28 storylines
- A Good Soldier18 parts
A Good Soldier is the storyline where Deacon signs on with the Deschutes County Militia so he can find out what is going on in the south. It covers his time as a Militia recruit under Captain Kouri and Colonel Garret at Wizard Island.
- 1.Prove It To Me
- 2.Driven To Extinction
- 3.Don't Give Me Orders
- 4.A Target On Their Backs
- 5.A War We Can Win
- Ambush Camp Hunter16 parts
Ambush Camp Hunter is the open-world storyline for clearing the Marauder ambush camps set up along Oregon's main roads. The camps supply the snipers, tripwires and clothesline traps that hit you on the ride, so each one you burn out makes that route safer.
- 1.No Starving Patriots
- 2.Jefferson Rail Tunnel Ambush Camp
- 3.Horse Creek Ambush Camp
- 4.Bear Creek Hot Springs Ambush Camp
- 5.Belknap Caves Ambush Camp
- An Officer And A Gentleman14 parts
An Officer And A Gentleman follows Deacon's dealings with Captain Derrick Kouri of the Militia. It starts when Deacon spots his old Mongrels ring on Kouri and wants to know how he got it, and it runs through Deacon's whole stint with the Militia.
- 1.We're Fighting A War
- 2.Prove It To Me
- 3.Driven To Extinction
- 4.Don't Give Me Orders
- 5.A Target On Their Backs
- Blow It Up Good7 parts
Blow It Up Good is James Weaver's storyline. Weaver is the Militia's explosives expert at Wizard Island, and Deacon helps him build better ways to burn down Freakers, including the Napalm Molotov.
- 1.A War We Can Win
- 2.You Alone I Have Seen
- 3.For An Outlaw Biker
- 4.I Tried To Hit That Once
- 5.Leave All That By The Door
- Bounty Hunter16 parts
Bounty Hunter collects the paid bounty jobs Deacon takes from the camps. Each target is a killer or worse, and you track them down, kill them and bring back proof to get paid in trust and credits.
All 16 in order - Chasing Leon7 parts
Chasing Leon is the storyline about Leon, a drug thief and murderer with a price on his head. Ada Tucker at the Hot Springs camp wants him found, and Deacon has his own reasons to catch up with him.
All 7 in order - Earning Our Keep16 parts
Earning Our Keep is the storyline about paying your way at Iron Mike's camp in Lost Lake. The deal is simple: Deacon works jobs for the camp so Boozer can stay there and heal.
- 1.We've All Done Things
- 2.Sherman's Camp is Crawling
- 3.Flow Like Buried Rivers
- 4.You See What They Did
- 5.Do You Have My Back?
- Finding NERO13 parts
Finding NERO is the storyline about the National Emergency Response Organization and what its researchers are still doing in Oregon. Deacon keeps running into NERO scientists, led by James O'Brian, and wants to know why they are out there.
- 1.Bugged The Hell Out
- 2.They're Not Sleeping
- 3.What Did You Do?
- 4.Searching for Something
- 5.Making Contact
- Gear Up For The Ride6 parts
Gear Up For The Ride is the opening storyline in Belknap. Deacon and Boozer want to ride north, but first Deacon has to fix up his bike and earn better gear by doing runs for Copeland's Camp and Tucker's Hot Springs camp.
- 1.Bad Way To Go Out
- 2.Drifters on the Mountain
- 3.No Starving Patriots
- 4.Drugged Outta His Mind
- 5.Everyone Has To Work
- He's My Brother17 parts
He's My Brother is the storyline about Deacon and Boozer, his best friend and fellow Mongrel. It covers Deacon's effort to keep Boozer alive after he is badly hurt early in the game, and the long road back to riding together.
- 1.You Got a Death Wish
- 2.Bugged The Hell Out
- 3.Sounded Like Engines
- 4.Smoke on the Mountain
- 5.Clear Out Those Nests
- Horde Killer43 parts
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.
- 1.You Alone I Have Seen
- 2.I'll Save Some For You
- 3.Keep Them Safe
- 4.Shadow Lake Horde
- 5.Bear Creek Hot Springs Horde
- How He'd Survive?6 parts
How He'd Survive? is the storyline about Wade Taylor, a Militia soldier Deacon meets at Wizard Island. Deacon has known plenty of men like Taylor and wonders how someone like him has lasted this long after the collapse.
- 1.We're Fighting A War
- 2.A War We Can Win
- 3.You Can't Be Replaced
- 4.This One's On Me
- 5.I've Had Better Days
- I Remember27 parts
I Remember is Deacon's personal storyline about his past and his wife Sarah. It runs through the whole game, mixing present-day missions with flashbacks to how Deacon and Sarah met and the night of the outbreak.
- 1.Bad Way To Go Out
- 2.They're Not Sleeping
- 3.What Did You Do?
