Stria Facocero

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Stria Facocero
Two Rebellion versions.
Vehicle in Just Cause 3
Type	Pick-up
Weapons	None (Rebellion and D.R.M.) Machine gun turret (Rebellion only)
Rarity	Common
List of owners	The Rebellion D.R.M. Mario Frigo
Top speed (km/h)	181
Top speed (mph)	115

The Stria Facocero is a pick-up in Just Cause 3.

Appearance

The Facocero is a variant of the Stria Toro, a modern 2-door pickup modified with steel bumpers and bars as well as steel wheels.

Due to being faction-exclusive vehicles, Facoceros are only seen in Rebellion and D.R.M. colors. The D.R.M. version is always unarmed, while the Rebellion owns both unarmed and armed ones with a machine gun turret. Unmarked variants only appear as wrecks.

According to the "The art of Just Cause 3" book from the collectors edition, these vehicles are supposed to be a "technical" version of the Stria Toro and it was meant to have two flags on 2 meter flag poles on the back. The flags aren't present in the final game. Other differences from the Toro and this truck are lowered suspension and a different engine. As a vehicle based on the Stria Toro, it takes design cues from the Fiat Strada.

By purpose and design, it can be considered the spiritual successor to the Shimizu Tumbleweed from Just Cause.

The Rebel drop description says "Co-opted by rebels from the DRM militia, the Stria Facocero is ideal for quick strike operations and truck bed shootouts."

Performance

It drives about as quick as its civilian counterpart, the Stria Toro, however the steering feels much heavier, more alike the larger military vehicles in the game. Also noticeable is the different engine sound, being more similar to a V8.

In terms of durability, it ironically seems to be weaker than the original. Most are unarmed and unsuitable for combat, however a specific rebel variant has a Machine gun turret on the back, which does allow them to take on enemies more effectively, but it will still lose out to the likes of Urga Szturm 63A.

Versions and locations

Rebellion unarmed variant

• Unlocked for Rebel drop from the beginning of the game.
• In traffic, all over the map, especially in liberated provinces.
• Can be seen at numerous military bases and outposts, after they're liberated.
• Can also be seen at conquered road checkpoints all over the map.
• Almost guaranteed to spawn at conquered police stations.
• An unarmed version always spawns at Grotta Contrabandero near the race challenge.
• An unarmed version is also provided to drive Mario in Welcome Home. It's possible to get in another vehicle during the section of the mission it appears and have Mario drive instead.

Rebellion armed variant

• Unlocked for Rebel drop after liberating Porto Le Gratia.
• Can be seen at numerous military bases and outposts, after they're liberated.
• Spawns at conquered police stations, less often than the unarmed variant however.
• Can be seen at numerous military bases and outposts, after they're liberated.
• Can also be seen at conquered road checkpoints all over the map.
• In traffic, most commonly in liberated provinces.

D.R.M. variant

• During heat, the truck will give chase at level 1, except for when the player is north of the wall. These trucks are also deployed in roadblocks at level 1-2.
• Can be seen patrolling oppressed Towns in Medici.
• At Roadside Events involving a stopped civilian vehicle.
• Sometimes as roadblocks.
• Sometimes at police stations in towns and cities before liberation.

Wrecked variant

An unmarked wrecked variant also appears in the game:

• At some junkyards.
• At destroyed towns north of the wall.
• Wrecked versions appear as substitutes for destroyed Rebellion vehicles on multiple occasions, such as:
  • In Welcome Home.
  • At a Roadside event involving two Medici Military biker soldiers parked next to a steaming Facocero wreck by two dead rebels.

Trivia

• "Facocero" means "Warthog" in Italian.
• As pick-ups, they're unnaturally common in a European nation. In reality, pick-ups are extremely rare outside of North America and Oceania.
• Strangely, the D.R.M. variants still spawn at roadblocks north of the wall.
• Mario Frigo uses a rebel variant featured in the mission Welcome Home.
• The D.R.M. was originally supposed to have a variant with a turret, like the rebel one. The fact they lack this makes the armed variant the only vehicle unique to the Rebellion.
• Facoceros are near-identical to the Stria Toro, with the only differences being the bumpers, wheels and the addition of a rollbar. They are possibly Toro variants, converted by Rebels and the D.R.M. for their own uses. The Art Of Just Cause 3 even proves this by stating that it was a Stria Toro stripped of specific parts and used by the D.R.M. and that they were inspired by many real world technicals, pickup trucks with mounted weapons.

Gallery

Rebellion unarmed variant

Rebellion armed variant

D.R.M. variant

D.R.M. version.

DRM Stria Facocero.

Other pictures

The unlock screen for the armed version after liberating Porto Le Gratia.

As seen in the rebel drop before the game launch.

Unarmed version in the rebel drop list.

Armed version in the rebel drop list.

All three variants together, at Porto Le Gratia.

Two variants of the Stria Facocero pickup. One with a mounted gun and one without.

Rico and Mario on an unarmed version.

A Rebellion version with a Mounted Gun at Cima Leon: Silo.

2 D.R.M. versions are at the checkpoint in the back.

Faction version with a machine gun turret. D.R.M. version on the road.

Two D.R.M. grunts dead in their vehicle.