Cult of Personality - side quest Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Guide

This mission can be unlocked during the exploration of sewers running under the southern part of Prague (M2 map). You will meet with Viznik on the 3rd level of sewers (M6,1) and you can have a conversation about a shady cult from which he was driven out. In order for the quest to appear in your journal, you must promise the man to look into the case (right dialogue option). Doing so will reward you with 350 experience points and Viznik's keycard.

• List of objectives
• Reaching the cult's headquarters
• Finding Richard's secret room in the cult headquarters
• Neutralizing Richard and turning off his system
• Finding the poster in the cult's headquarters and meeting with Liborio
• Installing three scramblers
• Revealing the truth about Richard

List of objectives

1. MANDATORY - Enter the locked area - You must have the keycard acquired from Viznik.

2. MANDATORY - Find a way to confront Richard - You can find Richard's secret room in the cult's headquarters (M6,3) or search for a crumpled poster and go for a meeting with Liborio in northern Prague (M3,2).

3. MANDATORY - Neutralize Richard - This objective will be activated only if you found a secret room in the cult's headquarters. Richard is in a small room on the fourth level of the canals (M6,3).

4. MANDATORY - Disable Richard's system - This objective will only be activated if you found Richard's secret room. You have to reach a small room on the fourth level of the canals(M6,3) and sabotage the fuses.

5. MANDATORY - Travel to Cista Ctvrt - This objective will only be activated if you found the poster in the cult's headquarters. Reach the metro station and travel to the northern part of Prague (M3 map).

6. MANDATORY - Seek Out Liborio - This objective will only be activated if you found the poster in the cult's headquarters. The Liborio magic shop is in the northern part of Prague (M3,2).

7. MANDATORY - Install the signal scramblers - This objective will only be activated if you met with Liborio. The scramblers are installed in three different spots on the fourth level of the canals (M6,5) (M6,6) (M6,7).

8. MANDATORY - Reveal Richard to the others - This objective will only be activated if you installed the scramblers. You have to use the microphone on the lower level of the cult's headquarters.

Reaching the cult's headquarters

Use the keycard you've received from Viznik on the scanner.

Use the keycard you've received from Viznik on the nearby closed door, opening the entrance to the cult's headquarters (M6,2). In this place the main character will have a conversation with the leader of the cult, Richard. If you have the Social Amplifier upgrade, you will be able to observe Richard's reactions during the meeting, although the course of the discussion is linear. You won't be able to provoke Richard and you won't be kicked out of the cult's hideout (only the optional, second conversation with Richard, at the end of the quest, will be important when it comes to the choice of dialogue options). At the end of the meeting you will be given 450 experience points.

You can now behave in two different ways:

Find Richard's secret room in the cult's headquarters - choosing this variant is a better idea if you want a faster/more aggressive conclusion to this quest. You have to reach Richard's hideout, kill or incapacitate him, and disable his system.

Find the poster in the cult's headquarters, and go to a meeting with Liborio. The choice of this variant is a better idea if you want to complete this quest in a more peaceful way. You will have to take the poster from the cult's headquarters, meet with Liborio, take the scramblers from him, install them in the cult's headquarters, and finally, have a debate with Richard.

Finding Richard's secret room in the cult headquarters

Find the ladder

Stay in the cult's headquarters. You have to reach a higher level of the canals, and the easier way to do that is to find the ladder (M6,3). From the moment of using the ladder, you have to avoid detection if you don't want to be targeted by any of the three neighboring defense turrets. It is worth mentioning that Jensen cannot use augmentations, weapons or any offensive gadgets (grenades, etc.) during his stay in the cult's headquarters. As a result, you have to rely on environmental items, and use them to avoid being targeted by the defense turrets.

The closed door can be opened using your hacking abilities or a multi-tool

Your destination is a small room on the fourth level of the canals (M6,4). If you used the ladder, quickly head towards a nearby hallway when the camera is facing the other way. There is a closed door with a level five lock, but the game will allow you to open it using the multi-tool (create such an object if you have the required number of parts for crafting).

