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Stamped Data Disk

stamped data disk

Beneath the metal shutter, a crystalline disk is grooved with microscopic pits that encode data.

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The stamped data disk is an early-game quest item that can be used to make contact with the Barathrumites and start the main story quest, More Than a Willing Spirit. It is obtained in either of the following ways:

Visually, the stamped data disk is identical whether it was received from Argyve or from a procedurally generated village quest-giver. However, there will be different dialog triggered when using the disc to accept the More Than a Willing Spirit quest, depending upon whether the player received the stamped data disk from Argyve or not.

Other Disks

The full list of disk items that can initiate this quest include the following. Each disk variant has unique dialog associated with it when activating the communications panel in Grit Gate.

Item Obtained by...
stamped data disk (Argyve) Starting the game in Joppa and completing the Weirdwire Conduit.. Eureka! quest.
stamped data disk Starting the game in a non-Joppa village and completing one of the randomly generated Village Quests.
scratched data disk Starting the game in a non-Joppa village and visiting the Ruins of Joppa. The scratched data disk will be found on a corpse. It is also in Argyve's inventory in a Joppa start.