The "Unexpected Initiative" quest in ARC Raiders is a scavenging mission given by Tian Wen. She is trying to get a greenhouse running to grow more food, so she needs you to find some specific farming gear in the Buried City. The catch is that you have to grab everything and get out in one single round. If you die, you lose the quest items and have to start over, which is super annoying.
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Here is the quick breakdown of the mission:
Quest Name: Unexpected Initiative
Quest Giver: Tian Wen
Objective: Find Fertilizer and a Water Pump in Buried City
Map: Buried City
Locations: Grandioso Apartments, Piazza Roma
Rewards: IL Toro I, Shotgun Ammo, Shotgun Choke II
Load into the Buried City map. Your first stop is the Grandioso Apartments, which are located in the southwest part of the map. It is a huge residential building that is hard to miss. You need to get all the way to the rooftop. You can use the elevator cable to zip up, or find a staircase if you want to be sneaky.
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Once you are on the roof of the Grandioso Apartments, look for the Fertilizer. You are looking for orange terracotta pots filled with soil. They are usually sitting near the edge of the roof, either on the south side or the northeast corner. Look for the yellow interaction marker popping up near some buckets and pots. Grab the fertilizer and get ready to move.
Next, you need to go to Piazza Roma. It is located to the northeast of the Grandioso Apartments. You are looking for another large apartment building just south of the main Piazza Roma map marker. Like before, you need to climb up to the roof using ziplines or stairs.
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On the rooftop at Piazza Roma, you need to find the Water Pump. Look for a broken rooftop garden area. The item you want looks like a glass tank with a motor attached to it, sitting inside a flowerbed. Check the northwest or southeast corners of the roof. Once you spot the motor mechanism in the planter, interact with it to pick it up.
Now that you have both the Fertilizer and the Water Pump, you need to extract. Be careful—rooftops are popular spots for snipers and other players looking for loot. Head to the nearest subway station or extraction point and get out safely. Back at Speranza, talk to Tian Wen to hand over the items and finish the job.
Completing "Unexpected Initiative" sets you up with some solid close-range gear:
1x IL Toro I (A powerful shotgun)
40x Shotgun Ammo