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Playing the Market
“Playing the Market” is a Mechanic task in Escape from Tarkov. Requires level 12. Reward: 10,000 XP. Objectives: Fix the first control board with a Toolset on Factory; Fix the second control board with a Toolset on Factory. Required for the Kappa container. Walkthrough, map and requirements.
Mechanic — briefing
The other day, someone has decided to crash the market by unloading a thick wad of bitcoins. So thick that TARGox started accepting bids 10 times cheaper than the market value. Bids queue kept going while being constantly replenished with even cheaper bids. I managed to buy a couple of hundreds by chance. And today the price is back to normal as if nothing had happened. We need to get into that action while the market is being controlled like this. You already know the Factory well, there are some control boards there. To find them, look for the red emergency lights. Take a couple of toolsets and repair the panels. I'll work on the cooling system in the meantime.
Objectives
- Fix the first control board with a Toolset on Factory
- Fix the second control board with a Toolset on Factory
- Survive and extract from the location
Tactical notes
- The Toolset is consumed: two panels need two toolsets.
- You must extract alive — repairs without an extraction do not count.
On completion
Mechanic: You're quicker than I thought, good job. I'm almost finished with cooling.
Data
- Where it happens: Factory
- Trader: Mechanic
- Mechanic loyalty level 2 required
- PMC level (for reference): 12
- EXP: +10,000
- Objectives: 3
- Kappa: Yes
Quest chain
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Mechanic
- Gunsmith - HK MP5 (lvl 12)
- Ill-Wisher (lvl 12)
- Rat Hunting (lvl 12)
- Scout (lvl 12)
- Insider (lvl 12)
- Bad habit (lvl 12)
Rewards
- +10,000 EXP
- Mechanic Rep +0.02
- 25,000 Roubles
- 26,250 Roubles with Intelligence Center Level 1
- 28,750 Roubles with Intelligence Center Level 2
- 2× Light bulb
- 2× Radiator helix
- 1× Awl
On the map
- Factory — 2 points