They Are Already Here
Investigate the Cultists and the ARRS station network
Story Context
"The Cultists have infiltrated far beyond Tarkov. Investigate their presence and the ARRS station network."
Required Items
Rewards
- When the Light Fades(achievement)
- Through Another's Eyes(achievement)
- Uncover the Cultists' true purpose(story)
Objectives
Learn more about the people leaving strange symbols in Tarkov
Read the Note about the Eye of the World. Spawns in the marked room on the third floor of the three-storey dorms on Customs, in RB-BK, RB-VO or RB-PKPM on Reserve, at the marked circle in the dilapidated village in the north of Woods, or on the floor of the house on the Shoreline island.
Equip an audio recorder
Several objectives need tapes listened to rather than just picked up, which requires a recorder.
Locate a place connected to the Eye of the World
Lighthouse
The Cultist's torture house on Lighthouse.
Learn more about the cultist's victim from the torture room
Lighthouse
Cult victim audio tape #2, on the chair in the house. It has to be listened to.
Obtain the cult victim's apartment key
Lighthouse
Four spawns in the same house: the fallen-over shelf, the chair, the wooden table, or the metal table.
Locate the cult victim's apartment
Streets
Apartment 5 on the third floor of the old apartment building behind the Klimov shopping mall on Streets of Tarkov.
Investigate the victim's apartment
Streets
The office door inside has to be breached. Three pickups: Book of the Arrival on the bookshelf, Note on preparations for the Arrival on the desk, and Cult victim audio tape #1 on the desk.
Obtain and read the book the cultists planted
Streets
Book of the Arrival, on the bookshelf in the office.
Obtain the note on preparations for the Arrival
Streets
On the desk in the office.
Ask Mechanic about the Eye of the World
Through the trader menu.
Locate and neutralize a Cultist priest
Any location will do.
Obtain more information about the Eye of the World
The Cultist priest's note only spawns after the priest is dead. One marked room is enough, and each needs its own key: the third floor of the three-storey dorms on Customs, the third floor of the northern abandoned factory on Streets, or RB-BK, RB-PKPM or RB-VO on Reserve.
Locate the place marked with the Eye of the World on Lighthouse
Lighthouse
The small southern bedroom on the second floor of the northern blue chalet. The Victim's note is on the adjacent balcony, and the Station 14-4 KORD Arshavin K. pass (Damaged) is on an ATV in front of the garage opposite the chalet.
Locate the place marked with the Eye of the World on Woods
Woods
A house in the dilapidated village in the north of Woods. The Newspaper clipping from the cultists' house is on a whiteboard next to the desk.
Locate the Sordi tower on Shoreline and repair it
Shoreline
A red metal shack at the radio tower near the Road to Customs extraction, on Shoreline. The Programmer's note is in the right hand of a body next to the tower. The repair happens inside the shack and consumes a Toolset.
Learn more about Station 14-4 KORD from Mechanic
Ask him about the Eye of the World again.
Restore Arshavin's keycard
Craft the Station 14-4 KORD Arshavin K. pass (Restored) at Intelligence Center level 1. The hideout needs power for the whole craft or it is interrupted.
Gain access to NGO Cobalt's secret facility
Interchange
In the basement of the power station on Interchange, opened with the restored pass.
Restore power at the station
Interchange
Swipe the restored pass at the keycard panel immediately inside the entrance.
Turn on the cooling system in the server room
Interchange
The server room is behind the grate door; the lever is at the back.
Install a flash drive to download the data
Interchange
A Secure Flash drive is stashed to the left of the cooling system lever.
Investigate ARRS Station 14-4 KORD thoroughly
Interchange
The Mysterious audio tape is in the safe by the entrance, which unlocks itself once the cooling system is running. It has to be listened to.
Survive and extract from Interchange
Interchange
Survived or Run Through both count.
Find a way to disconnect the station from external agents
Interchange
Return to the facility and read the ARRS station mechanic's notes from the big desk.
Restore the ARRS station to backup settings
Interchange
Turn the power on again, then press the button under the table in the server room. Only one player per raid can press it, so if it will not interact, come back in a new raid.
Collect the flash drive from the ARRS station
Interchange
The Flash drive for ARRS station is on the server next to the cooling system lever. Restoring the backup settings first is required, or you will not get the ARRS system specifications, which is one of the nine major evidence items for the Savior route.
Survive and extract from Interchange
Interchange
Second extract. Survived or Run Through both count.
Hand over the flash drive to Mechanic
Through the trader screen.
Read the ARRS station specifications
Read from the Handbook. Unlocks the Through Another's Eyes and When the Light Fades achievements.
They Are Already Here — Frequently Asked Questions
Why did I not get the ARRS system specifications evidence?
Press the ARRS reset button BEFORE collecting the flash drive. Taking the drive first permanently misses the ARRS system specifications, one of the 9 major evidence items the Savior ending needs. Only one player per raid can press the button.