Quest Guide: Unexpected Initiative

Objective list

• In One Round
• Reach the Grandioso Apartments in Buried City
• Search for Fertilizer on the rooftop of the Grandioso Apartments
• Reach Piazza Roma in Buried City
• Search for a Water Pump in the broken rooftop gardens at Piazza Roma
• Deliver a Water Pump to Tian Wen
• Deliver Fertilizer 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.
• A light-value raid kit. 'In one round' objectives punish greed, so bring enough to survive, not enough to cry over.
• 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

• Water Pump x1
• Fertilizer 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

Because the tracker says this must be done in one round, treat the named objective areas as a route: get in, clear the interaction, confirm the update, then rotate immediately. You are not trying to win the whole lobby; you are trying to leave with the quest done.

1. Step 1: Reach the Grandioso Apartments in Buried City

   Make this your opening waypoint. Move quickly, clear only what blocks the path, and do not burn utility before you reach the named area.

2. Step 2: Search for Fertilizer on the rooftop of the Grandioso Apartments

   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: Reach Piazza Roma in Buried City

   Make this your opening waypoint. Move quickly, clear only what blocks the path, and do not burn utility before you reach the named area.

4. Step 4: Search for a Water Pump in the broken rooftop gardens at Piazza Roma

   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.

5. Step 5: Deliver a Water Pump 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.

6. Step 6: Deliver Fertilizer 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

• Starting the raid without a simple, clockwork route. One-round quests fall apart when you improvise after the first gunshot.
• 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.

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.