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Ambush Camp Hunter
Ambush Camp Hunter is the open-world storyline for clearing the Marauder ambush camps set up along Oregon's main roads. The camps supply the snipers, tripwires and clothesline traps that hit you on the ride, so each one you burn out makes that route safer.
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Good to know
- It has 14 entries: the No Starving Patriots story job plus 13 ambush camps spread from Belknap to Crater Lake.
- Rewards are crafting recipes handed out as you go: 1 camp gives the Spiked Bat, 4 the Baseball Bat Axe, 6 the Superior Club and 7 the Proximity Bomb.
- Other milestones add the Stamina Cocktail (2), Smoke Bomb (3), Focus Cocktail (5), Incendiary Bolt (8), Attractor Bomb (10) and Explosive Bolt (12).
- Cleared camps also open a fast travel point and stop ambushes on that road.
How it works
Each ambush camp is a Marauder base on a main road. Kill everyone there, then go down into the bunker under the camp to claim it. Your first is the Cascade Radio Tower camp, which Copeland pays you to clear in No Starving Patriots.
Why clear them
A cleared camp stops the ambushes on that stretch of road and gives you a fast travel point. The storyline also hands out crafting recipes as your count goes up, including the Spiked Bat, the Smoke Bomb and two crossbow bolts.
- 1Jefferson Rail Tunnel Ambush CampJefferson Rail Tunnel Ambush Camp is a Cascade story job at an old rail tunnel. Clear it for Copeland's Trust and the Superior Club recipe in the bunker, a strong early melee upgrade.
- 2Horse Creek Ambush CampHorse Creek Ambush Camp is a Cascade story job northeast of Copeland's Camp. Squatters put a sniper on the cliffs over the Horse Creek trail. Clear it to keep Copeland's supply runs safe.
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Bear Creek Hot Springs Ambush CampBear Creek Hot Springs Ambush Camp is a Belknap story job north of Tucker's Hot Springs camp. It is one of the early camps, paying Hot Springs Trust and credits, and the Bear Creek Hot Springs Horde lives nearby. - 4Belknap Caves Ambush CampBelknap Caves Ambush Camp is a Belknap story job south of the Marion Forks Tunnel NERO Checkpoint. It pays Hot Springs Trust and credits and sits close to Crazy Willie's, so you can clear both in one trip.
- 5Black Crater Ambush CampBlack Crater Ambush Camp is a Ripper-held camp southwest of Hot Springs in Belknap. It pays Hot Springs Trust and credits, and the Rippers here won't surrender.
- 6Berley Lake Ambush CampBerley Lake Ambush Camp is a Lost Lake camp northwest of the Berley Lake Infestation. Clear it for Iron Mike's Trust and the Proximity Bomb recipe in its bunker, one of the best Horde tools in the game.
- 7Deerborn Ambush CampDeerborn Ambush Camp is a Marauder camp in the cliffs east of Lost Lake, south of Sherman's Camp. Its Marauders ambush supply runs on the Santiam Highway, and clearing it pays Iron Mike's Camp.
- 8Cascade Lakes Railway Ambush CampCascade Lakes Railway Ambush Camp is a Crater Lake camp on the rail line east of Diamond Lake. It pays 4,000 XP and Wizard Island Trust, and its loot is heavy on crafting parts.
- 9Spruce Lake Ambush CampSpruce Lake Ambush Camp sits on a NERO checkpoint at the mouth of a barricaded tunnel in Crater Lake. A small Horde inside the tunnel wakes at any noise, but it also makes this a good place to farm ears.
- 10Aspen Butte Ambush CampAspen Butte Ambush Camp is a Highway 97 camp northwest of the Chemult Community College NERO Checkpoint. It pays 5,000 XP, the joint best of any ambush camp, and clearing it stops the traps on the roads around it.
- 11Bare Bay Ambush CampBare Bay Ambush Camp sits in the far south of Highway 97, south of the Chemult College NERO Checkpoint. Like Aspen Butte it pays 5,000 XP and 2,750 Diamond Lake Trust, so it is worth the long ride.
- 12Redwood RV Park Ambush CampRedwood RV Park Ambush Camp is a Ripper camp in an old RV park in Iron Butte. It only opens with the region late in the story and pays 2,500 XP plus Iron Mike's Trust and credits.
- 13Wagon Road Ambush CampWagon Road Ambush Camp is a Ripper camp on the Old Wagon Road in Iron Butte, north of the Rogue Tunnel NERO Checkpoint. Its bunker holds the Attractor Bomb recipe, which you want for Horde fights.
- 14Ambush CampAmbush Camps are hostile survivor camps you clear for the Ambush Camp Hunter storyline. There are 14 across the map, each paying XP, Trust and credits to a nearby camp, and each bunker becomes a fast travel point.
- 15Cascade Radio Tower Ambush CampCascade Radio Tower Ambush Camp is the first ambush camp you see, during the story mission No Starving Patriots. It sits north of the Little Bear NERO Checkpoint and pays Copeland's Camp.
- Attractor BombThe Attractor Bomb is a noisy explosive that pulls Freakers in before it goes off. Its recipe sits in the Wagon Road Ambush Camp bunker. It is the easiest way to group a pack and kill it at once.
- Baseball Bat AxeThe Baseball Bat Axe is a crafted melee weapon: a wooden bat with a saw blade bolted on. The recipe sits in the bunker of the fourth Ambush Camp you clear. It hits much harder than a spiked bat for almost the same parts.
- Proximity BombThe Proximity Bomb is a crafted trap that goes off when enemies get close. Its recipe sits in the Berley Lake Ambush Camp bunker. Place them in a Horde's path or at a door you expect enemies to use.
- Superior ClubThe Superior Club is a crafted bat reinforced with a small pipe. Its recipe sits in the Jefferson Rail Tunnel Ambush Camp bunker. It is the bat upgrade to make when you have a small pipe but no saw blade.
Related missions
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStorylineInfestation Exterminator
Infestation Exterminator is the open-world storyline for burning out Freaker nests. Infestation zones are marked areas full of nests, and clearing all of them makes the roads safer and opens up fast travel through that area.
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World's End
World's End is the storyline for gathering NERO intel from the abandoned checkpoints across Oregon. Deacon wants to piece together what NERO was doing while the outbreak tore through the state.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationActivityEncampment jobs
Encampment jobs are the work the friendly camps hand out: bounties, hostage rescues and enemy camp clears. Each one pays trust and credits to the camp that posted it.
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What's A Nice Girl
A flashback to the day Deacon met Sarah. Her car has broken down and he gives her a ride through Belknap, past the Belknap Caves.