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Fragile Equilibrium

Place the container in Northern Reach's experimental machine, locate the control terminal and lead scientist through the hospital, use the hardware key, boot and activate the machine, and recover the data drive.

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Lab Rat

Required tasks (1)
At Doom's Gate

What to do

  1. 1

    Place the container inside the experimental machine at Northern Reach.

    1. 1.1

      Retrieve the container hidden at a shelter northeast of Northern Reach.

    Then complete the objective

    Place the container inside the experimental machine at Northern Reach.

    Metal Container
  2. 2

    Find the control terminal.

  3. 3

    Find out the whereabouts of the lead scientist.

  4. 4

    Search the hospital for the lead scientist.

  5. 5

    Use the hardware key to access the control terminal.

    1. 5.1

      Retrieve the hardware key.

    Then complete the objective

    Use the hardware key to access the control terminal.

    BR-417 Hardware Key
  6. 6

    Boot up the experimental machine.

    1. 6.1

      Initiate the boot-up sequence from Terminal 1.

    2. 6.2

      Initiate the boot-up sequence from Terminal 2.

    3. 6.3

      Initiate the boot-up sequence from Terminal 3.

    4. 6.4

      Initiate the boot-up sequence from Terminal 4.

  7. 7

    Activate the machine.

  8. 8

    Retrieve the data drive and report back to Lab Rat.

    1. 8.1

      Extract the data drive from the computer.

    Then complete the objective

    Retrieve the data drive and report back to Lab Rat.

Finish & hand in

  • Retrieve the data drive and report back to Lab Rat.
  • Stay alive during the task.
Rewards
  • Unlocks purchases from Collector.
Version, sources & details

The guide combines documented older builds and dated recordings. It is not verified in game for live patch 0.5.1.1. Loot, costs and times may have changed.

0.5.0 / cb4f600 (2026-10-22) · Sources checked 14 November 2026

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Not yet established

  • The reviewed text describes the mission goal, not a complete arrival-to-handover route.
  • Current-patch verification, sufficient map positions and visual step evidence are missing.
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