The Walking Dead Saints and Sinners Aftershocks Walkthrough and Guide - Part 3 - The Ward

Stuck in The Walking Dead Saints and Sinners: Aftershocks? Wondering where to go next? Maybe you just like to see what is in store for you before you get there, or want to look back and see if you missed anything in The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners: Aftershocks.

Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered with this complete walkthrough. These articles will detail how to progress through the main story missions as quickly as possible, with a couple of guiding tips thrown in here and there to make your adventure smoother.

Last time we went to Rampart to get another National Guard cache. Today we’ll be recovering the third national guard cache, which has been found by the Reclaimed in the Nile shipping and logistics office in The Ward.

This guide assumes that you are starting Aftershocks with the "Aftershocks Quickstart” option in the main menu. If you’re playing Aftershocks after completing the main campaign then some details might be slightly different, but the challenges you face in the missions will be the same.

If you are missing some of the recipes then you can still pick them up while doing the missions in this walkthrough, though they won’t be explicitly pointed out here. For a full list of all recipes in The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, check out our recipe guide article.

Spoilers will be as light as possible, but there will be story spoilers by necessity in this walkthrough. There won’t be any explanation of what is going on in the story beyond what is necessary to make the walkthrough make sense.

The Resting Place

Once again it’s time to get ready for the mission ahead. Tune your radio to channel 47 to listen to the Tower talk about the latest cache in The Ward and also get the usual intel about random events scattered around the maps.

The Reserve - Ghost Town mission is what we will be tackling today.

By now you should have a pretty good idea of what to bring and what not to bring, given that you’ve retrieved a couple of caches by now.

This mission won’t take very long, and at first you’ll just be fighting roaming walkers, but you will have to fight heavily armed Reclaimed soldiers at the end. Plan accordingly. You have access to plenty of powerful firearms. Bring some. Bring a bandage just in case you need it as well.

You’ll be fighting your way through at least a couple of squads of human opponents. Firearms and explosives are as useful as ever against them.

You won’t be able to rely on stealth in this mission if that is your usual playstyle. Once you’re ready, head out to The Ward.

Traveling to The Ward.

The Ward National Guard Cache

You will arrive in The Ward near the Radio Station, on the top side of the map. Take a look at your map and get your bearings. Your objective is in The big building colored blue in the lower left side of the map.

The most straightforward route to get to the cache.

You will notice that there is a route marked in red on this screenshot. That’s the way you should take to get to Nile shipping and logistics. There won’t be able notable threats along the way, just walkers (unless you have Tower or Reclaimed patrol modifiers from channel 47, those will still spawn).

Squeeze through the fence in the lot that you spawn in, since Madrid street is blocked, then continue through the shipping yard. You can take a right or a left to go to Dennison or Madrid. It doesn’t really matter but Dennison is the more direct path.

Then turn left onto Pious street and stop when you see this overturned truck.

This truck signifies the only way into the shipping office.

You’ll need to climb up the pallet of boxes next to the cab of the truck, then on the truck’s trailer, and then up into the large opening in the side of the building.

This is the only way into the shipping office. The doors leading in and out are all blocked.

This is the only way into the shipping office containing the cache.

Once you’re inside things are still eerily quiet, and you will notice a lot of Reclaimed bodies lying around. Feel free to loot as you go, or don’t bother. Most of your backpack slots will be filled when you get the cache anyway.

Go down the long hallway you’ll come across after entering, but beware the explosive trap in the center of it. You can shoot the trap’s tank or just go around it by using one of the doors in the hallway to go through the offices next to it.

Once you reach the end of the hallway take the stairs down. Head towards the next long hallway, but take the first left. The way you’re supposed to go has several barbed wire traps.

Take this path to the cache on the first floor of Nile shipping and logistics.

Break the barbed wire with your flashlight or a weapon, but be careful there is an explosive trap right after them.

This is probably a trick by the level designers meant to get you to assume that the next tripwire is a barbed wire trap, and get blown up as you touch it. Shoot the propane tank connected to the trap instead. Make sure you’re far enough away that the blast won’t hurt you.

Past the trap there’s a big garage with some various loot and most importantly the national guard cache sitting on top of some boxes. Open it up and take the loot inside. This time it’s a ton of weapon parts and ammunition.

The Ward’s National Guard cache.

Leaving The Ward

You’ve got the goods and now it’s time to leave. So head back out the way you came in on the second floor of the logistics office.

You’ll probably hear some gunshots and human voices outside. That’s right, the Reclaimed have shown up and surrounded the building.

When you make it to the door leading back outside on the second floor make sure to stay low as you open it. If you stick your head out too far outside you might get shot at. The Reclaimed are not here to play.

Fight your way out of here. Take a right down the street.

Stay low and pick your time to pounce. Since you’ve got the advantage of height it will be easy to see and shoot down on the patrolling enemies below you.

So when a patrol passes below wipe them out with an explosive or pick them off with gunfire. You could also wait for the patrols to pass and try to sneak your way out.

The most direct route out, and the one you should take, is with the boat in the purple building marked “Skiff” in the bottom left corner of your map.

To reach it, take a right and go down Pious street as you exit the building. Though unfortunately there will be a group of Reclaimed guards in front of the building containing your way out of The Ward. You will have to fight through them.

These Reclaimed guard the closest way out.

Once you’ve blasted through take the boat inside back to The Resting Place.

The Resting Place

As always scrap your loot and head to sleep. Good job. Another cache secured. You’ve got a practically ridiculous amount of supplies now.

Time for bed.

Need a guide on what comes next? Next time you’re headed over to Bastion to retrieve yet another National Guard cache, but this one will be even better than the one’s you’ve got so far.