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Hypotheses Testing
“Hypotheses Testing” is a Mechanic task in Escape from Tarkov. Requires level 26. Reward: 28,000 XP. Objectives: Locate the lab area with the prototype weapon inside The Labyrinth; Hand over 5 found in raid Labrys research notes. Walkthrough, map and requirements.
Event: The Labyrinth · 27 March 2025
Mechanic — briefing
I was able to decipher the signal. It's old and very faint, apparently the bunker completely blocked it until you opened the doors. For some reason, the message is on loop, but this doesn't mean anything, the equipment inside could have been damaged for a while. Besides, we still don't know what the TerraGroup team was doing in there. The message says that the facility still contains materials and data that fall under the first priority of evacuation. Moreover, it mentions reports of experiments conducted at the site. This is astonishing, we couldn't have found a better time to discover something as valuable as this! Knowing more and more people are finding out about these cellars every day, it means that soon the traders and other PMCs will want to explore the area we've discovered. Perhaps even Lightkeeper will be interested... I need those documents mentioned in the signal. Whatever you can find, please bring them to me as soon as you can.
Objectives
- Locate the lab area with the prototype weapon inside The Labyrinth
- Hand over 5 found in raid Labrys research notes
Tactical notes
- THE KEYCARD COMES WITH THE TASK — you do not need to buy your way in.
- WHERE TO LOOK: the centre of the map, the lab research zone. The item sits at ordinary loot spots — on pipes, on shelves, sometimes under a cardboard box. It looks almost like common junk and differs only in texture, so look carefully.
- ON THE WAY: doors and traps are disabled with keys lying literally next to them. And bring a tripwire kit — there are plenty here.
- Besides players, strong bots get in the way: the boss with his guards, and sometimes one more.
On completion
Mechanic: Well done. The data is fragmented, but still extremely useful. The health resort's basements have changed a lot since the disaster began, but at some point in time, they were definitely used as a testing ground for some kind of weapon... An experimental EW or hacking device, maybe. This remains to be determined. I can already see that some of the measurements and experiments will be very useful in their own right. So your labors were definitely not in vain. Thank you.
Data
- Where it happens: Labyrinth
- Trader: Mechanic
- Level: 26
- EXP: +28,000
- Objectives: 2
- Kappa: No
Quest chain
- Previous task: Offensive Reconnaissance (Mechanic · lvl 26)
- Next task: Keeper's Word (Lightkeeper · lvl 26)
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Rewards
- +28,000 EXP
- Mechanic Rep +0.02
- 82,000 Roubles
- 86,510 Roubles with Intelligence Center Level 1
- 95,530 Roubles with Intelligence Center Level 2
- 3× Electric drill
- 3× Set of files "Master"
- 3× Military power filter
On the map
- Labyrinth — 1 point