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11 Iceland is the location of the prologue chapter of 007 First Light. Bond, then a Royal Navy aircrewman, attempts a helicopter rescue along the Icelandic coast that collapses into a survival improvisation. The mission is the only chapter playable on the unpatched physical PlayStation 5 disc.
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33 Story Context
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55 The prologue chapter Against the Odds is set entirely in Iceland. Bond demonstrates the resourcefulness that catches MI6's eye. The setting transitions from the helicopter crash site through Icelandic coastal terrain to the rescue completion point. Specific Iceland landmarks are not named in the campaign.
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77 The chapter opens with the mission already failing: the SAS retrieval team is ambushed en route, the helicopters go down over the water off the coast, and Bond washes ashore as the only survivor. Guided by an MI6 handler who takes over the operation, he pushes on to the target, a research camp studying a crashed satellite that has been occupied by mercenaries, then defies orders to rescue the captive scientists and destroy the camp.
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99 Gameplay Setting
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1111 Coastal terrain with mixed open and confined spacesSnow and cold-weather environmental hazardsHostile force presence (the antagonist faction targeting the rescue mission)Helicopter crash site as central encounter zone
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1313 The Against the Odds prologue mission set holds 4 collectibles. Full lists are in the Collectibles articles.
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1515 Related Articles
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1717 Against the OddsLocationsJames Bond
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21+In Against the Odds, Update 1.3.0 changed the crevasse climbing tutorial to wait for player input instead of a timer. Separately, it repaired Moneypenny's antidote-room reminder repeating after certain loaded saves. These changes do not establish a cold-exposure timer or a new regional collectible count.
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23+The complete dated update history is on Day One Patch.