Taking over the outposts | The Basics Far Cry 4 Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
In over a dozen places hard upon the main roads are located the enemy military posts. You can take over every one of them what will unlock some new quests as well as the access to the "fast travel" option. On the freed area will also appear friendly (instead of enemy) patrols.
There are three ways to take over every military post:
- total destruction - choose this way if you don't care about being detected and you can deal with the alarms and reinforcements before breakfast. You don't need to use any specific tactic beside having a good gun and a good cover. If you choose this way you need to be prepared to fight with enemy reinforcements which sometimes can be pretty huge.
- no alarm - this situation takes place when you will be detected by an enemy although he or she will not be able to turn on the alarm. It will allow you to avoid the enemy reinforcements. You can choose this way if you will, for example, be spotted by only the last enemy (after you will eliminate the rest of them quietly) or you have deactivated an alarm earlier on.
- no detection - the most rewarded option when consider the received experience points. To choose this way you need to take over the entire enemy post without being detected by even a single opponent. To succeed you need to kill your enemies by using (for example) a bow or the takedown. You also will need to distract them by throwing rocks around the place. It's not essential however any other method is also related with the huge risk of being detected.
The first thing you need to do is a little reconnaissance. To do so you need to use your camera and mark all the enemies. Various enemies will be tagged with different icons. Remember that you can mark the hunters for only a short time. After a while the icon above their head will disappear so you should try to memorize where have you saw them or eliminate them before anyone else.
The best way is to take over every post methodically and quietly not only because of the experience points bonus but because of the simplicity of this option. Especially at the beginning of your attempt try to sneak around. Kill while using your hidings as many enemies as you can and think about turning of or destroying an alarm. In some outposts there is more than one box with the alarm so you need to take care of all of them if you want to be sure that the reinforcements will not appear. Remember that the top floor or the roof of the highest building and the high rocks' ledges will almost always provide you the best view of the entire outpost. Sometimes it is good to bypass the entire post while keeping a safe distance and to mark as many enemies as you can and after that go to the right spot and then to begin the extermination. You should start by killing the hunters or the enemies with a heavy weapons (you need to have the Heavy Takedown skill).
You can additionally facilitate taking over the outposts by using some additional options. In some places you can open a cage which keeps a locked animal. Released animals are mostly going to attack the guards and even succeed to kill some or all of them, initiating the chaos at the same time. You can also set up a bait in a convenient place which may lure a predator to help you. However if you want to use the animal's help you need to eliminate the local hunters first since if you won't do that they will kill your companions really fast. If you prefer to use a brutal force you may want to call the "Guns for Hire" or to use an MMG or a mortar which you can find in some areas.
In the "Outposts" chapter every single enemy post is shortly described. However, remember that every presented tactic is just a proposition and is focused on quietly eliminating your enemies.