A set of fast mission routes for completing the first tier of daily challenges, designed for a 3-day cycle.
Daily Mission Routes
Fast and efficient mission routes for completing the first tier of daily challenges.
The Scorched Desert (1)
Estimated time to complete minimum route: 10–15 minutes
Minimum Route
- Go to The Scorched Desert
- From Shani’s notes, accept “Headhunter”
- From Shani, accept “The Traitor”
- Complete “Headhunter” tier 1 objective “Find Ibrahim Nagi”
- Complete “Headhunter” tier 1 objective “Find Omar Moussa”
- Complete “Headhunter” tier 1 objective “Find Eshan Awad”
- From Active explosive, accept “The Bomb Squad”
- (Work on “The Bomb Squad”)
- Complete “The Traitor” tier 1
- Complete “Headhunter” (remember to interact with Karim el Touni after ringing his doorbell)
- Complete “The Traitor” and “The Bomb Squad”
- From Tanis, accept “An Uneasy Alliance”
- From Zhara, accept “Angels & Demons”
- Complete “An Uneasy Alliance” tier 1 objective “Find one of Tanis’s pet pythons”
- (Don’t complete “An Uneasy Alliance” tier 1 objective “Follow the snake”)
- Complete “Angels & Demons” tiers 1–2 (add a map marker for the password: “305))”)
- Complete “Angels & Demons” (add a map marker for the PIN: “2435”)
- Complete special assignment “Abode Incursion” objective “Kill Looters”
- Complete “An Uneasy Alliance”
Full Route
- Go to The Scorched Desert
- From Shani’s notes, accept “Headhunter”
- From Shani, accept “The Traitor”
- Complete “Headhunter” tier 1 objective “Find Ibrahim Nagi”
- Complete “Headhunter” tier 1 objective “Find Omar Moussa”
- Complete “Headhunter” tier 1 objective “Find Eshan Awad”
- From Active explosive, accept “The Bomb Squad”
- (Work on “The Bomb Squad”)
- Complete “The Traitor” tier 1
- Complete “Headhunter” (remember to interact with Karim el Touni after ringing his doorbell)
- Complete “The Traitor” tier 2
- From Marya Recruitment Flyer, accept “Friends and Neighbours”
- Complete “The Traitor”, “The Bomb Squad”, and “Friends and Neighbours”
- From Tanis, accept “An Uneasy Alliance”
- From Zhara, accept “Angels & Demons”
- Complete “An Uneasy Alliance” tier 1 objective “Find one of Tanis’s pet pythons”
- (Don’t complete “An Uneasy Alliance” tier 1 objective “Follow the snake”)
- Complete “Angels & Demons” tiers 1–2 (add a map marker for the password: “305))”)
- Complete “Angels & Demons” (add a map marker for the PIN: “2435”)
- Complete special assignment “Abode Incursion” objective “Kill Looters”
- From Dead cultist, accept “The Defence Never Rests”
- Complete “The Defence Never Rests”
- Complete “An Uneasy Alliance”
The Scorched Desert (2)
Estimated time to complete minimum route: 10–15 minutes
Minimum Route
- Go to The Scorched Desert
- From Shani, accept “The Siege of al-Merayah”
- Complete “The Siege of Al-Merayah” and special assignment “Jonestown of the Desert” objective “Kill Inducted Villagers”
- Go to Marya Encampment (near Anima Leap: Marya Basecamp East)
- From Nassir, accept “Live Free, Die Hard”
- Complete “Live Free, Die Hard” tier 1
- (Ignore special assignment “Boom, Baby” objective “Kill Atenist Demolitionists” (Atenist Demolitionists share spawns with Atenist Militia; it’s possible there are insufficient spawns of Atenist Demolitionists to complete the mission without needing to wait for respawns))
- Complete “Live Free, Die Hard”
- Go to The Slur
- Complete special assignment “Slummin in the Slur” objective “Kill Cultists”
- Go to Orochi Retreat (near Anima Leap: Orochi Retreat)
- From Lisa Hui, accept “The Prometheus Initiative”
