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50 free Far Cry 3 trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Far Cry 3 turned a first-person shooter into a character study. Its tropical setting is gorgeous, but what players remember is the cast: a frightened tourist who slowly becomes someone else, a priestess with plans of her own, and a villain so magnetic that the series has been chasing him ever since. This quiz covers the characters of Far Cry 3 from every side: Jason Brody and the friends he sets out to rescue, Vaas and Hoyt Volker, Citra and the Rakyat, and the allies who help or betray along the way. You will also find questions on the story's endings, the actors behind the voices, how the game was made, and its neon-soaked spin-off, Blood Dragon. It is written for anyone who has finished the campaign and wants to see how much stuck, with a few deep cuts for fans who know the cast list by heart. Expect spoilers throughout.
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Q 01Which hit single, with gunshots and a cash register in its chorus, opens Far Cry 3?
Paper Planes
Paper Planes by M.I.A. plays over the friends' carefree holiday footage, which turns out to be playing on a phone in the hands of their kidnapper, Vaas.
Q 02Which actor played Vaas in Far Cry 3 before becoming Nacho Varga in Better Call Saul?
Michael Mando
Michael Mando improvised his audition instead of following the script, and the villain was redesigned to match his looks and mannerisms.
Q 03Vaas's best-known monologue in Far Cry 3 claims to give the definition of which word?
Insanity
Insanity is the subject of the speech, which introduced Vaas in the E3 2011 trailer and was named Best Gaming Moment at the 2013 Golden Joystick Awards.
Q 04What does Vaas plan to do with Jason Brody and his captured friends in Far Cry 3?
Sell them into slavery
Vaas means to sell them into slavery on behalf of Hoyt Volker, the crime boss whose trafficking ring is the real power on the Rook Islands.
Q 05Which holiday activity drops Jason Brody and his friends onto the Rook Islands in Far Cry 3?
Skydiving
Skydiving goes wrong when the group unknowingly lands among pirates and is captured, and Jason is the only one who breaks out of the camp.
Q 06Producer Dan Hay compared Vaas in Far Cry 3 to which film villain, rarely on screen yet unforgettable?
Darth Vader
Darth Vader was the model because his appearances are brief yet stick in the memory, and Vaas likewise leaves the story around the game's midpoint.
Q 07What do players learn about the Rakyat leader Citra and the pirate Vaas partway through Far Cry 3?
They are siblings
They are siblings: Vaas abandoned his sister's tribe to become Hoyt Volker's right-hand man and lead the pirates who terrorise it.
Q 08What must Jason Brody climb and unscramble to reveal new areas of the Far Cry 3 map?
Radio towers
Radio towers each open up part of the map and unlock a new weapon, and the idea was later reused in the publisher's other games outside the series.
Q 09The giant reptile that gives Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon its name fires what from its eyes?
Lasers
Lasers shoot from the creature's eyes, and players can lure it into enemy garrisons so that it does their fighting for them.
Q 10Which producer's track with Damian Marley plays as Jason Brody burns marijuana fields in Far Cry 3?
Skrillex
Skrillex made Make It Bun Dem with Damian Marley, and it loops through the mission Kick the Hornet's Nest while five fields go up in flames.
Q 11Which character is killed by Vaas after helping Jason Brody escape the pirate camp in Far Cry 3?
Grant
Grant is Jason's older brother, an Army reservist and the only member of the group with any combat experience when the story begins.
Q 12In the Far Cry 3 ending where Jason frees his friends, who kills Citra with a blade meant for Jason?
Dennis
Dennis lunges at Jason for betraying the Rakyat, but Citra steps between them and dies in Jason's arms.
Q 13In the Far Cry 3 ending where Jason sides with Citra, what does she do to him after their ritual?
Stabs him
Citra stabs him, telling the dying Jason that their child will lead the Rakyat to glory, and the credits roll over the knife lying on a beach.
Q 21Which weapon does a CIA agent hand Jason Brody to torch Hoyt's marijuana fields in Far Cry 3?
