Die Maschine
By Caleb Irvin / September 15, 2026 / No Comments
Die Maschine’s main quest can be completed SOLO or co-op. No four-player requirement.
1. Turn on the power
Follow the purple objective arrows through:
Yard → Nacht → Crash Site → Tunnel → Facility
Eventually you’ll reach the underground Particle Accelerator.
Turn on both terminals and then activate:
⚡ POWER
The accelerator comes alive.
🌌 2. Build Pack-a-Punch
After power is activated, two terminals near the Particle Accelerator need to be turned on.
A Dark Aether anomaly appears.
Enter it.
You’re transported into:
🌌 THE DARK AETHER
Follow the marker to the Aether Tunnel.
Travel through it and collect the:
🔩 MACHINE PART
Return to the Particle Accelerator and install it.
The Dark Aether disappears and:
🔫 PACK-A-PUNCH IS BUILT.
🔫 3. Get the D.I.E. Shockwave
Wait for a Megaton to spawn.
Kill it.
It splits into:
Megaton Bomber
and
Megaton Blaster
Kill both.
One drops the:
🔑 D.I.E. REMOTE CONTROL
Take the remote into Nacht’s Living Room.
Interact with the small opening in the wall.
The D.I.E. machine begins sucking zombies through the doorway.
Kill enough zombies near it to fully charge the machine.
Activate it again.
💥 BOOM.
The door blows open.
Grab:
🔫 D.I.E. SHOCKWAVE
🌌 4. Build the Aetherscope
Enter another Dark Aether anomaly.
Three Aetherscope parts appear around the map.
They’re generally located around:
✈️ Crash Site
🏚️ Yard/Spawn
⚡ Particle Accelerator
Only one appears at a time.
Collect all three.
Take them to the crafting bench underneath the Pack-a-Punch room.
Build:
🔭 AETHERSCOPE
👻 5. Vogel’s diary
Enter the Dark Aether again.
Go into Medical Bay and find the computer/desk area.
Pick up:
📖 DR. VOGEL’S DIARY
Now you’ll need to interact with three spectral anomalies.
Give the diary to each ghost and listen to the memory.
Complete all three.
Afterward, return to the computer.
Enter the password.
This activates the:
🧪 DECONTAMINATION CHAMBER
⚡ 6. Upgrade the D.I.E. — ELECTRIC
Now we’re going elemental.
For:
⚡ D.I.E. ELECTROBOLT
Enter the Dark Aether through the appropriate anomaly.
Find the three glowing Aether crystals around the map.
Use the D.I.E.’s suction function to absorb energy from one.
Bring that energy back underground and shoot it into the corresponding container.
Repeat:
Crystal #1 → container
Crystal #2 → container
Crystal #3 → container
After all three:
⚡ ELECTROBOLT UNLOCKED.
🔥 7. Upgrade — THERMOPHASIC
For:
🔥 D.I.E. THERMOPHASIC
Enter the Dark Aether.
Go toward the Deadshot Daiquiri/Weapons Lab area and obtain the required fuse.
Take it through the Dark Aether route toward the laser cutter near Deadshot/pond area.
Insert the fuse.
Return to the normal world.
Open the weapon box.
🔥 THERMOPHASIC UNLOCKED.
☣️ 8. Upgrade — NOVA 5
Grab the empty canister in the upper portion of Nacht.
Take it toward Deadshot/Weapons Lab.
Get a Plaguehound to release its toxic gas near the canister.
Once filled, take it to the weapon crate near the Crash Site.
Attach it.
Melee/shoot the interaction.
Open the box.
☣️ NOVA 5 UNLOCKED.
❄️ 9. Upgrade — CRYO-EMITTER
Find the box near the roof of Nacht.
Get a Megaton to fire its radioactive projectile at the required fungus/tree growth near the Pond.
Place the flask underneath the fungus.
Wait for it to fill.
Take the liquid to the weapon crate.
Pour it over the chains.
Open:
❄️ CRYO-EMITTER
🧪 10. Shoot the four Decontamination cylinders
Inside Medical Bay, you’ll see four cylinders hanging from the Decontamination Device.
Each corresponds to one D.I.E. element.
Shoot the appropriate cylinder using:
⚡ Electobolt
🔥 Thermophasic
☣️ Nova 5
❄️ Cryo-Emitter
When all four are correctly activated:
THE DEVICE IS READY.
🔧 11. Get the Decontamination Agent
Enter the Dark Aether.
Go toward the upper area of Nacht/Mezzanine.
Interact with the spectral scene involving two soldiers.
After the sequence, a Dark Aether Wrench appears.
Pick it up.
Take it to the Tank in the Yard.
Use the wrench on the tank several times.
A zombie pops out.
Kill it.
Then throw an explosive at the tank’s hatch.
💥 BOOM.
The tank fires.
Go to the Crash Site and collect the:
🧪 DECONTAMINATION AGENT
🧟 12. Capture the Megaton halves
Take the Decontamination Agent to Medical Bay.
Install it into the chamber.
Now get another Megaton.
Split him into:
Megaton Bomber
Megaton Blaster
But don’t immediately kill them.
Get both halves underneath the Decontamination Chamber.
They’ll be sucked inside.
Go upstairs to the computer.
Activate:
🧪 DECONTAMINATION
The chamber closes.
And something goes horribly wrong.
As usual. 😂
👨🔬 13. Orlov appears
The creature inside transforms back into:
👨🔬 ORLOV
You’ll get an important story sequence.
Orlov realizes what happened to him and agrees to help shut down Projekt Endstation.
But first, there’s one more thing to do.
📸 14. Get the family photo
Travel into the Dark Aether one more time.
Go toward the Omega Outpost/Living Room and watch the final spectral memory.
After it ends, you’ll find:
📸 ORLOV’S FAMILY PHOTO
⚠️ POINT OF NO RETURN
Picking up the photograph starts the finale.
So before touching it:
Get armor
Pack-a-Punch your weapons
Upgrade weapon rarity
Buy perks
Stock equipment
Charge your Field Upgrade
Then grab the photo.
⚡ 15. FINAL FIGHT — PROTECT ORLOV
You’re teleported into the Particle Accelerator.
Orlov is trying to destroy the machine.
Your job:
PROTECT HIM.
He’ll move between several locations and work on shutting the accelerator down.
Meanwhile the game throws everything at you:
🧟 Zombies
☣️ Plaguehounds
⚡ Megatons
and large waves of enemies.
Keep enemies away from Orlov while he works.
💥 16. Destroy the Particle Accelerator
Orlov reaches the final section.
Keep defending him.
Eventually:
💥 THE ACCELERATOR IS DESTROYED.
Projekt Endstation begins collapsing.
But you’re not finished.
🚨 GET OUT.
🏃 17. ESCAPE DIE MASCHINE
You now have a limited amount of time to reach the extraction point.
Follow the designated route through the facility.
⚠️ DON’T TOUCH THE LIGHTNING.
Electrical energy is covering portions of the escape route and can kill you extremely quickly.
Navigate around it and keep moving.
Reach the extraction zone.
🚁 EXFIL
The helicopter arrives.
Get aboard.
The facility erupts behind you.
💥 BOOM.
And…