Wasteland | Challenges Mad Max Guide

Last update: 04 April 2018

Scrap gathering

Challenges described below are related to gathering Scrap. In order to finish them as quickly as possible, start searching through Camps and Scavenging locations in order to find Scrap crew and Clean-up crew project parts. It is profitable to do it before cleaning the territory, as this will give you bigger chance to encounter enemy vehicles for destroying which you will receive Scrap. The faster you conquer camps, the faster you will receive additional number of Scrap. Make some preparations and these challenges will complete themselves automatically during the game.

Don't Spend it All in One Place - collect 1000 Scrap.

Metal detector - collect 10 000 Scrap.

The One Percent - collect 45 000 Scrap.

A Penny Saved - collect 500 pieces of Scrap with the help of Scrap crew.

Clean Sweep - Earn 2000 Scrap from Clean-up crew (upgrade available in the stronghold).

Trash Is Treasure - collect 500 Scrap with Scrap crews (an upgrade in the strongholds).

Dyvident - Earn 2000 Scrap from Scrap crew (upgrade available in the stronghold).

Canary in a Coalmine - earn 1000 pieces of Scrap from claimed camps (they generate income from time to time).

Sitting on a Goldmine - gather 10 000 Scrap from claimed camps (they generate income from time to time).

Encounters

Below challenges are related to encounters which are scattered through the whole map. In order to complete them you must talk to wanderers in the marked locations. Some encounters appear on the map after you complete some missions or reduce threat level - they aren't available since the beginning.

A Talkative Man - complete 8 encounters on Jeet's territory.

Chatty Chatty - complete 11 encounters on Gutgash's territory.

Bigmouty - complete 12 encounters on Pink Eye's territory.

Making Friends in Gastown - complete 7 encounters on Deep Friah's territory.

Stronghold projects

This batch of challenges can be fully achieved by upgrading your strongholds. Large numbers of Scrap are required for building warehouses, the rest can be unlocked by finding project parts and completing side missions.

Lock, Stock and Barrel - complete 3 stockpile projects in Jeet's stronghold.

Full to the Gunwales - complete 3 stockpile projects in Gutgash's stronghold.

Save It for a Rainy Day - complete 3 stockpile projects in Pink Eye's stronghold.

Fuel to the Fire - complete 3 stockpile projects in Deep Friah's stronghold.

Keep Your Powder Dry - complete 5 projects in Jeet's stronghold.

All Hands on Deck - complete 5 projects in Gutgash's stronghold.

The Wheels Are Turning - complete 5 projects in Pink Eye's stronghold.

Irons in the Fire - complete 5 projects in Deep Friah's stronghold.

All Wrapped Up - complete remaining projects in Jeet's stronghold.

Batten down the Hatches - complete remaining projects in Pink Eye's stronghold.

Move that Bus - complete remaining projects in Gutgash's stronghold.

Burning the Midnight Oil - complete remaining projects in Deep Friah's stronghold.

Exploration

In this category you will find all challenges related to visiting Scavenging locations and Vantage outposts. Final 3 challenges are related to elements of the surrounding. To complete them quickly, do them whenever you have an opportunity to during other activities.

Low Hanging Fruit - Complete 5 scavenging locations.

What's Yours is Mine - visit 13 Scavenging locations.

Picking the Carcass - visit 18 Scavenging locations.

Reaper of the Harvest - visit 191 Scavenging locations.

Paradise Lost - find 3 History relics.

Faded Memories - find 15 History relics.

Clearing the Fog - Reveal 3 regions by using balloons.

Revelations - reveal 13 territories with balloon.

Happy hour - give water to one wanderer (you will meet them when traveling through the Wasteland, a group of wanderers is marked with a water icon floating above them).

Amateur Archaeology - pull a vehicle from the sand with a harpoon (when driving, you can find some wrecks that can be pulled out. When driving next to such vehicle, Chumbucket will tell you about it). The largest number of buried vehicles can be found on Pink Eye's territory.

