The Bomb: Forest

"They say America is the land of opportunity, a twenty-four hour drive to get whatever you want. I want explosives."

—The Butcher offering the heist.

The Forest is a new mission in The Bomb DLC released on January 22, 2015. It is part of the first (and so far only announced) heist contracted by The Butcher and also will be the first heist not to be developed by Overkill Software, but rather Lion Game Lion.

Overview

The Forest is the second of the two possible scenarios the crew can undertake during The Bomb raid. It involves the players intercepting an ordnance transport from the Port of Virginia to Norfolk and secure the Balkan bomb for The Butcher.

Part of a "What if?" scenario, the Forest chronologically takes place after the Dockyard during planning.

Pre-Planning

Like Dockyard, players can place both dead drops and mission beneficial assets such as Ace Pilot and delayed armed response. The crew is limited to 10 favours for use in preplanning, which does not scale with difficulty.

Pre-Planning Information
v·d·e PrePlanning: The Bomb: Forest Assets Asset Costs Favors Type Name Normal Hard Very Hard Overkill Death Wish 10P Loc Max Mission Critical Escape Plan Boat Escape Free of charge. 0 1 1 Plane Escape $6,000 $12,000 $30,000 $60,000 $78,000 4 1 1 Helicopter Escape $10,000 $20,000 $50,000 $100,000 $130,000 8 1 1 Mission Beneficial Dead Drop Doctor Bag $1,600 $3,200 $8,000 $16,000 $20,800 2 4 2 Ammo Bag $1,600 $3,200 $8,000 $16,000 $20,800 2 4 2 Grenades $1,600 $3,200 $8,000 $16,000 $20,800 2 4 2 Hacking Silent Alarm 30s. delay $2,000 $4,000 $10,000 $20,000 $26,000 2 1 1 Backup Ilija the Sniper $3,000 $6,000 $15,000 $30,000 $39,000 4 4 1 Demolition Expert $500 $1,000 $2,500 $5,000 $6,500 1 10 3 Ace Pilot and a Better Pump $3,000 $6,000 $15,000 $30,000 $39,000 4 1 1 Additional mission equipment Ladder $1,000 $2,000 $5,000 $10,000 $13,000 1 1 1 Crowbar $1,000 $2,000 $5,000 $10,000 $13,000 1 1 1 Intel Insider info The Vault Wagon One of the wagons will contain the vault. Water Pump If the vault happens to land near the lumber mill, then players will be able to use the industrial high-pressure water pump to fill the vault. Thermal Paste A briefcase with 2 cans of high-temperature thermite paste will be waiting for players at the start of the heist area to be used on the wagon with the vault.
End of pre-Planning Information

Objectives

• Pick up the Thermal paste
• Find the train car with vault
• Use Thermal paste
• Wait for chopper
• Connect hose
• Use C4
• Disassemble Bomb
• Move bomb to escape
• Escape

Walkthrough

Starting at the top of a hill, the crew must descend into the forest, taking the thermite cans to several derailed railroad cars that lie beneath a detonated bridge. As the crew approaches the cars, some of which are upturned, Bain informs them that one will contain the bomb vault.

Opening the exterior doors, which are blocked by debris or tarp, players will eventually find each car will contain: the vault door to the bomb; drill-able cages (120 seconds) containing loot crates, which can contain objective items (C4 or chainsaw) or loot (such as cocaine); or a cage blocked by debris. Additionally, one or more cars will have a secured ladder attached to the front or rear, which are secured by two locks that require picking or sawing; when detached, the ladders can be repeatedly bagged and placed in certain places around tipped cars, allowing players to climb them easier.

After finding the vault, players must burn a small hole into the car with a thermite can, before filling the inside with water to increase the internal pressure. By using either the water pump at the lake (easily disrupted by FBI) or a hose lowered by Bile's helicopter (can require multiple trips and re-attaching), the vault is gradually filled. During this time, players must locate the military C4, which will be located in a certain crate within one of the other cars. After filling the vault and dropping a C4 charge inside, the vault is detonated, creating several openings on the sides and roof of the car.

