Days Gone: Motorcycle upgrades and tuning for your ride
This guide to Days Gone tells you:
- How the motorcycle works in gameplay
- How to upgrade it
- Where to upgrade it
There's nothing to do in Days Gone without a motorcycle. Because in the PlayStation 4-exclusive title, it's the only way to get around Oregon comfortably. But you'll have to take good care of your bike - if you run out of gas, you'll have to push it.
In addition, the bike also needs to be improved bit by bit. How exactly and what else you should know about the vehicle, we show you in this guide.
Table of contents of the motorcycle guide
- Days Gone: What the motorcycle is good for
- Where to find gasoline in Days Gone
- Days Gone: All the performance upgrades for your bike
- Days Gone: All the visual upgrades for your bike
1. Days Gone: What the bike is good for
As the introduction correctly suggests, your motorcycle is the lynchpin of the gameplay in the open-world game. With the vehicle you go from mission to mission and through the entire world. Theoretically, you can also walk through the world, but that's not very comfortable or goal-oriented.
Besides, many missions require your motorcycle - so you can't do it without it anyway. Besides being a transportation option, the vehicle also serves as an ammo box. If you buy saddlebags, you can store new cartridges in them. In addition, you can only reach some of the NERO syringes that are essential for survival with the bike.
Also, it is only possible to save and use fast travel in close proximity to the bike. However, the vehicle also means responsibility for you. For one thing, it can break down, and for another, you don't have an infinite amount of gas in the tank. If it runs out, you have to push it - except in main missions, where there is no fuel gauge. Fast travel also costs gas - so if you have a small tank, you can't travel everywhere.
Your motorcycle is also your mobile fast travel and save point.
To prevent this from happening, you can and should upgrade your bike. You can find different upgrades at the different factions, with which you can gradually upgrade your motorcycle to the best in all of Oregon. Performance and looks both improve the bike's stats as well - only paint jobs change the look.
2. Where to find gas in Days Gone
The easiest way to make sure you never run out of gas is to travel from warehouse to warehouse and have the local mechanics refill your tank. However, this also costs credits each time, which you could also put into upgrades.
That's why the other options are even more worthwhile: gas stations are "hidden" all over the world. Once you've uncovered the map thanks to the ambush camps, Days Gone will mark the gas stations in the world. Lay out your routes so that you always pass one, the filling here is free. On the other hand, there are often enemies and freakers loitering around.
The red canisters are lying around in every larger area and offer an infinite amount of gasoline.
Alternatively, there are red gas can s lying around in many areas. There is always one at NERO research stations, but you should also find some in small settlements. Again, the filling is free. You don't have to worry about running out of gas, either at the canister or at the gas stations. There is always enough.
3. Days Gone: All the performance upgrades for your bike
The performance upgrades have a direct influence on your bike. Here you can upgrade the engine, increase the tank size, or install nitrous oxide injection - which you should also buy as soon as possible. These upgrades are all waiting for you:
| Category | Upgrade | Location and confidence level |
| Engine | Engine I Engine II Engine III | Copelands Camp / 1 Iron Mikes Camp / 1 Diamond Lake / 2 |
| Exhaust | Exhaust I Exhaust II | Copelands Camp / 1 Iron Mikes Camp / 1 |
| Storage | Saddlebags I Saddlebags II Saddlebags III | Copelands Camp / 2 Iron Mikes Camp / 2 Diamond Lake / 3 |
| Gas tank | Tank I Tank II Tank III Tank IV Tank V | Copelands Camp / 1 Copelands Camp / 2 Iron Mikes Camp / 2 Diamond Lake / 1 Diamond Lake / 2 |
| Frame | Frame I Frame II Frame III Alternative Frame III | Copelands Camp / 1 Copelands Camp / 3 Iron Mikes Camp / 3 Diamond Lake / 3 |
| Rear suspension | Suspension I Suspension II | Iron Mikes Camp / 2 Diamond Lake / 2 |
| Nitrous oxide | Laughing gas I Laughing Gas II Nitrous oxide III | Copelands Camp / 2 Iron Mikes Camp / 2 Diamond Lake / 3 |
| Tires | Tires I Tires II Alternative tires I Alternative tires II Tires III | Copelands Camp / 1 Copelands Camp / 2 Iron Mikes Camp / 2 Iron Mikes Camp / 2 Diamond Lake / 2 |
| Forks | Fork I | Iron Mikes Camp / 2 |
| Cooler | Cooler | Diamond Lake / 2 |
4. Days Gone: All visual upgrades for the bike
Of course, the appearance upgrades also make the bike look prettier. But unlike the paint jobs, they also affect durability. So more appearance upgrades also mean a more robust bike.
The performance improvements have a significant impact on your bike.
| Category | Upgrade | Location and confidence level |
| Headlight | Headlight I Spotlight II Spotlight III Spotlight IV | Copelands Camp / 1 Copelands Camp / 2 Iron Mikes Camp / 1 Diamond Lake / 2 |
| Wheels | Bike I Bike II Wheel III Bike IV | Copelands Camp / 2 Copelands Camp / 3 Iron Mikes Camp / 2 Diamond Lake / 2 |
| Exhaust tailpipe | Exhaust tailpipe I Exhaust tailpipe II Exhaust tailpipe III Exhaust tailpipe IV Exhaust tailpipe V | Copelands Camp / 1 Copelands Camp / 2 Iron Mikes Camp / 1 Iron Mikes Camp / 2 Diamond Lake / 2 |
| Handlebar | Handlebar I | Iron Mikes Camp / 1 |
| Brakes | Brake I Brake II | Iron Mikes Camp / 2 Diamond Lake / 2 |
| Front fender | Mudguard I Mudguard II Mudguard III Fender IV | Copelands Camp Iron Mikes Camp Diamond Lake Diamond Lake |
| Fairing | Disguise I Cladding II | Iron Mikes Camp Diamond Lake |
The visual updates are not absolutely necessary, but they are not useless either.
More about Days Gone
If you want to know more about Days Gone, you've come to the right place. On GameZ.de you will find a general overview as well as guides to the skills, the map and the crafting system of the open-world title. We'll also give you tips for a pleasant start to the game and basic tips for surviving in the post-apocalypse.
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