Entire FC Timeline Explained (LORE)

This is a provisional timeline of events that have occurred within the Far Cry universe. All events listed within this article are considered to be canon by in-game sources. It may be worth considering some events take place in parallel or alternate timelines and universes to account for many of the contradictory elements.

BCE Era:

​c.10,000 BCE:
⭐ Three tribes, the Wenja, Udam, and Izila settle in the region of present-day Central Europe known as Oros, sparking conflict for resources and territory. The events of Far Cry Primal occur, culminating in the Udam, the last Neanderthals, going extinct soon after.

500 BCE:
⭐ The Chal Jama Monastery is built in Kyrat.

15th Century:

⭐ In the 15th century, the Chinese navigator and explorer Zheng He passed by the Rook Islands during a voyage to map the oceans. It was an ideal location for one of Zheng He's most trusted soldiers, Lin Cong. After Zheng He left the isles, Lin Cong stole one of Zheng He's colossal treasure ships named "the Chaoyang" (containing massive amounts of gold and treasure that were collected during Zheng He's many ocean voyages).
⭐ Lin Cong and his Chinese invaders ruled over Rook Islands where the natives suffered under their tyrannical reign.
⭐ Rook Islands were free from them when the Rakyat rebelled and a vengeful Zheng He returned to stop Lin Cong treachery. Lin Cong died, and his faction was destroyed.
⭐ The Silver Dragon was buried with Lin Cong body in his entrapped and dragon-infested tomb.

16th Century:

1506:
⭐ Death of Christopher Colombus, but the Taíno-Spanish War he started in Cuba and Yara raged on.

1511:
⭐ Taíno-Spanish War escalated beyond Hispaniola, Cuba, Yara, spreading across the Caribbeans especially in Puerto Rico.

1512:
⭐ Death of Yaran Taíno chief Apito Bara, resulted in genocide against Yaran Taíno natives by Spanish invaders.
⭐ Entire surviving native Yaran Taíno population left the island to join other Taíno elsewhere, forcing Spanish invaders in Yara to import African slaves.
⭐ Influx of Taíno from Yara further fueled Taíno resistance against Spanish invaders in Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands.

1529:
⭐ Taíno-Spanish War ended by several plagues and 3 hurricanes in a row forcing both sides to stop.

1540:
⭐ Spanish invaders set free captured Taíno natives, prohibited enslaving them and switched to mass importing African slaves instead.
⭐ Taíno resistance finally ceased, as violence mostly were done in the name of freeing fellow Taíno natives from slavery. This is the first time Yara experienced peace.
⭐ Taíno natives permanently left Yara however.

17th Century:

1665:
⭐ The only walkable path to Valley of the Yetis was destroyed, preventing the Yeti from spreading elsewhere while local people still can travel and even settle in the valley.

18th Century:

1759:
⭐ The Shanath Arena is built in Southern Kyrat.
⭐ British Empire crushed French and Dutch Navy at the eastern coast of India, enabling them to invade Bihar and therefore Kyrat.

1775:
⭐ The Continental Army founded and evolved into United States Armed Forces.

1776:
⭐ The United States of America declared independence.

19th Century:

1819:
⭐ British Empire crushed Maratha resistance, freeing up their forces in Patna to cross Bihar border, where they invade and colonize Kyrat.
⭐ Lieutenant Robert F. Barclay of the British Army set sail to Kyrat, likely the same river route to Patna and Bihar border that Ajay went centuries later.
⭐ Gurkhas in both Nepal and Kyrat received trainings from British.

1820's:
⭐ Thangka portraying Kalinag journey to Shangri-La mentioned and recorded in English for the first time.
⭐ Robert Barclay left behind Lost Letters.
⭐ British anti-deserter units sought to punish Robert Barclay and Guru Kabir.

1825:
⭐ Offering money and arms in exchange for the use of their army, the British attempt an invasion of India with Kyrati soldiers on the front lines. When this fails, the Kyrati people turn on the monarchy that sold them out to a foreign power. (according to Divya Kandala)
⭐ While the British and their Kyrati vanguards failed elsewhere in India, the final Siege of Bharatpur still ended in British victory.

