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Shadow Of Death
Deacon tries to get Sarah off Wizard Island. You take out the Militia's RPG, reach Sarah's lab in the Ark and lead her to the top of the volcanic cove.
- Type
- Story
- Given by
- Sarah Whitaker
- Region
- Crater Lake
Storylines
Part 9 of 18 in A Good Soldier
Part 7 of 7 in Blow It Up Good
Part 16 of 19 in I'm Never Giving Up
Part 23 of 26 in Keep Your Friends Close
Part 6 of 14 in Law And Disorder
Found in
- Crater LakeCrater Lake is the far southern region built around the real lake and Wizard Island, the Militia's headquarters. It opens in the second half of the story and has the most encampment jobs and NERO research sites in the game.
- Wizard IslandWizard Island sits in the middle of Crater Lake and is the Deschutes County Militia's main base. You work for Colonel Garret here, with Dee's gun shop and Caleb Tomlinson's garage as the draw.
Good to know
- Once the mission starts, the southern regions are closed off for a while.
- It is the meeting point of five storylines, including I'm Never Giving Up and Law And Disorder.
- Two days pass on the counter.
What happensSpoilerShow
Weaver spots Deacon leading Sarah out of the Ark and lets them go. Then Skizzo turns up with the Colonel and the escape falls apart. Deacon claims he is a NERO spy to keep Sarah out of it, and the Colonel strikes her. Deacon is sentenced to hang until Kouri breaks him out.
ObjectivesSpoilerShow
1. Disable the RPG. 2. Get to Sarah's lab in the Ark. 3. Take Sarah to the top of the volcanic cove.
- Derrick KouriCaptain Derrick Kouri commands the Militia's Diamond Lake outpost and is second in command to Colonel Garret. Deacon meets him after saving two of his soldiers, and Kouri brings him into the Militia. He is wearing the Mongrels ring Deacon gave Sarah.
- James WeaverLieutenant James Weaver is the Militia's chemist at Wizard Island, working on an advanced napalm to burn out Freaker hordes. Garret introduces him right after Deacon enlists. He gives Deacon jobs in the Blow It Up Good storyline.
- Matthew GarretColonel Matthew Garret leads the Deschutes County Militia from its base on Wizard Island in Crater Lake. His army aims to wipe out the Freakers and store humanity's knowledge in a cave he calls the Ark. Deacon works under him in the Law And Disorder storyline.
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.- 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
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A War We Can Win
A War We Can Win is the story mission where Deacon arrives at Wizard Island, the Deschutes County Militia's fortress in Crater Lake. Colonel Garret walks you through the base and explains what his Militia is fighting for.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStoryFor An Outlaw Biker
The 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.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStoryYou Alone I Have Seen
Captain Kouri wants Weaver's new Napalm Molotov tested on a real horde. You take on the Chemult horde of 300 Freakers, then report back to Kouri.
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I Tried To Hit That Once
Weaver needs polystyrene for a new weapon. You collect it from the roadsides around Crater Lake and bring it back to Wizard Island so the two of you can test the result.