Gaming: Breaking How To Complete Equitable Distribution In Marathon
All four stages of Traxus' second priority contract.
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Finding rods for Traxus' Cutthroat Competition contract in Marathon might have been annoying, but this faction's second priority quest—Equitable Distribution—is a massive step up. With four stages, it's one of the longest early quests. Plus, each objective is fairly obtuse and some are even actively misleading.
Below, I'll outline how to complete Equitable Distribution 1-4, so you can trounce Traxus' requests in record time and get onto the next (which is grinding XP, actually). You'll be heartily rewarded with loot along the way though, so it's well worth it.
To tick off the first Equitable Distribution quest, you need to find a data disc and deliver it to one of four specific locations across the map called a DCON, all in a single round on Perimeter. You can see how to do it all in the video above.
Begin by travelling to the Hauler in the west of Perimeter. Once here, go inside and reach the second floor (you can take the stairs or climb up to the ledge in the garage area), to find the Self-Erasing Data Drive in server boxes against the west wall towards the middle of the vehicle. Search the drawer to spawn the Self-Erasing Data Drive quest item on the floor, which you'll need to hold in your inventory temporarily.
Be warned, once you pick up the Self-Erasing Data Drive, you'll start a three-minute timer to reach your next objective, so familiarise yourself with the next steps first, as you'll need to run quite a distance.
Next, you need to head to a DCON unit to send the data off-world. There are four in total in each corner of the map, found on the roof of low buildings. Heading to a DCON is the final quest step, so I'd recommend picking whichever DCON is nearest an extraction. Here are all the DCON locations:
Reach the DCON machine, interact with it to open its inventory, and then place the Self-Erasing Data Drive. Close the menu, and it'll start to power up, sending the data off-world after just a few seconds. That's the end of the first stage, so it doesn't matter if you extract alive or not.
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