Scavenger Hideout

Cyberpunk 2077 guide · The Rescue mission

This apartment serves as a hideout for a gang of Scavengers who harvest cyberware from captured victims. Accompanying Jackie Welles, V must infiltrate the premises, neutralize the hostile Scavengers, and locate a missing target named Sandra Dorsett. Once found, V stabilizes Sandra and carries her out to the balcony for extraction by Trauma Team.

Region: Watson (Northside)
Getting there: East of the Martin St fast travel dataterm, inside the apartment block off the intersection
Connects to: Watson
Related quests: The Rescue
Services and people: Jackie Welles · Sandra Dorsett
Enemy types: Scavengers

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MaxDoc Mk.1: From the front entrance door of the Scavenger apartment in Watson, walk forward into the short initial hallway to find the side table along the right wall.How: Pick up the consumable item lying directly on top of the small table.Missable because: The hideout apartment is locked and permanently inaccessible once you leave with Jackie and hand Sandra Dorsett to Trauma Team.Slaught-O-Matic handgun: From the apartment entrance, advance past the first hallway into the main open room where the first scavengers are encountered, and locate the low coffee table sitting between the worn sofas.How: Pick up the weapon resting on top of the coffee table.Missable because: The hideout apartment is locked and permanently inaccessible once you leave with Jackie and hand Sandra Dorsett to Trauma Team.

Items

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Sandra Dorsett's Biomonitor: Attached to Sandra Dorsett in the ice-filled bathtub

Key fights

Confrontation with the Scavenger Leader

Enemies: Scavenger Leader and remaining Scavenger Guards

Threats: Heavy automatic assault rifle fire, suppression tactics, aggressive push behind cover

Weaknesses and resistances: Vulnerable to headshots, EMP/Short Circuit quickhacks, and physical takedowns; easily staggered by frag grenades

Tactics: Utilize the doorway chokepoint entering the main apartment area, peak from solid wall cover to blindside guards, and target the Scavenger Leader with high-ground headshots or breach around the left corridor for a flanking stealth takedown

Rewards: Access to Sandra Dorsett's location, random early-game weapons, ammo, and eurodollars

Enemies

Scavenger Guard

Steal / drop Common firearms and ammo

Patrols the hallway and can be stealthily neutralized or distracted with environment hacks.

Scavenger Leader

Steal / drop Shotgun or machine gun and ammo

Heavily armed enemy stationed in the final room before reaching the bathroom.

Tips

Crouch and use the doorframe for cover to hack nearby appliances, allowing you to quietly distract and takedown enemies without initiating an open firefight.
Make sure to follow T-Bug's instructions to inject Sandra Dorsett with an airhypo immediately after pulling her from the tub to keep her stable.

Not listed for this area: secrets, shops and people.

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