1836:
⭐ The lake at Mastodon Geothermal Park was discovered.

1864:
⭐ KEO founded by British East India Company.
⭐ Montana territory founded in the wake of massive gold rush.
⭐ Hope County first settlement established.

1865:
⭐ US Civil War ended.

1893:
⭐ Last slave revolt in Yara.

20th Century Part 1:

1901:
⭐ Gabriel Castillo is born.

1916:
⭐ Yara became officially independent from Spain.

Early 1940's:
⭐ During the start of World War II, a Japanese Brigadier General named Takeo Masaki had his men land on the isles to start up a small air force/army base.

1941:
⭐ Clutch Nixon is born in the United States of America.

1947:
⭐ Alec Earnhardt was born in Oxford, England.
⭐ George Krieger was born in Austria.
⭐ Central Intelligence Agency founded.

1952:
⭐ Adelaide Drubman was born in the United States of America.
⭐ Hurk Drubman Sr. is born in the United States of America.

1953:
⭐ Richard "Dutch" Roosevelt was born in the United States of America.

1954:
⭐ Antón Castillo is born in Yara
⭐ KGB founded.
⭐ Banh, Loc, Trang, Vong all survived First Indochina War and stayed long enough to become officers in the next war.

1955:
⭐ The Vietnam War begins in Vietnam.
⭐ The Jackal is born in United States of America.

1957:
⭐ Virgil Minkler is born in the United States of America.

1960:
⭐ Josip Idromeno is born in Prizren, Yugoslavia (Kosovo today).
⭐ Mohan Ghale is born in Kyrat.
⭐ Viet Cong officially founded and fought alongside PAVN.

1963:
⭐ Quarbani Singh is born in Mauritius.
⭐ Earl Whitehorse is born in the United States of America.

1965:
⭐ Willis Huntley is born in Long Island, New York.
⭐ The Howard Cabin is built and established in Hope County, Montana.
⭐ US troops mass deployed to Vietnam, including James Kenneth, Yokel, Moses, Joker and Wendell Redler.

1966:
⭐ Gang Min is born in Hong Kong, China.

1967:
⭐ Hoyt Volker is born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Revolution of 1967 takes place in Yara, resulting in a blockade that effectively froze the nation in time for almost half a century.
⭐ El Tigre secretly killed Lobo.
⭐ Death of Gabriel Castillo.
⭐ Bembé Álvarez father survived.

1968:
⭐ Andre Hyppolite is born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
⭐ Ishwari Ghale is born in Kyrat.
⭐ Paul "De Pleur" Harmon is born in the United States of America.
⭐ The events of Far Cry 5's second DLC Hours of Darkness place.

1969:
⭐ Flora Guillen is born in Cuba.
⭐ Bambi "Buck" Hughes is born in Australia.
⭐ Wendell Redler and his associates met Richard Nixon.

1970:
⭐ Hakim Echebbi is born in Algeria.
⭐ Yuma Lau is born in Hong Kong.
⭐ Hurk Drubman Sr. is old enough to be drafted into United States Armed Forces.
⭐ Hurk Sr. resisted, as he is not a Vietnam veteran, and his son called him a pacifist.
⭐ Shest' is born on October 25th, 1970, Soviet Union.

1971:
⭐ Jacob Seed is born in the United States of America.
⭐ Dutch is old enough to be drafted into United States Armed Forces.
⭐ Dutch served in 82nd Airborne Division.

1972:
⭐ Sam Becker is born in Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America.
⭐ Hurk Drubman, Jr. is born in Hope County, Montana, United States of America.

