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Dying Light 2: should you help Hakon or leave him to die?What happens if you help Hakon or leave him?

What happens if you help Hakon or leave him?

A close-up of Hakon, a character in Dying Light 2, talking to the player character inside a UV-lit bedroom.

Wondering what happens if you save Hakon or leave him to die in Dying Light 2?This is just one of several important choices made inDying Light 2which can alter your playthrough experience. Hakon appears very early on in the story, and he helps you quite a lot in the early stages of the game. But is that the whole story?

Find out whether to help Hakon or leave him to die in this quick primer on one ofDying Light2’s early important choices, and what happens when you pick each route.

Note: spoilers follow. Obviously.

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Dying Light 2 Hakon choice: help Hakon, or leave him to die?

The important thing is:whether you help Hakon or leave him, he will survive.You’ll meet him later on in the story no matter what happens here.

There are two major difference in terms of gameplay. The first is immediate:

The second major difference occurs much later on in the story, when Hakon reappears in the church during the quest(s) No mercy/Deals with the Devil (depending on whether you sided with Jack Matt or Juan):