Rimview Ranch Horde

Rimview Ranch Horde is a 150-Swarmer Horde in Crater Lake, one of the Horde Killer targets. It opens after Rimview Ranch Infestation. Clear it for 4,000 XP and 1,100 Trust at Wizard Island.

Horde size: About 150
Type: Horde
Region: Crater Lake

Part of

Horde KillerHorde 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.

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.

Good to know

150 Swarmers, in the Crater Lake region.
Pays 4,000 XP, plus 1,100 Trust and 3,500 credits at Wizard Island.
It becomes a target after the mission Rimview Ranch Infestation.
Horde Killer progress unlocks guns: the SMP9 at 4 Hordes, the Auto Shotgun at 10 and the MG 55 at 24.
Burn the Rimview Ranch Infestation first; the Horde target follows it.

How to approach it

This many Swarmers will flatten you in the open, so plan a route before you shoot. Bring Molotovs or napalm, pipe bombs, proximity mines and a high-capacity gun like an LMG. Lay mines along your retreat line and keep backing up while you fire.

Day and night

Hordes bed down somewhere dark during the day and move out at night to feed and drink. Scout the area in daylight while it sleeps, then pick when to start the fight. If you only need to pass through, give its route a wide berth after dark.

If it goes wrong

You can ride off, restock and come back. The kill count holds for a while, but stray Swarmers top the Horde back up if you wait too long. Keep your bike fuelled and parked on your exit route, not in the Horde's path.

Deacon's journalSpoilerShow

Deacon thinks back to the huge Hordes moving along Highway 97 and the feds bombing them from the air before time ran out.

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