How to Get the Wasteland Adventurer Outfit in Stellar Blade?
So you’ve been roaming Eidos 7, scanning every flooded street with your drone, and you spotted something glinting at the bottom of all that nasty electrified water. Yeah, that’s the one a lot of players get obsessed with. It looks practical, a little rugged, kind of like Eve packed a bag and decided to go hike across a ruined planet. And honestly? That’s exactly the vibe.
Here’s the thing, though. Getting it isn’t as simple as walking up and grabbing it. There’s a whole side quest gating the area, a drainage puzzle, and a crafting step a lot of folks forget about.
Quick version first, for the people who just want the answer and don’t care about the scenic route: the design pattern sits at the very bottom of the Flooded Commercial District in Eidos 7. You can’t touch it until you drain the water, and you can’t drain the water until you start a side mission called Oblivion. After that, you craft the thing at a Repair Console. Done.
Now the longer version, because there are a few spots where people get stuck.
The area you’re after is the same one you passed through early on, the part with whole city blocks sunk under glowing toxic water. Step in too soon and Eve takes damage fast. That water’s electrified, and there’s no swimming your way around it. Your drone’s scan shows you there’s a fully explorable street layout down there, shops and all – but the game basically tells you “not yet” until the story catches up.
| Step | What You Do | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finish the main mission Altess Levoire | Story progression |
| 2 | Pick up the Oblivion side quest | Xion, under the entrance bridge |
| 3 | Drain the water at the Sewage Device | Flooded Commercial District, Eidos 7 |
| 4 | Grab the design pattern from a red box | Lowest level, immediately to your left off the rope |
| 5 | Craft it with Polymers | Repair Console or Lily at the Tetrapod |
That table covers the bones of it. The next sections fill in the messy middle parts.
Why Eidos 7 Keeps This One Locked Away?
You probably noticed Eidos 7 doesn’t fully open up on your first visit. That’s by design. A bunch of the city’s lower tiers stay sealed off behind hazards or missing keycodes until the story hands you the right tool. The flooded plaza is the big one. You physically cannot reach the chest holding the gear until the water level drops, and the game won’t let that happen on a whim.
It’s a smart bit of pacing, when you think about it. Shift Up dangles this whole hidden district in front of you, lets your drone peek at it, then makes you earn the right to step inside. Classic carrot-on-a-stick stuff. The payoff isn’t just the costume either – there are collectible cans, a passcode, and an exospine tucked around that zone too. So draining it is worth your time even setting the outfit aside.
But the costume’s the headliner here, so back to that.
Starting the Oblivion Side Quest First
This is the gate. No Oblivion, no drainage, no gear. Simple as that.
Oblivion only shows up after you’ve wrapped the main mission Altess Levoire and made your way back to Xion. Once that’s done, head to the city entrance. Below the big archway there’s a ledge with a makeshift little shelter. Drop down to those lower ledges and you’ll find a kid sitting there. Talk to her.
She hands Eve a Request Letter from some “nice man” she’s never really met, which – let’s be real – is suspicious as all heck, and Eve says as much. The letter carries a recovery code that controls the broken drainage system in the plaza, plus a vague ask to go check out a place called Warehouse 77. Eve smells a trap. Adam shrugs and basically goes “guess we’ll find out.” Off you go.
Here’s what you want squared away before you make the trip:
- You’ve finished Altess Levoire and the story’s moved you past it.
- You grabbed the Request Letter from the girl under the Xion bridge.
- You’ve got a few Polymers banked for the crafting step later.
- Your drone scan is handy, since the drained area is a maze of walkways.
Once you’ve talked to the girl, the quest marker points you back to Eidos 7. Speak to Adam, hop the Tetrapod, and pick the region. Fast travel straight to the Supply Camp at Plaza Entryway to save yourself a walk.
Where the Wasteland Adventurer Outfit Actually Hides?
Right, this is the part everyone bookmarks. So pay attention for a sec.
From Plaza Entryway, make your way toward the old monorail station you arrived at way back when. Facing the smaller camp, head left first, then cross the bridge that leads off to the right. When you reach the far side you’ll hit a fork – left or right. Go left. That path runs toward the drainage controls. Watch yourself here, because a Mutated Hydra likes to lurk in the open courtyard and it’ll jump you the second you stroll in.
Find the ledge you can drop down to, climb across to the left, and you’ll spot an open room holding the Sewage Device controls. Activate it. The whole Flooded Commercial Sector empties out, and now those sunken streets are fair game.
