Quick Answer
- Farmacia: find the Arbusto Farmacia by Piazza Arbusto, near the collapsed highway and a metro station.
- Family: inspect the portrait straight ahead at the top of the stairs.
- Skills: inspect the piano after turning right and following the wall.
- Hobbies: inspect the plants near the window in the room on the right.
- Taste: inspect the wooden table after turning around from the plants.
- The quest completes on the fourth clue, and you do not need to extract.
Life of a Pharmacist Requirements
Complete Espresso and deploy to Buried City. The quest is listed as an in-one-round objective, but all four clues are grouped upstairs in the same apartment, so the time pressure is minimal once you are inside.
The Farmacia entrance is commonly encountered locked and may need to be breached, which can draw nearby attention. A free loadout is still sensible because no quest item needs to survive extraction, although the ground floor can contain medical loot worth protecting.
Where to Find the Arbusto Farmacia
The correct Arbusto Farmacia is in the Piazza Arbusto area of Buried City, near the collapsed highway and a nearby metro station. There are two pharmacy locations on the map, so use the collapsed-highway position plus the green Farmacia sign and medical cross to confirm you have the right one.
- Move into Piazza Arbusto from the collapsed-highway side.
- Look for the partially buried pharmacy with the green Farmacia sign and green medical cross.
- Breach the locked entrance if required and move upstairs into the apartment.
Piazza Arbusto can attract both ARC and other raiders, so avoid lingering outside the doorway.
Use a Buried City raid boost if you would rather avoid spending repeated runs finding and breaching the correct Farmacia.
All Four Clues in the Upstairs Apartment
All four clues are on the same upstairs floor, so you do not need to leave the apartment after reaching it. Follow this short loop and watch the objective list update after each interaction.
- Inspect the portrait straight ahead at the top of the stairs for the family objective.
- Turn right and follow the wall to the piano for the skills objective.
- Enter the room on the right and inspect the plants near the window for the hobbies objective.
- Turn around toward the wooden table and inspect it for the taste objective.
Document the Pharmacist's Family
Use the portrait straight ahead at the top of the stairs. Walk into the upstairs apartment, face forward and interact with the portrait when the quest prompt appears.
Document the Pharmacist's Skills
Use the piano for the skills objective. From the portrait, turn right, follow the wall and interact with the piano when the prompt appears.
Document the Pharmacist's Hobbies
Use the plants near the window in the room on the right. Enter that side room and move to the window-side plants until the documentation prompt appears.
Document the Pharmacist's Taste
Use the wooden table for the taste objective. After documenting the plants, turn around and approach the table to trigger the final interaction.
How to Finish and Turn In
The quest completes as soon as the fourth documentation objective registers. You do not need to survive the raid or extract a quest item.
If you want to keep any pharmacy loot, use the nearby metro station when it is open. Otherwise, the objective is already banked once the last clue updates.
Life of a Pharmacist Rewards
| Reward | Type | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Defibrillator | Medical item | One is listed by the strongest matching reward set. |
| Surge Shield Recharger | Utility item | One is listed by the strongest matching reward set. |
| Sterilized Bandage | Medical item | Three are listed by the strongest matching reward set. |
Some reward listings conflict with this set, particularly around XP and a Buried City Hospital Key, so do not plan your route around receiving that key.
What Comes After Life of a Pharmacist
Life of a Pharmacist is reported to open A Toxic Trail and Tribute to Toledo. Check Lance's available quests after turning it in to continue the chain.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the Life of a Pharmacist rewards?
The strongest matching reward set is 1x Defibrillator, 1x Surge Shield Recharger and 3x Sterilized Bandages. Other reward listings conflict, so a Buried City Hospital Key should not be treated as guaranteed.
Where is the Arbusto Farmacia?
It is in Piazza Arbusto in Buried City, near the collapsed highway and a metro station. Use the green Farmacia sign and green medical cross to identify the correct pharmacy.
Do you need to extract to complete Life of a Pharmacist?
No. The quest completes when the fourth clue is documented.
Do you have to do Life of a Pharmacist in one raid?
Yes. It is listed as an in-one-round quest, but all four clues are in the same upstairs apartment, so the full interaction route is short.
How do you unlock Life of a Pharmacist?
Complete Espresso, then return to Lance for Life of a Pharmacist.