Strategies for Stronghold Challenges in Undawn

If you've already spent some time exploring the world of Undawn, then you've most likely come across some eye-catching blue icons on the world map. These are stronghold challenges. As part of the Road of Raven, the rewards from this game mode can have a significant impact on speeding up your character's development. So, what do you need to know to take part?

**How Do I Find Stronghold Challenges?**

Stronghold challenge locations are scattered throughout the wilderness, appearing as blue skull icons on the map. Head on over to these locations to unlock the challenges and try your luck. You can also use the Road of Raven icon in the upper-right hand corner of the screen to go to the character development guide. This screen is very helpful, as it can be used to find all information on stronghold challenges, as well as automatically direct you to target locations.

On the stronghold unlock screen, you can use road signs to fast travel directly to the stronghold of your choice. Fast travel will also be unlocked for strongholds that are completed at any difficulty, or cleared during Stronghold Patrol.

It's worth noting that stronghold challenges are split up into different difficulty levels, each with different level and participation requirements. For example, the easy strongholds that are unlocked early on can only be attempted alone, but difficult strongholds can be attempted as a team. You should check the Road of Raven screen for any requirements beforehand to save you a wasted trip.

**Stronghold Challenge Content**

Generally speaking, stronghold challenges aren't restricted to just a single type of gameplay. Think of them as like mini Special Ops from the main story. In these challenges, you need to complete various missions assigned by the game, including (but not limited to): defeating enemies, gathering supplies, surviving a time limit, and so on. If you want to clear these challenges, make sure to keep a close eye on the objectives in the mission panel. Rushing in blind will only make things more difficult.

Furthermore, as you progress through the game, stronghold difficulty levels will rise accordingly. Be mindful of how difficult a stronghold is, and make sure you're fully prepared before you attempt it. This is especially true when it comes to your supplies—make sure you're stocked up on ammo, first aid kits, tactical gear, etc. Individual challenges will also include ammo boxes, but you should still make sure that you've got plenty of supplies on your person beforehand, otherwise you might very well end up failing the mission due to a shortage.

**Stronghold Challenge Rewards**

The first time you complete a stronghold challenge at a specific difficulty level, you will receive a corresponding reward, including standard items like Silver and skill points. Additionally, helping other players to clear a stronghold again will earn you assist points as well. So let's face the unknown together, and tackle these challenges side by side!

**Tactics for Completing Challenges**

Stronghold challenges aren't easy, but it's still possible to condense what we've talked about into a few tactics which might help you.

Firstly, there's no need to memorize the locations or level requirements of stronghold challenges, as you can look them up on the Road of Raven screen. You can also type "stronghold" into the search bar to quickly find all of the information you need. Secondly, although you can only claim rewards for a stronghold challenge once, there's no limit to how many times you can attempt one. Helping others to complete challenges again will also earn a player assist points, so if you meet the level requirements but still can't beat a stronghold alone, you can always find other players on the channels who will attempt it with you. And of course, you're free to help other players as well.

**Conclusion**

Stronghold challenges are a good place to test your combat skills and find out how strong your character is, while also making new friends by taking on challenges as a team. Not only do they offer large one-time rewards, but helping other players to beat them again will also earn you assist points, so there's a lot to be gained. So although strongholds will always be difficult to complete the first time round, the rewards for clearing them are well worth the effort.