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Crier
Criers are infected ravens that nest in trees and on power-line transformers in the south. They dive in erratic lines and keep coming from their nests, so destroy the nests before you waste ammo on the birds.
- Threat
- Medium
- Type
- Animal
Appears in
- I Tried To Hit That OnceWeaver needs polystyrene for a new weapon. You collect it from the roadsides around Crater Lake and bring it back to Wizard Island so the two of you can test the result.
- We Couldn't Take The RiskYou and Sarah have reached the Cloverdale facility, and it is not safe yet. Shut down the electric fences, burn the Crier nests on the grounds and get back to your bike.
- Infestation ExterminatorInfestation Exterminator is the open-world storyline for burning out Freaker nests. Infestation zones are marked areas full of nests, and clearing all of them makes the roads safer and opens up fast travel through that area.
Found in
- Cloverdale Research Iron Butte FacilityThe Cloverdale Research Iron Butte Facility is a high-security private lab in Iron Butte, still powered two years after the outbreak. You only go here with Sarah for the story, so there is no open-world job to clear.
- South Oregon Crier InfestationThe South Oregon Crier Infestation has you kill 42 Criers, infected ravens, across Highway 97. Their nests sit in trees and on power poles over a wide area rather than one zone, and the job pays Diamond Lake.
Good to know
- They live in the southern part of Deschutes County.
- Nests sit in trees and sometimes on power-line transformers.
- A shriek warns you right before a dive.
- They keep respawning from a nest until you destroy it.
- A shotgun's spread is the easiest way to hit one.
- One well-placed round from any gun kills a Crier.
- The South Oregon Crier Infestation is a Diamond Lake job and part of Infestation Exterminator.
- In Weaver's I Tried To Hit That Once, Criers dive at you while you collect polystyrene.
- Burning Crier nests is part of We Couldn't Take The Risk, which rewards the Remote Bomb recipe.
How they behave
Criers circle above their nests and dive when they spot you. Their flight path jumps around, which makes them hard to track. They can come from behind before you notice them. Listen for the shriek.
How to beat them
Destroy the nests first. Then deal with the birds that are left. When you hear the shriek, trigger Focus and fire as the bird lines up. A shotgun is the forgiving choice.
Where you meet them
The South Oregon Crier Infestation is the main Crier zone. You also meet them on Weaver's polystyrene run and while securing the Cloverdale facility in We Couldn't Take The Risk.
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