Mission types | Enemies Dying Light Guide

Main missions

Main campaign of Dying Light consists of tens of missions which you must complete in the preset order (their thorough description can be found further in this guide). The game usually won't hustle you, which means that until you get to the marker on the map current mission won't continue. It is not recommended to be in hurry but focus on other activities anyway. For example, after completing the prologue try to upgrade all of skill groups for a few levels and find as much safe zones in the slums as possible.

Side missions

Look around for NPCs with whom you can talk

You must unlock side missions on your own since only few of them are given to you automatically. Look on the map for icons (like with exclamation mark) that symbolizes characters from whom you can get a mission. There are various rewards for completing those tasks - in addition to experience you can receive money, rare weapons, blueprints or weapon upgrades. The premises of such missions vary. You may have to free a civilian, who hid from zombies in a wardrobe, or help people defeat a big mutant. The most profitable, in my opinion, are the ones that assume escorting other NPCs, which you recognize by the shield icon on the map. They are longer and more difficult than standard quests, but for completing them, you are usually rewarded with rare weapons blueprints and weapon upgrades.

Caution - After receiving a mission check its briefing in character journal. There you will find, among other things, information about its difficulty level (at the beginning you should avoid hard tasks).

Caution - Some missions can only be played at a certain time of dime (like only during the night). If after arriving at the mission mark nothing happens check if you shouldn't be there at a different hour.

Small tasks and random meetings

You should help survivors you meet

Small tasks in Dying Light are randomly generated and they can activate automatically after you reach a specific area of the map. Because of that, while exploring the world you should watch your mini-map not to miss them. Those quests don't show in your journal, but you shouldn't ignore them since completing them can be awarded with experience points and precious treasures. Those tasks has various objectives. You might need to escort a survivor or save a civilian, which hide from zombies in a closet.

Caution - if you fail a small task you won't be able to retry it. Don't worry though, since later in the game a similar one might activate.

Caution - Some of random meetings with survivors are just short talks. You should listen to them since you can find out about, for example, localization of a chest with valuable items.

Challenges

An example entrance to the location in which quarantine zone challenge starts

Challenges aren't available since the beginning of the game. You can activate them in two ways - by reaching the markers on the map (after they show there) or by finding places where you can complete them while traveling through the game world (like door that leads to quarantine zone). You get experience points for completing those challenges.

Challenges can be divided into four groups:

• Running challenges - You must complete a certain road in specific time limit. Don't try it before you develop some Agility skills and think about using some speed boosters.
• Combat challenges - You must defeat enemies in certain conditions. Don't try it before you develop some Power skills and think about using some resistance boosters.
• Quarantine zones challenges - You must visit quarantine zones. They are usually hard to complete, so leave them for the end.
• Cooperation challenges - They have various objectives (like killing lots of enemies, collecting the most valuable treasures) and can be activated only when playing in cooperation with at least one other player.