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The majority of side quests in The Outer Worlds are simple. Speak with an NPC, follow the objectives, done. Make sure when you are attempting a specific quest, that it is selected in your journal. You can only track one quest at a time, so you want to ensure you’re chasing the correct markers.
Groundbreaker Side Quest Guide
The Distress Signal
You will have to play the distress Signal recording on your ship in order to let ADA know the nav coordinates so that they can come to the Roseway landing pad.
Then you need to find Secrets in Roseway about the companies there that you can then sell to the highest bidder through Gladys. The scientist are the good start.
You would get Weapon Plans which would be worth it to Gladys. You can also get Anton’s Research as it is very valuable to Gladys along with Vaughn’s semi-legal research.
Here are the rewards based on the things you acquired.
For the toothpaste formula Gladys will give you 3,750 Bit Cartridges and it will complete the quest The Doom That Came to Roseway and also get you 32,000 XP.
In case you get here the Raptidon Musk you will get 1,875 Bit Cartridges at the cost of botching the Amateur Alchemist quest.
Last but not the least, for the FORCE Pistol Schematics you will get 1,875 Bit Cartridges at the cost of botching the Vulcan’s Hammer quest.
Solution Vital
You will need to go to Dr. Dorsett on Corporal Wheeler request to tell her about her shipment’s status. The you will have to find Captain Irion who is on Scylla in order to make sure he is fine but you will come to know that he is actually captured by a bunch of outlaws and you need to save him.
After doing that go back to Dr. Dorsett and you will get 20000xp, 1500 Bit Cartridge, 3x Immunosol, 3x Auntie-Biotics Creme, 3x Adreno and increased Groundbreaker Reputation.
The Silent Voices
After you have completed Happiness is a Warm Spaceship then you could come to meet Edna Ingmire on the Groundbreaker who will give you this quest. Then you will have to go to Relay GB-23 using your ship and beat the robots present there.
You calso have the option to hack (45) using the terminal then you will not have to fight he robots. Look out for mines as well.
You can activate the relay using the keycard you found from a corpse on the terminal. When you go back to Edna you will get 18,500 XP, 1,500 Bit Cartridges and better reputation with Groundbreaker.
Who Goes There?
You can get this quest by talking to Cmdt. Sanita or perusing the bounty board and if you complete this quest you will get access to even security restricted areas which you need for quests like The Empty Man.
The purpose is to look for Captain MacRedd who is present in the Back Bays area. Use the elevator in the promenade to go down there and you will find him.
You have the option to Persuade (40) him which will make him put his gun down. The other option is the violent one in which you have to kill him along with his guards but you will get the Unique Weapon: Montag.
Your rewards include 6000xp and MacRedd’s Lighter and when you go back to Cmdt. Sanita, they will give you 14000xp, Ollie Ollie Toxifree x2 and 1000x Bit Cartridge along with an increase in Groundbreaker Reputation.
Happiness Is A Warm Spaceship
For this quest you will have to get new parts for the Radiator Array which helps the groundbreaker cool down. You will have to go to the back bays and get old machinery from there because Junlei wants you to. If you resolved things peacefully with MacRedd then you can get the parts and go back to Junlei.
You will have to ask Junlie about the purpose of the parts you found upon which she will ask you to enter the maintenance shaft and install the new parts in there with her. She also warns you to keep your wapons.
After that you will go back to her and tell her that the radiators are fixed and get your reward which is 18,000 xp, 3,000 Bit Cartridge, Welder’s Goggles and increase in Groundbreaker reputation.
Worst Contact Walkthrough
You will find Ellie at the Medical Bay of the Groundbreaker, on the 5th floor’s second main door to the left of the entrance courtyard. This is also the location you access for the Solution Vital quest.
Ellie will ask you to check in on Jessie inside the quarantine area. If you have the Holographic Shroud and a cartridge for it, you can just go in and you’ll automatically disguise. Walk to the end of the hall and talk to the intercomm to meet Jessie Doyle. If you don’t have the shroud, there’s a secret entrance to the medical area behind Gladys’ compartment – you’ll have to crouch around a squatter’s spot.
Ellie’s story sounds far-fetched, and you can intimidate (20) to get her to open the door. She is not sick, she just owes a lot of money to the board. She’s thief by profession, and the Blood Tear diamond (last seen aboard the Hope) has surfaced. She wanted to steal it and got Udom Bedford to finance 50% of the heist. Things did not go smoothly, however, and she’s now deeply in debt to him. She asks that you talk to Udom. Accept to do this for 9600xp.
You can talk to Udom Bedford at his office near the Groundbreaker Promenade. He will say Ms. Doyle owes The Board a significant sum, and that the only collateral available are her organs so “compulsory donation” is legal in this case. You can offer to pay the fine or pass a Persuade (20) check to convince him to instead indenture her. 9600xp, The Board Reputation is gained by persuading. Paying the fine gives you the option to bribe for a varying amount of bits depending on your Reputation, or argue about the line item “emotional anguish”. You will also obtain 9600xp and The Board reputation.
Return to the Med Bay and Jessie and Ellie will be talking. Jessiewill give you 1000 Bit Cartridge to mitigate the cost of the debt paid. Talk to Ellie and you’ll gain 19,2000 and 9600 xp, and Groundbreaker reputation. Ellie will also offer to join your party. Accept and she will be found at the Unreliable if your party is already full.