Starfield is a game that has no shortage of unique quests that are scattered around the huge world that Bethesda has made. Most of these are very enjoyable and straightforward. However, there are some like the Background Checks quest that tends to give players headaches.
In this guide, we will show you how you can make your way into and through the Ryujin Tower with Stealth only. This will allow you to go through this whole mission without being detected and having to go fight the insane amount of enemies. Let’s see how you can achieve this.
Find a Way Into Ryujin Tower (Stealth Only)
This quest will require you to do a lot of sneaking around and patience so that you don’t end up getting caught. You do not need any Stealth perks but having them is recommended as it can help make this mission a bit easier. Here are the steps to follow:
- Exit Madame Sauvage’s Place and walk up until you reach the crane.
- Activate the crane and it will move a crate that will form a path towards a vent grate that leads into Ryujin Industries HQ.
- Navigate the vented area until you reach a Panel Door. Activate it to kill the lights in the area.
- Sneak around the dark corridors while avoiding the guards until you reach a staircase that leads up. Sneak around more guards until you arrive at a room at the end which leads to another vent area.
- Enter the vent and navigate the area until you drop down a storage room that has loot inside a safe. Exit into the industrial area sneakily and enter the vent on the right.
- Navigate this vent towards a hatch. Exit the hatch and sneak around the large area with a red Japanese Maple tree until you reach a vent grate.
- This vent grate will take you towards a makeshift path that will lead you to the final area of the tower. At the top of this room, there will be a lady behind a desk.
- Sneak past her and into the room that has Ularu’s Computer. Access the Workplace Section to complete the objective.
- Fast travel to your ship to immediately leave the area without being detected. Go to Nyx’s Apartment to continue with the quest.
This guide continues with a detailed walkthrough below!
Detailed Walkthrough
Progress through the Background Checks quest and get to the point where you need to Find A Way Into Ryujin Tower after talking to Nyx at Madame Sauvage’s Place. Make sure that you do not bring a companion with you as they will make sneaking around incredibly difficult by getting caught.
After leaving the area, turn right and you will find yourself in a large corridor with stairs ahead. Walk straight ahead and up the stairs and you will see another set of stairs facing the other way. Walk up these stairs and keep going up as much as possible.
At the top, there will be a platform facing a crane. There will be a large metallic panel nearby with a red button on it. Press the button and this will swing the crane around, which will move a large crate towards the platform that you can use as a makeshift path.
Follow this path until you arrive at a vent and enter inside.
You are now inside Ryujin Industries HQ. However, the work is still not done as you will need to make your way up through the tower.
There is a lot of sneaking around ahead so we recommend investing in Stealth perks. However, you can make your way through without these too with the steps we’ve shown.
Once you’re inside, walk through the vent area and open up the grate that comes in front of you. You will find yourself in a storage area with quite a bit of room to walk ahead. In front, you will see a light, indicating another vent.
Instead of going to the vent, you will jump on the boxes next to it and you’ll find yourself in another cramped vent area. In front of you, there will be a Panel Door, which you can activate to kill the lights in the area. This is incredibly helpful as it will allow you to navigate the guards without being detected.
Turn to the right from this panel, and take another sharp left. The vent will have a small access that you can drop down into a small room. Exit the door in this room and you will find yourself in a dark corridor area. This is the part where you need to crouch and sneak around, as guards will be moving around.
Immediately, you will see a guard ahead facing a wall. Hug the wall and move around him, making your way ahead. As you sneak ahead, walk through the large door on the left. A few feet ahead, you will see some guards facing away from you. Move to the right while hugging the wall to avoid them.
As you move while hugging the right wall, you’ll find yourself in a small hallway with a wall at the end to the right. Go towards it, and there will be a small door that leads to the stairway. Enter this stairway, and fall it all the way up until you are in a lighted section.
Keep walking ahead until you see a large hallway with two rooms. In one of these rooms, you can catch a glimpse of a guard on a computer.
Wait for him to walk away from it, and then hide to ensure you are out of his sight lines. After a few seconds, he will be facing away from you, and you can move ahead.
As you walk ahead, you will see the guard facing a wall, this is your opportunity to make a break for it. However, be vigilant that there is another guard in this area, so don’t get too reckless. Walk up the small set of stairs while hugging the wall to avoid the second guard.
Turn to the right and take another left immediately, entering the door ahead and closing it behind you.
Inside this room, there will be another vent which you should enter. At the end, you should jump and climb up. Follow the vent path upwards and jump again into yet another vent system. Turn right and drop down into the room. There will be some loot inside a safe here that you can take if you want.
Exit the door and turn immediately right to follow the stairs down. Make sure that you are crouched to avoid getting detected. There will be a large vent next to the large machine. Open this vent and jump inside, dropping down immediately. It will be very dark here so you can turn your flashlight on.
Follow the vent while making sure that your flashlight doesn’t look upwards and alert any guards. At the end, there will be a hatch above that you can open. Go through it and kill your flashlights immediately. You will see a large lit up room with a large red Japanese Maple tree in the middle.
There will be a large security robot patrolling this room. Wait for it to pass and immediately turn the left. Be careful at this part as there are two guards up ahead in the left room and sometimes they can detect you coming up into it.
Carefully enter and you will see a doorway ahead with a guard next to it. Ignore this doorway and instead turn left where you will see stairs leading up. There will be a guard here too so make sure that he is walking away before you reach this part.
Once he’s walked away, turn to the right and on the wall ahead you will see another vent. Jump up and open up the vent, and enter inside. Follow the vent up until it ends, and exit through the vent grate on your right. When you open this grate, you will see a makeshift path towards the right.
Turn to the right and follow the makeshift path that is above the room. This path will allow you to cross to the other end of the room where there will be more vent grates. Enter the vent and turn right, following the path until you arrive at another panel door.
This panel door will be locked so you will need to hack it with an Advanced lock system. Activate it to turn off the lights and open the grate nearby to drop down.
You will see a small staircase ahead so make your way towards that. Once you’re up, turn right and you’ll find a room where there will be a person.
This part is a bit tricky as this person can sometimes detect you. Sometimes she will be on her desk and sometimes she will stand up and face the wall near her desk. Be patient, and wait for her to be facing the wall before you make your next move.
Walk up the small flight of stairs on the left and you’ll find yourself in the room with a computer. Access Ularu’s Computer and click the Workspace Section. Here’s a guide on how you can run Nyx’s Program on Ularu’s Computer.
Now, you will need to exit this place.
Instead of going through all that again, you can simply use fast travel to your ship and you will have beaten the level without getting detected! This way, you can avoid the hassle of having to sneak out as the guards can be very annoying to sneak past.
Now all you need to do is go to Nyx’s Apartment to continue with the quest. This part can also be a little difficult even with the objective marker. Start by reaching Madame Sauvage’s Place.
Exit it and turn right, another right, a quick left and another quick right into the small hallway that leads you towards a railing.
Exit the hallway and turn to the right where you will see two stairways ahead in the distance. Walk up to them but instead of walking up, turn right and you’ll see a smaller set of stairs. Walk up these stairs and you will find Nyx’s Apartment at the end.
And that’s how you can beat the Ryujin Tower section of the Background Checks. Sometimes the paths of the guards can be a little different and you might get caught. Don’t worry and keep trying. Remember to be patient if you see an unusual movement and hug the walls to sneak around them.
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