Quest · Contain the Crisis
Talk to ArishArish's Briefing
Return to the Field Office, hear Arish's plan, and choose which part of the crisis to tackle next.
- Main Story
- Contain the Crisis
Already finished the briefing? See what to do next →
- Install Probe Relays in the Sinkhole
- Reroute Power through the Subway
- Defeat More Resonant Entities
One conversation opens three objectives, and you pick the order.
Quest at a glance
- Questline
- Contain the Crisis
- Objective
- Talk to Arish
- Location
- Field Office · Central
- Combat
- None
- Major purpose
- Sets up the CFD plan
- Unlocks
- Power Lines · Into the Sinkhole · Notes: Plan of Attack
DestinationField Office · Central
Open location finderQuick walkthrough
This quest has one objective, so keep it short: return, talk, then review what opened.
- 01
Return to the Field Office
Head back to Central and enter the Field Office command area.
- Use a Fast Travel Door if you have one near your last zone.
- Arish waits at the central command table inside the Field Office.
- 02
Talk to Arish
Approach Arish and finish the full briefing conversation.
- Wait for the nearby agents to finish talking if the prompt is missing.
- Dialogue choices do not block completion in any documented way.
- 03
Review your new objectives
The briefing opens Power Lines, Into the Sinkhole and Notes: Plan of Attack.
- Plan of Attack tracks three larger objectives instead of one marker.
- You choose which branch to tackle first.
Where is Arish?
Return to Central, enter the Field Office, and find Arish at the central command table.
How are you returning?
A dedicated Field Office page is not published yet, so this links to the finder for now.
Open location finderTalk to Arish
Enter the Field Office, approach Arish, and interact once the prompt appears. Wait for the agents around the table to finish their current conversation if nothing shows up.
No prompt? Step back, let the scripted conversation end, then return to Arish.
The quest ends when the full briefing conversation finishes. There is no fight, puzzle, or travel objective.
Do Arish's dialogue choices matter?
No major progression branch is documented here. Choices mainly change the tone of the replies.
- Choices do not block quest completion.
- No missable outcome is documented for this conversation.
- Finish the whole conversation to advance.
That applies to Arish's Briefing only, not to every choice in the game.
What is Arish planning?
Arish and Pope want to build a Cancellation Field Device (CFD) to contain the crisis. The plan needs three things.
Patterning resonance
Read the resonance in the Sinkhole.
Install Probe Relays in the Sinkhole
City power
Reroute power through the subway.
Reroute Power through the Subway
More Resonant data
Defeat additional Resonant entities.
Defeat More Resonant Entities
This diagram is faster than a plot recap: three needs, three objectives.
Arish's Briefing has no standard reward. Its payoff is the plan itself: three objectives now appear in your log.
The quest lists no XP, materials, or artifact reward, so do not expect a loot drop here.
New objectives
- Defeat More Resonant Entities
- Reroute Power through the Subway
- Install Probe Relays in the Sinkhole
Plan of Attack
Notes: Plan of Attack is the parent objective this briefing creates. It has no normal objective marker and advances when its child requirements are done.
Arish's Briefing
Notes: Plan of Attack
Defeat More Resonant Entities
Reroute Power through the Subway
Install Probe Relays in the Sinkhole
Plan complete
The parent completes when the three objectives are satisfied.
Keep each branch walkthrough on its own page. This section only explains how they connect.
Open Plan of AttackPlan of Attack progress
Track the three objectives here, then open Plan of Attack for the full tracker.
Saved in this browser only. It never reads your game save.
Plan of Attack is the canonical owner of this tracker. This is a compact summary.
Open Plan of AttackWhat do you want to work on next?
Both story branches are available. Choose based on what you want to tackle next.
Power the CFD
Focus · Subway power routing and station exploration
Open →Explore the Sinkhole
Focus · Deeper traversal and probe relays
Open →Strengthen Dylan
Focus · Resonant encounters and combat abilities
Open →See the full plan
Focus · All three objectives in one tracker
Open →Power Lines and Into the Sinkhole can be done in either order.
Optional while returning
If you pass the right spot on the way back, an extra collectible moment can trigger.
Zoe's Mixtape · "Say What"
Optional collectible context. It is not required for the briefing, and no collectible page is published yet.
Arish's Briefing troubleshooting
What's happening?
Ask about Arish, the Field Office, the dialogue, or what this quest unlocked, and the assistant already knows where you are.
Arish's Briefing is one quest inside Contain the Crisis. It opens the multi-objective plan, so after the briefing head to Plan of Attack to track progress, or to the quest hub to pick a branch.