Side Mission: What They Carried

• Prerequisites: None
• Rewards: MS16 (Weapon), $2,000
• Details: Wendell wants his buddies’ lighters collected before the cult gets them. Those lighters have valuable information etched into them.

MISSION Commencement (1)

Head to the Redler residence, close to the winding river in southeastern Holland Valley, due east of Fall’s End. The place is home to a Vietnam vet named Wendell Redler. He hopes you can gather all 12 of his fellow soldiers’ Vietnam Lighters, so the information etched onto them doesn’t reach the cult. The lighters are scattered all over Hope County.

MISSION Commencement (2)

Alternatively, you can stumble across any of the 12 lighters scattered around Hope County (in any of the three main regions), collect them all, and then visit Wendell. This mission begins when you take your first lighter or speak with Wendell.

COLLECT the Lighters (12)

VietnamLighter: Your world map (and the guide’s Atlas) now features a new icon. This appears when you’re close to finding a Vietnam Lighter at a particular location. All are specific (there are no random lighters), all are hidden in underground bunkers (as shown in the previous picture), and the rest of this mission details where all of them are. Find them in any order you like.

You can purchase a map showing the location of all these items at a shop, though this is unnecessary with the guide in your hands!

VIETNAM LIGHTERS: Holland Valley (4)

#1: Rae-Rae’s Pumpkin Farm

Locate the site of the cult massacre where you can free Boomer the dog, and check the area at the edge of the wooded perimeter.

Find the bunker hatch in the northeast part of the location. Drop down the ladder. Grab the lighter from the wooden table by the provisions at the base of the ladder.

#2: Harris Residence

The most northwesterly primary location, on the mountainside with a view of the YES sign in the distance, is this cabin with a carport that has a red star on it. Check the woodshed in the backyard.

Open the hatch inside the shed, drop down, and spot the lighter in the second room on a metal shelf by a bunk bed.

#3: Fillmore Residence

Find the burned-out remains of this cabin close to the Henbane River and road bridge in the region’s southeastern area.

The bunker hatch is inside the woodshed with the wasps’ nest attached to it, on the property’s eastern side. Descend the ladder into the bunker, and find the lighter on a wooden table near the stars-and-stripes pallet.

#4: Miller Residence

In the remote southeast forested area, just north of Orville Creek and south of the Fillmore Residence, is a quaint and modest trailer home. Check the rear corner of the property near the whitewashed shed for the bunker hatch.

Descend into the bunker, and secure both a magazine and a lighter, the latter of which is on the floor near a side table.

VIETNAM LIGHTERS: Whitetail Mountains (4)

#5: Whitetail Park Visitor Center

In the western parts of White tail Mountains, along the main tarmac road just east of the Wolf’s Den, is a large visitor center comprised of two main buildings and a parking lot. Expect cult activity here.

After clearing the area of foes, check the two structures out. The lower of the two is the Information Center. The lighter is on a shelf under a Whitetail State Park sign. Be sure to grab the Hunting Magazine from the nearby counter, and a Cheeseburger Bobblehead from the Souvenir building above you, before you go.

#6: Patriot’s Treehouse (Secondary Location)

In the far north-northwestern part of this region, above and northwest of Cedar Lake, is the Rattlesnake Trail Bridge. Find a wooden stilt treehouse on the right cliff, above the lowest waterfall (near the mouth of the rushing stream as it pours into the lake).

Grapple up to this holdout’s location, which is usually empty, and use grenades to clear the pallets covering the double-hatch door. Head down the steps. The lighter is in the second room on the metal shelving near the plaid sofa.

#7: Elliot Residence

Reasonably close to the Moccasin River (east side) and the cult-acquired red metal bridge is a home that has witnessed a ferocious firefight. Expect light to medium cult resistance here. Find this lighter as part of Prepper Stash: The Holdouts. Hop onto the rear (western) lower roof awning. Locate the open window to the bedroom with the comic book.

Enter the bedroom. Exit into a small hallway and bathroom with the broken blue door, Hop out of the adjacent window to the front porch awning. Turn right, and right again through a second broken window.

This allows access down the interior stairs to the kitchen, where you find Elliot’s Bunker Key Card. Head outside, dealing with cult reinforcements. Then find the woodshed with Old Glory hanging on it, open the hatch, and descend. Use the key card on the locked door, and access the lighter (plus the Prepper Stash) from the room beyond.

#8: Whitetail Militia Bunker (Langford Hills: Secondary Location)

Northeast of Langford Lake and southwest of Clagett Boathouse is a wooded hillside with a small cabin; this doesn’t appear on your world map. Adjacent to this militia hut is a double-doored bunker.

Open the doors, descend the staircase, and inspect the multiple rooms of this large bunker. The lighter is in the rear chamber, in the room with a safe, on a low coffee table by the rocking chair.

VIETNAM LIGHTERS: Henbane River (4)

#9: McCoy Cabin

Just to the west of Peaches Taxidermy, on the river’s east side, is a remote cabin that once belonged to the McCoy moonshine gang. Expect cult resistance as you explore this area.

When the cult members are less of a threat, check the hatch, hidden by green tarps and stacked barrels on the dwelling’s south side. The lighter is on a metal shelf in the armory.

#10: McClean Residence

Extremely close to (just east of) Dutch’s Island, on the eastern side of the main road and railroad tracks, is a single-storey residence belonging to the McCleans. Expect a light cult presence as you check the area.

The lighter is in the bunker, which is easily spotted to the right of the dwelling, as its double doors are open. Head down into the bunker and check the lighter out on a bunkbed at the back of underground structure.

#11: Counselor’s Cabin

South of Angel’s Peak, alongside the rushing stream that empties out into Sacred Skies Lake (near the cult outpost of the same name) is a small, cliffside cabin.

Open the hatch at the rear of the cabin, and find the lighter on a metal shelf under some radio equipment.

#12: Abercrombie Residence

Due east of Hope County Jail, along the winding road north of the river, is a pleasant rural home with some outbuildings nestled on an area of flat land.

Check the white-painted covered porch to the rear of the main house, where the hatch is located. Drop into the bunker and find the lighter on a metal shelf in the room with the lit lantern.

BRING the Lighters Back to Wendell

After you gather all 12 Vietnam Lighters, head back to the Redler residence, and conclude this mission with a cash infusion courtesy of an obliged Wendell. He also unlocks his woodshed, allowing you access to his stash of items and equipment. Take what you need.

Need more knowledge about Vietnam Lighter locations? Check this guide’s Atlas!