Do You Have My Back?
Iron Mike rides out with you to the old federal courthouse in Sherman's Camp to recover maps of the area's mines. He hopes one of the mines still has explosives to seal the Metolius cave.
- Type
- Story
- Given by
- Iron Mike
- Region
- Lost Lake
- Rewards
- 6,000 XP, 400 Trust (Iron Mike's), 250 Credits (Iron Mike's), Crafting recipe: Attractor
Storylines
Part 5 of 16 in Earning Our Keep
Part 11 of 28 in Ripped Apart
Part 6 of 13 in We've All Done Things
Found in
- Lost LakeLost Lake is the central region of the map, built around a resort lake that holds Iron Mike's Camp. It becomes your main base for the middle of the story and packs 6 Hordes, 3 infestations and Sherman's Camp.
- Sherman's CampSherman's Camp is an abandoned historic town in Lost Lake where a survivor settlement was wiped out early in the outbreak. Now it holds an infestation and a Horde, and you visit it with Iron Mike in the story.
Good to know
- Completing it gives you the Attractor crafting recipe.
- It opens up several new jobs, including I Could Use A Hand, On Herod's Birthday, Seeds For The Spring, Drifters At Eden Hill, Coming Into Town and Hard To Miss.
- The horde that hits the marauders here drops no ears, so do not stick around to farm it.
What happensSpoilerShow
You and Iron Mike get the mine maps, but marauders are waiting on the way out of Sherman's Camp. Mike's pacifism runs into armed killers, and you have to shoot your way clear. A horde ends up tearing into the marauders. On the ride back Mike talks about Skizzo, Copeland, Tucker and the Rippers.
Objectives
1. Ride with Iron Mike to Sherman's Camp. 2. Recover the mine maps from the courthouse. 3. Get back to your bike with Mike. 4. Ride back with him.
Related missions
- Story
You See What They Did
Iron Mike asks you to ride with him to Sherman's Camp in Lost Lake. He has something to show you in the town's old courthouse, and you follow him inside.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStoryWith Other Men's Blood
You have the antibiotics from Sherman's Camp, and Boozer is getting worse. Ride with Rikki back to the Lost Lake encampment and get the drugs to the infirmary.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStoryFlow Like Buried Rivers
You take Iron Mike up to the Metolius Lava Cave to pitch your idea for making Lost Lake safer. You picked it up from NERO: hordes hibernate in caves, so sealing this one could cut them down.
- Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStory
Outta The Darkness
The finale of Earning Our Keep. With the camp's power back on, Iron Mike thanks Deacon and Rikki in front of Lost Lake. Then Rikki takes Deacon to the infirmary to treat a wound.