Gray Zone Warfare: Covert Research – How to find the cargo at the Fortified Hideout in GZW

When completing quests in Gray Zone Warfare, you have to work with the limited details you get. Lab Rat has a task for you called Covert Research, and you need to track down cargo from a Fortified Hideout.

She has very few details on where you can find this hideout, and it’s heavily protected by the enemies walking around the main city. Before you even start this task, you should also ask yourself whether you want the rewards from completing this task or Reclamation.

If you’ve chosen the Covert Research in Gray Zone Warfare, here’s where you can find the Fortified Hideout with Lab Rat’s cargo inside.

Where to find the cargo at the Fortified Hideout for Covert Research in Gray Zone Warfare

The exact location of the Fortified Hideout varies for every faction in GZW, but for the most part, the Fortified Hideout is located near the Town Hall. The Fortified Hideout is within a cluster of several gated residences; it’s a two-storey building fully surrounded by a fence, with a two-door gate that will be half open and marked by an enemy symbol similar to the one you looked for during the Rat’s Nest task.

Fortified Hideout location for Crimson Shield International

If you’re a member of the Crimson Shield International faction, you can find the Fortified Hideout on the northern side of Kiu Vongsa, north of the Town Hall, at map coordinates (142, 165).

Fortified Hideout location for Lamang Recovery Institute

If you’re a member of the Lamang Recovery Institute faction, you can find the Fortified Hideout on the eastern side of Kiu Vongsa, east of the Town Hall, at map coordinates (204, 162).

Clearing the Fortified Hideout and finding the cargo

You want to be careful when approaching this area as multiple NPCs are protecting it. These NPCs regularly guard the area, but they have plenty of worthwhile loot you can take back to your Base Camp in GZW.

After clearing the area, head inside the Fortified Hideout and go up to the second floor. The cargo you need to find is a metal container, and it should be on the ground in one of the bedroom. This metal container weighs over 30 pounds, so you want to ensure you have enough room in your inventory to bring it with you, and you don’t want to overload your carry weight. If you’re at or near capacity, you can move but you cannot sprint.

Once you return the metal container to Base Camp, hand it over to Lab Rat and you can complete the mission in GZW. Completing this task blocks you out of Reclamation, however, which is a mission you can do for Handshake. Each task requires the same container, but each vendor offers you different rewards.