How can i use those Codex Scanners?

[✪ Parsque46]

Hello! I finally reached the Phobos Junction, but it tells me to use Codex Scanners to scan 3 Cephalon Fragments. I equiped them in my Gear Wheel but i don`t know how to use/activate it while on a mission. I looked in the controls and didn`t find anything about the Gear Wheel. Thanks!

[Zackmar]

Hold down Q and it will bring up the gear wheel.

[RoxxasTheDemonslayer]

to use the gear wheel in mission press and hold Q.

to use the scanner: place recticle over target hold Pimary Fire.

lots of stuff can be scanned, not just the fragments and the like.

Plants on multiple planets can be scanned, and turned into mats.
You NEED these for one of the Frame Quests.

mobs can be scanned (though im not sure oif you need the other scanner to do so)

as well as materials, and crates and the consoles.

[HeraldOfDoom]

Originally posted by RoxxasTheDemonslayer:

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mobs can be scanned (though im not sure oif you need the other scanner to do so)

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Yes, you can scan enemies with the regular codex scanners.
The synthesis scanners are only needed for cephalon simaris's targets of special interest besides you can also scan any other stuff with them too (but they're a tad expensive for that task^^)

[JebKerman]

Originally posted by HeraldsOfDoom:

Originally posted by RoxxasTheDemonslayer:

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mobs can be scanned (though im not sure oif you need the other scanner to do so)

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Yes, you can scan enemies with the regular codex scanners.
The synthesis scanners are only needed for cephalon simaris's targets of special interest besides you can also scan any other stuff with them too (but they're a tad expensive for that task^^)

Until you earn enough standing with Simaris to purchase the upgrade that makes his scanners free to use (the 'Sol-Battery Widget', available in his offerings).

[✪ Parsque46]

Thank you all for the help! But i still have a question... Where are the Cephalon Fragments located? I literally looked on 3 or 4 missions on Mars for one and i did not find a thing. I know how they look like.
Thanks!

[JebKerman]

Originally posted by St3ph:

Thank you all for the help! But i still have a question... Where are the Cephalon Fragments located? I literally looked on 3 or 4 missions on Mars for one and i did not find a thing. I know how they look like.
Thanks!

Mods that add 'Loot Radar' will help greatly in locating them as Cephalon Fragments will show up on the minimap if you have it. So 'Loot Detector', 'Thief's Wit', or 'Animal Instinct'.

[Mio Rin]

Originally posted by St3ph:

Thank you all for the help! But i still have a question... Where are the Cephalon Fragments located? I literally looked on 3 or 4 missions on Mars for one and i did not find a thing. I know how they look like.
Thanks!

Cephalon fragments are placed randomly in (almost) every mission.
They look like a blue glowing orb.
If you missed it on a mission, don't worry, there will be another one on the next run.

My advice would be to bring Helios with the investigator precept installed.
It will automatically scan anything not fully scanned in your codex, including the cephalon fragments.
You can find it in one of the labs in your dojo.

[RoxxasTheDemonslayer]

the fragments are the blue-green glowing orb things you sometimes see on missions.

there are other stuff that work the same way (special stuff to scan)

Somachords - Purple Bars/Lines

Frame Fighter Data - looks like a cracked glass bowl - adds new warframes to FF