Boreas

Chapter Objectives

Step by Step

1. 1Talk to Mechanic

   Open the trader screen and ask Mechanic about the distress signal.

2. 2Locate and repair the equipment under the cellular tower on Woods

   Bring a Toolset to Woods and repair the equipment at the Scav bunker.

   • Toolset

   

   

3. 3Report back to Mechanic

   Open the trader screen and speak to Mechanic.

4. 4Locate and obtain the Paradigm Shipping documentation

   The Paradigm Shipping directive waits in the warehouse at the freight yard in the north of Lighthouse. Pick it up and read it.

   • Paradigm Shipping directive found in raid

   

   

5. 5Tell Mechanic about "Boreas"

   Open the trader screen and speak to Mechanic.

6. 6Arrange a transport to the icebreaker

   Open the trader screen and ask Prapor about the transport.

   Hand over 3 Military power filters to Prapor — this only shows up if you held on to Prapor's Armored case during Falling Skies.

   Eliminate any 30 targets on Reserve — this only shows up if you have not finished Falling Skies.

   Launch a yellow signal flare at the Woods transit on Reserve — again, only if Falling Skies is unfinished. Stand at the Woods transit and put a yellow flare into the sky; it has to climb high enough or the objective will not tick. Either a handheld RSP-30 yellow flare, sold by Prapor at LL1, or a 26x75mm yellow flare cartridge from Jaeger LL1 fired out of a signal pistol will do the job. With the handheld RSP-30, angle it upwards, but not so far that it drops behind you.

   • Military power filter ×3 found in raid

   

   

   

7. 7Hand over the AMG-10 fluid to Prapor

   The AMG-10 hydraulic fluid quest item spawns on Reserve, with several possible spots across the map. The barter version of the AMG-10 hydraulic fluid does not count for this objective.

   • AMG-10 hydraulic fluid (quest item) found in raid

   

   

   

   

   

   

8. 8Find an alternative transport to the icebreaker

   Speak to the BTR Driver and ask him about the transport.

   Return to the Hideout — this only shows up if you have finished The Price of Independence. Leave the raid, either by extracting or by dying.

   Hand over 200 7.62x54mm R BT gzh rounds to the BTR driver — this only shows up if you have finished Choose Your Friends Wisely.

   Locate and obtain Skier's reports on Customs — same condition. The docs lie in the ditch between the Scav base and the laboratory.

   Burn Skier's reports on Customs — same condition. Any fire barrel on Customs works; the nearest one to the pickup sits in the middle living quarters of the Scav base.

   Eliminate any 15 targets at the smugglers' territories — same condition. The smuggler bases are on Shoreline and Interchange.

   Eliminate any 10 targets at the smugglers' territories — this version appears instead if you have completed neither The Price of Independence nor Choose Your Friends Wisely. Same two smuggler bases.

   • 7.62x54mm R BT gzh ×200

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

9. 9Return to the BTR driver

   Speak to the BTR Driver.

10. 10Tell Mechanic that you found transport to the icebreaker

    Open the trader screen and speak to Mechanic.

11. 11Board the smuggler hovercraft on Shoreline

    The hovercraft sits at the pier on Shoreline, and boarding it costs 700,000 Roubles. Extracting from the icebreaker afterwards takes a green flare and 2,400 Euros.

    

    

12. 12Arrive at the Icebreaker

    Enter Icebreaker through the Shoreline transit.

13. 13Check if any crew members survived on the ship

    The intercom is on level 1 of the Icebreaker, on the east side of the ship. Use it to speak to the scientist.

    

    

    

14. 14Access the engine room

    Getting in takes the Boreas engine room keycard. Halfway across the engine room, Black Division fighters step out of doors on the catwalks ahead of you.

    Locate and obtain the engine room keycard — it lies beside an engineer's body in the central medical room on level 1.

    Reach the engine room — head for level 0 on the east side of the ship and find the locked door with a keycard reader right beside the control room. Carry on through the ship and take the stairs up to level 1, where the engine room doors are. Unseal them, step inside, then go down to level -2.

