Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationNo screenshot of Ada Tucker yet. This one shows Marion Forks (Bend Studio / PlayStation).
Ada Tucker
Ada Tucker runs the Hot Springs work camp, where everyone has to earn their keep. She is the one who puts the bounty on Leon in the opening storyline. Early on she becomes a key job giver, paying well for bounties, rescues and new workers.
- Role
- Supporting
- Affiliation
- Hot Springs
Found in
Hot SpringsHot Springs is Ada Tucker's work camp in Belknap, set in an old luxury resort on a dormant volcano. Go here for Alkai Turner's weapons and Belknap jobs, but expect hard rules: Tucker runs it with guards and forced labor.
Marion ForksMarion Forks is an abandoned riverside town in Belknap, split by a blown bridge. It has a church, two motels and a NERO burial pit above it. It matters to Deacon, and it holds an infestation, a Horde and good early loot.
Good to know
- She was matron of the women's ward at a state penitentiary before the outbreak.
- She retired to the Marion Forks area with her husband Henry.
- Alkai Turner is her right hand and head of security.
- About a third of her men guard the camp and drive the rest to work.
- She keeps a list of people she trusts, with many names crossed out.
- Lisa Jackson remembers her as a friendly neighbor from before the outbreak.
- She hires Deacon and Boozer to hunt Leon in the Chasing Leon storyline.
Before the outbreak
Tucker spent her career in criminal justice among inmates who tested her for weakness. She learned to keep work and home apart and to expect betrayal from anyone. Losing her husband Henry made her trust people even less.
Personality
She is charming on the surface and ruthless underneath. She sees most survivors as lazy freeloaders and runs her camp like a prison. She rewards loyalty and turns fast on anyone she suspects.
Role in the story
Tucker needs more hands to dig an irrigation ditch and pays for any survivor Deacon brings in. She sends him after a girl spotted in Marion Forks, who turns out to be Lisa Jackson. She makes it clear Lisa will get no special treatment.
Falling outSpoilerShow
After Rippers take Lisa, Deacon rescues her but sends her to Lost Lake instead. He tells Tucker that Lisa died, which leaves her furious.
Things to know
Tucker's jobs pay well. Bounties ask for proof of kill: Limbo's tire iron, Wheeler's pocket watch and Rick Marsdon's cowboy hat. Her Ripper camp jobs, Rippers Rest In Hell and A Score To Settle, pay 1,800 and 2,400 credits. In The Rest Of Our Drugs you knock Roach off his bike and restrain him. Keep up the chase, because he tends to crash at the Marion Forks gas station. Price On Your Head pays Hot Springs 5,000 trust, then lets you give Leon's stash to her or to Copeland for another 5,000. At Hot Springs, Alkai sells guns and Terry Mercer collects bounties.
It's Not Safe HereSomeone has spotted a survivor in Marion Forks. You ride into the town, follow their trail and clear out the Rippers who show up before you can reach the house where they are hiding.- Everyone Has To WorkTucker sends you north of the Hot Springs camp to find Rose, one of her workers who has gone missing. It plays as a hostage rescue job.
Lots of Sick PeopleYou have found Lisa in Marion Forks, and now you need to get her somewhere safe. You ride with her to Tucker's Hot Springs camp, dealing with whatever gets in the way.- Nice and BloodyA bounty job from Tucker at the Hot Springs camp. You hunt down a drifter called Limbo, kill him and bring back his tire iron as proof. Deacon has a personal reason to take this one, since he knew the woman Limbo murdered.
The Rest of Our DrugsTucker puts a bounty on Roach, who has taken over Leon's old drug trade. You hunt him down, knock him off his bike and tie him up for the Hot Springs camp.- Coming Into TownA hostage rescue job for Tucker at the Hot Springs camp. Larsen, one of her people, went quiet after spotting a survivor, and you ride to his last known spot to get him back from the marauders holding him.
- Part of the FamilyA bounty job for Tucker. A drifter named Wheeler stole food and left a camp to go hungry. You find him, kill him and bring back his pocket watch as proof.
- Price On Your HeadDeacon meets Tucker and Alkai at the Hot Springs Encampment to turn in Leon's bounty. You ride with Tucker, find Alkai, then decide whether Leon's drug stash goes to Tucker or to Copeland.
- I'll Double ItTucker puts out a bounty from the Hot Springs camp on Rick Marsdon, one of her own runners. You find him, kill him and bring back his cowboy hat as proof.
- Rippers, Rest in HellTucker sends Deacon to clear out a Ripper camp in Belknap. You find the camp, kill the Rippers and hold off the reinforcements that show up afterwards.
- I'll Do ItTucker has a bounty on a man named Rick Marsoon. Track him down in Belknap, kill him and bring his cowboy hat back to Hot Springs as proof.
- A Score To SettleTucker wants a Ripper camp in Belknap wiped out. Find the camp, clear it and Hot Springs pays you for the work.
Chasing LeonChasing Leon is the storyline about Leon, a drug thief and murderer with a price on his head. Ada Tucker at the Hot Springs camp wants him found, and Deacon has his own reasons to catch up with him.- Gear Up For The RideGear Up For The Ride is the opening storyline in Belknap. Deacon and Boozer want to ride north, but first Deacon has to fix up his bike and earn better gear by doing runs for Copeland's Camp and Tucker's Hot Springs camp.
- You're Safe NowYou're Safe Now is the storyline about Lisa Jackson, a young girl Deacon finds alone in the wilds. She reminds him of Sarah's little sister, and he decides nothing is going to happen to her while he is around.
Related characters
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Lisa Jackson
Lisa Jackson is a teenage girl who survived alone in Marion Forks for two years, waiting for her parents to come home. Tucker sends Deacon to find her in the It's Not Safe Here job. She reminds him of Sarah's little sister Emma.
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Larsen
Larsen is a supply runner and scout for Tucker's Hot Springs camp. Marauders ambush his run in Marion Forks and take him captive, and Deacon goes in after him in Coming Into Town.
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Roach
Roach is a drifter who rode with Leon and Alvarez before settling at Tucker's Hot Springs camp. Deacon calls him Leon's little toady. He is the bounty target in The Rest of Our Drugs.
- Minor
Alkai Turner
Alkai Turner is Ada Tucker's right-hand man at the Hot Springs camp. He runs security, sells weapons and handles the work Tucker cannot do herself. You meet him arguing with Tucker over the camp's irrigation ditch when you bring in Leon's bounty.