- Complete “The Prometheus Initiative” tier 1
- From Empty scotch crate, accept “Old Scotch, New Problems”
- Complete “The Prometheus Initiative” and “Old Scotch, New Problems”
Full Route
- Go to The Scorched Desert
- From Shani’s notes, accept “Supply Run, Too”
- From Shani, accept “The Siege of al-Merayah”
- Complete “The Siege of Al-Merayah” tier 1, and “Supply Run, Too” tier 1 objectives “Find water” and “Find gasoline”
- Complete “The Siege of Al-Merayah”, “Supply Run, Too” tier 1 objective “Find food”, and special assignment “Jonestown of the Desert” objective “Kill Inducted Villagers”
- (Don’t complete “Supply Run, Too” tier 1 objective “Deliver the supplies to Zhara’s Cafe”)
- Go to Marya Encampment (near Anima Leap: Marya Basecamp East)
- From Smashed crate, accept “The Coveters”
- From Empty ammunition crates, accept “Ten Thousand Bullets”
- From Nassir, accept “Live Free, Die Hard”
- Complete “Live Free, Die Hard” tier 1
- (Work on “The Coveters” and “Ten Thousand Bullets”)
- (Work on special assignment “Boom, Baby” objective “Kill Atenist Demolitionists” (Atenist Demolitionists share spawns with Atenist Militia; it’s possible there are insufficient spawns of Atenist Demolitionists to complete the mission without needing to wait for respawns))
- Complete “Live Free, Die Hard” tier 2
- Complete “Live Free, Die Hard” and “Ten Thousand Bullets”
- Go to The Slur
- Complete special assignment “Slummin in the Slur” objective “Kill Cultists”
- Complete “The Coveters”
- From Misdelivered package, accept “Package Problems”
- Complete “Package Problems” tier 1 objective “Pick up the misdelivered package”
- (Don’t complete “Package Problems” tier 1 objective “Take the package to Zhara at Cafe Giza”)
- Go to Orochi Retreat (near Anima Leap: Orochi Retreat)
- From Lisa Hui, accept “The Prometheus Initiative”
- Complete “The Prometheus Initiative” tier 1
- From Empty scotch crate, accept “Old Scotch, New Problems”
- Complete “The Prometheus Initiative” and “Old Scotch, New Problems”
- Complete “Supply Run, Too” and “Package Problems”
The Besieged Farmlands
Estimated time to complete minimum route: 10–15 minutes
Minimum Route
- Go to The Besieged Farmlands
- From Carmen Preda, accept “A Ghoulish Feast”
- Complete “A Ghoulish Feast”
- Go to Aid Station
- From Dr Varias, accept “Red Handed”
- Complete “Red Handed” tier 1 (add a map marker for the order of the treatments: “Diazepam, Chloroquine, Vancomycin”)
- Complete “Red Handed” tier 2
- Go to Olaru Farm
- Complete special assignment “Silent Servants” objective “Defeat animated Scarecrows”
- Go to the polluted valley
- Complete special assignment “Ghouls Down By The River” objective “Defeat putrid Ghouls”
- Go to St. Haralambie Church (near Anima Leap: St. Haralambie)
- From Father Lucian, accept “Foul Banquet”
- Complete “Red Handed” (add a map marker for the password, “porphyria”)
- Complete “Foul Banquet” and special assignment “Little Green Ghouls” objective “Defeat putrid Ghouls”
Full Route
- Go to The Besieged Farmlands
- From Carmen Preda, accept “A Ghoulish Feast”
- Complete “A Ghoulish Feast”
- Go to Aid Station
- From Dr Varias, accept “Red Handed”
- Complete “Red Handed” tier 1 (add a map marker for the order of the treatments: “Diazepam, Chloroquine, Vancomycin”)
- Complete “Red Handed” tier 2
- Go to Olaru Farm
- Complete special assignment “Silent Servants” objective “Defeat animated Scarecrows”
- Go to the polluted valley
- Complete special assignment “Ghouls Down By The River” objective “Defeat putrid Ghouls”
