{"id":83357,"date":"2019-02-15T18:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T18:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/?p=110635"},"modified":"2019-02-15T18:00:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T18:00:37","slug":"8-things-you-need-to-know-when-starting-far-cry-new-dawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/02\/15\/8-things-you-need-to-know-when-starting-far-cry-new-dawn\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Things You Need to Know When Starting Far Cry New Dawn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Far Cry New Dawn<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is now available on Xbox One and enhanced for Xbox One X. This time around, the adventure takes place in a superbloom-covered post-apocalypse that\u2019s as vibrant as it is chaotic, but a healthy coating of pink flowers and graffiti isn\u2019t the only thing that\u2019s different about Hope County. To help you get the lay of the brightly colored land, we\u2019ve assembled eight things you need to know before you venture out into the post-apocalypse either by yourself or with a co-op buddy.<\/p>\n

Live Long and Prosper(ity)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nearly everything you\u2019ll do in Far Cry New Dawn<\/em> begins and ends with your homebase, Prosperity. Here, you\u2019ll take on missions, get to know the locals, upgrade your gear, and even travel outside of Hope County on Expeditions. When you first arrive in Prosperity, you\u2019ll be tasked with heading out to find local Specialists to help you upgrade your homebase. These Specialists won\u2019t go out into the wilderness with you to fight back against the Highwaymen. Instead, they\u2019ll take up residence in Prosperity and allow you to upgrade everything, from weapons to vehicles to explosives.<\/p>\n

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Using the most valuable resource in the apocalypse, ethanol, you\u2019ll upgrade stations around Prosperity that will provide you with the means to improve your gear. Upgrading your Workbench allows you to craft more powerful weapons, improving your Garage will improve the quality of vehicles available to you, and buffing your Training Camp strengthens your Guns for Hire. And then there\u2019s the Healing Garden, Explosives Lab, Infirmary, and Cartography station; the people in Prosperity are eager to lend a hand against the Highwaymen.<\/p>\n

Build Your Roster<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the Specialists needed to build up Prosperity are clearly marked on your map, Guns for Hire are not. If you want to take out the Highwaymen with Hurk, Pastor Jerome, or Timber the adorable genius dog by your side, you\u2019ll have to explore Hope County and take on side missions from captured Outposts. Want Nana, the sniper, to take out your enemies from afar? Or Horatio the massive boar to bulldoze Highwaymen? You\u2019re going to have to find them.<\/p>\n

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Travel the World<\/strong><\/p>\n

After you earn enough ethanol, you\u2019ll gain access to Expeditions, earning the ability to leave Hope County for smash-and-grab missions at Highwaymen strongholds across the country. Expeditions are missions that take you to a wide variety of memorable locales across the US, including abandoned amusement parks, stranded aircraft carriers, and desert canyons, among others. They are rollicking and raucous adventures, with more enemies to outwit, special packages to search for, and mad dashes through heavy fire to an extraction point once you\u2019ve grabbed your prize.<\/p>\n

Expeditions are also excellent ways to acquire many of the resources you\u2019ll need to upgrade and craft your gear. Just make sure you have a varied arsenal for the job. It\u2019s best to try and go in as quietly as possible because once you grab the target package, a GPS tracker attached to it will notify the Highwaymen of your exact position, at which point you\u2019ll have plenty of enemies on your tail and will need all the stopping power you can get. And as an added bonus, upgrading Prosperity\u2019s Expeditions station also means upgrading your helicopter, which opens up the ability for you to fast travel around Hope County.<\/p>\n

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Level Up<\/strong><\/p>\n

You may notice that your rank one (white) assault rifle isn\u2019t doing much damage to those rank two (blue) enemies and is barely tickling those rank three (purple) and four (gold) baddies. That\u2019s because in Far Cry New Dawn<\/em> everything, from weapons to vehicles to enemies and wildlife, has ranks. They\u2019re also packing health bars so you can see exactly how effective your weapons are on your current target. If you find yourself up against some Highwaymen that are more than one rank above you, it\u2019s best to retreat and wait until you\u2019ve upgraded your arsenal to take them down. You\u2019ll also need to spend some Perk Points on the Advanced, Expert, and Master Takedown perks if you want to be able to stealthily take down enemies that are rank two and above (which you definitely want to do).<\/p>\n

