Battlefield 2042 Easter Eggs Compilation

@ElliotLH  The findnopats.com site now redirects to the EA domain page here: https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/battlefield-2042/find-no-pats#our-mission

@SterlingARCH3R Sweet, thanks. I'll have a read over that in a moment 👍

ETA: the map reading on the 'Alpha' page of that link looks interesting 👀

Various members of the BFEE community were able to find 12 MIA posters of different No-Pats. There is one for each of the maps in BF2042.

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This confirms they are adding 12 new Specialists in Season 6 as a new faction! No more Falck rezzing Falck that was killed by Falck!

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@ElliotLH wrote:
@AdamonicCould be, actually. Good point.

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I know thanks, however, I don't know how well "no-brainer" translates to Swedish. We will probably end up with 12 different flavored Pierogis. 

The Shearwater-II Test narrative hunt has been reactivated.

The BFEE community was able to piece together 4 parts of a map from various locations, both inside and outside the game:

1. Tues 12 Sept 2023 - 12 MIA posters in total were found, one on each of the BF2042 maps. All of the posters have the same QR code, which links to a specific page on the EA site. There, proceed to the "Alpha" page (already linked in the following URL). The coordinates lead to the island of Boreray in Scotland:

https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/battlefield/battlefield-2042/find-no-pats#alpha

2. Tues 19 Sept 2023 - in-game welcome message screen for the "Battle of Nordvik" bundle

3. Wed 20 Sept 2023 - trailer video, 7 seconds in:

https://twitter.com/Battlefield/status/1704467025483944158

4. Wed 20 Sept 2023 - message from user "J.Paik" with a unique role of "Paik" on the BF Discord:

https://discord.com/channels/140933721929940992/850376380822323230/1154073171637579787

Combining the pieces, we get a bigger map:

New post by Paik on the Battlefield Discord today:

https://discord.com/channels/140933721929940992/850376380822323230/1154835357955792946

Please post so that when we click on a link and it opens in a new page, not keep taking us away from this one.

And none of these links tell me anything really, especially the Discord ones that as Twatter has done, want you to make an account just to view a post. Ridiculous.

The BFEE community discovered another piece of the map in one of BF's latest Tweets.

Full map compilation by Comet:

@SterlingARCH3R 

Thanks for the updates buddy!

User Paik on the BF Discord posted another message today: https://discord.com/channels/140933721929940992/850376380822323230/1155922456012402708

Update

1. A new "Golf" page appeared on the "Find No Pats" site. It includes the 7th piece of the map.

https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/battlefield/battlefield-2042/find-no-pats#golf

2. A new radio transmitter and some new buttons/switches appeared. The radio device appears to have alchemy symbols on it. Several new buttons/switches have been found on Orbital, and are similar in kind to the previous buttons/switches hunt on Exposure.

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3. User Paik posted another comment on the BF Discord: https://discord.com/channels/140933721929940992/850376380822323230/1156279398908035102

4. There's a new Arkangel Reports entry up. It's a heavily redacted communication between the CEO and CPT Campbell. It also includes the same 7th puzzle piece seen in #1.

https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/battlefield-2042/the-world-of-battlefield-2042/arkangel-reports

Note that members of the BFEE community solved one part of the puzzle, which unlocks the "Timeless" player card.

You will have to go on a full XP "Reclaimed" map in CQ mode, and interact with a transmitter device, then find 3 skulls to interact with to leave a No-Pat graffiti symbol, then return to the transmitter. More details can be found on the BFEE Discord.

75. Season 6 Narrative Hunt

Note: you must unlock the first player card, "Timeless" (Part 1) on the Reclaimed map prior to these next two steps, or the following will remain locked for you.

The BFEE community solved the rest of the Season 6 narrative hunt EE ("Teaster Egg"):

Part 2: on Hourglass, you will need to "recover the proof". It requires interacting with a transmitter, then inputting the correct code into a shipping container that has a keypad, and finally returning to the transmitter. When successful, you will unlock the second player card, "Happy Birthday". You will need to complete this step first before being able to unlock the third and final step on Orbital. 

