Part 29

Continue Prey (2017) Part 29, facing a Weaver and entering the Arboretum to find new side quests and valuable loot.

Head left and near the first junk pile, you can find a [_RECYCLER CHARGE_] in a stash box. Up ahead is a Weaver. You may have fought it in space before, but it's a bit more confined here. Be sure to QUICKSAVE (save your game progress) here!

WEAVER ENCOUNTER:

The Weaver will try to use corpses to MAKE PHANTOMS (phantom enemies), which is really, really bad. It will also try to make cystoids (small, explosive Typhon) show up to swarm you. Lastly, when it does get near death, it will often run and try to hide, making more Cystoids. Best to ignore it if you can, but rush it with shotgun shots (or use psychoshock) otherwise.

Weakness: Nullwave, Psychoshock

Immunity: EMP

Scannable Powers: Backlash I, II, III, Phantom Genesis I, II

The big thing you want to watch out for here is Cystoids, but try to get near it and use combat focus (a slow-motion aiming ability) and your Q-Beam weapon to take it down fairly fast, especially if you've been upgrading. Or just blast it with the shotgun. Whatever you can get away with. You could jet past it if you wanted, but it's up to you.

In the next area, you'll hear a call as you head towards your objective. There is a wreck here with a ton of eels scattered around. You can find [_EEL SCRAPS x4_] here, scattered about. To the right (in the cab) you can find [_CORRODED COIL x2_] and some [_BURNT CIRCUIT BOARD x2_] tucked away.

Continue forward to the "Arboretum" entrance area where you'll finally be back on firm ground!

There's some dead Typhons here you can loot with a [_TYPHON LURE_] and a corpse nearby. "Alika James Corpse" is here too, with a [_BASEBALL GLOVE_]. The toolbox has some [_SPARE PARTS_] and a [_CORRODED COIL_]. Check to the left to find [_EEL SCRAPS x2_], a [_RECYCLER CHARGE_], [_SPARE PARTS_], some pizza, [_DUCK BEER x3_] and the "TranStar Life - Employee Profile".

Collect all of it and head into the next new area. Don't worry, you'll be back to GUTS for a side quest and explore the rest of the area at some point.

Arboretum

You will get a call from January as you enter. There's a mimic (a Typhon that disguises itself as an object) in here to the left of the body, so take it out and nab the [_DISRUPTOR STUN GUN_] and check the man here. "Jia Kyung-Ho". Loot him for [_9MM BULLET x6_], [_DISRUPTOR BATTERY x2_], [_TRANSCRIBE: JIA KYUNG-HO_] and a [_NEUROMOD_]. Listen to the transcribe for a new side quest:

• OBJECTIVE (Disgruntled Employee): Go to Deep Storage

Loot the toolbox here for a [_CORRODED COIL_] and the crates for [_FLEXIFOAM BOLT x2_], [_FRAYED WIRE_] and a [_SUIT REPAIR KIT_]. The Recycler (a machine that breaks down items into raw materials) and Fabricator (a machine that crafts items) are here!

NOTE: You can use the Recycler and Fabricator to re-arm yourself and get more Neuromods. For example, you could spend 20 Neuromods on "Gunsmith II" and "Lab Tech II" (each costing 10), make FOUR Weapon Upgrade Kits, and completely max your shotgun. You could also make 3 packs of shotgun shells. This will cost a lot of resources.

Head up the stairs and you'll see an enemy through the door. It'll run too fast to scan it (reveal enemy information), but January will give you a call. Unless you have Leverage III (a skill that allows you to lift heavy objects), you have to get around this door. Check the corpse near the vent nearby to find "Marc Sellers Corpse" for a [_LEMON PEEL_] and [_BANANA PEEL_]. Head into the vent now for another call from Morgan and another optional objective:

• OBJECTIVE (Lift Interference): Investigate the Lift

Head through the vents to emerge in the "Arboretum". You've got stairs in front of you and a greenhouse to the right.

For now though, turn around and look for the [_FORMULA TESTING APPROVED NOTE_] on a piece of machinery. Reading this will actually give you a new side quest:

• OBJECTIVE (Gardening Tips): Find Dr. Julien Howard

There's a locked door nearby (Storage Room) that you can get into with your "Hacking I" skill. There's a mimic inside, so be ready. Raid the place for [_COLD MOUNTAIN GREEN COFFEE_], [_KAFE KARSK_], a [_WRENCH_], the "Final Approval Note", [_FRAYED WIRE x2_], [_CORRODED COIL_], [_SISKAK UNAGI ROOLZ_], [_CRISPY FRITES_] and [_RUSSIAN BLINIS x2_].

Now, take a right and head up the path to the back of the greenhouse. On the way, you can look out the right for a blown-up space shuttle (up by the corpse). This is "Edna Burton's Corpse". Loot her for a [_LEMON PEEL_], [_RECYCLER CHARGE_], and [_9MM BULLETS x6_].

Continue around the side of the building and at the front, watch as a man tries to warn you away. He will soon be taken over by a "Telepath" (a Typhon that mind-controls humans). Yikes! QUICKSAVE here and look under the door for the [_GREENHOUSE HELP NOTE_], which will give you a new side quest!

• OBJECTIVE (Save Rani): Save Rani from the telepathic Typhon

NOTE: You can get into the greenhouse by either a keycard (which you can find later) or by "Hacking III" (a high-level hacking skill). You can come back later if you want.

This greenhouse will be a bit tricky. There are THREE mind-controlled humans inside. You can scan them if you wish. Whatever you do though, QUICKSAVE before trying ANYTHING! The big threat here though is the TELEPATH enemy!