Dead Space Remake Guide – All Side Missions Guide

Side missions in the Dead Space remake are of high quality and provide additional insight into the lore. You don’t have to do them, but if you’re a fan, you’ll enjoy the experience. Each mission is uniquely crafted to reflect the ambiance of the main story, and in this guide, you’ll learn how to find them all.

All Dead Space Remake Side Missions:

Chapter 2 (Intensive Care)

• Side Mission 1: Scientific Methods Step 1 – After collecting Log 30 – Patient Observation, head to the end of the room and view the hologram. Watch the entire thing and don’t stop it midway. Press the blue button (activate) after the hologram disappears, because there are some cases where the hologram has been glitching out. Pressing the activate button will make sure the objective is updated. It also fixes the glitch should it happen during your playthrough.

• Side Mission 1: Scientific Methods Step 2 – Activate the left breaker for the showers at the circular breaker. Now use kinesis to shift the wall and you’ll be greeted with a hidden room containing Log 31 – Nicole’s Study.

Chapter 3 (Course Correction)

• Side Mission 1: Scientific Methods Step 3 – Watch Nicole’s recording after entering the Calibration Room. You’ll have to repeat Steps 1 & 2 if the room is locked.

• Side Mission 2: You Are Not Authorized – Access the console near the logs. Your goal is to locate all the Rigs and backtrack your way from there. They cannot be located right away as they’re spread all over the game. You’ll have to pick them out individually and once completed, return to this location later.

Note: Starting this side mission voids a log in Chapter 7, so avoid this mission if you’re collecting logs, and come back later when you’re done. However, you can still collect rigs, but in this case, they won’t be highlighted on the map. 

• Volker’s Rig (Item required for Sid Mission 2 – You Are No Authorized) – Keep floating along the left path of the Flight Deck. You’ll have to move across the Cargo Lift. You’ll know you’re close once you float past the oxygen tank.

• White’s Rig (Item required for Side Mission 2 – You Are Not Authorized) – You can find it floating on a ledge towards the left at the end of the ADS section.

Chapter 6 (Environmental Hazard)

• Holt’s Rig (Item required for Side Mission 2 – You Are Not Authorized) – Destroy all three corruption nodes upon entering East Grow Chamber. They are located on the ground to the left, just behind the elevator.

• Side Mission 3: Premeditated Malpractice – Get the Tissue Sample from within the Cryogenic Chamber.

• Side Mission 3: Premeditated Malpractice Step 1 & 2 – Track the new side mission and complete steps 1 and 2 before moving forward. Step 1 involves scanning the tissue sample in the Main Lab and Step 2 involves watching the recording in the Intensive Care Unit. Now return to the location where you first started the chapter.

Chapter 7 (Into the Void)

• Side Mission 1: Scientific Method Step 4 – Find Log 119 – Nicole and Dr. Kyne. Head west by going through Equipment Supply. Set the circuit breaker to Storage 2 and you’ll find this on the floor.

• Side Mission 3: Premeditated Malpractice Step 3 – Collect Log 110 – Ore Storage. Use kinesis to block the laser traps using crates on Deck C. Avoid traveling up and head towards the end before entering Ore Storage. Finally, move the crates and grab the log on the wall.

Chapter 8 (Search and Rescue)

• Rousseau’s Rig (Item required for Side Mission 2 – You Are Not Authorized) – Go to Fuel Storage by heading through the tram and going into Engineering. Enter the locked room at the top floor to find the rig (requires security clearance level 3).

• Bailey’s Rig (Item required for Side Mission 2 – You Are Not Authorized) – Next to a corpse on the second desk inside E. Bailey’s office.

• Side Mission 3: Premeditated Malpractice Step 4 – Watch the recording after entering the Main Atrium and interacting with the right side panel.

Chapter 10 (End of Days)

• Benson’s Rig (Item required for Side Mission 2 – You Are Not Authorized) – Head into the Tram Tunnel via the Crew Deck door. Now go under stairs and on the ground you will notice Benson’s Rig (this will be the last one you’ll need).

• Side Mission 2: You Are Not Authorized (Completion) – Under the Main Atrium, return to the Captain’s Nest. Create the Master Override by using the Rigs on the Bridge Security Console to complete the side mission.

• Side Mission 3: Premeditated Malpractice Step 5 – Move through the Diagnostic Lab to find Log 152 – Working Directly on the desk to complete the mission.

• Side Mission 1: Scientific method Step 5 – Play the recording in the same room you found the Gravitic Amplifier, which is the weapon upgrade for the Force Gun.