    • Boreas engine room keycard

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

15. 15Find a way into the icebreaker superstructure

    Make for the extraction zone, but instead of extracting, drop two levels, come round the helipad, follow the side of the ship all the way along, and climb to level 3 to reach a chained door.

    Black Division hold the helipad, with a second group underneath it.

    Try the damaged, chained door and you will be asked to find an explosive. From that point you can extract from the Icebreaker, and the quest Stick to It unlocks.

    

    

    

16. 16Ask Mechanic about explosives

    Open the trader screen and speak to Mechanic.

17. 17Ask Prapor about explosives

    Open the trader screen and speak to Prapor. This opens up the SZ-1 explosive charge (Icebreaker) for purchase at Prapor LL1.

18. 18Reach the damaged door on the roof of the engine room

    Make your way back to the damaged door with the chains on it.

    

    

    

19. 19Break the chain on the door on the roof of the engine room using the SZ-1 charge

    With the SZ-1 explosive charge (Icebreaker) on you, place it on the chain at the damaged door to destroy it.

    • SZ-1 explosive charge (Icebreaker)

    

20. 20Enter the icebreaker superstructure from the roof of the engine room

    Past the door lie the crew quarters. The Wedge squad is inside, and a teargas grenade is rigged as a tripwire on the entrance door to the quarters.

    

21. 21Find a way to the upper decks of the icebreaker superstructure

    With the crew quarters cleared and The Wedge dead, go up to level 5, step outside the quarters, and take the stairs to a code-locked door that leads to the upper decks.

    

    

22. 22Ask the surviving scientist how to open the code-locked door on level 6

    Use the intercom on level 1 of the Icebreaker, on the east side of the ship, to speak to the scientist.

    

    

    

23. 23Ask Mechanic for help with finding the second part of the code for the locked door on level 6

    Open the trader screen and speak to Mechanic.

24. 24Plant the hacking device in the server room in The Lab

    Stash the Local network hacking device in the server room on the first floor of The Lab. Mechanic sends you one by in-game mail and offers a barter if you need more.

    • Local network hacking device

    

    

25. 25Return to Mechanic

    Open the trader screen and speak to Mechanic.

26. 26Arrive at the Icebreaker

    Enter Icebreaker either through the Shoreline transit or straight from the menu.

27. 27Access the engine room

    Use the Boreas engine room keycard to open the way in. Once you are halfway across the engine room, Black Division push out of doors on the catwalks in front of you.

    Locate and obtain the engine room keycard — look next to an engineer's body in the central medical room on level 1.

    Reach the engine room — from level 0 on the east side of the ship, find the keycard-reader door beside the control room. Work on through the ship and climb the stairs to level 1 to reach the engine room doors. Unseal them, go in, then take the stairs down to level -2.

    • Boreas engine room keycard

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

28. 28Reach the damaged door on the roof of the engine room

    Head back once more to the damaged door with the chains.

    

    

    

29. 29Break the chain on the door on the roof of the engine room using the SZ-1 charge

    Carrying the SZ-1 explosive charge (Icebreaker), set it on the chain at the damaged door to blow it apart.

    • SZ-1 explosive charge (Icebreaker)

    

30. 30Reach the code-locked door

    Once the crew quarters are clear and The Wedge is dead, move up to level 5, leave the quarters, and take the stairs to the code-locked door leading to the upper decks.

    

    

31. 31Use the correct access code

    Punch 3-1-2-2-2-0 into the keypad to open the door. That code never changes between raids, and every door in the zone that opens to the exterior uses the same one.

    

32. 32Locate compartment C-1

    Compartment C-1 sits on level 7, next to the exit that leads outside. Opening it takes the Compartment C-1 keycard.

    

    

33. 33Reach the upper decks

    Leave the level 7 rooms using the 3-1-2-2-2-0 code and climb the stairs to reach the bridge.

