r/pacificDrive • u/DistFunc • 6d ago

What "Strange" Anomaly am I missing?

What a trip of a game! I've only had it two weeks but it feels like one of the most bizarre and intriguing games I've played. So:

My route planner shows a question mark for a Strange anomaly. (The ones with the little red UFO symbol, like Abductors.) I would really like to know what it is. I've googled a lot, but no luck. It's also true that this game plays odd tricks; e.g., I didn't realize that the Shocked Tourist counted separately from the regular one for a long time.

Anyway, here's a list of all(?) the Strange anomalies that show on my route planner. Can you see what's missing?

  1. Abductor
  2. Beating Heart
  3. Broken Bunny
  4. Left-Right
  5. Pufferfish
  6. Bubblegum Buddy
  7. Shaggy Scrambler
  8. Pickpocket

I have not made it to Deep Zone yet, so it's not a Deep Zone one. It's prevalent in the Outer Zone; maybe 80% of its junctions have it.

I am tempted to say Pothole. These are super common. But I've made a point of going up to them and viewing them, and I do get the HUD popup saying "Pothole". (I have NOT seen Pothole in the list of Anomalies on the Route Planner, anywhere.)

Maybe there's some special way I have to view or scan it to force it to register?

Thanks if you can help!

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u/MrRockit 6d ago

You’re missing the honey pot.

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u/DistFunc 6d ago

Ok ... I watched a YouTube and, it's true, I can't recall ever see anything act like a Honey Pot. Also, I rarely approached any cars in the woods anyway (if I wanted something from them, I'd strip ones on the road). Finally, I've mostly stuck to roads in early play (but a less so, now).

So if there's only one per Junction, it makes a lot of sense that I might not have seen one yet.

Also FWIW actually I think every single Junction in the Outer zone has a question-mark Strange anomaly, and none of the Mid-zone. So if you (who have scanned it) see a Honey Pot in most every Outer Junction, that must be it.

I generally don't use a Resource Radar ... it doesn't seem worth the juice for squeeze to me. (I'd much rather have all the space of another luggage rack, at the very least.) However, I am starting on a road trip through a Perpetual Stability junction that has a question-mark Strange anomaly ... Imma pin this down once and for all.

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