Campaign Hard Cases

Find 81 yellow upgrade containers: 36 in Act 2, 38 in Act 3, three in Act 4 and four in Act 5. Keep these separate from the 140 standard collectibles; the reported Hard Case total is 125.

Updated Oct 3, 2026

Reported campaign total: 125 Hard Cases[1]
Documented: 81 · Acts 2–5[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Hold the Line: 27 · across three stages[2]
Related achievement: Relax. I’m the Map. · 15 G[9]

Follow the case marker, then equip the reward

Hard Cases and secondary objectives unlock campaign mods and slots. Equip them at a Supply Cache.[10]

Weapon Mods tutorial: unlocks from Hard Cases and secondary objectives — Weapon Mods tutorial. Screenshot: Mach Speed / Qualbert.[10]

Nearby notifications, Tac-Com and district-map markers help locate cases. A marker can appear before its approach becomes accessible.[2][11]

Kalona district map with the southeast Amberstone yard case marker selected — Act 2 district map at the Amberstone yard case. Screenshot: Adam Stewart / Gamer Social Club; captured from review gameplay.[2]

Act 2 checklist · 36 cases

Numbers below restart within each stage and identify this route’s rows; they are not official item IDs. Check each container after opening it. Hold the Line contributes 1 + 18 + 8 cases, followed by six in No Gear Left Behind and three in Overrun.[2]

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Hold the Line · Part 1 · 1 case[2]
Done	Case	Landmark / approach
	1	Burnt bus: junction’s right branch.

Gameplay video: this chapter/stage.[12]

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Hold the Line · Part 2 · 18 cases[2]
Done	Case	Landmark / approach
	1	Construction site: upper floor.
	2	Major Burger car park: top.
	3	Canal path below bridge.
	4	Yard south of Amberstone.
	5	Southern district alley: map.
	6	Roadblock ladders → window room.
	7	Kalona Times: upper floor.
	8	Newspaper kiosk.
	9	Crashed truck: enemy ambush.
	10	Eastern construction stairs → road, left.
	11	Pharmacy opposite previous case.
	12	Opposite construction: container → upper room.
	13	Muster-point loading-dock alley.
	14	Muster-point building: right-hand pillars.
	15	Amberstone: main objective route.
	16	Riverside underground car park.
	17	Bank vault: right side.
	18	Charlie camp: right-hand table.

Gameplay video: this chapter/stage.[12]

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Hold the Line · Part 3 · 8 cases[2]
Done	Case	Landmark / approach
	1	Military camp: shipping container.
	2	Monroe Library park: back left.
	3	Kalona Hotel entrance: right.
	4	Opposite hotel: rope → balcony.
	5	Whiskey Squad search-area alley.
	6	Behind police car.
	7	Fountain courtyard: left.
	8	After hotel: street car, right.

Gameplay video: this chapter/stage.[12]

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No Gear Left Behind · 6 cases[2]
Done	Case	Landmark / approach
	1	Traffic tunnel: central barricade.
	2	Tunnel exit incline: right.
	3	Golden statue plaza: right corner.
	4	Right-hand scaffolding → container.
	5	Scaffolding drop: objective path, right.
	6	Captain Gray walk: building, left.

Gameplay video: this chapter/stage.[12]

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Overrun · 3 cases[2]
Done	Case	Landmark / approach
	1	Warehouse exit breach: right.
	2	Red crater: bottom.
	3	Final hangar: by the cache.

Gameplay video: this chapter/stage.[12]

Game8 reports an Armor Mod Slot in the Amberstone case beside the stairs during Secure the Imulsion stockpile: Hold the Line, Part 2, row 15 above.[13]

Act 3 checklist · 38 cases

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Stranded · 3 cases[14]
Done	Case	Landmark
	1	Crashed Raven: left.
	2	Fairlight: red containers.
	3	Substation: left corner.

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Enemy Lines · 8 cases[3]
Done	Case	Landmark
	1	Beyond Gnasher room: right.
	2	Upper subway: planks, right.
	3	Station cache: left.
	4	Train crossing: left divider.
	5	Beyond crossing: right.
	6	Fallen statue: descend left.
	7	Right turn: left cliff.
	8	Beside sewer cache.

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Last Foothold · 12 cases[3]
Done	Case	Landmark
	1	Theater: subway-side pool hall.
	2	Skytrain building exit: left.
	3	Beyond bus: left wall.
	4	Library briefing: rear left.
	5	Hospital entrance roof.
	6	Hospital road: opposite cache.
	7	Library parking: rear left.
	8	Police crossroads: skytrain platform.
	9	Library supermarket: backroom.
	10	Hotel pharmacy: through windows.
	11	Under friendly roadblock.
	12	Hotel interior: left sandbags.

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The Convoy · 5 cases[14]
Done	Case	Landmark
	1	Courtyard: rear right.
	2	Bridge: under truck.
	3	Before drop: left barricade.
	4	Before rope: roadside crates.
	5	Control room: left.

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Desperate Times · 5 cases[14]
Done	Case	Landmark
	1	Beer/couch room: right.
	2	Outdoor fight: left fence.
	3	Wretch room: left crawlspace.
	4	Reaver courtyard: left fence.
	5	Torque Bow: before bridge, right.

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Desperate Measures · 5 cases[14]
Done	Case	Landmark
	1	Fort: left stairs.
	2	Upper steps: left walkway.
	3	Entrance: left barrier.
	4	Past flag: left ledge.
	5	Gift shop: upper left balcony.

