Side Mission: "What it takes to Survive" Bug

[Makeithappen]

On PC.
So I looked it up. Looks like this mission has been bugged for awhile and never fixed.
The only solution I came across is to listen to all the dialogue from the start of the mission and take my time so that I hear all of it before I reach the Reacher fight.

I've tried restarting the mission multiple times without success. The Reacher doesn't fight me and the Horde doesn't appear at all. Again tried several times.

Any solutions out there for this? Do I really need to do this mission to finish with a good ending to the game? The getting Sarah out of Crater Lake sounded kinda important. Even if this is a side mission.

[Makeithappen]

I restarted the game and tried again and looks like that's what fixed it.

[chugzillafx]

i dont know i never had that problem but i hate that part of the game lol last time i played it was on hard 2 and that horde is like the toughest of them all to kill because u r confined in that damn cave i almost gave up but i finally killed them all im like god i hate that part lol im on pc also just finished my 7th full game with the last 5 in new game plus still dont matter i always have to remember to have the right weapons because you dont have a chance to go to any camps before entering the cave isnt it right after doing 2 other mission the horde fight with kouri then ya go collect i think hemlock for sarah then it takes ya right to the cave ugh and yeah no way around that mission i always die atleast once before i take them all out

[simon.pete15]

Originally posted by chugzillafx:

i dont know i never had that problem but i hate that part of the game lol last time i played it was on hard 2 and that horde is like the toughest of them all to kill because u r confined in that damn cave i almost gave up but i finally killed them all im like god i hate that part lol im on pc also just finished my 7th full game with the last 5 in new game plus still dont matter i always have to remember to have the right weapons because you dont have a chance to go to any camps before entering the cave isnt it right after doing 2 other mission the horde fight with kouri then ya go collect i think hemlock for sarah then it takes ya right to the cave ugh and yeah no way around that mission i always die atleast once before i take them all out

Aye! It's right after that mission. But if you don't go to that particular yellow mission marker, you can go where you want to. Your mini-map will guide you to that marker automatically. You have to either ignore the mini-map, or reset your destination. So you can go to a camp, make sure you've got the weapons you want and be fully bombed up, ready to take that horde on. Then come back to that mission marker.
What triggers the reacher and the horde, is Coops dying. So before you get to Coops, explore a bit. Go up that big step and find the right cave, it has a narrow gap to squeeze through at the back. Make sure you know the route, then go to Coops. The horde can circle round and come at you when you go through that gap. But there are good shooting spots both sides, so fire off a full mag, go through the gap, reload....

[Foto Teta]

I'm playing on Hard I, and the problem I ran into was that the horde never stopped. I found a crack in the cave that allowed me to hide behind and recuperate from the attack, but I went through all my ammo in my primary and secondary, both weapons being well-equipped for hordes. I also used all my molotoves, napalm molotoves, and all my sniper rounds (not the wisest choice for a horde), but they just kept coming. I ended up getting overwhelmed when I fled to find ammo, and there were so many freaks I couldn't even see beyond them. After respawning, I attacked them as soon as they climbed over the ledge, and after about a minute and barely any freaks, I completed the mission. I'm not sure what happened, but it was almost like my first attempt. The horde just kept respawning.

[simon.pete15]

Originally posted by P4TR1OK:

I'm playing on Hard I, and the problem I ran into was that the horde never stopped. I found a crack in the cave that allowed me to hide behind and recuperate from the attack, but I went through all my ammo in my primary and secondary, both weapons being well-equipped for hordes. I also used all my molotoves, napalm molotoves, and all my sniper rounds (not the wisest choice for a horde), but they just kept coming. I ended up getting overwhelmed when I fled to find ammo, and there were so many freaks I couldn't even see beyond them. After respawning, I attacked them as soon as they climbed over the ledge, and after about a minute and barely any freaks, I completed the mission. I'm not sure what happened, but it was almost like my first attempt. The horde just kept respawning.

Yeh! Sounds like a glitch. There are quite a lot of freakers in that horde, but not that many. I'd guess at around 100 but that's going by my dodgy memory, it's been several months since I last did that mission.

[Frag Maniac]

After several playthroughs I never had that happen with this mission. From what you described it was more likely a corrupted save than a game bug.