Is Ghost Recon Wildlands Last Rites worth playing? Yes. As a free night back in Bolivia. Not as a new Ghost Recon, and not as a reason to buy a nine-year-old game you already bounced off.
I finished the mission end to end. That is the whole review methodology: play the thing, then talk. The camera version is Is Ghost Recon Wildlands Last Rites Actually Worth Playing?.
The honest caveat first. Last Rites is a chapter, not a resurrection. Ubisoft Bordeaux did not rebuild Bolivia. They dropped a linear story mission into a darker, swampier corner of it, pointed you at a new villain, and bolted on the quality-of-life work a 2017 game should have had years ago. If you were hoping for a second campaign the size of Santa Blanca, you will be back on the menu screen sooner than your nostalgia budget allowed. It is a mission update. It behaves like one.
What you are actually getting. On 6 August 2026, to mark 25 years of Ghost Recon, Ubisoft shipped Last Rites as a free major update. Not a paid season pass. Not a deluxe upsell. If Wildlands is on your drive, you already own this. PlayStation Blog, Xbox Wire and Ubisoft’s own post all say the same thing: new story mission, La Llorona, her cult Los Penitentes, and a pile of extras.
The setup, according to Ubisoft and the people who talked to Olivier Leonardi at Bordeaux, puts you back in Bolivia about four years after the original story. New handler. Mission that looks simple. Then it is not. La Llorona is a different flavour of problem from the cartel slideshow you already cleared. Los Penitentes are her fanatics. The map they picked is thicker: swamp, dense forest, bad visibility, fewer of the toys that made the base game feel like you were managing a small air force. Helicopters and rebel chaos are not the default mood here. You get hunted. I like that more than I expected, because Wildlands at its best was never the helicopter taxi service.
You do not have to finish the main campaign first. That is official. Useful if you have a save you abandoned in 2018 and a brain that refuses to replay the tutorial.
The extras are why veterans will pretend they came back for the story. Current-gen consoles get 4K and 60 FPS. The customisation sliders go deeper: enemy behaviour, damage, HUD, weather, the whole “make it a sim or make it an arcade cabinet” toy box Wildlands was always good at. A lot of locked cosmetics and challenge rewards got thrown open. The old Predator mission, the one that vanished years ago, is back and Ubisoft has said it is staying. Finish Last Rites and you get a motorcycle and a skin. Finish Predator and you get the mask. I came for the mission. I will not pretend the 60 FPS did not help.
So is it worth your time? If you already like Wildlands, yes, without a debate. It is free, it is a different tempo to the usual cartel bingo, and it is the most Bolivia the series has felt in a while. I started the mission and immediately asked is the next Ghost Recon going back to Wildlands, because that is the question the internet is actually typing. My answer is: do not. Not from this. Anniversary fan service can look like a roadmap and still just be a card. The next game still has no official pitch. I already dumped the leak pile in is there a new Ghost Recon coming.
If you do not like Wildlands, Last Rites will not convert you. It is still Wildlands. Same bones, darker lighting, fewer helicopters. Buy the base game because it is a huge finished tactical sandbox, which is the case I made in is Ghost Recon Wildlands worth it in 2026. Then play Last Rites as dessert. Do not buy a nine-year-old open world because a free mission exists.
Who it is for. Solo players who want a contained, slightly meaner evening in Bolivia. People who never finished the campaign and needed a door that does not say “replay 40 hours first.” Anniversary tourists who will be gone by Friday. It is not for anyone waiting for Wildlands 2. That game is not this file.
The verdict? Yes. Play Last Rites. It is free, I finished it, and it is a good chapter. Then go back to making your own fun in the rest of the map, because that is still the reason Wildlands is worth owning in 2026. The full run lives on the Ghost Recon Wildlands hub. If you want the other Ghost Recon, the one that took years to stop apologising, that is Breakpoint in 2026.
FAQ
Is Ghost Recon Wildlands Last Rites worth playing?
Yes, as a free evening in Bolivia. It is a new linear story mission against La Llorona and Los Penitentes, not a second campaign. If you already like Wildlands, play it. Do not buy the whole game just for this update.
Is Last Rites a paid DLC?
No. Ubisoft shipped Last Rites on 6 August 2026 as a free major update to celebrate 25 years of Ghost Recon. If you own Wildlands, you already have it.
Do you need to finish the Wildlands campaign first?
No. Ubisoft and the PlayStation Blog both say the new mission can be started without completing the main game. It is set about four years after the original story, with a new handler and a new mess.
What is Last Rites in Ghost Recon Wildlands?
A free story-driven mission in denser, swampier Bolivia. The Ghosts go after La Llorona and her cult, Los Penitentes. The update also brings 4K and 60 FPS on current-gen consoles, deeper gameplay customisation, unlocked cosmetics, and the old Predator mission back for good.
Is Last Rites on PS5, Xbox and PC?
Yes. PlayStation Blog has it out on PS4 and PS5. Xbox Wire has it on Xbox Series X|S. PC gets the same update. Current-gen consoles get the 4K and 60 FPS pass.
Is Last Rites a sign the next Ghost Recon is going back to Wildlands?
Maybe, and I would not build a house on it. It is a 25th anniversary love letter to Bolivia. I asked the question on camera. Treat it as fan service until Ubisoft shows the next game.