Dying Light: The Beast offers many side activities that help you gain experience points quickly. The game guides you through these activities via missions, one of which is called The Cable Guy. During this side quest, you’ll learn how to unlock and power one of the many substations scattered across Castor Woods.
Because this mission involves several steps, it can be easy to get confused about how to restore the power. Completing The Cable Guy mission, however, provides rewards that can greatly improve your chances of survival.
How To Start The Cable Guy Mission
You won’t be able to begin this quest until you turn on the power during the Power Gambit main story mission. After restoring the power and fighting off the Baron’s men, Pietro will contact you via walkie-talkie, asking you to turn on a substation.
To continue, accept this side mission, which requires you to head west of the Town Hall in the Old Town. When you arrive at the location, you’ll find the substation inside a fenced area, surrounded by zombies, near a road.
How To Restore The Power
Your task is to connect a cable to a wall outlet in the area to activate the substation. While this sounds simple, the large group of zombies nearby makes it challenging. Before attempting to power the substation, clear out the zombies first.
Note: There may be one or two zombies with ranged acid attacks guarding the substation. Deal with these before taking on the main horde, as their acid attacks can cause significant health damage.
Once the area is clear, climb the light post with its back facing the forested area. From the top, turn right and jump onto the adjacent platform.
Interact with the cable on the platform to take it. Remember, you’ll have a limited length of cable, which you can see at the bottom right of your screen. After grabbing the cable, jump down and head to the small structure at the center of the area. Climb onto its roof to find a latch door that you’ll need to lockpick.
Tip: The tasks in this mission can be completed in any order. You can open the latch door before getting the cable, as long as you have lockpicks.
Drop into the shack and you’ll see the connection point in front of the door. Turn to your right to interact with a machine on the wall to power the generator. Be sure to loot the shack before leaving.
How To Complete The Cable Guy
Finally, return to the Town Hall once the substation is functioning. Enter the same hallway where you first met Jacob, then proceed down the hall, turn right, and you’ll find Pietro beyond the door.
After restoring power, head back to the Town Hall. From there, go to the hall where you met Jacob, and go all the way down, turning right at the corridor. Pietro will be just beyond that door.
Interact with him to complete the mission, which awards you with the Remote Trap Controller—an important tool for triggering traps like car bombs throughout Castor Woods. This device becomes especially useful on higher difficulties of the game.