Being wanted

Various activities may cause your character to become wanted. This means your character is actively hunted by enemy forces and will be shot on sight, even if you appear as a civilian. Being wanted also has many negative side effects, such as:

• Civilian shops will not serve you
• Resistance representatives may not want to talk to you
• Public transport becomes unavailable
• Resting becomes unavailable
• …and more.

Heat

Heat level is a measure of how much your character is wanted by the enemy. Once it drops to 0, you will no longer be wanted. Heat decreases over time as long as you stay out of sight of enemy troops. Your current heat level is represented by the fill level of the wanted status icon in the HUD. The time required to fully lose maximum heat depends on your difficulty settings.

If your character dies, the heat level and wanted state does not transfer to your new character.

Vehicle heat

Independently from your personal heat level, vehicles can be wanted too. Vehicle heat typically lasts much longer, and sometimes may force you to ditch a wanted vehicle to avoid troubles.

Vehicles will receive heat if any of their occupants are wanted or appear as combatants. Likewise, civilian occupants will become wanted if they are spotted in a wanted vehicle.