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The Sinking City 2 is a game that can be quite stingy about its resources. The player will almost always be low on both ammo and healing items. Thankfully, there are plenty of Emergency Relief Crates scattered around Arkham for the player to find. Not only will these crates have ammo, but more often than not they’ll also have weapon attachments or inventory upgrades that will help the player throughout their playthrough. However, you cannot open an ERC Crate unless you’ve also found an ERC Pen to insert into it. If you’re desperate for items or are trying to 100% the game, here is a quick guide detailing the locations of every ERC Crate and Pen in The Sinking City 2.
The Wake-Up Call ERC Crates
The game’s first chapter is all about making your way through various buildings around town, and all of these buildings except the final one has an ERC Crate inside of it. The chapter has four ERC Crates and pens to find in total.
Annex Library ERC Crate
The first ERC crate in the game, and by extension the one that’s a tutorial for the mechanic, can be found on the first floor of the library at the beginning of the A New Call chapter.
As for the pen you’ll need to unlock it, it’s also pretty out in the open to make sure you don’t miss it. If you did though, it’s right outside of the Library’s safe room.
Church ERC Crate
The ERC Crate for the Redemption Church is inside of the stone building just slightly east of the church. To get inside it you’ll first need to pick up the Star Key that’s on the corpse by the Church’s Floodgate.
As for the ERC pen, it’s inside of the church in a room on the left-hand side. However, in order to enter this room you’ll need to jump in through the church’s left window. Opening this crate will expand your inventory size by two slots.
Printing House ERC Crate
This crate is one that’s easy to find but difficult to open. When you first fall into the Printing House you’ll be in the Linotype Room, the ERC Crate for this building is in this room.
As for the pen, you won’t be able to get it until you’re all but done with this building, as it is inside of the External Storage room but locked behind a door that you’ll need the APD key found in the Director’s Office to unlock. Be warned though, as the moment you pick up this key many many enemies will spawn in the Printing House and make the ERC Crate very hard to open.
If you can somehow slip by or defeat the enemies and open this crate, you’ll be rewarded with another two extra inventory slots.
Fire Department ERC Crate
There’s not many rooms in the Fire Department, so you’ll likely spot the ERC Crate on the second floor yourself when you’re visiting the place. Unfortunately, getting the pen is a bit more cryptic and a heck of a lot harder.
Before we can get the Fire Department’s ERC Pen we’ll first need to gather the Gear and Gasoline in order to repair the crane and move the whale blocking our path through the city. As you’re moving the whale, you may notice that the crane moved a large claw out of the way of the building next to the Fire Department.
The next ERC pen is in this building on the second floor. In order to get to it you’ll need to run through a street filled with far more enemies than you can possibly fight. Then, when you get the key you’ll need to brave through the Fire Department which is also full of enemies now. The reward for opening this crate is a Dark Essence and some shotgun ammo to ensure you don’t die on the way out.
A Sight For Sore Eyes ERC Crates
The Hospital in A Sight for Sore Eyes is much larger than any of the other buildings that you’ve visited so far, so instead of there being a single crate in this area you’ll need to keep your eye out for three crates and pens.
Akeley Hospital 1st Floor ERC Crate
This ERC Crate will be right in front of you the first time you go through the Reception area in the Akeley Hospital, very hard to miss but be advised that by the time you’re able to open it there will be an unkillable enemy who very frequently spawns in this area.
As for the pen, later on during the chapter you’ll be told to go to the Wireless Room for an optional puzzle. Inside of this same room you’ll find an ERC pen. Use it to open the chest and you’ll get an attachment for your shotgun.
Akeley Hospital Basement ERC Crate
The next ERC for this chapter can be found in the Hospital’s Morgue in the basement are, this crate is also one that’s hard to miss thanks to there being a key item and a cutscene in this room.
You’ll be able to find a pen nearby as well, as after you get the Nurse’s Face you can walk upstairs to the Prosthetics Lobby. In here there will be a small bathroom, the ERC Pen is inside of the toilet.
Akeley Hospital General Ward ERC Crate
The third and final crate in the Hospital can be found in the General Ward. To reach the General Ward, you’ll need to climb a ladder at the Asylum Gates to reach the second floor and go to the Isolation Wards. In here, there will be a hole that you can jump down which will lead directly into the General Ward, which is filled with enemies.
As for the ERC Key, that’s a short jog away inside of the Nurse Station. Unfortunately, you cannot enter that room’s door and will instead need to go through a hole in the wall in the Head Surgeon’s Office to reach it, which means you’ll need to wait until you have the Head Surgeon’s Face near the end of the chapter to enter here.
Time and Tide ERC Crates
When making your way through the Fish Market you’ll need to open three different ERC Crates. These Crates are going to require a lot of backtracking as this chapter asks you to revisit rooms you have already been in more than the others.
Fish Market Packing Area ERC Crate
There is an ERC crate within the Packing Area of the Fish Market, but be very careful when you’re walking toward it as the entire area is filled with bear traps that will activate if you stand on them for too long.
The Pen that we’ll be using to open this crate can be found in Ezekiel’s Office on the second floor, but you’ll need to wait until you have the Bolt Cutters to enter this room.
Fish Market Cold Storage ERC Crate
The next ERC Crate is in the Cold Storage area in the Fish Market’s basement, two rooms north of the Frozen Statue. There are a lot of enemies in this area so prepare to either fight or flee if you’re going for this crate.
As for the pen, you can find that in the Locker Room on the building’s first floor. You’ll need to turn off the steam to get to this part of the area so you’ll unfortunately need to backtrack to Cold Storage if you want to open this crate. It’s well worth the effort though as you’ll gain multiple frag grenades.
Fish Market Jewelry Workshop ERC Crate
You’ll find this area’s last ERC Crate in a small room in the Jewelry Workshop. Easy crate to find, but its pen is a lot harder to get as it actually hasn’t spawn yet. You’re going to need to do some extra work before you can get the pen.
Progress through the area until you have obtained all three Leyden Jars. Once you have all three, this ERC Pen will appear on the ground next to the Frozen Statue in the basement’s Cold Storage area. Pick it up and return to the Jewelry Workshop to open the crate. You’ll be rewarded with the final inventory expansion for your efforts.
Cold Comfort ERC Crates
There are three ERC Crates in the game’s final chapter, but unlike the previous chapters you’re going to need to do very little backtracking and sleuthing around to open these ones, as the Subterranean City section is quite small and only has a few rooms.
Subterranean City ERC Crate 1
This ERC Crate is located in the cave right at the start of the chapter, it’s the only one in this chapter that’s slightly out of the way.
As for the pen you’ll need to unlock it, you’ll find it in the main Subterranean City area.
Subterranean City ERC Crate 2
The next ERC Crate is inside of the tent you can go inside at the research team’s camp. It’s directly in your way when you’re there, you can’t miss it.
Like the previous pen, you’ll find this one sitting around the main Subterranean City area. Opening this crate will reward you with an attachment for your rifle.
Subterranean City ERC Crate 3
Finally, you’ll find the last ERC Crate in the game inside of a hallway in the Subterranean City. Like the others in this chapter this one is pretty hard to miss.
As for the final pen, it’s also just out in the open along the main path you’ll be taking through the city in order to open the portal.
