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Infestation 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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Good to know
- It has 13 missions: the Clear Out Those Nests story job plus 12 infestation zones.
- Zones include Rimview Ranch, Marion Forks, Crazy Willie's, Sherman's Camp, Chemult College and Berley Lake.
- Completing it unlocks the St. John Infestation Exterminator Custom Accent and the Infestation Exterminator Silver trophy.
- Molotovs, or a lit torch from the crafting menu, burn nests fast. Freakers come out of them as soon as you start.
How it works
Infestation zones are marked areas full of Freaker nests. Burn every nest in the zone and kill the Freakers that come out of them. Your first is the logging camp below O'Leary Mountain, in Copeland's job Clear Out Those Nests.
Tips
Bring Molotovs or craft a torch before you ride in. Throw from range and back off, because each nest spits out its Freakers as soon as it starts burning. Clearing a zone also opens up fast travel through that area.
- 1South Oregon Crier InfestationThe South Oregon Crier Infestation has you kill 42 Criers, infected ravens, across Highway 97. Their nests sit in trees and on power poles over a wide area rather than one zone, and the job pays Diamond Lake.
- 2Rimview Ranch InfestationThe Rimview Ranch Infestation is a 3-nest Crater Lake job near a ranch and bed and breakfast. It pays Wizard Island, and clearing it makes the Rimview Ranch Horde show up in the region.
- 3Chemult College InfestationThe Chemult College Infestation is a 6-nest job at Chemult Community College, once a NERO refugee camp on Highway 97. It pays Diamond Lake and opens after the story mission You Couldn't Stop Shaking.
- 4Cascade Lakes Rail Line InfestationThe Cascade Lakes Rail Line Infestation is a Highway 97 nest-clearing job along the old rail line, with 5 nests to burn. It pays Diamond Lake, and Aspen Butte Ambush Camp lies just to the southwest.
- 5Tumblebug River InfestationThe Tumblebug River Infestation is a 3-nest Crater Lake job on the back roads to Crater Lake. It pays Wizard Island and sits next to the Cascade Lakes Railway Ambush Camp and the Volcanic Legacy checkpoint.
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Patjens Lakes InfestationThe Patjens Lakes Infestation is a small Belknap nest job with 3 nests, and an easy first full infestation after Clear Out Those Nests. It pays Hot Springs Trust and credits. - 7
Marion Forks InfestationThe Marion Forks Infestation is a 5-nest job in the Belknap town where Deacon and Sarah married. It pays Hot Springs, and clearing it makes looting the town, including the Old Wagon Hotel, much safer. - 8Crazy Willie's InfestationCrazy Willie's Infestation is a Belknap nest-clearing job at an old roadside bar, with 4 nests to burn. It pays Hot Springs and sits close to the Belknap Caves Ambush Camp and the Iron Butte Pass checkpoint.
- 9Pioneer Cemetery InfestationThe Pioneer Cemetery Infestation is a 3-nest job at an old Cascade graveyard. It pays Copeland's Camp and shares the area with the Old Pioneer Cemetery NERO Checkpoint, so do both together.
- 10Sherman's Camp InfestationThe Sherman's Camp Infestation is a 3-nest job in the abandoned Lost Lake town that was wiped out overnight. It pays Iron Mike's Camp, and the Sherman's Camp Horde lives in the same area.
- 11Rogue Camp InfestationThe Rogue Camp Infestation is a 6-nest Lost Lake job near a tunnel the Rippers used to cross the Iron Ridge. It pays Iron Mike's Camp and is one of the bigger nest jobs in the north.
- 12Berley Lake InfestationThe Berley Lake Infestation is a Lost Lake nest-clearing job with 4 nests to burn. It pays Iron Mike's Camp and sits near the Berley Lake Ambush Camp and the Santiam Tunnel checkpoint. You can clear all three in one trip.
- 13Logging Camp InfestationThe Logging Camp Infestation is the first nest zone you burn, at the logging camp at the foot of O'Leary Mountain in Cascade. You clear it in Clear Out Those Nests to keep Freakers away from the safehouse while Boozer heals.
- CrierCriers are infected ravens that nest in trees and on power-line transformers in the south. They dive in erratic lines and keep coming from their nests, so destroy the nests before you waste ammo on the birds.
FreakersFreakers are people and animals turned feral by the Freaker Virus, and they are the main danger on every road in Days Gone. Each type needs a different answer, from a knife for a lone Swarmer to fire for a whole Horde.
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