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Horde Assault
Horde Assault is a survival arcade mode added in Days Gone Remastered. You drop into an open region with a sidearm and try to last as long as you can against hordes of up to 800 Freakers.
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Good to know
- It launched with Days Gone Remastered on PS5 on April 25, 2025. On PC it comes with the Broken Road DLC.
- Supply boxes hold random weapons, including a flamethrower that is not in the story.
- Surviving 30 minutes on a map unlocks the never-ending Ultimate Horde.
- There are 24 Injector modifiers, 12 positive and 12 negative.
- A 35-level reward path unlocks Injectors, skins and patches.
- Six new playable characters include O'Brian, Lisa and Skizzo.
How a run works
Runs open in Cascade with only a sidearm, and you fight your way to your bike. Side jobs on the map refill supplies and give XP. The longer you last, the tougher the enemies get, with Breakers, Reachers and Rager bears joining in.
Injectors and score
Positive Injectors make the run harder and raise your score. Negative ones make survival easier and cut your score. Beat the target score in all four regions to earn bonus rewards.
- James O'BrianJames O'Brian is the NERO volunteer who loaded Sarah onto an evacuation helicopter when the outbreak began. Deacon finds him again two years later as a NERO lieutenant in the Finding NERO storyline. He becomes Deacon's only inside source on NERO and on what happened to Sarah.
Lisa JacksonLisa 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.- SkizzoSkizzo is one of the heads of security at Iron Mike's Lost Lake camp. He objects to Deacon and Boozer coming back from the moment they arrive. You work with him on runs for explosives in the Keep Your Friends Close storyline.
Related missions
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStoryWhat It Takes To Survive
You need O'Brian's help to get Sarah off Wizard Island by air, so you ride out to meet him. He sends you into the Ice Wind Lava Cave to find Cooper, and the job gets much bigger from there.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStoryI Kept My Name
You wake up as a prisoner inside the Ripper compound with your gear gone. You have to break out of the temple, get your weapons and your Mongrels cut back, and get out alive.
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Should Have Seen It Coming
Deacon has to get out of Ripper territory in Iron Butte and make it back to his bike at the Iron Ridge trailhead. The route passes the old golf resort near Cloverdale.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStoryMaking Contact
You have spotted a NERO landing zone and want answers. You sneak in, follow the agent O'Brian away from his team and confront him about the night Sarah left on his helicopter.