How To Complete Hazard A Gas In The Outer Worlds 2

Are you thinking about completing Hazard a Gas in The Outer Worlds 2? This side quest takes place in the Golden Ridge region of Dorado. A chance meeting with an NPC takes you on a trek all across the zone, all to look for tiny items called Compression Coils.

Where to find all 15 Compression Coils in the Golden Ridge

The Hazard a Gas quest comes from an NPC named Sr. Contract Medicalist Cormier. You can find him in a camp known as Outpost Opportunity, which is closer to the northern part of the region.

Cormier wants you to gather Compression Coils, of which there are 15 in total. These have been left lying around in drop pods/escape pods that have crashed everywhere in Golden Ridge. Now, once you begin the quest proper, only the first location will be marked on your map. The rest won’t appear even if you’re tracking the mission.

Golden Ridge Compression Coil locations map

Don’t worry, though, because we’ve got you covered when it comes to The Outer Worlds 2 Hazard a Gas quest. The map above shows the locations of Cormier/Outpost Opportunity and the 15 Compression Coils.

We’ve numbered these locations accordingly based on the first area that showed up on our map. In some cases, you might find only one item in that particular spot. In others, you could stumble upon clusters of two or more of these items.

Compression Coil location #1

This will probably be the only Compression Coil location that gets marked on your map as you’re tracking the quest. It’s inside a pod due north of the Scrappers’ Den fast travel point/enemy camp. There’s one item that you can pick up here.

Compression Coil location #2

You can pick up yet another Compression Coil for The Outer Worlds 2 Hazard a Gas quest by heading to the Decommissioned Autonomous Extractorium. It’s the facility where you get to recruit a companion named Aza. If you walk to the west, you should see some abandoned camps. Beyond that area is another crashed pod. You can pick up one more item here.

Compression Coil location #3

To get additional Compression Coils in The Outer Worlds 2, you’ll want to check the aforementioned Decommissioned Autonomous Extractorium. To the south of that facility, you’ll see a ruined tram railway. Make sure you’ve already unlocked the double jump ability because you’re going to need it.

Keep hopping across the gaps until you reach the towering rock formation. At the very top of the structure, you’ll spot another pod. Just watch out because there are several Mantiwasp and Mega Mantisaur enemies. Take out the hostile creatures and grab two items.

Compression Coil location #4

The next drop pod is due northwest of Alexandra Station, so you have to loop around to reach it. Eventually, you’ll stumble upon a cavern that’s crawling with Verachnids. Kill them so you don’t end up getting attacked while you’re looting the three coils from the structure.

Compression Coil location #5

You’ll find two more Compression Coils in a pod just outside Matriarch’s Mercy. This settlement is where you progress the main quest in this region.

Compression Coil location #6

All right, let’s go ahead and pick up some extra Compression Coils in The Outer Worlds 2. The next set of items all come from the northern part of Golden Ridge.

Make your way to the west of Fort Endurance. You should see some corporate hireling NPCs guarding the pass:

• Two coils are inside the pod itself.
• Another coil is next to a cleaner NPC’s corpse just outside the pod.

Compression Coil location #7

If you go east and north of Fort Endurance, you’ll notice a section that’s covered in murky Zyranium gas. Activate your Gas-Energy Deflection Apparatus gadget, then quickly rush to the pod to pick up two more coils.

Compression Coil location #8

The last location is well to the northeast. It’s fairly close to the Mantisaur Nest and the small camp with scientist NPCs. The pod itself, which contains one coil, has crashed on a small rock formation. You can reach it by going to the back and jumping up the ledges. Beware of Verachnid mobs that have made this area their home though.

Hazard a Gas rewards

Assuming you’ve found all 15 Compression Coils in The Outer Worlds 2, return to Medicalist Cormier and hand over the items. For your efforts, you’ll receive a lot of XP and around 1,500x bits/currency. Cormier will also give you the following:

• 1x Trauma Kit
• 1x AC Adreno Infusion Starter Plus (unique primer)
• 1x Light Pistol Plasma Barrel (both the mod and the crafting blueprint)
• 1x Sentience (unique armor) – This has the Regenerative mod, which causes you to restore health from 30% of the damage that you take each time.

That does it for our guide on how to complete Hazard a Gas in The Outer Worlds 2. Given the reward, you might be curious as to the locations of other unique armors in the game. Also, since you’re already exploring Golden Ridge, you probably want to tackle other objectives, such as Pursuit of Partite Pentaptych and the Alexandra Monastery Riddle.