Farmhouse Finale

The Farmhouse Finale is the fifth and final chapter of the fourth and final campaign, Blood Harvest.

Survivors must reach and defend a farm area (containing several barns, a large cornfield area, and a central farmhouse) from the Infected while waiting for military rescue in the form of an APC vehicle. Rescue is triggered via a radio located within the farmhouse, and once called takes 10 minutes to arrive.

Caution: This is the only finale without a minigun and is thought to be the hardest because of this.

During this time, survivors must consolidate their defences and be prepared to fight a constant stream of common Infected, as well as multiple Tanks and other Special Infected. Once the rescue vehicle arrives, the survivors must board it from the open hatch in the back, after which the vehicle is shown driving off, with the horde in pursuit, before the screen fades and credits roll.

Tactic 1
Equip with 2 auto shotguns, 1 hunting rifle, and whatever other weapon someone wants. Go up the stairs and have a shotgunner man the stairs and one man the forward hallway. Have the any-weapon-survivor man the back door (the left door when walking up the stairs) while rifleman makes sure no one gets taken by Special Infected. Make sure everyone is in a tight group. The stair-shotgunner should be in front of the stairs while the hallway-shotgunner and anyman are back to back. The rifleman stays close to all three and possible melees when the Survivors get overwhelmed.

When a Tank attacks. Scatter into the separate rooms, keeping in pairs (so Boss Infected can't pick anyone off) and keep whittling the Tank down using the Tactics described on its page. Repeat until the rescue vehicle makes a complete circle around the house. It will only stop after circling the house.

Tactic 2
After calling for rescue, run out of the house to the right. There should be a barn. Climb the ladder to get to the rooftop area. Conveniently, ammo is usually stored up there. Fight off the horde by staying in the corners. When the tank comes, it's very likely to come up the stairs. If so, it's very easy for all of you to unload on him. This Tactic also works very well with Versus mode.

Tactic 3
Get 2 shotguns and 2 assault rifles. Stock up on items and go upstairs. Go to the middle room that looks like a kids room. Get one shotgunner at the doorway and the other at the window. Have an assault rifle man on each entry door. If the Tank comes by the outside, leave the room and scatter into the other 2 rooms. Everyone should be shooting him. If one person is hit, the Tank is still shot at. Once he dies, get ready for another wave and hold out like before. When the second Tank comes. Jump down the window. You'll probably get around 15 damage. Fight the tank outside and killing him will be easy. The hummer should come soon so throw one pipe bomb and RUN to the vehicle. After 5 seconds of running, if you have another, throw another pipe bomb. If you don't a Molotov does second best. Get into the vehicle and turn around. Shoot every zombie. If you were stopped by a Tank, attempt to kill him. With at least 3 people firing at him he should fall rather quickly.

If one guy is pulled out by a smoker, the assault rifle man should melee him immediately. If you can't, the assault rifleman should stay up in the top and shoot the smoker before the shotgunner reaches the smoker. Cover him while he gets against the wall. The 2 at the other door should head back downstairs and help him get back into the room. the assault riflemen should be able to take care of the other zombies.

Tactic 4
Get your weapons, medkits, and prepare. But don't radio the rescue just yet! Go to the area with the haystack piles and climb up them. There should be a fence to your left; climb over it. If you see the metal bars then your in the right spot. Now look to the left and jump then crouch. You should be in between the bars. It takes a while to get use to but practice. Once everyone is up, one fast person should call for rescue then get back fast and get on the bars. If done right infected shouldn't get you except for smokers; watch out for them! When a tank comes, he can't get to you but watch for the concrete he throws. Get off immediately if he does this and kill him normally. If this happens get back up there on the bars. If you can't just go to barn or house and use tactics 1, 2, or 3.

Tactic 5
Get two guys manning Auto-Shotguns and two guys with Assault Rifles or more Auto-Shotguns. Have the two with the shotguns go to the windows in the room where you call for help, and shoot any infected that try to get through. Have the other two go into the hallway just outside this room and shoot any infected that come through the front/back doors, or come down the stairs. The only flaw to this plan is that there is a wall in the room which is breakable. If this happens, retreat to a different area and use one of the other tactics. HOWEVER, when a tank comes, GO OUTSIDE. If you are caught inside, you will be killed very easily, and the Tank might be tempted to break the wall, compromising your position.

Tactic 6
Have all four survivors grab an Auto-Shotgun and crowd into the corner with the gun rack. Two should be in front, crouching, with the two in back standing up. The two standing should shoot at anything that moves, while the other two should melee constantly. Packed into such tight formation, you'll have plenty of time to melee a survivor if he's grabbed by a Smoker, and Hunters won't be able to do much of anything. Boomers can and will explode on you, but just take it in stride and don't break formation. If you don't feel right about firing blindly when you're covered in bile, melee until you can make sure that your teammates are safely crouched. Remain in this formation even if a Tank comes. Even on Expert, four Auto-Shotguns going off in his face will take him down very quickly. On Normal and Advanced, the Tank will likely die before it can even touch your team. He might incapacitate a teammate on Expert, but don't stop shooting, you'll kill him before he can kill your teammate. On versus the Tank might wise up to your strategy and stand outside throwing rocks through the breakable wall to the right. It he does this, just shoot them down; eventually he'll be forced to come inside and face his fate, and in the meantime someone on your team can grab the Hunting Rifle momentarily and start taking off some of his health.

Just wash, rinse and repeat until the rescue vehicle comes. If you've kept to this strategy, running out there will probably be the most dangerous part of the finale. Just kill anything in your way, watch out for teammates being grabbed or pinned, and watch out for the Tank. Remember, it's often best to leave a teammate behind if they've been incapacitated or dragged too far from the vehicle. People don't like being left behind, but this Survivor has seen one to many teams have to restart the finale after the rescue vehicle showed up just because they tried to go back for a downed comrade.