Quest Guide: Snap and Salvage

Objective list

• Take a photo of any of the Rovers in the Sandbox
• Search the papers in the Security Checkpoint room by the Lobby
• Deliver a Magnetron to Tian Wen
• Deliver a Flow Controller to Tian Wen

What to bring

• A reliable mid-range primary and a sidearm or close-range backup; most quest deaths happen while rotating, not while looting.
• Stamina-friendly utility like smoke or a distraction item, because recon steps usually force you into exposed rooftops, offices, or dead-end rooms.
• Put any required stash items in your secure slot or the safest inventory space before you queue. Do not trust yourself to remember them after you deploy.
• Enough meds and shields to survive two rotations; multi-location quests punish players who arrive at the final step with no resources left.

Bring these items in from stash

• Magnetron x1
• Flow Controller x1

If one of these items fits in a safe pocket, use it. The easiest way to brick a clean route is to lose the one thing the objective needs.

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: Take a photo of any of the Rovers in the Sandbox

   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: Search the papers in the Security Checkpoint room by the Lobby

   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: Deliver a Magnetron to Tian Wen

   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.

4. Step 4: Deliver a Flow Controller to Tian Wen

   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

• Forgetting a required stash item, or carrying it in a loose slot where one bad decision turns the run into a wipe.
• Finishing the item step and then greed-looting instead of extracting while the objective is still fresh and uncontested.
• Running past the actual interaction prompt. Slow down for five seconds, clear the room, and let the tracker update before leaving.
• 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 Area Objective.