Deacon walks through tall grass toward pine-covered mountains.

Image: Bend Studio / PlayStation

No screenshot of Shadow Lake Horde yet. This one shows Belknap (Bend Studio / PlayStation).

Shadow Lake Horde

Shadow Lake Horde is a 50-Swarmer Horde in Belknap, one of the Horde Killer targets. It opens after Drifters on the Mountain. Clear it for 2,000 XP and 1,550 Trust at Hot Springs.

Horde size: About 50
Type: Horde
Region: Belknap

Part of

Horde KillerHorde 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.

Requires

Drifters on the MountainWith your bike gone from O'Leary Mountain, you set out on foot to get it back. The trail leads through a marauder camp near the safehouse and ends at Copeland's Camp.

Found in

BelknapBelknap is the volcanic region south of the Cascade, home to Ada Tucker's Hot Springs camp and the town of Marion Forks. You come here early for Tucker's work and stay for its seven Hordes and three infestations.

Good to know

50 Swarmers, in the Belknap region.
Pays 2,000 XP, plus 1,550 Trust and 1,200 credits at Hot Springs.
It becomes a target after the mission Drifters on the Mountain.
Horde Killer progress unlocks guns: the SMP9 at 4 Hordes, the Auto Shotgun at 10 and the MG 55 at 24.
It feeds at a NERO mass grave, so expect it there at night.

How to approach it

At this size a Horde is a good first try. Find a spot with one way in, such as a ladder, ledge or doorway. Molotovs, a couple of pipe bombs and a shotgun or SMG will do the rest.

Day and night

Hordes bed down somewhere dark during the day and move out at night to feed and drink. Scout the area in daylight while it sleeps, then pick when to start the fight. If you only need to pass through, give its route a wide berth after dark.

If it goes wrong

You can ride off, restock and come back. The kill count holds for a while, but stray Swarmers top the Horde back up if you wait too long. Keep your bike fuelled and parked on your exit route, not in the Horde's path.

Deacon's journalSpoilerShow

Deacon married Sarah in quiet Marion Forks. Later he heard earth movers there, digging the mass grave that became this Horde's feeding ground.

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