What happens if you lose cargo related to a task?

[ZIGS]

So I'm doing a task where I have to haul 4 units of fuel. I have 2 units in my truck but I screwed myself and am gonna need to recover the truck, thus losing the cargo. The thing is, the 2 units of fuel didn't respawn so now the task is still asking for 4 units and there's only 2 left in the map. What am I missing here?

[Vimpster]

Just get some more fuel cargo from a place that produces it. The cargo intended for the mission is not special.

Some how I doubt that you need to recover your truck though. In about 600 hours of playing I have only felt I absolutely needed to recover twice. The vast majority of the time you can rescue a truck with other trucks.

[ZIGS]

I mean, I probably could rescue it but it wouldn't be worth the effort compared to just recovering. I thought the cargo marked with a yellow icon was exclusive to the mission, turns out I can just get any other cargo of the same type and still finish the task? That's even better

[Bubba Fett]

Fuel is something that can normally be gotten from a gas station, but there might be situations where there was a limited amount of it available on the map. In this case you might have to go to another map in the same region to find some.

There are also missions where you're supposed to deliver specific pallets of cargo.
In the event that you lose one of those specific pallets, you should be able to restart the mission by going to the place where you accepted it and opening the task window. This should put the mission cargo where it originally was.

In the future, if you get into a bad situation where you need to recover, you should unpack your cargo from the function menu and try to flip your truck and dump the cargo. When you recover after dumping the cargo it's left on the map and you simply go back later with a truck that has a loading crane and pick it up again.

[ZIGS]

Yeah, pretty sure this cargo is tied to the task so I guess I'll have to restart the task. I could do the dumping trick but honestly, in the spot I'm in, it's much easier to just restart the whole thing. Thanks!

[DeadlyFred]

If its one of the tasks where you've got to go retrieve stuff with a crane then yeah, those items are exclusive to the task even if they're similar to cargos you can dispense elsewhere.

[Hans Meiser]

Originally posted by ZIGS:

I mean, I probably could rescue it but it wouldn't be worth the effort compared to just recovering. I thought the cargo marked with a yellow icon was exclusive to the mission, turns out I can just get any other cargo of the same type and still finish the task? That's even better

Just to chime in for a second, but why is it not worth the effort? Rescuing lost cargo, or crashed trucks can be one of the funnest things to do in the game. You say it's not worth the effort instead of just recovering, but at the same time, the game is all about using your trucks and gear and having fun while doing so, there is no goal to reach. What I'm saying is, maybe instead of thinking about it as lost time, think about it as an additional mission, it can be quite rewarding to correct your wrong in game without recovery.

If playing hard mode has taught me anything, it's that fixing your mistakes feels fantastic, give it a shot.

[ZIGS]

Dude, the truck's wedged between a bunch of trees, right next to a bit of coast that's angled at 45 degrees

[Black Edition']

You should've shared a screenshot :(

[ZIGS]

https://i.imgur.com/m1tso1w.jpg

The screenshot doesn't really do justice to the gravity of the situation. Both the front and back of the truck is touching trees. To the left side (which is obscured by the trees) the ground is extremely uneven and with loose rocks, plus like I said, the inclination is easily 45 degrees. Same inclination on the right side. Not like it'd help, because the ground is basically soup and that side of the truck is completely walled by trees

[Hans Meiser]

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't even need a second big truck to get that out, just need to refuel it. Might need to unpack the cargo, then winch the back over to right. If you really can't get it over there a second crane truck should make quick work of that situation.

[ZIGS]

lmao, easy to talk just by looking at a screenshot. You strike me as the kind of guy that yells at football players on the TV "look at that idiot, he should've done THIS instead!"

[Hans Meiser]

Originally posted by ZIGS:

lmao, easy to talk just by looking at a screenshot. You strike me as the kind of guy that yells at football players on the TV "look at that idiot, he should've done THIS instead!"

And you strike me as the kind of guy who gets unnecessarily personal, because he feels insecure about his skill. If you can't get it out, that's fine, just hit recover, it's your game, but this is by all means an easy to solve situtation, even if you can't handle it.

[Vimpster]

Just so you know, quick winch is not your friend when trying to get out of a sticky situation like this. When you manual winch you can winch from the back of your truck to something ahead of you or vice versa. You may already realise this but many players don't seem to and as a result think situations are harder to get out of then they actually are.

[Bubba Fett]

Before you recover, try using the loading crane to unload your cargo and put it as far behind the truck as you can.
Since you got there once, you could probably get almost there a second time. If you can reach the cargo and reload it later, maybe you can take a different route out. If you can't get to it, you can always restart the mission. (you can drag cargo quite a ways with a loading crane. You don't have to get right next to it)
If you're just sick of this mission and want to try a different stragegy to finish it, then go ahead and recover and restart the mission.

A lot of players might try to recover the cargo from there or rescue the truck, but if that's not fun for you then you should play it your way. The whole point is to do what you like.

[Mic7]

Originally posted by Bubba Fett:

Fuel is something that can normally be gotten from a gas station, but there might be situations where there was a limited amount of it available on the map. In this case you might have to go to another map in the same region to find some.

There are also missions where you're supposed to deliver specific pallets of cargo.
In the event that you lose one of those specific pallets, you should be able to restart the mission by going to the place where you accepted it and opening the task window. This should put the mission cargo where it originally was.

In the future, if you get into a bad situation where you need to recover, you should unpack your cargo from the function menu and try to flip your truck and dump the cargo. When you recover after dumping the cargo it's left on the map and you simply go back later with a truck that has a loading crane and pick it up again.

In my case, the lost cargo doesn´t count. I retrieved it after flipping to the side, and put it again in truck, but it doesn´t count at the end. Thats what should be fixed. Really annoying.