Synthesis Targets not tracking + The New Strange no mission

[Vorfelan]

Hi all,

Just started to pick up the New Strange quest and spoke to Cephalon Simaris. He also presented me with the Synthesis targets.

First issue: There is no mission attached to The New Strange. I click on it in Navigation, it doesn't take me to the mission. The text is blank in the quest it literally just says "The New Strange." I looked it up on the Wiki and the mission is supposed to be Nuovo, Ceres, but the only thing there is the default Nuovo mission. FIXED: Once I returned to my ship (I was going to try logging out) the mission text filled up and it looks like it's working.

Second issue: Simaris gave me the Moa Synthesis target (4x Moa). It doesn't specify a location or level or anything as far as I can tell. I did the Synthesis simulation and then went into a Corpus mission so I could scan some Moa. I scanned four of them and did not get completion. I don't really understand what else I'm supposed to do here. Do I actually *need* to trap them first in order to scan them? It didn't seem to matter in the simulation so I didn't think it was needed for the actual scan.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated. As a returning player (last played when Nekros was released as a founder) I was feeling totally lost at first but I'm figuring things out more as I go along. Looking forward to continuing the journey.

[Whiplash]

The synthesis thing is not just scanning random versions of the target. They will appear specifically in certain missions (one per mission) and Simaris will tell you about it when you start the mission. And when you find it for scanning.

You have to scan 3-4 individual points on the target for a complete scan. Usually 4. It does usually help to trap them first, so they aren't running around while you do it. If you look closely you will see colored circles in their body (with the scanner) that are the target scan points. You scan them all, the target freezes and disappears, and you get a reward and message from Simaris.

They only appear one per mission, so you will have to run a mission 4 times to complete it if you need 4 scans.

There is a great guide here on steam that shows the locations you can find every synthesis target.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=666483447

edit: I forgot to mention the tracking of a target in mission, but the guide covers that.

[Vorfelan]

Thanks Whiplash!

[Whiplash]

Goodluck, Tenno.

[Mhblis]

There is a guide here on steam that lists each target with where it appears.

As people have said it is a specific Moa you have to scan.

[Nijuu]

Thanks for info guide
Pain in ass when others in team kill the target though :(

[Vorfelan]

Messaggio originale di Nijuu:

Thanks for info guide
Pain in ass when others in team kill the target though :(

Yeah I did mine solo

[Nijuu]

Yeah but im doing a normal mission when target pops up :/

[Vorfelan]

tell your team and hope they don't have a Saryn :P

[Nijuu]

Bit late when its dead lol

[Nibbie]

They are much tankier than your average enemy, but some people just have so much damage and so little care about what they are aiming at it can be challenging sometimes, The biggest help I have found is to just run with the frontrunner of your team with your scanner out, constantly popping into the zoom to mark the target as soon as possible (you can mark them from fairly far away). If people are destroying things that fast, they don't need your help shooting stuff anyway. Once it is marked, people usually leave it alone and you can scan it.