Part 3: next, you'll have to go to Orbital to get the data. Here, you will need to have at least four players interact with a transmitter, and those four players will have to flip a designated switch in the correct order and in quick succession. Next, proceed to the "Voros" box at the center building to pick up the "Intel", and return to the transmitter to unlock the two rewards. When successful, you will unlock the "Ghost Killer" BFP .50 weapon skin and  "Echo State" weapon charm. It gets a little complicated, so go to the BFEE Discord for more details and instructions (check pinned messages).

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@SterlingARCH3R wrote:

Here, you will need to have a total of four players interact with a different switch in quick succession. Then, proceed to the "Voros" box at the center building, then back to the transmitter to unlock it. Go to the BFEE Discord for more details and instructions.

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I hate being a downer, but I really wish we didn't need other people for this. It basically leaves solo players or those of us who don't have people who we can regularly play with for various reasons at the mercy of randoms. 

Sigh guess I'll cross my fingers that BFEE are doing meetups or something.

@ElliotLH For the very last step/map, I've been joining random servers that I filter for CQ mode and Orbital only, and there are a few servers with several additional people beyond the four there working together. I'm not 100% sure if you can unlock it without having had to turn one of the four switches, but it's possible. Maybe all you have to do is interact with the radio before the switches get turned on, and then you may be able to finish it if another group unlocks it. Worth a shot.

Update for Wednesday 27 September 2023:

1. The 8th map piece was discovered in the Steam store today: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1517290/view/3712711911214821387?l=english

2. User Paik left a message on the BF Discord:

1. Paik left a message today, Thursday 28 September 2023. This is in response to completing the three steps that unlock the player cards, skin, and charm:

2. A "Phantom Revenant" tag was discovered and unlocked today. The instructions were given via Morse code from the final Orbital transmitter once the whole 3-part narrative hunt was completed.

• Dozer: Perform 30 CQB kills while defending a sector (some people say that you must trigger a "sector defended" kill, i.e. your team must control all objectives within a given sector).
• Falck: Revive 10 teammates in a single life.
• Boris: Destroy 10 vehicles with a shoulder-mounted rocket launcher.
• Casper: Perform 8 marksman kills (i.e. headshot kills from a distance of 200m or further).
• Casper: Perform 30 spot assists.

Note: with the exception of Falck's instruction, all progress will accrue across multiple matches (i.e. you don't have to complete any of the other specialist's instructions in a single match). The instructions can be completed in any order. And, you will not see any of your progress towards that tag, as the tag remains hidden until you complete all tasks.

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Earlier today, the redacted "False Flags" entry was unredacted, and the entire map of Boreray Island was revealed to us. 

Further, the CEO of Arkangel was revealed to be "Blackburn". It's speculated that this is the same Blackburn from BF3, Henry Blackburn, the main protagonist of the single player campaign. 

Paik's last message was also left today on Discord (screenshot below). Paik mentions "The Hero of New York" - this moniker may be a reference to the Battlefield universe's history from BF3, in which Henry Blackburn prevented a nuclear bomb from detonating in NYC. Note that Paik's profile image is grayed out, and the Arkangel report that Blackburn has a "deceased spy". This appears to suggest that Paik is dead (?!), but it is only speculative (e.g. maybe it's only a staged death).

Moreover, some other interesting details is that not only does the same voice actor, Gideon Emery, play as Henry Blackburn in BF3 and as the US Commander in Portal for BF3 maps, but this US Commander is also in fact named "Blackburn" (see timestamped YouTube video below or here). If this is indeed Henry Blackburn, then at some point along the way it means that he was promoted from sergeant at the start of BF3, to an officer rank in the multiplayer events of BF3 Portal.

And, back in Season 2, when the story takes place in January of 2043, Blackburn may have been very vaguely hinted to us. In one of the images from the Season 2 site page under the heading "II. Crawford Profile", you can see that the person ID'd on the left has a status of "Possible Match for US Forces Senior Officer". That fits the description of a US Commander or an officer of a much higher rank, assuming that one continued to serve 30-35 years after the events of BF3. 

We also know from the Arkangel Archives entry under "Down to Business" that the Dark Market is the "predecessor" organization to the Arkangel company. If Blackburn is the one in the image below, then that connects Blackburn to the Dark Market, and in turn, Arkangel.

When combining all of those details, they are consistent with BF3's Henry Blackburn returning to BF2042 to play a more major character role. If true, then Blackburn would be aged somewhere in his 60s by the year 2048.