The Last Dog Tag is the opening main quest in the From The Ashes expansion for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. It functions as a compact tutorial, teaching basic movement, stealth, gunplay, and ikran handling while walking So’lek through an escape from an RDA facility. The mission is linear but dense, and it is easy to miss how the game expects you to approach each encounter.
The Last Dog Tag quest structure
The quest begins after a short sequence set during the war, with So’lek riding an ikran into battle against the RDA. The story then jumps forward to the year 2170 inside an RDA base, where So’lek attacks a commander. The Sarentu appear, there is a brief exchange, and control shifts to you.
From here, The Last Dog Tag breaks down into four clear goals:
- Find a way out of Command Outpost Bravo.
- Exit through the hangar by unlocking an airlock.
- Defeat the RDA reinforcements in an open combat arena.
- Call for your ikran at the platform stage to escape and roll into Welcome Home.
Each objective introduces one or two core systems and then locks them in with a short fight or traversal segment.
Objective 1: Find a way (stealth and basic combat)
The first objective starts at Command Outpost Bravo with the Sarentu leading the way. This acts as a basic control primer.
Step 1: Follow the Sarentu along the marked path. Use crouch and the holster command when prompted; the game is teaching you how to move quietly and how to stow your weapon to reduce your profile and speed up movement in tight interior spaces.
Step 2: Continue until you reach the Loading Bay. An AMP Suit patrols this area, and you are expected to use stealth to neutralize it rather than forcing a direct firefight. Stay low, use cover, and move in behind the suit when its attention is elsewhere to finish it without raising a wider alarm.
Step 3: After the AMP Suit, more RDA commanders become aware of your presence and start actively searching. You have two broad options:
- Stay crouched and use nearby crates and structures to isolate enemies, eliminating them one at a time.
- Commit to a louder approach, but only after you have armed yourself properly.
The safest pattern is to single out the nearest soldier, take them down, and immediately pick up their firearm. Every other enemy in this stretch is well-armed, so having a rifle early drastically reduces your risk of being overwhelmed at close range.
Step 4: With a firearm equipped, clear the remaining soldiers methodically, watching for angles where multiple enemies can focus you. Use corners to break the line of sight if you take damage and re-engage on your terms. Once the area is quiet, regroup with the Sarentu and push forward into a control-room-like section. Crossing into this room completes the first objective.
Objective 2: Exit through the hangar (Fuse Box and airlock)
The second phase focuses on light puzzle-solving and situational awareness as you head toward the hangar.
Step 1: In the Control Room, look for a nearby Maintenance Room. Enter it and locate the Fuse Box mounted on the right-hand wall. Fuse Boxes act as destructible locks that control powered doors in the facility.
Step 2: Shoot the Fuse Box several times until it breaks. When it is destroyed, a previously sealed Airlock area above the Maintenance Room opens. Use the stairs on the left side of the room to reach the newly unlocked airlock door.
Step 3: Move through the airlock and head straight to the next door. Before interacting with it, prepare for a significant combat encounter. Once this door opens, you will be stepping into the hangar, where multiple RDA commanders and AMP Suits are waiting.
Step 4: Use Na’vi Senses before and during the fight. Na’vi Senses highlight enemies, their armor, and obvious weak points, giving you better target priority. Open the door, push into the hangar, and work from cover to thin out the first wave quickly. When you make it out of the hangar space and hit the next checkpoint, the second objective is marked complete.
Objective 3: Defeat the RDA reinforcements (arena fight)
Once outside the immediate hangar structure, the environment opens into a combat arena filled with RDA forces.
Step 1: Enter the area and take a moment to read the layout. You will be facing standard RDA commanders, exoskeleton-equipped militants, and Skel suit Troopers Veteran. They are not individually overwhelming, but their combined fire can drop you quickly if you stand exposed in the middle of the arena.
Step 2: Fight while constantly shifting position. Prioritize the most mobile or heavily armored threats first, then clean up isolated riflemen.
Walls and structures here often have wall-mounted healing supplies. If your health bar drops too low, quickly duck behind cover and interact with these medical stations to recover instead of burning through your own limited resources.
Step 3: Continue to use Na’vi Senses to keep track of any enemies circling behind you and to highlight vulnerable points on armored targets. The game expects you to experiment with this sense, so lean on it liberally.
Step 4: Once the final soldier and suit fall, the path ahead clears. Move forward through the now-quiet space until you transition into a broader, more open region outside the base infrastructure. Reaching this exterior space completes the reinforcements objective.
Objective 4: Call for your ikran (escape and transition to Welcome Home)
The last stage of The Last Dog Tag shifts from ground combat to ikran handling and story setup for the rest of the expansion.
Step 1: In the open area beyond the fight, look for the platform stage near the quest marker. Your ikran is already present here rather than being summoned from a distance, underlining that this is a controlled tutorial segment.
Step 2: Approach the ikran and interact when prompted to call and mount it. Once you are on its back, follow the quest marker in the sky. This short ride reinforces basic flight controls while moving you away from the RDA facility.
Step 3: Maintain a steady course behind the quest marker. The flight is not meant to be challenging; it functions as a bridge into the wider From The Ashes story. After a brief time in the air, a cutscene triggers that introduces So’lek’s Camp and sets up the narrative context for the rest of the DLC.
When the cutscene ends, The Last Dog Tag is complete, and the next main mission, Welcome Home, becomes available.
Once The Last Dog Tag is done, the expansion shifts away from the tight, combat-heavy corridors of the RDA base into more open exploration and story beats. Welcome Home immediately follows, focusing on flying, reflection at So’Lek’s Resting Mat, and a race to the Hometree, with no combat pressure. Together, these two quests frame the transition from So’lek’s violent past into the broader conflict at the heart of From The Ashes.