- 4.Searching for Something
- 5.What's A Nice Girl
- I'm Never Giving Up19 parts
I'm Never Giving Up is the storyline about Deacon staying in the south to be near Sarah. It starts once he reaches the Militia at Wizard Island and follows him running supply jobs and other work to help her however he can.
- 1.A War We Can Win
- 2.I Know Things Are Strange
- 3.Afraid Of A Little Competition?
- 4.Just Another Acquisition Form
- 5.Can I Ask You Something?
- Infestation Exterminator14 parts
Infestation 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.
- 1.Clear Out Those Nests
- 2.South Oregon Crier Infestation
- 3.Rimview Ranch Infestation
- 4.Chemult College Infestation
- 5.Cascade Lakes Rail Line Infestation
- It's All We've Got12 parts
It's All We've Got is the storyline about Addy, the only doctor around and the medic at Iron Mike's camp. Deacon helps her where he can, starting when he brings the injured Boozer to her at Lost Lake.
- 1.No Place Else To Go
- 2.We've All Done Things
- 3.Sherman's Camp is Crawling
- 4.Now You See It
- 5.With Other Men's Blood
- Keep Them Safe12 parts
Keep Them Safe is the storyline about protecting the Lost Lake camp. Deacon does whatever it takes to keep Iron Mike's people safe, mostly from the Rippers and the threats that come with them.
- 1.Trying To Help The Camp
- 2.Don't Get Caught
- 3.They Don't Feel Pain
- 4.It Was The Only Way
- 5.Riders Sent To Find You
- Keep Your Friends Close26 parts
Keep Your Friends Close is the storyline about Skizzo, the former Mongrel prospect who now lives at Iron Mike's camp. Deacon does not trust him and decides to keep an eye on him, which turns out to be the right call.
- 1.Not Gonna Kill Anyone
- 2.We've All Done Things
- 3.Now You See It
- 4.With Other Men's Blood
- 5.I Got a Job for You
- Law And Disorder14 parts
Law And Disorder is the storyline about Colonel Matthew Garret, leader of the Deschutes County Militia. Deacon plays soldier at Wizard Island while working out what kind of man the Colonel really is.
- 1.We Must Fill The Ark
- 2.Throw Them Into The Furnace
- 3.My Eyes Have Been Opened
- 4.A War We Can Win
- 5.You Alone I Have Seen
- Marauder Camp Hunter10 parts
Marauder Camp Hunter is the storyline for tracking ambushers back to their bases and wiping them out. The camps belong to Drifters, Rippers and Marauders, and they are spread from Belknap down to the south.
- 1.Drifters on the Mountain
- 2.Smoke on the Mountain
- 3.Here's A Little Chaos
- 4.Rippers, Rest in Hell
- 5.He's Just a Kid
- Protecting The Weak11 parts
Protecting The Weak gathers the jobs where Deacon steps in for people who cannot defend themselves. Each one has him going after someone who preys on the weak, and several are rescues.
All 11 in order - Race Against Time10 parts
Race Against Time is a short late-game storyline that sets up the final push against the Deschutes County Militia. It picks up after Deacon rides north to Lost Lake and covers the plan to strike back at Wizard Island.
- 1.Ascending From The Underworld
- 2.You Can't Do This Alone
- 3.For An Outlaw Biker
- 4.I'll Save Some For You
- 5.Keep Them Safe
- Ripped Apart28 parts
Ripped Apart is the storyline about the Rippers, the Rest In Peace cult that cuts and brands itself to be like the Freakers. Deacon digs into the cult and its leader, Carlos, after they start causing trouble for him and the camps.
- 1.You Got a Death Wish
- 2.Drifters on the Mountain
- 3.Price On Your Head
- 4.It's Not Safe Here
- 5.Hear About A Ripper Camp?
- Someone That I Used To Know18 parts
Someone That I Used To Know is the storyline about Rikki Patil, the mechanic at Iron Mike's camp. She and Deacon go back a long way, but she does not trust him anymore, and he works to earn that trust back.
- 1.What Have They Done
- 2.No Place Else To Go
- 3.We've All Done Things
- 4.With Other Men's Blood
- 5.I Got a Job for You
- Surviving Isn't Living16 parts
Surviving Isn't Living is the storyline about Boozer after his injury. He is going to live, but he has lost his drive, and Deacon tries to give him a reason to keep going.
- 1.The Only One He's Got
- 2.I Got Work To Do
- 3.Drinking Himself to Death
- 4.About Boozer's Arm
- 5.Was This A Good Idea?
- We've All Done Things13 parts
We've All Done Things is the storyline about Iron Mike, leader of the Lost Lake camp. Mike gave Deacon and Boozer a place to stay, and Deacon wants to get back on his good side after a rocky start.
- 1.Not Gonna Kill Anyone
- 2.We've All Done Things
- 3.With Other Men's Blood
- 4.Flow Like Buried Rivers
- 5.You See What They Did
- World's End14 parts
World's End is the storyline for gathering NERO intel from the abandoned checkpoints across Oregon. Deacon wants to piece together what NERO was doing while the outbreak tore through the state.
