Snowy Tundra Vault (Elite) Walkthrough and Chest Locations

This is a walkthrough for the Mission Snowy Tundra Vault (Elite) in Marvel's Avengers (game). See all mission objectives, chest locations, and tips and strategy for completing the mission.

How to Unlock the Vault Mission

Vault Missions are unlocked by earning vault info upon finding SHIELD Cache in missions. One of the earliest missions you can find SHIELD caches is in the Stark Realities mission. Once you do, you may find this mission on the War Table.

Snowy Tundra Vault (Elite) General Info

Mission Information

Snowy Tundra Vault (Elite) Walkthrough

	Objectives
1	From your starting point, head to a narrow corner to the northeast. Follow that to the northeastern end of the first area to find some loot and enemies.
2	Head towards the main objective marker and defeat the enemies there and access the second area via a short tunnel. Note that the location of the vault may change. It could be found on the northeastern part just past an AIM prisoner you need to rescue or on the northwestern part in a huge icy clearing just west of a satellite dish. This walkthrough assumes that the Vault is found on the northwestern area.
3	Head to the left for a bit and get the special loot on the large floating platform. Head to the right to a small building to fight some enemies there.
4	From there, you will see that the map splits into two paths: northeast and northwest. Head northeast first to defeat a special AIM unit.
5	Head further northeast to rescue an AIM prisoner and acquire some special loot. Then, eturn to where you entered the second area and this time head northwest.
6	The northwest path splits as well. Head towards the right path that has a huge satellite dish at the distance. Access all the structures in the area to get the loot.
7	Return to the beginning of the route and head to the left path. Go to all buildings and acquire their loot. Watch out for DNA chests as they carry rare resources.
8	Head now to the location of the secret vault nearby. After unlocking the secret vault, enter the elevator and head down. You will be notified that this is a code verification type of vault. You need to verify the code that appears on the screen three times.[/mid]
9	Each time you successfully put in the code, several waves of enemies will spawn. Sometimes, one of them will attempt to hack and prevent you from accessing the vault. Destroy them immediately.
10	After the third set of codes are put in, the vault will open and you can get your rewards within. Access the panel at the far end of the room to end the mission.

Snowy Tundra Vault (Elite) Tips and Strategy

Bring Support Heroes

Most often this mission will last long especially as you unlock the Vault. With such a long series of battles ahead, having the Support Heroic of heroes such as Ms. Marvel's Healing Spirit, Black Widow's Veil of Shadows and Captain America's Rally Cry will help in keeping your team alive.

Be On The Defensive

If you manage to find some Cryo-protective gear, then, they will be very useful in this mission. Otherwise, it is recommended to use ranged attacks as often as possible with the sheer amount of enemies here.

Solving The Puzzle: AIM Depot

This is found in the northeastern part of the first area. Depending on the switch you get, the activation mechanism will differ.

Here are their locations:

Floor Switches

These switches need you to step on it for a second to be activated.

Locations
	These switches are found in front of the door of the depot.
	This switch is found a little to the left of the door of the depot.
	This switch is found behind the depot.

Circular Switches

These switches require a single ranged attack to be activated.

Locations
	These are located on the left side of the building.
	These are located on the right side of the building.

Wall Locks

These switches require you to hit them with 3 melee attacks to activate them.

Locations
	The first switch is found on the bottom of the platform where the building is.
	The next two switches are found on the left side of the building.
	The last switch is found on the back of the building.

Solving The Puzzle: AIM Building

This is found in the northwestern most path in the 2nd area. Depending on the switch you get, the activation mechanism will differ.

Here are their locations:

Wall Locks

These switches require you to hit them with 3 melee attacks to activate them.

Locations
	This switch is found on the right side of the building.
	The last three switches are found at the back of the building.

Floor Switches

These switches require you to stand on them for a second to activate them.

Locations
	One of the switches is on the roof of the building while the rest are around the door.

Circular Switches

These switches require a single ranged attack to be activated.

Locations
	The first two are directly above the locked door.
	The last two are at the back of the building.

Snowy Tundra Vault (Elite) Enemies

Enemy	Strategy
Synthoid	Basic enemy that can be easily dealt with by combos.
Prime Adept Synthoid	They have uninterruptible attacks so time your dodge as they attack and counter back.
Prime Cryo Synthoid	Time your dodge to avoid their chilling attacks and counter back.
Proto-Synthoid	Use combos to deal in damage then dodge when they execute their attacks.
Plague Proto-Synthoid	Avoid its poison attacks and land in your combos. Don't hesitate to retreat until the poison effects wears off.
Peacekeeper	Be quick with your attacks since they teleport when you strike them from close range. When they charge their shots, time your dodges as it means they will unleash a wide-arcing multiple shots.
Swarm Drone	Dispose quickly by using ranged attacks.
Plague Drone	Dispose quickly by using ranged attacks.
Security Drone	Dispose quickly by using ranged attacks.
Adept Synthoid	Interrupt them with quick attacks before they teleport out.
SPIN Keeper	Take them out as soon as possible as they can drain your heroic charges.
Adept Drone	Dispose quickly by using ranged attacks. Has a high dodge rate than most drones.
Adept Adaptoid	Destroy his exterior shield first and defeat him while he is grounded.
Elite Exo	It will prepare for an attack after teleporting so be sure to dodge it while approaching the Exo.
SPIN Drone	Dispose quickly by using ranged attacks. Be careful as their attacks drain Heroic charges.

Snowy Tundra Vault (Elite) Chest Locations

Chest Locations
Enlarge	This chest is found to the extreme northeast of the first area. You need to solve a switch puzzle to access this. See the Tips and Strategy section to know their location.
	This chest is on top of the gate towards the second area.
Enlarge Enlarge	These chests are on the floating platform immediately to your left once you enter the 2nd area. One of them could be a DNA Chest
Enlarge	This chest is behind a small building just right once you enter the 2nd area.
Enlarge	This chest is a little north of the AIM prisoner you rescued.
Enlarge	This chest is found further north from the AIM prisoner. This may be a DNA chest.
Enlarge	This chest is found on the northwestern path as you head towards the satellite dish. It's behind a small building.
Enlarge	This chest is found just a little west of the previous chest.
Enlarge Enlarge	This chest is to the east of the previous chest. Hit the switch to access this chest.
Enlarge Enlarge	These chests are on the stairs near the satellite dish.
Enlarge	This chest is found just a litte northeast from the satellite dish.
Enlarge Enlarge	These chests are located on the tower just behind the satellite dish. One of them may be a DNA chest.
Enlarge	This chest is found at the beginning of the northwestern most path of the 2nd area.
Enlarge	This chest is located behind a building a little to the north of the previous chest.
Enlarge	These chests are found inside a building to the west of the previous chest. One of them may be a DNA chest. You need to activate 4 switches to access this. See the Tips and Strategy section to know their location.
Enlarge	This chest is found just to the right of the entrance of the vault. Activate a switch to access this chest.
Enlarge	This chest is found on a ledge just to the east of the previous AIM building.
Enlarge	This chest is found in the room to the left of the vault entrance.
Enlarge	These chests are the rewards for opening the vault.

Note that dark brown / bronze colored chests may shift locations or not be present at all during a mission.

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