If you’re looking to unlock all the gear, weapons, and even exclusive Defender gear sets from vendors like the Los Monos Barracks without grinding for hours, you’re in luck. Far Cry 6 offers a surprisingly powerful in-game system that lets you earn massive amounts of money and resources passively—without farming, hunting, or selling loot. This guide will show you how to use the Los Bandidos mini-game to its fullest potential, turning your camp into a cash machine.

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Why This Works (And Why Other Methods Don’t)

Sure, you can get pesos by killing enemies, playing dominoes at the Legends’ camp, or selling resources. But these methods are either slow, unreliable, or just not worth the effort. The Los Bandidos operations, on the other hand, require minimal input and provide high payouts—especially once you have several leaders and recruits.

After running this system efficiently, you’ll find yourself with tens of thousands of pesos and more crafting materials than you know what to do with. This guide is based on that method and includes everything you need: facility upgrades, leader recruitment, and efficiency tips.

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Step 1: Unlock the Los Bandidos Mini-Game

You can access this feature at any main guerrilla camp or via hideouts unlocked using the Hideout Network camp facility. Once available, the Los Bandidos operations let you send out a leader and a team of recruits on various missions that take real-world time to complete.

Each operation contains three decision points, and even missions that don’t reward pesos directly will often give money during the steps. For example, you might receive 500–1,100 pesos at each step. One mission could yield over 3,000 pesos in just a few clicks—and that’s not even factoring in the unique trinkets and gear you can earn from some of these ops.

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Step 2: Build and Upgrade the Bandidos Barracks

This facility is crucial. Not only does it enable you to run Los Bandidos operations, but upgrading it unlocks the ability to:

• Recruit more troops (e.g., rescuing hostages gives 5 recruits instead of 1)
• Access more challenging and rewarding operations
• Collect passive rewards, including gunpowder, crafting materials, and exclusive gear

As you continue playing the main game, completing missions, and exploring, you’ll naturally gain recruits just by saving civilians or doing special operations. With enough recruits and multiple leaders, you can have several operations running simultaneously—building up income even while you’re not actively playing.

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Step 3: Recruit More Leaders (The Key to Scaling)

Leaders determine how many operations you can run at once. While you start with just one or two, here’s how to get more:

• Short Side Quest in Madrugada: This mission instantly grants two leaders. If it’s not available at first, speak to the NPC in the nearby hideout and repeat until it appears.
• Big Papi (Big B) Side Quest: Complete it to unlock him as a leader.
• Undercover Stud: This story-linked side quest unlocks Sergio. Its location moves depending on your progress—first appearing in the southeast, and later shifting.
• Freddy Jr.: Find him in a side mission requiring you to complete three FND bases. He’s typically in a baseball court or needs to be activated via another NPC.
• Zenia’s Questline: This is the longest one. Start it in one region and finish it in Esperanza to finally unlock her as a leader.

Each new leader allows for an additional simultaneous operation, which means more money, more loot, and faster returns.

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Step 4: Best Practices to Maximize Rewards

• Avoid Leader Wounds: If a decision step says a leader could be wounded, take the alternate route. A wounded leader can be unavailable for multiple days, halting that income stream.
• Manage Recruits Carefully: Each decision step consumes recruits. Don’t burn through all of them early. Save enough for the final step, which usually offers the biggest payout or allows full mission success.
• Choose Reward Steps: Some steps offer pesos as part of the decision-making process. Prioritize these when available.
• Run Operations Continuously: They progress in real time—even when you’re not playing. That means you can stack income passively as long as your leaders are deployed.

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Bonus: Exclusive Rewards

The Los Bandidos system isn’t just about money. You’ll also earn:

• Unique weapon trinkets and chibis (including a Sam Fisher-themed one)
• Crafting materials like industrial circuits and composites
• Moneda, the currency used for exclusive store purchases

Even after buying everything, you’ll still be swimming in resources. For those aiming to 100% the game or max out their arsenal, this method makes it effortless.

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Conclusion: Passive Power and Endless Pesos

With just a bit of setup—building the Bandidos Barracks, unlocking leaders, and managing your recruits—you’ll have a reliable, nearly passive money and loot engine. It’s one of the most efficient and satisfying systems in Far Cry 6. Whether you’re in it for the gear, the credits, or just want to break the economy for fun, this is how you do it.

If you have any questions, drop them in the comments. Like, subscribe, and check out another Far Cry 6 video linked at the end. Until next time, good luck and enjoy the spoils of your rebellion!