Mission 13: Pitch Dark

- Thi[Subsistence] is your first mission in Africa. For a first playthrough it's quite possible to skip the first village (Bwala Ya Masa) altogether and just head straight for the Mfinda Oilfield. If you want to skip the first village, take the southeast road. If you want to stock up on supplies, go through the village taking out guards on the way.

- Ignor[Subsistence] the optional mission objective concerning the children's extraction. This takes a LOT of time considering they all have to be carried (or driven) to a helicopter. It's wiser to wait with doing this objective until you've unlocked a children's Fulton extraction device much later in the game. When you then choose to extract the children, neutralize all enemies by luring them to a specific spot or by using equipment such as sleep grenades. Should they notice you, the children will attempt to escape along the river, heading northeast.

- Once you're past the first village, ride D-Horse towards the oil field in the north. When you approach from the west side, briefly stop at the burned down village just southwest of your final destination. If you bring in D-Dog, he can easily identify a vulture; tranquilize and extract it to complete an optional mission objective.

- As for the main mission, infiltrate the heavily guarded facility (preferably via the southwest) and make your way to the red oily water separator tank, neutralizing any guards you come across. Place some C4 and do NOT trigger it. Continue along the way, heading east towards the middle of the base, climbing a set of stairs and move over the catwalk here to reach a small room with a control panel inside. Hit the button, quickly move out of the base via the east (main) entrance and detonate the C4. Quickly exfiltrate the area (if you're quick you can do this before the Walker Gears show up).

- [Subsistence]-Rank Tips: Skip Bwala ya Masa, ride D-Horse towards Mfinda Oilfield, hit the control panel button, detonate the red tank outside with a rocket launcher and exfiltrate immediately. Speed and Stealth should suffice for an S-Ranking.