1973:
⭐ Michele Dachss is born in Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz, France.
⭐ Frank Bilders is born in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
⭐ The father of Frank Bilders is given a life sentence for IRA activities.
⭐ Noore Najjar is born in Kyrat.
⭐ Jerome Jeffries is born in the United States of America.
⭐ ANZAC, South Korean, Thai and United States Armed Forces all withdrawn from Vietnam.
⭐ The Jackal is old enough to be drafted into United States Armed Forces.
⭐ Hurk Drubman Sr. pacifism triumphed as the US government ended military draft.
⭐ The Jackal served in United States Navy, nevertheless, be it volunteer or drafted.

1974:
⭐ Paul Ferenc is born in Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic.
⭐ Joseph Seed is born in the United States of America.
⭐ With all allies withdrawn, Army of the Republic of Vietnam fought alone.

1975:
⭐ Warren Clyde is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America.
⭐ Dennis Rogers is born in Liberia.
⭐ The Sacred Skies Youth Camp in Holland Valley is established.
⭐ Army of the Republic of Vietnam collapsed.
⭐ The Vietnam War ends in Vietnam.

1976:
⭐ Cameron Burke is born in the United States of America.
⭐ Cowboy, Crow, Danny, Dom, Dusty, Joe, Joker, Kev, Lefty, Moses, Russel, Smiley, Stanford, Tim, Woody, Yokel all finally reunited.
⭐ 16 of them prepared their stash and divided the codes.
⭐ Viet Cong disbanded on paper.

1978:
⭐ Nasreen Davar is born in Gorno-Badakhshan, Soviet Tajikistan.
⭐ Josip Idromeno began his mandatory service as paratrooper in Yugoslav People's Army.
⭐ Sabal is born in Kyrat.
⭐ Remnants of Viet Cong fought one last time in Third Indochina War.

1980:
⭐ Marty Alencar is born in São Paulo, Brazil.
⭐ Sharky Boshaw is born on October 2, in the United States of America.

1981:
⭐ Unnamed African Country (UAC) became independent.
⭐ King Nnyere and Prince Oeduard fled the UAC.
⭐ The president of UAC took power, a civil war broke out, but he won.
⭐ First Kyrati Civil War intensified between the Royalists, who supported the rule of the king, and the Nationalists, who wanted to overthrow the monarchy.
⭐ Mohan Ghale and the 13-year-old Ishwari Ghale are married in April or May at a small ceremony with just their parents.

1983:
⭐ Grace Armstrong is born in the United States of America.
⭐ Yolanda Rodríguez and Antón Castillo were freed as he finished his 15-year sentence of forced labor on tobacco fields.

1984:
⭐ Xianyong Bai is born in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. In Chinese version, he is born in Vietnam instead.
⭐ Grant Brody is born in the United States of America.
⭐ Citra Talugmai is born in the Rook Islands.
⭐ First Kyrati Civil War begins (according to Divya Kandala).

1985:
⭐ Flora Guillen turned 16 and entered Career Officers School in Cuba.
⭐ Vaas Montenegro is born in the Rook Islands.
⭐ The royal family of Kyrat is murdered when Nationalists stormed the Royal Palace during First Kyrati Civil War.

1986:
⭐ Daisy Lee is born in Maine, United States of America.
⭐ John Seed is born in the United States of America.

1987:
⭐ Jason Brody is born in Los Angeles, California.
⭐ Vincent Salas is born in the United States of America.
⭐ Eli Palmer is born in the United States of America.
⭐ Barry is born in San Diego, California.
⭐ Mohan Ghale meets Pagan Min
⭐ Pagan Min found the last Kyrat Royal Heir for Mohan.
⭐ Pagan Min and Yuma Lau boosted Royalists forces with their Triad Empire.
⭐ First Kyrati Civil War ended in Kyrat with Nationalists defeated.
⭐ Pagan Min turned against the Royalists and massacred them.
⭐ Pagan Min became the new self-proclaimed king after assassinating last royal heir.
⭐ Royal Army founded.
⭐ Triad Empire disbanded and became Royal Guard.
⭐ Golden Path founded.
⭐ Second Kyrati Civil War begins.

