SnowRunner: 10 best trucks for Phase 4 Amur?

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SnowRunner: Wanting the best trucks for Phase 4 Amur? Well, you’ve come to the right place – here are my 10 favourites and why.

So you’ve dipped your toe into SnowRunner Phase 4 Amur life. Being a very remote area of Russia, it was never going to be about tropical beaches and Pina Coladas. Or getting caught in the rain. Music reference alert.

Unless, of course, by tropical beach you mean icy unforgiving wasteland and by Pina Coladas you mean dangerous mud and a constant sense of anguish and isolation. Nah, it’s not that bad.

However, even the best mod trucks with OP tyres and magical engines can get stuck. To survive here is as much about having the best truck as it is learning the best shortcuts that actually shorten journeys, not turn them into impromptu rescue operations.

Sadly, I cannot tell you every super sneaky Amur route to avoid the pits of mud that eat entire trucks, the weak ice that sends you to a watery grave or the steep inclinations that show you what gravity can do when very, very angry.

But what I can do is help with the best trucks for Phase 4 Amur, known as ‘New Frontiers’. No mod trucks here, just 10 vanilla trucks that will give you a better chance at launching that rocket to the moon. The opposite of where Bitcoin has been recently.

Anyway, tyre choice: There are some icy moments but I tend to avoid chains in favour of the benefits of off-road and mud tyres on other surfaces. So basically the I or II variant or Tayga balloons if you crave extra stability.

You can easily crawl up icy surfaces by having some of your wheels in snow or rub up against a barrier. SnowRunner physics let you gain grip even if not actually anywhere near said barrier. Bit odd but, hey, it works.

As for mod trucks, that will be in another guide. And I will do a console-only version, which will be made obsolete in seconds as trucks come and go, but anyway. Feel free to subscribe and like. Maybe donate to help keep the Tribe going. Show time!

10) Best trucks for Phase 4 Amur: Kolob 74760 / 74941

As much as I love the Kolob 74760 and 74941, the former being my favourite overall, their respective stats suggest a lack of power and that is the reality. Other heavy trucks perform better, however team Kolob is a step up over most small and medium alternatives.

Both Kolobs are hard to tip over, have huge tyres and can pull big trailers. Just remember to use the low gears before you lose momentum in the mud and on hills when dragging lots of heavy cargo.

Unlike in the olden days of SnowRunner – when I did my Kolob showdown – you can counteract the issue of digging holes in the floor with the Active Suspension addons found in Big Salmon Peak and Flooded Foothills.

Given all the deep mud and snow in Amur, there might be an argument for the extra control of the 74941 and its switchable AWD and Diff Lock. Just remember that both Kolobs can only fit a High Saddle so there are trucks that offer better bang for your buck.

If you would rather use something free from the same Heavy trucks class, there is always the DAN 96320, which is more versatile and potentially more capable off-road. But it looks way less cool.

9) Paystar 5600TS

A more recent addition to SnowRunner is the PayStar 5600TS, the first vanilla truck to offer a three-slot cargo bed and one that has a Western Star 6900 TwinSteer vibe. Well, without being as cumbersome and with way more wheels.

You first have to visit Wisconsin to get the PayStar, which is just chilling out near a Rolled Steel Factory. All the cool kids are doing it. Anyway, venture further in the same area for the Raised suspension and engageable AWD and Diff Lock upgrades that make it more Amur-friendly.

Despite having so many wheels, other trucks in this list are faster off-road. It can also drink through its 280-litre fuel capacity a little fast. But time can be made up using that extra cargo capacity or more fuel can be delivered to your fleet using the Expanded Fuel Tank.

8) Western Star 6900 TwinSteer

Up next. Big wheels, big rewards if you try the Western Star 6900 TwinSteer. Those huge mud tyres, all-wheel drive and its many horse ponies under the hood let it progress through some of the worst mud and snow at a half-decent speed.

It is, however, the closest SnowRunner has to a sausage dog and it is hardly the widest of trucks relative to how long it goes on for. That and a lack of being articulated means it can tip and there are no sides to keep cargo in place. Or the option of a crane to put it back on.

Still, it is faster than a lot of other trucks in bad terrain and the lack of trailers can be a huge turn-on for the terminally lazy. Especially as fetching them in Amur can be a big time sink and therefore not exactly efficient.

For best use, save the TwinSteer for Cosmodrome and Chernokamensk although it can work in the other maps if you take it steady and have nerves of steel.

7) Azov 42-20 Antarctic

Up there with the ANK MK38 for tipping over is the Azov 42-20 Antarctic, which is based on a really cool Kamaz Arctic truck as my GameStop-based review mentions. So why bother? Because it has some of the largest tyres in SnowRunner and that helps in mud and snow.

You also have more addons than ever, in the form of the logging crane, logging front addon and the usual flatbed and sideboard bed. So it works nicely for moving cargo and trees around – particularly the latter as all that dead tree weight improves stability.

Bags of ground clearance is handy too as Amur can be rocky and full of deep mud pits. Just be sure to use the low gears to prevent falling over and help reduce those annoying snaking steering moments caused by a slow-to-turn articulated front-end.

