Quest Guide: Combat Recon

Objective list

• Scope out a cover spot in the Parking Garage staircases
• Scope out a cover spot in the buses near Marano Park
• Scope out a cover spot in the attics around Main Street
• Destroy 2 Spotters
• Deliver Spotter Relay to Shani

What to bring

• A reliable mid-range primary and a sidearm or close-range backup; most quest deaths happen while rotating, not while looting.
• Spare ammo, one explosive or stun option, and shield sustain. Kill quests snowball fast when you tunnel on the target and ignore the third party.
• Stamina-friendly utility like smoke or a distraction item, because recon steps usually force you into exposed rooftops, offices, or dead-end rooms.

How to run it

Plan the raid around the first named objective and your nearest safe extract, not around the fattest loot route. If the quest item drops into your inventory, the raid is now an escort mission and everything else is optional.

1. Step 1: Scope out a cover spot in the Parking Garage staircases

   Once you are at the point of interest, clear the nearest angle first, then interact. Most misses on this step happen because players sprint past the actual prompt or loot through the room too early.

2. Step 2: Scope out a cover spot in the buses near Marano Park

   Once you are at the point of interest, clear the nearest angle first, then interact. Most misses on this step happen because players sprint past the actual prompt or loot through the room too early.

3. Step 3: Scope out a cover spot in the attics around Main Street

   Once you are at the point of interest, clear the nearest angle first, then interact. Most misses on this step happen because players sprint past the actual prompt or loot through the room too early.

4. Step 4: Destroy 2 Spotters

   Commit to the kill only when you have cover and an exit line. If the quest also wants a driver, cell, or relay, vacuum the drop before you rotate away.

5. Step 5: Deliver Spotter Relay to Shani

   Do not queue extra looting on the way back. Once the item is in your bag, your next win condition is simply getting out alive.

Where players usually throw this quest

• Finishing the item step and then greed-looting instead of extracting while the objective is still fresh and uncontested.
• Tunnel-visioning the target ARC and then forgetting to loot the driver, vault, cell, or relay the quest actually needs.
• Taking a fight on the way out just because you hear it. Quest raids are won by discipline, not by K/D.

Miswired note

Use the named area as your anchor, then plan your extract before you touch the objective. That matters more than another backpack worth of salvage on Buried City.