1988:
⭐ Keith Ramsay is born in the United States of America.
⭐ Ajay Ghale is born in Kyrat.
⭐ Lakshmana Min is born in Kyrat.
⭐ Liza Snow is born in Los Angeles, California.
⭐ Central Intelligence Agency entered Second Kyrati Civil War on Golden Path side.
⭐ Thangka portraying Kalinag journey to Shangri-La tore apart and hidden across Kyrat by Darpan at Mohan Ghale request.

1989:
⭐ Hakim Echebbi turned 19 and old enough to join Algerian National Navy, where he rose to lieutenant commander rank.
⭐ Doug is born in United States of America.
⭐ Oliver Carswell is born in United States of America.
⭐ Amita is born in Kyrat.
⭐ Nick Rye is born in the United States of America.
⭐ Both sides of Second Kyrati Civil War negotiated for Golden Path surrender.
⭐ Mohan Ghale killed all Golden Path members who tried to surrender.
⭐ Lakshmana Min was murdered by Mohan Ghale.

1990:
⭐ Mohan Ghale was killed by Ishwari Ghale in retaliation.
⭐ Ishwari Ghale fled to United States of America with Ajay Ghale.
⭐ Ghale Homestead vandalized and abandoned.
⭐ Mohan Ghale's Journal and his 87 shotgun are left behind for Ajay.
⭐ Callum is born in Scotland.
⭐ Joey Hudson is born in the United States of America.

20th Century Part 2:

1991:
⭐ Flora Guillen and several Cubans fought on for Angola in the wake of Cuba military withdrawal.
⭐ Riley Brody is born in Los Angeles California.
⭐ Jess Black is born in the United States of America.
⭐ Lock Project ended at some point before Soviet Union dissolution.
⭐ Soviet Union stopped sending depleted Uranium to Yara.
⭐ KGB disbanded, although their remnants held on to the old name in Belarus, Transnistria, South Ossetia.
⭐ Juan Cortez kept contact with KGB remnants.
⭐ Russia emerged after Soviet Union dissolution.

1992:
⭐ Josip Idromeno became a stateless man after his country Yugoslavia formally ceased to exist. Paul Ferenc turned 18 and old enough to join IDF, where he rose to IDF corporal rank.
⭐ Deputy Pratt is born in the United States of America.

1993:
⭐ Dennis Rogers fled to the United States of America.
⭐ Tisha is born outside Las Vegas, United States of America.
⭐ Mary May Fairgrave is born in the United States of America.

1994:
⭐ Faith Seed is born in the United States of America.

1995
⭐ Kosovo Liberation Army founded and Josip Idromeno joined later on.
⭐ Amita parents tried to get rid of her by marrying her off.

1996:
⭐ Dani Rojas is born in Yara.
⭐ Northern Alliance emerged and Nasreen Davar soon got involved.

1997:
⭐ Josip Idromeno fought in Kosovo War.
⭐ The triad gang of Pagan Min and Yuma Lau are no longer wanted by Royal Hong Kong Police Force as they ceased to exist, and British officers left.

1999:
⭐ Flora Guillen became a captain in Angolan Armed Force, only to be hospitalized from fighting against UNITA.

21st Century:

2000:
⭐ Bhadra is born in Kyrat.

2001:
⭐ With Northern Alliance dissolved, somehow Nasreen Davar was arrested but escaped US rendition to Kuwait.

2002:
⭐ Flora Guillen retired after Angolan Civil War ended, only to become mercenary later on.
⭐ The long defunct KEO was revived by a desperate Pagan Min regime trying to save the gold export dependent Kyrat economy.
⭐ Hurk Drubman, Jr. ran away from home at the age of 30.

2003:
⭐ Andre Hyppolite was wounded and put in custody.

2004:
⭐ Andre Hyppolite escaped thanks to the 2004 Haitian coup against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

2007:
⭐ At some point before the end of 2007, Andre Hyppolite refused to assassinate the exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in South Africa and went to UAC instead.
⭐ Yolanda Rodríguez died from breast cancer.

