Quests in Area 1

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*Main article: Quests*

Comprehensive list of tutorial quests set in Area 1.

## Craft Drillship Core

*"Good day sailor. COGs, mysterious robots that took over our island, possess superior technology to ours. It is clear first step must be to reverse-engineer their tech to increase our odds. Find pieces of their technology and research them so that we can learn how to capture their drillships. Massive machines they use for transportation."*

Objectives: mine Coal ore, Copper ore and Destroyed production module T1, use the Submarine's Worktable, Research Worktable, and Refinery Worktable to craft Drillship core 1.

*"Well done! Now let's put the core to good use."*

## Claim Drillship

*"We have received a distress call from a heavily damaged drillship that will soon surface close to our location. Destroy the COGs and try claim the drillship using the core you just crafted.
Based on the research, core is control unit of a drillship."*

Objectives: destroy the defenders of the Damaged Drillship and install your drillship core to claim it.

Note: if the Damaged Drillship is destroyed, a replacement promptly surfaces.

*"Good work, now you are captain of your own vessel!"*

## Repair Drillship

*"The drillship is heavily damaged. It must have been hit by a Volcanic eruption. It's still capable of traveling but the hull is in very bad condition. Fix all the destroyed walls and place door frame."*

Objectives: collect stash of Breach replacements from Damaged Drillship's storage, use them to repair the hull.

*"Almost like new, well done!"*

## Adventure Begins!

*You claimed your drillship and can begin the journey on saving the Adranos island!*

*You can explore on your own or call The Captain for more directions!*

## Build Turret Module

*"Once you travel further, there is a high risk COGs will try to destroy your drillship. Make sure you can defend it by building a turret module. Once turret module deployed, it automatically shoots at enemy units. Always make sure there is available ammo in drillship storage."*

Objectives: build and install a Pistol Turret Module and lay in a supply of Pistol Turret ammo.

Note: this quest can be completed while underground, as all components can be made in the Worktable.

*"Well done! Remember, this side of drillship is defended now! Make sure to build more, once the drillship gets bigger."*

## Side quest: Use Remote Periscope

Objectives: open your Control Bracer (Q key), select Remote Periscope (2 key), and look around.

## Mine More Coal

*"Your drillship needs energy not only for production, but also for defense. Before you find alternative means of producing energy on your drillship, you will have to rely on coal. Therefore it is paramount to stockpile your drillship with coal before leaving it unattended to make sure it's safe."*

Objective: Put at least 30 units of coal in your drillship's inventory.

Note: Quest directives say to mine the coal by hand, but tunneling into it underground works too.

*"Good job, that much coal should be enough for a while!"*

## First Travel

*"Now that the drillship is in great shape, let's move to another location. Use the control panel and travel to neighboring landing site. Each time you travel somewhere, do it the same way as now. If drillship has the required upgrades, it will take you to the new location. Just make sure it is not blocked by a surfaced COG drillship. In that case choose a different spot.
In the future, you can repeat this procedure every time you need to travel somewhere."*

Objectives: Go underground, navigate the subterranean map to landing site Safe Grounds, and surface there.

Notes: With tutorial mode active, The Harbor is usually the best place for your drillship, since COGs will never attack it there.

*"Well done! Feel free to explore more locations once you are done here!"*

## Get Equipment

*"Let's get you some more equipment that will help you counter the COG attacks."*

Objective: Put at least 70 Revolver Ammo and 6 Medkits in your personal inventory.

*"Well done! You will need to replenish these items from time to time to keep up."*

## Raid COG Drillship

*"We need to get advanced COG technology that we can't produce ourselves. Raid a COG drillship and take anything useful from its stores. COG drillships are specialized, and you will always find the most items of a type in drillships with a specific purpose."
Blue COG drillship = Production specialization
Red COG drillship = Refinery specialization
Green COG drillship = Research specialization
Black COG drillship = Military specialization*

Objectives: Tool up for assault, collect a Pump, a Shredder and a Converter, and bring them back to your own drillship.

Notes: This can be done without ever touching a COG drillship, by attacking wandering COGs instead. However, all Tier 1 drillships carry one each of all three items, and lots more loot besides. In addition to looting the drillship's main inventory, Chests should be cleaned out as well.

*"Well done! These valuable items will be perfect for future production."*

## Side quest: Use Control Bracer Radio

Objective: Open your Control Bracer, select Radio, and accept the next quest.

## Build Research Worktable

*"Now it's time to focus on research of new schematics. Schematics unlock new item recipes for specific manufacturing branches. There are three main branches called Production, Refinery, Research. We will now progress with setting up the device and doing the research schematic to unlock the ability to work on the other branches.
 In general, any research is very time-consuming. Therefore, feel free to focus on maintaining your drillship or area exploration before the research is finished."*

Objective: Produce and and install a Research Worktable, and research the Starter Research schematic. The schematic will be automatically installed once unlocked.

