Prevent the cultists from defusing the bombs is an objective in the Main Quest, Blow their Mine in Far Cry 5
Walkthrough[edit]
- You now need to hold the area and keep all 4 bombs active for 4 minutes here.
- To succeed here, all 4 bombs must be active when the timer expires.
- Whenever a cultist reaches the bomb, it takes them about 40 seconds to disarm it, giving you a notification about it.
- It only takes a second or two to rearm the bomb thankfully after they disable it.
- Having Guns for Hire is crucial to this fight and the Leadership perk, enabling 2 Guns/Fangs for Hire, makes is a moderately challenging scene.
- The Cultists will be coming as Soldiers and the occasional Sniper.
- Things start slowly, letting you have a chance to get your bearings and get into a good position.
- Run and climb onto the Northern rooftop and look to the Northwest.
- You will see a truck driving up the slope to the mine.
- Use a ranged explosive and destroy it or pick off the Cultists as best you can.
- From the Northeast a Sniper will climb onto the shed to start attacking you.
- Things very quickly get more chaotic.
- Now, Cultists will be approaching from the Southern side, rushing toward the bombs in that area.
- Not too long after that, a sizable ground will be coming from the West toward the crate nearby the mine entrance itself.
- Rush over there and start fighting through them.
- In the last 2 minutes, the cultists will be appearing from all sides at a moderate pace.
- You will need to run around the whole area, quickly dispatching the Cultists as they run to reach the bombs and disarm them.
- Once the timer runs out, just clear out the remaining Cultists who are interacting with bombs or in the area.