What Are the Chances - collect 3 chests with scrap from storm. Use harpoon from inside the vehicle, then walk out and as Max open the chest with Jimmy bar.

Lowering threat

Below challenges are related to reducing threat level in all territories, to complete them you must keep "cleaning" the map.

Eradicator - Complete the main objectives for 1 camp.

Man is Not Made for Defeat - claim 2 camps.

Rising from the Ashes - claim 12 camps.

A Place to Lay My Hat - claim the remaining 22 camps.

2 Birds with 1 Stone - Complete the main and optional objectives for 3 Scrotus camps.

Make Hay While the Sun Shines - fully claim 10 camps (main and side objectives).

Multi-Task Master - fully claim 15 camps (main and side objectives).

Death on your Doorstep - fully claim remaining 9 camps (main and side objectives).

A Sign of the Times - destroy 8 Scrotus' Insignia (in camps).

Pain and Triumph - destroy 15 Scrotus Insignia (in camps).

A Declaration of War - destroy 30 Scrotus Insignia (in camps).

The Writing's on the Wall - destroy the remaining 77 Scrotus Insignia (in camps).

Shooing the Rooks - destroy 4 scarecrows.

A Cat Amongst the Pigeons - destroy 12 scarecrows.

Scattered Ashes - destroy 15 scarecrows.

From Dust to Dust - destroy 20 scarecrows.

He who watches the watchers - destroy the remaining 28 scarecrows.

Precautionary Measures - disarm 5 mines (you can find the minefields using Chum's Buggy).

Calm like a Bomb - disarm 10 mines.

Cut the Right Wire - disarm 30 mines.

No need to call the Bomb Squad - disarm the remaining 45 mines

Pick of the Day - kill 5 snipers.

I've Got My Eye on You - kill 10 snipers.

Storming the Guard - destroy 5 large guard towers. They can be usually found at the entrances to the camps.

Toppler - destroy 10 large sniper towers.

Calling the Shots - reduce the threat level in one of Jeet's territories to zero (Scarecrows, minefields, convoy, camps and snipers).

Striking Their Colors - reduce the threat level in one of Gutgash's territories to zero (Scarecrows, minefields, convoy, camps and snipers).

What Goes Around - reduce the threat level in one of Pink Eye's territories to zero (Scarecrows, minefields, convoy, camps and snipers).

The Coast is Clear - fully reduce the threat level on Jeet's territory.

Calm Seas - fully reduce the threat level on Gutgash's territory.

The Dust Settles - fully reduce the threat level on Pink Eye's territory.

Combat

Challenges listed below are related to combat, usually you can complete them during other activities.

We Die to Each Other Daily - Kill 60 enemies from the Scrotus fraction

A Threat Is a Threat - Kill 60 enemies from the Roadkill faction

Set up Us the Bomb - destroy 50 red, explosive barrels.

Major Blowout - destroy 30 tires of moving vehicles with a shotgun. The easiest way to do it is from inside the vehicle, when fighting unarmored enemy cars.

Tango in a Twister - defeat 3 enemies during storm. The fastest way to complete this is by entering any not visited previously Scavenging location during storm, you will almost always find some enemies there.

2 Are Better than 4 - destroy 5 enemy vehicles while you're on foot. Aim at unarmored tank fuels, they can be easily found on Jeet's territory.

Other

Like a 10 Day Camel - fill the canteen 30 times. Remember that after upgrading the stronghold (Water storage) it is filled automatically - the faster you make the upgrade, the faster the challenge will be completed.

Tentative Tastebuds - regenerate the health by eating maggots.

Flavor of the Month - eat 6 food cans.

Wasteland Gourmet - eat 12 cans of food.

Sticky Fingers - use Jimmy bar to open 5 containers or door (Jimmy bar can be bought in Max's equipment upgrades screen).

Pandora's Box - open 10 containers or doors with the Jimmy bar.

Behold, the Flying Fox! - use zip lines 30 times.