From there, take the path downward and keep descending until you hit the bottom. Near the giant statue of a woman holding two children, there’s a yellow rope. Slide down it. The moment you land, look immediately to your left. There’s a red box tucked in the corner – that’s the design pattern for the Wasteland Adventurer outfit right there.
That’s it. That corner is easy to skip if you’re rushing toward the Warehouse 77 objective, so don’t blow past the rope. While you’re down there, the Elixir Carrot can sits on a table inside the Red Grill restaurant, and there’s a Cryo Original can at a Fiz vending machine on the same lower walkway. Might as well grab those too. The Wasteland Adventurer outfit is the prize, but the cans count toward a trophy, so it’s a two-birds situation.
A small note for the keeners: this is also where Eve gets pulled into the actual story beat of Oblivion. Warehouse 77 sits on the same path, and it’s full of bodies that were clearly cut down by trained human soldiers, not Naytibas. Heavy stuff. The plaza was flooded on purpose to bury the evidence. So you’re picking up a cute costume in the middle of a low-key murder mystery. Stellar Blade does that a lot – gorgeous loot wrapped around grim lore.
Crafting It Once You’ve Got the Pattern
Here’s where people trip up. Grabbing that red box does not put the costume in Eve’s wardrobe. What you’ve got is a design pattern, which is basically a blueprint. You still have to build the thing.
To craft it, head to a Repair Console at any Supply Camp, or chat with Lily at the Tetrapod once you’ve reached Xion. Either works. You’ll need Polymers to finish the job. Polymers are everywhere – they drop from most chests and crates scattered around the map, so if you’ve been opening boxes like a normal loot goblin, you probably have plenty. Running low? Kara over at Sisters’ Junk in Xion sells them for Gold.
Pop the pattern into the console, spend your Polymers, and the Wasteland Adventurer outfit lands in Eve’s closet for good. Equip it from the suit menu and you’re set.
So the full crafting loop looks like this:
- Find the design pattern in the drained plaza.
- Travel to a Repair Console or visit Lily at the Tetrapod.
- Spend your Polymers to craft the suit.
- Equip it from the Nano Suit menu whenever you feel like repping the look.
Pretty painless once you know the steps. The only real friction is the Polymer cost, and even that’s minor.
What’s Actually in It for You?
Okay, real talk now. Let’s address the question that brought a lot of you here in the first place.
People assume a “wasteland” travel suit must come with some survival bonus baked in. Tougher against environmental damage, maybe a stamina perk, something thematic. It just feels like it should, right? The name practically screams utility.
What Perks Does the Wasteland Adventurer Outfit Give You?
None. Zero. It’s purely cosmetic.
I know, I know. Bit of a letdown if you were hoping for a stat boost. But this is true of basically every Nano Suit in Stellar Blade. They change how Eve looks and that’s the whole deal. No defense rating, no damage buff, no hidden passive. The Wasteland Adventurer outfit makes you look like a hardened traveler – black cropped leather top over jeans, very “I walk across ruined cities for fun” energy – and that’s where the function ends.
There’s exactly one exception to the cosmetic rule across the entire game, and it’s not this one. The Skin Suit is the only suit that touches gameplay, and it does so by removing Eve’s shields, which makes the game harder, not easier. So if anything, the costume system leans toward “fashion first, mechanics never.” Take off any suit and Eve defaults back to that bare Skin Suit, which strips your shields – so weirdly, wearing the Wasteland Adventurer outfit is mechanically better than wearing nothing, but only because nothing is a penalty.
So why bother chasing it? Because it looks great, because it counts toward the Nano Suit Collector trophy (you need 30 suits for that), and because half the fun of Stellar Blade is dressing Eve up. Don’t underestimate drip as a motivator. This community runs on it.
| Feature | Wasteland Adventurer | Most Nano Suits | Skin Suit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changes appearance | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Stat bonus | No | No | No |
| Affects gameplay | No | No | Yes (removes shields) |
| Counts toward trophy | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Needs crafting | Yes (pattern) | Varies | No (default) |
The takeaway: don’t grind for this expecting a power spike. Grind for it because you want Eve looking the part while she carves up Naytibas.
New Game Plus and the Wasteland Explorer Twist
Here’s a fun wrinkle a lot of first-timers miss. That red box in the plaza doesn’t always hold the same suit.