*"Now we should have access to new schematics!"*

## Upgrade Refinery Worktable

*"Now it's time to upgrade our refinery capacity. With worktables, you have to move items manually. But once you upgrade to Station, all items will flow automatically back and forth from the Drillship's inventory.
We first need to research the Starter Refinery Schematic to unlock the upgrade for the worktable.
The upgrade button is placed at the bottom right corner of the production screen when interacting with the worktable. Once you install the correct schematic, it will become available."*

Objective: Research the Starter Refinery schematic, then upgrade the Refinery Worktable to Station Wide Refinery.

*"Well done! You have upgraded your Refinery Worktable!"*

## Upgrade Refinery Worktable

[Text is the same as Upgrade Research Worktable]

Objective: Upgrade the Research Worktable to Station Wide Research, then produce Intel production T1.

## Control Drillship with Bracer

Objective: Step outside your drillship, open your Control Bracer, and use it to order the ship to go underground and then back to the surface.

## Side quest: Explore Nearby Mine

*"There are several mines in each area. Each is built upon a specific mineral vein, ensuring that there is always plenty of ore to gather. As the volcano erupts, new ore deposits can be found inside the mines.
Another benefit of mines is that they also work as cover from eruption blasts. So hide there when it is too late to run back to your drillship. Just make sure to send your ship underground through your Control Bracer so that it won't get destroyed by the blast!"*

Objective: Find a Mine, break down the barricade, go inside and explore.

*"Well done! Hope you brought back plenty of new ore we can use!"*

## Side quest: Explore Basement Shelter

*"Every village marked on the map has exactly one basement shelter that can be used as cover from the incoming eruption.
If short on time, check the map and run toward the nearest village. Find the entrance and destroy the door to get in.
Don't forget to send your drillship down through your Control Bracer!"*

Objective: Find a Blast Shelter, break down the door, go inside and explore.

*"Well done! You've discovered blast shelter!"*

## Upgrade Production Worktable

[Text is the same as first paragraph of Upgrade Research Worktable]

Objective: Research Starter Production schematic, then upgrade the Worktable to Station Wide Production.

Tip: At this point, produce and install a Healing device.

## Simple Explosives Schematics

*"In order to improve our arsenal, we got to research better weapons. Use the Research device and set it to work on the Explosives Schematics."*

Objective: Research Simple Explosives schematic, then produce 15 grenades and put them in your personal inventory.

Note: You may have already found some grenades in Mines or Blast Shelters.

Tip: Make some Copper armor kits as well, and build and install an Armor repair station.

*"Now we have more firepower to deal some serious damage to the COG drillships!"*

## Build Scrap Station

*"The scrap station serves for breaking any item into the base material. This way, everything you bring back from a raid can become useful material.
Select what material you wish to get, and choose which item will be scrapped."*

Objective: produce and install Station wide scrap.

## Disable COG Front Drill

*"Front drills on any drillship can be disabled by dealing damage to the cone area. When that happens, the drillship cannot leave the surface until repaired.
This can be very useful for sieging large COG drillships that can escape. Keep in mind that the drills are tough, and it requires a lot of explosives to disable it.
The same applies to your drillship too! Make sure to check your front drill every once in a while, or you'll find yourself fixing it 20 seconds before an eruption."*

Objectives: Attack a COG drillship, and destroy its drill and spawn tubes. Then take a photo of it with your Control Bracer.

Tip: Plunder its contents as before, and also destroy its work modules and collect them. After the next Eruption, the drillship will be a Drillship wreck which you should then mine.

*"Well done! Now the cannot escape!"*

## Module-Based Production

*"We have long seen COGs use large machines build in their Drillships called "Modules" for production. It is time to harness this technology for us as well. They do not require coal, but they need a steady supply of energy generated by your drillship's boiler or coal plants.
Opened modules significantly increase production speed and are necessary for manufacturing large items."*

Objectives: Produce and install a Production module tier 1 and Coal Powerplant Tier 1.

Notes: In non-tutorial playthroughs, capturing a "wild" Drillship with an intact production module and powerplant can jump you straight to this level of production.

*"Well done! This speeds up our production!"*

## Longer Drillship

*"The drillship is getting short on space. Produce and install the segment upgrade to make the drillship longer."*

Objective: produce a Drillship segment upgrade, then go underground and install it via the Upgrades tab of the drillship inventory.

