Pick up the distress signal — Paradigm Shipping poster
Mechanic asks you to investigate a distress signal from the Paradigm Shipping icebreaker. The poster spawns on Ground Zero at multiple locations — community sources cite the TerraGroup building staircase as the most common; wiki-verified images confirm exterior shed walls and indoor warehouse walls as additional spawn points.
- Map
- Ground Zero
- Loc
- Multiple Ground Zero spawns (TerraGroup building, exterior sheds, indoor warehouses)
- Keys
- Paradigm Shipping poster (quest item — pick up in raid)
Per community guides, the Paradigm Shipping poster is NOT secure-container-able — if you die carrying it, it is gone and you redo the raid. [community: epiccarry.com, kappaguide.com]
What this opens: Mechanic's new Boreas storyline (patch 1.0.5.0, released 2026-05-25). Boreas is the parent chapter for the Icebreaker map. Pre-raid: Bring a basic kit + your secure container. The poster spawns in a fixed location, so you don't need keys or a complex loadout — just survive long enough to extract. Where the poster spawns: Per the wiki, the TerraGroup building's main staircase on Ground Zero. The same building most new players already know from the Tour chapter — it's the central tall structure. After pickup: Extract any way you like. The poster goes to Mechanic in the trader screen to unlock step 2.
- Paradigm Shipping / TerraGroup co-branded poster on an exterior corrugated-metal shed wall — one of the outdoor Ground Zero spawns.Same poster pinned to an indoor warehouse wall — an indoor Ground Zero spawn variant.