World's End
World's End is the storyline for gathering NERO intel from the abandoned checkpoints across Oregon. Deacon wants to piece together what NERO was doing while the outbreak tore through the state.
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Good to know
- It has 12 entries: the Bugged The Hell Out story mission plus 11 NERO checkpoints.
- Checkpoints include Chemult Community College, Iron Butte Pass, Marion Forks Tunnel, Santiam Tunnel and Rogue Tunnel.
- Each checkpoint has a NERO injector that permanently raises health, stamina or focus, plus intel to collect.
- Completing it unlocks the World's End Custom Accent.
Tips
Most checkpoints need you to restore power, often by finding fuel for a generator or a fuse, before the medical unit opens. Once the power is back the loudspeakers start up and pull in Freakers, so shoot them or be ready.
- 1Chemult Community College NERO CheckpointThe Chemult Community College NERO Checkpoint is a Highway 97 checkpoint at the college's old refugee camp. It pays Diamond Lake and holds an injector, and the college also has an infestation and a 125-Swarmer Horde.
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Iron Butte Pass NERO CheckpointThe Iron Butte Pass NERO Checkpoint is a Belknap checkpoint south of Hot Springs, on the pass toward Ripper country. It pays Hot Springs and holds an injector you can grab early. - 3Marion Forks Tunnel NERO CheckpointThe Marion Forks Tunnel NERO Checkpoint is a Belknap checkpoint east of Marion Forks. It pays Hot Springs and fits neatly into a trip that also clears the Marion Forks Infestation and the Belknap Caves camp.
- 4Old Pioneer Cemetery NERO CheckpointThe Old Pioneer Cemetery NERO Checkpoint is a Cascade checkpoint at the old Pioneer Cemetery. It pays Copeland's Camp, and its log is one of the first hints of what the Militia is doing to the roads.
- 5Horse Lake NERO CheckpointThe Horse Lake NERO Checkpoint is a Cascade checkpoint tied to NERO's body trains. It pays Copeland's Camp and gives you a NERO Injector early in the game.
- 6Santiam Tunnel NERO CheckpointThe Santiam Tunnel NERO Checkpoint is a Lost Lake checkpoint at the choked Santiam Tunnel, south of the Berley Lake Infestation. It pays Iron Mike's Camp and holds an injector.
- 7Old Sawmill NERO CheckpointThe Old Sawmill NERO Checkpoint is a Lost Lake checkpoint with a NERO mobile medical unit to search. It pays Iron Mike's Camp, but the Old Sawmill Horde lives nearby, so plan the visit.
- 8Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway NERO CheckpointThe Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway NERO Checkpoint is a Crater Lake checkpoint the Militia overran. It pays 3,500 Wizard Island credits, and its log calls it the last checkpoint holding the Highway 97 corridor.
- 9Spruce Lake NERO CheckpointThe Spruce Lake NERO Checkpoint shares its site with the Spruce Lake Ambush Camp at a barricaded tunnel in Crater Lake. It pays 3,500 Wizard Island credits and has one of the biggest loot piles of any checkpoint. A respawning Horde sleeps in the tunnel.
- 10Pillette Bridge NERO CheckpointThe Pillette Bridge NERO Checkpoint is a Highway 97 checkpoint overrun by Freakers, west of the Bare Bay Ambush Camp. It pays Diamond Lake and holds an injector.
- 11Rogue Tunnel NERO CheckpointThe Rogue Tunnel NERO Checkpoint is the only checkpoint in Iron Butte, northeast of the Redwood RV Park Ambush Camp. It pays Iron Mike's Camp, and its memo shows NERO was cleared to use extreme force on the Rippers.
- 12Little Bear NERO CheckpointThe Little Bear NERO Checkpoint at Little Bear Lake in the Cascade is the first checkpoint you open. You do it during the story mission Bugged The Hell Out. It teaches the power-and-speakers routine and gives your first NERO Injector.
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NERO CheckpointsNERO Checkpoints are abandoned federal quarantine camps you clear for the World's End storyline. There are 12, and each one you power up gives a NERO Injector, an Intel Recorder and a new fast travel point.
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