General: Natalyza Gryzunova

Gryzunova is among the easiest bosses you'll find in the city, simply because her lair is quite close to a supply point which overlooks it. If you head to the Maxims Arch supply point and use that as the spearhead of your assault, you won't have any problems with her, especially if you have a rocket launcher at your disposal. Note that Gryzunova can also appear in a training facility on the northern end of the island; we never attempted to take her down there.

You can use your rocket launcher to take out most of Natalyza's guards before dealing with the woman herself.

Anyway, spawn at Maxims Arch and load up a rocket launcher. The southern lair of Gryzunova will be just to your west, allowing you to unload on the snipers and other defenders with rockets, then return to the supply point whenever you need to load up on ammo. A couple of rounds of this (be sure to jump when firing!) will eliminate the bulk of the soldiers in the courtyard and on the surrounding buildings. Use a Longeye or other scoped weapon to zoom in and check for any soldiers you can't see, then switch back to an HMG and rocket launcher combo to jump in for the kill.

Gryzunova lays down some heavy fire with her own machinegun, so killing her will require you to keep her off guard and not firing. If you haven't found a rocket launcher yet, she'll drop one when she dies, so return it to a supply point immediately. Natalyza's death will result in a sapping of strength to the guards of the Volk's kingpin.

General: Viktor Rabotnikov

Rabotnikov is located on the island off the southeastern coast of the main Volk islands; you'll know you're in the right spot when you see the broken-down bridges leading off the coast. You need to go in there and take him out.

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Getting up on these rocks will let you eliminate most of Rabotnikov's guards, thanks to the explosives they stand near.
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Sporting the usual HMG/rocket launcher combo, dive into the water here and start poking around. You can cross the bridges for a frontal assault, if you like, or take to the southern side of the island to find an alternate entrance. You'll need to use explosives on the blast doors here if you do so.

The easiest method of clearing the base, though, is to approach from the west, and attempt to hop from the sunken rafters to the left of the main entrance to the rocks above it. You should be able to see a green trail extending from above the rocks. If you jump up to the greenery, you can find a Hidden Orb atop the rocks. This makes for a perfect sniping point if you aim at the explosives below; all of the white boxes in the area are actually exploding boxes! Most of them will have groups of soldiers standing around, so this is a perfect time to get a bunch of points in your shooting skill by firing on the boxes with your machinegun.

When you've shot all the explosives and finished off any remaining soldiers in your line of sight, head to the eastern side of the island to find Rabotnikov and his bodyguards. Finishing them off will reduce the effectiveness of the kingpin's soldiers when it comes to weaponry.

General: Boris Mikhailov

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Having Level 3 Agility will make getting to Mikhailov much, much easier than it would otherwise be.
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Mikhailov is ensconced in the Mary Jane, a large shipping vessel that's drydocked in the southwestern docks of the city. You can get in via the front door, a bit off to the west, but if you want an easier passage, swim around in the ocean to the east until you find a small stairway you can jump to.

Getting onto the ship can be difficult, since there's no gangway. To make one drop, you'll have to fight through some dozens of soldiers to the northwest of the ship. There's a small switch that you'll spot (red exclamation point) on your HUD, but you won't be able to reach the switch unless you enter the building at its rear. It'll be tough to fight off all the other people in the area, though.

If you have level three Agility, though, you can head to the two small huts on the southwestern side of the ship. If you run down the slope of the easternmost hut, you can jump from there to the deck of the ship without too many problems.

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