How to find and use the Metal Detector in Atomfall
During your Atomfall playthrough, you'll find helpful leads to direct you toward the main quest. Sometimes, though, it's fun to sidetrack and locate underground items like lunchboxes and caches to aid you on your journey. While some are scattered around the map, most are only accessible using a Metal Detector. The Metal Detector's main purpose is to find underground collectibles you'd never encounter. These items can also hold crafting materials and other valuables, making them worthwhile to locate. Here's how to obtain and use the Metal Detector in Atomfall. Table of contents How to find the Metal Detector for the Detectorist achievement in Atomfall How to barter for the Metal Detector How to use the Metal Detector in Atomfall How to find the Metal Detector for the Detectorist achievement in Atomfall You can obtain a Metal Detector by trading with Molly Jowett, a merchant in Slatten Dale. You'll find her at coordinates (26.4 E, 79.1 N.) Obtaining the Metal Detector from her requires bartering items in your inventory, ranging from bandages to food and weapon ammo. Screenshot by Destructoid Screenshot by Destructoid Once you exchange a few items for the Metal Detector, it'll appear in your inventory, ready to equip. Molly will also share some intel about a nearby wrecked convoy if it's your first time trading with her. The Detectorist achievement will also activate, bringing you one step closer to reaching 100 percent completion in Atomfall if that's something you're working towards. How to barter for the Metal Detector When bartering for items, you want to keep the scale as balanced as possible. If it's even slightly heavier in your favor, Molly will reject the trade, forcing you to offer more items. Similarly, having a scale heavily tipped in her favor means you're not getting the best deal. What you give her will depend on how far you are in Atomfall and your available resources. That said, below are some suggestions you can use: Excess food Old weapons you don't plan on using anymore Ammo for weapons you don't plan on using Every trader has high-value and low-value items they prefer. Bandages are among Molly's low-value preferences, so avoid using these unless you have several on hand that you don't plan on using. Otherwise, you're better off using extra food that may take up inventory space or ammo if you prefer one or two weapon types and don't plan on using others. How to use the Metal Detector in Atomfall After getting your hands on a Metal Detector, you'll find it in your inventory under Tools. You can then select and equip it to activate its item-seeking abilities. Now, as you travel around the map, you'll occasionally find hidden underground caches. Screenshot by Destructoid You'll know you're near an underground cache when the metal detector's tool icon appears in the corner of your screen. You'll also hear a beep, letting you know one of the detector's lights has activated. Using it here will show you the direction of the item and how close you are to it. Your goal is to reach 10 on the detector and have all five lights turned on. The easiest way to use the detector after detecting your first item is to rotate your camera until the middle light turns on. You can then move straight forward, shifting your view slightly when needed, until all five lights activate. You can then dig into the ground to unearth your cache, giving you a collectible to redeem and valuable items to help you in your Atomfall playthrough. The post How to find and use the Metal Detector in Atomfall appeared first on Destructoid.
During your Atomfall playthrough, you'll find helpful leads to direct you toward the main quest. Sometimes, though, it's fun to sidetrack and locate underground items like lunchboxes and caches to aid you on your journey. While some are scattered around the map, most are only accessible using a Metal Detector.
The Metal Detector's main purpose is to find underground collectibles you'd never encounter. These items can also hold crafting materials and other valuables, making them worthwhile to locate. Here's how to obtain and use the Metal Detector in Atomfall.
Table of contents
How to find the Metal Detector for the Detectorist achievement in Atomfall
You can obtain a Metal Detector by trading with Molly Jowett, a merchant in Slatten Dale. You'll find her at coordinates (26.4 E, 79.1 N.) Obtaining the Metal Detector from her requires bartering items in your inventory, ranging from bandages to food and weapon ammo.
Once you exchange a few items for the Metal Detector, it'll appear in your inventory, ready to equip. Molly will also share some intel about a nearby wrecked convoy if it's your first time trading with her. The Detectorist achievement will also activate, bringing you one step closer to reaching 100 percent completion in Atomfall if that's something you're working towards.
How to barter for the Metal Detector
When bartering for items, you want to keep the scale as balanced as possible. If it's even slightly heavier in your favor, Molly will reject the trade, forcing you to offer more items. Similarly, having a scale heavily tipped in her favor means you're not getting the best deal.
What you give her will depend on how far you are in Atomfall and your available resources. That said, below are some suggestions you can use:
- Excess food
- Old weapons you don't plan on using anymore
- Ammo for weapons you don't plan on using
Every trader has high-value and low-value items they prefer. Bandages are among Molly's low-value preferences, so avoid using these unless you have several on hand that you don't plan on using. Otherwise, you're better off using extra food that may take up inventory space or ammo if you prefer one or two weapon types and don't plan on using others.
How to use the Metal Detector in Atomfall
After getting your hands on a Metal Detector, you'll find it in your inventory under Tools. You can then select and equip it to activate its item-seeking abilities. Now, as you travel around the map, you'll occasionally find hidden underground caches.
You'll know you're near an underground cache when the metal detector's tool icon appears in the corner of your screen. You'll also hear a beep, letting you know one of the detector's lights has activated. Using it here will show you the direction of the item and how close you are to it. Your goal is to reach 10 on the detector and have all five lights turned on.
The easiest way to use the detector after detecting your first item is to rotate your camera until the middle light turns on. You can then move straight forward, shifting your view slightly when needed, until all five lights activate. You can then dig into the ground to unearth your cache, giving you a collectible to redeem and valuable items to help you in your Atomfall playthrough.
The post How to find and use the Metal Detector in Atomfall appeared first on Destructoid.
