Showdown Walkthrough and Rewards

Showdown is one of the Main missions in the 2022 reboot of Saints Row (Saints Row 5)! Read on for a detailed walkthrough, list of rewards, choices, and objectives!

Heads Up!	This guide contains spoilers for the last major questline of Saints Row.

Showdown Overview

Basic Info

Showdown
Characters:	Mission Number
Boss, Kevin, Eli, Neenah, The Nahualli	34
Rewards:
3000 XP $ 100,000 Nahualli Knife Nahualli Pistol Balisong Thrust Nahualli Machete Young Men Dead - The Black Angels MDI-921V Aircraft Everything's A Million Dollar$ Store

Showdown Map

Showdown Map
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This mission immediately begins after completing High Noon, placing you inside the VTOL from Silver Gulch and sending you to the Nahualli's hideout in El Dorado to kill him and save your friends.

Showdown Walkthrough

Objectives:
1	Get to the Nahualli's Hideout Fly towards the Bikini Atoll Casino to start your final assault against the Nahualli and his men.
2	Take Out the Defenses Using the VTOL's laser and rockets, destroy the enemy helicopters and take out the rocketeers around the casino.
3	Enter the Casino Land the VTOL and defeat the Nahualli grunts guarding the entrance on foot. Afterward, make your way inside to trigger a cutscene.
4	Rescue Your Friends After the cutscene ends, start gunning your way through the casino to rescue Kevin, Neenah, and Eli. This section involves going through several hallways filled with Nahualli's men, so prepare to engage in multiple firefights. Reaching the Pacific Theater will trigger a cutscene.
5	Defeat the Nahualli After the cutscene ends, the first combat section against the Nahualli begins. Chase and shoot the Nahualli down as he slowly retreats up the theater. Prioritize taking down his men first to avoid taking too much damage.
6	Catch the Nahualli The Nahualli will eventually manage to escape the theater. Gun your way through the halls as you chase him down and follow him up the casino using the elevator.
7	Destroy the Nahualli's Helicopter At the top of the casino, the Nahualli appears riding a helicopter. Grab up the rocket launcher on the ground and start blasting away to knock him out of the sky. During this section, the Nahualli can burn down the room you're in, forcing you to switch locations. He does this twice, with each new room containing several Nahualli grunts, so prepare for a troublesome battle.
8	Kill the Nahualli After taking down the helicopter, a cutscene will trigger, leading up to the final showdown with the Nahualli. Complete the quick-time event to kill Nahualli once and for all. Finishing this section completes the mission.

Tips and Strategies

Bring Tough Mother and Transfusion

Lv	Skill	Description
6	Tough Mother	Gain a temporary health boost to absorb damage from enemies and negate staggers.
11	Transfusion	While active, heal yourself and your friends by hurting your enemies.

The entirety of Showdown is filled with multiple firefights against the Nahualli and his men. Ensure your survival until the end of the mission by bringing the Tough Mother and Transfusion skills for extra survivability and health regeneration.

Use Pineapple Express Against Tough Enemies

Lv	Skill	Description
2	Pineapple Express	Grab an enemy, drop a grenade down their pants, and throw them.

Showdown also features plenty of firefights against Tough enemies in tight spaces, making Pineapple Express a valuable skill to have. Use this skill often throughout the mission to blow up Tough enemies and their supporting lackeys at the same time.

Knock the Nahualli Down With Flaming Punch

Lv	Skill	Description
9	Flaming Punch	Ignite your fist for an explosive punch.

During the first combat section with the Nahualli, he tends to flee with a smoke bomb after taking enough damage. Get up close and knock him down with Flaming Punch to delay his escape and provide yourself with a window of opportunity to deal extra damage.

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