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Batteries

Learn how to find and use batteries for your C.A.T. tool in Routine's Chapter 1: Birth. This guide details their location and importance for progression.

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Learn how to find and use batteries for your C.A.T. tool in Routine's Chapter 1: Birth. This guide details their location and importance for progression.

Batteries are a crucial consumable item in Routine, required to power your C.A.T. tool. Without them, you cannot interact with many of the game's systems, including saving your progress. This guide covers how to find them early in Chapter 1: Birth.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    After starting in your room, put on your helmet and interact with the computer to print your ID.
  2. 2
    Use the computer beside the door to open it and proceed.
  3. 3
    After the panoramic screen, enter meeting room A01 (the second door on the right).
  4. 4
    In meeting room A01, collect your C.A.T. tool from a table.
  5. 5
    In the next room accessed from meeting room A01, find the batteries. They are blue and can be found in a recycling center on the backside of the wall, underneath the shelves (crouch to access).
  6. 6
    Once you have a battery, equip your C.A.T. tool (press R) and connect to the projection on the wall to access the DATABASE and find the elevator keycode (e.g., 4832, but check for yourself).
  7. 7
    Use the keycode at the elevator to proceed to the next area.
  8. 8
    In the Tram Station, use your C.A.T. tool to override the gate by aiming at the electrical box and firing a pulse.
  9. 9
    Take the tram to the Mall.
  10. 10
    At the Mall's front desk, use the IC assistance button and follow the droid. Log in with your ID (e.g., 9601, check your suit).
  11. 11
    Follow the IC bot to a different entrance, climb down the ladder.
  12. 12
    Walk to the right of the Wireless Access Point, find the electrical box on the wall, and use your C.A.T. tool to open the hatch.
  13. 13
    Crouch and press the red button under the Checkout desk to open the gate. Hide as the bot breaks it open.
  14. 14
    Exit the room and head towards Galaxy Video.
  15. 15
    Continue towards MEGAZONE by going back to the plant area, through Union Plaza, past the room with the hatch, and take a left, then a right down the hall. Crouch under the shutters to enter MEGAZONE.
Tips
  • Batteries have three uses per charge. Check your tool's current charge by pressing R and looking at the meter.
  • Always check the DATABASE on your C.A.T. tool for random codes like elevator keycodes, as they can differ for each player.
  • Be aware that hostile bots roam the Mall area after the gate opens. Avoid them by running or hiding.
  • In MEGAZONE, you can find an arcade machine to play and earn an achievement.

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