Flamethrower
The flamethrower lets Jason burn both Hoyt's crop and the boat that ships it, a provocation meant to draw the kingpin out into the open.
Q 22Which Far Cry 3 character, added by the Monkey Business pack, straps explosives to monkeys?
Hurk
Hurk justifies the scheme by saying the Navy did the same with dolphins, and he went on to become a recurring face in later Far Cry games.
Q 23Which of Jason Brody's friends escapes the pirates alone in Far Cry 3 and is found by Dr. Earnhardt?
Daisy
Daisy slips away from a pirate convoy, and she later repairs the old boat the friends hope to leave on, having grown up around boats.
Q 14What does Jason Brody lose in his final knife fight with the crime boss Hoyt Volker in Far Cry 3?
Half a finger
Half a finger, from the ring finger of his left hand, is sliced off by Hoyt's dagger before Jason wins the fight and goes to free his brother Riley.
Q 15Hoyt Volker, the crime boss who employs Vaas in Far Cry 3, comes from which country?
South Africa
South Africa is Hoyt's homeland: Ubisoft's official biography says a brutal upbringing by his mining-boss father left him sworn to outdo the man.
Q 16At which card game does Hoyt Volker murder Jason's undercover ally Sam Becker in Far Cry 3?
Poker
Poker night was meant to be Hoyt's last, but he had seen through the looped camera footage and struck first, killing Sam at the table.
Q 17Which Australian hitman holds Keith captive and demands the Silver Dragon knife as ransom in Far Cry 3?
Buck
Buck never means to honour the deal: once Jason hands over the knife he attacks, and Jason kills him with the relic itself.
Q 18Where does Dr. Earnhardt hide the friends Jason Brody rescues from the pirates in Far Cry 3?
A cave under his home
A cave under his home keeps them out of sight, because pirates call at the house regularly to buy what the doctor makes.
Q 19What must Jason Brody gather so Dr. Earnhardt can make medicine for a poisoned friend in Far Cry 3?
A mushroom
A mushroom is the missing ingredient, and the errand, a mission called Mushrooms in the Deep, brings on a hallucination in which Jason hears his dead brother's voice.
Q 20Which CIA agent, met in Badtown in Far Cry 3, returns in both Far Cry 4 and Far Cry 5?
Willis Huntley
Willis Huntley trades favours with Jason on the Rook Islands, comes back as a minor antagonist who betrays the next hero, then reappears a third time to hand out a side mission.
Q 24What has Jason Brody's younger brother Riley just earned, the reason for the holiday in Far Cry 3?
His pilot's license
His pilot's license pays off at the end, when Riley flies the helicopter that carries the brothers away from Hoyt's airfield.
Q 25The name of Far Cry 3's Rakyat tribe is the Indonesian and Malay word for what?
The people
The people is the literal meaning, and many of the words the tribe uses in the game's cutscenes are real Indonesian and Malay too.
Q 26Which name do the Rakyat give the warrior markings that grow on Jason Brody's arm in Far Cry 3?
Tatau
The Tatau begins with a base inked as Jason comes round after his escape, and each new skill burns a fresh piece of the design into his forearm.
Q 27Which animal names the Far Cry 3 skill tree that upgrades stealth takedowns and hunting?
Spider
The Spider tree covers stealth and hunting, the Shark handles assault takedowns and health, and the Heron improves long-range takedowns and mobility.
Q 28Which item does Jason Brody find later in Far Cry 3 that lets him glide through the air?
Wingsuit
The wingsuit arrives late, after hours of getting around by dune buggy, jet ski, boat and hang glider.
Q 29Which studio was the lead developer of Far Cry 3 and built its single-player campaign?
Ubisoft Montreal
Ubisoft Montreal led a global production of more than 90 staff, with sister studios handling multiplayer, wildlife AI and the PC version.
Q 30Which Terminator and Aliens actor voices the cyborg Rex Colt in Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon?
Michael Biehn
Michael Biehn, the films' Kyle Reese and Corporal Hicks, took the role after the studio had first considered Dolph Lundgren.