sanatorium question

[Kameradoktorn]

I just reached the sanatorium in the jungle. Should I try to sneak-explore it or is there a quest giver somewhere else that will let me into the closed off/guarded parts of that map?

[Lightning]

I wouldn't try it unless you have like 2-3 squads, its a timed mission as soon as you start it, I just snuck in when i was ready to start the quest and M'ed out to go to the designated places.

[Dr.Acula]

Is there any major down side to not completing it within that one week? I just cleared the sanatorium but i have doubts that I can actually get the samples in time for various reasons...

[Dizzy Ioeuy]

I let her continue experimenting as I gathered supplies- no time limit then. I couldn't do the timed version unless I had two fairly good teams.

[zpc]

There is a good guide about the whole questline: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3007360203

As it is the biggest quest (AFAIK) in the game it has quite a few steps and ways to be completed.

I'd also advice to sneak-explore.

[Lightning]

Yeah ignore killing anyone even the guards or else -rep i think, and also this is doable with 2 squads i heard, but 3 makes it faster

[Kameradoktorn]

Ok thanks!

[hitman_2]

I killed the guards, wiped the following "riot" and lobotomized the basement's objects. This left me with 10 days to do 3 areas (the closest to the hotel "psycho"), but that made the final object to riot too. Dont know if there was a chance to avoid that but it was fun.

[Dr.Acula]

I actually managed to complete the cure today and doing it mostly with one squad. I'm not sure how much time to spare I had but I think it was still at least 1 more day and I didn't even rush it (rested two squads at the sanaturium before completing the finale and I even cured Larry from his drug addiction).

Due to the fact that I had the locations on where to gather the samples I went a specific route to safe time:
Camp Hope (I12) => The Burial Grounds (J11) => Factory Ruins (K14) => K16 => enter tunnels and go through them to exit at => Wetlands (H16) => Chalet de la Paix (F13)

The most difficult and time consuming part was F13 as I had to move around quite a bit and also do some stuff at F12 to then get back to F13 and finish with a tough fight (man these soldiers have good aim).

My alpha squad consists off:
Alpha (my own merc - Rifle)
Buns (Rifle)
Mouse (shotgun)
Fidel (Sniper)
Steroid (Rifle)
Fox (Rifle - melee)

If you actually focus two squads on this task it should be very easy to complete and three would be a cake walk. I'm playing on Commando difficulty.

[Капитан Путан]

FYI: There is an easy and satisfying way to get rid of annoying guards but not become a murderer. When the first cut scene ends and the fight starts, go stealth and hide your boys so patients dont get engaged. They will find some meat in the inner yard, and you will be skipping combat turns and see some action. After guards faced their well-deserved fate, take care of patients and - voila - no one will interrupt your exploration of sanatorium :)