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Shady Contractor

“Shady Contractor” is a Mechanic task in Escape from Tarkov. Requires level 1. Reward: 10,000 XP. Objectives: Locate the Knossos LLC senior manager's car on Ground Zero; Locate and obtain the manager's diary. Walkthrough, map and requirements.

Mechanic — briefing

Hey. You may be aware that TerraGroup's aggressive expansion in Tarkov has raised quite a few questions in its time, no doubt? Back then, they were buying out properties and companies left and right in the Norvinsk region, and some of the deals were clearly shady in nature... TerraGroup has had a particularly interesting contractor, a company called Knossos. Officially they build amusement parks, playgrounds, and other family entertainment venues. But tell me, what possible connection can TerraGroup's scientific research and playgrounds have? That's exactly why this smells fishy to me. Knossos could be hiding TerraGroup documents or equipment. Yet to know for certain, we'd have to examine their facilities. And to do that, we'd have to find some kind of record... Knossos definitely had managers overseeing the facilities. You should check out the vehicles in the city center and look for any internal records there.

Objectives

• Locate the Knossos LLC senior manager's car on Ground Zero
• Locate and obtain the manager's diary
• Hand over the diary

Tactical notes

• WHERE TO LOOK: Ground Zero, one specific BMW. The diary spawns in three places on THAT SAME CAR: in the cabin, on the dashboard above the wheel, and on the driver's seat.
• IT IS A BUSY SPOT: people hunt this car and camp it. Go as a group, or very carefully.

Data

• Where it happens: Ground Zero
• Trader: Mechanic
• Mechanic loyalty level 2 required
• PMC level (for reference): 1
• EXP: +10,000
• Objectives: 3
• Kappa: No

More from this trader

Mechanic

• Assessment - Part 3 (lvl 1)
• Assessment - Part 1 (lvl 1)
• Assessment - Part 2 (lvl 1)
• Getting Acquainted (lvl 1)
• Key to the Tower (lvl 1)
• Knock-Knock (lvl 1)

Rewards

• +10,000 EXP
• Mechanic Rep +0.01
• 52,000 Roubles
• 54,600 Roubles with Intelligence Center Level 1
• 59,800 Roubles with Intelligence Center Level 2
• 3× Military corrugated tube

On the map

• Ground Zero — 1 point: Multiple possible spawns in this car