    

34. 34Thaw the hatch on the roof of the bridge

    The hatch sits on the roof of the bridge, frozen solid along with its lever. Thaw it with the BBQ-S43 gas torch.

    • BBQ-S43 gas torch

    

35. 35Find something to thaw the hatch on the roof of the bridge

    The BBQ-S43 gas torch spawns on level 3, in the kitchen where The Wedge turns up.

    • BBQ-S43 gas torch

    

    

    

36. 36Access Compartment C-1

    Getting into the room takes the Compartment C-1 keycard, which is in the left hand of a body on level 9 of the Icebreaker.

    • Compartment C-1 keycard

    

    

    

37. 37Rescue the icebreaker captain

    The objective ticks the moment you reach the captain's body on the bridge, on level 9.

    

38. 38Search the shelves in compartment C-1

    The Hard drive from compartment C-1 (3) sits on the shelves to your left as you step into the room.

    • Hard drive from compartment C-1 (3) found in raid

    

39. 39Search the area near the workstation in compartment C-1

    The Hard drive from compartment C-1 (1) is under the desk, sitting on the PC blocks.

    • Hard drive from compartment C-1 (1) found in raid

    

40. 40Search the servers in compartment C-1

    The Hard drive from compartment C-1 (2) rests on top of the servers standing on the floor.

    • Hard drive from compartment C-1 (2) found in raid

    

41. 41Ask Mechanic for help decoding the hard drives from the icebreaker

    Open the trader screen and give Mechanic all three hard drives.

    Handing them over opens up A Wedge Between Us, Fresh Stock, Oil Change and War Never Changes. None of them have to be done to carry on with this story chapter.

    • Hard drive from compartment C-1 (1) found in raid
    • Hard drive from compartment C-1 (2) found in raid
    • Hard drive from compartment C-1 (3) found in raid

42. 42Hand over 3 found in raid Ultralink satellite modules to Mechanic

    Open the trader screen and give Mechanic the 3 Ultralink satellite communication modules.

    • Ultralink satellite communication module ×3 found in raid

43. 43Hand over 4 found in raid server RAM modules to Mechanic

    Open the trader screen and give Mechanic the 4 Memento Server RAM Modules.

    • Memento Server RAM Module ×4 found in raid

44. 44Hand over 2 found in raid cryptographic processors to Mechanic

    Open the trader screen and give Mechanic the 2 IBX Gigachad cryptographic processors. You get 1x Icebreaker archive data in return.

    • IBX Gigachad cryptographic processor ×2 found in raid

45. 45Analyse the data from the icebreaker

    The Icebreaker archive data arrives in your messages. Read it from the handbook.

    • Icebreaker archive data

46. 46Inform the scientist about the captain's death

    Use the intercom on level 1 of the Icebreaker, on the east side of the ship, to speak to the scientist.

    

    

    

47. 47Ask the BTR driver if he can help evacuate the scientist from the icebreaker

    Speak to the BTR Driver.

48. 48Assist the smugglers with their conflict against the Rogues

    Completing the quest Hangover clears this objective.

49. 49Return to the BTR driver

    Speak to the BTR Driver.

50. 50Eliminate 20 targets on the icebreaker

    Kill any 20 targets on Icebreaker.

51. 51Hand over 5 respirators to the BTR driver

    • Respirator ×5
    • Gentex Ops-Core SOTR respirator ×5
    • GP-5 gas mask ×5
    • GP-7 gas mask ×5
    • Avon M53A1 gas mask ×5

52. 52Hand over 2 class 5 or higher ballistic plates to the BTR driver

53. 53Hand over the Kirasa-N body armor to the BTR driver

    • BNTI Kirasa-N body armor

54. 54Inform the scientist that everything is ready for his evacuation

    Use the intercom on level 1 of the Icebreaker, on the east side of the ship, to speak to the scientist.

    

    

    

55. 55Ask the BTR driver how the scientist's rescue went

    Find the BTR Driver on either Woods or Streets of Tarkov. This hands you experience and 1x Compartment C-3 keycard.

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