If you do not have the required level of hacking ability, or the multi-tool, you can stay on the lower level of the cult's headquarters, and focus your attention on a metal balcony, seen on the screenshot. Jensen is able to reach it. Once you do that, check the room on the left, which has a camera. Once the camera turns the other way, quickly reach the door, which is visible from your position. The door leads straight to Richard's hideout, and it only has level 2 security, so breaking in is much easier.

Neutralizing Richard and turning off his system

Richard can be neutralized using, for example, a smoke grenade

Richard has to be eliminated, because the moment he notices Jensen, he will attack him. The task can be completed using, for example, a takedown, a gun (Richard can only be incapacitated using a stun gun) or throwing a gas grenade into the room. It is worth mentioning that only the way behind the level 5 security door allows you to attack Richard by surprise. You'll receive 750 experience points for neutralizing Richard.

The second part of the task is much easier. Find the fuse box in the room, and interact with it to sabotage it. The mission will end and you'll receive 1100 experience points.

Finding the poster in the cult's headquarters and meeting with Liborio

Investigate the cult's headquarters, and find the Crumpled Poster, visible on the above screenshot. Look at it, for this you will receive 350 experience points and another mission objective, which require you to visit Liborio, with whom Richard cooperated when he was working as a hypnotizer. Therefore, you need to reach the northern part of Prague (M3 map), so leave the canals and go to Capek metro station.

Reach the magic shop (M3,2) and talk with Liborio about Richard's past and his current agenda. You'll receive three scramblers from Liborio, which can be used to silence the signal Richard uses to influence the cultists. You'll receive 350 experience points.

Installing three scramblers

Return to the cult's headquarters located in the sewers under the southern part of Prague (M6,2). In order to reach the location of the first scrambler, check the metal balcony seen on the above screenshot. You can reach the balcony by jumping.

From this moment, you have to avoid detection if you don't want to be targeted by one of the three defensive turrets. It is worth mentioning that Jensen cannot use any augmentations, weapons, or other offensive gadgets (grenades, etc.) during his stay at the cult's headquarters. You have to rely on the elements of the environment, and use them to avoid getting targeted by the defensive turrets.

Enter the room on the left during the moment when one of the defensive turrets will be facing the other way. Turn left again. The spot for the scrambler is on the end of the room (M6,5) and it is shown on the above screenshot.

Return to the balcony, which you have used earlier, and approach one of the defensive turrets, which are located above the balcony. The spot for the second emitter is shown on the screenshot (M6,6).

Jump to the lower level, and this time, find a ladder in the cult's headquarters, which will allow you to reach the other part of the fourth level of the sewers. In this place, you also have to avoid being found by the defensive turret. The moment when it turns in the direction of the corridor, leading to the closed door, swiftly move left, and hide behind a cover near the corner shown on the screenshot(M6,7). You can install the last emitter here. You'll receive 750 experience points for installing all devices.

Revealing the truth about Richard

Use the microphone

Once again, return to the lower level of the cult's headquarters. Search for the platform, and interact with the microphone, which will begin a debate with Richard. It will have two objectives - explaining the cultists that they were deceived (you will achieve that goal regardless of the dialogue options you choose) and convincing Richard that his actions are wrong (this can be achieved only through proper actions during the conversation).

If you have the Social Enhancer augmentation, you can subject Richard to a psychological analysis

Social Enhancer can help you during your conversation with Richard. It allows for live analysis of other people (their reactions towards certain actions by Jensen) and creating their psychological profiles. Nevertheless, using it is not mandatory. The debate can have two endings. By default, you can only persuade the cultists that they were lied to, and in some way, controlled by Richard. It will cause them to stop believing in Richard, and leave the cult's headquarters.

Additionally, if you want to convince Richard that he was doing the wrong thing, you have to watch which dialogue options you are selecting. In the initial phase of the debate, choose the right dialogue option (Beta). In the further part of the conversation, choose the upper dialogue option (Omega). For winning the debate, you can gain 1600 experience points (of which 500 is a reward for choosing the best options)

Note - If Richard admitted to a mistake, from now on you can freely travel around the fourth level of the sewers (and of course visit his private room).

Note - Once you finish the quest, you can have a short conversation with Viznik, but you won't receive any experience for it.