Far Cry 5: Characters, Plot, Story Mission, and More!

By Mohit Kamboj Last updated Nov 26, 2022

Ubisoft Montreal and Ubisoft Toronto developed and released Far Cry 5, a 2018 first-person action-adventure shooter game.

It is the sequel to Far Cry 4, which was released in 2014, and the fifth main installment in the Far Cry series.

The Project at Eden’s Gate, a doomsday cult that has taken over Hope County under the command of its charismatic and powerful leader, Joseph Seed, is set in Hope County, a fictional region of Montana, United States.

Players take control of an anonymous junior deputy sheriff who is stuck in Hope County and must cooperate with various resistance groups to free the county from the Seeds’ and Eden’s Gate’s dictatorial tyranny.

The radical cult Project at Eden’s Gate, led by Joseph Seed and his siblings, has taken over the rural village of Hope County, Montana.

FAR CRY 5 CHARACTERS

Protagonists

The Junior Deputy (main game, arcade)
Wendell Redler (Hours of Darkness)
Nick Rye (Lost On Mars)

Antagonists

Seed Family
Joseph Seed

John Seed
Jacob Seed
Faith Seed

Guns for Hire

Boomer
Nick Rye

Grace Armstrong
Cheeseburger
Hurk Drubman, Jr.
Jess Black
Peaches
Sharky Boshaw
Adelaide Drubman

Main Characters

Cameron Burke
Earl Whitehorse

Staci Pratt
Joey Hudson

Supporting Characters

Dutch
Eli Palmer
Tammy Barnes
Merle Briggs
Wheaty

Virgil Minkler
Tracey Lader
Charles Lindsey
Jerome Jeffries
Mary May Fairgrave

PLOT OF FAR CRY 5

The US Marshal Service obtains an arrest warrant for Joseph Seed after three bloggers fighting to defend Hope County uploaded several videos exposing Eden’s Gate.

Sheriff Earl Whitehorse, Marshal Cameron Burke, Deputy Staci Pratt, Deputy Joey Hudson, and a junior deputy arrive in the county to apprehend Joseph.

One of Joseph’s minions brings the chopper down shortly after bringing him there, diving directly into the blades and crashing the helicopter.

Cultists arrive immediately, rescuing Joseph and seizing the Sheriff, Hudson, and Pratt, allowing the Junior Deputy and Burke to flee.

Burke is discovered hiding in a nearby trailer house by the Deputy after he has escaped. The two plot to flee to Missoula in the hopes of alerting the National Guard, but they are quickly apprehended by the Cultists.

Burke and the Deputy attempt to flee in a truck following a shootout, but Burke is captured by cultists while the Deputy is saved by Dutch. Dutch informs the Deputy of the situation in the county and requests his assistance in combating the cult.

The Deputy begins by liberating Dutch Island, and then, with the support of The Resistance, sets out to retake the county from the grasp of the military cult.

Several allies with personal grudges against Eden’s Gate, including local clergyman Jerome Jeffries, bush pilot and mechanic Nick Rye, bartender Mary May Fairgrave, and Hurk, a character from prior games, are assisting the Deputy.

Some of your buddies will help you with tasks, while others will assist you in combat.

FAR CRY 5 STORY MISSIONS

Cult’s Compound (Joseph Seed)

The Warrant
No Way Out
Where It All Began
Dutch’s Island (Dutch)
A Glimmer of Hope
The Resistance
Guns for Hire

Holland Valley (John Seed)

Fall’s End
No Means No
Man’s Best Friend
Wingman
Grace Under Fire
The Cleansing
The Confession
The Revelator
Good Samaritan
The Widowmaker
Hit the Gas
The Scattered Flock
Jumping Ship
Razing the Steaks
Blow Their Mine
Death Wish
Air Raid
The Atonement
Wrath
The Quality of Mercy

Henbane River (Faith Seed)

Hope County Jail
Here Kitty, Kitty
A Leap of Faith
Friendly Skies
Burn, Baby, Burn!
Eco-Warriors
False Prophet
The Bliss
Clean Water Act
Sins of the Father
Salvation
Ignorance is Bliss
Doctor’s Orders
Clinical Study
Serve and Protect
War on Drugs
The Lesson
Paradise Lost
Walk the Path

Whitetail Mountains (Jacob Seed)

Baron Lumber Mill
A Dish Served Cold
Missing in Action
A Right to Bear Arms
The Prodigal Son
Make Hope Great Again
The World Is Weak
We Must Be Strong
Gearing Up
Sacrifice the Weak
Dinner Time
Get Free
Radio Silence
Search and Rescue
Eviction Notice
Only You
Casualties of War

FAR CRY 5 GAMEPLAY

The open-world first-person shooter remains the same as a Far Cry game, but with a slew of new features including customizable vehicles and fully operational planes with dogfights.

Far Cry 5 features full character customization for the first time in the series. The hunting system and ecosystem have returned, as has fishing, though with significantly fewer exotic animals.

Unlike previous Far Cry games, the player advances by accumulating ‘Resistance points’ through plot missions, side missions, and destroying and hindering the cult and its possessions.

The player faces the appropriate lieutenant of that zone, kills them, and then blows up their bunker to free the area from the cult after gaining enough points in that region (10,000 for Jacob Seed and 13,000 for John and Faith Seed). After killing all three lieutenants, the player is confronted by the father, Joseph Seed.

The user is able to liberate the territories at their own leisure by utilizing Resistance points.

Despite the video with Deputy Hudson implying that the player should begin in John’s zone first, in-game dialogue suggests that the player should begin in Jacob’s region.

Characters in that zone do not have any dialogue that would indicate the player has completed another region, therefore the player can explore (and perhaps damage) any of the locations they choose after freeing Dutch’s island at the start of the game.