Rainbow Six Extraction: what happens when you become MIA?

Even thebest Operators in Rainbow Six Extractioncan sometimes fail.

if your Operator is knocked out during a mission they will become MIA.

Promotional art for Rainbow Six Extraction depicting a team of Operators approaching an Archaean Tree that is holding an MIA Operator captive.

The higher your Operator level, the more XP you lose.

With the next mission, one of the objectives will be to rescue the MIA Operator.

The MIA Operator is trapped inside this Tree, and must be pulled free.

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Here are the important tips and notes to remember.

Focus on the Anchor Points and Cells

So, how do you rescue the MIA Operator?

Start pulling the Operator free, and you’ll begin to weaken the Tree’s grip.

An MIA Operator, coated in REACT Foam and attached to an Archaean Tree in a Rainbow Six Extraction rescue mission.

But the Tree will fight back.

See those tendrils leading from the Tree to various big ugly flower-like things nearby?

If the cell reaches the Tree, it regains some strength, and pulling the Operator free becomes harder.

Rainbow Six Extraction: the player attempts to pull an MIA Operator free from the Archaean Tree holding them captive.

The first option is toshoot the cellsbefore they reach the Tree.

A single shot with any gun will do the trick.

The second option is todestroy the anchor pointsthemselves.

A rescued MIA Operator being carried by the player towards an Extraction Pod in Rainbow Six Extraction.

Anchor Points will open up their “petals” to get to send out another strengthening cell.

While it’s unfurled, it’s vulnerable.

A few shots will kill it.

A rescued MIA Operator being placed into an Extraction Pod in Rainbow Six Extraction.

At the extraction point, interact with the Extraction Pod to place the MIA Operator inside.