A strong point of Starfield is the various side quests you will stumble upon, and Lair of the Mantis is one such quest. You will randomly stumble upon this quest line during one of your many expeditions in the game. However, we suggest you do it right away, as the Lair of The Mantis quest provides some of the best loot in the early game, including legendary armor and ships, weapons and more. So, if you want to explore the vast space with the best equipment, let's learn how to find the Mantis mission and solve the floor puzzle.

To start this mission, you need to take a coded message from the enemies in the world. Spacers are one of the enemies that have the message. So if you take one of them down, make sure you try to track down a note in their inventory that reads "Secret Message!" Spacers don't know how to be subtle, I guess. This note is a random item that you can receive at any time from an enemy. We got it when we cleared spacers from an abandoned space station.

When you read this note, it instructs you to travel to the planet Denebola 1-b at the Star System Denebola. It also starts the "Lair of the Mantis" questline. Here's what you need to do next:

Before starting the mission, we suggest you reach at least level 10. The enemies here are spread between levels 14, 20, and 30. While it's not like you won't be able to take them out, you will take too much damage . Once you are determined enough, follow the steps below.