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(click here to learn more)| Black Gold | |
|---|---|
 Pelantar Minyak Gerudi Besar, a big oil drilling platform. | |
| Faction Mission | |
| Faction | Reapers |
| Prerequisite Stronghold | A Second Amendment |
| Faction Influence Level | 4 |
| Required Chaos | 180,000 |
| Location | Pulau Dayang Terlena, Lautan Lama Desert X:4000; Y:21200 Pelantar Minyak Gerudi Besar |
| Rewards | |
| Chaos | 5,000 |
| Cash | 10,000 |
| Weapon Parts | 1 |
| Vehicle Parts | 1 |
Black Gold is a Reapers mission in Just Cause 2.
Warning before starting[]
Do not take out this rig on the west of the Lautan Lama Desert before doing this mission. It's impossible to complete this mission if the rig is already destroyed. This may only apply to certain gaming platforms as completion on PS3 is easily achieved - enough destructibles reappear to allow success. Normally it's the destruction of the main drilling tower that marks the rig as fully destroyed, of which one reappears along with a crane, which oddly counts in the destructibles statistics - 41 instead of 40.
Even when you begin the mission, you may want to take extra care, as several people have also reported that after dying while destroying the oil rig, they have not been able to fill the completion bar and thus have rendered the mission impossible to complete. Destroying the drilling tower (central scaffold) in the rig will count as a destroyed oil rig and count towards the total number of rigs that can be destroyed in the game, but will not result in enough damage to complete the mission.
Introduction[]
Bolo Santosi briefs Rico at the Pulau Dayang Terlena airport, telling him to destroy Panau's only off-shore oil rig, the Pelantar Minyak Gerudi Besar.
Walkthrough[]
Use any aircraft from the same airport. There are a couple of planes such as the Si-47 Leopard and G9 Eclipse that are available to use, alongside an AH-33 Topachula helicopter at the airport. Use whichever you like. Just keep in mind that every off-shore rig in Panau has a SAM and that the easiest way is always with a helicopter. Ideally, try and take out the SAM before anything else for an aerial approach.
If you were shot down by the SAM, you can complete the mission by the many other available weapons:
- There's an armed helicopter on the rig.
- There's Mounted Guns on the boats that will be sent after you when you're in the water.
- It's also possible to climb on the rig and plant Triggered Explosives on the destructible objects or shoot at them with the usual weapons.
Trivia[]
- Ups and Downs is another mission that might not be safe if you complete the destination base in advance.
- Depending on the player's navigation, the flight-path leading to the offshore rig might pass over the Unnamed road stop at X:5180; Y:24840.
- The name of this mission is a reference to crude oil in general, as it is dark in color and it is becoming more and more difficult to obtain as time goes by. As a result, governments are willing to pay much money (or gold even) to obtain this oil.
Video[]
Just Cause 2 - Faction Mission - Black Gold