Dispatch Episode 5 Hacking Guide: Using Electricity to Your Advantage

In Dispatch Episode 5 hacking sequence a new feature is introduced. Electrical currents let you activate certain nodes. Also you don’t have to run away from antiviruses; you can just destroy them. However everything is more complicated now and requires real patience from the players. As always we are going to go through every single hacking sequence, the ones you have to solve and the optional ones. So if you want to get the achievement “Hacking by Robert” stay with us.
In This Guide:
Stalker Stalking Film Shoot
You encounter this hacking sequence in your first shift. Between the three options you have to choose the third one which is “Delete all of his files”.
Go straight to the hammer node and activate it. The password is: left, right, right.

As soon as you activate the second hammer node the antivirus will start chasing you. Choose the lower path and go as fast as you can to reach the second intersection.


Once again go down to the hammer node and activate it. Then finish the sequence. The password you need is: right, right, left, left.

East Torrance Power Outage
You don’t have to run away from antiviruses. For the first time you can destroy them with electric charge.
Go forward and obtain the electrical charge. Now when you get close to the antivirus it is just going to be destroyed and you can continue your path.


Continue your path and go to the node with hammer icon and activate it.

Here you have to be very quick. When you entered the matrix, quickly go down to the node with electricity icon and activate it. Then let the antivirus get close to you so it gets destroyed.

Here is the tricky part. From the lower line get close to the antivirus and let it follow you. When it got close go around it to the top right corner to the electricity node and activate it.


Now when the antivirus gets close to you it will get destroyed. Now go right to the hammer node and activate it.


From now on everything is straight forward. Go forward then down to obtain the electricity.


Now go up and activate the node with lamp icon. Go to the middle line and continue your way. At the end go up and obtain the electricity from that node.



Go back and move to the lower line. Activate the node with lamp icon.


And finally go to the middle line and continue your way to the end and finish the puzzle.
Central Torrence Power Outage
First continue down the path then go up to the node with electricity icon and obtain the electrical charge by activating it.


Go back to the node with lamp icon and activate it to rotate the other node into the correct position.

Now go down the lower path, circle around and go to the node with hammer icon and activate it.

Go to the node with lamp icon right next to you and obtain the electrical charge. Then continue your main path to the right.

Go till you reach the end of the path then go up to the node with lamp and activate it.


Now go back and circle around to get to the node with thunder icon and obtain electricity.

Go down, left and again down to reach the node with lamp icon and activate it.

Now once again go to the other node with lamp icon and obtain the electricity from it.


Go back and continue the main path down to get to the final node. Activate the node with lamp icon there.

Finally you can finish this hacking sequence.

West Torrance Power Outage
In this hacking puzzle, there’s a password you’ll need to obtain but to make it easier for you I’m gonna give you the password so you can finish the puzzle quickly.
First go forward. You’ll see a node with key icon above that you wouldn’t need. Continue your way until you reach the black node. Then go down to the electricity node and activate it to obtain the electricity.


Now go right to the node with lamp icon and activate it with electricity.

Go left, up and then right to get to the other electricity node and obtain it.

Do you see the node with two lamps on it on your left? Get to there and activate it with the electricity.

Go down then to the right and obtain electricity. Then go back to the node with two lamps and reactivate it.


Now go up and continue your way to the end. You can find the password below.

That’s all of the hacking puzzles in episode 5. The mechanics you learned now are going to show up again in future episodes as well.