- Go to St. Haralambie Church (near Anima Leap: St. Haralambie)
- From Father Lucian, accept “Foul Banquet”
- Complete “Red Handed” (add a map marker for the password, “porphyria”)
- Complete “Foul Banquet” and special assignment “Little Green Ghouls” objective “Defeat putrid Ghouls”
- From Tracking device, accept “Red Hands Aren’t Idle Hands”
- Complete “Red Hands Aren’t Idle Hands” tier 1 objective “Take the tracking device”
- Go to (665, 1125)
- From Package, accept “Blood Drive”
- Complete “Blood Drive” tier 1 objective “Pick up the package”
- Complete “Red Hands Aren’t Idle Hands” tier 1 (add a map marker for the objective at (725, 1085))
- Complete “Blood Drive”
- Go to Harbaburesti Falls (near Anima Leap: Cucuvea’s Grove)
- From Briefcase, accept “The Briefcase”
- Complete “The Briefcase” tier 1 objective “Take the briefcase”
- Complete “Red Hands Aren’t Idle Hands” and “The Briefcase”
Kingsmouth Town (Extra)
Estimated time to complete minimum route: < 10 minutes
Minimum Route
- Go to Kingsmouth Town
- From Jack Boone, accept “For a Fistful of Zombies”
- Complete “For a Fistful of Zombies” tiers 1–4
- From Policeman’s corpse, accept “Bullets for Andy”
- Complete “Bullets for Andy” tier 1 objective “Grab the ammo from the pick-up”
- Complete “For a Fistful of Zombies” and “Bullets for Andy”
- From Deputy Andy, accept “Elm Street Blues”
- Complete “Elm Street Blues”
- Go to the intersection of Arkham Ave. and Lovecraft Lane
- From To Kingsmouth Congregational, accept “Neither Snow nor Rain nor Zombies (To Kingsmouth Congregational Church)”
- Complete “Neither Snow nor Rain nor Zombies (To Kingsmouth Congregational Church)” tier 1 objective “Pick up the package”
- Go to the intersection of Arkham Ave. and Priest Heights
- From Severed hand, accept “Tomb Raider”
- Complete “Tomb Raider” tier 1 objective “Collect and examine the severed hand”
- Complete “Neither Snow nor Rain nor Zombies (To Kingsmouth Congregational Church)”
- From Henry Hawthorne, accept “A Sacred Place”
- Complete “A Sacred Place” and “Tomb Raider”
Full Route
- Go to Kingsmouth Town
- From Jack Boone, accept “For a Fistful of Zombies”
- Complete “For a Fistful of Zombies” tiers 1–4
- From Policeman’s corpse, accept “Bullets for Andy”
- Complete “Bullets for Andy” tier 1 objective “Grab the ammo from the pick-up”
- Complete “For a Fistful of Zombies” and “Bullets for Andy”
- From Deputy Andy, accept “Elm Street Blues”
- Complete “Elm Street Blues”
- Go to the intersection of Arkham Ave. and Lovecraft Lane
- From To the Raven’s Knock, accept “Neither Snow nor Rain nor Zombies (To the Raven’s Knock)”
- Complete “Neither Snow nor Rain nor Zombies (To the Raven’s Knock)” tier 1 objective “Pick up the package”
- From To Kingsmouth Congregational, accept “Neither Snow nor Rain nor Zombies (To Kingsmouth Congregational Church)”
- Complete “Neither Snow nor Rain nor Zombies (To Kingsmouth Congregational Church)” tier 1 objective “Pick up the package”
- Complete “Neither Snow nor Rain nor Zombies (To the Raven’s Knock)”
- Go to the intersection of Arkham Ave. and Priest Heights
- From Severed hand, accept “Tomb Raider”
- Complete “Tomb Raider” tier 1 objective “Collect and examine the severed hand”
- Complete “Neither Snow nor Rain nor Zombies (To Kingsmouth Congregational Church)”
- From Henry Hawthorne, accept “A Sacred Place”
- Complete “A Sacred Place” and “Tomb Raider”
Kaidan Side Mission Routes
Fast and efficient side mission routes in Kaidan for completing most of the second tier of daily challenges, and for shipping container keys.
