Availability: After “Find the Embers”
Location: Talk to Ihsan on the Roof of an Old Town Safe Zone
Rewards: 10,000 Survivor XP
Difficulty: Medium
Ihsan is looking for a cache of supplies in Old Town. He thinks that one of the city’s clerks knows more about it, but he’s also had trouble getting this information out of the guy. He’s hoping that you can be more persuasive!
Look for a building that’s west of Old Town’s center. The part that you’re searching for is on the top floor (but not the roof). Slide under a barricade and wake up Thabit; he’s sleeping inside the safe area. Talk to him for a while. He sends you to get the Mayor’s Seal.
Get to the top of the Hotel Atar, in the southwestern part of the city. There is a roof entrance into the building, as marked on your map. Go inside and weave around through the hallways, past a barricade, and into a hole that leads into the elevator shaft. Go down one level there, and continue downward once you find the hall with an opening to ground level. Use the hotel’s computer system to check on the mayor.
Go up to the Mayor’s room and get the Seal. It’s in a locked chest nearby. A Viral breaks out of the bathroom, but a fast fight can wrap that up cleanly. Take the Seal back to the ground floor, push open the barricade by the front door, and get outside. Take the Seal to Thabit.
After you hand off the Seal, go to Town Hall and climb over the gates to get to the main doors. Walk inside, and then fight the Biters, Virals, and Bombers that infest the building. Your target is downstairs, but don’t go there and start picking any locks until you’ve totally cleared the way. Otherwise, something might sneak up on you while you’re working.
Pick the basement door and kill a single Toad inside. Try to get into the bunker, but leave the building afterward. Talk to Thabit on the radio, and look for the Key you need. It’s outside, to the west. A group of former police are there (former in several senses of the word). Kill them and their Demolisher buddy. Of course the Demolisher is the one with the Key!
Get the Key and return to the bunker inside Town Hall. Thabit is in the basement, in front of the bunker door. Talk to him and then use physical means to show why he hasn’t been an enjoyable person to work with. Unlock the bunker afterward, and search along the right tunnel to find the storage area. It’s locked, but a vent above lets you get into the room.
Collect everything you can, and get it back to a Quartermaster for a massive XP bonus. You also get your Survivor XP for finishing the quest here. Good job!