Loot Everything<\/strong><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll likely notice that new weapons and vehicles aren\u2019t exactly coming fresh off the supply line in the post-apocalypse, that means that if you want a new Saw Launcher, sniper rifle, or truck, you\u2019ll need to craft it using various crafting materials. Collecting resources like components, gears, springs, copper, and titanium is your ticket to better gear. Fortunately, locations now show you how much of a coveted resource they hide, so you\u2019ll know just how many rolls of duct tape to look for before packing up and moving on to the next spot.<\/p>\n

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As mentioned above, you won\u2019t get far without ethanol. While you won\u2019t find it just lying around like you will other resources, there are a few reliable ways to acquire it. The first, and most efficient, is by clearing Highwaymen Outposts. Defeat all the Highwaymen at a particular Outpost, and you\u2019ll claim it for yourself and earn a healthy dose of ethanol \u2013 and if you take the Outpost down without triggering alarms or being spotted, you\u2019ll earn even more for your troubles.<\/p>\n

While wandering the open world of Hope County, you\u2019ll occasionally see nearby Supply Drops falling from the sky; if you chase them down and claim them before any nearby Highwaymen, you\u2019ll net yourself additional resources, including ethanol. Also, be on the lookout for ethanol truck shipments moving from Outpost to Outpost; successfully highjack one and return it to one of your Outposts or Prosperity, and you\u2019ll secure more ethanol for your cause.<\/p>\n

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Perks of the Apocalypse<\/strong><\/p>\n

Make sure you\u2019re not so busy upgrading Prosperity, your weapons, and your vehicles that you neglect your Perks. Like Far Cry games of the past, Perks allow you to expand your capabilities and do things like grapple up to high points, hold more weapons, perform takedowns on tougher enemies, and repair broken vehicles. You\u2019ll naturally unlock Perk Points through your progress, but there are a few ways to earn some more. Head to the Challenges menu to find weapon, exploration, hunting, and kill challenges that you can complete for bonus Perk Points (simply killing a bunch of enemies with every new weapon you find is a great way to grab Perk Points early on).<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll also be able to get Perk Points by completing Treasure Hunts. Marked with a diamond symbol, Treasure Hunts will task you with solving an environmental puzzle; success will earn you three Perk Points and a nice bundle of resources. Lastly, Highwaymen across Hope County are terrorizing civilians and kidnapping them; save a civilian caught in a tricky situation, and you\u2019ll earn yourself another Perk Point.<\/p>\n

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Scavenge Outposts and Expeditions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once you take out an Outpost or complete an Expedition, you\u2019ll have the option to scavenge it, essentially abandoning it to the Highwaymen. Doing so will get you a small dose of ethanol, but also means that the Highwaymen will reclaim the area and repopulate it with tougher enemies and more alarms. At that point, braving the tougher challenge you\u2019ve created and reclaiming the Outpost will earn you even better rewards. Just be sure not to tackle a challenge too early; trying to take down an Outpost or Expedition that\u2019s ranked above your current weapon loadout will likely result in your premature death.<\/p>\n

Also, if you set off an alarm at any scavenged Outpost, you\u2019ll trigger the arrival of an Enforcer, a rank four enemy that will make short work of you if you\u2019re packing inferior weaponry. Moral of the story: Scavenging Outposts and taking on higher-rank Expeditions can be lucrative, but be sure your arsenal matches the difficulty rank or you\u2019re in for a rough ride.<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s that Beeping Sound?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Highwaymen vehicles \u2013 with their steel cages, LMG turrets, and graffiti paint jobs \u2013 may look like a tempting ride, but beware: if you enter or even approach a Highwaymen ride and hear a beeping sound, it\u2019s best to distance yourself from it as quickly as possible. The beeping indicates the vehicle is booby-trapped and rigged to explode any second, and the blast is enough to kill both you and your Gun for Hire if they\u2019re anywhere near you. If you\u2019d rather not worry about blowing up anytime you get behind the wheel of a car, it might be worth investing in the Hotwire Perk, which will automatically disable Highwaymen booby traps.<\/p>\n

Far Cry New Dawn<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is available now on Xbox One for $39.99 on the Microsoft Store. And if you haven\u2019t played Far Cry 5<\/em> yet, you can purchase both games as part of the Far Cry New Dawn<\/em> Complete Edition and Ultimate Edition bundles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Far Cry New Dawn is now available on Xbox One and enhanced for Xbox One X. This time around, the adventure takes place in a superbloom-covered post-apocalypse that\u2019s as vibrant as it is chaotic, but a healthy coating of pink flowers and graffiti isn\u2019t the only thing that\u2019s different about Hope County. To help you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-xbox-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}