High Value Target

High Value Targets are optional side-mission contracts given to the player by most of the games factions (all except the constantly hostile VZ and the PMC). The missions involve capturing/killing an individual of interest to the faction that issued the contract and verifying them to recieve payment. More money is rewarded for capturing the HVT alive than for killing them, presumably because of the intelligence that can be extracted from them after their capture. Each faction has ten HVTs to be verified and their is a total of 50 in the game. A special achievement is awarded to players who can manage to successfully verify all 50 HVTs alive. Sometimes, a vehicle, airstrike or supply drop shop item will be unlocked for purchase in the faction's shop.

Mission Objectives
Firstly, the player must acquire a faction's bounties by completeing their first outpost mission. Then, the player can locate any of the ten HVTs for the faction. After locating an HVT, the player must verify them by either killing them outright and taking a photo of their corpse or by melee attacking them, subdueing them, then calling for an extraction and loading em into a faction helicopter. Capturing an HVT alive gives the full bounty while killing them only gives half, so in the long-run, it is always worth trying to capture the HVT. If you intend to capture an HVT, it is helpful to eliminate nearby soldiers as they may accidentally kill the HVT and lose you the bonus.