Alternate universe, movie, or non-canon events:
⭐ The world is suffering the aftermath of a nuclear war between the United States and Russia. Sergeant Rex "Power" Colt is an American cybernetic super-soldier. He and another American cyber-soldier named Lieutenant T.T. "Spider" Brown travel to an unnamed island to investigate Colonel Ike Sloan, an elite agent who has gone rogue. The events of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon occur.

2008:
⭐ Josip Idromeno 17 years of being stateless ended, as Kosovo declared independence on 17 February 2008.
⭐ The president of UAC was assassinated on May 7th, 2008, triggering the second civil war in UAC.
⭐ Between September 17 and October 30, a series of 17 tapes were recorded between The Jackal and Reuben Oluwagembi on the subject of the Jackal's motives.
⭐ Sometime in the latter half of 2008, the events of Far Cry 2 take place.
⭐ Antón Castillo was diagnosed with acute leukemia.
⭐ María Marquessa urged Antón to have a son so that his policies and Castillo dynasty can continue.
⭐ Diego Castillo was born in Yara.[/b]

2010:
⭐ Tisha graduated from high school and became US Army combat medic, unfairly discharged after 4 tours of duty.
⭐ Dutch grandson Ricky Rooservelt is born.

Late 2010’s - Alternate universe, movie, or non-canon events:
⭐ Guy Marvel tells people about his ideas for zombie movies. The events of Far Cry 5's third DLC Dead Living Zombies take place.

2012:
⭐ Four people, Leonard, Mikhail, Callum, and Tisha get scammed out of their money by Vaas' pirates while working to redeem themselves on a cruise ship. They soon turned against the pirates.
⭐ The events of Far Cry 3 co-op take place.
⭐ Six months later, a group of young adult's parachute onto the Rook Islands by mistake and many get captured. Jason Brody helps the locals lead a revolution against Vaas' Pirates, free his friends, and deal with a slave trader named Hoyt Volker. The events of Far Cry 3 (including all DLC missions) take place.

2014:
⭐ Ishwari Ghale died due to breast cancer. Ishwari requested her son to reunite her ashes with Lakshmana Min.
⭐ Ajay Ghale brings his mother ashes back to Kyrat and began finding the final resting place she mentioned, while in Kyrat he either stayed with Pagan Min, or ends up helping the locals finishing Second Kyrati Civil War against Pagan Min regime. In the latter case, the country doesn’t improve much after the government is overthrown. The events of Far Cry 4 (including The Syringe mission, Escape from Durgesh Prison and Hurk's Redemption) take place.
⭐ Yuma Lau sends an Expedition made of Royal Guard forces, lead by Colonel Sandesh to a Kyrat Valley looking for a relic that could cause immortality, but don't return to Kyrat.
⭐ Darpan dies in all cases.
⭐ Dutch got arrested by Hope County Sheriff's Department and/or other authorities in Montana.
⭐ Dutch children started to avoid meeting him and finally cut contact 2 years later as he tried to teach his 5 year old grandson Ricky Rooservelt how to shoot.

Alternate universe, movie, or non-canon events:

⭐ Ajay’s helicopter crashes in the Himalayas, he later gets involved with a cult group known as the Disciples (the Royal Guard forces Yuma sent to the Valley) and a unique relic. The events of Valley of the Yetis occur.

2018 - Alternate universe or non-canon events:

⭐ Carmina Rye is born the same day or few days before the Collapse.
⭐ A group of police officers attempt to arrest Project at Eden's Gate leader Joseph Seed, they either spared him and left early, or actually arrested him and got overwhelmed by his cult. In the latter case, after most are captured, The Junior Deputy helps the locals lead The Resistance against the doomsday cult and take back Hope County. The events of Far Cry 5 take place.
⭐ After the 'Resist' ending of Far Cry 5, the world suffers a nuclear war, known to some as the Collapse (however, with the release of Far Cry 6 which apparently takes places in a contemporary setting, the Collapse might prove to be an alternative timeline, no longer followed by the next game.)
⭐ In two other endings where they do not arrest Joseph at the beginning or at the end, it's unclear what exactly happened.
⭐ In Guy Marvel's epic sci-fi film, Nick Rye and Hurk get sent to Mars to deal with the threat of an invasion. The events of Far Cry 5's first DLC Lost On Mars take place.
⭐ Santos Espinosa died due to natural causes.