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Opened yellow case beside the left-wall sandbags inside Kalona Hotel — Last Foothold case 12: hotel interior. Screenshot: Adam Stewart / Gamer Social Club.[3]

Act 4 · partial

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Recorded cases[4][5][8]
Chapter	Landmark	Reward
Critical Failure	TIMGAD reception · Left of counter	Pack Mule · Armor Mod
Tough as Nails	Warehouse side room · Metal door / shelving	Ricochet Ammo · Striga Mod
Hope and Ruin	Hotel Regalia · pillar	Espacio de mod general · Estabilizador de ráfagas (Lancer MK1)

Pack Mule

Approach · 1:53:49 → Reward · 1:53:59[4]

Act 4.3 · Warehouse Hard Case

Open the metal door by the warehouse shelves. Clear Wretches, then empty the windowed room’s case.[5]

Metal door beside shelves — HegsbroGaming[5]

Emptied case; Ricochet Ammo — HegsbroGaming[5]

Act 4.1 · hotel case

Inside Hotel Regalia, look beside the ornate pillar and luggage trolley.[8]

Case beside ornate pillar — ElGamer WICHO! · hotel case[8]

Empty case and Lancer slot reward — ElGamer WICHO! · hotel case[8]

Act 5 · partial

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Recorded cases[6][7]
Chapter	Landmark	Reward
One Problem at a Time	Rail yard fence	Armazón de esqueleto · Ripper LMG mod
Ghost Town	Fenced sedan	Kill Credit · Armor Mod
Ghost Town	Burning wreckage	Volatility Amplifier · Injector Mod
Ghost Town	Rooftop duct	Name not displayed

Act 5.1 · rail yard Hard Case

Open the yellow case against the wire fence beside the rails.[6]

Reward label stays Spanish; its English localization is unverified.

Open Hard Case prompt — EMK KrAuSeR · recorded opening[6]

Emptied case and Ripper reward — EMK KrAuSeR · recorded opening[6]

Act 5.2 · two Ghost Town cases

One case sits beside a damaged sedan and wire fence; the other lies against the brick wall beside burning wreckage.[7]

Yellow case by sedan and wire fence — GOWSeriesVideos · actual openings and rewards[7]

Kill Credit Armor Mod reward — GOWSeriesVideos · actual openings and rewards[7]

Act 5.2 · rooftop case

Check the corrugated rooftop wall beside the curved duct.[7]

Case beside rooftop duct — GOWSeriesVideos · case and confirmation[7]

Hard Case Emptied HUD — GOWSeriesVideos · case and confirmation[7]

Two approaches worth slowing down for

Window room: climb the roadblock-side ladders, break the window, enter.
Bank vault: case on the right; lore collectible on the left.[2][15]

Yellow Hard Case in the upstairs apartment kitchen reached through the roadblock-side window — The window-room case is inside the kitchen. Screenshot: Adam Stewart / Gamer Social Club; this is Hold the Line Part 2, case 6 in the route above.[2]

Finish the current district sweep before the Charlie Squad transition or entering Kalona Hotel. The illustrated route identifies these as transitions that close earlier exploration.[15]

Use the overall tally when replaying

Gamer Social Club’s completed campaign review reports that Hard Cases and secondary objectives are tracked by Act, while replaying a chapter resets its local discoveries. The overall completion tally remains. Keep a separate location checklist when filling a short Act count.[11]

For co-op, the September 30 launch update says players joining an existing campaign lobby receive earlier Hard Case and secondary-objective progress, including War Journal and Forge rewards.[16]

Coverage beyond Acts 2–3

What this route establishes[1][2][3]
Scope	Locations checked here	Completion boundary
Act 2	36	Full illustrated case route enumerated.
Act 3	38	Six chapter checklists enumerated.
Act 4	3	Recorded warehouse, refinery and Regalia cases.
Act 5	4	Recorded rail yard and Ghost Town cases.
Rest of campaign	44 outside this checklist	Individual routes not verified here.
Standard collectibles	Separate 140-item checklist	Open collectible routes

These checklists account for 81 of the reported 125 cases. Use the War Journal’s Act totals to identify the remaining search area; the campaign-wide achievement still needs the remaining routes.[9][11]

Sources & further reading

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Campaign Hard Cases

Follow the case marker, then equip the reward

Act 2 checklist · 36 cases

Act 3 checklist · 38 cases

Act 4 · partial

Pack Mule

Act 4.3 · Warehouse Hard Case

6:02:39 · Door

6:02:49 · Ricochet Ammo

Act 4.1 · hotel case

3:29:41 · Case

3:29:46 · Rewards

Act 5 · partial

Act 5.1 · rail yard Hard Case

6:17 · Open

6:20 · Reward

Act 5.2 · two Ghost Town cases

12:16 · Approach

12:20 · Reward

12:47 · Case

12:51 · Reward

Act 5.2 · rooftop case

13:44 · Case

13:47 · Emptied

Two approaches worth slowing down for

Use the overall tally when replaying

Coverage beyond Acts 2–3

Sources & further reading

Follow the case marker, then equip the reward

Act 2 checklist · 36 cases

Act 3 checklist · 38 cases

Act 4 · partial

Pack Mule

Act 4.3 · Warehouse Hard Case

Act 4.1 · hotel case

Act 5 · partial

Act 5.1 · rail yard Hard Case

Act 5.2 · two Ghost Town cases

Act 5.2 · rooftop case

Two approaches worth slowing down for

Use the overall tally when replaying

Coverage beyond Acts 2–3

Sources & further reading

Keep exploring

Campaign Supply Caches

Campaign Side Missions

Act 2 Collectible Locations

Act 5 Campaign Walkthrough

Campaign Collectibles

Achievements & Completion