This guide will show you how to reach and open all four treasure chests at the Imperial Excavation Site 12 area at the Great Basin on Akiva. This is the location where you can obtain the NL-02 Charge Emitter, required for the Electro-Shock Prod ability.
How to reach Excavation Site on Akiva
Excavation Site 12 is located in the middle of The Great Basin on Akiva. It is accessible with the speeder upgrade ability from The Scavenger expert, the Hydrorepulsor. It allows you to soar over water.
To get it, you have to complete The Scavenger expert quest and unlock Temmin Wexley as an expert.
There are several points of entry to the Excavation site 12 area. Each one of them is sneaky and you will get a decent overview of almost the entire area, so you can make plans.
Excavation Site 12 Treasure Chest Locations
In the walkthrough below I will give you instructions from one of the entry points (1). If you are not afraid of a Man Hunt and being Wanted, you can go crazy.
A little stealth and tactical planning will allow you to easily clear the entire camp without rising any alarms.
UIsing Entry Point 1 from the map above, you take a long trench and emerge behind the landing pad of the site. There are two troopers guarding. The right one is patrolling back and forth around the staircase.
Use your Grapple Hook to get to the platform and take the two troopers silently. You can take them down one by one or use Nix to distract the left one. You can also opt to use Stun Mode on your Blaster.
Down on the ground, there are two more enemies. You can jump down and take the one closer to you easily.
Far into the distance, on the main path of the camp, you can spot two patrolling troopers. Make sure they are not facing you when you do your dirty work. Deactivate the Ararm panel and go around the stone wall to the right. Jump down.
On your right, you will see a red energy shield barrier blocking the entrance to the underground section of the site. You can slice the terminal or get the card from an officer in a tent on the other side.
If you opt to slice the terminal, know that this requires Slicing Kit. Having the Slicing Kit Upgrade ability will also help you a lot. Again, be mindful of the two patrolling troopers on the main path.
Where to find the Cave Entrance Keycard
From the cave entrance, take a right and head north. On the platform, you will see a guard standing still. You can sneak past him. He will not notice you. You can also take him down if the patrolling pair is not facing him.
In the tent behind this guard, the one closer to the rock wall, there are three Imperials. One of them is a patrolling officer. Wait for a moment and take down the one closest to the entrance (middle on the image below). Then take out the officer and get the Cave Entrance Keycard.
Treasure Chest #1
Take down the one at the far side of the tent. Watch for the patroll. They should not be able to spot you inside this tent from the main path in the middle, but just to be sure. This chest contains
Slice the treasure chest to get a Blaster Recirculator. This is a very valuable material frequently required for a blaster upgrade. We have a guide to show you where to find more Blaster Recirculators.
Back at the eastern entrance of this tent, there is a terminal you can slice. This will allow you to disable both the cameras and alarm panels around the site. You allow yourself to roam around the camp a bit more freely by doing this.
Treasure Chests #2 and #3: Charm and Blaster Recirculator
With the keycard obtained, you can go back to the energy barrier and turn it off. Enter the tunnel and at the end, take the elevator down. When you exit the elevator, be careful as one of the troopers downstairs can spot you.
This area contains four Imperials and by the time you are exploring Akiva, you should be able to take them all out in an open fight. You can take a stealth approach, if you prefer.
To the right from the entrance, is one of the two treasure chests in the cave. It grants Ion Cell +6, nothing major.
In the middle of the room, on one of the metal containers, you will see an Imperial Bunker Keycard – quest item.
On the north side, on the elevated outer ring, you will see an motor that powers the shield. Shoot it to disable the shield.
Inside the room is the next Treasure chest, which will give you the Cyclone Relic, a new major charm for Kay’s loadout.
Treasure Chest #4: NL-02 Charge Emitter
The final treasure in this walkthrough, will give you what you probably originally came for – the NL-02 Charge Emitter key expert upgrade material.
From the entrance of the cave, take a right. Take out the guard if you haven’t done it before. Enter the second tent from the right.
Inside, on the close left, you will see a kneeling technician. Take him out. Stun the stormtrooper on the other side of the tent to be able to peacefully override the lock the last chest and get the NL-02 Charge Emitter.
