Every Day We Fight: discover items for future loot choices

Turn a nearby clue into a collected discovery

1. Explore the surrounding area and check the map when a question-mark clue appears.
2. Look for the actual collectable item from a usable angle. A map clue is a search lead, not proof that the item has already been collected.
3. If a door, weak surface or Elixium barrier blocks access, match the obstacle to its own tool or line-of-fire check.
4. Collect the item and check the discovery/item feedback before leaving.
5. When preparing a later loadout, expect the available random selection to draw from what you have found; use crafting for an available discovered gear or mod you need deliberately.

Separate collection from the next drop

Blocked access may be a progression gate

The exploration reference explicitly notes items behind encrustations or in out-of-reach places. Some require tools acquired through the story. Mark the unresolved obstacle and continue the appropriate campaign progress instead of treating every unreached clue as a missing item bug.

This guide supplies the discovery workflow. It does not claim a complete location map, a fixed order of randomized loot, or exact coordinates for every 1.0 run.

If it does not work

• The question mark remains but you cannot reach it: check the physical obstruction and required traversal tool.
• The discovered item does not appear in the next chest: random availability is not a guaranteed reward schedule.
• You only looked at the item: confirm the collection interaction and feedback.
• A supposed route comes from old EA footage: do not assume the same placement in a later randomized run.

How to tell it worked

The item is actually collected and recorded as a discovery, rather than merely visible on the map. Later random selections can include it; any immediate craft still needs its own requirements.