Mystery Lake Supply Caches

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Mystery Lake Supply Caches is a side mission in Episode 2 of the story. There are six caches to be found in total. To unlock the individual tasks, one has to find a corresponding note or letter first.

Objectives

Find the cache near the old Hunting Lodge in the Broken Railroad region.
Find the cache at the end of the ravine in the Broken Railroad region.
Find the cache in the Clear Cut in Mystery Lake.
Find the cache under some tree roots in the Forlorn Muskeg.
Find the cache in Alan's Cave in Mystery Lake.
Find the cache near the entrance to Forlorn Muskeg region from Mystery Lake.

Loot

The cache near the old Hunting Lodge.
- ~30% condition Mukluks and more.
The cache at the end of the ravine.
- Climbing Socks, Wool Longjohns, Flare, Water, and Sewing Kit.
The cache in the Clear Cut.
- 2 Tomato Soup, Lantern Fuel, Antiseptic, and an Energy Bar.
The cache under some tree roots.
- A worn Balaclava, a Firestriker, 1 Accelerant, and a mouldy Granola Bar.
The cache in Alan's Cave.
- Food and water
The cache near the entrance to Forlorn Muskeg region from Mystery Lake.
- 3 Accelerant, Pinnacle Peaches, and a Tinder Plug.

Walkthrough

To find the caches, you first have to find the matching note or letter. These can be found in the following places:

At the backside of the stairs at the entry of the Hunting Lodge; leading towards the Hunting Lodge cache. This cache contains a letter which unlocks the quest Aurora Hatch.
At a corpse leaning on the logs of a crashed log wagon of the log train in Forlorn Muskeg, near the entrance to the Broken Railroad region; leading towards the ravine cache.
On the desk inside one of the lake cabins (the one next to the cabin for which you need the key #2); leading towards the Clear Cut cache.
Inside a pickup truck next to a yellow train/engine near the collapsed bridge in the Broken Railroad region; leading towards the tree root cache.
On a metal desk on the second floor of the Carter Hydro Dam; leading towards the cache in Alan's Cave.
On the table inside the new Forestry Lookout; leading towards the cache near the entrance to Forlorn Muskeg.

Transcripts

Whenever Mackenzie finds a Hidden Cache, he will say a variation of these lines:

Mackenzie: "I knew I'd find something here."
Mackenzie: "There you are."
Mackenzie: "I've been looking for you."
Mackenzie: "Well well...what have we here."
Mackenzie: "Found it!"
Mackenzie: "Ah ha...here it is."

Gallery

One of the hidden supply caches.
One of the notes which lead towards the caches.