Emptied of water and with multiple routes of access, players can enter the vault and grab the bomb; like the turret in the Train heist, the bomb must be dismantled into multiple, heavy bags (four total) and transported to the escape vehicle:

Boat Escape

The standard means of escape, players must carry the bomb all the way back to the spawn location, requiring players to cover a huge distance and climb a hill with little cover. Reaching the spawn point, players must lower bags down to a docked boat, moving them by zipline one at a time. If the players can avoid south-eastern sniper fire and enemies swarming up the hill, escape becomes immediately available once the final bomb piece reaches the boat.

Plane Escape

Once the bomb is bagged, players must clear a path for the plane to land on the southern road. Avoiding waves of enemies, who will continue to spawn nearby and use their vehicles as cover, players must fell the trees on the eastern part of the road; in order to do so, players must use C4 (one charge per tree), the OVE9000 Saw, or a chainsaw found propped against a pile of logs. Once the trees are out of the way, multiple flares must be placed on the road and, once the plane is loaded with bags, can be boarded to escape.

Helicopter Escape

The simplest and most expensive escape route, players must signal a helicopter, which will land in among the train cars in a central region of the map. Like the plane escape, loading the bomb means players can leave immediately.

Variations

• The level can take place at night or day. Night time will have fog making it harder to see and random sound effects that are made to scare people.

Death Wish Changes

• TBA

Map

Preplanning map of the Forest.

Achievements

Derailed Complete the Bomb: Forest heist on any diffculty.

A Pine in the Ass Complete the Bomb: Forest heist on the Death Wish difficulty.

Beaver Team In the Bomb: Forest heist, cut down all trees within 5 seconds during the plane escape. Unlocks the "Butcher From Hell" mask, "Meat" material and "Pleter" pattern.

Pump It Up In the Bomb: Forest heist, do not let the cops disconnect the water hose while you are using the river water pump. Unlocks the "Tech Lion" mask, "Marble Rock" material and "Lion Game Lion" pattern.

Oppressor Finish the Bomb: Forest heist without letting any civilian flee or die, having at least five civilians in the heist, while escaping with the boat. Unlocks "The Doctor" mask, "Plywood" material and "Caduceus" pattern.

Beaver Team

This achievement is fairly straightforward to complete with a well co-ordinated crew. The plane escape needs to be used and players should have both shaped charges and the OVE9000 saw. When the heist begins, move over to the end of the road where the plane lands (by the bridge). Two players should place a C4 charge each on two trees, while the other two players should immediately saw the remaining three trees. By the time these trees fall, the shaped charges will explode and bring down the last two, unlocking the achievement. The chainsaw is not recommended for this achievement due to the fact that it requires a long interaction period with each tree to cut down, therefore making it impossible to cut them all down within five seconds.

Note: Players may wish to mark the trees to fell with a trip mine to eliminate any confusion. It is easy to tell which are the trees to cut down as they will be the only ones that have the C4 and saw icon.

Oppressor

This achievement requires that the five civilians in the forest do not escape. Note that the default boat escape MUST be used. At least two crew members should have Cable Guy aced in case any of the civilians are untied during the course of the heist. When the heist begins, immediately find the five civilians and tie them down. The first two civilians can be found on the road at the bottom of the hill next to their car. The remaining three (workers wearing hardhats) are generally at the top of the hill and will attempt to flee towards the road if not tied down. Once all five have been found and tied down, players should move them into one group (preferably near the objective area). If this is not possible i.e. due to civilian pathing issues, one player should be assigned to guard the two civilians from the car, while the other guards the three workers at the top of the hill. The remaining two players should focus on carrying out the objectives. As this achievement does not have a difficulty requirement, it is recommended to do it on Normal. Once escape becomes available, everyone should move to the escape in a timely fashion. Once the heist is completed the achievement should unlock for everyone.

Trivia

• The method the crew employs to open the bomb vault in the Forest scenario is a throwback to the cracking of the Franz Jaeger safe in Counterfeit: opening up a hole on the vault/safe, fill it up with water, then blowing the container open without any harm done to its contents.