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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.
- Type
- Story
- Region
- Iron Butte
- Rewards
- 10,000 XP, 700 Trust (Wizard Island), 350 Credits (Wizard Island), Remote Bomb recipe
Storylines
Part 10 of 14 in An Officer And A Gentleman
Part 11 of 19 in I'm Never Giving Up
Part 18 of 18 in Someone That I Used To Know
Found in
- Cloverdale Research Iron Butte FacilityThe Cloverdale Research Iron Butte Facility is a high-security private lab in Iron Butte, still powered two years after the outbreak. You only go here with Sarah for the story, so there is no open-world job to clear.
- Iron ButteIron Butte is the Rippers' home territory in the east, locked until late in the story. Come here for its 11 R.I.P. Sermons, two Ripper ambush camps, the Rogue Tunnel checkpoint and the Cloverdale research facility.
Good to know
- The two Crier nests here are the only ones outside Crater Lake and Highway 97, and each tree holds a single nest.
- The McLeod Ridge Horde appears in the Crater Lake region after this mission.
- Some players report the clock freezing at 8:00 AM afterward. Sleeping or restarting fixes it.
What happensSpoilerShow
Inside, Sarah comes to believe the outbreak may have started with her lab's work at Cloverdale. Deacon tells her it is not her fault. He uses a NERO radio to reach Boozer and then calls Lost Lake, where Rikki says Boozer is now head of security. Kouri also checks in over the radio after the Thielsen Pass guard reports you.
Objectives
1. Shut off Cloverdale's electric fences. 2. Burn the Crier nests. 3. Shut off the fences again. 4. Return to your bike.
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.- James MooreJim Moore was head of security at Cloverdale's Iron Butte lab before the outbreak. He once nearly came to blows with Deacon at the lab gate until Sarah stepped in. After the collapse he held the facility with his guards and kept everyone else out.
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.
Related missions
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What Kept Me Going
You and Sarah set out from Wizard Island to ride north over the Thielsen Pass. The goal is the old Cloverdale facility, where she can get the equipment she needs.
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Expect The Worst
Sarah needs to get inside the Cloverdale research labs, and you clear the way. You fight through the warehouse to the atrium and then look for the facility's head of security.
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Keep Them Safe
Rikki 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.
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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.