Getting in Top Shape Again - main quest Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Guide

Getting in Top Shape Again is a main quest unlocked soon after arriving to Prague. It becomes active immediately after leaving the main character's apartment, located in the Zelen apartment building (M4,2). Jensen will be contacted by Vaclav Koller, an aug specialist, and during the conversation you will learn about the possibility to meet with the scientist in order to repair Jensen's enhancements that were damaged during the explosion. It won't be so easy, however, as Dvali family gangsters appeared inside of The Time Machine bookstore belonging to Koller.

Note - Try to complete this mission as soon as you get it. Completing it will restore the functionality of some of main character's augmentations (the rest must be purchased again with Praxis kits). Additionally, by completing this mission you will unlock access to new, experimental augmentations as well.

• List of objectives
• Getting near The Time Machine
• Getting into the bookstore
• Finding Vaclav Koller
• Reaching Koller's dungeon

List of objectives

1. MANDATORY - (Find Koller inside the bookstore) - The Time Machine bookstore is located in the southern part of Prague (M2 map). You will find it in the eastern part of the said map (M2,4).

2. MANDATORY - Go to Koller's dungeon - Koller's clinic is located in the dungeon, in the sewers located on level 1 of the bookstore (M5,2). At first you will be able get there only from the direction of the office on level 3 (M5,1), or to be more specific by using the elevator.

Getting near The Time Machine

The alley is swarming with gangsters.

Leave Zelen apartment building. The Time Machine bookstore is located in the south-eastern section of this location (M2,4) and reaching it won't be easy, as the area is full of gangsters who will attack anyone who appears inside of the are marked as red on the map.

If you want to quickly get to your destination point, you can go through a narrow alley located north-west of The Time Machine (M2,1). There are two gangsters protecting this passage and you can decide to either kill them or incapacitate them with a stunning weapon.

Police station.

Another method of reaching the bookstore is associated with the police station located to the north of it (M2,2). You will by stopped by Drahomir while trying to get through the said location. The man will tell you that you lack the required documents. The problem can be solved in three following ways:

• Attack Drahomir. This is definitely the worst solution, as you will be attacked by all of the law enforcers in the area.
• Give Drahomir 700 credits (or 1200 credits if you don't use the "discount" during the first conversation) as a bribe.
• Cooperate with Drahomir and head out on a meeting with a document specialist (M2,2). If you decide for this solution, head to The Golden Ticket side quest description that is associated with it.

If you managed to get through the police station, you can complete your journey towards the alley located to the north-east of the bookstore (M2,3). There's a closed gate there, but it's protected by level 1 security which is easy to break. If you, however, don't want to be forced to hack anything, search for a lift, use it to reach a balcony, get through a small room and bypass the closed gate.

Another option to get to the bookstore is to complete an easy climbing event. You must start it near the police station (M2,2) and your destination is a wide balcony shown on the above screenshot - you can achieve it by performing a number of easy jumps. Enter the small room (you will be given 300 experience points for uncovering a secret area as well) and locate the ventilation shaft. Going through the ventilation shaft will allow you to get on top of the roof of one of the buildings neighboring the bookstore. Thanks to that you will avoid both the police station and the alley filled with gangsters.

Getting into the bookstore

You can use one of the open windows, but you must first make sure that no one is looking in that direction.

The area around the bookstore is patrolled by Dvali gangsters. If you plan on eliminating them, try to attack them one by one and select the targets that moved away from their companions. If you, however, plan on avoiding any contact with the enemy, use rooftops and high ground to travel above the heads of your foes as much as you can.

Planning to go through the main entrance to The Time Machine (M2,4) is a bad idea, unless you are looking for a direct confrontation - as you can imagine, the entrance is heavily guarded by enemies. An alternative is to get near one of the open windows. It can be one located on the ground floor (level 2), or on the first floor of the bookstore (level 3), although you still risk a lot by doing so. You can be easily seen by the enemies when you try to get through the window, or simply when you lean out of cover there.

The entrance to the ventilation shaft.

One of the ways to infiltrate the bookstore is to use ventilation shafts. The entrance to them is located in a small room of a building located near the bookstore itself (M2,5). After entering the ventilation shaft you will be able to reach one of several possible exits - those are located on the ground floor of the building, behind the stairs and on the upper floor, near the staircase.

You can reach the backyard through one of the windows on the roof.

Another good method to get inside of The Time Machine requires you to get to the backyard of the bookstore (M2,6). This can be done be either moving along the roofs or by sneaking by enemies through the street. You can reach the room located on the back of the building in two ways - by hacking the keypad by the locked door, or by opening one of the windows on the roof of the building. In both cases you must watch out for two enemies patrolling the area. You can attack them when they separate, sneak past them, or divert their attention and, for instance, try to make them leave the building for a moment.

Finding Vaclav Koller

One of the ventilation shaft entrances can be found inside of a storage room neighboring the backyard.

In order to meet with Koller you must first reach the office that is located on level 3 of the bookstore (M5,1). The easiest way to achieve it is to go through the new ventilation shafts, allowing you to avoid contact with all of the gangsters located inside of the building. Entrances to the ventilation are located in two different places on level 2 (M5,2), for instance inside a small storage room neighboring the backyard. Enter the ventilation shaft, proceed through a linear path during which you must destroy a number of obstacles and jump to a higher ledge.

Squeeze between the bookshelves.

An alternative solution is to get to the level 3 of the bookstore (by going through the window, ventilation shaft, using the stairs or by jumping on top of one of the bookshelves) and then going through a narrow passage between the shelves. You should opt to choose this method only if you managed to sneak to level 3, or if you settled for the aggressive approach and cleared all of the enemies located inside the building. This method will allow you to save some time that must be spent on getting through the ventilation shaft.

In both cases Jensen will be contacted by Koller as soon as you reach the office. You will be told how to reach the dungeon - his black clinic. Additionally, you will be given 1,950 experience points and bonus xp if you hadn't been spotted.

Reaching Koller's dungeon

Remain in the office (M5,1) and locate the red book shown on the above screenshot. Pulling it will reveal a secret passageway. Use the elevator and reach the clinic located on level 1 (M5,3). A conversation with Vaclav Koller will then be initiated.

After going through a series of cut-scenes you will learn that you've recovered only a portion of the augmentations you had earlier and that there are new experimental upgrades available that Jensen had no idea about. Complete a short tutorial about their functions, learning that you can overload the system with them, and how to prevent it from happening (disabling other upgrades).

As a reward for completing the described quest you will be given 3,150 experience points and several Praxis kits. Additionally, you will unlock two side quests as well - The Mystery Augs (speaking with David Sarif about the augmentations you've just discovered) and The Calibrator (you must show the will to learn more about the said tool). You should focus on the second one, as the calibrator itself can be used to lessen the negative effects of using the experimental upgrades.