Collector

is a Quest in Escape from Tarkov.
==Dialogue==
==Requirements==
To gain access to this quest, most, but not all quests in the game need to be completed. There is no clear pattern which quests are required. It's decided by the developers and changes with new game updates. The quest with the highest required level is Crisis at 48.
For keeping track of which quests are required, we have added the parameter "Required for Kappa container" to the infoboxes of quest pages as well as a column on the Quests page. 
If your experience deviates from our data, please let us know on our Discord or note it here.
==Objectives==
* Find Old firesteel in raid
* Hand over the Old firesteel
* Find Antique axe in raid
* Hand over the Antique axe
* Find Battered antique book in raid
* Hand over the Battered antique book
* Find #FireKlean gun lube in raid
* Hand over the #FireKlean gun lube
* Find Golden rooster figurine in raid
* Hand over the Golden rooster figurine
* Find Silver Badge in raid
* Hand over the Silver Badge
* Find Deadlyslob's beard oil in raid
* Hand over the Deadlyslob's beard oil
* Find Golden 1GPhone smartphone in raid
* Hand over the Golden 1GPhone smartphone
* Find Jar of DevilDog mayo in raid
* Hand over the Jar of DevilDog mayo
* Find Can of sprats in raid
* Hand over the Can of sprats
* Find Fake mustache in raid
* Hand over the Fake mustache
* Find Kotton beanie in raid
* Hand over the Kotton beanie
* Find Raven figurine in raid
* Hand over the Raven figurine
* Find Pestily plague mask in raid
* Hand over the Pestily plague mask
* Find Shroud half-mask in raid
* Hand over the Shroud half-mask
* Find Can of Dr. Lupo's coffee beans in raid
* Hand over the Can of Dr. Lupo's coffee beans
* Find 42 Signature Blend English Tea in raid
* Hand over the 42 Signature Blend English Tea
* Find Veritas guitar pick in raid
* Hand over the Veritas guitar pick
* Find Armband (Evasion) in raid
* Hand over the Armband (Evasion)
* Find Can of RatCola soda in raid
* Hand over the Can of RatCola soda
* Find Loot Lord plushie in raid
* Hand over the Loot Lord plushie
* Find WZ Wallet in raid
* Hand over the WZ Wallet
* Find LVNDMARK's rat poison in raid
* Hand over the LVNDMARK's rat poison
* Find Smoke balaclava in raid
* Hand over the Smoke balaclava
* Find Missam forklift key in raid
* Hand over the Missam forklift key
* Find Video cassette with the movie Cyborg Killer from "Prokhodimec" in raid
* Hand over the Video cassette with the movie Cyborg Killer from "Prokhodimec"
* Find BakeEzy cook book in raid
* Hand over the BakeEzy cook book
* Find JohnB Liquid DNB glasses in raid
* Hand over the JohnB Liquid DNB glasses
* Find Glorious E lightweight armored mask in raid
* Hand over the Glorious E lightweight armored mask
* Find Baddie's red beard in raid
* Hand over the Baddie's red beard
* Find DRD body armor in raid
* Hand over the DRD body armor
* Find Gingy keychain in raid
* Hand over the Gingy keychain
* Find Golden egg in raid
* Hand over the Golden egg
* Find Press pass (issued for NoiceGuy) in raid
* Hand over the Press pass (issued for NoiceGuy)
* Find Axel parrot figurine in raid
* Hand over the Axel parrot figurine
* Find BEAR Buddy plush toy in raid
* Hand over the BEAR Buddy plush toy
* Find Inseq gas pipe wrench in raid
* Hand over the Inseq gas pipe wrench
* Find Viibiin sneaker in raid
* Hand over the Viibiin sneaker
* Find Tamatthi kunai knife replica in raid
* Hand over the Tamatthi kunai knife replica
==Rewards==
* 1× Secure container Kappa
* 1× Armband (DEADSKUL)
* Unlocks achievement The Kappa Path
==Guide==
Related Quest Items	Related Quest Items 	Related Quest Items	Related Quest Items	Related Quest Items	Related Quest Items
Icon 	Item name 	Amount 	Requirement 	Find in raid 	
 	Old firesteel 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Antique axe 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Battered antique book 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	#FireKlean gun lube 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Golden rooster figurine 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Silver Badge 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Deadlyslob's beard oil 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Golden 1GPhone smartphone 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Jar of DevilDog mayo 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Can of sprats 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Fake mustache 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Kotton beanie 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Can of Dr. Lupo's coffee beans 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Pestily plague mask 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Raven figurine 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Shroud half-mask 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Veritas guitar pick 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	42 Signature Blend English Tea 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Smoke balaclava 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Armband (Evasion) 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Can of RatCola soda 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Loot Lord plushie 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	WZ Wallet 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	LVNDMARK's rat poison 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Missam forklift key 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Video cassette with the movie Cyborg Killer from "Prokhodimec"	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	BakeEzy cook book 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	JohnB Liquid DNB glasses 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Glorious E lightweight armored mask 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Baddie's red beard 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	DRD body armor 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Gingy keychain 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Golden egg 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Press pass (issued for NoiceGuy) 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Axel parrot figurine 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	BEAR Buddy plush toy 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Inseq gas pipe wrench 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Viibiin sneaker 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
 	Tamatthi kunai knife replica 	1 	Handover item 	Yes 	
==Riddle==
Until April 19, 2019 this quest was called "A049 C026 0101PD". There was a riddle hidden in the the dialogue and reward text.
