Welcome to NGB and our High Security Lockboxes guide for The Outer Worlds 2. Scattered across the colonies, these lockboxes hold powerful armor, weapons, upgrades, etc. —but cracking them open won’t be easy. In this guide, we’ll show you where to find every High Security Lockbox and what you’ll need to unlock them.
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How to Open High Security Lockboxes
To open High Security Lockboxes, you must first start the A Healthy Improvement companion quest aboard the Incognito shortly after beginning the Recalling the Score main mission.
Once you’ve been introduced to the concept of the High Security Lockboxes, you will need to seek out Advanced Decryption Keys. If you need some assistance locating them, please refer to our Advanced Decryption Keys Guide.
You will use these special keys to open the High Security Lockboxes in the bay of the Incognito, granting you access to upgrades, gear, etc.
Where to Find High Security Lockboxes
Eden – Paradise Island
High Security Lockbox: Auto-Hacker 5000

This lockbox can be found in the Vox Relay on the Operations Floor near the uninitialized keycard during The Saboteur of Paradise main quest.

To open it, you will need 7 Advanced Decryption Keys.

High Security Lockbox: Dead Man’s Jacket

During the Vanquishing the Vexing Vapors side quest, you can find the High Security Lockbox: Dead Man’s Jacket on a shelving unit next to where you emerge from the vent.

To open it, you will need five Advanced Decryption Keys.

High Security Lockbox: Manager’s Tasking Hat
After completing the Mystifying Case of the Midnight Marauder task, you can find this High Security Lockbox in the cellar where the Protectorates were hiding!

To open it, you’ll need four Advanced Decryption Keys.

High Security Lockbox: Murder’s Best Friend

This High Security Lockbox can be found inside the Raptidon Den, which is northwest of the Vox Relay Station. Once inside the cave, work your way to the area where you’ll fight the Raptidon Machriarch during the Better Than Nature companion quest.

You must use seven Advanced Decryption Keys to open it!

High Security Lockbox: Native Species

This High Security Lockbox can be found along the cliff to the northwest of Westport.

To open it, you will need 5 Advanced Decryption Keys.

High Security Lockbox: Remote Detonator

This High Security Lockbox can be found on a desk on the second level of a house on the northwestern side of Westport. To reach it, you’ll need to take the stairs on the left side of the outside of the building.

To open it, you will need eight Advanced Decryption Keys.

High Security Lockbox: Tactical Trajectile Defense-Dome

The Advanced Decryption Key can be found in the main terminal room in the Ministry of Accuracy on Floor 1.

It will be on a table. To open it, you will need

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