How FBC Tasks work

There are 7 FBC Taskboards in the game, one in each zone. Each board lists 6 short FBC Tasks, so there are 42 tasks in total. The Diligent Consultant trophy/achievement only asks you to finish any 20 of them, leaving 22 spare — pick the tasks you enjoy and skip the rest.

FBC Tasks are brief mini-quests you start by interacting with a board. Typical jobs include scouting a marked location, wiping out enemies, escorting FBC agents back to the nearest base or safe spot, and more. New tasks keep unlocking as the story moves forward. Nothing is missable: any leftover tasks can be finished in free-roam after the story.

Activating the Taskboards

The boards don't exist at first. To spawn them, talk to an NPC in the Central Zone, just outside the Field Office entrance, around where the "O" of "Office" appears on the map. He has no map marker, but he calls out when you get close and shows a red interact prompt — if he's missing or won't talk, push the story further. He explains the FBC Task system, and after that conversation one board appears in each FBC Safe Zone, showing on the map when you approach it.

Board locations

  1. Central — the introductory board outside the Field Office, described above. Unlocking this one spawns all the others.
  2. Downtown — inside the Oldest House, in the main lobby you enter from the street, in the right corner.
  3. Evacuation Zone — outside the Evac Building; jump up onto the yellow container structure and you'll find the board inside.
  4. West Incursion Zone — inside the House of Mirrors.
  5. The Park — on the rooftop of the FBC Base. Two ways up: carry electricity to the elevator, or go through the sewers in the northeast corner of The Park, then climb over the blue mold at the street to reach the top. On the roof, head through the door guarded by a soldier.
  6. Underpass — past the cable car (reached during the main quest Recursions and Iterations), inside the building labeled on the map as "Research Site... Again".
  7. The Unknown — near the Oldest House fast travel point. You'll need Pope's Research to explore this zone properly.

Tips

Start the task system early: the NPC outside the Field Office in Central unlocks it, so detour there as soon as you can reach Central. Since only 20 of the 42 tasks count, there's no need to grind — just grab tasks while sweeping the zones for the other collectibles, such as the sketchbooks and secret hideouts. Completing a single task also unlocks the FBC Recruit trophy. For the full trophy picture, see the Trophies & Achievements List.