Downtown
Estimated time to complete minimum route: < 10 minutes
Minimum Route
- Go to Kaidan
- Go to (900, 425) (near Anima Leap: CDC Camp)
- From Crumpled Instructions, accept “Death and Noodles”
- Complete “Death and Noodles” tier 1 objective “Collect supplies” and special assignment “Center for Disaster Contamination” objective “Kill Filthy HAZMAT”
- Complete “Death and Noodles”
- From Hell device, accept “Hell’s Arsenal”
- Complete “Hell’s Arsenal” tier 1 objective “Examine the Hell device”
- Go to Kiro Point
- Complete special assignment “Heart of Darkness” objective “Kill Filthy creatures”
- Go to Jigoku no Yu Bathhouse (near Anima Leap: Jigoku no Yu Bathhouse)
- From Job Posting, accept “Chasing Bad Luck”
- Complete “Hell’s Arsenal” and “Chasing Bad Luck”
Full Route
- Go to Kaidan
- Go to (900, 425) (near Anima Leap: CDC Camp)
- From Crumpled Instructions, accept “Death and Noodles”
- Complete “Death and Noodles” tier 1 objective “Collect supplies” and special assignment “Center for Disaster Contamination” objective “Kill Filthy HAZMAT”
- Complete “Death and Noodles”
- From Hell device, accept “Hell’s Arsenal”
- Complete “Hell’s Arsenal” tier 1 objective “Examine the Hell device”
- From Gozen, accept “Killers on the Road”
- (Complete “Killers on the Road” tiers 1–3)
- Go to “Killers on the Road” tier 4 objective “Follow the Oni spy”
- Enter Hell
- Pause “Killers on the Road”
- From Jingu katana, accept “Lost Sword”
- Complete “Lost Sword” tier 1 objective “Take the katana”
- Return to Kaidan
- Go to Kiro Point
- From Discarded cell phone, accept “Texts”
- Complete “Texts” tier 1 objective “Examine the cell phone”
- Complete “Texts” tier 2 objective “Use the cell phone to locate the first GPS signal” (add a map marker for the objective at (315, 600))
- Complete special assignment “Heart of Darkness” objective “Kill Filthy creatures”
- Complete “Lost Sword”
- Complete “Texts” tier 2 objective “Use the cell phone to locate the second GPS signal” (add a map marker for the objective at (260, 685))
- Go to Jigoku no Yu Bathhouse (near Anima Leap: Jigoku no Yu Bathhouse)
- From Job Posting, accept “Chasing Bad Luck”
- From Inbeda, accept “Brotherly Loathe”
- (Complete “Brotherly Loathe” tiers 1–4)
- Complete “Hell’s Arsenal” and “Chasing Bad Luck”
- Complete “Brotherly Loathe” tier 5 objective “Investigate the source of the portals”
- Pause “Brotherly Loathe”
- From Jingu katana, accept “Death of a Samurai”
- Complete “Death of a Samurai” tier 1 objective “Take the katana”
- Go to (90, 925)
- Complete special assignment “The Shores of Hell” objective “Kill Oni”
- Go to (40, 1020)
- From Oni corpse, accept “Mask of the Oni”
- Complete “Mask of the Oni” tier 1 objective “Take the Oni’s mask”
- Complete “Mask of the Oni”
- From Job Posting, accept “Samurai Robots Can Happen to Anyone”
- Complete “Texts” tier 2 objective “Use the cell phone to locate the third GPS signal” (add a map marker for the objective at (375, 795))
- Complete “Texts” tier 2 objective “Use the cell phone to locate the fourth GPS signal” (add a map marker for the objective at (500, 605))
- From Fallen Jingu Clan, accept “Noodles & Swords”
- Complete “Noodles & Swords” tier 1 objective “Pick up the katana”
- Complete “Death of a Samurai” and “Noodles & Swords”
- Complete “Samurai Robots Can Happen to Anyone” and special assignment “Access Denied” objective “Defeat un-Compromised Orochi Effigies”
