Basic information | Information about the game world Mad Max Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Threat level
Wasteland territories are described with a threat level (from 0 to 5). The threat level impacts the amount of enemy patrols appearing in the region and making your life harder while traveling through it. Reducing the threat level is an optional task; many side missions and unlocking some upgrades are related to it. Each territory has a specific number of Minefields, Scarecrows, Snipers, Camps and Convoys. Destroying, disarming and conquering those territories will gradually reduce the threat level in a region, until it finally reaches zero and enemy patrols will no longer appear in the territory. Such territory will be then marked with green color. Freeing all territories of a specific region will end with reclaiming a whole part of the map from Scrotus' influence.
The threat level for a whole territory (like Jeet's or Pink Eye's) is different than threat level of a single terrain (like Blackmaw's or Colossus) which is part of a larger whole. To reduce the threat level on a whole territory to zero, you must completely free all its single terrains.
Exploration
Many points that you can visit have been scattered across the map. In each of the Scavenging locations, Vantage outposts, Strongholds or Camps you can find various useful items. Most of them will be Scrap parts, project parts (needed for upgrading the strongholds) and collectibles (mostly History relics, but sometimes other things, like cars). To uncover all such places, you must use the Vantage outpost on the specific location. Scavenging locations are different matter.
Those become visible only after you get close enough or after you build a special upgrade for the stronghold (Survey crew). Parts are required for the latter - walk towards the mentioned project and you will be able to locate them on the map. Collecting all of them will allow you to construct the needed upgrade. All Scavenging locations in that territory will be marked on the map once that happens.
While exploring, keep in mind that not everything is hidden above the ground. Many locations have large underground parts. In each place you can check what you have found and what is left to find there. Thanks to that you should avoid unnecessary roaming. Also, keep attention to the markings on the containers or gates - "X" letter means that you can open them (usually with a harpoon). Look around for places painted with yellow paint - doors, ladders, secret passages, ledges and other places through which you can pass are marked in that way.
Quick travel
Wasteland is quite large and traveling through it in a vehicle takes a lot of time. To speed up that process, you can use the quick travel system. You can travel between strongholds, Vantage outposts or locations of Death runs. The requirement for unlocking a quick travel point is visiting them (in case of Stronghold), finding them (in the Vantage outpost you must use the balloon) or winning the race. Thanks to them, you can travel to a previously unlocked point from almost any place on the map.
Scrap
Scrap is the currency in the game. It is needed for everything related to upgrading something. Scrap will be needed to upgrade Max's vehicle, the character himself, and each of his strongholds. The more advanced the upgrade, the more scrap will be needed for it, so constant accumulation of scrap is mandatory to develop during the game. Scrap can be obtained in various ways, among other ways by looting the scavenging locations, by freeing camps (they will generate a specific amount of scrap from time to time), by completing quests, by upgrading the stronghold (scrap crew, cleanup crew) or simply by collecting it from the damaged vehicles and fallen enemies. You will collect large amounts of scrap by taking over a Scrapulance or from the chests collected before or after a storm.