IRON NEST Mission 3: Liberation Guide
Mission 3, Liberation, asks you to clear five hostile infantry in the urban sector and destroy one armored ammunition cache across the river. Use Scout Plane intel to confirm the cache, save AP ordnance for that armored target, and identify infantry shots carefully around friendly markers.
Community-reported route — reviewed August 20, 2026: The objective count, starting stock, cards, and route below come from current community mission records. Steam confirms the completion and all-Gold achievements, but it does not publish target coordinates or a complete walkthrough. Exact coordinates are not included because the current public sources do not establish one durable, version-safe set.
On this page: quick answer · route · missing infantry · Gold · FAQ
Mission 3 quick answer
| Mission 3 check | Community-reported value | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Hostile targets | Five infantry and one armored ammunition cache | Plot the urban reports, confirm the cache, and verify every contact before firing. |
| Starting stock | 100 requisition points and 20 powder charges | Budget reconnaissance and shells instead of repeatedly probing the city. |
| Starting cards | One each of the Scout Plane, Powder Charges, HE, AP, and STAR Shell cards | Preserve AP for the armored cache; do not assume the plane reveals a missing infantry contact. |
| Friendly-heavy sector | Civilians, hospitals, police, reconnaissance, and propaganda markers | Recheck the target class and map marker before committing area fire. |
| Completion evidence | For Their Own Good | Confirm mission completion before troubleshooting Gold. |
| All-Gold evidence | Exemplary Service | Read the end-of-mission medal panel; no universal requisition threshold is claimed here. |
Mission 3 route: Liberation step by step
- Plot the reports before firing. Mark the known friendly urban areas and use the available spotter information to narrow the infantry locations. Do not treat a broad city sector as permission for blind area fire.
- Use the Scout Plane to confirm the ammunition cache. The current community mission record ties aerial reconnaissance to the cache across the river. It does not establish the Scout Plane as a reliable way to reveal a missing infantry contact.
- Clear the five hostile infantry carefully. Recheck every target against friendly civilians, police, hospitals, and reconnaissance markers before committing a shot.
- Use an AP shell on the armored cache. Current community tables classify the cache as armored and recommend armor-piercing ordnance rather than spending HE on it. The AP-for-bunkers and ammo-selection guide explains the separate official bunker example without treating the community-reported cache guidance as an official universal target rule.
- Verify the mission result before chasing Gold. First confirm the completion achievement. Then use the end-of-mission medal panel to identify any remaining Gold condition.
How to find the missing infantry target
A current Steam player report says repeated Scout Plane flights still failed to reveal one infantry contact. Replies suggest STAR shells for illumination or reports from two or more forward observers for triangulation. These are player troubleshooting suggestions, not official or guaranteed steps.
Before spending more reconnaissance:
- recheck every plotted report and confirm which contacts were actually destroyed;
- compare the remaining urban sector against friendly civilian, police, hospital, and reconnaissance markers;
- use illumination or another observer only to narrow an unconfirmed contact;
- do not fire into a broad friendly-heavy sector simply because one target remains.
The available evidence does not support treating the Scout Plane as a guaranteed missing-target detector.
Mission 3 Gold and achievements
Completing Liberation unlocks For Their Own Good. Earning Gold on every medal in the mission unlocks Exemplary Service. Those achievement descriptions are official Steam data.
Public evidence does not establish one universal requisition threshold or a complete fixed Gold formula for every current build. Use the result panel as the deciding source, and track the wider campaign in the Gold Medals checklist.
Mission 3 FAQ
How many hostile infantry targets are reported in Liberation? Current community mission tables list five. Treat that count as current community data rather than an official Steam rule.
Where is the ammunition cache? Community mission records place the armored cache across the river. Use Scout Plane intelligence to confirm it instead of relying on an unsourced coordinate.
Which shell should hit the ammunition cache? Current community records classify it as armored and recommend AP ordnance. Exact damage or blast calculations remain unverified for this guide.
Why can the last infantry target be hard to find? The cited player report says repeated Scout Plane flights still failed to reveal one contact. STAR-shell illumination and multiple forward-observer reports are community troubleshooting ideas, not guaranteed solutions.
Continue the campaign
Return to the all 15 missions and levels list for campaign order. If plotting is the problem, review map triangulation. For AP, bunker, and other shell roles, use the ammo-selection reference.
Sources and methodology
- Steam global achievements — official Mission 3 completion and all-Gold achievement descriptions.
- Liberation community mission record — current community-reported objectives, target classes, reconnaissance flow, starting resources, and medal hints; not treated as an official rules table.
- Steam community missing-infantry discussion — player-reported evidence for the unresolved-contact problem; not a first-party walkthrough.
Mission 3 guide reviewed August 20, 2026. Official achievements and community-reported route details remain clearly separated; no hands-on claim, guaranteed troubleshooting step, or exact coordinate set was added.