Batya

Turns out BEAR didn't send just regular squads into Tarkov, there were real SOF guys here. I'd like to know more about those units and what exactly they were doing.

Chapter Objectives

Step by Step

1. 1Locate the traces of the BEAR special squad

   Pick up the Bogatyrs patch and read it. It can turn up on Customs, Woods, Reserve or Lighthouse. On Customs it lies on a couch inside the cabin at the top of the hill south-west of the new gas station. On Woods it is on the ground beside the BRDM belonging to the cargo convoy. On Reserve it sits on a package on the upper roof of the airspace control center, the one marked with a white king. On Lighthouse it rests on a tree stump in the BEAR camp.

   • Bogatyrs patch found in raid

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

2. 2Learn more about the Bogatyr squad from the traders

   Open the trader screen from the menu, go to Jaeger and ask him about the BEAR patch.

3. 3Locate the Ryabina outpost

   The Ryabina outpost sits north of the sawmill on Woods.

   

   

4. 4Find more information about the Bogatyr squad

   Take and read one note at the camp, and collect a quest item there as well. Move Strelets' amulet into your off-raid quest inventory so a later raid cannot cost you it, because it is needed further down the line.

   • Strelets' amulet found in raid
   • Hostage evacuation report from Voevoda found in raid

   

   

   

5. 5Locate the Carousel outpost

   The Carousel outpost is inside the ULTRA shopping mall on Interchange, across from the IDEA store checkout area. Collect two quest items there, read four notes, and take an audio tape. Shift Taran's postcard and Voevoda's audio recorder into your off-raid quest inventory so later raids cannot take them from you, as both are needed again.

   • Taran's personal file found in raid
   • Voevoda's personal file found in raid
   • Strelets' personal file found in raid
   • Strelets' note found in raid
   • Taran's postcard found in raid
   • Voevoda's audio recorder (quest item) found in raid
   • Voevoda's thoughts audio tape found in raid

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

6. 6Locate the Gnezdo outpost

   The Gnezdo outpost lies east of the ULTRA shopping mall on Interchange.

   

   

7. 7Search the Gnezdo outpost

   Collect and read five notes at the outpost, and take an audio tape.

   • Moreman's personal file found in raid
   • Bogatyr squad operations report found in raid
   • Map with triangulated signal found in raid
   • BEAR note from the outpost behind Ultra found in raid
   • First piece of code note found in raid
   • Audio tape with report found in raid

   

   

   

   

   

   

8. 8Locate the ambush spot

   The ambush spot, meaning Moreman's grave, is in the east of Woods near the ZB-016 extraction.

   

   

9. 9Obtain more information about the Bogatyr squad

   Take and read one note at the grave, and collect two quest items while you are there. Move Moreman's dogtag into your off-raid quest inventory so a later raid cannot cost you it, because you will need it again.

   • Second piece of code note found in raid
   • Moreman's phone found in raid
   • Moreman's dogtag found in raid

   

   

   

10. 10Retrieve more information about the ambush from Moreman's phone

    Craft Moreman's audio tape #1 and Moreman's audio tape #2 at Workbench level 1 in the Hideout, then listen to both. The Hideout needs electricity for the whole craft, otherwise it stops partway.

    • Moreman's audio tape 1
    • Moreman's audio tape 2

11. 11Obtain Intelligence Center level 3

    Take the Intelligence Center in your Hideout up to level 3.

12. 12Contact the Bogatyr squad

    Reach Voevoda on the radio system at the Intelligence Center in your Hideout. Enter the frequency "35.70" first, which the First piece of code note and Second piece of code note point to, then the code "27.893.2000", which Strelets' note points to.

    

    

    

13. 13Gain access to Lightkeeper

    Lightkeeper is on Lighthouse, shut away in a locked area on the 3rd floor of the lighthouse building on the peninsula territory. The bridge across to it is watched by Zryachiy and strewn with Claymores, so you need an encoded Digital secure DSP radio transmitter to cross safely and speak to him: it turns the Claymores off and keeps Zryachiy from firing on you. Getting one means running the questline that opens with Network Provider - Part 1, which Mechanic gives you once the previous objective is done. Wounding Zryachiy, any of his followers, or a PMC acquainted with Lightkeeper anywhere on the lighthouse premises will decode your transmitter if you have it equipped, and in local PvE raids taking it off does not spare you. PMCs who are acquainted with Lightkeeper may kill intruders who are not, without penalty.

    

    

14. 14Bring all the Bogatyr squad's items to Lightkeeper

    Move Taran's postcard, Voevoda's audio recorder, Strelets' amulet, Moreman's dogtag and the Bogatyrs patch into your in-raid quest inventory, then hand them all to Lightkeeper.

    • Taran's postcard found in raid
    • Voevoda's audio recorder (quest item) found in raid
    • Strelets' amulet found in raid
    • Moreman's dogtag found in raid
    • Bogatyrs patch found in raid

15. 15Wait for Voevoda to reach out

    Give Voevoda 6-12 hours to make contact, then call him on the radio system at the Intelligence Center in your Hideout. Enter the frequency "35.70" and the code "27.893.2000" once more.

    

    

    

16. 16Complete Voevoda's tasks

    Voevoda asks for six things: Light Machine Guns skill at level 5, Assault Rifles at level 10, Stress Resistance at level 10, Strength at level 15, 15 targets of any kind killed without dying, and 4 PMC operatives killed without dying.

17. 17Contact Voevoda

    Call Voevoda again on the radio system at the Intelligence Center in your Hideout, entering the frequency "35.70" and the code "27.893.2000".

    

    

    

18. 18Locate the traces of the traitors

    The Note mentioning Prapor is at the BEAR camp on Lighthouse. Pick it up and read it to clear this objective.

    • Note mentioning Prapor found in raid

    

    

    

19. 19Interrogate Prapor

    Open the trader screen from the menu and visit Prapor.

20. 20Figure out how the cultists are connected to the General

    Two notes are needed here: one from Shoreline, and one from either Woods or Customs. Voevoda's photo with a cultist mark is in the house on the island on Shoreline. The Note mentioning General is either at the marked circle in the woods west of the sawmill near the checkpoint, or in the marked room on the third floor of the three-story dorms building, which needs a Dorm room 314 marked key to open. Not every spawn of the quest item calls for that key, so it is not strictly needed to finish the objective.

    • Voevoda's photo with a cultist mark found in raid
    • Note mentioning General found in raid
    • Dorm room 314 marked key

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

21. 21Talk to Lightkeeper

    Go to Lighthouse and see Lightkeeper.

22. 22Wait for Lightkeeper to prepare the documents on The Unheard

    Head back into a new raid, return to Lightkeeper's area on Lighthouse, and pick up and read the Agent network deployment report. The objective then clears 6 hours later. You get 144,000 EXP, Voevoda's audio recorder, and the This Is All (Not) Coincidence achievement.

    • Agent network deployment report found in raid

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