Once you’ve wrapped up the A Balanced Harvest job for Celeste, she’s already got a new gig lined up for you – Untended Garden. This time you’re headed straight back into the mess at the Dam Battlegrounds, chasing down clues from those notes you picked up earlier. The mission’s all about tracking down old hydroponic domes and digging up anything useful that could give Speranza an edge. Sounds easy on paper, but in practice? The swamps never play nice. That place is crawling with ARC patrols, and without a decent plan, you’ll get chewed up fast. It’s worth remembering that knowing what kind of ARC Raiders Items work best here can save you from a lot of grief, because even just moving around without getting spotted is half the battle.

You’ll almost always bump into Wasps or Hornets in these parts, and they rarely fly alone. Nine times out of ten there’s a Rocketeer nearby waiting to rain trouble on you. That means if you try the direct approach, you’ll burn through gear fast – and most of it will end up in scrap. The smarter play is to go in with a free loadout. You’re risking nothing valuable, so if things go south, you’re not losing anything important. Without the fear of losing your favourite kit, you can focus on keeping your head down, spotting patrol routes, and moving when the timing’s right.

That said, there’s one small tweak that can change everything – a reliable silenced weapon. If you’ve got one, it lets you drop a lone Wasp without pulling the attention of every machine nearby. That breathing room can mean you slip past patrols instead of fighting them head-on. If you’re good at sneaking, you might never have to fire at all – just dive into the nearest bush, wait for their route to clear, and carry on. It’s slower, sure, but avoiding combat here often saves more time than it costs.

The beauty of running this with nothing but a free loadout is you don’t have to worry about making it to an extraction point. Once you’ve got the intel from the domes and your objective’s ticked off, just pause, hit surrender, and that’s it – mission over. No frantic dash for safety, no last-minute gunfight. You’re back in Speranza in minutes, ready for whatever comes next. And if you’ve thought ahead about your ARC Raiders gear, you’ll find missions like this are way less stressful to pull off.