How To Get the Pesticide Workshop Canister in Atomic Heart

Before you can exit the Vavilov Complex and finally explore the world of Atomic Heart, you will need to get the Polymer Canisters from Cold Workshop and Pesticide Workshop first. Since both objectives are part of one quest, this guide will tell you how to get both the Cold and the Pesticide Workshop Polymer Canister in Atomic Heart.

Atomic Heart “March of Flowers” – How To Get the Cold Workshop Canister

Get the canister from the Pesticide Workshop Atomic Heart

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First, you need to solve a small puzzle involving cows, pigs, and chickens in tubes:

Check the console in the center of the room.
Turn all valves until the livestock tubes appear green
Look at which animal is on the square picture to know which valve to turn.
Sometimes you might need to just turn all the valves and do this part through trial-and-error though.

Once done, watch the horror unfolds. Then a door will open and invites you to a hall with huge fans on the ceiling. Follow the waypoint and go up the stairs to the left to find the Polymer Canister in a control room.

Here you will have to solve the power-activation laser relay puzzle to activate the Workshop’s power (duh):

Rotate the dial in the bottom left to turn the center part blue.
Then turn the upper-center dial.
Press the red button to reactive the power.

The Polymer Canister will start to fill, but some Sprouts will interrupt it. Destroy them, avoid enemies trying to gang up on you, and restart the fan using the glove’s Shok attack. Head back to the control room and hit the button again. To reactivate a fan, run toward the one that glows red. It’s important to prevent three fans from shutting down at the same time, as doing so will require resetting the filling process from the control room. Keep in mind that restarting the Canister filling process will respawn the enemies.

After the Canister is filled, Charles will notify you. Grab the Canister and deliver it to the gates by following the waypoint.

Atomic Heart “As You Sow So Shall You Reap” – How To Get the Pesticide Workshop Canister

A Scientist NPC will ask you to get the Polymer Canister from the Pesticide Workshop. Keep following the way until you see a yellow train cart. We need to move it using the control panels:

The first panel is above the poison vat.
- Press Up.
Use TeleK and grab the platform above the vat to reach a panel.
- Turn the dial.
- Press Up.
Move the platform again and use to jump across the wall. You should find a panel over there.
- Turn the dial.
- Press Up.
Jump onto the hanging platform, move a platform so you can go to the catwalk, enter the hallway, and reach a small platform for the panel.
- Turn the dial.
- Press Up.
- Press Up.
In the next room, the vat cart will push another cart. Climb the cart onto a catwalk for the panel.
- Turn the dial.
- Press Up.
Now jump to two platforms using the mid-air dash
- Turn the dial.
- Press Up.
- Press Up.
Go to the next room. Use the two carts to reach the catwalk stairs.
- Turn the dial.
- Press Up.
- If the button doesn’t work, we need to go back.
To fix the previous button, head back to the panel outside the safe room and turn the dial.

Now the Pesticide Canister will be sent to the chamber and destroy the plant; the Pesticide Canister is obtained during the cutscene. Defeat all the enemies and the large mutant to complete this room.