====Old description====
417420696e7465726368616e676520776520776572652061742062617
368207a797877767574737271706f6e6d6c6b6a6968676665646362612
07072797a317574733871356f6e6d6c6b6a336867666534633261
36742074683120316e61206f6620387420366c6c2c20326f75206d7573
742035386c6c207468312035386c6c3620616e64205572416743652044
45726f5252694d
====Old reward text====
=EjNyQzY2MzMjZjM3kjNyIjY2YjM - 3
==Qdy5yaqBybx1G
31IqhWZ4lGI1hnagwSdytmagYXZgUnZxhXagEH
31IklHI2JWdph2al9GIiFXdsVHagUmagU3cxJmZg
31IWc5NXdmlGIxBSa5BSdoVHeqpgZpNGdgQ3Y
31gMnZvlWZnBybgI2dgQnezdmZpNWbgInY3RHI
316p3drBSaj1GIscmYvt2ZgYHa3tGI1J2d692cyBiZ
31zhGdvpgcyVWdnBSZiBichJGIsgXeupGIypnYlB
31yciBSZiVmcjpncgEXeoJWdmBiZjJ3ZmBCbh5m
31egomY1pgC0tGe1BCazFGZ3dXa4xGIjBHboBS
31dkByZ0FnYqNGI0dXaKAiZlJ3b6hWYgcmZlZ3cg
31IXdnByciBiYqdGIoJGbgcWd0hmYl9GIyFmdzNnT - 2
==AdpBiZvBCd19GI
mxWZzJXdvlHIlRXY09mcgwCbsV2dgMXYgI
XZi1WduBiblRHI09mcgMXag4WZlRncphGd - 1
rebmun eslaf si neetriht taht si hturt dnoces ,6 dna 4 fo mus eht ees
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===Quest description decryption===
Solving the riddle starts with the quest description, the first paragraph of the hex encoded text equating to At interchange we were at bash zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba pryz1uts8q5onmlkj3hgfe4c2a and the second one to 6t th1 1na of 8t 6ll, 2ou must 58ll th1 58ll6 and UrAgCe DEroRRiM. The first uncovered paragraph indicates the existence of Atbash ciphered text, the text zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba pryz1uts8q5onmlkj3hgfe4c2a equating to abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz kiba1fgh8j5lmnopq3stuv4x2z, a clear substitution pattern. Using the aforementioned substitution pattern, we can take the second paragraph found in the quest description and translate it to 6t the end of it 6ll, you must kill the kill6, a clue which will become useful later along with the UrAgCe and DEroRRiM texts. 
