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NERO Checkpoints
NERO Checkpoints are abandoned federal quarantine camps you clear for the World's End storyline. There are 12, and each one you power up gives a NERO Injector, an Intel Recorder and a new fast travel point.
- Type
- Checkpoint
Good to know
- NERO built them to quarantine civilians early in the outbreak.
- They also served as mass burial and research sites.
- Clearing them advances the World's End storyline.
- Most hold an IPCA Tech piece, a NERO Injector and an Intel Recorder.
- There are 12 in all: Cascade 3, Belknap 2, Lost Lake 2, Iron Butte 1, Crater Lake 2 and Highway 97 2.
- Each powered checkpoint becomes a fast travel point.
How to clear one
Cut or shoot the loudspeakers before you turn the power on, or they blare and draw Freakers. Then get the generator running with fuel, a new fuse or a reconnected cable, depending on the site.
What's inside
With the power on, the NERO trailer opens. Inside are the NERO Injector, which raises Health, Stamina or Focus, and the Intel Recorder. Each injector is a permanent boost, so the checkpoints are some of the best upgrades in the game.
Worth knowing
Each checkpoint pays Trust and credits to one nearby camp. Freakers, Marauders or Militia may be camped on the site, so clear them before you start on the generator.
- IPCA TechIPCA Tech is a hidden set of 18 pieces found at NERO checkpoints and research sites. Collect all of them to unlock the IPCA Stun Gun, a mystery handgun on your weapon wheel.
- NERO Injector: FocusPermanently increases Focus.
- NERO Injector: HealthPermanently increases Health.
- NERO Injector: StaminaPermanently increases Stamina.
- NERO IntelNERO Intel is a set of 52 government files and recordings about the outbreak. You find them at NERO checkpoints, research sites, medical posts and crashed helicopters across every region.
- NERO SoldierNERO Soldiers guard the government research teams that reappear in the wilderness two years into the outbreak. In the story you shadow and spy on them rather than fight them, so their jobs are about staying out of sight.
More checkpoints
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Chemult Community College NERO Checkpoint
The Chemult Community College NERO Checkpoint is a Highway 97 checkpoint at the college's old refugee camp. It pays Diamond Lake and holds an injector, and the college also has an infestation and a 125-Swarmer Horde.
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Horse Lake NERO Checkpoint
The Horse Lake NERO Checkpoint is a Cascade checkpoint tied to NERO's body trains. It pays Copeland's Camp and gives you a NERO Injector early in the game.
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Iron Butte Pass NERO Checkpoint
The Iron Butte Pass NERO Checkpoint is a Belknap checkpoint south of Hot Springs, on the pass toward Ripper country. It pays Hot Springs and holds an injector you can grab early.
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Little Bear NERO Checkpoint
The Little Bear NERO Checkpoint at Little Bear Lake in the Cascade is the first checkpoint you open. You do it during the story mission Bugged The Hell Out. It teaches the power-and-speakers routine and gives your first NERO Injector.