Chapter 4 - Arms Dealer Missions

Visit a weapon shop without an active mission and the arms dealer will be standing inside. He can offer missions; complete the mission and you will unlock valuable weaponry for purchase. The arms dealer missions involve destroying convoys marked on the map. Purchase the IEDs as a means of eliminating the convoys, although it’s certainly possible to use grenades, grenade launchers, or rocket launchers. Using IEDs planted on the road in the convoy’s path is much easier, though.

Act 1 Arms Dealer Missions

The weapon shop is your source for arms dealer missions as well as the acquisition of new weapons, upgrades, and equipment from this computer.

Visit the weapons shop near Mike’s Bar when you don’t have a mission active. The arms dealer will be there and can offer side missions to unlock a variety of new weapons. There are four missions available in Act 1. Each mission objective requires you to destroy an enemy convoy; there are four locations and they appear in random order but the weapons unlock in the same order each time.

First Arms Dealer Mission Star .45, Flare Pistol, Silent Makarov 6P9 Second Arms Dealer Mission AK-47, MAC-10, RPG-7 Rocket Launcher Third Arms Dealer Mission SPAS-12, Silent MP-5, LPO-50 Flamethrower Fourth Arms Dealer Mission Dragunov SVD, M-79 Grenade Launcher, Dart Rifle

Act 1 North Convoy

Take some IEDs and get on the bus in Pala. Take the bus to the northwest bus station. Watch the convoy pattern. Plant the IEDs along the convoy path while the convoy is positioned away from your current location. Also, plant the IEDs away from hostile locations, such as nearby guard stations and safe houses so the explosion doesn’t trigger the arrival of more enemies. Every vehicle in the convoy must be destroyed. Space out the IEDs so the explosion is wide enough to destroy all vehicles-should anything survive, use grenades to finish off the leftovers.

Act 1 Northwest Convoy

Pick up some IEDs from the armory then board the bus in Pala. Take the bus to the northwest bus station. Move to the stretch between the two guard outposts. While convoy has moved away, plant the IEDs along the stretch of road here. Hide in the tall brush along the eastern side of the road and wait for the convoy to arrive. Detonate the explosives to complete the task.

Act 1 Southwest Convoy

Take some IEDs from the armory and then board the bus in Pala. Ride the bus to the southwest bus station. Hide somewhere near the bus station because the convoy passes close by. You can bring a rocket launcher and use it to destroy the convoy when it gets close or use the IEDs to plant along the convoy’s route.

Act 1 East Convoy

Pick up some IEDs and get on a bus in Pala. Take a ride on the bus to the southeast bus station. Grab a vehicle and drive north. Avoid the guard outposts. Drive far to the east and avoid the guard stations. Head north into the next quadrant. Look for the long stretch of road on the eastern side or between the weapon shop and the guard outpost to the west.

Plant the IEDs on one of these locations as the convoy moves through each spot. Hide off the road and wait for the convoy to move over the explosives. Detonate the bombs and complete the mission.

Act 2 Arms Dealer Missions

Visit a weapons shop in the second area of the game when you don’t have a mission active. The arms dealer will be there and can offer side missions to unlock a variety of new weapons. There are four missions available in Act 2. Each mission objective requires you to destroy an enemy convoy; there are four locations and they appear in random order but the weapons unlock in the same order each time.

First Arms Dealer Mission AS50, M-249 SAW Second Arms Dealer Mission AR-16, Type 63 Mortar Third Arms Dealer Mission USAS-12, Carl G Rocket Launcher Fourth Arms Dealer Mission MGL-140

Act 2 Southwest Convoy

Grab some IEDs at the armory and take the bus station to the southwest bus station. Leave the bus station to the northeast and avoid the roads. Instead, drive through the grasslands north toward the road that encircles the TaeMoCo Mine. That’s where the convoy moves.

Continue north by veer to the east to avoid the guard station just south of the mine. It’s possible to get onto the road, but it’s dangerously close to the guard station. Consider stopping short and going up the hill on foot. Then proceed east along the road and use the stretch of road east of the mine to destroy the convoy. That keeps the guard station from responding to the explosion.

While on the stretch of road east of TaeMoCo mine, plant the IEDs along the road. Hide in the brush alongside the road and wait for the convoy to appear. When the lead vehicle reaches the lead IED, detonate. A sufficient spread should eliminate all vehicles.

Act 2 North Convoy

Take a bus to the northeast station. The convoy moves along a course through the northern section of the map; although both northern bus stations are close, the northeastern station provides the more direct route. Plus there’s a weapon shop nearby!

Continue down the road west past the weapon shop and into the northern section. There’s a safe house just to the northeast. Avoid it by driving toward the area marked Outpost to the south. Park your vehicle off road between the safe house and Outpost. Drop the IEDs along this stretch of road. Hid in the brush along the rock formations and wait for the convoy to arrive. Detonate the IEDs and destroy the convoy to complete the task.

Act 2 West Convoy

Unfortunately the western convoy is pretty far from most of the bus stations. You can approach from the southwestern bus station or just use the one in the map’s center. Either way you’ll have to perform some creative driving to avoid guard stations and enemy patrols as you move toward the western edge of the map toward the convoy. Let’s take the southwest bus station. Grab the dune buggy there and drive west along the road.

Avoid the roads as you approach the safe house ahead. Stick along the western edge of the map. When you reach the next map, you’ll spot the convoy-it makes a long loop through the Ranger Station and Post Office. Get on the stretch of road between the two but avoid the near by safe house (or just claim it).

Plant the IEDs along the stretch of road between the two locations. Hide in the brush alongside the road and detonate the charges when the convoy moves over. You could also just bring along a rocket launcher and make the task pretty easy: just shoot the convoy!

Act 2 East Convoy

The convoy appears on the east, which means it isn’t near any bus stations. Let’s take the bus to the northeast station. Take the nearby vehicle and start driving south through the grasslands so you bypass the nearby guard station.

Continue south as you connect with the road. You’ll have to come dangerously close to a guard station on the southern side of this map; be prepared to fight your way through or to repel the attacks of pursuers as you enter the next section. When you enter the next map, the convoy is just to the south. Reach the fork in the road and proceed east. The convoy moves along this stretch of road so it’s a good place to set up the trap. Place the IEDs and wait. Blast the convoy to complete the task.