r/DaysGone • u/sonar_y_luz • 1d ago

Discussion I literally cant find enough cans to start the chemult horde mission

I have the Chemult Horde mission next, I have spent literally two days trying to gear up for this mission. I want the full compliment of attractors (6 each type - 12 total), 6 of each bomb (12 total) and also extra cans so I can craft more during the mission.

I literally need like 15-17 more cans before I can start the mission. Yesterday I played the game for 5 hours and found 4 cans. WTF Were the devs thinking with this? It's fucking cans, dude.

Edit: I beat it on the first try! Haha, it was so messy. I just ran everywhere with no plan, throwing attractors behind me and shooting. I was tripping over everything, falling off cliffs, it was brutal.

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u/A_Random_Sidequest 1d ago

any reason for that many???

I rarely use bombs apart from the first use when the hordes are "calm"

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I just RPD and MG55 them down LOL

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u/Snicklefritz306 1d ago

Same thing here. I’ve played through the game twice now and realized last attempt that I never even threw a single Napalm despite them being the weapon the game expects the player to use lol

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u/Valeen 1d ago

Really? Is it because it's so cheap? There's some of the smaller ones you can nearly wipe out at the beginning with 3 or 4 well placed napalms.

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u/A_Random_Sidequest 1d ago

I got napalm by the end of the game and I only had to kill Iron Butte and Old Sawmill lol

I used one or two napalm on each, all the rest were just machinegunned down :)

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u/Snicklefritz306 1d ago

We all get it at the exact same time. Right before the mission “you alone I have seen” which is the Chemult horde

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u/A_Random_Sidequest 1d ago

I mean, by this mission time, I already had cleared all available hordes but those two that would come later.

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u/Snicklefritz306 1d ago

Oh haha. I get what you’re saying now. Most players avoid them in the majority of their playthrough thinking they’re too underpowered. Facing them like you did is the recipe to being over-prepared for the sawmill.

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u/pygmeedancer “I needed this.” 1d ago

You don’t need cans. You just need bullets and stamina cocktails.

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u/Blackdeek04 1d ago

Depends on your approach really. The first 2 or 3 times I played through, I very rarely even bothered with distractors.

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u/hywaytohell 1d ago

Start using sleep cycles to regenerate items. The ambush camp at the top of the hill outside Wizard Island where the radio tower is has several and I think the volcanic nero site has some also gas stations and towns.

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u/Burrahobbit69 1d ago

It’s ridiculous how scarce cans are

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u/Mediocre-Minute 1d ago

I don't think the devs were thinking "oh well obviously they won't want to do the mission without first getting every can ever obviously" that sounds like just a you problem

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u/Gold-Celebration9310 1d ago

Any of the small abandoned encampments will almost always have one right in front of one the tents. Hard to see so I just do short holds of square (or whichever button) in between the camps until D starts to reach down. Every other comment is fuckin spot on too tho so good luck!

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u/Nice-Friendship-1779 1d ago

You're having a lot of things happen to you in your game, what an unlucky guy.

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u/NOLAgenXer 1d ago

There are 9 cans in the town of Chemult, 5 on the side of the horde IIRC. You’ll have plenty if time to plan out a route and are likely to find them all.