Orochi Housing Projects
Estimated time to complete minimum route: 10–15 minutes
Minimum Route
- Go to Kaidan
- Go to the Orochi housing projects (near Anima Leap: CDC Camp)
- (Don’t complete special assignment “Express to the Tower” objective “Kill Filth at the train station”)
- (Work on special assignment “Company Housing” objective “Kill Infected Orochi Personnel”)
- From Damaged Orochi Drone, accept “Middle Management”
- Complete “Middle Management” tier 1 objective “Inspect the orders”
- Complete “Middle Management” tier 1 objective “Find the executive living at the first address”
- Complete “Middle Management” tier 1 objective “Find the executive living at the second address”
- Go to (780, 235)
- From Gnawed Cadaver, accept “Ravenous”
- Go to (725, 235)
- From Scanner, accept “Pirating the Signal”
- Complete “Pirating the Signal” tier 1 objective “Take the scanner”
- Complete “Ravenous” and special assignment “Company Housing” objective “Kill Infected Orochi Personnel”
- Complete “Pirating the Signal” tier 1 objective “Locate the first transmitter” (add a map marker for the objective at (830, 260))
- Complete “Pirating the Signal” tier 1 objective “Locate the second transmitter” (add a map marker for the objective at (750, 135); the objective can be completed from the outer road)
- Complete “Middle Management”
- Go to (875, 125)
- Complete “Pirating the Signal” tier 1 objective “Locate the third transmitter” (add a map marker for the objective at (875, 155))
- Complete “Pirating the Signal”
- Go to (865, 80)
- From Oni corpse, accept “Message to Hell”
- Complete “Message to Hell”
Full Route
- Go to Kaidan
- Go to the Orochi housing projects (near Anima Leap: CDC Camp)
- (Don’t complete special assignment “Express to the Tower” objective “Kill Filth at the train station”)
- (Work on special assignment “Company Housing” objective “Kill Infected Orochi Personnel”)
- From Damaged Orochi Drone, accept “Middle Management”
- Complete “Middle Management” tier 1 objective “Inspect the orders”
- Complete “Middle Management” tier 1 objective “Find the executive living at the first address”
- Complete “Middle Management” tier 1 objective “Find the executive living at the second address”
- Go to (780, 235)
- From Gnawed Cadaver, accept “Ravenous”
- Complete “Ravenous” and special assignment “Company Housing” objective “Kill Infected Orochi Personnel”
- Go to (260, 275)
- From Clubhouse Door, accept “My Bloody Valentine”
- Enter The Clubhouse (interact with the bricks clockwise, starting from top-left)
- (Complete “My Bloody Valentine” tiers 1–2)
- Pause “My Bloody Valentine”
- Go to the Clubhouse entryway
- From Posted notice, accept “Dead Stories”
- Complete “Dead Stories” tier 1 objective “Examine the note”
- Complete “Dead Stories” tier 1 objective “Find the third message” (billiard room)
- From Journal page, accept “Torn Pages”
- Complete “Torn Pages” tier 1 objective “Examine the first journal page”
- Complete “Torn Pages” tier 1 objectives “Find the fourth journal page” (private dining tables), “Find the second journal page” (swimming pool), and “Find the third journal page” (shooting range)
- Complete “Torn Pages” tier 1 objectives “Find the fifth journal page” (secret passage) and “Find the eighth journal page” (auditorium; bench near passage to cafeteria)
