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Race Against Time
Race Against Time is a short late-game storyline that sets up the final push against the Deschutes County Militia. It picks up after Deacon rides north to Lost Lake and covers the plan to strike back at Wizard Island.
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- Storyline
Good to know
- It has 6 missions, starting with Ascending From The Underworld and ending with The Last Of 'Em.
- The wiki lists no custom accent or other reward for it.
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Deacon wants to stop the Militia and get Sarah off Wizard Island. His plan is a fertilizer truck bomb aimed at the island's southern gate, where the Militia keeps its vehicles and weapons. Rikki and Boozer are not keen on it.
- 1Ascending From The UnderworldAscending From The Underworld is a late story mission. Word comes that the Militia is moving on Lost Lake, and Deacon rides north from Crater Lake to help defend Iron Mike's camp.
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You Can't Do This AloneThe final push on Wizard Island. With Lost Lake's fighters behind you, you storm the Militia's stronghold and fight your way into the Ark toward Colonel Garret. - 3For An Outlaw BikerThe final push into the Ark on Wizard Island. You fight through the Militia inside, save Weaver, settle things with Skizzo and head for the Colonel's chamber.
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I'll Save Some For YouTo build the truck bomb, you need creosote from the Old Sawmill near Lost Lake. A Horde of 500 Swarmers lives there, so you have to wipe it out before you can fill the truck. - 5
Keep Them SafeRikki needs more for the truck bomb. You ride to Iron Butte Ranch, wipe out the Horde of 300 Swarmers there, then radio Boozer about getting the fertilizer. - 6Kill Every One Of The BastardsIron Mike's Camp needs another Militia camp in the Lost Lake area taken out. Locate it and clear every soldier inside.
- 7Another Militia AttackMilitia soldiers have set up a camp near Lost Lake, and Iron Mike's Camp wants it gone. Find the camp and clear it out.
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The Last Of 'EmLost Lake wants another Militia camp south of the encampment wiped out. You find the camp and clear every soldier in it, slowing the Militia's push toward Iron Mike's people.
- 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.
- 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.
Sarah WhitakerSarah Whitaker is Deacon's wife, a botanist with two PhDs who studied rare plants at Cloverdale's Iron Butte lab. You get to know her through flashback missions in the I Remember storyline. Deacon believes she was lost in the first days of the outbreak.
- Iron Butte Ranch HordeA 300-Swarmer Horde at Iron Butte Ranch that you clear in Keep Them Safe, part of the push toward Wizard Island. It is the only Horde you ever fight in Iron Butte, and it shows up just for this mission.
Old Sawmill HordeThe Old Sawmill Horde in Lost Lake is the biggest Horde in Days Gone, at 500 Swarmers. You have to clear it in I'll Save Some For You so the creosote truck can be filled. Stock up on fire and explosives before you ride in.
Related missions
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStorylineHorde Killer
Horde Killer is the storyline for wiping out every Freaker Horde in Oregon. It mixes a few story missions with the open-world Hordes you find yourself, from small cave groups in the north to the huge swarms in the south.
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I'm Never Giving Up
I'm Never Giving Up is the storyline about Deacon staying in the south to be near Sarah. It starts once he reaches the Militia at Wizard Island and follows him running supply jobs and other work to help her however he can.
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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.
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We Couldn't Take The Risk
You and Sarah have reached the Cloverdale facility, and it is not safe yet. Shut down the electric fences, burn the Crier nests on the grounds and get back to your bike.