Dying Light 2: Faction Guide (& Who to Side With)

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Dying Light 2  is full of choices in both its story and its open-world that directly affect gameplay. Perhaps the biggest choice players will have to make is which faction they want to align themselves with while playing the story and exploring the open world. The two factions, the Peacekeepers and the Survivors, each provide certain advantages that fit certain playstyles in the game. The Survivors, which players meet early on in the campaign at Dying Light 2's Bazaar in Old Villedor, and the Peacekeepers, which players meet as it later in the campaign.

The Peacekeepers and Survivors are both fighting control of the city. Whichever faction controls the Water Towers and Power Stations in certain regions of the game are the ones who have influence in that region of the map. Water Towers or Power Stations can be easily spotted by using binoculars, and once they are cleared, players will be able to assign a faction to them. Assigning a faction to a certain tower or station does not have any effect on the actual main story or Dying Light 2's multiple endings, but it does have an effect on gameplay.

Related: Dying Light 2: Night Time Guide (Activities & Rewards)

Once players assign a tower or station to a certain faction in Dying Light 2, they'll unlock the faction perks for that region. The Survivor faction offers improvements to the player's parkour in the region by adding things like trampolines and zip lines to help the player traverse the region faster. The Peacekeepers offer combat improvements for the region, including car traps, electrical fences, and even cannons that shoot giant razorblades near military convoys to help clear them out. This could be a big help for players that don't have a ranged weapon yet,