Karma | The Basics Far Cry 4 Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
The factor that determines how "good" you are in Far Cry 4 is your Karma level. It reflects how you have been behaving towards civilians, animals and Golden Path soldiers. With your progress into the campaign, and while you are completing the successive missions, the level rises, but to attain the top eighth karma level, you will have to break a sweat.
How to obtain Karma points:
- complete missions; before you start one, you learn about the possible rewards;
- spin Mani wheels, which rewards you with a high karma bonus;
- participate in karma events;
- find collectibles, Occasionally, you will be rewarded with a bonus;
- kill the animals in a "clean way" (arrows, bolts, knife)
Remember that you can also lose your points. It happens when you kill civilians and Golden Path soldiers.
Rewards for individual karma levels:
1. Prices on weapon upgrades -25%
2. Unlocks the upgrade for "Guns For Hire"
3. Prices on weapons -25%
4. Unlocks another upgrade for the "Guns For Hire"
5. Prices on maps of locations -25%
6. Unlocks a signature weapon - Shredder
7. Prices on items for Ghales' Homestead -25%
8. Prices on collectibles maps -25%
Karma events
During the game, you will be often informed of a karma event, which is going to take place near your current position (it is marked in violet, on the radar). These events are optional and you do not need to complete them. However, if you decide to help your allies, or civilians, after the event you receive additional karma points and money (talk to a mission-giver). You ten receive one "Guns For Hire" token.
This is the full list of the available events:
1. Skirmish - several of the Golden Path soldiers are fighting the soldiers of the Royal Army. Kill the opponents to complete the event.
2. Rescue the hostages - soldiers of the Royal Army keep a hostage. Eliminate them silently and untie the captive. You need to be careful, because the hostage is killed if you are spotted.
3. Assassination - a lieutenant of the Royal Army is usually accompanied by 2-4 other opponents. Eliminate the lieutenant and search the body.
4. Kill the Courier - while traveling on the roads, you can encounter an escaping courier (on an ATV or in an off-road car). Kill him and search the body.
5. Bomb Defusing - you need to defuse bombs. Make sure you are not spotted in the act.
6. Stop the explosion - similar to the above, but you do not have to defuse the bombs, if you kill everyone stealthily (otherwise, a countdown will start).
7 Predators - kill all of the wild animals that attacked civilians/Golden Path soldiers. In this type of missions, you need to act fast, because the animal are proficient at killing your allies.
8. Penal expedition - the once-captured outpost has been recaptured; stay there and fight the enemies back.
9. Broken car - sometimes, you meet civilians standing on the road, whose car has broken down. You simply need to repair it.