Special Ops is one of the most enjoyable mission types in Far Cry 6. It is a sand-boxed mission (somewhat like a Hitman or Metal Gear mission) which can be done either in stealth or in typical all-guns-blazing style.
To start the special-op mission, go to a Bandidio-camp and talk to Lola (one with a green-star icon) who will give you a list of missions. I have only played the first mission on the list yet, called Mesozoico. You will be taken to a
Jurassic Mesozoic theme park in the middle of nowhere, where Castillo's army is protecting PG-240X, a weapon of mass destruction.
The objectives are:1. Reach the Visitor Center of the Park.
2. Kill the commander and get the key to the cooler that contains PG-240X.
3. Retrieve PG-240X and escape by making your way back to the entrance.
The main challenge here is that you won't have the regular in-game map, so you have to rely on the park's maps spread across the sandbox along major park attractions to locate yourself. Secondly, PG-240X is an unstable weapon that heats up very easily and could explode and kill you. So you have to ensure that it remains under control by treading through shade and occasionally cooling it off by washing it with water.
Here are some tips:1. If possible, play it in co-op, so that one player can take on the enemies and the other can shield PG-240X and prevent it from overheating (hence the achievement name "Overheated"!). It will be much quicker to finish.
2. If you are playing single-player, scope out the immediate region properly that you want to move into. I like to play stealthily. So I took my sweet time and reconned every time I moved from one strategic location to the other. It will also help you locate water fountains and pools (marked by a water droplet) which will later come in handy when you have to take the PG-240X back to the entrance.
3. Equip a suppressed sniper rifle with poison bullets and turn the enemies against each other. They will usually show up alone or in groups of 2 to 4. You don't want to face a barrage of enemies when you are also trying to keep PG-240X from overheating, it can be overwhelming. Having Guapo as your amigo can also be very helpful.
4. Once you reach the visitor center, be careful, there are 3 alarms and some trip-wires that can undo all the hard work to reach there in the first place.
5. When you are retrieving PG-240X, always try to move from one shaded spot to another. Locate a shaded spot (under a tree, a hut, or a dinosaur statue), clear enemies, and make a run.
6. Keep looking at the PG-240X, to see how many bars of over-heating have already been breached. You can bring out PG-240X from your weapon wheel by holding
. You'd better cool it off before only 3 bars remain, so plan accordingly. To cool off, take out PG-240X and then hold
until all the bars are cleared.
7. Equip Volta supremo. It will come in handy
once you reach the main entrance.
8. At the main entrance,
*** Spoiler - click to reveal ***Lola would not immediately come and help you escape. You will have to face a barrage of enemies in the final wave. Stay near the fountains to help keep PG-240X cool, and use the fountain beams as cover. You can't stealth this part of the mission.
Good luck, this will be a lot of fun :-)