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Far Cry 6 tips and tricks: a beginner’s guide to inflicting maximum destructionRead our top tips on how to start strong in Far Cry 6
Read our top tips on how to start strong in Far Cry 6
Looking for tips and tricks on how to begin your Far Cry 6 journey with a bang?Ubisoft’s latest installment in their flagship open-worldFPSseries is the biggest we’ve seen so far.Far Cry 6unleashes players on the colossal, fictional Caribbean country of Yara, and it is jam-packed with things to do. It can be a daunting prospect when you’re first starting out, particularly if you’ve never played aFar Crygame before.
In this beginner’s guide to Far Cry 6, we’ll walk you through our top tips and tricks that will help you get prepared and equipped for any situation early on. From crafting weapons and piloting choppers to getting unique weapons and animal companions, we’ll show you the things worth knowing on day one.
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Far Cry 6: Special Operation solo gameplay
Here are our top Far Cry 6 tips and tricks:
Learn where to get the most important resources
Far Cry 6 is absolutely filled with different containers to loot and animals to harvest resources from. As well as the usual hoovering up of all the scrap metal and parts present in just about every building in the game, you should also learn where the more valuable and hard-to-find materials can be found. Materials such asGunpowderand Supremo-Bond are used for upgrading your weapons at a Workbench, so make sure you seek them out. Another great example isDepleted Uranium, which can only be found in certain locations and is used for purchasing extremely powerfulSupremospecial items from your friend Juan.
I’d also highly recommend you supplement your regular diet of death and destruction with a healthy dose of hunting andfishing, because these animal parts can be traded for materials or used to cook meals at La Cantina, which you can unlock at one of the three primary Guerrilla Camps.
Always use the right tool for the right job
Speaking of Juan, he’s filled with tidbits of advice and wisdom for his new favourite GuerrillaDani Rojas(that’s you), and one of his favourites is: always use the right tool for the right job. This is more true in Far Cry 6 than in any of its predecessors thanks to the revamped gear and damage system. It’s worth learning early on about the differentFar Cry 6 ammo typesthat you can equip your weapons with, and which enemies you should use them on. Enemies can feel incredibly bullet-spongey if you use the wrong type of damage against them. But come prepared, and you can wipe most foes out with ease.
Coming prepared with the right tools for the job also extends to larger targets such asAnti-Aircraft Cannons, which are invulnerable to most regular damage types but can still be quickly destroyed as long as you know what to bring to the fight, which you can read more about in our guide. You only get three primary weapon slots in Far Cry 6, but you can pause the game at any time to head into your Arsenal and switch your gear and weapons around, so even in the middle of a fight you can bring an army’s worth of firepower to bear aginst your enemies.
Amigos start off weak but grow in power
Gone are the old days of Guns For Hire, the system which allowed you to recruit companion characters in previous Far Cry titles. Replacing them is the Amigo system, and I can promise you - it’s so much more adorable. Amigos are animal companions that you can seek out and recruit to help you in stealth and combat situations.
Use vehicles and fast travel to cross the map quickly
If you’re wondering when you’ll reach the mainland of Yara, it happens after completing the main missions on Isla Santuario and reach Libertad Island. From there, you can choosewhich territory to go to first in Far Cry 6.
Unique weapons aren’t necessarily the best
There is an impressive variety of different weapons in Far Cry 6, all broken into different categories (Rifles, LMGs, Snipers, Bows, etc.) and accessible from the Arsenal screen at any time. There are also Unique weapons in each category, listed below the regular weapons. These unique weapons are each based on a certain regular weapon but feature unique and unalterable sets of mods that give them quite a bit more personality than most regular weapons.
You can hover over each of the locked unique weapons in the Arsenal to get a hint about where to go or what to do to unlock them. But remember: they’re not necessarily better than regular weapons which you have the freedom to upgrade as you see fit. With unique weapons, what you see is what you get, and you can’t ever change their damage types or anything else about them. With regular weapons, you can mod them to high heaven with suppressors and compensators and special rounds and other powerful modifications. The key is to experiment - with all weapons, not just the unique ones.
I will say, however, that the Supremos and Resolver Weapons are pretty much the strongest weapons in the game, so I’d make it a priority to unlock those as soon as possible.
Other useful Far Cry 6 tips and tricks
Finally, let’s finish up with a cluster of smaller, more practical tips and tricks for various different situations in Far Cry 6:
Hopefully the above tips and tricks on Far Cry 6 will help you inflict maximum destruction upon Anton Castillo’s totalitarian regime. If you want to read some more about Ubisoft’s latest FPS, be sure to check out Ed’sFar Cry 6 review.
