on a more “freeform” plan, and requires you to explore the major road arteries of Whitetail Mountains. You need to travel to smaller Primary Locations, some Secondary Locations, and stumble across possible cult hostage situations as part of your general exploration.
Generally, you should remove the cult threats quickly (as they may be about to execute a hostage), watch for environmental hazards (don’t shoot a foe near an explosive barrel that can kill a hostage for example), study the area before wading in (so you don’t miss a foe that may kill a hostage without you realizing it), and remain within Whitetail Mountains (stepping into a different region doesn’t help the hostages here).
It’s well worth consulting the guide’s Atlas to pinpoint the many Secondary Locations; some of which may have a hostage situation playing out.
As a hostage situation usually occurs at random, with one or more cult members, this mission can’t be specifically tracked. But there are some main types of hostage situations to look for, as you begin your good deeds:
Primary Location Hostages: Look for hostage activity inside the Primary Locations across Whitetail Mountains. In this example, a lunactic with a rifle was about to execute a civilian at the Langford Falls Parking Lot. Just be aware that finding hostages isn’t guaranteed, and more populated locations, and Cult Outposts, aren’t usually a good source of hostages.
Secondary Location Hostages: Only shown in this guide’s atlas, there are numerous Secondary and Tertiary Locations across this region, and any one of them may have a hostage to rescue. Checking these locations allows you to find hostages more quickly. Of particular note are the Cult Totem Sites (dotted along foot trails); look for the skull-adorned posts remove cult folks threatening the innocent.
Random Location Hostages: We found this hostage, about to driven away in the back of a van, on the main road just south of the F.A.N.G. Center. Keep your eyes peeled for hostages you can see in the distance, so you can access dangers before executing foes, instead of mowing everyone down and hoping the hostage survives. In this example, we shot the driver and freed the prisoner.
Eli congratulates you on your excellent service once you’ve saved your final hostage, and the mission concludes. There can be accidental hostage deaths during this mission without it failing. Head on back Wolf’s Den if you haven’t completed Tammy or Wheaty’s missions.