Battlestate Games has added a super-size, monumental Fence quest into Escape from Tarkov called ‘Is This a Reference?’ It’s a bizarre task that requires you to place dozens of Wi-Fi Camera devices across almost every map in the game, specifically at locations that are references to other games, movies, and television shows, amongst other things.
It’s a sizeable beast of a quest that’s confusing many players. If you’re one of them, check out our ‘Is This a Reference’ quest guide below.
Stock Up on Wi-Fi Cameras
You’ll need 27 Wi-Fi Cameras to complete Is This a Reference in Escape from Tarkov – that’s the first blocker.
Presently, they’re being sold on the Flea for around €900 – or around 140,000 roubles. If you’re not investing in the Flea Market, you can head over to Mechanic’s storefront and barter for Wi-Fi Cameras. They’ll cost you 1 x Electronic Components and 1 x Powerbank, but this isn’t exactly the best way to go given that you’ll have to spend around 200,000 roubles per barter.
Also, you can only get four devices per restock, and you’ll need to wait a couple of hours between each reset.
Given that Wi-Fi Cameras are very rare, you’re not likely to find them on your adventures around Escape from Tarkov, which means you’re going to spend a long time trying to complete Is This a Reference.
How to Complete Is This a Reference in Tarkov
Firstly, you’ll need to have at least 1.0 Fence rep to unlock the task in the first place. Once you’ve ticked that box, it’s time to equip some Wi-Fi Cameras and head out into the world of Tarkov.
This task will take you across Streets of Tarkov, Reserve, Woods, Shoreline, Ground Zero, Lighthouse, and Factory.
Presently, the information available to pad out an Is This a Reference guide is thin because so few players have managed to find the spots alluded to in the task. Per the typical operating model, players have been given little guidance to find the spots required for Is This a Reference, and only vague clues have been offered by Battlestate Games.
With that in mind, here’s our full location guide for Is This a Reference:
Customs
- ‘Bucket-head villain’ – In the bathroom opposite the ‘streamer room’, where the mannequin stands
- ‘Crew member’s execution site’ – ‘Streamer’ or ‘Green Screen’ room
- ‘Indie developer’s worst nightmare’ – Dorms 212
Factory
- ‘Russian chocolate beauty’ – Gate 0, near the power box
- ‘Conspiracy theorist’s room’ – Locked door in the top floor of the office
- ‘Mother of all strategy games’ – Newly-added Med Room
- ‘Stairway to the skies’ – Gate 3, the ladder that ascends to the roof
- ‘Valve technicians’ – Pipes underground, beneat the open roof with a crowbar alongside them
- ‘Burned the books’ – In the downstairs office near the safe
- ‘Transported to the magic school’ – Outside the pumping station near the forklift
Lighthouse
- ‘Your friend Wilson’ – Ball sitting on a log next to the docks (close to Merin car)
- ‘Kindled rest place’ – Campfire on the coast near Merin and Seaside Vacation spot
- ‘Ominous welcome sign’ – On the road by the construction site leading to the Water Treatment Facility
- ‘Megagenius scientist’s seat’ – The toilet on the hill before ‘Pride Rock’
Shoreline
- ‘Not-so-lonely bathroom’ – First-floor of the pier building, in the toilets
- ‘Upside-down chair’ – Orange house in the Village, behind a breach door
Ground Zero
- ‘One die-hard guy kicked ass’ – Behind the front desk of the Nakatani building
- ‘Computer with a joke for programmers’ – In the Kyshperski office near the main road, look for a computer running Minesweeper
- ‘Little chair surrounded by big black chairs’ – Head up the barbed-wire stairs to the MG emplacement, it’s in the first room you pass
Woods
- ‘Bear who sat into a flaming car’ – South of the abandoned village is a ‘Bear car’, north of the roads leading to Convoy and Sawmill
Streets of Tarkov
- ‘Amphibian pizza lovers’ hideout’ – In the ‘Sewer River’ extract near the green light
- ‘Burned girl’s sickroom’ – In the X-Ray building, the first room o nthe right of the first floor, put the camera on the stretcher
- ‘Really scary hole in the wall’ – Enter Chek 13, the hole is in the bathroom wall
- ‘Barbed wire body’ – Behind ‘Mysterious Room 13’
Reserve
- ‘Conscripts did a very important task’ – Back-left of the helicopter near the barracks, near the green paint on the floor
- ‘The two chair riddle’ – Behind the guard tower near the train station, next to the fuel tanks
- ‘Every tank driver’s first videogame’ – On the wall outside ‘White Bishop’ looking towards ‘White Queen’, it’s a small bird on the wall close to the ground
Have you had luck finding every location in Is This a Reference? Let us know on the Insider Gaming forum how you’re getting on.
Special thanks to the folks on the Escape from Tarkov Subreddit for many of these locations
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