Anarchists
The Anarchists are a bandit crew who paint the anarchy A on their faces and carry better guns than most Marauders. They have no open-world camps, so you only fight them in certain jobs, and one of their hideouts sits above a sleeping Horde.
- Threat
- Medium
- Type
- Human
Good to know
- Every member paints the anarchy A on the face.
- They often carry better guns, such as the Stinger.
- They have no armored heavies or tanks, and their health matches a Marauder's.
- You only fight them in missions, since they have no camps in the open world.
- The Rippers drove them out of Oregon years ago, and now they are back.
- Copeland pays you to clear one of their camps in Here's A Little Chaos.
- Diamond Lake's Just Doing My Job sends you into their cave hideout above a 300-strong Horde.
- Knocking down 12 Anarchist cairns earns the Go Kick Rocks trophy.
- In The Anarchist Spy you knock a fleeing rider off his bike and tie him up.
How they fight
Anarchists take about as much damage as Marauders but shoot with better weapons. They lack the armored heavies other gangs bring. That means a gunfight with them is fast and sharp rather than a slog.
How to beat them
Use cover and pick them off from range, since their guns punish open ground. Stealth works well before the shooting starts. In a cave hideout, keep noise down. Gunfire can wake the Horde sleeping deeper inside, so plan your exit before you start.
Where you meet them
Copeland sends you after a camp in the Cascade in Here's A Little Chaos. Down south, Diamond Lake and Wizard Island jobs pit you against them, including the bounty You Don't Want To Know.
Role in the storySpoilerShow
The Anarchists return to Crater Lake and Highway 97 to take ground from the Militia. They even slip a spy into the Militia ranks, who rises to lieutenant before he is caught.
Here's A Little ChaosAn Anarchist camp clearing job for Copeland. A group of Anarchists has dug in nearby, and you find their camp and wipe it out.- Just Doing My JobDiamond Lake wants an Anarchist Marauder camp cleared. You find the camp, kill everyone there, and free their prisoner Mitch Allen before getting out.
You Don't Want To KnowWizard Island posts a bounty on a soldier named Meyers, who killed two men and ran. You track him into Crater Lake, find the Anarchist camp he is linked to and bring back proof that he is dead.
The Anarchist SpyA bounty job for Wizard Island. An Anarchist is riding around the Crater Lake area, and the camp wants him brought in alive. Find him, knock him off his bike and tie him up.
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- Human
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