- 1.Bugged The Hell Out
- 2.Chemult Community College NERO Checkpoint
- 3.Iron Butte Pass NERO Checkpoint
- 4.Marion Forks Tunnel NERO Checkpoint
- 5.Old Pioneer Cemetery NERO Checkpoint
- You're Safe Now10 parts
You're Safe Now is the storyline about Lisa Jackson, a young girl Deacon finds alone in the wilds. She reminds him of Sarah's little sister, and he decides nothing is going to happen to her while he is around.
- 1.It's Not Safe Here
- 2.Lots of Sick People
- 3.They Won't Let Me Leave
- 4.I Brought You Something
- 5.What Have They Done
230 missions in Days Gone.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationSideComing Into Town
A hostage rescue job for Tucker at the Hot Springs camp. Larsen, one of her people, went quiet after spotting a survivor, and you ride to his last known spot to get him back from the marauders holding him.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationSideCopeland's Camp Has Been Attacked
Word comes in that Copeland's Camp in Cascade has been hit. You ride back to the camp to see how bad it is and help them out.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationActivityDead Before Daylight
Dead Before Daylight is a Horde challenge in the Challenges mode. You hold out inside a house for five minutes while a horde tries to break in.
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Dead Don't Ride
Dead Don't Ride is a challenge in the Challenges mode where you drive survivors to a drop-off point in a golf cart, taxi style, instead of riding the bike.
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Deliver to Copeland
You have Leon's drugs in hand, and now they need to go to Copeland. Ride them over to Copeland's Camp in Cascade and hand them in.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationSideDidn't Want To Join Up?
A hostage rescue job for the Diamond Lake camp. A young survivor named Ethan Ross has been grabbed by marauders, and you find their area and pull him out.
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Do You Have My Back?
Iron Mike rides out with you to the old federal courthouse in Sherman's Camp to recover maps of the area's mines. He hopes one of the mines still has explosives to seal the Metolius cave.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStoryDon't Get Caught
Skizzo takes you across the border into Ripper territory to steal det cord, the explosive cord Lost Lake needs to seal the caves. Most of the job is on foot, deep in land the Rippers watch.
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Don't Give Me Orders
Captain Kouri wants your help clearing a marauder camp tied to Vasquez, the AWOL Militia soldier you have been tracking. You storm the camp with him and free a hostage.
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Drifter's Run
Drifter's Run is the third challenge in the Challenges mode. You ride a set route on the bike and pick up every bandage along the way, as fast as you can.
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Drifters At Eden Hill
A marauder camp clearing job for Lost Lake. A group of armed drifters has set up at Eden Hill, and the camp wants them gone.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStoryDrifters on the Mountain
With your bike gone from O'Leary Mountain, you set out on foot to get it back. The trail leads through a marauder camp near the safehouse and ends at Copeland's Camp.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStoryDrinking Himself to Death
Boozer never came back from his shift at Lost Lake. You ride out to find him, checking farms and barns around the camp and following his trail.
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Driven To Extinction
Captain Kouri asks you to help track Vasquez, a Militia soldier who went AWOL. You start at a cabin and follow his trail through snowy woods with Kouri.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStoryDrowned Them Like Rats
One of Deacon's visits to Sarah's memorial stone. You ride up to the stone and he talks to her about what has been happening.
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Drugged Outta His Mind
Your first bounty job for Copeland. A drugged-up drifter killed three men at Copeland's Camp and rode off, and Copeland wants him brought back alive.
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Earning Our Keep
Earning Our Keep is the storyline about paying your way at Iron Mike's camp in Lost Lake. The deal is simple: Deacon works jobs for the camp so Boozer can stay there and heal.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationActivityEncampment jobs
Encampment jobs are the work the friendly camps hand out: bounties, hostage rescues and enemy camp clears. Each one pays trust and credits to the camp that posted it.
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Everyone Has To Work
Tucker sends you north of the Hot Springs camp to find Rose, one of her workers who has gone missing. It plays as a hostage rescue job.
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Evil Surrounds Us
Colonel Garret is giving another speech at Wizard Island in Crater Lake. Head to the gathering spot and listen to what he has to say to his soldiers.
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Expect The Worst
Sarah needs to get inside the Cloverdale research labs, and you clear the way. You fight through the warehouse to the atrium and then look for the facility's head of security.
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Finding NERO
Finding NERO is the storyline about the National Emergency Response Organization and what its researchers are still doing in Oregon. Deacon keeps running into NERO scientists, led by James O'Brian, and wants to know why they are out there.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStoryFlow Like Buried Rivers
You take Iron Mike up to the Metolius Lava Cave to pitch your idea for making Lost Lake safer. You picked it up from NERO: hordes hibernate in caves, so sealing this one could cut them down.
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The final push into the Ark on Wizard Island. You fight through the Militia inside, save Weaver, settle things with Skizzo and head for the Colonel's chamber.