At the very first POI in encased, the task is to retrieve an anomaly protector in order to be able to make the car start again. There are two relics on the level in the top-right shop on the map, but neither the relic obtained from the tree, nor the relic obtained from the boxes where the monster patrols is the required "anomaly protector" item. The item is actually to be found in a small box next to the tree that is hard to spot given the default perspective that overlays tree branches on top of the chest.

The armory in Concord (the very first base) can be robbed easily by just pickpocketting the seller and then running away within the same room to take cover. Fortunately, the shop keeper's patrol patterns are contained and will not detect the player in hiding.

Note that with the "criminal" ability there is a very large amount of easy experience that can be made simply by randomly picking locks, stealing and pickpocketting from random NPC whilst minding the experience gain instead of the rewards. In case the player is not caught there is no penalty for doing so and it does not get registered anywhere such that even friendly NPCs can be pickpocketted.

The downside is that once an NPC has been pickpocketted, seven in-game days must pass till the player can pickpocket the same NPC again. Sleeping o just waiting works great to pass the time, even though, a successful pickpocket should include all the necessary items.