Strongholds | Information about the game world Mad Max Guide

Each larger location on the map is a part of a territory that belongs to one of the story characters. A stronghold is the center of such territory. This is where you will receive many story missions and side missions related to a specific character. You can also hide from the storm in a stronghold. Finally, this is the place where you can drive cars you found in order to unlock them. You can also switch the vehicle you want to use here (such option becomes active whenever you get close to Magnum Opus vehicle. In short, Strongholds are your bases of operation and your shelters.

The chests with project parts can be found in Camps and Scavenging locations.

What makes Strongholds a special place is the possibility to build projects and upgrade the fortresses. In each such place you can complete many projects which give you various profits. To construct a project you must fulfill some requirements. Usually the requirements are completing a side mission, gathering enough project parts or bringing enough Scrap.

Places where you can build a project are transparent until you construct the upgrade.

To check the requirements, walk towards the transparent place in the Stronghold - it's a place where you can construct a project. Yellow color means that there are still some requirements to meet, blue one means that the project is ready to be built. By walking close you will also check the description of a project. You can also mark the parts needed to create some projects on the map - the location of places where you can find them will be added to the map. Only after finding all of them will you be able to make a project.

After obtaining all project parts, remember to also build it in the Stronghold. Only after that, will it become active. With each visit in the Stronghold where you have build the project, you will receive a reward (ammunition or health replenishment, some amount of Scrap, etc). Additionally, building a project will impact the look of the inside of the Stronghold.

Visual upgrade of the Stronghold is a "side effect" of constructing projects.

Important: Even if you are not interested in upgrading all the Strongholds, take some time and improve the projects that might interest you in at least one of them. Later you can use the quick travel to return there and replenish supplies.

Projects

Water storage - your canteen will be automatically refilled when visiting a Stronghold.

Maggot Farm - Max's health bar will be automatically regenerated when visiting a Stronghold.

Armory - replenishes ammunition whenever visiting a Stronghold (works on shotgun, knives, sniper rifle, Thunderpoon).

Oil well - refills the fuel in Magnum Opus vehicle.

Cleanup crew - the Scrap from each destroyed vehicle (on the territory where Stronghold with this upgrade is located) will be gathered automatically and added to your "account".

Stockpile - further upgrades (3 levels) are increasing the aesthetical look of the Stronghold.

Scrap crew - when you're not playing the game, Scrap is automatically collected and will be given to you once you turn the game on (online mode required).

Survey crew - adds all Scavenging locations to the map of a specific terrain.

Dog and buggy - unlocks Chum's Buggy which is used for finding minefields.