2019:
⭐ Antón Castillo is elected as El Presidente of Yara, promising to "Rebuild Paradise."

2021:
⭐ On Diego's 13th birthday, he and Antón went on a hunting trip. Along the way, Antón told him the stories of Vaas Montenegro, Pagan Min and Joseph Seed, especially about their childhood, their rises, their flaws and their downfalls. Through the stories, Antón taught Diego about the danger of chaos, the importance of family, and the power of faith.
⭐ Dani Rojas has a conversation with their friends Lita Torres and Alejo Ruiz on the rooftops of Esperanza. A blackout takes place as Fuerzas Nacionales de Defensa soldiers pour into the city block. Alejo insults Antón Castillo and throws a can at a soldier, resulting in said soldier murdering him. Dani and Lita escape to a boat heading out of the country. A young boy attempts to board but is denied until Dani vouches for him. Before the ship can sail off, Antón catches it in an attempt to retrieve his son, Diego; the young boy attempting to flee. Antón then orders his soldiers to execute everybody else on the ship. Dani just barely survives, and wakes up to Lita dying on the beach. She gives Dani her phone and asks them to seek out the revolutionary group she was affiliated with, Libertad. Dani obliges to honor their fallen friends. The events of Far Cry 6 take place during October.

2022 - Alternate universe, movie, or non-canon events:
⭐ Three months after leaving Yara, Dani Rojas rests on the beach of Miami beach and listen to the radio, with a news broadcast about Antón claiming his special forces killed Clara Garcia and that "war has ended in Yara." Whether that is true or not is left unverified due to Castillo regime tight censorship.

2035 - Alternate universe, movie, or non-canon events:
⭐ In the 'Resist' ending of Far Cry 5, the world suffered a nuclear war known as the Collapse. 17 years after the nuclear war the Highwaymen terrorize the citizens of Prosperity. The locals and the remnants of Project at Eden’s Gate, New Eden, fight back against the Highwaymen’s leaders, Mickey and Lou. The events of Far Cry New Dawn take place.

2058:
⭐ The whereabouts of The Jackal are to be declassified.

Final Thoughts:

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Thank you!

[McALEER GAMES]

@powerstik, you are most welcome. And to all, as of today, this guide has been updated and simplified even further.

[powerstik]

read this whole thing, voice hurts, but otherwise, this is quite interesting. clearly @noKILLSnoWORRIES is too intelligent to read. either that or he has so muck free time this is the best he can do with it. anyways, thank you for listing this whole thing! really helped me understand!

[McALEER GAMES]

@noKILLSnoWORRIES, the irony is how boring you are a person with all that abundance of positivety escaping out your dull brain

[noKILLSnoWORRIES]

thats the most boring read i did in 2024. also, i doubt bembes father gave birth to him. i mean, usually women give birth. right? right?

[McALEER GAMES]

Good day readers, as of today 31/07/24 this article has been fully updated to include all canon and non-canon lore from the start to the present. Regards, Jonathan

[McALEER GAMES]

@pickingyoe, thank you for that mate, added and will do a deep dive again to update this article. Cheers x

[pickingyoe]

one thing is you forgot the 1967 revolution in yara

[joridiculous]

Interesting. Not sure why New Dawn would be non canon since its a direct followup on the events in FC5. Unless you get the alternative ending ..
Anyway, have a unicorn.

[McALEER GAMES]

@Léa Seydoux, Great question! According to everything I can find about this. its officially accepted into lore as either choice can be made because either choice is canon. Took me 3 hours to confirm a 5 second question but I am glad I found it lol

[Léa Seydoux]

Okay, if we consider New Dawn non-canon, could we also consider the canon ending in Far Cry 5 is when The Deputy is letting Joseph go instead of fighting him?