Story Mission: Liberate Fall’s End

• Prerequisites: None
• Rewards: Medium Resistance (Holland Valley)
• Details: The Project at Eden’s Gate has overtaken Fall’s End. Liberate the people and defend the town from the Cult threat.

MISSION Commencement

The main Resistance in this region live and work in the small town of Fall’s End, southwest of the orchards. It’s worth making this your first major battle, as it’s the source of major missions. Built at a crossroads , it can be approached from all directions, meaning you should learn enemy location and which foes to focus on are more important than routes taken.

Check the guide map; it shows you the locations of major weapon stashes (including explosives) as well as two rooftops where a mounted machine gun is planted.

LIBERATE this Location

The first matter at hand is counting up the enemy; use your binoculars and count around 12 foes in the vicinity. There are three particularly troublesome individuals: a sniper on the garage roof , who has access to a mounted MG; a foe on the roof of the general store , who is actively manning the other MG; and a VIP, who is usually roughing up Mary May Fairgrave outside her bar, the Spread Eagle . Make those priority targets, whether you’re spotted or not.

Kill all the ground foes without being seen, or engage the enemy without regard to stealth. Either way, a plane with an MG rakes the area at the end of the battle. Scramble to either rooftop, reach the MG (check nearby ladders or plant proximity explosives there to ensure remaining foes don’t outflank you), and shoot at the plane until it flies off. This liberates the town.

OPTIMAL Path

Stealth is rewarded (the “Outpost Liberated Undetected” Challenge), and this path encourages melee takedowns. Begin anywhere you like, at the edge of town. In this example, we started in the northwest, climbing one of the side wall ladders to the top of the general store and melee-killing the foe at the mounted MG. Creep around north of the town, around the outside of the Spread Eagle , and climb the garage ladder to . Crack the neck of the sniper here.

Drop down, and head to the town’s east side . Conduct a sweep of outlying enemies near the house with the blue roof, working south to the church, from to . Optionally pick up and hide the corpses if you’ve brought an enemy down in a high-traffic area. After cracking the neck of the foe near the prison bus, start a slow and methodical crouch-and-creep north, crisscrossing the main road and strangling foes as the opportunity arises. Watch their patrol paths, drop them when no other foe is watching, and hide the bodies.

Continue this tactic, using low fences, backyard gardens, and junk to hide behind, dropping foes with your hands until only the VIP at Spread Eagle is left. Creep up, strangle him, then quickly scramble to either roof-mounted MG and pepper the incoming plane; it arrives only after the last foe is slain, assuming you aren’t seen. Congratulations! You saved Fall’s End without firing a shot!

Note that the two hostages (Pastor Jeffries and Mary May) by the Spread Eagle and the church can be left alone; they don’t need untying.

OTHER Paths

If ranged combat becomes necessary, you can mix up the optimal path using silenced weaponry (like the bow). The VIP is the only problem, as he takes multiple shots, so save him until last.

You can take up a sniper’s position atop the water tower , and drop foes in the street, lobbing a grenade down if there’s a parked fuel truck at the crossroads . This is a relatively safe and elevated position, and the zip lines allow an escape.

You can climb on any of the marked buildings—, , , or —and the home northwest of the crossroads . You can also use the roof as cover as you bombard enemies below. Just watch for foes climbing the ladders to outflank you.

The fuel truck at is an amusing way to dispatch multiple foes. Attract enemies with a thrown stone, then lob a grenade at the truck when a few investigate. Better yet, plant a remote explosive and detonate from a safe distance. You could even use the exploding truck as a distraction, while a teammate removes the rooftop foes.

You can shoot down the plane with an RPG round or some of your higher-caliber weaponry, but this is a poor plan compared to using the mounted MG.

Don’t care about subtle takedowns? Then drive into town in a truck with a mounted MG in the back and have an ally man the gun; that way you can ram into foes, shoot them, and take out the plane without leaving your vehicle. An alternate plan? Use an attack helicopter!

With the town liberated, you’re welcomed to the Spread Eagle and can meet up with Mary May Fairgrave, Pastor Jerome Jeffries, Casey Fixman, and speak to them for a variety of missions.