On your first playthrough, you get the Wasteland Adventurer outfit. Roll into New Game Plus and revisit the exact same chest, and it’s swapped out for the Wasteland Explorer – same silhouette, but the black jacket gets replaced with a khaki-white one. Push into New Game ++ and that slot becomes Black Lotus instead. So it’s the same hiding spot doing triple duty across three runs.
This is how a chunk of the game’s costume collection works. Most New Game Plus suits are recolors sitting in the original locations, like an invisible fairy restocked every chest to reward you for doing the whole thing again. If you’re chasing the full wardrobe, that means multiple playthroughs. No shortcut around it.
A heads-up if you’re a trophy hunter: the game tracks which versions you’ve already pulled, so you generally need to grab the earlier variant before the upgraded one shows up on a later run. Skip one and you might be looking at an extra loop to backfill it. Worth planning your runs around if 100 percent is the goal.
Honestly, the Explorer recolor might be the better-looking of the two, depending on your taste. The khaki gives it more of a desert-ranger feel versus the moodier black original. Toss-up. You’ll end up with both eventually if you keep playing, so no need to agonize.
Quick Tips Before You Go Hunting
Let me save you some headaches with a few things the guides don’t always spell out.
First, don’t try to brute-force the water. I’ve seen people on Reddit insist there’s a trick to wading through the electrified plaza early. There isn’t. The drainage is mandatory, full stop. Save yourself the chip damage.
Second, knock out the Oblivion quest in one trip. Once the water’s down, you’re already standing next to the costume box, the cans, and the Warehouse 77 objective. Clearing it all in a single visit beats fast-traveling back and forth.
Third, keep an eye on your Polymer stock. It’s mildly annoying to find the pattern, hike to a console, and realize you’re short on materials. Crack open every crate along the way and you’ll never hit that wall.
A few more rapid-fire pointers:
- Scan often with the drone in the drained area – those walkways twist around and it’s easy to lose the thread.
- Watch for the Mutated Hydra in the courtyard near the controls; it loves an ambush.
- Don’t rush past the yellow rope at the bottom, since the costume box is right beside where you land.
- Grab the cans while you’re down there for the can-collection trophy.
- The drained plaza only stays explorable after Oblivion, so there’s no missing the window – take your time.
Stick to that and the whole thing’s a 15-minute detour, tops. Most of which is the climb down.
FAQ
Where do I find the Wasteland Adventurer outfit in Stellar Blade?
At the very bottom of the Flooded Commercial District in Eidos 7. Drain the water during the Oblivion side quest, take the yellow rope down to the lowest level, and the red box is immediately to your left.
Do I need to finish a quest to get it?
Yep. You have to start and progress the Oblivion side quest to drain the electrified water. That quest only appears after you complete the main mission Altess Levoire.
How do I drain the water in the Commercial District?
Take the left path from the monorail station, cross the bridge, head left again, and activate the Sewage Device controls in the open room. The water recedes right away.
Does the Wasteland Adventurer outfit give any stat perks?
No. It’s purely cosmetic, like nearly every Nano Suit in the game. The only suit that affects gameplay is the Skin Suit, and it makes things harder by removing shields.
Do I have to craft it after finding it?
You do. The red box gives you a design pattern, not the finished suit. Take it to a Repair Console or Lily at the Tetrapod and spend Polymers to build it.
What’s the difference between the Wasteland Adventurer and Wasteland Explorer?
Same outfit, different jacket. The Adventurer drops on your first playthrough with a black jacket. The Explorer shows up in the same chest during New Game Plus with a khaki-white jacket instead.
Is it worth getting?
If you care about looks or you’re chasing the Nano Suit Collector trophy, absolutely. If you’re hunting raw power, it won’t move the needle – but few suits in this game do.
Final Thoughts
So that’s the whole story on the Wasteland Adventurer outfit. It’s tucked behind a side quest, a drainage puzzle, and a quick crafting step, which makes it feel earned even though it’s “just” a costume. And yeah, no perks – but Stellar Blade was never really about min-maxing your wardrobe. It’s about Eve looking absolutely dialed while she’s doing it.
The rugged traveler look hits different from the flashier dresses and sci-fi suits the game throws at you. There’s something satisfying about repping a practical fit in a world that’s mostly trying to kill you. Pair it with the cans and lore you pick up on the same run, and that one trip down into the drained plaza turns into one of the more rewarding little detours in the game.
Grab it, craft it, rock it. And keep your eyes peeled for that Explorer recolor on your next run – future you will want the matching set.
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