Iron Nest Liberation Austere Service Medal Guide
Earn gold on the Iron Nest Mission 3 Liberation Austere Service Medal by spending no more than 30 requisition points while clearing every objective.
The Austere Service Medal in Iron Nest Mission 3 Liberation measures requisition points spent. The source-confirmed gold condition is 30 points or fewer. Liberation begins with 300 requisition available, but that starting balance is not the medal score: the tracked condition is how much you spend during the operation.
Quick Answer: Gold Austere Service Medal
- Gold requirement: Requisition points spent ≤ 30.
- Verified on build/version: Source-checked 2026-08-28. The cited mission record does not publish a game build number, so no version is claimed here.
- Required mission work: Complete the Scout Plane reconnaissance, destroy five hostile infantry targets, and destroy the armoured ammunition cache with AP.
- What varies by run: Target bearings, distances, and the incomplete intelligence for two infantry targets.
- Important boundary: The source confirms the issued Scout Plane requisition card and the medal threshold, but it does not publish a complete item-by-item price table or explain how cumulative spending is surfaced during play. Plan around the source-confirmed threshold rather than assuming a visible live counter or an undocumented cost.
How the Medal Is Counted
Liberation’s mission record lists 300 starting requisition and awards Austere Service gold when requisition points spent are 30 or lower. Requisition earned from destroying targets changes the available balance; it does not change the wording of the medal condition into “finish with 30 points remaining.”
Accuracy, allied casualties, and kill streak are tracked by different Liberation medals. They do not replace the Austere Service requirement:
- Measured Fire Star: allied kills.
- Marksman’s Cross: average impact distance from the nearest target.
- Unbroken Volley Medal: longest kill streak.
- Austere Service Medal: requisition points spent.
Gold Route Without Wasting Requisition
1. Read the mission-issued reconnaissance order
High Command issues a Scout Plane requisition card and directs you to present it at the requisition console for an overflight of the ammunition-cache region. Follow that documented route; do not replace it with guessed coordinates from another run.
2. Reserve optional purchases
Avoid optional ammunition or powder purchases unless the mission requires them, and keep cumulative requisition spending at or below 30. The source does not publish a universal shopping list, so this guide does not invent one.
3. Recon the cache and use AP
Use the overflight result to confirm the armoured ammunition cache, then engage it with AP as ordered. Spending less requisition does not remove the armour requirement, and HE is not a substitute for AP on this objective.
4. Clear all five infantry targets
Complete the five hostile infantry fire missions using the current run’s spotter reports. Two reports may arrive as incomplete intelligence, so solve the live mission data instead of copying a fixed bearing or grid.
5. Finish within the documented spending limit
Use the published gold condition as the boundary: requisition points spent must remain ≤ 30. A large remaining balance is not, by itself, proof of gold because the medal is tied to cumulative spending.
Common Reasons Gold Does Not Register
- Reading the remaining balance as the score: The medal condition is points spent, not points left.
- Buying optional supplies without a documented need: Extra purchases can move cumulative spending beyond 30.
- Skipping the issued recon route: The ammunition cache still has to be found and destroyed with AP.
- Using another run’s target coordinates: Liberation bearings, distances, and incomplete reports are run-specific.
- Confusing separate medals: Accuracy, ally kills, and kill streak have their own commendations and thresholds.
Sources / References
- Iron Nest DB — Liberation — starting requisition, Scout Plane card, five infantry targets, AP ammunition-cache objective, run-specific intelligence, and the Mission 3 gold threshold of requisition points spent ≤ 30.
- Iron Nest DB — Medals — definitions of the tracked medal metrics. The mission-specific Liberation record above is used for the applicable threshold.
Update Log
- 2026-08-28: Published a dedicated, source-checked answer for the Liberation Austere Service Medal and separated requisition spending from the other Mission 3 medal metrics.
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