Struggling early in Collector mission line

So, I have begun the Collector's part of the game. The part that begins in

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I ended up proceeding to put this mission line on hold due to thinking that the

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hunting would coincide with it and make me go back to it later. I'm not sure if that is going to eventually be the case, but I decided to go back and start addressing this part of the game anyway.

So, I found

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at the rookie camp, followed by the one at the top of the tunnel to the east of the car park where there is a transition to either the dark valley or darkscape.

Now here is my problem,

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can be in the following locations..

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I'm feeling lost at this point.

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Hi Alphabet Soup. Some of the Collector locations can he hard to find, but most of the locations for the first set of Caesier's stashes are marked by a mushroom so you know you are in the right place - e.g. there is one at the base of the tree, another by the rock pile.

Rather than try to describe the locations here, I suggest that you have a look in Part 2 of the walkthrough: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] The Collector section has pictures of all of the locations. If the pictures are too small, there is a link to an older document with larger pictures a bit further down.

If you are still stuck, please let us know.

Hi Alphabet Soup

In addition to the above, I'd really recommend waiting until the next patch before starting the progressive Collector, Caesier, Gold Bars, and ZEP storyline

This is because much of the development work on the patch, over the past 18 months, has gone into improving all of these areas - from the interactive environments, to the clues, descriptions, and the storyline itself - making it a far more enjoyable and immersive experience...

Furthermore, this improved sequence is no longer a separate game in the new patch, but a seamless continuance of the main storyline

Thanks for the responses fellas.

Perhaps I best take your advice on waiting it out for the next patch. Its just I've done everything but those final three parts of SS. I can't believe how big this mod is at times, haha. Its truly impressive to see the dedication behind it, even if I can get wrecked badly at times.

Is there an ETA as to when the next patch will be out?

Also, I got my hands on the

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and in it's description, it is stated that it is a self repairing suit. Though, it is appears you still need to repair it. It still provides some more protection than the fully upgraded

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, though.

As for the location, I think it may have bugged out or I will need to check again. Because, I did find a mushroom at the rocks east of the guide.

So, just a bit of an update..

I did manage to find that stash in the Cordon, it was just on a really weird angle inside the those rocks near the guide.

However.. I have made it all the way up to the Army Warehouses part of this mission line, using the guide when I have to. Though it seems that either I am once again not looking closely enough or worse.

I have the following possible locations.

1. Under the concrete slabs near the helicopter.
2. Metal pipes near concrete slab.
3. Behind the fence, amid three rocks near the APC.

I have checked the guide, 1 and 2 are definitely without a stash. As for number 3, it doesn't quite show you where the stash is, but you would think that it would just be simply amid the three rocks. Unfortunately, no matter what angle or spot I have been checking around or under these three rocks, I still can not find a trace of a stash, other than a fluoro mushroom I found next to them.

Any tips, fellas?

Thank you for your time.

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The backpack at that location is in a crevice under the rock pile, but it is around the back near the tree and not where the mushroom is. (I assume that the mushroom had to be placed at the front, or you would never have seen it.) Not an easy one to find.

Thank you for your response.

I checked around where you said to look and still could not find the stash. So, I ended up reloading from just before I found the previous stash in the Wild territory. This time, after emptying the stash, I did not use the Strelok teleporter to enter into the Military Warehouses. As I considered that this may have contributed to perhaps bugging out the stash.

After entering the warehouses map on foot, I ended up finding the stash in a pipe, near the Tushkano's nest. I'm not completely sure that using the Strelok teleporter bugged out the stash, but I strongly suspect it and it might be worth labbing, in other words experimenting if it indeed causes a bug.

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I don't think using the teleporter would affect it. Glitches do occur occasionally, and I have had stashes fail to spawn at other locations - although fortunately this is a rare occurrence.

As I understand it, each stash should spawn when you pick up the previous one, and it will remain there until you find it. Reloading and picking up the previous stash again is a useful trick if a stash can't be found.