 | Name | Heart of the Machine |
| Type | Story Quests | |
| Series | The Unanswerable Problems: Vulpes Zerda Chapter: Act I | |
| Description | The mechanical crab has stopped at a certain point. The source of the contamination seems to be within. | |
| Previous | Into the Hinterland | |
| Next | Garden Memories | |
| Involved NPC | Karkata, Tighnari, Extraction Device, Abattouy, Karkata, Observe, Paimon |
| Table of Content |
| Rewards |
| Objectives |
| Dialogues |
Rewards
| Icon | Name | Rarity | Family | Amount |
 | The Orderly Grid of Secrets | 1 | Homeworld, Gift Set, Exterior Furniture, Furniture Set | x 600 |
 | Mora | 3 | Currency | x 38100 |
 | Hero's Wit | 4 | Character Ascension Item, Character EXP Item | x 4 |
 | Mystic Enhancement Ore | 3 | Crafted Item, Weapon Ascension Item, Weapon EXP Item | x 8 |
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Objectives
| Num | Objectives | Summary Update |
| #1 | n/a | Collect documents nearby |
| #2 | Enter the contamination's source | Follow the mechanical crab and continue your search |
| #3 | n/a | Asha leaves... |
| #4 | Examine the strange device | After talking to himself for a bit, Jasar leaves. |
| #5 | n/a | |
| #6 | n/a | The Mechanical Crab has already found some wild fruits... |
| #7 | Collect documents nearby (0/3) | One entire night passes... |
| #8 | n/a | You find all the missing components in the lab. Karkata has piled on top of its creator's body. Karkata seems to be imitating how Abattouy used to act when it pinches components in an attempt to use these components to fix its creator, who can now no longer speak to it... |
| #9 | Collect documents nearby (2/3) | You give the mission report concerning the contaminated region to Katheryne... |
| #10 | n/a | |
| #11 | Talk to Tighnari | |
| #12 | n/a | |
| #13 | Check on the Ley Line Extractor | |
| #14 | n/a |
Dialogues
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Karkata, TighnariAudio Language: Tighnari, PaimonAudio Language: |
Enter the contamination's source |
n/a |
Examine the strange deviceTighnari, Karkata, Extraction DeviceAudio Language: |
n/a |
Tighnari, KarkataAudio Language: |
Collect documents nearby (0/3)Tighnari, Abattouy, KarkataAudio Language: KarkataAudio Language: |
n/a |
Tighnari, Abattouy, KarkataAudio Language: KarkataAudio Language: |
Collect documents nearby (2/3)Tighnari, Karkata, AbattouyAudio Language: |
n/a |
Talk to TighnariTighnariAudio Language: |
n/a |
TighnariAudio Language: |
Check on the Ley Line ExtractorTighnariAudio Language: ObserveAudio Language: |
n/a |
TighnariAudio Language: |
For all the units that didn't receive buffs, we might have to write them a... Eula-gy i'm seeing...