I hunted the Predator in Ghost Recon Wildlands. It was a named hunt on a map I already trusted, filmed because the session was the claim, and it is a bigger evening than a guest star usually earns on a nine-year-old map. Last Rites is a different night. So is the think-piece about people jumping back into Bolivia because a trailer told them to. The camera version is on this page.
The room is currently very pleased with itself for rediscovering Wildlands. Shacknews still calls it far and away their favourite Ghost Recon, and Last Rites in August 2026 gave that room a new swamp and a free excuse. I finished that update, and I wrote whether Last Rites is worth playing. Predator was already in the game. I went and did the job instead of waiting for the recast to tell me the old map was allowed again.
I have spent years saying this map is a playground rather than a helicopter taxi, so read the hunt knowing I was always going to walk it. I have not listed spawn points, and I am not selling a loadout, because a wiki already does that job. I booted Bolivia because the anniversary noise was about to swallow a special operation Ubisoft still hosts, and I wanted the session, not the speech.
A hunt, rather than a checklist
The session was quiet until it was not, which is what Bolivia does if you let it. You count the ridge, you leave the extra shot, and then something that is not Santa Blanca starts treating you like food. Hunting a Predator in it is the same argument I have always made about this country, with a famous guest attached.
Ubisoft still hosts the special operation. If you need a checklist, close this and go to a wiki, because I am staying with the session. The film is the proof I kept. I hunted it, and I did not fly over it. The old map still had enough teeth to make that a sentence worth writing.
The buying call is still is Wildlands worth it in 2026. This page assumes you already have Bolivia installed, or you are the sort of person who watches a hunt before you spend the money. A 2017 open world is a silly purchase if the only reason is a crossover. The compounds still work when nobody is watching, and that smaller reason is the better one.
Why the ridge still plays
Wildlands at its best was the decision not to take the extra shot, rather than a spectacle, and Predator does not change that. It gives the ridge a reason that is not another cartel lieutenant with a yellow icon. I turned the HUD down the way I always do, left the small air force at home, and walked it, because walking it is how you hear the game.
The room will call this nostalgia. The same room told me Breakpoint was the future, then spent a year arguing about bases, while I now play Auroa without capturing courtyards, which I wrote down in Breakpoint does not need bases. Bolivia did not need a speech. It needed a hunt that was not Last Rites, so I could show the difference between a free anniversary mission and the sandbox I actually keep installed.
If you want the next Ghost Recon to feel like this, I already asked that out loud when the leaks started sounding like a mood board. The useful move is to play the thing they are reportedly copying. Ready or Not is the closer modern itch if you want doors, Wildlands is the closer open world if you want a country, and Predator is one evening inside that country.
Who should sit through it
You already like Ghost Recon, or you watched the film and wanted the written version of the claim. Tap a title, sit through a hunt, and then decide if Bolivia is still a game you want to walk. Anyone who needs a spawn guide, or who thought Last Rites was a new campaign, should be somewhere else. Anyone still deciding whether to buy the base game should read the worth-it report and ignore the guest star until they have a reason to be in Bolivia anyway.
The rest of the runs live on the Ghost Recon Wildlands hub. If you wanted the darker swamp instead, Last Rites is still there. If you wanted Auroa without the busywork, the bases piece is the one. I hunted a Predator because the map asked for a job, and for once the job had a name everyone already knew. Whether you walk the next one is the part I cannot film for you.
FAQ
Is there a Predator mission in Ghost Recon Wildlands?
Yes, because it is a special operation crossover rather than the Last Rites anniversary mission, and I filmed a hunt in Bolivia. If you only wanted La Llorona and the swamp, that is a different evening and a different page. Predator was already in the game before the free update gave the room a new excuse.
Is this the same as Ghost Recon Wildlands Last Rites?
No, Last Rites is the 2026 free update against La Llorona, and Predator is the older hunt, so people glue them together because both are named Bolivia nights. They were different jobs when I played them. I finished the anniversary mission and then went and did this one, instead of waiting for the recast to merge them.
Can you hunt the Predator solo in Wildlands?
Yes, because I did, and the map does not require a squad for this, so the method is quiet, a count, and the patience not to take the extra shot. If you only wanted co-op chaos, this is the wrong argument. Flying a squad over the compound is how you miss the hunt I actually filmed.
Is Ghost Recon Wildlands worth it in 2026 just for Predator?
No, because a nine-year-old open world is a bad purchase for one crossover, and Bolivia is still a finished tactical sandbox, which is the buying case, while the hunt is a reason to boot it if you already own it. The worth-it page is the buying call. This page assumes you already have a reason to be in the country.
Does the Predator hunt still work in 2026?
It did in the session I filmed, same bones and the same noise when you get greedy, because Ubisoft has kept the servers and the current-gen coat of paint. I am not promising a live-service future. The hunt still played, and that smaller claim is the one the footage can actually carry.
Should I fly to the hunt?
I would not, because flying over the compound is how you miss Wildlands, and the walk is the hunt rather than a taxi game with a famous guest star. I turned the HUD down and I did not bring a small air force. Walking it is how you hear the game, which is the same argument I have been making about Bolivia for years.
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