Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationNo screenshot of A War We Can Win yet. This one shows Sarah Whitaker (Bend Studio / PlayStation).
A War We Can Win
A War We Can Win is the story mission where Deacon arrives at Wizard Island, the Deschutes County Militia's fortress in Crater Lake. Colonel Garret walks you through the base and explains what his Militia is fighting for.
- Type
- Story
- Given by
- Colonel Garret
- Region
- Crater Lake
- Rewards
- 10,000 XP, 700 Trust (Wizard Island), 350 Credits (Wizard Island), Crafting recipe: Health Cocktail
Storylines
Part 5 of 18 in A Good Soldier
Part 7 of 14 in An Officer And A Gentleman
Part 1 of 7 in Blow It Up Good
Part 2 of 6 in How He'd Survive?
Part 26 of 27 in I Remember
Part 1 of 19 in I'm Never Giving Up
Part 4 of 14 in Law And Disorder
Found in
- Crater LakeCrater Lake is the far southern region built around the real lake and Wizard Island, the Militia's headquarters. It opens in the second half of the story and has the most encampment jobs and NERO research sites in the game.
- Wizard IslandWizard Island sits in the middle of Crater Lake and is the Deschutes County Militia's main base. You work for Colonel Garret here, with Dee's gun shop and Caleb Tomlinson's garage as the draw.
Good to know
- It belongs to more storylines than almost any other mission, including I Remember, I'm Never Giving Up, Law And Disorder and Blow It Up Good.
- Finishing it opens the Crater Lake and Highway 97 regions for free roaming.
- Wizard Island becomes a camp you can earn trust with and buy from.
- It always starts at midnight in clear weather, and the day counter jumps forward by two.
What happensSpoilerShow
Garret preaches about discipline and the almighty while his soldiers beat the camp's workers. During the tour Deacon sees Sarah alive, but she acts as if she does not know him. Garret bans fraternization, and admitting they are married would keep them apart.
Who you meetSpoilerShow
Besides Garret and Kouri, Deacon meets James Weaver, the Militia's explosives man, and runs into Wade Taylor again.
Objectives
1. Walk through Wizard Island with Colonel Garret.
- Chemult Station HordeThe Chemult Station Horde is a 125-Swarmer Horde Killer target living in a derailed NERO body train at Chemult's rail station. It opens after A War We Can Win and pays Diamond Lake.
- Groose Gardens HordeThe Groose Gardens Horde is a 125-Swarmer Horde Killer target on Highway 97. It opens after A War We Can Win and pays 4,000 XP plus Diamond Lake Trust.
- Lobert Draw Ridge HordeThe Lobert Draw Ridge Horde is a 300-Swarmer Horde Killer target on Highway 97, one of the largest in the game. It opens after A War We Can Win, and you should only take it on with a full kit and a long trap line.
- Mt. Bailey HordeMt. Bailey Horde is a 275-Swarmer Horde in Crater Lake, one of the Horde Killer targets. It opens after A War We Can Win. Clear it for 4,000 XP and 1,100 Trust at Wizard Island.
- Derrick KouriCaptain Derrick Kouri commands the Militia's Diamond Lake outpost and is second in command to Colonel Garret. Deacon meets him after saving two of his soldiers, and Kouri brings him into the Militia. He is wearing the Mongrels ring Deacon gave Sarah.
- James WeaverLieutenant James Weaver is the Militia's chemist at Wizard Island, working on an advanced napalm to burn out Freaker hordes. Garret introduces him right after Deacon enlists. He gives Deacon jobs in the Blow It Up Good storyline.
- Matthew GarretColonel Matthew Garret leads the Deschutes County Militia from its base on Wizard Island in Crater Lake. His army aims to wipe out the Freakers and store humanity's knowledge in a cave he calls the Ark. Deacon works under him in the Law And Disorder storyline.
Sarah WhitakerSarah Whitaker is Deacon's wife, a botanist with two PhDs who studied rare plants at Cloverdale's Iron Butte lab. You get to know her through flashback missions in the I Remember storyline. Deacon believes she was lost in the first days of the outbreak.- Wade TaylorWade Taylor is a young drifter who enlists in the Militia on the same day as Deacon. He is friendly and awkward, and he struggles with a drug problem. His story plays out in the How He'd Survive? storyline.
Related missions
- Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStory
Shadow Of Death
Deacon tries to get Sarah off Wizard Island. You take out the Militia's RPG, reach Sarah's lab in the Ark and lead her to the top of the volcanic cove.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStoryYou Alone I Have Seen
Captain Kouri wants Weaver's new Napalm Molotov tested on a real horde. You take on the Chemult horde of 300 Freakers, then report back to Kouri.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStoryI Don't Wanna Hang
Taylor, a young Militia soldier, has run from Wizard Island, and you ride out to bring him back. The trail leads to a ski lodge held by marauders.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStorylineHorde Killer
Horde Killer is the storyline for wiping out every Freaker Horde in Oregon. It mixes a few story missions with the open-world Hordes you find yourself, from small cave groups in the north to the huge swarms in the south.