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Challenges
Challenges is the first free DLC for Days Gone, added in Patch 1.21. It is a separate mode of short score runs built around Horde, Combat and Bike tasks, each with medals, sub-challenges and its own rewards.
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Good to know
- Patch 1.21 launched the mode in June 2019, and new challenges were added weekly until all 12 were out.
- Bronze, Silver and Gold ranks pay credits you spend on playable characters, rings and other cosmetics.
- Rings and patches are new stat modifiers. Earning a challenge's patch also lets Deacon wear it.
- Playable characters include Deacon, Boozer, Rikki, Iron Mike and a NERO soldier.
How it works
Pick a challenge from the menu, equip rings and patches to tune your stats, and play for score. Each challenge has extra sub-objectives that add to your total. Better scores earn higher medals and more credits to unlock characters and gear.
Ambush Camp RushAmbush Camp Rush is a Combat challenge in the Challenges mode. You hit an enemy camp and try to clear it as fast as you can.- Black FridayBlack Friday is the twelfth and last challenge in the Challenges mode. It is a Horde challenge at the sawmill against the biggest, never-ending horde in the mode.
- Dead Before DaylightDead Before Daylight is a Horde challenge in the Challenges mode. You hold out inside a house for five minutes while a horde tries to break in.
- Dead Don't RideDead Don't Ride is a challenge in the Challenges mode where you drive survivors to a drop-off point in a golf cart, taxi style, instead of riding the bike.
- Drifter's RunDrifter's Run is the third challenge in the Challenges mode. You ride a set route on the bike and pick up every bandage along the way, as fast as you can.
- Hog WildHog Wild is a Bike challenge in the Challenges mode. You race to Pioneer Cemetery as fast as you can without ever letting go of the throttle.
- InfestedInfested is a Horde challenge in the Challenges mode. You burn Freaker nests to open scoring zones while fighting off the infected.
- Keep Them SaferKeep Them Safer is a Horde challenge in the Challenges mode. You clear a 300-strong Freaker horde as quickly as you can, starting with a crossbow and limited bolts.
- OutrideOutride is a Bike challenge in the Challenges mode. You race from a start point to a finish before the timer runs out, hitting checkpoints along the way to add time.
- ReloadReload is a Horde challenge in the Challenges mode. You take down as much of a horde as you can before the timer reaches zero.
- SurroundedSurrounded is the first challenge in the Challenges mode. You face an endless Horde of Freakers and try to last as long as possible, using weapons, traps and the terrain.
- SurviveSurvive is the second challenge in the Challenges mode. Waves of Marauders come at you and the goal is to stay alive as long as you can.
BoozerBoozer is Deacon's best friend and riding partner, and a former Sergeant-at-Arms of the Mongrels MC. He rides with you from the first mission as the two hunt bounties in the Cascades. What happens to him in the opening hours drives much of the first half of the story.
Deacon St. JohnDeacon St. John is the player character: a former soldier and Mongrels MC enforcer who now works as a drifter and bounty hunter in post-outbreak Oregon. You play as him from the opening hunt for Leon. He still grieves his wife Sarah, whom he believes died early in the outbreak.- Iron MikeIron Mike leads the Lost Lake camp in the Iron Butte region and keeps a shaky treaty with the Rippers. He banned Deacon after an old falling-out, so coming back for Boozer's sake is tense. He believes survivors can rebuild a fair, lawful community.
Rikki PatilRikki Patil is Iron Mike's second in command at Lost Lake and the camp's engineer. She rode with Deacon and Boozer before settling down, and she speaks up for them when they come back. Many of the Lost Lake jobs come through her.
Dolla Dolla Bills, Y'allSpend 3,000 credits on your Challenge loadout.
Gold Team RulesEarn a Gold medal in every Challenge.
Golden BoyEarn a Gold medal in any Challenge.
Gotta Patch 'Em AllUnlock every Patch from Challenges.
I Make This Look GoodWin Gold in a Challenge with a character skin and custom accent on.
Lost & DamnedReach the Founder rank in Challenges.
Participation AwardEarn a Bronze medal in any Challenge.
Second (the) BestEarn a Silver medal in any Challenge.
WorthyFully upgrade any Ring in Challenges.
You Done Good, KidEarn a medal in every sub-challenge.
Related missions
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For The Benefit Of Others
Rikki asks you to meet her and Addy at the cemetery in the Lost Lake encampment. It is a quiet memorial scene after the war with the Militia.
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Earning Our Keep
Earning Our Keep is the storyline about paying your way at Iron Mike's camp in Lost Lake. The deal is simple: Deacon works jobs for the camp so Boozer can stay there and heal.
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Not Gonna Kill Anyone
Boozer needs antibiotics, so Deacon sneaks into Iron Mike's Lost Lake Encampment to steal them from the infirmary. Boozer made him promise not to kill anyone while he's in there.
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Riding Nomad Again
Deacon gets ready to ride south and look for Sarah. You say goodbye to Boozer, then Iron Mike leads you out to the Thielsen Pass and you ride on to the summit.