- Go to the cafeteria
- Complete “Torn Pages” tier 1 objectives “Find the sixth journal page” (cash register) and “Find the seventh journal page” (hot food bar)
- Complete “Dead Stories” tier 1 objectives “Find the second message” (phone) and “Find the fourth message” (table near kitchen door)
- (Complete “Dead Stories” and “Torn Pages”)
- Return to Kaidan
- Go to (725, 235)
- From Scanner, accept “Pirating the Signal”
- Complete “Pirating the Signal” tier 1 objective “Take the scanner”
- Complete “Pirating the Signal” tier 1 objective “Locate the first transmitter” (add a map marker for the objective at (830, 260))
- Complete “Pirating the Signal” tier 1 objective “Locate the second transmitter” (add a map marker for the objective at (750, 135); the objective can be completed from the outer road)
- Complete “Middle Management”
- Go to (875, 125)
- Complete “Pirating the Signal” tier 1 objective “Locate the third transmitter” (add a map marker for the objective at (875, 155))
- Complete “Pirating the Signal”
- Go to (865, 80)
- From Oni corpse, accept “Message to Hell”
- Complete “Message to Hell”
- Go to Shinto Shrine (near Anima Leap: Shinto Shrine)
- Complete special assignment “A Spectre Shrining Through” objective “Defeat Onryo”
Quarantine Wall and The Docks
Estimated time to complete minimum route: 10–15 minutes
Minimum Route
- Go to Kaidan
- Go towards Kantoku Temple
- Complete special assignment “Slimy Shallows” objective “Kill Deep Ones”
- Go to Kaidan Train Station (near Anima Leap: CDC Camp)
- Complete special assignment “Express to the Tower” objective “Kill Filth at the train station”
- Go to (710, 335)
- From Disabled Orochi cyborg, accept “Hardware Test”
- Go to (710, 395)
- From Damaged cyborg arm, accept “Judas Mech”
- Complete “Hardware Test”, “Judas Mech”, and special assignment “Taking the Low Route” objective “Defeat Compromised Effigies”
Full Route
- Go to Kaidan
- Go towards Kantoku Temple
- Complete special assignment “Slimy Shallows” objective “Kill Deep Ones”
- Go to Kaidan Train Station (near Anima Leap: CDC Camp)
- Complete special assignment “Express to the Tower” objective “Kill Filth at the train station”
- Go to (780, 340)
- From Images, accept “Waste Not”
- Complete “Waste Not” tier 1 objective “Examine images”
- Go to (710, 335)
- From Disabled Orochi cyborg, accept “Hardware Test”
- Go to (710, 395)
- From Damaged cyborg arm, accept “Judas Mech”
- Complete “Hardware Test”, “Judas Mech”, and special assignment “Taking the Low Route” objective “Defeat Compromised Effigies”
- Go to the docks
- From Orochi orders, accept “The Fruiting Bodies”
- (Work on “The Fruiting Bodies”)
- Complete “Waste Not” tier 1 objective “Find the third supply cache” (add a map marker for the objective at (375, 255))
- Complete special assignment “Damn Dirty Apes” objective “Kill Fungal infected Apes”
- Go to (475, 100)
- From Sea captain’s hat, accept “O Captain!”
- Complete “The Fruiting Bodies”, “O Captain!”, and special assignment “Fungal Freight” objective “Kill Fungal creatures”
- Complete “Waste Not” tier 1 objective “Find the second supply cache” (add a map marker for the objective at (850, 20))
- Complete “Waste Not” tier 1 objective “Find the first supply cache” (add a map marker for the objective at (940, 375))
- Complete “Waste Not”
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