*"Well done! This will come in handy once you will have to install higher tiers of modules."*

## Build Storage Module

*"We are getting short on storage space. Build a storage module to expand the drillship storage.
Save space on sides by placing storage modules on the ceiling of the drillship. Inventory of all storage modules, including front boiler storage, are shared.
Opened storage modules grant you extra manufacturing points due to faster flow of items within drillship systems. However, opened modules are more vulnerable to damage. Closed modules have higher armor, but no manufacturing points are available."*

Objective: produce a Storage module tier 1 using the Production Station, and install it.

Note: You may have already found a storage module in the inventory of COG Drillships you've previously raided. If so, installing it completes this quest.

*"Well done! If you run out of storage space, build some more."*

## Build Refinery Module T1

*"We need to build a refinery module to access more complex smelting techniques. When the module is opened, it will also increase smelting speed of any active crafting in refinery stations."*

Objective: Produce and install Refinery module tier 1.

*"Well done! New materials can be finally refined in your modules."*

## Second Power Module

*"More opened modules and manufacturing in stations mean higher energy demands. Let's build a second Power Module to keep up with expanding drillship.
Important! Storage and power modules can be built on the ceiling of the drillship! Place them there to save sidewalls for turrets and manufacturing modules.
You can check your energy stats on the front boiler. To see the power consumption [...]"*

Objective: Produce and install another Coal Powerplant Tier 1.

*"This should be enough for now, but once you expand production modules make sure to add more power plants. If you ever hear the sound of a bell, it means your drillship is low on energy.*

## Prepare for Attack

*"We need to attack the COG drillship again. But this time take more than just items. We need to destroy the modules and take technology from them. This will require better weapons than just the revolver. Produce grenades, shotgun and shotgun shells. Once this is done, we are ready to go on the raid."*

Objectives: Produce a Shotgun and at least 40x Buckshot, 10x Grenade and 5x Copper armor kit.

*"Now it's time for the raid!"*

## Destroy COG Drillship T2

*"For this quest, you'll have to change yourself into a demolition unit. Equip yourself with enough ammunition and grenades. The mission is to destroy tier 2 drillship and obtain parts of Hardened drill. They are necessary for manufacturing Hardened drill for our drillship. Otherwise we can't travel through hard underground rocks. To destroy the drillship you have to destroy all modules on the ship's sides and ceiling.
Try to disable the front drill to stop it from escaping before you manage to destroy all modules!
Reclaim as many parts from the drillship wreck as possible. We could use them to upgrade our own drillship. Good luck!*

Objectives: Travel underground to Devil's Stomach or Sparks of Dragon, attack and destroy a T2 COG drillship, and harvest the wreck for Hardened drill parts and other loot.

Note: Tier 2 drillships found underground in Area 1 only have Tier 1 COGs, so they are less dangerous than "proper" T2 drillships.

Tip: The drillship's production mechanisms are more advanced than yours. Consider ordering it to build you some advanced items before destroying it.

*"Excellent job! I knew you could make it."*

## Build Research Module T1

*"We need to build a this module to access more complex schematic research. It also greatly increases Intel production, which is crucial in many devices and upgrades required for drillship improvements."*

Objective: Produce and install Research module tier 1.

*"Great job! With this, we can start complex research assignments."*

## Hardened Drill

*"Finally we can produce first movement upgrade, the Hardened Drill. Once it's constructed, install upgrade to the drillship's systems the same way as other upgrades. If production of upgrade takes too long, make sure to open more production modules or build some extra."*

Objectives: produce Hardened drill, and install it in the Upgrades tab of the drillship inventory.

Notes: The raid in the last quest usually provides the parts for Reinforced Hull and Modified Tracks as well.

*Perfect! Now we can explore previously unreachable areas in the underground."*

## Stronger Modules

"Stronger attacks will be coming as we progress through the island. Upgrade the drillship hull to get armor bonus to all modules including basic walls. It does not matter if the module is opened or closed, the armor is permanent. See if you have any parts of Reinforced hull in storage. If not, hunt down a T2 COG drillship and scavenge parts from its wreck."

Objective: produce and install Reinforced hull upgrade.

"This reinforced modules will withstand much more now. Well done."

## Explore Lava Source

*"It is time to let COGs know they are not alone on this island anymore. Travel to the lava cave and find out what is happening in there. Make sure you brought enough grenades and weapons to be ready for anything you find in there. Time your exploration well, or your effort will be wasted. An incoming eruption will force you to withdraw from the fight."*

Objectives: Travel through the sandstone barrier to reach Devil's Roar, then attack and destroy the Laser Device there.

Tip: Start by attacking the COG drillship and breaking its spawners and drill, so it can't send patrols to harass you while you work.

*"Finally we know what the COGs did to the island. We have to make sure all these devices are destroyed."*