===Quest reward text decryption===
The first operation to be applied to the quest reward text seems obvious, either from the DEroRRiM (MiRRorED if mirrored) text or from the nature of the text, it being a simple mirror of the whole text block. After a mirror, the paragraph First truth is, at the base you see the sum of 4 and 6, second truth is that thirteen is false number is revealed, making us understand that the number 13 should be eliminated in all further findings and that the base being used for them will be 64, instead of the human-used 10. Thus, after removing the already used text, removing the number 13 and decoding the text from Base64, we can observe the following text: thirteen is rot ten number as well, rotate yourself out of it which indicates the use of the rot13 cipher. After another removal of our used text and a rot13 decryption we can observe the following lines: Affine brought you two of the first numbers coupled with vjg pwodgt qh uycp ykvjjqnfu hkxg and how many steps should emperor of rome walk, one or three coupled with bgufs efbmjoh xjui txbot, zpv xjmm gjoe zpvstfmg jo b trvbsf pg gpvs / wkhuh lv d vshfldo sodfh wr uhyhdo brxuvhoi lq d vkdsh ri wxeh, wkh vkruw zdb wx.eh which indicate the Affine and Caesar ciphers respectively. After decyphering the Affine encoded text with the values a = 1; b = 2 we obtain the number of swan withholds five and after decoding the Caesar encoded texts with a shift of 1 and 3 respectively we obtain after dealing with swans, you will find yourself in a square of four / there is a special place to reveal yourself in a shape of tube, the short way tu.be, both clues helping later. 
===Piecing everything together===
To continue, we'll start with the remainder of our quest reward text: 266b2269726c336c4261 a hex encoded string which we should not decrypt for now. The clue the number of swan withholds five shows that 2 (a number which looks similar to a swan) should be replaced by the number 5, doing so in our hex text and then finally decoding it, indicated by the square of four clue, giving us VkUiul3lEa. Looking closely at the obtained string, we can observe the existence of the word killa within it, the clue 6t the end of it 6ll, you must kill the kill6 telling us to remove it from the text. Doing so will finally reveal the text VUu3E which if attached to the UrAgCe string obtained earlier, and being added onto a YouTube short link, as indicated by there is a special place to reveal yourself in a shape of tube, the short way tu.be revealing a YouTube video.
===The pastebin===
Approximately a week after finding the first YouTube video, a Pastebin link surfaced in the video description. For ease in describing the decryption progress, we'll split the document in 4 sections, one for each paragraph and will start with the last one since it exposes the 1st step within the process.
====Paragraph 4====
The paragraph is Base64 encoded, but before decoding it, all characters that are found surrounded by a + character need to be deleted and the contents need to be set aside to form the string 524f543437 which equates to ROT47 in hexadecimal. After the removal of the odd characters, the text File119111====T10p2 ...Be advised, we've got... (transmission interrupted)====end of file is revealed. We can note down the "file number" as the rest is just flavor text.
====Paragraph 3====
Using the former ROT47 clue we can solve this paragraph, applying a ROT47 decryption after a Base64 decode yielding the content we need, but slightly malformed. To clear this malformation every 22nd character in the original string needs to be removed (all of the characters being a 0), thus revealing File108070107==== T10p1 Overseer, this is team 8 unit 13 Foreman callsign. We got ambushed, requesting backup.... ====end of file. Like the last paragraph, we can ignore all text besides the file number.
====Paragraph 2====
After a reverse of this paragraph we can observe the string m1560red})>/|:\<({4lphab3t (originally t3bahpl4{(<\:|/>)}der0651m) is an outlier and will serve as a clue later, so we can remove it. The rest of the paragraph (still reversed) can simply be Base64 decoded to find File086078121==== OVRp2 ...Possible locals ambush. ====end of file. As with the former paragraphs, keep the file number and ignore the rest.
====Paragraph 1====
As with the former paragraphs we start with a simple Base64 decode. We can now take the m1560red})>/|:\<({4lphab3t clue and use it as a substitute alphabet while ignoring the importat numbers, giving us the File082056117==== OVRp1 team 10, recon detail, moving to polikhim 1-12. backup call from team 8, unknown detail.... ====end of file string, which again, can be disregarded besides the file number.
===Finale===
Concatenating all file numbers together yields 082056117086078121108070107119111. If we group the characters and get their coresponding ASCII character, we obtain R8uVNylFkwo which leads to the final YouTube video. The video had a few game keys in its description.
==Trivia== 
File:A049 C026 0101PD Banner.jpg|Old quest banner
*The found video clips from the riddle appeared in the later released "Raid" movie, which was created by Battlestate Games and can be watched for free on YouTube.
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