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Sample IV - A New Hope

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any map

Quest from Therapist on any map after the Gloves Off quest.

Trader: Therapist · Map: any map · Level: — · Experience: 26,000 · Kappa: no · Type: recon

Quest objectives

  • Find Vaccine sample IV — Locate and obtain the vaccine vial in The Lab
  • Survive and extract in The LabThe Lab — Use the transit from The Lab to Streets of Tarkov
  • Stash Vaccine sample IV — Stash the vaccine under Kaban's office on Streets of Tarkov

Required items

ItemAmountFIRFlea Market priceWhat to do
Vaccine sample IV1——find and stash

How to complete the quest

1. Find “Vaccine sample IV”. The item can be looted from bodies and containers, so look on any map.

2. Survive and extract in The Lab. The extract must be active — extract status is visible in the radar's “Extracts” tab.

3. Place “Vaccine sample IV” in the marked zone on any map (the zone is highlighted on the radar map) and leave the raid alive.

Quest text from Therapist

We have managed to decipher the diary! This Vladimir was a true man of science, and realized in time that they were creating something terrifying.

He secretly began to develop an antidote all by himself. The work was in its final stages, he even synthesized several prototypes!

It seems he made one mistake in estimating the length of the virus' incubation period... That is what probably made him the first victim of a project he himself had been involved in.

We have reason to believe there's a sample of antidote number 4 in the sealed section. With it, we can recreate the vaccine formula and synthesize more.

We can't lose that sample. That's why I had to arrange a deal with that car service mobster to deliver the sample to my group. You'll need to cross from the Lab to the city, and then leave the vaccine at his, uh, workstation.

Rewards

  • 26,000 XP
  • Standing with Therapist: +0.03
  • 126,000 Roubles
  • Medicine case

Quest chain

Prerequisites

What it unlocks

With the radar: objectives on the map and a safe extract

  • The objective zone is highlighted by the “Task zones” layer, the objective marker is on the map, and the distance to it is shown in meters.
  • The required items (Vaccine sample IV) are highlighted in loot by the “Quest” filter, and the planner shows “Still to find” and “Can hand over”.
  • Extract status (open / condition / countdown / closed) and the route to the extract are in the “Extracts” tab.
  • The “Can be completed this raid” section in the planner shows that this quest can actually be completed on the current map.

From 400 ₽ per dayHow the radar works

Radar in the browser: the Lighthouse map with players, distance and elevation difference

Questions and answers

Which map is the “Sample IV - A New Hope” quest completed on?

Objectives on the map The Lab, 3 objectives in total.

Is the “Sample IV - A New Hope” quest required for Kappa?

No, this quest is not required for the Kappa container.

What do you get for completing it?

The quest rewards 26,000 XP, 126,000 Roubles, Medicine case.

What does it unlock?

Quest “Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn” from Jaeger.

What is needed to accept it?

First complete the quest «Gloves Off»; it is given by Therapist.

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