Poisonous effects

Now that the gas canisters from Chemical equilibrium are put into position in the underpass, Akill is leaving it up to you to detonate them and poison the rare Venom to death.
He also gives you a hint to his stash, which has his VSSK "Backwoods" and flash drive; you can use his gun from the stash, but will have to give it back afterwards.
== Walkthrough ==
=== Pripyat-1 Underpass ===
Akill's stash is up in the easter egg room at the very top of the dome area. You'll need to parkour up the pipes and crawl through some rubble to reach that room, and search inside the cupboards for the backpack. Here's the route:
After that, take up your position on the roof of the crane control room, in the spot marked on your map. You'll be rooted to the spot for the duration of this portion of the quest.
The Venom will spawn and wander around the dome. All you have to do is shoot the gas canisters as the Venom passes by them, while avoiding shooting the mutant directly. After about three or four direct explosion hits, the mutant will die.
=== Finishing the quest ===
After obtaining the rifle and killing the venom, you can return to Akill.
=== Additional mercs ===
This isn't mentioned anywhere in the dialogues, but giving the rifle back to Akill spawns a totally unrelated squad of 16 Blackwater mercs in the Wild Territory at the [ road to Yantar] and the [ abandoned construction site]; and also an APC near the [ stalker campfire] and a turret on top of the [ abandoned construction site].
== Notes ==
* There's no actual need to use the VSSK and expensive .338 ammunition to complete this quest. A smallbore rifle with burst fire will do just fine as long as your scope lets you get a good enough closeup. The containers do have a bit of health so you may need to butter them up ahead of time.
== Bugs ==
* The venom can be aggressive towards you, and attack you while you're being immobilized, instead of walking around at the bottom. Replay that section if this happens.