Factions and gangs

Current factions and gangs

Dust Runners

The Dust Runners are caravan couriers who move supplies along wasteland routes. In The Lost Caravan, Rheva asks the player to investigate a missing Dust Runner caravan that Dustmere Rest depends on for supplies. Dust Runner route marks also identify hidden supply caches during exploration.

Baron Marcus Cross’s Empire

Baron Marcus Cross rules Bonetown through guards, licensed operators, and control of the settlement’s gates and arena. The Yard-Dogs are his security force: Hawk and Crow enforce entry requirements at Bonetown Gate, while other affiliated NPCs operate under Cross’s authority or protection.

Ring Keeper Gang

The Ring Keeper Gang operates in Bonetown’s Slums. Its enforcers demand payment for passage through gang-controlled streets and attack players who refuse. The gang remains beneath Cross’s wider authority, paying tribute to avoid being removed by Bonetown’s enforcers.

Gameplay impact

• Dust Runner activity drives The Lost Caravan quest and exploration clues.
• Cross’s organization controls access to Bonetown and protects affiliated NPCs.
• Ring Keeper enforcers create toll-or-combat encounters in the Slums.

Only groups represented in the current build are listed here. Planned factions will be added when players can encounter them through implemented locations, quests, NPCs, or systems.

Related topics

• The Slums
• Bonetown
• History of Bonetown
• Dustmere Rest
• Rheva
• Hawk

Meet the factions in the current build.