Follow our walkthrough for 'The Beast Within' mission in Dying Light: The Beast. Navigate Old Town, investigate explosion sites, and clear the church crypt.
When you complete the Life After Life mission, you have the option to start The Beast Within by talking to Jacob in his office. If you do that it will start the next mission, and you’ll be locked into completing that mission within the allowed area. The mission also serves as a nighttime tutorial about Volatiles, so you have to play this mission at night, at least the early stages of the mission anyway.
So, to do this mission, you’re going to have to learn to use your flashlight tactically. It is very easy to get hit with chases in this mission, and lose some XP progression if you’re not playing on story difficulty. Some of the best early game parkour skills should help you out here too!
- 1Find the Beast’s Traces: After exiting the Town Hall from the Parks and Recs tower, follow the rooftop opposite. Use your survivor senses to reveal the footpaths. Jump the street by going southeast to the rooftops opposite. Follow it down to the other buildings lower in the east direction. Continue southeast across some power line cables to a new rooftop, and then turn west when you find a flat vertical wall to your right. Climb the wall and go over the shingle roofs. Look down and somewhat to the south to see the next set of trails. You should now see an explosion trigger towards the southwest, underneath the large bridge.
- 2Investigate the Explosion Site: Head towards the explosion underneath the bridge. If you find yourself in a Volatile chase, keep the flashlight on and try to parkour up onto street rooftops, then make sharp turns down winding streets. You can often find long grass areas on some of the garden rooftops, or find an apartment building on a building’s upper floor to hide in. Use your survivor senses to take a peek at where the Volatiles are patrolling. Keep your light down, and follow the marker back to the bridge. When you make it to the bridge, check for some decent loot in the area. There’s a low grade SMG in one of the vans and some ammo. Be mindful of the firelight from the explosion, as Volatiles can approach the area and easily see you because of it.
- 3Go to the Church: Once you get the lead from the explosion, make your way to the north side of the town. When you reach the church, check the north side for the crypt. Craft a molotov and a firecracker for this, as there’s a viral and plenty of biters around. Using both firecrackers and the molotov will easily clear the enemies here. There’s a hidden collectible here by the statue in the crypt. When you make it inside the actual church hall room, Virals will appear. Parkour around the abbey room, and follow the parkour around the walls towards the wooden platform at the back of the pew area. This will allow you to parkour over towards the chandeliers, take the cable and then get access to the scaffolding to climb up further.
- 4Train Tunnel: Head somewhat toward the Art Gallery direction and take the train tunnel area. The front entrance has a car there with a front UV light. When inside, you’ll come across a door with a dead soldier by it. Enter that. In the next room, look right, there’s a door you can open that is completely missable with a zombie inside. This turns out to be a hidden survivor cache with some backstory to what happened. Follow the main corridors along. The only harder bit is a larger train track area with a Goon inside. Avoid killing it with explosives as you can get charged by a few Virals here.
- Use your flashlight tactically, especially during nighttime sections with Volatiles.
- Early game parkour skills are very helpful for evading enemies and navigating rooftops.
- Survivor senses are crucial for spotting enemy patrols and hidden paths.
- Craft Molotovs and Firecrackers before entering the church crypt to deal with the horde effectively.
- Be aware of environmental hazards like firelight from explosions, which can attract Volatiles.
- Look for hiding spots like long grass areas on rooftops or upper floors of apartment buildings to escape chases.
- Don't miss the missable survivor cache in the train tunnel area for valuable loot and backstory.
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