For those on console and PC, there are mod versions that make the Azov 42-20 more like it should be. One tweaks the weight and other measurements to match its real life counterpart. Meanwhile the Iceberg mod truck just destroys everything in its path.

6) Azov 64131

For those early in their SnowRunner trucker career, the sixth-place Azov 64131 is highly recommended. Those brave enough to consider heading to Phase 4 Amur early can benefit from Allterrain tyres and always-on AWD and Diff Lock as standard.

Few caveats. The maximum tyre size is 47 inches, which is massive in real life but small for SnowRunner. The 64131 also cannot use active or raised suspension, which means it can and will get stuck on boulders like it did in Imandra and Lake Kovd. It will also struggle more in the deep stuff.

Keep an eye out for those weaknesses, however, and the 64131 will get you where you need to go. You will arrive old and prone to wearing beige. But only the naivety of youth would dismiss its utility excellence, thanks to a crane and cargo bed combination, and that impressive fuel range.

5) Tayga 6436

When not made out of cake, the Tayga 6436 Tayga King Tanga 69420F (as it is now known) can be an effective tool in Amur. Yes, offroad trucks have a harder time in deep snow and mud but the Tayga, as well as the other top tier offerings such as the Voron AE, are by no means weak.

In fact, they are small enough to scout yet far quicker at the job than an actual scout. Except one. Plus the Tayga and pals can have almost all addons and a decent fuel range although the 6436 in particular can get thirsty.

Gone are the days this Russian truck being the king, but then it is a truck you can get for free very early in SnowRunner and it eclipses almost everything in its class.

4) Caterpillar 745C

The big yellow beast is back. For me, no fleet is complete without the fourth-place Caterpillar 745C because it is one of the best recovery vehicles in SnowRunner, not to mention one of the best off-road. Providing it has enough space to turn.

Whack on the Fuel Carrier addon and the 745C will happily tow, refuel and rescue trucks that were, shall we say, less effective. Very few trucks can handle deep mud and snow quite like this thing.

Even better is the fact that medium and short logs fit in the 745C Log Carrier addon. Every other truck is limited to the Amur-only short logs for some weird reason.

So powerful is the CAT 745C that it is one of the best trucks for escaping from broken ice. Cheers, 71-inch tyres. Although it is always best to learn what colour of ice can support a truck and what can’t.

The big CAT can even carry cargo including the various rocket parts found in Amur but you will need to enlist the help of a crane truck, which makes it less versatile. Even so, Phase 4 gives fans more reason to use it than ever.

3) TUZ 420 ‘Tatarin’

I sometimes leave the third-place TUZ 420 ‘Tatarin’ out of my best truck lists just to troll. Only kidding. Basically, I just get bored of recommending it because it has a crazy high bonus for its mud tyres so it can out-scout all scouts, basically. Except if you need to tow and not winch a trailer.

Honestly, for remote repairs, watchtower discovery, trying new routes and generally anything except swimming the TUZ 420 ‘Tatarin’ is brilliant. Sadly, it did not get a new engine like the other Russian scouts – although it’s free so stop complaining.

The 420 also has a new skin and can usually dance along thin ice like other scouts, which can open up some tasty shortcuts. Mod versions of it are super overpowered so if you get bored of getting stuck, you could give them a go. Just saying.

2) Azov 73210

And in second place. I feel like a stuck record with the Azov 73210, but this really is one of SnowRunner’s best trucks. Slow, admittedly, but extremely dependable.

The front and rear-steering 73210 now has a three-slot flatbed and sideboard bed, which is unrivalled at carrying, err, three slots of cargo. Sadly, doing so rules out trailers and a crane simultaneously, which hinders some of the later Amur tasks.

Even better, it can now have Active Suspension so less nose-to-floor misery. The location is in Chernokamensk – I show where in my Zikz 605R and garage unlock guide. Probably the only thing right in that video since the devs changed everything else. Not bitter at all.

Anyway, enjoy the fact the Azov 73210 is a superb cargo truck, superb crane truck, superb rescue truck and basically the closest SnowRunner has to a Swiss Army Knife. And if you got excited and bought the Year 2 Pass, well, it can look really, really badass.

1) Best trucks for Phase 4 winner: Zikz 605R

And the winner. I never thought a Zikz would end up in a SnowRunner best trucks list – let alone at the top. But here we are.

Then again, the Zikz 605R is special. Special because it has unique tyres that do an almost unrivalled job in harsh conditions, yet you can still fit useful stuff such as the roof rack, high saddle and more.

With the top engine, it really does handle bad terrain brilliantly. Maybe, just maybe, it is the best offroad truck in SnowRunner. My heavy truck showdown and review will find out if that is true.

Suffice to say, when you get to Cosmodrome in Amur I would rescue it straight away. You can drive straight there in a decent repair scout or medium-sized truck and/or tow it home. You just have to unlock the tunnel in Urska River.

The Zikz 605R also looks great, sounds like a proper beast and once in fifth gear it becomes the closest big truck to the TUZ 420 ‘Tatarin’. A worthy companion in all maps and a great co-op teammate to the Azov 73210, which is more useful but loses points for being more familiar.

And that’s it for my SnowRunner best trucks for Phase 4 Amur list. What have you been using and why? Let me know in the comments and be sure to subscribe. Look after yourselves, home scones.